Civil War

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites (7)
  2. 5. A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (plural) (9)
  3. 6. A warrant granting release from punishment for an offense (7)
  4. 8. An outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously (plural) (13)
  5. 10. The cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees (5)
  6. 11. The region of the United States lying to the ___ of the Mason-Dixon line (5)

Down

  1. 1. A town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River to the west of Jackson (9)
  2. 3. Small farmers and tenants (12)
  3. 4. A battle of the American Civil War (10)
  4. 5. The second great battle of the American Civil War (6)
  5. 7. A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war (plural) (7)
  6. 9. United States actor who was the elegant leading man in many films (5)