civil war Crossword Puzzles

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-09-19

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Ironclad warship of the Union.
  2. Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else.
  3. Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances.
  4. The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War).
  5. President of the Confederacy.
  6. Successful Union general who attended West Point Military Academy.
  7. The use of naval power to keep enemy ships from entering or exiting a port.
  8. Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal.
  9. To set free.
  10. A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery.
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  1. Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win.
  2. Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded.
  3. African-American unit in the Union army.
  4. President of the United States of America during the Civil War.
  5. Northerner who opposed using force to keep the Southern states in the union.
  6. Ship made of iron.
  7. An escaped slave who joined the Union army during the Civil War.
  8. To leave or withdraw.
  9. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
  10. Law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military.

20 Clues: To set free. • Ship made of iron. • To leave or withdraw. • President of the Confederacy. • Ironclad warship of the Union. • African-American unit in the Union army. • Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded. • President of the United States of America during the Civil War. • An escaped slave who joined the Union army during the Civil War. • ...

Reconstruction Crossword 2022-10-26

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A spy in the civil war
  2. farmer working lands for owner
  3. separating white people and black people
  4. north side of the civil war
  5. The aftermath of the civil war
  6. man freed from slavery
  7. farm crop used for money
  8. A test African Americans had to take to vote
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  1. white people who profit off the south
  2. allowed people to vote if their grandfather could
  3. The process of murdering someone usually of high regard
  4. south side of the civil war
  5. President that was assassinated
  6. tax paid before voting
  7. these are god given

15 Clues: these are god given • A spy in the civil war • tax paid before voting • man freed from slavery • farm crop used for money • south side of the civil war • north side of the civil war • farmer working lands for owner • The aftermath of the civil war • President that was assassinated • white people who profit off the south • separating white people and black people • ...

Reconstruction Crossword 2022-10-26

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A spy in the civil war
  2. farmer working lands for owner
  3. separating white people and black people
  4. north side of the civil war
  5. The aftermath of the civil war
  6. man freed from slavery
  7. farm crop used for money
  8. A test African Americans had to take to vote
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  1. white people who profit off the south
  2. allowed people to vote if their grandfather could
  3. The process of murdering someone usually of high regard
  4. south side of the civil war
  5. President that was assassinated
  6. tax paid before voting
  7. these are god given

15 Clues: these are god given • A spy in the civil war • tax paid before voting • man freed from slavery • farm crop used for money • south side of the civil war • north side of the civil war • farmer working lands for owner • The aftermath of the civil war • President that was assassinated • white people who profit off the south • separating white people and black people • ...

Reconstruction Crossword 2022-10-26

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A spy in the civil war
  2. farmer working lands for owner
  3. separating white people and black people
  4. north side of the civil war
  5. The aftermath of the civil war
  6. man freed from slavery
  7. farm crop used for money
  8. A test African Americans had to take to vote
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  1. white people who profit off the south
  2. allowed people to vote if their grandfather could
  3. The process of murdering someone usually of high regard
  4. south side of the civil war
  5. President that was assassinated
  6. tax paid before voting
  7. these are god given

15 Clues: these are god given • A spy in the civil war • tax paid before voting • man freed from slavery • farm crop used for money • south side of the civil war • north side of the civil war • farmer working lands for owner • The aftermath of the civil war • President that was assassinated • white people who profit off the south • separating white people and black people • ...

Reconstruction Crossword 2022-10-26

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A spy in the civil war
  2. farmer working lands for owner
  3. separating white people and black people
  4. north side of the civil war
  5. The aftermath of the civil war
  6. man freed from slavery
  7. farm crop used for money
  8. A test African Americans had to take to vote
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  1. white people who profit off the south
  2. allowed people to vote if their grandfather could
  3. The process of murdering someone usually of high regard
  4. south side of the civil war
  5. President that was assassinated
  6. tax paid before voting
  7. these are god given

15 Clues: these are god given • A spy in the civil war • tax paid before voting • man freed from slavery • farm crop used for money • south side of the civil war • north side of the civil war • farmer working lands for owner • The aftermath of the civil war • President that was assassinated • white people who profit off the south • separating white people and black people • ...

Reconstruction Crossword 2022-10-26

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A spy in the civil war
  2. farmer working lands for owner
  3. separating white people and black people
  4. north side of the civil war
  5. The aftermath of the civil war
  6. man freed from slavery
  7. farm crop used for money
  8. A test African Americans had to take to vote
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  1. white people who profit off the south
  2. allowed people to vote if their grandfather could
  3. The process of murdering someone usually of high regard
  4. south side of the civil war
  5. President that was assassinated
  6. tax paid before voting
  7. these are god given

15 Clues: these are god given • A spy in the civil war • tax paid before voting • man freed from slavery • farm crop used for money • south side of the civil war • north side of the civil war • farmer working lands for owner • The aftermath of the civil war • President that was assassinated • white people who profit off the south • separating white people and black people • ...

Reconstruction Crossword 2022-10-26

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A spy in the civil war
  2. farmer working lands for owner
  3. separating white people and black people
  4. north side of the civil war
  5. The aftermath of the civil war
  6. man freed from slavery
  7. farm crop used for money
  8. A test African Americans had to take to vote
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  1. white people who profit off the south
  2. allowed people to vote if their grandfather could
  3. The process of murdering someone usually of high regard
  4. south side of the civil war
  5. President that was assassinated
  6. tax paid before voting
  7. these are god given

15 Clues: these are god given • A spy in the civil war • tax paid before voting • man freed from slavery • farm crop used for money • south side of the civil war • north side of the civil war • farmer working lands for owner • The aftermath of the civil war • President that was assassinated • white people who profit off the south • separating white people and black people • ...

Jasmine's Civil War Crossword 2022-01-21

Jasmine's Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. was part of the Anaconda Plan
  2. what was the confederate capital
  3. most important union general
  4. freed slaves in confederate states
  5. how many years did the civil war last
  6. bloodiest battle fought in Georgia
  7. man who issued emancipation proclamation
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  1. tried to get access to Chattanooga railroads
  2. north in the civil war(Lincoln is president)
  3. south in the civil war(Davis is president)
  4. most important confederate general
  5. where did sherman's march to the sea end
  6. bloodiest battle in the Civil War
  7. confederate supply chain (railroad town)
  8. prison with highest death rate

15 Clues: most important union general • was part of the Anaconda Plan • prison with highest death rate • what was the confederate capital • bloodiest battle in the Civil War • most important confederate general • freed slaves in confederate states • bloodiest battle fought in Georgia • how many years did the civil war last • where did sherman's march to the sea end • ...

Civil War, Civil Rights, and Black History Month 2025-02-11

Civil War, Civil Rights, and Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. The amendment that gave Black men the right to vote
  2. The leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and March on Washington
  3. The organization that helped formerly enslaved people after the Civil War
  4. The amendment that outlawed poll taxes, helping protect Black voting rights
  5. Laws in the South that restricted African Americans’ rights after the Civil War
  6. The first African American U.S. president
  7. The act that banned segregation in public places in 1964
  8. The general who led the Confederate Army
  9. This 1860 election victory by a Republican candidate sparked Southern secession and Civil War
  10. The laws enforcing racial segregation in the South
  11. The period after the Civil War aimed at rebuilding the South
  12. The Supreme Court case that established “separate but equal”
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  1. The amendment that abolished slavery
  2. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  3. The first state to secede from the Union
  4. The inventor who improved the lightbulb’s filament
  5. The organization that fought for Black rights, founded in 1909
  6. The amendment that granted citizenship to formerly enslaved people
  7. The document that freed enslaved people in Confederate states
  8. The movement in the 1950s and 1960s for racial equality
  9. The journalist and activist who led anti-lynching campaigns
  10. The system of forced labor that was a major cause of the Civil War
  11. The leader of the Underground Railroad
  12. The movement to end slavery in the U.S.
  13. A key figure in the suffrage movement who campaigned for women’s right to vote and helped form the National Woman Suffrage Association

25 Clues: The amendment that abolished slavery • The bloodiest battle of the Civil War • The leader of the Underground Railroad • The movement to end slavery in the U.S. • The first state to secede from the Union • The general who led the Confederate Army • The first African American U.S. president • The inventor who improved the lightbulb’s filament • ...

Period 5 Crossword Puzzle 2025-04-29

Period 5 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Failed try to make land acquired through Mexican War free of slavery.
  2. An attempt at a slave revolt by providing slaves with arms and encouraging violence, led by John Brown.
  3. Also known as the "March to the Sea," which was to show the strength of the Union.
  4. A plan for the Civil War that included a naval blockade to cut the South in half.
  5. A confederate general known for his fearlessness during battle.
  6. Ensured the abolition of slavery (hint: first two boxes are numbers!).
  7. Wanted harsh punishment for south and complete freedom for slaves.
  8. Determined slaves were property, not citizens.
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  1. US government agency that helped poor whites and formerly enslaved people post-Civil War.
  2. Anti foreigners and immigrants.
  3. Free land in the west to promote expansion.
  4. Westward expansion belief.
  5. Declares that everyone born in the US is a citizen, regardless of race.
  6. Bloodiest day in Civil War, the South lost which resulted in no foreign support.
  7. Political party that aimed to prohibit slavery in west.
  8. Congress pushed for change in the South and more rights for Slaves.
  9. Confederate general, General Lee, surrendered at this location.
  10. An attempt to resolve slavery issues resulting from new states joining the Union.
  11. Restrictive laws against African Americans in the South, even after the Civil War.
  12. Someone who moved to the South after the Civil War.

20 Clues: Westward expansion belief. • Anti foreigners and immigrants. • Free land in the west to promote expansion. • Determined slaves were property, not citizens. • Someone who moved to the South after the Civil War. • Political party that aimed to prohibit slavery in west. • Confederate general, General Lee, surrendered at this location. • ...

Winnsboro, SC 2026-05-12

Winnsboro, SC crossword puzzle
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  1. South Carolina’s state tree
  2. war the war in America
  3. southern gov’t supported by South Carolina in the civil war
  4. transportation system used by troops and for supplies
  5. large-scale conflict
  6. freedom
  7. a system in which people are owned by others and are forced to work without pay
  8. the best social studies teacher!
  9. Winnsboro has the oldest-running one of these, running for over 100 years straight!
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  1. the country Winnsboro calls home
  2. the war in which America defeated the British and resisted dependence of Britain
  3. to give up
  4. the state Winnsboro lies in
  5. northern side in the civil war
  6. a fight between opposing armies or groups during a war
  7. one of Winnsboro’s website colors (a primary color)
  8. countryside areas like Fairfield county

17 Clues: freedom • to give up • large-scale conflict • war the war in America • South Carolina’s state tree • the state Winnsboro lies in • northern side in the civil war • the country Winnsboro calls home • the best social studies teacher! • countryside areas like Fairfield county • one of Winnsboro’s website colors (a primary color) • transportation system used by troops and for supplies • ...

The Civil War 2025-05-15

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The leader of the South
  2. The fort where the Civil War started
  3. The leader/ president of the North
  4. The losing side of the Civil War
  5. The South side
  6. The North side
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  1. The battle that marks the turning point
  2. one of the main reasons why the Civil War was fought
  3. A very common military weapon used in the Civil War
  4. Civil Wars of the civil war
  5. Civilians

11 Clues: Civilians • The South side • The North side • The leader of the South • Civil Wars of the civil war • The losing side of the Civil War • The leader/ president of the North • The fort where the Civil War started • The battle that marks the turning point • A very common military weapon used in the Civil War • one of the main reasons why the Civil War was fought

Civil war 2024-10-02

Civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. what was common during the civil war
  2. who loss the civil war
  3. When did the civil war start
  4. were was the civil war taken place
  5. who was the president during the civil war
  6. What did people call abrahamlincon
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  1. who won the civil war
  2. when did the civil war end
  3. who made slaves free
  4. what was poupular on the southside
  5. why did the civil war start

11 Clues: who made slaves free • who won the civil war • who loss the civil war • when did the civil war end • why did the civil war start • When did the civil war start • what was poupular on the southside • were was the civil war taken place • What did people call abrahamlincon • what was common during the civil war • who was the president during the civil war

Civil War 2019-10-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Risked her life to bring supplies and support to soldiers in the field during the Civil War.
  2. An infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War.
  3. Became an outspoken advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women’s rights in the nineteenth century.
  4. Also called field surgery and later combat casualty care, is the treatment of wounded combatants and non-combatants in or near an area of combat.
  5. Is the federally-recognized government of the Cherokee people.
  6. Was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory that ended General Robert E.
  7. Was the first major battle of the American Civil War and was a Confederate victory.
  8. Was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician.
  9. Served as a Confederate General (1861-1863) during the American War
  10. An American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.
  11. Civil War Union Major General
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  1. Was an American soldier, politician, and international statesman who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877.
  2. An American politician who served as the only President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865.
  3. An American abolitionist and author.
  4. The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia in the McLean House in the village of _____________ Court House.
  5. A type of muzzle-loading spin-stabilized bullet for rifled muskets named after its developer.
  6. Born into slavery in Maryland.
  7. Accepted a general’s commission in the newly formed Confederate Army.
  8. Was a battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee.
  9. 16th president of the United States.
  10. A steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates used in the early part of the second half of the 19th century.
  11. He advocated the use of armed insurrection to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States.
  12. To Confederate President Jefferson Davis,__________was the "nailhead that holds the South's two halves together."
  13. 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862.

24 Clues: Civil War Union Major General • Born into slavery in Maryland. • An American abolitionist and author. • 16th president of the United States. • Is the federally-recognized government of the Cherokee people. • Served as a Confederate General (1861-1863) during the American War • An infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. • ...

Reconstruction Crossword 2022-10-26

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A spy in the civil war
  2. farmer working lands for owner
  3. separating white people and black people
  4. north side of the civil war
  5. The aftermath of the civil war
  6. man freed from slavery
  7. farm crop used for money
  8. A test African Americans had to take to vote
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  1. white people who profit off the south
  2. allowed people to vote if their grandfather could
  3. The process of murdering someone usually of high regard
  4. south side of the civil war
  5. President that was assassinated
  6. tax paid before voting
  7. these are god given

15 Clues: these are god given • A spy in the civil war • tax paid before voting • man freed from slavery • farm crop used for money • south side of the civil war • north side of the civil war • farmer working lands for owner • The aftermath of the civil war • President that was assassinated • white people who profit off the south • separating white people and black people • ...

Reconstruction Crossword 2022-10-26

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A spy in the civil war
  2. farmer working lands for owner
  3. separating white people and black people
  4. north side of the civil war
  5. The aftermath of the civil war
  6. man freed from slavery
  7. farm crop used for money
  8. A test African Americans had to take to vote
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  1. white people who profit off the south
  2. allowed people to vote if their grandfather could
  3. The process of murdering someone usually of high regard
  4. south side of the civil war
  5. President that was assassinated
  6. tax paid before voting
  7. these are god given

15 Clues: these are god given • A spy in the civil war • tax paid before voting • man freed from slavery • farm crop used for money • south side of the civil war • north side of the civil war • farmer working lands for owner • The aftermath of the civil war • President that was assassinated • white people who profit off the south • separating white people and black people • ...

UNIT 9 VOCAB 2016-04-20

UNIT 9 VOCAB crossword puzzle
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  1. GENERAL OF THE UNION ARMY
  2. PROHIBITED DENIAL OF VOTING RIGHTS FOR BLACKS
  3. LAWS THAT LIMITED THE RIGHTS OF BLACKS
  4. ANTI-SLAVERY POLITICAL GROUP
  5. THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR
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  1. AMENDMENT A LAW THAT LEGALLY GOT RID OF SLAVERY
  2. PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY
  3. PRESIDENT U.S. AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
  4. A cHILEAN IMMIGRANT THAT WAS IN THE NAVY
  5. SOLDIER WHO HAD COURAGE IN FORT SUMTER
  6. GURANTEED EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL CITIZENS
  7. THE TURNING POINT OF THE CIVIL WAR
  8. GENERAL OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY
  9. BATTLE THAT THE UNION WON
  10. CIVIL WAR NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN STATES FOUGHT

15 Clues: GENERAL OF THE UNION ARMY • BATTLE THAT THE UNION WON • PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY • ANTI-SLAVERY POLITICAL GROUP • GENERAL OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY • THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR • PRESIDENT U.S. AFTER THE CIVIL WAR • THE TURNING POINT OF THE CIVIL WAR • SOLDIER WHO HAD COURAGE IN FORT SUMTER • LAWS THAT LIMITED THE RIGHTS OF BLACKS • ...

