civil war Crossword Puzzles

Civil War 2013-01-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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…
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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.
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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?
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  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
Down
  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
Down
  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. • ...

Civil War 2024-09-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an instrument used for fighting
  2. set of laws easing tension between North and South
  3. president of the Confederate States of America
  4. a state where slavery was permitted
  5. a war between factions in the same country
  6. hard square cracker made of flour, water and salt; one of the major staples for both Northern and Southern soldiers
  7. supporter of the United States Government in the Civil War
  8. 16th president of the United States of America
  9. fellow soldier
  10. a soldier who fought with the Union
Down
  1. ground on which an army pitches its tents
  2. person opposed to slavery and in favor of ending it
  3. a state that did not allow slavery
  4. connected series of military operations forming phase of a war
  5. the union of the Southern states that had seceded
  6. armed resistance to the authority of an established government
  7. a state of being bound by law
  8. slave who runs away from his master
  9. an encounter of two
  10. big gun, artillery piece
  11. those states remaining loyal to the United States of America; the North; Federal; Northern

21 Clues: fellow soldier • an encounter of two • big gun, artillery piece • a state of being bound by law • an instrument used for fighting • a state that did not allow slavery • a state where slavery was permitted • slave who runs away from his master • a soldier who fought with the Union • ground on which an army pitches its tents • a war between factions in the same country • ...

Civil war 2025-02-07

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ordered his troops to attack and came the bloodiest one day battle
  2. how many days did it take to capture Yorktown
  3. destroyed enemies slowly
  4. ship smuggler that steals war goods
  5. McClenen allowed what river to divide his forces
  6. took his troops up the Tennessee river to attack Corinth
  7. only rail line connecting Mississippi and western tennessee
  8. Lincoln fired Buell and replaced him with who
Down
  1. president of the south
  2. president of north
  3. the victory at Antietam also set the stage for Lincoln to end slavery in the south
  4. a union force of 42 warships and 5k soldiers that used what river
  5. took over Kentucky most of west
  6. money before they were called money
  7. money that's given to the person that earned the reward
  8. arrived at New Orleans 6 days later
  9. the states that fought got evryone be what in the endg
  10. where'd the 42 warships end up at
  11. took over new Orleans
  12. suffered from inflation and shortages
  13. to bring together for a particular purpose
  14. Lincoln kept promised and announced he would issue emancipation proclamation feeling all enslaved

22 Clues: president of north • took over new Orleans • president of the south • destroyed enemies slowly • took over Kentucky most of west • where'd the 42 warships end up at • money before they were called money • arrived at New Orleans 6 days later • ship smuggler that steals war goods • suffered from inflation and shortages • to bring together for a particular purpose • ...

Civil War 2025-04-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. battle of the Civil War
  2. for Confederate soldiers
  3. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  4. Southern states were called the ___
  5. Clues
  6. Robert E. ___
  7. the slaves in Confederate states
  8. African American abolitionist and speaker
  9. slavery in the U.S. (amendment)
  10. Clues
  11. of Confederate states
  12. general nicknamed “Stonewall”
Down
  1. Lincoln’s most famous ___
  2. of the Confederacy
  3. general who later became president
  4. of the United States during the Civil War
  5. ___ helped slaves escape
  6. naval strategy: the ___ Plan
  7. North was also called the ___
  8. Lee surrendered to Grant
  9. single-day battle
  10. requiring citizens to return runaway slaves
  11. point battle fought in Pennsylvania

23 Clues: Clues • Clues • Robert E. ___ • Uncle Tom’s Cabin • single-day battle • of the Confederacy • of Confederate states • battle of the Civil War • for Confederate soldiers • ___ helped slaves escape • Lee surrendered to Grant • Lincoln’s most famous ___ • naval strategy: the ___ Plan • North was also called the ___ • general nicknamed “Stonewall” • slavery in the U.S. (amendment) • ...

