The Lincolns, Slavery, and the Civil War

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  1. 4. Elizabeth Keckley wrote a _____ to try and fix Mrs. Lincoln's reputation, but it made things worse.
  2. 6. Another name for the southern states in the Civil War
  3. 7. When Mrs. Lincoln tried to sell her dresses, it caused a ___.
  4. 9. In order to increase their representation in the government, which is based on population, the south counted each slave as ___ of a person.
  5. 13. A person who was against slavery and wanted to abolish it right away
  6. 14. Abraham Lincoln's nickname
  7. 15. Abraham Lincoln's wife
  8. 17. Abe Lincoln was _____ when he and Mrs. Lincoln were watching a play at the Ford Theater.
  9. 18. A large farm
  10. 19. Abraham Lincoln was the _____ president of the United States.
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  1. 1. Mary Todd Lincoln's dressmaker and friend; she wrote a memoir
  2. 2. The southern states wanted to keep slavery because it helped their ____.
  3. 3. The order from Abraham Lincoln that freed the slaves in the Confederate States
  4. 5. An invention by Eli Whitney that made cleaning cotton faster and increased the need for slaves and cotton production
  5. 8. Mary Todd Lincoln spent huge amounts of money on fancy ____.
  6. 10. When someone owns someone else
  7. 11. The Lincoln's son ____ died as a child due to typhoid fever.
  8. 12. Another name for the northern states in the Civil War
  9. 16. When Abe Lincoln was elected president, southern states decided to ___ from the Union and form their own country.