Civil War (2)

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. 16th President of the United States (7)
  2. 5. An army unit that uses big guns (9)
  3. 7. The United States (5)
  4. 8. The state of being under the control of another person (7)
  5. 10. An international organization that cares for the sick or wounded or homeless in wartime (8)
  6. 13. Freeing someone from the control of another (12)
  7. 15. Apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (9)

Down

  1. 1. The ___ forces of a nation (8)
  2. 3. A war between groups within the same country. (8)
  3. 4. A formal public statement (12)
  4. 6. A creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War (7)
  5. 8. The withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American (9)
  6. 9. Compulsory military service (12)
  7. 11. Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation (plural) (9)
  8. 12. A highly mobile army unit (7)
  9. 14. People who serve in an army (8)