civil war 2025-05-14

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. how many miles of train tracks in the south?
  2. where did they sleep during the warm weather
  3. how did the south transport crops?
  4. how did they amputate limbs during the war?
  5. how did the south get there food?
  6. where did the north mainly transport goods from?
  7. what side was the union?
  8. who killed Abe Lincoln?
  9. most sold good in the south?
  10. who had the least amount of railroads?
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  1. how did most soldiers die?
  2. how many miles of train tracks in the north?
  3. how did their battles look like?
  4. what didnt the people like about Abe after the war was over?
  5. what weapon was on the end of a musket?
  6. what president abolished slavery?
  7. the most used gun?
  8. what kind of boats where created during the war
  9. what side was the confederacy
  10. where did the soldiers sleep when cold outside

20 Clues: the most used gun? • who killed Abe Lincoln? • what side was the union? • how did most soldiers die? • most sold good in the south? • what side was the confederacy • how did their battles look like? • how did the south get there food? • what president abolished slavery? • how did the south transport crops? • who had the least amount of railroads? • ...

Civil war 2025-05-15

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of the first American photographers
  2. Had amazing military knowledge and studies
  3. Confederate president
  4. An African American soldier who won a medal of honor
  5. Was a war soldier and had the nickname stonewall
  6. Spoke out about slavery and had a huge impact
  7. Helped many runaway slaves go through the underground railroad
  8. Was a lieutenant general for the Confederate army
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  1. Made southern trails to create railroads and pathways
  2. Part of the Confederate military force
  3. Confederate war soldier and wrote a book after war
  4. Helped an 35,000 army troops to invade richmond
  5. Was a major general for the union
  6. Provided aid for south and was Lincolns secretary of state
  7. Civil war nurse
  8. Wrote the book Tom's Cabin
  9. Had a big impact on the rights for slaves
  10. Lincolns trusted general
  11. Was a war general for 3 different armies
  12. President during civil war

20 Clues: Civil war nurse • Confederate president • Lincolns trusted general • Wrote the book Tom's Cabin • President during civil war • Was a major general for the union • Part of the Confederate military force • One of the first American photographers • Was a war general for 3 different armies • Had a big impact on the rights for slaves • Had amazing military knowledge and studies • ...

Civil War 2025-05-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Primary cash crop of the south
  2. To formally break away or leave from a nation
  3. Crops that are produced on a large scale for profit
  4. ____________ Address, famous speech by Lincoln
  5. Loyalty lies with a specific region of country rather than the country as a whole
  6. Last name of the person who won the election of 1860
  7. Less populated areas & small towns (South)
  8. _____________'s march to the sea, Union soldiers march through the South
  9. _____________ Proclamation, issued by Lincoln which freed all enslaved people in the South
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  1. Last name of the norths general
  2. Name for the south after they separated
  3. First battle of the Civil War
  4. Synonym to cities (North)
  5. Political party of the winner of the election of 1860
  6. Siege of _____________ (Union Victory)
  7. Plan created to cut off any new supplies from entering the south
  8. Primary causes of the Civil War
  9. Battle of _______________ (aka battle of manassas)
  10. Last name of the south's president
  11. Last name of the south's general
  12. Bloodiest battle of the war

21 Clues: Synonym to cities (North) • Bloodiest battle of the war • First battle of the Civil War • Primary cash crop of the south • Last name of the norths general • Primary causes of the Civil War • Last name of the south's general • Last name of the south's president • Siege of _____________ (Union Victory) • Name for the south after they separated • ...

Civil War 2025-05-27

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Embarrassing first battle for the Union, grab your picnick baskets!
  2. Political party formed to oppose slavery
  3. River that both sides needed to control to win the war
  4. Law requiring the return of escaped slaves
  5. New warships that first fought at the Battle of Hampton Roads
  6. Term for the division between the North and South before the Civil War
  7. First state to secede
  8. The effort to reunite and rebuild after the war, included the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
  9. Scorched Earth campaign in Georgia led by General Sherman
  10. Abbreviation for the country formed by the southern states
  11. Conductor who helped hundreds of slaves escape
  12. Location of Lee's surrender
  13. A word for leaving the Union
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  1. Violence that erupted in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers
  2. A "wall" of Northern ships surrounding the south
  3. President of the South during the war
  4. Main Confederate general of the war
  5. Fort in Charleston Harbor where the war started
  6. President of the North during the war
  7. Lincoln's decree that all slaves in the South were free
  8. Network of abolitionists who helped slaves escape
  9. Device that made cotton production more efficient
  10. Main Union general of the war
  11. Made Joshua Chamberlain a hero, "Bayonetsssss!"
  12. Assassin of Lincoln
  13. Region with more factories and industry
  14. Region with more agriculture, reliant on slavery
  15. Someone who opposed slavery
  16. Bloodiest single day in U.S. history

