This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of US Civil War & Reconstruction has 20 clues. Answers range from 5 to 24 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal.
Union military post in South Carolina which was taken over by the Confederacy in 1861.
Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else.
The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant.
The march of an army of 62,000 men from Atlanta toward Savannah
Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances
General for the South; got his nickname because he refused to retreat during battle
Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded
Novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the horrors of slavery to Northerners
the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
Rapid-fire gun capable of shooting 600 rounds per minute.
The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to General Ulysses S. Grant's army on July 4th, 1863, after 48 days of seige.
ship made of iron
A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery or not.
U.S. Supreme Court decision which determined that slaves (Dred Scott) could not sue in federal court because they did not have the rights of citizenship.
A series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states
Successful Union general who attended West Point Military Academy; against slavery
President of the Confederacy; born in Kentucky; for slavery; believed states had the right to leave the Union