Jasmine's Civil War Crossword 2022-01-21

Jasmine's Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. was part of the Anaconda Plan
  2. what was the confederate capital
  3. most important union general
  4. freed slaves in confederate states
  5. how many years did the civil war last
  6. bloodiest battle fought in Georgia
  7. man who issued emancipation proclamation
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  1. tried to get access to Chattanooga railroads
  2. north in the civil war(Lincoln is president)
  3. south in the civil war(Davis is president)
  4. most important confederate general
  5. where did sherman's march to the sea end
  6. bloodiest battle in the Civil War
  7. confederate supply chain (railroad town)
  8. prison with highest death rate

15 Clues: most important union general • was part of the Anaconda Plan • prison with highest death rate • what was the confederate capital • bloodiest battle in the Civil War • most important confederate general • freed slaves in confederate states • bloodiest battle fought in Georgia • how many years did the civil war last • where did sherman's march to the sea end • ...

Civil War Review 2026-05-13

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. President of the U.S. during the civil war.
  2. General of the Union Army, Ulysses S. __________
  3. Where Robert E. Lee (South) surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant (North) in 1865, ending the American Civil War. Lee surrendered because he was surrounded and out of supplies.
  4. Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth just _______ days after the Civil War ended, he did not get to finish his second term as President and did not oversee the Union repair from war.
  5. 1863, 3-day battle. Bloodiest battle of the entire war. North wins. Turning point of the war because it was the last time the south attempted to invade the Union.
  6. Name of the government of the southern states that tried to secede from the Union.
  7. 1862 battle, North technically wins. Bloodiest single-day battle of war. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after this win.
  8. Capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War, ___________, Virginia
  9. states Slave states that did not secede, remained fairly neutral during the war.
  10. Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; First shots of the Civil War fired here.
  11. 1863, Union victory. The Union gained control of the entire Mississippi River, cutting the Confederacy's most western states off from access to their capital.
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  1. Legal order issued by Lincoln, freeing enslaved people in all rebelling (seceding) states at war with the United States. Went into effect on January 1st, 1863.
  2. A general term for the United States during the Civil War which also was used to refer to the Northern army.
  3. Union officer who led a famous "March to the Sea" in which he destroyed railways, bridges, crops, livestock, and other resources in the south.
  4. a war strategy that involves causing all the damage you can against your enemy's war resources; often resulting in complete destruction.
  5. State that joined the Union after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
  6. General of the Confederate Army
  7. Union's war strategy to defeat the Confederacy by surrounding the South to cut off access to their supplies.
  8. July 21, 1861, Confederate victory, 1st major battle, proved war was going to be long and costly
  9. To leave or withdraw
  10. United States of America, North, Blue uniforms, won the war.
  11. Nov.-Dec. 1864, General Sherman and about 60,000 troops set out to march across Georgia; burnt cities and destroyed everything.
  12. term for a conflict between two political groups within the same country, such as the one that occurred in the United States from 1861-1865
  13. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

24 Clues: To leave or withdraw • General of the Confederate Army • President of the U.S. during the civil war. • General of the Union Army, Ulysses S. __________ • United States of America, North, Blue uniforms, won the war. • the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 • Capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War, ___________, Virginia • ...

CIVIL WAR 2025-05-05

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
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  1. where the Civil War started (2 words)
  2. nickname given to Southern whites that supported Republican Reconstruction after the Civil War
  3. improve 160 acres of land and get it free!
  4. a mission that destroyed the South’s economy from Atlanta and Savannah (5 words)
  5. Amendment that abolished slavery
  6. the capital of the United States of America
  7. ____of the Civil War: slavery/state’s rights/tariff disputes/different economies/cultural differences/Election of 1860
  8. first African-American to be awarded the Medal of Honor
  9. commanding general of the Union army and 18th president
  10. Amendment that gave all men voting rights
  11. “Stonewall Jackson becomes famous and the Civil War becomes real (picnickers attend)
  12. the Social Studies teacher with the least amount of hair
  13. Union______:far from home/motivation/generals/enemy coastline/location
  14. the single bloodiest day in American History
  15. _________Act of 1867 divided the South into 5 military districts and granted freedmen citizenship and voting rights
  16. runaway slaves must be returned to the South
  17. dedicated the land to those who lost their lives at the Battle of Gettysburg
  18. abolitionist responsible for Bleeding Kansas and Harpers Ferry; seen as a martyr
  19. people have the power!
  20. the loudest Social Studies teacher
  21. Amendment that gave citizenship
  22. time period that includes all of the events leading up to the Civil War
  23. became president after Lincoln’s assassination (was impeached)
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  1. assassinated Licoln at Ford’s Theatre
  2. a person from the North that comes to the South after the Civil War to profit from Reconstruction
  3. General that had an aggressive approach to destroying the South near the end of the Civil War
  4. system of farming in which a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds for a share of the crop
  5. Confederate__________: motivation/military tradition/skilled with guns and horses/home turf/generals
  6. President of the the United States of America during the Civil War
  7. federal land for colleges that taught Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (GIG ‘EM!)
  8. Supreme Court case that said slaves have no rights because they are property
  9. the capital of the Confederate States of America
  10. _______ Advantages: Abe Lincoln/Industrial Power/Population/Control shipping/Railroads
  11. repealed the Missouri Compromise and gives the states popular sovereignty
  12. ________Disadvantages: few factories/organization of railroads/inflation/population
  13. Sophia’s Mom
  14. where the Civil War ended
  15. commanding general of the Confederate Army
  16. President of the Confederate States of America
  17. Union gains control of the Mississippi River
  18. _____Proclamation Lincoln freed the slaves in the Confederate Territories
  19. first Hispanic-American to be awarded the Medal of Honor
  20. the Social Studies teacher that loves George Washington
  21. anti-slavery political party created in 1854
  22. the turning point in the Civil War

45 Clues: Sophia’s Mom • people have the power! • where the Civil War ended • Amendment that gave citizenship • Amendment that abolished slavery • the turning point in the Civil War • the loudest Social Studies teacher • assassinated Licoln at Ford’s Theatre • where the Civil War started (2 words) • Amendment that gave all men voting rights • improve 160 acres of land and get it free! • ...

Civil War 2022-02-02

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. He put up the blockade
  2. Capital of Georgia, captured by union troops
  3. He signed the emancipation proclamation
  4. linoln did this to stop southern cotton from reaching European markets
  5. the general of the confederate Army
  6. the transportation hub of the south
  7. the capital of Georgia during the civil war
  8. sherman marched his army across to
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  1. Bloodiest battle fought in Georgia during the civil war
  2. the President of the confederacy
  3. war name of the war
  4. president during civil war
  5. main goal of the Emancipation proclamation
  6. main crop of the south
  7. served as a Union general and was a key player in the end of the Civil War

15 Clues: war name of the war • He put up the blockade • main crop of the south • president during civil war • the President of the confederacy • sherman marched his army across to • the general of the confederate Army • the transportation hub of the south • He signed the emancipation proclamation • main goal of the Emancipation proclamation • the capital of Georgia during the civil war • ...

CIVIL WAR 2026-05-08

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. War A war within its own country
  2. Soldier standing guard
  3. unexpected attack
  4. an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler
  5. Wagon that carried injured soldiers
  6. Sailor with explosives
  7. President during the civil war
  8. Northern States
  9. Northern soldiers and citizens during the American Civil War
Down
  1. Lowest rank in the military
  2. Branch of military that was on boats
  3. a person who rises in opposition
  4. to give up
  5. Where weapons are stored
  6. the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions
  7. A surgical operation to remove a bad limb
  8. African American who was in forced labor
  9. Southern states
  10. the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution
  11. The term for new soldiers

20 Clues: to give up • Southern states • Northern States • unexpected attack • Soldier standing guard • Sailor with explosives • Where weapons are stored • The term for new soldiers • Lowest rank in the military • President during the civil war • War A war within its own country • a person who rises in opposition • Wagon that carried injured soldiers • Branch of military that was on boats • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-02-15

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the side that was fighting a defending battle
  2. the side that wanted to restore itself and end slavery
  3. the slave captain that helped slaves escape
  4. main leader of confederate army
  5. a march to the sea
  6. helped make food and served as nurses
  7. big guns that launch huge ammunition
  8. president during civil war
  9. when people make fun of a different race
  10. something that blocks ports
  11. an general increase in prices
Down
  1. when a slave escapes union lines during the civil war
  2. the war between the unions and confederates
  3. the turning point of the civil war
  4. the fort that began the war
  5. on of the things they used for guns
  6. the plan to blockade the south and attack through the Mississippi river
  7. the proclamation that freed the slaves
  8. the first settlement in the Carolina colony
  9. served as drummers and make soup
  10. people that worked for whites with no pay

21 Clues: a march to the sea • president during civil war • the fort that began the war • something that blocks ports • an general increase in prices • main leader of confederate army • served as drummers and make soup • the turning point of the civil war • on of the things they used for guns • big guns that launch huge ammunition • helped make food and served as nurses • ...

African Wars Crossword Sarah W. 2024-05-21

African Wars Crossword Sarah W. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ethnic group in northern Algeria
  2. NGOs
  3. leader of the LRA
  4. Extremest group during the Somali Civil War
  5. Capital of Uganda
  6. President of Uganda that was overthrown in a coup
  7. UNLA
  8. organized to raise funs for the Ethiopian famine
  9. ethnic group in southeast Nigeria
  10. war in Ethiopia in 2020-2022
  11. EPLF
Down
  1. 500,000-800,000 Tusti were killed
  2. war between Ethiopia and Somalia
  3. leader of independence for the eatst region of Biafra
  4. considered one of the most brutal dictators
  5. TPLF
  6. humanization organization which speaks on the suffering of Biafra
  7. PDRE
  8. UNLF
  9. Authoritarian ruler of Somalia
  10. NRA
  11. Marxist-Lenist military dictatorship in the Ethiopian Civil War
  12. time in Ethiopia caused by droughts, crop failure, and disruption of food
  13. battle when Somali shot down 3 US helicopters
  14. leader of the Nigerian government in the Nigerian Civil War

25 Clues: NRA • NGOs • TPLF • PDRE • UNLF • UNLA • EPLF • leader of the LRA • Capital of Uganda • war in Ethiopia in 2020-2022 • Authoritarian ruler of Somalia • war between Ethiopia and Somalia • ethnic group in northern Algeria • 500,000-800,000 Tusti were killed • ethnic group in southeast Nigeria • considered one of the most brutal dictators • Extremest group during the Somali Civil War • ...

Reconstruction Puzzle 2023-10-11

Reconstruction Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A murder based on color/gender
  2. A system where the landowner gives a tenant his land for crop
  3. It means to work
  4. Amendment that ensured everyone voting rights
  5. To separate based on color
  6. The south side in the civil war
  7. A set of laws limiting african american rights
  8. War The war that started the emancipation proclamation
  9. Attempted rebuild of the country
Down
  1. White supremacy group
  2. Amendment that ensured everyone equal protection
  3. The State that seceded first
  4. Treated differently because of color
  5. The holiday that is on June 19th that celebrates the end of the war
  6. The act to hold someone to unpaid labor
  7. The north side in the civil war
  8. Part of a country that leaves that country
  9. National Association for Colored
  10. Amendment that abolished slavery (numeral)
  11. The person responsible for lynching
  12. A tax that required certain people to pay before voting

21 Clues: It means to work • White supremacy group • To separate based on color • The State that seceded first • A murder based on color/gender • The north side in the civil war • The south side in the civil war • National Association for Colored • Attempted rebuild of the country • The person responsible for lynching • Treated differently because of color • ...

ui 2026-05-19

ui crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A conflict between countries or groups.
  2. A day to honor soldiers who died in war.
  3. Items placed on graves to honor soldiers.
  4. Giving up something important for others.
  5. The type of war that led to Memorial Day.
  6. One side in the American Civil War.
  7. Public celebrations held on Memorial Day.
  8. A place where many graves are located.
  9. Last name of the general who declared the day.
  10. People who have served in the military.
Down
  1. The act of honoring and remembering.
  2. The month Memorial Day is celebrated.
  3. People who serve in the army.
  4. The original name of Memorial Day.
  5. The opposing side in the Civil War.
  6. A value remembered on Memorial Day.
  7. Ordinary people who began the tradition.
  8. A moment observed to show respect.
  9. Items placed on graves to show respect.
  10. Places where people are buried.

20 Clues: People who serve in the army. • Places where people are buried. • The original name of Memorial Day. • A moment observed to show respect. • The opposing side in the Civil War. • A value remembered on Memorial Day. • One side in the American Civil War. • The act of honoring and remembering. • The month Memorial Day is celebrated. • A place where many graves are located. • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-09-19

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded.
  2. Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else.
  3. African-American unit in the Union army.
  4. President of the United States of America during the Civil War.
  5. Ironclad warship of the Union.
  6. An escaped slave who joined the Union army during the Civil War.
  7. Northerner who opposed using force to keep the Southern states in the union.
  8. To leave or withdraw.
  9. The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War).
  10. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
  11. The use of naval power to keep enemy ships from entering or exiting a port.
  12. A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery.
  13. Law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military.
Down
  1. Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal.
  2. Ship made of iron.
  3. President of the Confederacy.
  4. To set free.
  5. Successful Union general who attended West Point Military Academy.
  6. Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win.
  7. Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances.

20 Clues: To set free. • Ship made of iron. • To leave or withdraw. • President of the Confederacy. • Ironclad warship of the Union. • African-American unit in the Union army. • Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded. • President of the United States of America during the Civil War. • An escaped slave who joined the Union army during the Civil War. • ...

crossword 2022-12-13

crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. __________, PA was the site of the most famous battle of the Civil War, which was fought from July 1-3 1963. In winning the battle, the Union stopped the South's last northern invasion and set the stage for the eventual end of the war.
  2. Ulysses S. __________ was the final General of the Union Army. He won the war in 1865 and, after the end of the war, he became the 18th President of the United States.
  3. The ____________ is a racist, primarily Southern interpretation of the Civil War, in which the Confederacy is framed as heroic and analysis of the war is shifted to emphasize states' rights and independence rather than slavery.
  4. Robert E. _________ was the General and Commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
  5. The name for the Northern states during the war.
  6. The policy of forced separation of black and white Americans, which lasted from 1865 until the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
  7. The period between 1865-1877 in which the United States tried to rebuild after the Civil War.
  8. Thomas ___________ Jackson was one of the best known Southern generals of the Civil War and was known for his aggressive tactics and willingness to sacrifice his troops for victory. He was famously killed when he was accidentally shot by one of his men during 1863.
  9. To officially withdraw from membership in a federation or union.
Down
  1. Abraham __________ was the 16th President of the United States, who served during the Civil War and was assassinated in April 1865.
  2. ________ Davis was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
  3. ______________ No. 143 was a May 22, 1863 order that admitted Black Americans into the Union Army. The Army created regiments down as United States Colored Troops (USCT), which were often filled by both Northern citizens and escaped Southern slaves.
  4. _________ Laws were Reconstruction era state and local laws that enforced the policy of segregation of black and white Americans.
  5. The name for the Southern states during the war.
  6. The ________ Proclamation was a document issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. The document officially freed all slaves in southern states, but slavery would not actually end until after the war with the passage of the 13th Amendment.
  7. John Wilkes ___________ was a stage actor and Southern sympathizer who assassinated Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC on April 15, 1865.
  8. The United States ________ was a 19th century war between the Northern and Southern states fought over the future of slavery. The war lasted from 1861 until 1865.

17 Clues: The name for the Southern states during the war. • The name for the Northern states during the war. • To officially withdraw from membership in a federation or union. • ________ Davis was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War. • The period between 1865-1877 in which the United States tried to rebuild after the Civil War. • ...

Civil War 2026-05-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A weapon used to punish slaves
  2. The president during the civil war
  3. When the civil war happened
  4. A slave that watches over other slaves
  5. The guns they used in the civil war
  6. Where slaves worked
  7. Ammo they used in the civil war
  8. The army for the north
  9. Someone who is against slavery
Down
  1. The north fighting the south over slavery
  2. A person people bought, sold and put to work
  3. The army for the south
  4. Someone who owns slaves
  5. What slaves were not allowed to have
  6. The Unions secret weapon for deploying troops and transporting ammo to the frontlines
  7. Where they bought and sold slaves

16 Clues: Where slaves worked • The army for the south • The army for the north • Someone who owns slaves • When the civil war happened • A weapon used to punish slaves • Someone who is against slavery • Ammo they used in the civil war • Where they bought and sold slaves • The president during the civil war • The guns they used in the civil war • What slaves were not allowed to have • ...