29 Clues: Assassin of Lincoln • First state to secede • Someone who opposed slavery • Location of Lee's surrender • A word for leaving the Union • Main Union general of the war • Main Confederate general of the war • Bloodiest single day in U.S. history • President of the South during the war • President of the North during the war • Region with more factories and industry • ...

Civil War 2025-10-20

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. People who wanted to end slavery
  2. a law that allowed Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to balance power
  3. An agricultural product that increased the need for slavery in the south.
  4. a woman who helped slaves escape by using the Underground railroads
  5. Something temporary
  6. State governments can declare federal law null if it deems a state unconstitutional
  7. Advocator for the mentally ill
  8. a war which allowed America to take some of the Mexican territory
  9. American abolitionist who believed violence was the only way to end slavery
  10. an organized network of secret routes and safe houses
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  1. Anti and Pro slavery advocates fighting over whether Kansas should be a pro or anti slavery state
  2. Being freed from power control and authority
  3. Allowed Kansas and Nebraska as states
  4. A runaway slave who was an important figure in the African American civil rights
  5. Run away slaves were supposed to be reported and returned to the slave owner
  6. the place where many slaves would be taken to be sold to other people
  7. made slaves seem more like personal property with no legal right
  8. Allowed California as a free state
  9. a person or a group of people hired to return run away slaves
  10. a machine which separated the seeds of the picked cotton

20 Clues: Something temporary • Advocator for the mentally ill • People who wanted to end slavery • Allowed California as a free state • Allowed Kansas and Nebraska as states • Being freed from power control and authority • an organized network of secret routes and safe houses • a machine which separated the seeds of the picked cotton • ...

Civil War 2025-11-20

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where the first battle of the war took place
  2. Where the Union was located
  3. Gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
  4. President during the war
  5. President of the Confederacy
  6. Turning point of the war
  7. Final battle of the war
  8. Union general who led the Union to victory
  9. Confederate general nicknamed "Stonewall"
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  1. Tecumsah's "Christmas gift" to Lincoln
  2. This side was against slavery
  3. Confederate general who could beat almost anyone except Grant
  4. Cause of the war
  5. Bloodiest battle of the war
  6. This side wanted to keep slavery
  7. First state to secede from the Union
  8. Union general nicknamed "The Creeper"
  9. Nickname of the Union
  10. First battle of the war
  11. Where the confederacy was located

20 Clues: Cause of the war • Nickname of the Union • First battle of the war • Final battle of the war • President during the war • Turning point of the war • Where the Union was located • Bloodiest battle of the war • President of the Confederacy • This side was against slavery • This side wanted to keep slavery • Where the confederacy was located • First state to secede from the Union • ...

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.
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  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 Battle Strategies 2019-05-19

Civil War Battle Strategies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a powerful place that hurt the confederacy when it was lost
  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. led the nation through the bloodiest war known to mankind
  4. amount of people killed it the civil war
  5. the butcher of the civil war, lost 7000 men in half an hour
  6. former president of the confederate states
  7. 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.
  8. led the confederate soldiers.
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  1. the home where Robert Lee surrendered
  2. northern civil war soldiers
  3. killed abe
  4. destroyed everything he came across, burnt everything
  5. Led the anaconda plan
  6. was to lead the unions massive army against Robert E. Lee
  7. southern civil war soldiers

15 Clues: killed abe • Led the anaconda plan • northern civil war soldiers • southern 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 • led the nation through the bloodiest war known to mankind • ...

