The American Civil War (War Histories): Criss Cross

Answer clues based on the content and vocabulary words from The American Civil War by Kate Moening. Look for hints in the Word Bank. Print the puzzle or use it on your tablet, phone, or computer.

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Across

  • 4. the way a state or country makes, sells, and uses goods and services
  • 5. the period after the American Civil War during which Confederate states rejoined the Union and the U.S. began to rebuild
  • 7. to separate from a nation and form a new country
  • 9. ended or stopped
  • 11. the practice of forcing people to work for no pay and considering them property

Down

  • 1. We moved to a new ___
  • 2. gave up power or control of something
  • 3. the group of northern states that supported the federal government during the American Civil War
  • 4. chosen by voting
  • 6. the group of 11 states that separated from the U.S. during the American Civil War
  • 8. situations in which large groups of people act in violent, uncontrolled ways in public
  • 10. a serious and lasting attack, the military will often surround a place to force it to surrender

Word Bank

abolished
confederacy
economy
elected
country
reconstruction
riots
secede
siege
slavery
surrender
union