Impacts of the Civil War 2024-04-10

Impacts of the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A "way of life" that ended up turning into a muddy destroyed slab of land because of the battles
  2. Some were exempt from service in the South under this law
  3. Opposite of agriculture; positively changed the nation after the war
  4. Many women became this after the war
  5. Founder of the American Red Cross
  6. A mental disorder that most likely haunted ex-soldiers after the war
  7. _____ had to step up after the men left for war
  8. Young children enlisted in the army served as ___________ or standard bearers
  9. Something the U.S. will have to go through after the war
  10. This freed slaves in rebel states
  11. The government wasn't sure how much of this to give to the South after the war
Down
  1. What the South is after the war
  2. This freed all slaves across the U.S.
  3. The government faced __________ from the South after the war
  4. Something the South deserved(?) after the war
  5. One of the few jobs avaliable to women at the front
  6. During the Civil War, there were _________ of food, clothes, and various other things because the soldiers needed them
  7. A new visual source of information that became popularized through the Civil War
  8. No one knew how to feel about the new _____ population
  9. This got banned shortly after/during the Civil War

20 Clues: What the South is after the war • Founder of the American Red Cross • This freed slaves in rebel states • Many women became this after the war • This freed all slaves across the U.S. • Something the South deserved(?) after the war • _____ had to step up after the men left for war • This got banned shortly after/during the Civil War • ...

Civil War Battle Strategies 2019-05-19

Civil War Battle Strategies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the home where Robert Lee surrendered
  2. military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War. The plan called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral, a thrust down the Mississippi, and the strangulation of the South by Union land and naval forces.
  3. amount of people killed it the civil war
  4. led the nation through the bloodiest war known to mankind
  5. former president of the confederate states
Down
  1. led the confederate soldiers.
  2. destroyed everything he came across, burnt everything
  3. southern civil war soldiers
  4. was to lead the unions massive army against Robert E. Lee
  5. the interdiction of a nation's lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power. Type of: blockade, encirclement. a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy.
  6. killed abe
  7. northern civil war soldiers
  8. the butcher of the civil war, lost 7000 men in half an hour
  9. Led the anaconda plan
  10. a powerful place that hurt the confederacy when it was lost

15 Clues: killed abe • Led the anaconda plan • southern civil war soldiers • northern civil war soldiers • led the confederate soldiers. • the home where Robert Lee surrendered • amount of people killed it the civil war • former president of the confederate states • destroyed everything he came across, burnt everything • was to lead the unions massive army against Robert E. Lee • ...

DE US 2026-01-21

DE US crossword puzzle
Across
  1. end of indentured servitude
  2. 5 bills to settle border lines and slave disputes
  3. government power comes from the people
  4. limits power of each gov branch
  5. president during Civil war
  6. deragatory term for southern abolitionists post civil war
  7. settled disputes about accused corruption of presidential race in 1870s
  8. shot heard around the world
  9. first permanent colony
  10. relative religious freedom
  11. first battle of Civil war
  12. reform church of england
  13. religion practiced at Jamestown
  14. cause of war of 1812- US soldiers forced in British navy
Down
  1. travelled along the middle passage
  2. cash crops
  3. 3 branches
  4. ended revolutionary war
  5. led large slave revolt in richmond
  6. president who represented common man
  7. religious revival
  8. slave based Southern economic growth
  9. promised land after working
  10. president who basically ended reconstruction
  11. led the largest slave revolt
  12. French support at saratoga

26 Clues: cash crops • 3 branches • religious revival • first permanent colony • ended revolutionary war • reform church of england • first battle of Civil war • president during Civil war • French support at saratoga • relative religious freedom • end of indentured servitude • promised land after working • shot heard around the world • led the largest slave revolt • limits power of each gov branch • ...

The Civil War Terrance Ogo Ordot 2017-02-15

The Civil War Terrance Ogo Ordot crossword puzzle
Across
  1. withdraw formally from membership in a federal union
  2. _________ plan; had 3 parts
  3. suspended by Lincoln during Civil War
  4. president of Confederacy
  5. Confederacy surrenders here
  6. assassinated abraham lincoln (john wilkes _____)
  7. emancipation proclamation freed slaves here
  8. leading General of Union
  9. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
  10. mississippi, confederacy was split in two
Down
  1. huge advantage for North
  2. the south, went against the union
  3. general for confederacy
  4. huge advantage for South
  5. draft to serve in army
  6. completely devastated Atlanta, Georgia (ex of total war)
  7. president during the civil war
  8. founded in 1881 by Clara Barton
  9. where the civil war started
  10. single bloodiest day battle in the war
  11. turning point, game over for Confederacy
  12. west _________, broke away from state

22 Clues: draft to serve in army • general for confederacy • huge advantage for North • huge advantage for South • president of Confederacy • leading General of Union • _________ plan; had 3 parts • where the civil war started • Confederacy surrenders here • president during the civil war • founded in 1881 by Clara Barton • the south, went against the union • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-05-09

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the bloodiest battle of the civil war
  2. people against slavery
  3. president of the confederate states of America
  4. confederate general
  5. Clara Barton created this to help people
  6. government by the people
  7. was a slave who tried to sue for his freedom in the Supreme court
  8. Anti-slavery
  9. won the election of 1860
  10. where General Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to the union
Down
  1. the battle that started the Civil war
  2. the name of the North during the war
  3. Pro-slavery
  4. The name of the South during the war
  5. The South did this after the election of 1860
  6. wrote Uncle Tom's cabin
  7. was the first state to secede
  8. Union general and the 18th president of the united states
  9. tried to start a slave revolt by stealing weapons
  10. the biggest killer during the civil war

20 Clues: Pro-slavery • Anti-slavery • confederate general • people against slavery • wrote Uncle Tom's cabin • government by the people • won the election of 1860 • was the first state to secede • the name of the North during the war • The name of the South during the war • the battle that started the Civil war • the bloodiest battle of the civil war • the biggest killer during the civil war • ...

3.11 The Civil War 2025-12-10

3.11 The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Weapon attached to rifles
  2. Technology documenting battlefield realities
  3. New federal paper money
  4. Site of the war’s first shots
  5. Union general
  6. Movement to end slavery
  7. Early Union commander
  8. Siege that split the Confederacy
  9. U.S. president during the Civil War
  10. Location of Confederate surrender
  11. Northerners who opposed the war
  12. Confederate president
  13. Southern Democrat leader
  14. Turning-point battle in 1863
  15. Armored Civil War warship
Down
  1. Lincoln’s freeing decree
  2. Northern Democrat in 1860
  3. Bloodiest single day battle
  4. Confederate general
  5. Creator of the Anaconda Plan
  6. Improved firearm of the era
  7. Confederate vice president
  8. Pain-reducing medical innovation used in Civil War surgeries
  9. Union general who used “contraband” policy
  10. Mandatory military draft
  11. Postwar rebuilding era (began during the war)
  12. Transport system crucial to both armies
  13. Union strategy to choke Southern trade
  14. Communication technology used by Lincoln
  15. Act of leaving the Union

30 Clues: Union general • Confederate general • Early Union commander • Confederate president • New federal paper money • Movement to end slavery • Lincoln’s freeing decree • Mandatory military draft • Act of leaving the Union • Southern Democrat leader • Northern Democrat in 1860 • Weapon attached to rifles • Armored Civil War warship • Confederate vice president • Bloodiest single day battle • ...

Civil War 2020-03-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. capital of the Confederacy
  2. commander of the Union Army
  3. after this man was elected president some southern states seceded from the union
  4. ship belonging to the Union
  5. nickname given to Thomas Jackson at the Battle of Manassas or Bull Run
  6. the location where the Civil War ended
  7. ship belonging to the Confederacy
  8. campaigned to end slavery
  9. led a raid on the United States Armory at Harper's Ferry
  10. to leave
Down
  1. led a rebellion against slavery in Virginia, killing many white people
  2. economy in the South
  3. The first major land battle of the Civil War was fought in ___.
  4. the southern states formed a new country called the ___ States of America
  5. Lincoln sent the Union Navy to ___ southern ports
  6. economy in the North
  7. led escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad
  8. this group did not take sides during the Civil War
  9. lost the Civil War
  10. commander of the Confederate Army
  11. northern states thought that new states should be ___ states

21 Clues: to leave • lost the Civil War • economy in the South • economy in the North • campaigned to end slavery • capital of the Confederacy • commander of the Union Army • ship belonging to the Union • ship belonging to the Confederacy • commander of the Confederate Army • the location where the Civil War ended • led escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad • ...

Spring Semester Review 2021-04-30

Spring Semester Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the Civil War.
  2. Common Man President
  3. France wanted a bribe or they would continue to attack US ships during Napoleon’s Reign.
  4. Precedent created by Marbury vs. Madison Supreme Court case.
  5. Federalist convention that demanded that the War of 1812 end or the New England states would secede.
  6. The war that ended with the United States gaining the Mexican Cession Territory.
  7. turning point battle of the Civil War—South no longer had enough men to invade the North.
  8. President of the Confederate States of America
  9. Law that violated Freedom of Speech and Press passed in Adams presidency
  10. Northern General that waged total warfare on the South during the Civil War.
  11. Outlawed by the 13th Amendment
  12. 10 year time period after the Civil War.
  13. 1861-1865
  14. Secret network for slaves to use when escaping to freedom.
  15. treaty that ended the War of 1812.
  16. invention that made cotton the #1 crop in the South and spread slavery west.
  17. Forced march of Cherokee Tribe to reservations in Oklahoma
  18. 2nd president of the United States.
Down
  1. Presidential decree that told Europe that the Western Hemisphere was off limits (no new colonies)
  2. the president who accomplished manifest destiny.
  3. Law passed in South Carolina that allowed them to cancel any federal laws they felt were unconstitutional.
  4. Presidential decree that outlawed slavery in the rebelling states and changed the focus of the Civil War.
  5. created when Jim Crow Laws were passed
  6. 1st president of the United States.
  7. Thousands of pioneers traveled to California in 1849
  8. President during the War of 1812
  9. Commander of the Northern forces during the Civil War (won the war)
  10. president of the Union during the Civil War.
  11. Era when things went from being made be hand to being made faster and cheaper by machine.
  12. Political Party created by Jefferson that believed in a strict interpretation of the Constitution.
  13. tax on imports
  14. After North won this battle they controlled the entire Mississippi River.
  15. The belief that the United States should span from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
  16. Compromise that divided the Louisiana Territory at the 36’30 latitude line—everything North was free except Missouri and everything South would be slave.
  17. President when the Adams-Onis Treaty of signed and Missouri Compromise was created.
  18. territory purchased by Jefferson
  19. 1st Secretary of Treasury; created free market system in US

37 Clues: 1861-1865 • tax on imports • Common Man President • Outlawed by the 13th Amendment • President during the War of 1812 • territory purchased by Jefferson • treaty that ended the War of 1812. • 1st president of the United States. • 2nd president of the United States. • created when Jim Crow Laws were passed • 10 year time period after the Civil War. • ...

Civil War 2023-06-07

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a battle during civil war
  2. Tubman Important person during civil war
  3. The united states
  4. lincoln 16th US president
Down
  1. Shaw Important person during civil war
  2. Virginia A Part of a state during civil war
  3. bloodiest day in american history
  4. McClellan Important person during civil war
  5. carolina state during civil war
  6. Mclean Important person during civil war

10 Clues: The united states • a battle during civil war • lincoln 16th US president • bloodiest day in american history • carolina state during civil war • Shaw Important person during civil war • Mclean Important person during civil war • Tubman Important person during civil war • McClellan Important person during civil war • ...

The US Civil War 2025-09-07

The US Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. : Southern side during the Civil War
  2. : Another term for Reconstruction
  3. Proclamation : Issued by Lincoln in 1863 to free slaves in Confederate states
  4. S. Grant : Union general who later became president
  5. : Period after Civil War to rebuild the South
Down
  1. Wilkes Booth : Assassin of Abraham Lincoln
  2. : Amendment granting citizenship and equal rights
  3. : To break away from the Union
  4. : Color worn by Confederate soldiers
  5. : Color worn by Union soldiers
  6. : Amendment that abolished slavery
  7. and Privileges : What the 14th Amendment granted (“___ and privileges”)
  8. Theater : Venue where Lincoln was assassinated
  9. House : "Court ___" where Lee surrendered to Grant
  10. Sumter : Location where the first shots of the Civil War fired
  11. : The northern side during the Civil War

16 Clues: : To break away from the Union • : Color worn by Union soldiers • : Another term for Reconstruction • : Amendment that abolished slavery • : Southern side during the Civil War • : Color worn by Confederate soldiers • : The northern side during the Civil War • Wilkes Booth : Assassin of Abraham Lincoln • : Period after Civil War to rebuild the South • ...

nuts 2021-10-26

nuts crossword puzzle
Across
  1. year the the civil war started
  2. first name of abraham lincoln's killer
  3. major turning point of the war
  4. they had foreign allies
  5. union's plant to defeat the confederacy
  6. battle ended in a draw and foreign allies withdrew
  7. lincoln's famous speech
  8. first battle of the civil war.
  9. first state who left the union
  10. famous nurse of the civil war
Down
  1. year the confederacy surrendered
  2. ablished slavery
  3. president of the confederacy
  4. coneshaped bullets and grooved barrels for increased accuracy
  5. they had more railroads
  6. president elected in 1860

16 Clues: ablished slavery • they had more railroads • they had foreign allies • lincoln's famous speech • president elected in 1860 • president of the confederacy • famous nurse of the civil war • year the the civil war started • major turning point of the war • first battle of the civil war. • first state who left the union • year the confederacy surrendered • ...

Chapters 1-10 2023-02-09

Chapters 1-10 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sick Man of Europe: Ottoman Empire's 19th-century nickname.
  2. War: European war fought 1853-1856.
  3. 19th-century African exploration.
  4. Dominion of Canada: 1867 Canadian self-rule.
  5. the Civil War: 1865-1877 US post-Civil War period.
  6. Against North: 1861-1865 American Civil War.
  7. Empires and Three Republics: Political situation in 19th-century Europe.
  8. 1868 Japanese reform.
Down
  1. Second Reich: 1871-1918 German period.
  2. Late 19th-century Italian unification.
  3. 1850-1864 China uprising.
  4. and the Triple Alliance: Paraguay's 1865-1870 war.
  5. Game: Britain-Russia conflict in Central Asia.
  6. UK Queen, ruled 1837-1901.
  7. Dutch East Indies: Former Dutch Southeast Asia colonies.
  8. 1857 Indian uprising.
  9. Zones, and Bulbs: 19th-century transportation technology.
  10. Meiji Restoration: 1868 Japanese modernization period.

18 Clues: 1857 Indian uprising. • 1868 Japanese reform. • 1850-1864 China uprising. • UK Queen, ruled 1837-1901. • 19th-century African exploration. • War: European war fought 1853-1856. • Second Reich: 1871-1918 German period. • Late 19th-century Italian unification. • Dominion of Canada: 1867 Canadian self-rule. • Against North: 1861-1865 American Civil War. • ...

Civil War 2021-02-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union nurse known for establishing the American Red Cross organization.
  2. The states who had slaves although they were not apart of the Confederacy.
  3. The fort where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  4. Lesser fortunate, women who sewed uniforms for Confederate soldiers.
  5. A person paid by a Confederate draftee to enlist in their place in the military.
  6. A law that exempted one white plantation owner from military service for every
  7. The site of a Union attack led by African American soldiers from Massachusetts.
  8. northern states whom opposed the institution of slavery.
  9. wife of an Confederate soldier who wrote a diary about what she witnessed during the Civil War.
  10. Davis President of the Confederate States of America.
  11. A war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country
  12. Southern states who were determined to defend their homeland and perverse their way of life.
  13. The youngest military solider of the Civil War.
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  1. A abolitionist who wrote about his meeting with Lincoln discussing the Emancipation Proclamation almost 20 years later.
  2. Slave pilot who surrendered a Confederate ship in the hands Union authorities.
  3. Confederate submarine that was the first to successfully sink an enemy ship.
  4. An officer in the Union Army who left a loving letter to his wife and family before dying of an leg amputation.
  5. Union general who devised the Anaconda Plan.
  6. President of the United States during the Civil War
  7. Union General who was famous for leading the March to Sea on South Carolina.

