VUS.7abc Vocabulary - The Civil War

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Across
  1. 1. author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
  2. 6. made by Lincoln, set forth the North’s dual war aims of preserving the Union and abolishing slavery.
  3. 8. group of eleven states that seceded from the Union, fought against the U.S. during the Civil War.
  4. 11. Confederate military commander who urged Southerners to accept defeat and unite as Americans.
  5. 12. Union military general, won victories over South after several failures by Union generals.
  6. 13. 16th President, POTUS during Civil War, insisted that the U.S. would be held together by force if necessary.
  7. 15. Founded in the Northern U.S. in the 1850’s as an anti-slavery party, Lincoln was first Republican President.
  8. 16. site of Southern surrender to North.
  9. 17. first confrontation of the Civil War, fought in SC.
Down
  1. 2. turned focus of war to slavery, freed slaves in Southern states, discouraged interference of foreign governments in Civil War.
  2. 3. bloodiest day of Civil War, first battle fought on Northern soil, won by U.S., led to Lincoln issuing Emancipation Proclamation.
  3. 4. turning point in Civil War, won by Union in PA, famous for Pickett’s Charge.
  4. 5. Former enslaved AA who became a prominent abolitionist and urged Lincoln to recruit former enslaved AA to fight in the Union Army.
  5. 7. act of a state or states withdrawing from the United States.
  6. 9. Davis U.S. Senator who became President of the CSA
  7. 10. anti-slavery novel, depicted horrors of slavery, fueled the abolitionist cause in the 1850’s.
  8. 14. SC rules that those of African descent brought to the U.S. were not protected under the Constitution and could never be U.S. citizens.