The American Civil War 2019-05-19

The American Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Civil War was one of the first of these
  2. There was a famous speech made here
  3. many southerners were previously
  4. this battle occurred on September Seventeenth, Eighteen Sixty-Two
  5. the Civil War is known for being the
  6. the time, in years, that the civil war lasted
  7. Every one-hundred and fifty people in one-thousand were
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  1. a major battle was fought here during the American revolution
  2. my topic is which War?
  3. This is what the Union Army was called
  4. major cause of death
  5. the court house where the south surrendered
  6. This is what the Confederate Army was called
  7. many people lost their lives in
  8. Main cause of the war

15 Clues: major cause of death • Main cause of the war • my topic is which War? • many people lost their lives in • many southerners were previously • There was a famous speech made here • the Civil War is known for being the • This is what the Union Army was called • The Civil War was one of the first of these • the court house where the south surrendered • ...

Civil War 2021-12-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. missouri slave who sued for his freedom
  2. cause of atlanta being destroyed
  3. states interest priority over national govern
  4. south rebuilt
  5. georgias conditional acceptance of 1850 compr.
  6. destructive path of war start from atl.
  7. abraham lincoln elected as president
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  1. largest defeat in western theater of civil war
  2. california as free state
  3. all slaves in rebel states are freed
  4. southern states to leave the union
  5. strategy in civil war
  6. federal reconstruction agency; provided food
  7. state has right to cancel unconstitutional law
  8. notorios prisoner of war camp during civil war

15 Clues: south rebuilt • strategy in civil war • california as free state • cause of atlanta being destroyed • southern states to leave the union • all slaves in rebel states are freed • abraham lincoln elected as president • missouri slave who sued for his freedom • destructive path of war start from atl. • federal reconstruction agency; provided food • ...

Causes of the Civil War/Civil War 2022-05-17

Causes of the Civil War/Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. slave that sued for his freedom
  2. Union plan to win the Civil War
  3. last Confederate stronghold on Miss. River
  4. created the KS-NE Act
  5. Civil War battle fought in Pennsylvania
  6. killed 5 pro-slavery men in Kansas
  7. 16th POTUS
  8. ship covered by iron plates
  9. iron-clad ship of the Confederacy
  10. Union "victory" in Maryland
Down
  1. Southern Democrat candidate for POTUS
  2. Senator from MA, beaten by Rep. Preston Brooks
  3. Pres. of the Confederate States of America
  4. Uncle Tom's _________
  5. created Missouri Compromise
  6. the Civil War started when this fort was bombed
  7. leader of the Confederate army
  8. war war on enemy's will to fight/support an army
  9. agreed to surrender terms with Gen. Lee
  10. Union state that had slaves
  11. wanted slavery banned in lands won from Mexico
  12. MO became a slave state; this state was free

22 Clues: 16th POTUS • Uncle Tom's _________ • created the KS-NE Act • created Missouri Compromise • Union state that had slaves • ship covered by iron plates • Union "victory" in Maryland • leader of the Confederate army • slave that sued for his freedom • Union plan to win the Civil War • iron-clad ship of the Confederacy • killed 5 pro-slavery men in Kansas • ...

naturalization #3 2025-04-24

naturalization #3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 9/11
  2. west coast ocean
  3. led to the Civil War
  4. tried to end racial discrimination
  5. father of our country
  6. document that freed the slaves
  7. fought for civil rights
  8. longest river
  9. Native American tribe
  10. was fought in the 1900s
  11. fought for women's rights
  12. east coast ocean
  13. was written in 1787
  14. number of original states
  15. president who freed the slaves
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  1. was president during the Great Depression
  2. territory bought in 1803
  3. first president
  4. Star Spangled Banner
  5. where the Constitution was written
  6. wrote the Declaration of Independence
  7. first postmaster
  8. the USA fought during WWII
  9. was president during World War I
  10. the date of the Declaration of Independence in 1771
  11. borders Mexico
  12. war fought in 1800s
  13. was a writer of the Constitution
  14. a general in World War II
  15. the main concern of the USA during the Cold War

30 Clues: 9/11 • longest river • borders Mexico • first president • west coast ocean • first postmaster • east coast ocean • war fought in 1800s • was written in 1787 • Star Spangled Banner • led to the Civil War • father of our country • Native American tribe • fought for civil rights • was fought in the 1900s • territory bought in 1803 • fought for women's rights • a general in World War II • ...