20 Clues: Union general who devised the Anaconda Plan. • The youngest military solider of the Civil War. • President of the United States during the Civil War • Davis President of the Confederate States of America. • northern states whom opposed the institution of slavery. • The fort where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. • ...

Civil War 2021-02-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Brutal tactic that didn't care what was in its way.
  2. A document that allowed slaves part of the Confederates freedom.
  3. Highest medal that you could get in the military, and was given for valor.
  4. Capital of the Confederate States.
  5. Someone paid to replace someone in war.
  6. States that sectioned off from America and were fighting against the Union.
  7. Super compact submarine that was deadly at the same time.
  8. A community made of freed slaves and lasted for not very long.
  9. Confederate railroads which were wrapped around trees.
  10. If you had 20 slaves or more you didn't have to be drafted into war.
  11. Less fortunate woman who had to work in factories and sew uniforms for men.
  12. A plan to wrap around the Confederacy and to take out the capital.
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  1. A war that happens between the same state or country.
  2. One-sided Union victory and lead to the freedom of thousands of slaves.
  3. Narrow ships that could slip through Union ship cracks.
  4. First shots fired of the war, and bloodless loss for the Union.
  5. Kids usually 8-12 that hit drums to lift spirits.
  6. Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and etc.
  7. Real patriot that wrote a letter to his wife and kid about being in the war.
  8. Confederates' strategy for victory.

20 Clues: Capital of the Confederate States. • Confederates' strategy for victory. • Someone paid to replace someone in war. • Kids usually 8-12 that hit drums to lift spirits. • Brutal tactic that didn't care what was in its way. • A war that happens between the same state or country. • Confederate railroads which were wrapped around trees. • ...

civil war 2019-12-12

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Act , 1862 law that allowed African American soldiers to serve in the Union military
  2. state , slave states that did not secede: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri
  3. of Vicksburg , gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in July 1863 dividing the Confederate States in two
  4. States of America , the name adopted by the 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union during the Civil War
  5. Barton , nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross
  6. of Shiloh , April 1862 Union victory in Tennessee noted for its large number of dead and wounded
  7. Cross , an international organization that cares for the sick or wounded or homeless in wartime
  8. , an 1861 3-5% tax on earnings to pay for the costs of the Civil War
  9. , a military draft
  10. McClellan , first commander of the Union army; fired by Lincoln after the Battle of Antietam for being too cautious
  11. C. Breckinridge , Southern Democrat candidate for President of the United States in the 1860 Election
  12. Campaign , Spring 1862 failed Union attempt to capture Richmond led by McClellan stopped by Lee at the Seven Days Battle
  13. Jackson , Confederate general during the Battle of Bull Run; later became Robert E. Lee's right-hand man
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  1. G. Farragut , Union naval commander who took control of New Orleans in 1862
  2. corpus , principle that a person cannot be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
  3. , Confederate ironclad ship
  4. Davis , President of the Confederate States of America
  5. E. Lee , Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia (Confederate Army)
  6. Massachusetts Regiment , a famous African American unit in the Union army; led an attack on Ft. Wagner near Charleston, SC
  7. York City Draft Riots , July 1863 opposition to conscription; Irish Americans burnt buildings and killed blacks
  8. Proclamation , order issued by Abraham Lincoln declaring slaves in all rebelling states were free
  9. actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  10. Brady , Civil War photographer
  11. Pickett , Confederate general who led a failed charge against Union forces at Gettysburg
  12. Amendment, 1865 constitutional amendment that abolished slavery
  13. , Union ironclad ship
  14. Wilkes Booth,
  15. Sumter , Union fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in April 1861

28 Clues: Wilkes Booth, • , a military draft • , Union ironclad ship • , Confederate ironclad ship • Brady , Civil War photographer • actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln • Davis , President of the Confederate States of America • Amendment, 1865 constitutional amendment that abolished slavery • , an 1861 3-5% tax on earnings to pay for the costs of the Civil War • ...

Civil War 2020-05-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern Ports
  2. is a term used a=to describe the hard crackers often issued to soldiers of both sides during the Civil War. These crackers consisted of nothing more than flour, water, and salt. They were simple and inexpensive to make in very large quantities. However, these crackers became almost rock solid once they went stale.
  3. formally enroll in the army or to call roll
  4. A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States.
  5. A flag or a banner carried into battle on a pole
  6. A sailor (sometimes a child) who carried explosives from the ship’s magazine to the ship’s guns.
  7. for a Northerner who opposed the war effort.
  8. A cannon which fired hollow projectiles and generally lighter and shorter than its solid-shot cousins. A howitzer’s projectiles had a smaller powder charge. Also, canister projectiles contained more small balls that other types of canister.Howitzers were useful in defending fortifications and causing disorder within an attacking force.
  9. Loyal to the government of the United States. Also known a Union, Yankee, or Northern
  10. call the North or the United States, the Union was the portion othe country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
  11. Freedom from slavery.
  12. metal blade, like a long knife or short sword, that could be attached to the end of a musket or rifle-musket and used as a spear or pike I hard-to-hand combat.
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  1. political party generally against slavery and its expansion into the territories. The Whig Party had basically been swallowed by the Democrat and Republican parties by the time of the Civil War.
  2. ship protected by iron armor.
  3. who wanted to end slavery during the civil war
  4. A tern used to describe the time in American history directly after the Civil War during which the South was “reconstructed” by the North after its loss in the War.
  5. boundary surveyed in the 1760s that ran between Pennsylvania to the North and Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia to the South. It became a symbolic division between free states and slave states.
  6. cuts (trenches) dug out of the earth with the dirt piled up into a mound in front; used for defense.
  7. state of Bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf.
  8. A new wary of conducting war appeared during the Civil War. Instead of focusing only on military targets, armies conducting total war destroyed homes and crops to demoralize and undermine the civilian base of the enemy’s war effort, ( Sherman in Georgia or Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, or example.)
  9. Intestinal disease causing severe diarrhea. Dysentery was a leading cause of deaths by disease.
  10. Actively attacking someone
  11. to the Confederacy – Also a southern or Rebel.
  12. Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States. Southern state, feeling persecuted by the North, seceded by voting to separate from the Union
  13. branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot

25 Clues: Freedom from slavery. • Actively attacking someone • ship protected by iron armor. • formally enroll in the army or to call roll • for a Northerner who opposed the war effort. • who wanted to end slavery during the civil war • to the Confederacy – Also a southern or Rebel. • A flag or a banner carried into battle on a pole • ...

Civil war 2021-04-28

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A person wanted t to abolish slavery
  2. where was the turning point
  3. Pulling people into war
  4. Attempt to rebuild South into the North
  5. parting from a country
  6. March from Georgia to Atlanta
  7. A slave who sued for freedom
  8. Compromise for equal slave and free states
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  1. Jackson nickname for standing his spot
  2. War between Union & Confederate
  3. lincoln's address to the people to fought in the battle of Gettysburg
  4. To ban or remove
  5. what ended The battle of Gettysburg
  6. Who surrendered to Grant
  7. Where was lee turned in?
  8. what was the main causes of death
  9. Fighting against slavery
  10. Fighting for slavery
  11. Who was the president during the Civil war
  12. Treatment as a property

20 Clues: To ban or remove • Fighting for slavery • parting from a country • Pulling people into war • Treatment as a property • Who surrendered to Grant • Where was lee turned in? • Fighting against slavery • where was the turning point • A slave who sued for freedom • March from Georgia to Atlanta • War between Union & Confederate • what was the main causes of death • ...

CIVIL WAR 2021-04-26

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Did away with; ended
  2. Resisting, or fighting, being controlled by someone else
  3. Events that cause a lot of destruction and pain
  4. To run away quickly from danger
  5. People who are injured
  6. Chosen by a vote to do something or be in a certain position
  7. Soft, white fibers that surround the seeds of a cotton plant
  8. People who worked to abolish, or end, slavery
  9. An area that is devastated, or destroyed, by something such as a flood, storm, or war
  10. The system by which people produce and trade goods
  11. An official announcement
  12. To spread out; to become greater in size
  13. The practice of forcing people to work without pay as enslaved people, and denying them the freedom to decide how to live their lives
  14. The northern states that did not secede from the United States
  15. Withdrew membership from an established group
  16. Yielded or gave something up to another
  17. People who are members of society and are not part of the military or police force
  18. The government formed by the states in the South after they withdrew from the United States
  19. The state of continuing to exist, especially in spite of difficult conditions
  20. Union soldiers during the Civil War; people from the northern States
  21. People involved in the activities of a government
  22. Failure to win
  23. The act of releasing, or setting free
  24. A plant whose hard-shelled fruit is sometimes dried and hollowed out to be used as a tool
  25. Joined together as one
  26. People who are chosen to run, or compete against others, for an office, prize, or honor
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  1. People who give advice
  2. The nickname given to the Confederate soldiers
  3. Something that is inherited, or passed down; traditions, or ways of doing things that haven’t changed over time
  4. Usefulness or importance
  5. Enslaved Africans who traveled to freedom on the Underground Railroad
  6. A structure, such as a building or sculpture, built as a memorial to a person or event
  7. Material fired from weapons
  8. A military officer of high rank or position
  9. Money that is paid or received for work
  10. Caring; having or showing sympathy or pity
  11. To collide in intense disagreement
  12. Buildings where goods are manufactured, or made
  13. A person who is competing for the same object or position as another
  14. Discussions involving two sides; arguments
  15. A rolled piece of parchment, or paper
  16. A promise made before witnesses
  17. A group of people who give advice to the president; advisors
  18. Financial success or good fortune
  19. The science of producing crops; farming
  20. The state of being the same; fairness
  21. Weak; fragile
  22. Amounts of food or provisions set aside for each person
  23. Too numerous to count
  24. A group of people who help lead a country
  25. war A war between different groups or regions in the same country
  26. Searched through to steal goods; looted
  27. Large farms where crops are raised
  28. Destroyed
  29. Money, materials, information, or labor given by someone to help others
  30. A person who led or directed enslaved Africans to freedom during the Civil War using the Underground Railroad

56 Clues: Destroyed • Weak; fragile • Failure to win • Did away with; ended • Too numerous to count • People who give advice • People who are injured • Joined together as one • Usefulness or importance • An official announcement • Material fired from weapons • To run away quickly from danger • A promise made before witnesses • Financial success or good fortune • To collide in intense disagreement • ...

Civil War 2021-10-07

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a custom that has been an important feature of some group
  2. of a government with central and regional authorities
  3. a successful ending of a struggle or contest
  4. A statement that is emphatic and explicit
  5. Troops trained to fight on horse back
  6. civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865
  7. The state of being allied
  8. civilians trained as soldiers, not part of the regular army
  9. a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
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  1. formal separation from an alliance or federation
  2. the orientation of those who favor government by the people
  3. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  4. A region where a battle is being fought
  5. any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War
  6. a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right
  7. A war measure isolating an area of importance
  8. Of or occurring between or among citizens of the state
  9. being or joined into a single entity
  10. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something
  11. a fortified military post where troops are stationed
  12. freedom of choice

21 Clues: freedom of choice • The state of being allied • being or joined into a single entity • Troops trained to fight on horse back • A region where a battle is being fought • A statement that is emphatic and explicit • a successful ending of a struggle or contest • a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right • A war measure isolating an area of importance • ...

Civil War 2021-10-07

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.
  2. troops trained to fight on horseback
  3. A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
  4. Large caliber firearms like canons and mortars
  5. A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
  6. related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal
  7. Line A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
  8. A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were slaves.
  9. Term meaning "before war"
  10. Nickname for the south
  11. Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
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  1. the act of governing or exercising authority
  2. Soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  3. An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  4. When someone is murdered for political reasons.
  5. Term used to describe people who supported the union.
  6. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  7. of or occurring between or among citizens of the state
  8. The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
  9. a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
  10. an offensive against an enemy

21 Clues: Nickname for the south • Term meaning "before war" • an offensive against an enemy • A cap worn by Civil War soldiers. • troops trained to fight on horseback • Soldiers that fight and travel by foot. • the act of governing or exercising authority • An army of citizens used during emergencies. • Large caliber firearms like canons and mortars • ...

civil war 2021-09-06

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. North democrat running for office
  2. another major turning point for the north 1863
  3. first major land battle
  4. biggest cause of war involving people
  5. South democrat running for office
  6. supreme north general
  7. the south had way more...
  8. Southern president
  9. the north was way more...
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  1. most famous battle with over 50k killed
  2. Southern side
  3. First south win
  4. Southern supreme general
  5. Another name for the confederacy soldiers
  6. flag the south adopted
  7. constitutional union
  8. President of the time
  9. 1 day, 23,000 killed ending in a draw
  10. Northern side
  11. major battle in April 1862

20 Clues: Southern side • Northern side • First south win • Southern president • constitutional union • President of the time • supreme north general • flag the south adopted • first major land battle • Southern supreme general • the south had way more... • the north was way more... • major battle in April 1862 • North democrat running for office • South democrat running for office • ...

civil war 2021-11-21

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Proclamation, An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that slaves in the Confederate states were to be set free.
  2. When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  3. An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  4. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  5. Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South.
  6. A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
  7. theater, The part of the war fought in the Eastern United States
  8. A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
  9. Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
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  1. A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
  2. A large farm in the southern United States.
  3. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  4. A nickname for the South.
  5. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket.
  6. The side of an army or military unit.
  7. A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
  8. The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
  9. When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
  10. Scott decision, A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery.
  11. A term used to describe people who supported the Union.

20 Clues: A nickname for the South. • The side of an army or military unit. • A large farm in the southern United States. • An army of citizens used during emergencies. • When a person is murdered for political reasons. • Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. • ...

Civil War 2021-11-18

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A creek near Fort Sumter.
  2. Wrote by Lincoln and freed slaves.
  3. General Thomas J. Jackson's nickname.
  4. Famous "conductor" of the Underground Railroad who helped many slaves escape.
  5. Confederate Military Leader that becomes the president later on.
  6. The Confederate side during the Civil War.
  7. General of the Confederate army who was strongly disliked by McClellan.
  8. Nurse who founded the American Red Cross.
  9. He sued for freedom based on living in Illinois but the Supreme Court called him property.
  10. Popular vote.
  11. Tax that takes a specific percentage from an individual’s income.
  12. The 14th president of America.
  13. A state leaving the Union.
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  1. A system of secret networks used to help slaves escape to freedom.
  2. Wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin", and anti-slavery story that created controversy.
  3. Senator of Illinois who creates the Compromise of 1850.
  4. The first president of the Confederacy.
  5. The 16th president of America.
  6. A draft that forced men to join the military.
  7. A fort that was attacked which led to the Civil War.
  8. Bloodiest battle was fought near this creek.

21 Clues: Popular vote. • A creek near Fort Sumter. • A state leaving the Union. • The 16th president of America. • The 14th president of America. • Wrote by Lincoln and freed slaves. • General Thomas J. Jackson's nickname. • The first president of the Confederacy. • Nurse who founded the American Red Cross. • The Confederate side during the Civil War. • ...

