This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of US Civil War & Reconstruction has 15 clues. Answers range from 5 to 24 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
idea to strike military and civilian populations
law that made cost of western land low for the people who farmed it
Photographer who took pictures of the Civil War
military decree that freed all enslaved people in states that were still in rebellion
protects people from being put in jail without being charged with a specific crime
the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
General Lee's failed attempt to invade the Union
outlaws slavery
Assassinated Lincoln
Lincoln's speech at the memorial of the fallen soldiers during the Battle of Gettysburg
draft
law mandating that backs be allowed to serve in the military
Northerners who opposed Lincoln's conduct of war
Used money from selling public lands to create colleges
military tactic in which an army surrounds, bombards, and cuts off supplies to an enemy in order to force them to surrender