The Civil War

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Across
  1. 2. A group who feels as if they were discriminated against and left out in the 15th amendment.
  2. 3. granted to all African American citizens of the United States as declared by the 14th Amendment.
  3. 5. The capital of the Confederacy, where Lincoln wanted to first strike.
  4. 7. One of the first and most important confrontations of the Civil War and a victory for the Union.
  5. 10. A proclamation which did NOT free slaves, but only promise them freedom if they were able to successfully escape from the South into the North.
Down
  1. 1. A period of time following the Civil War where America was to be restored to its former glory, initially planned out by Abraham Lincoln.
  2. 4. The proslavery democrat that took over for Lincoln after he was assassinated, also taking over the Reconstruction program.
  3. 6. Not only the deadliest day of the Civil War, but the deadliest day in the history of America.
  4. 8. The ___ amendment abolished slavery for good in the United States, unless one commits a crime.
  5. 9. Another victory for the Union, where the Confederacy surrendered on July 4th,1863.