Civil war 2022-01-13

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sumter-allowed the Confederates to create a valuable hole in the Union blockade of the Atlantic seaboard
  2. -contributed to both the Union and Confederate war effort
  3. was the union general who led his troops south through virginia?
  4. can get caused and end bad
  5. What is this whole thing about?
  6. what was the turning point in the Civil Wa
  7. commanded the Army of Northern Virginia
  8. did the confederate troops get called by the northerners
  9. What is it called when you own something?
  10. do you make things in?
  11. is it called when multiple people die?
  12. not Supported slavery
  13. the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy
  14. What were the union troops called by the southerners?
  15. What did a lot of slaves have to do for work
  16. Provided fresh supplies of arms, men, equipment, horses, and medical supplies on a direct route to where armies were camped
  17. was apart of the south
  18. what is it called when you don't have to work
  19. What do you do for someone to get elected?
  20. enacted the nation's first Federal income tax.
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  1. support slavery
  2. is it called when its only one person
  3. is it when people are punching or hitting each other?
  4. is it called when you win?
  5. you through in a white flag what is it called
  6. lincoln-Who was the 16th president of the united states
  7. are a group of soldiers called
  8. did they have to do because of a lot of damage?
  9. lee-who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia
  10. practices-What overwhelmed people in the 1800s during the war?
  11. do you need when you go to war or even to an adventure?
  12. What happens when a group of people go against another?
  13. was apart of the north
  14. run-marked the first major land battle of the American Civil War
  15. Proclamation- was an edict issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln that freed the slaves of the Confederate states in rebellion against the Union.
  16. many Slave states
  17. is a navy thing
  18. is it called when you go against another army like gettysburg
  19. do soldiers wear?
  20. states-what were the states called around the edge of the united states

40 Clues: support slavery • is a navy thing • many Slave states • do soldiers wear? • not Supported slavery • do you make things in? • was apart of the north • was apart of the south • is it called when you win? • can get caused and end bad • are a group of soldiers called • What is this whole thing about? • is it called when its only one person • is it called when multiple people die? • ...

civil war 2022-01-13

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What was apart of the south
  2. allowed the Confederates to create a valuable hole in the Union blockade of the Atlantic seaboard
  3. What is it called when its only one person
  4. what was the turning point in the Civil War
  5. What do soldiers wear?
  6. What do you make things in?
  7. What were the union troops called by the southerners?
  8. What is a navy thing
  9. What did a lot of slaves have to do for work
  10. who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia
  11. What happens when a group of people go against another?
  12. When you through in a white flag what is it called
  13. contributed to both the Union and Confederate war effort
  14. What is it called when you own something?
  15. what were the states called around the edge of the united states
  16. What do you do for someone to get elected?
  17. Led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy
  18. What was apart of the north
  19. What is it called when you go against another army like gettysburg
  20. what did the confederate troops get called by the northerners
  21. What Provided fresh supplies of arms, men, equipment, horses, and medical supplies on a direct route to where armies were camped
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  1. What is this whole thing about?
  2. what enacted the nation's first Federal income tax.
  3. What overwhelmed people in the 1800s during the war?
  4. was an edict issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln that freed the slaves of the Confederate states in rebellion against the Union.
  5. What do you need when you go to war or even to an adventure?
  6. marked the first major land battle of the American Civil War
  7. What is it when people are punching or hitting each other?
  8. What did they have to do because of a lot of damage?
  9. What can get caused and end bad
  10. What are a group of soldiers called
  11. commanded the Army of Northern Virginia
  12. How many Slave states
  13. Did support slavery
  14. What is it called when multiple people die?
  15. Did not Supported slavery
  16. Who was the union general who led his troops south through Virginia?
  17. what is it called when you don't have to work
  18. What is it called when you win?
  19. Who was the 16th president of the united states

40 Clues: Did support slavery • What is a navy thing • How many Slave states • What do soldiers wear? • Did not Supported slavery • What was apart of the south • What do you make things in? • What was apart of the north • What is this whole thing about? • What can get caused and end bad • What is it called when you win? • What are a group of soldiers called • ...

civil war 2022-01-21

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a person that worked on a farm in the south
  2. 16th president
  3. what slaves worked on
  4. a line that marks the limits of an area; a dividing line
  5. National Battlefield, site of a turning point in the Civil War
  6. for slavery
  7. joined together politically
  8. a southeastern U.S. state with historic landmarks including founding father Thomas Jefferson’s iconic Charlottesville plantation
  9. when many people die they count the number of...
  10. the north was against...
  11. don't have to pay
  12. something put in cigarettes
  13. the time after the war
  14. a weapon that can shoot
  15. all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country
  16. a national legislative body, especially that of the US
  17. relating to or supporting democracy or its principles
  18. relating to or characteristic of soldiers or armed forces
  19. a person advocating or supporting republican government.
  20. an area of land under the jurisdiction of a state
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  1. the killing of multiple people
  2. 18th us president
  3. another word for win
  4. give up or hand over in a war or battle
  5. a minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc.
  6. an organized political community or area forming part of a federal republic
  7. split into parts; separated or not united; in disagreement
  8. the civil...
  9. against slavery
  10. a tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases
  11. plant used to make clothes
  12. the system or group of people governing an organized community
  13. a group of soldiers or armed forces
  14. in a war there are many...
  15. the capital of Virginia
  16. confederate general
  17. the public or official announcement of an important matter
  18. remaining the same in all cases and at all times; unchanging in form or character
  19. inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function
  20. a line separating two political or geographical areas, especially countries

40 Clues: for slavery • the civil... • 16th president • against slavery • 18th us president • don't have to pay • confederate general • another word for win • what slaves worked on • the time after the war • a weapon that can shoot • the capital of Virginia • the north was against... • plant used to make clothes • in a war there are many... • joined together politically • something put in cigarettes • ...

Civil War 2022-01-07

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  2. - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
  3. - A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
  4. - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
  5. - A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
  6. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  7. Man's best friend
  8. Likes to chase mice
  9. - The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
  10. - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  11. - A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
  12. - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
Down
  1. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War. Dixie - A nickname for the South.
  2. - The side of an army or military unit.
  3. - An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  4. Flying mammal
  5. - A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
  6. - A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
  7. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  8. Large marsupial
  9. - Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
  10. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  11. Slave Law - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped slaves in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  12. Has a trunk
  13. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War. Carpetbagger - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  14. - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
  15. - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.

27 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers. • - The side of an army or military unit. • - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot. • - An army of citizens used during emergencies. • - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • ...

Civil War 2021-09-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Freedom from slavery.
  2. Confederate general, who commanded the army of Virginia.
  3. A person who is loyal to the federal government.
  4. Name of the confederate president.
  5. The political party that wanted to prevent the spread of slavery to the territories.
  6. Commanding general of the Union armies.
  7. Nickname of general Thomas Jonathan Jackson.
  8. A region or area where fighting takes place.
  9. The name of the battle, that was the turning point of the war.
  10. A long gun that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
Down
  1. The political party who wanted the spread of slavery to territories.
  2. Someone wanted to get rid of slavery.
  3. the act of a state leaving from its nation.
  4. The gettysburg ___ was given by abraham lincoln, to inspire the north.
  5. an iron ship used during the War.
  6. The workforce of the south's economy.
  7. the 16th president of the US.
  8. group of states that seceded from the US.
  9. Name of the bloodiest battle of the war.
  10. Slave states that remained in the union.
  11. Group of states that remained part of the US.

21 Clues: Freedom from slavery. • the 16th president of the US. • an iron ship used during the War. • Name of the confederate president. • Someone wanted to get rid of slavery. • The workforce of the south's economy. • Commanding general of the Union armies. • Name of the bloodiest battle of the war. • Slave states that remained in the union. • ...

Civil War 2017-04-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. process to readmit the Confederate states to the Union
  2. Codes Laws created by the South to limit the rights of former slaves
  3. Extensions of black codes
  4. Slave states that bordered states where slavery was illegal
  5. Place where the South surrendered
  6. Gave African Americans equal rights and protection under the laws
  7. Place where the first shots were fired
  8. Bullet that increased death rates
Down
  1. Southern plan for the Civil War
  2. winner of First Battle of Bull Run
  3. Agency created to assist former slaves
  4. Created by Lincoln to free Southern slaves
  5. Northern Plan that called for a naval blockade
  6. Largest cause of death
  7. Ended Slavery
  8. Gave African Americans the right to vote
  9. Lincoln's killer
  10. Battle that was the turning point of the war, turned war to North
  11. Virginia citizen who resigned from the US Army and became leader of the Confederate Army
  12. 16th President of the United States

20 Clues: Ended Slavery • Lincoln's killer • Largest cause of death • Extensions of black codes • Southern plan for the Civil War • Place where the South surrendered • Bullet that increased death rates • winner of First Battle of Bull Run • 16th President of the United States • Agency created to assist former slaves • Place where the first shots were fired • ...

Civil War 2017-01-07

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Stowe She wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin about cruelty of slaves.
  2. The south needed these people to work on their plantations.
  3. What Act let the people of these territories decide whether to be a free or slave state.
  4. Lee faced the Union and each side lost at least 23,000 men at this place.
  5. The decree that stated all slaves in the Confederate states were freed.
  6. The leaders of the underground railroad who led them to safety
  7. This was placed on imports and the south refused to pay.
  8. Series of safe routes for runaway slaves.
  9. He was a white abolitionist who attacked an army post to start a slave rebellion.
  10. The battle at this Fort that marked the beginning of the Civil War.
Down
  1. This person led the Union soldiers in the Civil War.
  2. What stat became a free state and the fugitive slave law was passed in the Compromise of 1850?
  3. The battle of _____ where Grant took over Mississippi and the supplies to the south.
  4. Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state based on this agreement.
  5. He shared his own experiences as a slave and his journey to freedom.
  6. Lee surrender to Grant here.
  7. He founded a newspaper called the Liberator which called to end slavery at once.
  8. This person was elected the 16th President of the US in 1860.
  9. The Union troops were given this nickname.
  10. The word for the north wanting a strong federal government and south wanting each state to make their own decision and were breaking away from the Union.
  11. This person led the southern armies into battle.
  12. A man who would not be freed when his owner died because he had no rights since African Americans were not citizens of the United States.

22 Clues: Lee surrender to Grant here. • Series of safe routes for runaway slaves. • The Union troops were given this nickname. • This person led the southern armies into battle. • This person led the Union soldiers in the Civil War. • This was placed on imports and the south refused to pay. • Stowe She wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin about cruelty of slaves. • ...

Civil War 2017-04-24

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. People in each state would decide the slavery issue (“popular sovereignty”)
  2. was a former enslaved African American who promoted African American involvement in the Civil War
  3. a group of states united into one political body, the United States, and refers to the North during the Civil War
  4. tax on foreign goods
  5. in which people held jobs in cities, the North was mainly an urban society
  6. was leader of the Army of Northern Virginia, opposed secession, but did not believe that the Union should be held together by force
  7. a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, who was an abolitionist, which described slavery in the South
  8. California entered the Union as a free state. Southwest territories would decide about slavery.
  9. Missouri entered the Union as a slave state; Maine entered the Union as a free slate.
  10. an African American sailor and later a Union naval captain, was highly honored for his feats of bravery and heroism. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives after the war.
  11. said that the Civil War was to preserve a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people” Given by Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg PA
  12. was president of the Confederate States of America
Down
  1. another term for the Confederate States of America, the South
  2. was a skilled Confederate general from Virginia
  3. the withdrawal of states from the United States
  4. an American abolitionist, Brown and his followers attacked and occupied the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry
  5. United States Supreme Court case, a slave who had resided in a free state or territory , where slavery was prohibited, was not thereby entitled to his freedom
  6. a Civil War nurse, created the American Red Cross
  7. was president of the United States during the Civil War (16TH president), wrote the Gettysburg Address
  8. declared “that all persons held as slaves: within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free”
  9. a crop such as tobacco and cotton that is grown to be sold rather than by use by the farmer
  10. in which people lived in small villages and on farms and plantations, the South was mainly an agricultural society
  11. the principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power
  12. political powers reserved for the states governments rather than the federal governments. State power should be stronger than national.
  13. a law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850, which provided southern slaveholders with a legal way to capture slaves who had escaped to the free states
  14. was general of the Union army that defeated Lee
  15. an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.

27 Clues: tax on foreign goods • was a skilled Confederate general from Virginia • the withdrawal of states from the United States • was general of the Union army that defeated Lee • a Civil War nurse, created the American Red Cross • was president of the Confederate States of America • another term for the Confederate States of America, the South • ...

Civil War 2017-04-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Famous Confederate General who surrendered to General Grant
  2. First state to secede from the United States
  3. In the civil war the states between the north and the south: delaware, mayland, kentucky, and missouri
  4. The North
  5. Laws in a Southern state that controlled enslaved people
  6. Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.
  7. This act repealed the Missouri Compromise and called for popular sovereignty to decide whether slavery would be allowed within new states
  8. The main export of the Southern Economy
  9. President of the Union
  10. Address by Lincoln in which he "freed" the enslaved people of the South
  11. President of the Confederacy
  12. Armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into and out of an area
Down
  1. An unfair opinion not based on facts
  2. People who sought to end slavery in the United States in the early 1800s
  3. To break away from the rest of the states, form their own nation
  4. This act made assisting a fugitive slave to freedom in any way a crime punishable by fine or imprisonment
  5. The right of states to limit the power of the federal government
  6. Lead the raid of Harper's Ferry in 1858
  7. A system where residents vote to decide an issue
  8. A system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped
  9. Warships with very tough Oak walls with iron sheets on the sides
  10. These people believed that since the states voluntarily joined the Union, they can also choose to leave.
  11. The compromise that blocked slavery north of 36*30' N
  12. Established that Congress could not ban slavery and slaves could not sue for their freedom since they are not citizens
  13. Unfair treatment
  14. This compromise allowed California to be admitted as a free state, new territories in the west would be decided by popular sovereignty, and the Fugitive Slave Law
  15. The South
  16. Soldiers on horseback

28 Clues: The North • The South • Unfair treatment • Soldiers on horseback • President of the Union • President of the Confederacy • An unfair opinion not based on facts • Lead the raid of Harper's Ferry in 1858 • The main export of the Southern Economy • First state to secede from the United States • A system where residents vote to decide an issue • ...

Civil War 2018-04-24

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A system of selecting people for required military service.
  2. What were the people of the North often called?
  3. One of the most decisive battles in the civil war
  4. A ship plated with iron
  5. Paper money issued by the Union government
  6. Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln September 22, 1862
  7. Refusal to give in
  8. How many years was the Civil War?
  9. a strategy of bringing war to the entire society, not just the military
  10. What was an important animal which was used in the Cavalry?
Down
  1. Reward or payment
  2. The side or edge of a military formation.
  3. To go in the opposite direction
  4. Hospitals set up near the battlefield
  5. Surprise attack from the Confederates with narrow Union win
  6. To place within a trench, or ditch, for defense; to place in a strong defensisve position
  7. Was president during the war
  8. to find meaning in something
  9. The South
  10. to meet; to come face-to-face with
  11. Name of the first battle of the Civil War
  12. How many people did you need to fire a cannon?

22 Clues: The South • Reward or payment • Refusal to give in • A ship plated with iron • Was president during the war • to find meaning in something • To go in the opposite direction • How many years was the Civil War? • to meet; to come face-to-face with • Hospitals set up near the battlefield • The side or edge of a military formation. • Name of the first battle of the Civil War • ...

Civil War 2018-04-23

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the bloodiest battle of the war
  2. wanted to establish Freedoms Burea to help the south
  3. color of uniforms for union
  4. Grant fought for this side
  5. a worker rented a plot of land to farm
  6. ball reason for most deaths in the war// weapon
  7. process federal government used to readmit confederate states to union
  8. one way women helped during the war
  9. laws continuing segregation of blacks and whites
  10. general in west
Down
  1. laws limiting freedom and rights of African Americans
  2. all persons born in the US were entitled to citizens regardless of race
  3. one of the two battles that made the civil was favor to the union
  4. Delaware, Maryland. Kentucky and Missouri
  5. when Lincoln was assassinated he became president
  6. freed over 70 slaves through underground railroad
  7. assassinated president Lincoln
  8. Lincolns main opponents named
  9. what was invented in 1844
  10. something many soldiers lacked which led to illnesses and deaths
  11. who founded the american red cross

21 Clues: general in west • what was invented in 1844 • Grant fought for this side • color of uniforms for union • Lincolns main opponents named • assassinated president Lincoln • the bloodiest battle of the war • who founded the american red cross • one way women helped during the war • a worker rented a plot of land to farm • Delaware, Maryland. Kentucky and Missouri • ...

Civil War 2018-04-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. troops trained to fight on horseback
  2. very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple
  3. Southern states seceded from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the Civil War.
  4. Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else.
  5. President of the United States of America during the Civil War.
  6. A ship made of iron usually used in the navy.
  7. states that bordered between the slave states and the free states
  8. army unit smaller than a division
  9. a cap with a flat circular top and a visor
  10. an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
  11. a reformer who favors putting an end to slavery
Down
  1. a knife fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon
  2. To leave or withdraw
  3. a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel
  4. United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858)
  5. a statement that is added to a proposal or document
  6. president of the Confederacy
  7. The northern states who wanted the south to stay.
  8. The southern states who seceded due to wanting more control.
  9. plan used by the north
  10. leave in order to join an opposing cause, country, or army

21 Clues: To leave or withdraw • plan used by the north • president of the Confederacy • army unit smaller than a division • troops trained to fight on horseback • a cap with a flat circular top and a visor • A ship made of iron usually used in the navy. • a reformer who favors putting an end to slavery • a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel • ...

