This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of US Civil War & Reconstruction has 15 clues. Answers range from 9 to 27 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
The action of a state impeding or attempting to prevent the operation and enforcement within its territory of a law of the U.S.
Was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865.
A speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War.
A merchant vessel used for evading a naval blockade of a port or strait.
A Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the final fourteen months of the American Civil War.
An enslaved African-American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom.
A military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott in the outbreak of the Civil War.
Five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion.
A term used to describe the ongoing struggle over political power in the United States between the federal government and individual states as broadly outlined in the Tenth Amendment.
An American politician who served as the vice president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.
An American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
A statement executed by a Georgia Convention in Milledgeville, Georgia on December 10, 1850, in response to the Compromise of 1850.
Were laws governing the conduct of African Americans.
Was the period after the Civil War in which the federal government enacted and attempted to enforce equal suffrage on the ex-Confederate states.