Unit 8 Crossword

5. abolished, or ended, slavery in America
6. The era after the Civil War, when it was time to rebuild the country
9. The main issue causing the Civil War was the issue of ______
10. It means "to leave." The Confederates did it in 1861
12. quote is probably a reference to the Texas holiday called ____________.
13. The nickname for the United States during the Civil War. The North.
14. These former slaves went back to work on the cotton fields a became trapped in a cycle of debt

1. gave citizenship to freedmen and required that states give everyone due process and equal protection
2. “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free."
3. Which Political party wanted a return to the antebellum period?
4. this Union victory divided the Confederacy territory in two with the capture of the Mississippi River. Turning point of the war. Battle of ___.
5. This allowed African American men suffrage, to begin voting in elections
7. This is the name of the War where the Union fought the Confederates
8. This Confederate Victory was actually fought AFTER the Civil War ended, because news travelled slowly
11. Confederate Troops prevented the Union from gaining access to a major railroad in Houston