Unit 5 Review: Civil War

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Across
  1. 2. a republic composed of eleven states that seceded from the Union.
  2. 3. One of the Union's advantages was that their industrialized cities had much higher ____________ than those in the South
  3. 8. American abolitionist who asked Lincoln to enlist African Americans during the Civil War
  4. 11. a social club created for Confederate war veterans in Tennessee in 1865, right after the end of the Civil War.
  5. 13. The start of the Civil War was signaled by the Confederate attack on _________ ________
  6. 14. These were patented after the Civil War to help veterans get back to their daily lives.
  7. 17. This proclamation was given by President Lincoln directly following the bloody battle at Antietam
  8. 18. a derogatory term used to describe Northerners who went to the South after the Civil War to seek profits
  9. 21. During the Civil War, supplies were carried from city to city using _________
  10. 25. a federal agency that helped formerly enslaved people and poor whites in the years following the Civil War
  11. 26. The general name for segregation laws that were passed throughout the USA after Reconstruction
  12. 27. One advantage of the Confederacy was that they had strong _____________: many of their generals attended Westpoint
  13. 29. amendment that made African Americans birthright citizens of the United States and guaranteed them rights and liberties (1868)
  14. 30. a 19th century warship with armor plating
  15. 32. Lincoln's assassin
  16. 33. Confederate General Lee surrendered to General Grant at this location in Virginia
  17. 35. Vice president of the Confederacy who gave the "Cornerstone Speech"
  18. 36. a derogatory term used to describe Southerners who were Republicans & supported Reconstruction
  19. 41. the period after the American Civil War when the United States was figuring out how to bring the Confederate states back into the Union
  20. 42. A majority of the battles during the Civil War took place in the _________
  21. 43. After the Civil War, the _____________ in the South was basically destroyed; it took decades for cities to prosper again
  22. 44. the practice of separating people based on race
  23. 46. Name for the Union ironclad that fought the CSS Virginia in Hampton Roads, Virginia
  24. 47. Who won the Civil War?
  25. 48. Capital city of the Confederacy that was burned in the last month of the war
  26. 50. Winning Union general of the Civil War and the 18th president of the US - was also the president for most of Reconstruction
  27. 51. This Civil War battle took place in the middle of an urban city
  28. 52. amendment that abolished slavery (1865)
Down
  1. 1. The first southern state to secede from the Union
  2. 3. President Johnson offered __________ to many Confederate leaders during reconstruction, angering many republicans
  3. 4. Which southern city was destroyed in Sherman's March to the Sea campaign?
  4. 5. Andrew Johnson was the first president to be ___________
  5. 6. Robert E. Lee was from this southern state
  6. 7. elected officials in Congress who advocated for equal rights for African Americans in the late 19th century
  7. 9. Location of Lincoln's assassination in D.C.
  8. 10. "Thus always to tyrants!"
  9. 12. a narrative developed by white southerners after the Civil War that attempted to portray the Confederacy in a favorable light
  10. 15. The president of the Confederacy
  11. 16. a series of laws passed after the Civil War that restricted rights for African Americans
  12. 19. to murder someone for political reasons
  13. 20. Lincoln's assassination left a huge __________ on the USA
  14. 22. Overall, the Civil War was over states' rights to keep ____________ for their economies
  15. 23. Mobs in Richmond, VA due to inflation, high refugee numbers, and mass destruction of the city from fires
  16. 24. This was the first official land battle of the Civil War: much chaos and confusion ensued due to issues with uniforms
  17. 28. Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction
  18. 31. Lincoln's vice president and the 17th president of the US
  19. 34. The Compromise of 1877 ended reconstruction and allowed for the election of this president
  20. 37. 16th President of the United States; commander-in-chief during the Civil War
  21. 38. This battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War - and it is the bloodiest battle of the war overall, lasting three days
  22. 39. The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in the ________
  23. 40. amendment that prohibits states from denying a citizen’s right to vote based on race or color (1870)
  24. 45. This is the bloodiest one-day battle in American military history - including WWI and WWII!
  25. 49. The Confederacy argued that slavery was the ___________ of their new government