Unit 5, Lesson 8: Civil War Vocabulary Puzzle

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  1. 3. The period of time following the Civil War.
  2. 5. The 11 states that seceded were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
  3. 6. The physical isolation, surrounding, or sealing off of a place
  4. 8. A period in United States history that followed the American Civil War, dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of the abolition of slavery and federal control over, and reintegration of, the former Confederate States into the United States.
  5. 9. Liberation, freedom, and the removal of legal or social restrictions; in this context, the Industry of Enslavement.
  6. 11. A new way of conducting war appeared during the Civil War.
  7. 13. A group of 50-100 solders led by a captain.
  8. 14. The formal, unilateral withdrawal of 11 Southern slave states from the United States (the Union) to form the Confederate States of America
  9. 17. Giving someone freedom or the rights of a citizen.
  10. 19. The comprehensive practice of hygiene, cleanliness, and disease prevention aimed at reducing the high mortality rates in military camps and hospitals.
  11. 20. Promoting the interests of a section or region.
  12. 21. Bacterial disease causing fever, diarrhea, headache, enlargement of the spleen, and extreme physical exhaustion and collapse.
  13. 22. Included northern states (Maine, New York, Ohio, etc.), western states (California, Oregon, Nevada), and loyal "border states" (Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri).
  14. 23. The most basic, foundational level of a society, organization, or political movement, driven by ordinary people rather than elite leadership.
Down
  1. 1. 19th-century steam-propelled warships armored with iron or steel plates, designed to withstand shell fire.
  2. 2. To admit defeat and give up in the face of overwhelming odds.
  3. 4. A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States.
  4. 7. Guns, canons, bullets and gun powder.
  5. 10. The medical practice of removing a limb, either below or above the joint, when a person has sustained too much damage.
  6. 12. Refers specifically to the period in American history, particularly in the South, after the War of 1812 and before the Civil War.
  7. 15. A soldier who was wounded or killed in battle.
  8. 16. A senior-level commissioned officer in the armed forces
  9. 18. Escaped slaves who fled to the Union lines for protection.