ABC CIVIL WAR 2025-05-08

ABC CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was a US fort in South Carolina where the Civil War began
  2. states were slave states that stayed loyal to the Union during the Civil War.
  3. also called the Union was the part of the United States that fought to keep the country together during the Civil War.
  4. was the general for the North during the Civil War
  5. was the president of the Confederate States.
  6. means treating people unfairly and taking away their rights.
  7. were soldiers known for their bright colorful uniforms and fancy marching.
  8. was the time after the Civil War when the US tried to rebuild the South.
  9. were the foot soldiers in the Civil War the ones who fought most of the battles on the ground
  10. The movement to end slavery in the US. .
  11. was a big Union victory. It gave the North control of the Mississippi River and split the South
  12. a slaved who went to court to win his freedom
  13. lets people in Kansas and Nebraska decide if they wanted slavery.
  14. was a person in the army who made sure soldiers had supplies.
Down
  1. was one of the most important battles during the War.
  2. played a big role during the Civil War. They worked as nurses spies and even disguised themselves so they could fight.
  3. was the idea that people living in a new U.S. territory should get to vote on whether to allow slavery
  4. was an order by President Lincoln that said slaves should be free
  5. is when a state decides to leave the Union
  6. was a deal made to keep peace. It let Missouri join as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
  7. made up of Southern states that tried to get away because they wanted slavery and thought that the government was taking away their rights.
  8. were a series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas
  9. was born a slave and escaped risking her life for others to do the same
  10. ended slavery in the US

24 Clues: ended slavery in the US • is when a state decides to leave the Union • was the president of the Confederate States. • a slaved who went to court to win his freedom • was the general for the North during the Civil War • was one of the most important battles during the War. • The movement to end slavery in the US. . • ...

Civil War and Reconstruction 2025-02-03

Civil War and Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Battle strategy implemented by the Union to cut off supplies for the Confederacy
  2. Issue that tore the United States apart and led to secession and the Civil War
  3. Texas governor that urged Texans to remain loyal or neutral to the United States
  4. The South's argument to preserve slavery
  5. Holiday celebrating when slaves in Texas learned of their freedom
  6. President during the Civil War but was killed days after the end of the war
  7. Political party that wanted to return to the antebellum South following the Civil War
  8. Person who assassinated President Lincoln
  9. Process of rebuilding the South and reuniting the Union
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  1. Battle that prevented the Union from gaining access to a major railroad in Houston
  2. Type of agriculture popular in the South during the Civil War era
  3. Means of communication using electrical wires, signals, and Morse code
  4. Confederate forces recaptured the port and it remained in their hands until the end of the war
  5. In 1861, southern states broke away from the Union
  6. Group of people that carried out roles during the Civil War normally maintained by men
  7. War that caused a decline in cotton production

16 Clues: The South's argument to preserve slavery • Person who assassinated President Lincoln • War that caused a decline in cotton production • In 1861, southern states broke away from the Union • Process of rebuilding the South and reuniting the Union • Type of agriculture popular in the South during the Civil War era • ...

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.
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  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 2021-10-26

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

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

US History Civil War/Reconstruction End of Year Project Crossword 2018-09-22

US History Civil War/Reconstruction End of Year Project Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Last name of president of Union
  2. Battle that was the turning point in the west
  3. Name of fort where the Civil War began
  4. Speech presented by Lincoln that freed slaves in the rebel states
  5. Famous escaped slave who became a lead “conductor” of the Underground Railroad
  6. Amendment that freed all slaves
  7. Escaped Slave who spoke to Lincoln and founded The North Star
  8. First and last name of the abolitionist who led the Raid at Harper’s Ferry
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  1. First state to secede
  2. Speech dedicating a Civil War battlefield as a national cemetery
  3. Full name of the first African American elected to Congress
  4. Nickname of General Thomas Jackson
  5. Amendment that gave black males suffrage
  6. Name of era after Civil War
  7. Man who assassinated Lincoln
  8. Battle that was the turning point in the east
  9. Amendment that gave former slaves citizenship
  10. Battle that was the bloodiest day in the Civil War
  11. Last name of president of Confederate States of America
  12. Lead Confederate general