Civil War 2018-05-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Location of farmhouse where Lee surrendered to Grant.
  2. A Union general who won the Battle of Shiloh in 1862 and his nickname was "Unconditional Surrender _______".
  3. Union iron ship that fought with the Merrimac in the first battle of ironclad naval vessels.
  4. One of the major and well known battles that the North won, was fought in ___________, Pennsylvania.
  5. What the group of Southern States was called in the Civil War.
  6. The greatest commander of the Southern armies, he replaced the wounded General Johnston.
  7. The ___________ Proclamation was issued by Lincoln in 1862 to free the slaves in the Confederate held areas.
  8. A draft used to raise men to join a national army.
  9. A battle, though won by the South, which was the first in a series of battles that culminated in Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House.
  10. An important battle where General McClellan led an attack on General Lee on September 17, 1862.
  11. What the group of Northern States was called in the Civil War.
  12. This battle set the stage for Petersburg to be captured the following day.
Down
  1. This battle won by the North gave them control of the Mississippi River and cut the Confederacy in half.
  2. Admiral of the Union navy who helped win the Battle of New Orleans.
  3. Important battle in December 1862 at the Rappahannock River, where the Union lost twice as many men as the Confederates.
  4. During the Civil War, the President of the United States was President ___________.
  5. The President of the Confederacy.
  6. Commander of the Army of the Potomac, and he ran against Lincoln for President of the United States.
  7. One of the important battles in the Civil War was called _______________ and was won by the South in July of 1861.
  8. The nickname that Jackson earned during a battle was "__________" Jackson.
  9. Southern general who led the charge across a corn field at Gettysburg toward the Union lines.

21 Clues: The President of the Confederacy. • A draft used to raise men to join a national army. • Location of farmhouse where Lee surrendered to Grant. • What the group of Southern States was called in the Civil War. • What the group of Northern States was called in the Civil War. • Admiral of the Union navy who helped win the Battle of New Orleans. • ...

Civil war 2016-05-24

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what soldiers ate
  2. to block any trade or people coming in or out
  3. the starting of the Gettysburg add.
  4. Who commanded the Souths army for the Seven Days battles
  5. 16th president
  6. The camp that surrendered in 1861
  7. people killed or wounded
  8. Stonewall Jackson
  9. to take out; to send to another country
  10. what soldiers drink water in
  11. What were Confederate soldiers sometimes called
Down
  1. first major battle if the civil war
  2. enslaved African American
  3. who was victorious in the second battle of bull run
  4. DC was the _____ capital
  5. general increase in prices
  6. southern spy
  7. equal to one platoon
  8. When was the single bloodiest day of the war
  9. What were Union soldiers sometimes called

20 Clues: southern spy • 16th president • what soldiers ate • Stonewall Jackson • equal to one platoon • DC was the _____ capital • people killed or wounded • enslaved African American • general increase in prices • what soldiers drink water in • The camp that surrendered in 1861 • first major battle if the civil war • the starting of the Gettysburg add. • to take out; to send to another country • ...

Civil War 2019-04-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A very bloody battle in the civil war.
  2. Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross.
  3. An international organization dedicated to the medical care of the sick or wounded in wars and natural disasters.
  4. A group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
  5. A person who worked to end slavery.
  6. The treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be enslaved.
  7. Act passed in 1854 that created Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing states to determine whether slavery would be allowed in new territories.
  8. The defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union.
  9. She led over 300 slaves to freedom, because of her bravery she is the symbol of the Underground Railroad.
  10. A political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery.
  11. A former slave who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court.
Down
  1. South Carolina, April 12-14, 1861. This was the start of the Civil War.
  2. Virginia, July 1st, 1861. This was the first major land battle of Civil War.
  3. President of the Confederacy.
  4. States between the north and the south: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri.
  5. A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones.
  6. General for the Union, later became 18th President.
  7. General of the Confederacy.
  8. The location of a brutal massacre in which confederate troops shot more than 200 black prisoners and some whites.
  9. To separate from the Union.

20 Clues: General of the Confederacy. • To separate from the Union. • President of the Confederacy. • A person who worked to end slavery. • A very bloody battle in the civil war. • General for the Union, later became 18th President. • A former slave who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court. • Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross. • ...

Civil War 2019-04-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones.
  2. The defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union.
  3. A group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
  4. She led over 300 slaves to freedom, because of her bravery she is the symbol of the Underground Railroad.
  5. A person who worked to end slavery.
  6. Act passed in 1854 that created Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing states to determine whether slavery would be allowed in new territories.
  7. Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross.
  8. An international organization dedicated to the medical care of the sick or wounded in wars and natural disasters.
Down
  1. The location of a brutal massacre in which confederate troops shot more than 200 black prisoners and some whites.
  2. States between the north and the south: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri.
  3. South Carolina, April 12-14, 1861. This was the start of the Civil War.
  4. The treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be enslaved.
  5. A very bloody battle in the civil war.
  6. President of the Confederacy.
  7. A former slave who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court.
  8. General for the Union, later became 18th President.
  9. A political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery.
  10. General of the Confederacy.
  11. To separate from the Union.
  12. Virginia, July 1st, 1861. This was the first major land battle of Civil War.

20 Clues: General of the Confederacy. • To separate from the Union. • President of the Confederacy. • A person who worked to end slavery. • A very bloody battle in the civil war. • General for the Union, later became 18th President. • A former slave who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court. • Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross. • ...

Civil War 2013-01-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A legal action which requires a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court
  2. A crop produced for it's commercial value rather than for use by the grower
  3. A former slave who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means
  4. A military strategy in which a belligerent side attempts to win a war by wearing down its enemy to the point of collapse though continuos losses in personnel and materiel
  5. A war between citizens of the same country
  6. Restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or pretty distinction at the expense of general well-being
  7. Set free, esp. from legal, social, or political restrictions
  8. An act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
  9. An official ben on trade or other commercial activity with particular country
  10. the North
  11. An estate on which crops
Down
  1. The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, esp. a political
  2. A person who favors the abolition or institution, esp. capital punishment or formerly slavery
  3. Rights Political powers reserved for the US state government rather than the federal government
  4. A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
  5. The 11 Southern states that seceded from the US in 1860-61, thus precipitation the civil war
  6. The principle that the legitimacy of the state is created and sustained by the will or consent of its people, who are the source of all political power
  7. The make of articles on a large scale using machinery
  8. Northern Peace Democrats who opposed the American Civil War
  9. Enlist someone compulsorily, typically into the armed services.

20 Clues: the North • An estate on which crops • A war between citizens of the same country • The make of articles on a large scale using machinery • Northern Peace Democrats who opposed the American Civil War • Set free, esp. from legal, social, or political restrictions • Enlist someone compulsorily, typically into the armed services. • ...

Civil War 2013-02-21

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Run war at ft sumter
  2. southern army
  3. War looting
  4. amendment ban slavery
  5. confederate ship
  6. pay 300
  7. charge southern military failure at gettysburg
  8. War using old and new tactics
  9. union ship
Down
  1. Barton war nurse
  2. northern democrats
  3. putting males in war to fight
  4. south main crop
  5. when states leave the union
  6. rebuilding the south
  7. tax tax on income
  8. Plan plan north used against the south
  9. Sumter in SC which war begin
  10. northern army
  11. Wilkes Booth assassinated lincoln

20 Clues: pay 300 • union ship • War looting • southern army • northern army • south main crop • Barton war nurse • confederate ship • tax tax on income • northern democrats • Run war at ft sumter • rebuilding the south • amendment ban slavery • when states leave the union • Sumter in SC which war begin • putting males in war to fight • War using old and new tactics • Wilkes Booth assassinated lincoln • ...

Civil War 2012-04-18

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Radical Republicans wanting a harsher proposal than Lincoln was offering, formed a 3rd party and nominated…
  2. The Northern prisons weren’t much better, and many Southern soldiers died of (blank) due to no heating in the barracks.
  3. They could never again gain (blank) troops to invade a Northern state again (that regiment at least.)
  4. Lincoln believed the government didn’t have the power to (blank) slavery.
  5. What did Northern newspapers dub this plan?
  6. (Blank) African-Americans died in the massacre in Tennessee.
  7. What month did Gettysburg take place?
  8. 1863 was going (blank) for the South at the beginning of the year.
  9. Vicksburg fell on… (Month and Day)
  10. They claimed the Emancipation Proclamation only antagonized the South more.
  11. The worst Confederate prison was in (blank), Georgia.
  12. The surrender terms took place in (blank) Court House, in a Virginia village.
  13. How many part plan did the North have to win the war quickly?
  14. No one planned on fighting in (blank), but it turned out to be one of the bloodiest battles.
  15. How old was Lincoln's assassin? (spell)
  16. The Confederacy passed a (blank) in 1862.
  17. Soon after Fort Sumter fell, the federal government set up the… (4 words)
  18. Women would work as these during the war to get extra money.
  19. The battle of Gettysburg resulted in many (blank) for the South.
  20. Twelfth The victory at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
  21. Grant appointed (blank) as commander of the military division of Mississippi.
  22. What was another name for Northern Democrats who wanted peace in the South?
  23. The first major bloodshed occurred on July 21st at the battle…
  24. The South faced a (blank) shortage during the Civil War.
  25. Proclamation On January 1, 1863, Lincoln issued…
  26. What was the South called?
  27. The two diplomats the Confederacy sent to England and France to try and gain their support.
  28. What was the North called?
  29. The Confederacy did consider (blanking) slaves in 1863 and 1864.
  30. The Gettysburg Address “(blank) America.”
  31. What is it called when a soldier leaves the army without permission?
  32. In the Civil War, along came more deadly inventions then ironclad ships.
  33. Who shot Lincoln?
  34. Grant In February 1862 a Union army invaded western Tennessee. Its leader was…
Down
  1. Southern prisons were so terrible also because the North refused to (blank) prisoners with the South.
  2. Place of terrible African-American massacre in Tennessee.
  3. The South surrendered on (blank), 1865.
  4. Unlike the South, the North could (blank) lost men.
  5. Nickname for Jackson.
  6. In 1863 Congress authorized the nation’s first…
  7. In just (blank) days, Grant’s forces captured two Confederate forts that held strategic positions on important rivers.
  8. Sally Tompkins performed so heroically in her hospital duties that she was commissioned as a…
  9. The first shots were fired on Fort…?
  10. As the war progressed, (blank) on the Confederacy’s home front deteriorated.
  11. Lincoln was killed on…
  12. Who was the commander of the Union armies?
  13. The Emancipation Proclamation couldn’t (blank) slaves immediately.
  14. Thanks to the federal government, the death rates…
  15. Between May 4 to June 18, 1864, Grant lost nearly (blank) men.
  16. Between May 4 to June 18, 1864, Lee lost (blank) men.
  17. (Blank) was shot in the left arm on May 2nd, but died of pneumonia on May 10th.
  18. (Blank) balls soft lead bullet that was more destructive then earlier bullets.
  19. What is a draft that would force certain members of the population to serve in the army?
  20. Starting in (blank) 1864, Grant threw his troops into battle after battle.
  21. In Chancellorsville, Virginia the (blank) defeated the (blank).
  22. Lincoln gave the authority to soldiers to (blank) slaves.
  23. Lee Who was commander of the Confederate armies?
  24. The South had a lack of (blank) that led to terrible living conditions for soldiers.
  25. Lincoln was (blank) about his chances of being reelected.
  26. What was the Confederate flag called? (Blank and Blank)
  27. In late March of 1862, Grant gathered his troops near a small Tennessee church named (blank), which was close to the Mississippi border.
  28. The Emancipation Proclamation allowed slaves to (blank) in the Union army.
  29. The Gettysburg Address was in (blank) 1863.
  30. Confederate soldiers were in Gettysburg because they had heard that there was (blank) there.
  31. Jackson was mistaken for a (blank) and shot.
  32. In the 1864 presidential election, Lincoln had lots of…
  33. Both armies fought at this creek on September 17th.
  34. On September 2, 1864, Sherman’s troops occupied what city?
  35. President of the Confederacy.
  36. What month were the first shots of the war fired?
  37. The North’s economy was…
  38. (Blank) threatened war against the Union when they took the Confederate ship Trent.
  39. The surrender terms were…

73 Clues: Who shot Lincoln? • Nickname for Jackson. • Lincoln was killed on… • The North’s economy was… • The surrender terms were… • What was the South called? • What was the North called? • President of the Confederacy. • Vicksburg fell on… (Month and Day) • The first shots were fired on Fort…? • What month did Gettysburg take place? • The South surrendered on (blank), 1865. • ...

Civil War 2012-04-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lee Who was commander of the Confederate armies?
  2. The Gettysburg Address “(blank) America.”
  3. The Emancipation Proclamation couldn’t (blank) slaves immediately.
  4. What is it called when a soldier leaves the army without permission?
  5. The North’s economy was…
  6. They claimed the Emancipation Proclamation only antagonized the South more.
  7. Both armies fought at this creek on September 17th.
  8. Women would work as these during the war to get extra money.
  9. Southern prisons were so terrible also because the North refused to (blank) prisoners with the South.
  10. Place of terrible African-American massacre in Tennessee.
  11. Who shot Lincoln?
  12. Grant In February 1862 a Union army invaded western Tennessee. Its leader was…
  13. The first major bloodshed occurred on July 21st at the battle…
  14. Lincoln was killed on…
  15. (Blank) was shot in the left arm on May 2nd, but died of pneumonia on May 10th.
  16. Sally Tompkins performed so heroically in her hospital duties that she was commissioned as a…
  17. Lincoln gave the authority to soldiers to (blank) slaves.
  18. Lincoln believed the government didn’t have the power to (blank) slavery.
  19. The two diplomats the Confederacy sent to England and France to try and gain their support.
  20. In the 1864 presidential election, Lincoln had lots of…
  21. January 1, 1863, Lincoln issued… Emancipation Proclamation
  22. Soon after Fort Sumter fell, the federal government set up the… (4 words)
  23. How old was Lincoln's assassin? (spell)
  24. What was the South called?
  25. In the Civil War, along came more deadly inventions then ironclad ships.
  26. The Emancipation Proclamation allowed slaves to (blank) in the Union army.
  27. What month did Gettysburg take place?
  28. What did Northern newspapers dub this plan?
  29. What was the North called?
  30. The Confederacy passed a (blank) in 1862.
  31. Grant appointed (blank) as commander of the military division of Mississippi.
  32. Who was the commander of the Union armies?
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  1. Unlike the South, the North could (blank) lost men.
  2. Twelfth The victory at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
  3. The Confederacy did consider (blanking) slaves in 1863 and 1864.
  4. The South faced a (blank) shortage during the Civil War.
  5. On September 2, 1864, Sherman’s troops occupied what city?
  6. In 1863 Congress authorized the nation’s first…
  7. The Gettysburg Address was in (blank) 1863.
  8. What month were the first shots of the war fired?
  9. The Northern prisons weren’t much better, and many Southern soldiers died of (blank) due to no heating in the barracks.
  10. The battle of Gettysburg resulted in many (blank) for the South.
  11. In late March of 1862, Grant gathered his troops near a small Tennessee church named (blank), which was close to the Mississippi border.
  12. The South surrendered on (blank), 1865.
  13. (Blank) balls soft lead bullet that was more destructive then earlier bullets.
  14. The worst Confederate prison was in (blank), Georgia.
  15. Between May 4 to June 18, 1864, Lee lost (blank) men.
  16. (Blank) African-Americans died in the massacre in Tennessee.
  17. Starting in (blank) 1864, Grant threw his troops into battle after battle.
  18. How many part plan did the North have to win the war quickly?
  19. The South had a lack of (blank) that led to terrible living conditions for soldiers.
  20. The first shots were fired on Fort…?
  21. (Blank) threatened war against the Union when they took the Confederate ship Trent.
  22. Vicksburg fell on… (Month and Day)
  23. President of the Confederacy.
  24. The surrender terms were…
  25. They could never again gain (blank) troops to invade a Northern state again (that regiment at least.)
  26. Lincoln was (blank) about his chances of being reelected.
  27. In Chancellorsville, Virginia the (blank) defeated the (blank).
  28. Nickname for Jackson.
  29. The surrender terms took place in (blank) Court House, in a Virginia village.
  30. What is a draft that would force certain members of the population to serve in the army?
  31. As the war progressed, (blank) on the Confederacy’s home front deteriorated.
  32. Between May 4 to June 18, 1864, Grant lost nearly (blank) men.
  33. What was the Confederate flag called? (Blank and Blank)
  34. Thanks to the federal government, the death rates…
  35. No one planned on fighting in (blank), but it turned out to be one of the bloodiest battles.
  36. Radical Republicans wanting a harsher proposal than Lincoln was offering, formed a 3rd party and nominated…
  37. What was another name for Northern Democrats who wanted peace in the South?
  38. Jackson was mistaken for a (blank) and shot.
  39. In just (blank) days, Grant’s forces captured two Confederate forts that held strategic positions on important rivers.
  40. Confederate soldiers were in Gettysburg because they had heard that there was (blank) there.
  41. 1863 was going (blank) for the South at the beginning of the year.