20 Clues: First state to secede • Lead Confederate general • Name of era after Civil War • Man who assassinated Lincoln • Last name of president of Union • Amendment that freed all slaves • Nickname of General Thomas Jackson • Name of fort where the Civil War began • Amendment that gave black males suffrage • Battle that was the turning point in the west • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-02-22

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The last battle fought in the Civil War
  2. The 1st all-black regiment raised in the North
  3. This side supported slavery
  4. 11 states that seceded from the US after the election of 1860
  5. First battle of the Civil War
  6. The 16th president of the United States
  7. Strategy used by the Union to conquer the south
  8. A belief that a race can determine human traits and can be unfair behavior
  9. The action of joining something
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  1. This declared that all slaves should be freed
  2. First submarine to sink an enemy ship
  3. Withdraw from membership in a political state
  4. The final event to happen before the Civil War started
  5. Largest battle in civil war
  6. Had better military leaders
  7. Break the naval blockade
  8. The major night between the north and south
  9. The day South Carolina announced they were leaving the union
  10. A judgement or opinion made before someone knows the truth
  11. This said was against slavery

20 Clues: Break the naval blockade • This side supported slavery • Largest battle in civil war • Had better military leaders • First battle of the Civil War • This said was against slavery • The action of joining something • First submarine to sink an enemy ship • The last battle fought in the Civil War • The 16th president of the United States • ...

Sectionalism & the Civil War 2025-03-13

Sectionalism & the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President of the United States during the Civil War
  2. Supreme Court case that ruled enslaved people were property
  3. Location of John Brown's raid
  4. Loyalty to one's own region rather than the country as a whole
  5. A turning point battle of the Civil War, forced the Confederates out of the North
  6. A runaway enslaved person
  7. The site where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
  8. The location where Lee surrendered to Grant
  9. The Northern states during the Civil War
  10. The movement to end slavery
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  1. The bloodiest single-day battle in American history
  2. The Southern states that seceded from the Union
  3. The network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom
  4. An agreement in which each side gives up something
  5. A turning point battle and Union victory that split the Confederacy in two
  6. The act of leaving the Union
  7. Famous conductor of the Underground Railroad
  8. The act of freeing enslaved people
  9. A tax on imported goods
  10. President of the Confederate States

20 Clues: A tax on imported goods • A runaway enslaved person • The movement to end slavery • The act of leaving the Union • Location of John Brown's raid • The act of freeing enslaved people • President of the Confederate States • The Northern states during the Civil War • The location where Lee surrendered to Grant • Famous conductor of the Underground Railroad • ...

Civil War-Angeli Aguilar 2025-05-16

Civil War-Angeli Aguilar crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – A major turning point battle in 1863
  2. – The Southern states that broke away from the Union
  3. Sumter – Where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
  4. Rights – Belief that states had the right to govern themselves
  5. – Union general who later became president
  6. Plan – Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy
  7. – System for requiring citizens to serve in the military
  8. Railroad – A secret network to help slaves escape
  9. – The Northern states during the Civil War
  10. – The act of freeing slaves
  11. Amendment – Abolished slavery
  12. Tubman – Famous conductor of the Underground Railroad
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  1. – General of the Confederate Army
  2. – The Union’s naval strategy to cut off Southern trade
  3. – The period after the Civil War to rebuild the South
  4. – To withdraw from a group or organization, like Southern states from the Union
  5. – President of the U.S. during the Civil War
  6. – Someone who wanted to end slavery in the U.S.
  7. Douglass – A former enslaved person who became a leading abolitionist
  8. – Site where Lee surrendered to Grant in 1865

20 Clues: – The act of freeing slaves • Amendment – Abolished slavery • – General of the Confederate Army • – A major turning point battle in 1863 • – Union general who later became president • – The Northern states during the Civil War • – President of the U.S. during the Civil War • – Site where Lee surrendered to Grant in 1865 • Plan – Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy • ...

APUSH final 2022-01-07

APUSH final crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The white supremicist hate group formed during the Reconstruction
  2. Last name of the commanding general of the Confederate States Army
  3. Clark’s partner in his expedition
  4. 1838 Native American march across the United States
  5. Era following the Civil War
  6. Last name of Lincoln’s assassin
  7. Last name of the commanding general of the Union Army
  8. Abraham Lincoln released the _______ Proclamation
  9. John ____ created the steel plow, an invention critical to Western expansion
  10. Last name of the president during the Civil War
  11. Uniform color of the Confederacy in the Civil War
Down
  1. Union capital city
  2. The _______ was a new communication device that transmitted electrical signals over long distances
  3. Secretary of _____ was the stepping stone to being the president
  4. The ______ plan was an early Union strategy to take control of the Mississippi river
  5. Uniform color of the Union in the Civil War
  6. Last name of the president following Abraham Lincoln
  7. Confederate capital city
  8. First state to secede
  9. The 15th amendment was for universal ___ sufferage

20 Clues: Union capital city • First state to secede • Confederate capital city • Era following the Civil War • Last name of Lincoln’s assassin • Clark’s partner in his expedition • Uniform color of the Union in the Civil War • Last name of the president during the Civil War • Abraham Lincoln released the _______ Proclamation • Uniform color of the Confederacy in the Civil War • ...

civil war 2016-11-30

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. /assassinator of Abraham Lincoln
  2. / This Act set up Kansas and Nebraska as states
  3. / a young black woman that secretly saved over 300 slaves
  4. /confederate president and us Representative
  5. /a book written by a slave to encourage the end of slavery
  6. /the surrender of the Confederate Army took place
  7. /river in which a battle takes place
  8. / A person who worked to end slavery.
  9. / the term for the greater producer of cotton
  10. / paragraph in the constitution
  11. / made to stop something or someone
  12. / Another name for the Confederate States of America, made up of the 11 states that seceded from the Union
  13. / the act of picking something based off of a group
  14. / withdraw from something
  15. /people hold the authority in government
  16. / the plan to "choke" the south out of resources
  17. / the rights that each state will receive
  18. / warship covered in iron
  19. /a battle and grave site
  20. /yet another battle
  21. /act to let owners beat slaves for trying to escape
  22. /deceleration that all slaves in the rebellious Confederate states would be free
  23. /outlaw to slavery
  24. / an agreement
  25. / a military draft
  26. / president and general
  27. / states that no one can create a law to restrict freedom
  28. / a state that borders the boundaries of america.
Down
  1. /common battle site/
  2. /fort of a battle
  3. /the general who destroyed the south with a march
  4. /case for slavery
  5. /infantry nicknamed swamp angels
  6. /city to surrender during the civil war
  7. /the states in which seceded from the us and continued slavery
  8. / northerners who took to the south
  9. /a house were trails are made
  10. / During the Civil War, the Union came to mean the government and armies of the North
  11. / tax paid to the state
  12. / constitutional law that lets slave men vote
  13. / the time america was rebuilding from the war
  14. /along with 17
  15. / the act of working people with no pay
  16. / president of the union
  17. /the Slave Act, Made popular in most other states
  18. / a week long bloody battle
  19. /the american war
  20. / confederate general

48 Clues: /along with 17 • / an agreement • /fort of a battle • /case for slavery • /the american war • /outlaw to slavery • / a military draft • /yet another battle • /common battle site/ • / confederate general • / tax paid to the state • / president and general • / president of the union • /a battle and grave site • / withdraw from something • / warship covered in iron • / a week long bloody battle • ...

civil war 2017-05-23

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. bloodiest battle
  2. bloodiest day
  3. Chilean CMH
  4. assassin
  5. second state to secede
  6. freed slaves south
  7. the African american regiment
  8. 3 minuet speach
  9. uncle toms cabin
  10. color of the north
Down
  1. Jackson
  2. north
  3. march to the sea
  4. commander north
  5. south
  6. surrender
  7. first battle
  8. president of the south
  9. the battle that split the south
  10. opposed slavery
  11. 16 president
  12. commander of the south
  13. color of the south
  14. african american cmh