73 Clues: Who shot Lincoln? • Nickname for Jackson. • Lincoln was killed on… • The North’s economy was… • The surrender terms were… • What was the South called? • What was the North called? • President of the Confederacy. • Vicksburg fell on… (Month and Day) • The first shots were fired on Fort…? • What month did Gettysburg take place? • The South surrendered on (blank), 1865. • ...

Civil War 2015-04-30

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A solid, round projectile, shot from a cannon
  2. Land within the mainland boundaries
  3. Troops sent to strengthen a fighting force
  4. Troops like the national guard
  5. The south or Confederate States of America
  6. African Americans who were owned by other people
  7. Someone who does something because they want too
  8. The Confederate States of America
  9. Freedom from slavery
  10. Party A political party who were generally against slavery
  11. The cruel killing of a number of people
  12. To rush towards the army
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  1. The science of growing crops
  2. The term used to describe new soldiers
  3. Actively attacking someone
  4. Someone who wishes to get rid of slavery
  5. Resisting or protecting from an attack
  6. A branch of the Military
  7. Loyal to the government of the United States
  8. Loyal to the Confederacy
  9. Promoting the interests of a section or region
  10. The North or the United States
  11. To lie in wait for an unexpected attack
  12. The lowest rank in the army
  13. An organization of soldiers

25 Clues: Freedom from slavery • A branch of the Military • Loyal to the Confederacy • To rush towards the army • Actively attacking someone • The lowest rank in the army • An organization of soldiers • The science of growing crops • Troops like the national guard • The North or the United States • The Confederate States of America • Land within the mainland boundaries • ...

Civil War 2014-12-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to free
  2. battle in 1863
  3. failed assault on Union positions on final day of Gettysburg
  4. tax on earnings
  5. town in Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant
  6. the act of setting someone free
  7. the surrounding of the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, by Union forces
  8. Confederate general who fought at Gettysburg
  9. bloody battle in Maryland that ended Lee's first invasion of the North
  10. remove
  11. Northern Democrats who wanted peace with the South
  12. Civil war nurse who later founded the American Red Cross
  13. to length in time
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  1. declared that all slaves in Confederate-held territory were free
  2. Confederate supporter who killed Lincoln
  3. poet who wrote about the Civil War
  4. military draft
  5. Union general Sherman's destructive march across Georgia
  6. increase in prices and decrease in value of money
  7. Washington, D.C. theater where Lincoln was shot

20 Clues: remove • to free • battle in 1863 • military draft • tax on earnings • to length in time • the act of setting someone free • poet who wrote about the Civil War • Confederate supporter who killed Lincoln • Confederate general who fought at Gettysburg • town in Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant • Washington, D.C. theater where Lincoln was shot • ...

CIVIL WAR 2014-09-29

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. large gun that shoots metal or stone balls
  2. someone not in military
  3. soldiers that fight on foot
  4. required to join the armed forces
  5. to remove an arm or leg
  6. a place where a battle is fought
  7. someone wounded or killed in action
  8. someone holding superior rank
  9. military mounted on horses
  10. someone who is legally owned by another
  11. nickname for a northerner
Down
  1. nickname for a southerner
  2. long knife or short sword
  3. the North
  4. the South
  5. enlisted man or woman
  6. a hard cracker
  7. long gun used by soldiers in Civil War
  8. sixteenth President
  9. to rush toward an enemy
  10. container used to carry water

21 Clues: the North • the South • a hard cracker • sixteenth President • enlisted man or woman • someone not in military • to remove an arm or leg • to rush toward an enemy • nickname for a southerner • long knife or short sword • nickname for a northerner • military mounted on horses • soldiers that fight on foot • container used to carry water • someone holding superior rank • ...

Civil War 2014-05-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. union soldiers
  2. went on the attack
  3. withdrawl from the union
  4. senator of south Carolina countered with another proposal
  5. not to cast vote
  6. helped hundreds escape slavery by way of the underground railroad
  7. run away, slaves to their masters
  8. exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country
  9. a west point graduate and an experienced soldier
  10. people killed or wounded
  11. free
  12. payments to encourage volunteers
  13. storage place for weapons
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  1. union commander at cairo
  2. allowing the people to decide
  3. a person who dies for a great cause
  4. conflict between citizens of the same country
  5. took command of the army opposing McClain
  6. was an enslaved African American bought by an army doctor
  7. confederate army

20 Clues: free • union soldiers • not to cast vote • confederate army • went on the attack • union commander at cairo • withdrawl from the union • people killed or wounded • storage place for weapons • allowing the people to decide • payments to encourage volunteers • run away, slaves to their masters • a person who dies for a great cause • took command of the army opposing McClain • ...

Civil War 2014-05-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To lie in wait for an unexpected attack.
  2. A violent Abolitionist who killed five proslavery men.
  3. A president during the Civil War who believed slavery was evil and should be kept out of the territories.
  4. A slave who's master moved themselves to Wisconsin, a free state, and this slaves master died so he claimed himself as free but lost in court and was declared not free.
  5. People that are wounded or killed.
  6. To leave or withdraw.
  7. Slaves had to go into this after escaping their plantations.
  8. People hold the final authority in all matters of government, they can vote.
  9. Someone who wants to abolish slavery.
  10. Someone who stands for freedom.
  11. Isolates some area of importance to the enemy.
  12. A gun with a grooved barrel that causes a bullet to spin through the air.
Down
  1. Abolished slavery everywhere in the U.S.
  2. Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances.
  3. The lower part of the USA that believed in slavery and thought of it as vital in order to get work done and produce cotton.
  4. Loyal to the Confederacy. Also Southern or Rebel.
  5. Novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the horrors of slavery to Northerners.
  6. Showing loyalty to a state or section rather than the whole country.
  7. The upper part of the USA that looked down upon slavery and wanted it gone from the US.
  8. The Battle at Gettysburg was very much of this, because a lot of men lost their lives.

20 Clues: To leave or withdraw. • Someone who stands for freedom. • People that are wounded or killed. • Someone who wants to abolish slavery. • Abolished slavery everywhere in the U.S. • To lie in wait for an unexpected attack. • Isolates some area of importance to the enemy. • Loyal to the Confederacy. Also Southern or Rebel. • ...

Civil War 2016-05-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rights and powers independent of the federal government that are reserved for the states by the Constitution
  2. a person who dies for a great cause
  3. specified that slavery banned from any states obtained from Mexico
  4. a United States fort on an island guarding Charleston Harbor
  5. not to cast votes
  6. a nearly unknown candidate for president
  7. leave
  8. allowing the people to decide
  9. said that Scott was a slave and therefore property and according to the Constitution government cannot take a way property
  10. withdrawal from the Union
  11. an exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country
Down
  1. runaway
  2. an enslaved African that helped others journey into freedom through the underground railroad like her before
  3. required all citizens to help catch runaways
  4. the idea that the people could exclude slavery by refusing to pass laws protecting slaveholders rights
  5. a storage place for weapons and ammunition
  6. contained the five points of Clays original plan
  7. An Address Given By Abraham Lincoln
  8. a conflict between citizens of the same country
  9. Killed Abraham Lincoln

20 Clues: leave • runaway • not to cast votes • Killed Abraham Lincoln • withdrawal from the Union • allowing the people to decide • a person who dies for a great cause • An Address Given By Abraham Lincoln • a nearly unknown candidate for president • a storage place for weapons and ammunition • required all citizens to help catch runaways • a conflict between citizens of the same country • ...

Civil War 2016-05-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Caldwell vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832, and he ran for president several times but never won
  2. one of the fiercest battles of the American Civil War
  3. known as the Great Compromiser
  4. laws that provided for the return of runaway slaves who escaped from one state to another
  5. Union general John Pope was heavily defeated
  6. the most famous and recognizable Confederate field force, had its genesis in the July 21, 1861
  7. took place during the Civil War on September 17, 1862 and was fought at Antietam Creek near the village of Sharpsburg, Maryland.
  8. served two terms as president of the United States, from 1869 to 1877
  9. fought July 1–3, 1863, in the region of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  10. stood on an artificial island in Charleston Harbor
  11. many blamed him for losing the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863
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  1. The newspapers called him "Fighting Joe."
  2. entailed a mix of several modes of production
  3. one of the most famous Confederate generals and one of the best officers who fought under General Robert E. Lee.
  4. a famous American photographer
  5. His name has become a part of the language because he popularized a style of beard.
  6. was born into this aristocracy on January 19, 1807, in Stratford, Virginia, he never enjoyed its accompanying wealth
  7. May 1864 Battle
  8. earned the label "The Gibraltar of the Confederacy"
  9. a religious and intelligent slave who led the most violent slave revolt in American history.

20 Clues: May 1864 Battle • known as the Great Compromiser • a famous American photographer • The newspapers called him "Fighting Joe." • Union general John Pope was heavily defeated • entailed a mix of several modes of production • stood on an artificial island in Charleston Harbor • earned the label "The Gibraltar of the Confederacy" • ...

civil war 2023-10-26

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. part of a law that restricts something
  2. this state gave up land to pay war debt
  3. douglas debates these two men debated against each other in the 1858 election
  4. slavery be banned
  5. to keep new territores free of slavery
  6. slave that traveled with his owner and sued for freedom
  7. inaugural address lincoln delivered this speech called what
  8. relief from an injury
  9. any slaves that run away must be returned under this law
  10. the year zachary taylor was put in office
Down
  1. in 1860 virgina did this from the states
  2. sumner the term used to describe what happened to this senator
  3. ferry john brown led an attack to this place in virgina
  4. this state came into the union as a free state
  5. states these states included texas florida georgia
  6. a tough lawless person or a bully
  7. sovereignty the people make decisions under this term
  8. cailfornia applied to be a free state and this happened
  9. a theory of a issue
  10. to pillage or plunder

20 Clues: slavery be banned • a theory of a issue • relief from an injury • to pillage or plunder • a tough lawless person or a bully • part of a law that restricts something • to keep new territores free of slavery • this state gave up land to pay war debt • in 1860 virgina did this from the states • the year zachary taylor was put in office • ...

Civil War 2023-10-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What state was Stephen A. Douglas a senator of?
  2. The month and year that Bleeding Kansas happened
  3. Required Northern citizens to cooperate with and assist slave-catchers
  4. Lincoln's first address to the people
  5. Won the south and election of 1856
  6. This guy led another raid into Harpers Ferry
  7. A theory or position on an issue
  8. A document with agreements between California and Southern states
Down
  1. Who did Lincoln debate in 1858
  2. New party that formed after the first one failed
  3. The two parties that split during the Election of 1856
  4. Who won the election between Douglas and Lincoln?
  5. Took over for President Taylor after he died suddenly
  6. The sixteenth president of the U.S.
  7. The vote of the people
  8. The Wings decided to join the Northern Democrats and Free-Soilers to create what party?
  9. Someone who dies for his or her beliefs
  10. Part of an alliance or confederacy
  11. Suggested that slavery be banned
  12. Slave who brought his case to court but was denied freedom

20 Clues: The vote of the people • Who did Lincoln debate in 1858 • Suggested that slavery be banned • A theory or position on an issue • Won the south and election of 1856 • Part of an alliance or confederacy • The sixteenth president of the U.S. • Lincoln's first address to the people • Someone who dies for his or her beliefs • This guy led another raid into Harpers Ferry • ...

Civil War 2023-10-27

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Having to do with an inauguration
  2. someone who dies for his/her beliefs
  3. Missouri compromise/ popular sovereignty
  4. both against slavery
  5. part of an alliance/confederacy
  6. Pro-Slavery group ransacked the city
  7. Relief from an Injury/wrongdoing
  8. Southern democrats choice him
  9. Popular Sovereignty
  10. Criticized people who were Pro-Slavery
  11. Crossed border to vote from slave state
Down
  1. Taylor's vice president
  2. Dred scott's judge
  3. Slavery banned in territory of mexican cession
  4. Lincoln's main points of speech
  5. a new party
  6. South Carolina's decision to revolt, legal right
  7. Enslaved man's quart case
  8. elected jefferson davis
  9. abolitionists raided arsenal

20 Clues: a new party • Dred scott's judge • Popular Sovereignty • both against slavery • Taylor's vice president • elected jefferson davis • Enslaved man's quart case • abolitionists raided arsenal • Southern democrats choice him • Lincoln's main points of speech • part of an alliance/confederacy • Relief from an Injury/wrongdoing • Having to do with an inauguration • ...

Civil War 2023-10-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who took McClellan's spot?
  2. How long was the war?
  3. What is the last name of the guy who led the Union through significant victories?
  4. Who replaced Burnside?
  5. What is another name for the South?
  6. What was one thing that helped the North win the war?
  7. Who had small farms, won the war, and had a larger population?
  8. The Confederate side faced many what during the war?
  9. How many southern states formed the Confederate States of America?
Down
  1. What was one thing that helped get supplies to the North?
  2. What was the plan that would cause a blockade?
  3. Where did the first military operation happen?
  4. What is another name for the North?
  5. What month had the bloodiest day of war?
  6. The union won the war because they wanted to keep the country what?
  7. What was the last name of the General Chief for the Confederates?
  8. What valley did Lee go through when heading North?
  9. Who had Large plantations and supported and wanted slavery?
  10. General Grant was willing to take what?
  11. Who was the president?
  12. There was tension between individual what and the Confederate Government?

21 Clues: How long was the war? • Who replaced Burnside? • Who was the president? • Who took McClellan's spot? • What is another name for the North? • What is another name for the South? • General Grant was willing to take what? • What month had the bloodiest day of war? • What was the plan that would cause a blockade? • Where did the first military operation happen? • ...

civil war 2023-10-23

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. heavy military
  2. units raised on both sides
  3. Store house of weapons
  4. plan to kill the south
  5. metal steam boat
  6. sewed the uniforms
  7. souths name
  8. Sworn promise
  9. cash crop in south
  10. rule texas was under
  11. loyalty to region
Down
  1. had theses in south
  2. rejection of national law
  3. first battle
  4. general of union
  5. one cause of cival war
  6. where lee gave up
  7. know nothing party
  8. president of south
  9. invented the cotton gin
  10. who refused to sign the oath

21 Clues: souths name • first battle • Sworn promise • heavy military • general of union • metal steam boat • where lee gave up • loyalty to region • know nothing party • sewed the uniforms • president of south • cash crop in south • had theses in south • Store house of weapons • one cause of cival war • plan to kill the south • invented the cotton gin • rejection of national law • rule texas was under • ...

Civil War 2023-03-29

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. African Americans were encouraged to join by the Emancipation Proclamation
  2. Opening battle of the Civil War
  3. Union President
  4. New weapon invented by Richard Gatling
  5. North advantage during the war for making weapons
  6. Union victory after finding Lee's plans
  7. Where the Confederacy surrendered to the Union
  8. Last Confederate offensive
  9. Helped moved Confederate supplies
Down
  1. Ended the American Revolution
  2. Civil War era rifle
  3. Battle that cut the Confederacy in two
  4. Lincoln's speech after a battle
  5. to speak
  6. Chief General of the Union Army
  7. to set free
  8. Chief General of the Confederate Army
  9. main form of moving soldiers and supplies
  10. Confederate Capital
  11. Confederate President
  12. New ship clad in iron

21 Clues: to speak • to set free • Union President • Civil War era rifle • Confederate Capital • Confederate President • New ship clad in iron • Last Confederate offensive • Ended the American Revolution • Opening battle of the Civil War • Lincoln's speech after a battle • Chief General of the Union Army • Helped moved Confederate supplies • Chief General of the Confederate Army • ...

civil war 2023-02-17

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the confederate created a what government
  2. making a person work without there consent
  3. won the war
  4. african american who stayed behind when white plantations left
  5. who was voted president
  6. what war took place at charelston harbor
  7. meade union leadership
  8. something they used to stop inports/exports
  9. the plan the union used
  10. repel a union
  11. what did the us forces quickly take over
  12. leader of the confederate
Down
  1. what was the bloodest war in american history
  2. july 1-3 1868
  3. where did the surrender took place at
  4. who held the last meeting of the cabinet
  5. what was the other name for the battle of manassas
  6. who signed a document stating that the American Civil War was over
  7. the south was fighting a war
  8. location of turning point

20 Clues: won the war • july 1-3 1868 • repel a union • meade union leadership • who was voted president • the plan the union used • location of turning point • leader of the confederate • the south was fighting a war • where did the surrender took place at • who held the last meeting of the cabinet • what war took place at charelston harbor • what did the us forces quickly take over • ...

civil war 2023-02-23

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First battle of the American Civil war
  2. south side of the us Population was 9 million
  3. Had a Popultion of 22 million
  4. to get rid of
  5. an opinion or judgement made before the facts are known
  6. the deadliest one day battle of the civil war
  7. general winfield came up with the _______ _______
  8. an act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
  9. First Battle of Bull Run/Manasses
Down
  1. Largest battle of the civil war
  2. the construction of road canals
  3. was over the Emancipation Proclamation
  4. people who work on plantations
  5. also wanted to gain support of the _______ _______
  6. elected as president in 1828
  7. to formally withdraw from membership in a political state
  8. the belief that race determines traits and capacities
  9. was a border state
  10. ____ slavery into the territories
  11. before the war

20 Clues: to get rid of • before the war • was a border state • elected as president in 1828 • Had a Popultion of 22 million • people who work on plantations • Largest battle of the civil war • the construction of road canals • ____ slavery into the territories • First Battle of Bull Run/Manasses • First battle of the American Civil war • was over the Emancipation Proclamation • ...

Civil War 2023-02-23

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The president during the war
  2. The norths plan to surround the south
  3. The first battle of the war
  4. The confederates best general
  5. The time before the war
  6. The nickname for the battle of Bull Run
  7. The guns soldiers used
  8. Breaking away from the country
  9. The event that made Abraham Lincoln president
  10. The Confederate capitol
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  1. The act that freed slaves
  2. The southern states that fought to keep their way of life
  3. Slaves that got freed
  4. The city that General Sherman attacked
  5. States that did not leave the Union
  6. A nickname for people in the union
  7. The Unions best general
  8. The first state to secede
  9. The battle with the most deaths
  10. The northern states that fought to preserve the union

20 Clues: Slaves that got freed • The guns soldiers used • The Unions best general • The time before the war • The Confederate capitol • The act that freed slaves • The first state to secede • The first battle of the war • The president during the war • The confederates best general • Breaking away from the country • The battle with the most deaths • A nickname for people in the union • ...

civil war 2024-04-09

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who were South Carolinians that saw secession as a last resort?
  2. Which side was fighting to keep slavery?
  3. Who wanted to get rid of slavery?
  4. Which battle was "the bloodiest battle in US history"?
  5. Who was the union's best general?
  6. What year was Abe Lincoln elected?
  7. What was one of the first major battle of the war?
  8. Which side was fighting to abolish slavery?
  9. What was the union's plan to "squeeze" the confederacy?
  10. Which portion of the US was fighting against slavery?
Down
  1. What declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  2. Who was the confederate's best general?
  3. Who argued that breaking from the union was the only answer?
  4. Where did the civil war start?
  5. What was south carolina's biggest cash crop?
  6. Which portion of the US was fighting for slavery?
  7. Who was the 16th president at the time of the civil war?
  8. Who favored the idea of remaining part of the Union?
  9. What was the main cause of the civil war?
  10. What was the deadliest one-day battle?

20 Clues: Where did the civil war start? • Who wanted to get rid of slavery? • Who was the union's best general? • What year was Abe Lincoln elected? • What was the deadliest one-day battle? • Who was the confederate's best general? • Which side was fighting to keep slavery? • What was the main cause of the civil war? • Which side was fighting to abolish slavery? • ...

Civil War 2024-04-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. main union general
  2. the main confederate general
  3. the states that stayed neutral in the war, they kept slaves but did not secede
  4. a battle that took place on the Mississippi river
  5. the act of sealing off a place to prevent people or goods from entering or leaving
  6. someone who fights to stop slavery
  7. the battle which led to a union win and gave them a base for the rest of the war
  8. the first official battle of the civil war
  9. the president at the time of the civil war
  10. a military strategy proposed by the union where they blocked off the entire south
  11. the bloodiest battle
  12. the southern states that seceded because they wanted to keep slavery
Down
  1. issued by lincoln, freed all slaves that were in seceded states
  2. regiment that led the assault on fort wagner
  3. the first engagement of ironclad warships
  4. when a states leaves the country
  5. the battle where the union stopped the confederacy from advancing to maryland
  6. the war fought between the Confederacy and the Union
  7. the northern side of the war that was against slavery
  8. where a battle takes place
  9. the union fort that was attacked by confederacy

21 Clues: main union general • the bloodiest battle • where a battle takes place • the main confederate general • when a states leaves the country • someone who fights to stop slavery • the first engagement of ironclad warships • the first official battle of the civil war • the president at the time of the civil war • regiment that led the assault on fort wagner • ...

Civil War 2024-03-24

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. state located between the union and the confederacy
  2. war between citizens in the same country
  3. organized secret system to allow slaves to escape
  4. Proclamation statement issued by President Lincoln freeing all slaves in Confederate states
  5. to break away from
  6. law that requires men of a certain age to serve in the military
  7. a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent
  8. government formed by the seven seceding states
  9. laws to control the behavior of slaves
  10. to murder by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons
Down
  1. location of famous Civil War speech given by President Lincoln in 1863
  2. shutting off an area by troops or ships to keep people and supplies from moving in or out
  3. people that are wounded or killed in war
  4. states that remained loyal to the US government
  5. a leader of a railroad who helped the slaves escape
  6. state in which slavery was not allowed
  7. loyalty to one section of a country
  8. any state law discriminating against black persons
  9. device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances
  10. method of warfare in which both the opposing army and an enemy's population are targets

20 Clues: to break away from • loyalty to one section of a country • state in which slavery was not allowed • laws to control the behavior of slaves • people that are wounded or killed in war • war between citizens in the same country • government formed by the seven seceding states • states that remained loyal to the US government • ...

Civil war 2024-04-15

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first submarine
  2. Added Clifornia
  3. Made Kansas and Nebraska
  4. President of the Union
  5. Gun made to fire bullets really fast
  6. Total death count of The civil war
  7. Important document signed regarding the line where slavery was illegal (compromise)
  8. Was used to communicate from the battle
  9. Famous abolitionist
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  1. Famous Document signed by Abraham Lincoln
  2. President of the Confederate states
  3. Union General
  4. Freed slaves through underground railroad
  5. Helped move soldiers and goods to places faster over land
  6. Confederate general
  7. Were made to carry wounded soldiers off of the battle field
  8. Sued for his freedom but lost
  9. Located at the entrance of Charleston harbor
  10. The treaty was signed at this courthouse
  11. When a country goes to war against itself

20 Clues: Union General • Added Clifornia • The first submarine • Confederate general • Famous abolitionist • President of the Union • Made Kansas and Nebraska • Sued for his freedom but lost • Total death count of The civil war • President of the Confederate states • Gun made to fire bullets really fast • Was used to communicate from the battle • The treaty was signed at this courthouse • ...

Civil War 2023-04-14

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was killed by his own men.
  2. War was a war that was fought for four years.
  3. A female person that helped during a war or after.
  4. is A female that started the red cross.
  5. Leader of the Union.
  6. a male shot our president.
  7. A male person that went to goes to war.
  8. what state starts with a vole and ends with one?
  9. is an Indian state.
  10. is to withdraw from a group
Down
  1. something you shoot
  2. is a male that fought and helped in the War.
  3. a big state
  4. big ball
  5. Leader of the Confeds
  6. is a thing that can last years
  7. was smaller than the war and possibly could be worse.
  8. a male was shot and was our president.
  9. Gun with knife
  10. stab stab

20 Clues: big ball • stab stab • a big state • Gun with knife • something you shoot • is an Indian state. • Leader of the Union. • Leader of the Confeds • was killed by his own men. • a male shot our president. • is to withdraw from a group • is a thing that can last years • a male was shot and was our president. • is A female that started the red cross. • A male person that went to goes to war. • ...

Civil War 2023-04-14

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was killed by his own men.
  2. War was a war that was fought for four years.
  3. A female person that helped during a war or after.
  4. is A female that started the red cross.
  5. Leader of the Union.
  6. a male shot our president.
  7. A male person that went to goes to war.
  8. what state starts with a vole and ends with one?
  9. is an Indian state.
  10. is to withdraw from a group
Down
  1. something you shoot
  2. is a male that fought and helped in the War.
  3. a big state
  4. big ball
  5. Leader of the Confeds
  6. is a thing that can last years
  7. was smaller than the war and possibly could be worse.
  8. a male was shot and was our president.
  9. Gun with knife
  10. stab stab

20 Clues: big ball • stab stab • a big state • Gun with knife • something you shoot • is an Indian state. • Leader of the Union. • Leader of the Confeds • was killed by his own men. • a male shot our president. • is to withdraw from a group • is a thing that can last years • a male was shot and was our president. • is A female that started the red cross. • A male person that went to goes to war. • ...

civil war 2023-05-10

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to free enlaved african americans
  2. test to see if someone can read or write
  3. system of required military service
  4. new laws used by southern states to control african americans
  5. rise in prices
  6. a group pardon
  7. war journalist for a northern newspaper
  8. protection against unlawful imprisonment
  9. all out attacks aimed at destroying an enemys army
Down
  1. bringing formal charges agianst a public official
  2. enslaved people who had been freed in the war
  3. northern whotes who went to south to start a businesses
  4. deaths in war
  5. personal tax to be paid before voting
  6. thomas jackson was also known as
  7. river just north of manassas
  8. clause allowed voter ot avoid a literacy test if his father was able to vote on jan 1st 1867
  9. southern whites who opposed secession
  10. attempt to capture a place by surrounding it
  11. warships covered with protective iron plates

20 Clues: deaths in war • rise in prices • a group pardon • river just north of manassas • thomas jackson was also known as • to free enlaved african americans • system of required military service • personal tax to be paid before voting • southern whites who opposed secession • war journalist for a northern newspaper • test to see if someone can read or write • ...

civil war 2022-10-06

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 8
  2. 5
  3. 19
  4. 2
  5. 10
  6. 14
  7. 15
  8. 11
  9. 13
Down
  1. 12
  2. 17
  3. 7
  4. 1
  5. 18
  6. 6
  7. 16
  8. 4
  9. 9
  10. 3
  11. 20

20 Clues: 8 • 7 • 1 • 5 • 6 • 2 • 4 • 9 • 3 • 12 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 10 • 14 • 16 • 15 • 11 • 13 • 20

CIVIL WAR 2022-05-06

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How many troops headed south with general Grant?
  2. Who became famous for helping wounded soldiers?
  3. What was it called when the solders destroyed everything in their path?
  4. How many inexperienced union troops
  5. What battle was known has the bloodiest?
  6. who replaced general Brunside?
  7. who replaced general Lee?
Down
  1. Who signed two bills requesting a total of one million soldiers who would serve for three years?
  2. Grant swung south of Richmond to attack who?
  3. What was Thomas Jackson best known as?
  4. Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland had such strong support for who?
  5. Who was the new general Lincoln appointed?
  6. Who was president Lincoln's wife's name that had family who fought in the confederate war?
  7. Who was the union commander at Cairo?
  8. Who had to move cautiously to avoid upsetting people in the border states?
  9. Who did Harriet Tubman help spy for?
  10. a smaller, equally inexperienced confidante force?
  11. who directed his troops at Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862?
  12. Who help slaves escape by the underground railroad?
  13. Where did David Farragut led a union fleet into?

20 Clues: who replaced general Lee? • who replaced general Brunside? • How many inexperienced union troops • Who did Harriet Tubman help spy for? • Who was the union commander at Cairo? • What was Thomas Jackson best known as? • What battle was known has the bloodiest? • Who was the new general Lincoln appointed? • Grant swung south of Richmond to attack who? • ...

Civil War 2022-05-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. occupying a strong defensive posistion?
  2. when did the Confederate Congree pass the draft law?
  3. Where did David Farragut lead a Union fleet to?
  4. what was one of the ironclad ships called?
  5. Who were one of the woman that spied for the North?
  6. who was the Union commander at Cairo?
  7. war on all aspects of the enemy's life?
  8. What was the third day of Gettysburg called?
  9. Who was one of the generals that one at at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  10. about how many casualties did the two armies suffer all together?
  11. When were the slaves freed during the Civil War?
  12. Who won the Civil War?
  13. a legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned?
  14. Who was General Burnside replaced with?
Down
  1. grant swung south of Richmond to attack where?
  2. Who did Lincoln replace General George McClellan with?
  3. who did Lincoln replace Hooker with?
  4. where did Lee and his army strike at?
  5. Who was the Condfederate general?
  6. What was the Souths ironclad ship called?
  7. Who was the Northerner that became famous for there work with wounded soldiers?
  8. What was the North side called?
  9. When was Lincoln assassinated?
  10. How much of the population in the south were slaves?
  11. What was the South side called?
  12. What was the long term plan of the North called?
  13. by the end of the war how many slaves went to the north?

27 Clues: Who won the Civil War? • When was Lincoln assassinated? • What was the North side called? • What was the South side called? • Who was the Condfederate general? • who did Lincoln replace Hooker with? • where did Lee and his army strike at? • who was the Union commander at Cairo? • occupying a strong defensive posistion? • war on all aspects of the enemy's life? • ...

CIVIL WAR 2022-05-09

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who signed two bills requesting a total of 1 million solders who would serve for three years?
  2. What was Thomas Jackson best known as?
  3. What battle was known has the bloodiest?
  4. Who had to move cautiously to avoid upsetting people in the border states?
  5. What caused the civil war?
  6. How long did the war last?
  7. Grant swung south of Richmond to attack who?
  8. How many troops headed south with general Grant?
  9. Who help slaves escape by the underground railroad?
  10. How many major battles were in the Civil war?
  11. Who directed his troops at Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862?
  12. Who became famous for helping wounded soldiers?
  13. What was the first battle?
Down
  1. Who was the union commander at Cairo?
  2. Who killed Lincoln?
  3. How many inexperienced union troops attacked a smaller, equally inexperienced confederate force?
  4. How many people died in the the civil war?
  5. Who replaced general Burnside?
  6. Who was President Lincoln's wife's name that had family who fought in the confederate war?
  7. What was it called When the soldiers destroyed everything in their path?
  8. Who did Harriet Tubman help spy for?
  9. Who was the new general Lincoln appointed?
  10. Who replaced general lee?
  11. Where did David Farragut led a union fleet into?
  12. Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland had such strong support for who?

25 Clues: Who killed Lincoln? • Who replaced general lee? • What caused the civil war? • How long did the war last? • What was the first battle? • Who replaced general Burnside? • Who did Harriet Tubman help spy for? • Who was the union commander at Cairo? • What was Thomas Jackson best known as? • What battle was known has the bloodiest? • How many people died in the the civil war? • ...

Civil War 2022-05-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was president from March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
  2. She founded the American Red Cross in 1881, at age 59, and led it for the next 23 years.
  3. was a lieutenant general and led a significant portion of General Lee's army to win the war.
  4. was a 19th century U.S. senator best known as the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War
  5. living in a free state and territory did not entitle an enslaved person to his/her freedom
  6. the battle that marked the official beginning of the American Civil War
  7. fought between proslavery and antislavery advocates for control of the new territory of ______under the doctrine of popular sovereignty.
  8. was fought November 7, 1861 Union Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant sailed with about 3,000 Union troops down the Mississippi River from Illinois and proceeded to attack the Confederate stronghold at Fort Johnson
  9. provided for the seizure and return of runaway slaves who escaped from one state into another or into a federal territory
  10. lead a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in an attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery.
  11. tells the story of Uncle Tom, an enslaved person, depicted as saintly and dignified, noble and steadfast in his beliefs.
  12. the battle which lasted only 20 minutes and caused no fatalities
  13. well known for his efforts to end slavery and his skill at public speaking.
  14. He served as a private in the cavalry for 2 years during the Civil War before being made Acting Third Assistant Engineer in the Navy
Down
  1. this battle marked the first major land battle of the American Civil War.
  2. was a New York governor and U.S. senator before serving as secretary of state under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
  3. consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion
  4. was a Confederate general who led the South's attempt at secession during the Civil War.
  5. led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War
  6. was a U.S. Army engineer, railroad president and politician who served as a major general during the Civil War.
  7. he signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which was designed to solve the issue of expanding slavery into the territories

21 Clues: was president from March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 • the battle which lasted only 20 minutes and caused no fatalities • the battle that marked the official beginning of the American Civil War • this battle marked the first major land battle of the American Civil War. • well known for his efforts to end slavery and his skill at public speaking. • ...