24 Clues: north • south • Jackson • assassin • surrender • Chilean CMH • first battle • 16 president • bloodiest day • commander north • opposed slavery • 3 minuet speach • bloodiest battle • march to the sea • uncle toms cabin • color of the south • freed slaves south • color of the north • african american cmh • president of the south • second state to secede • commander of the south • the African american regiment • ...

Civil war 2017-05-20

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President of the Confederacy
  2. grants slaves the ability to vote
  3. First African American to get the medal of honor
  4. Abolished slavery
  5. the man who assassinated Lincoln
  6. Former slave turn adviser for Lincoln
  7. Chief General for Confederacy
  8. house The location where the Confederate Surrender
  9. First engagment of the civil war
  10. first chilean to get a medal of honor
Down
  1. First major battle in the civil war
  2. Nickname for Thomas Jackson
  3. The North
  4. The document that freed slaves
  5. the organization that helped
  6. harriet beecher stowe's best seller at the tim
  7. turning point in the east
  8. He was known as the great compromiser
  9. the slave that went to court for his freedom
  10. Bloodiest battle of the war
  11. President of the Union
  12. turning point in the west
  13. The South
  14. The first state to leave the union
  15. Grant Chief General for Union

25 Clues: The North • The South • Abolished slavery • President of the Union • turning point in the east • turning point in the west • Nickname for Thomas Jackson • Bloodiest battle of the war • President of the Confederacy • the organization that helped • Chief General for Confederacy • Grant Chief General for Union • The document that freed slaves • the man who assassinated Lincoln • ...

Civil War 2017-05-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. march to the sea
  2. famous speech
  3. assassin
  4. commander south
  5. freed slaves south
  6. president south
  7. first to secede
  8. color north
  9. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Down
  1. surrender
  2. Stonewall
  3. Lee’s state
  4. bloodiest battle
  5. bloodiest day
  6. first battle
  7. south
  8. north
  9. split the south
  10. Chilean CMH
  11. African American regiment
  12. opposed slavery
  13. commander north
  14. President
  15. African American CMH
  16. color south

25 Clues: south • north • assassin • surrender • Stonewall • President • Lee’s state • Chilean CMH • color north • color south • first battle • famous speech • bloodiest day • split the south • commander south • opposed slavery • commander north • president south • first to secede • march to the sea • bloodiest battle • Uncle Tom’s Cabin • freed slaves south • African American CMH • African American regiment

Civil War 2018-01-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Another name for patriots
  2. Given in 1773
  3. Before the outbreak
  4. There were 5
  5. Introduced by Bahama Islands
  6. Joined the fight
  7. A way to ask
  8. Soldiers on foot
  9. Made of four to six regiments
  10. The Continental_________
  11. Defense team
Down
  1. Inventor
  2. Landowner
  3. No not money
  4. Loyalty
  5. Set free
  6. Britain support
  7. Georgia's largest city
  8. Soldiers on horseback
  9. A unit of soldiers

20 Clues: Loyalty • Inventor • Set free • Landowner • No not money • There were 5 • A way to ask • Defense team • Given in 1773 • Britain support • Joined the fight • Soldiers on foot • A unit of soldiers • Before the outbreak • Soldiers on horseback • Georgia's largest city • The Continental_________ • Another name for patriots • Introduced by Bahama Islands • Made of four to six regiments

Civil War 2018-03-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who was the president of the Confederacy?
  2. Who gave the Emancipation Proclamation?
  3. Which side suffered more casualties at Gettysburg?
  4. Where was the second worst battle in the civil war?
  5. Who was the general for the north at Gettysburg?
  6. Who was the final commander of the Union Army?
  7. How many casualties were there in total?
  8. Who was the general for the south at Gettysburg?
  9. How many major battles were there?
  10. The Civil War began when Southern troops bombarded Fort
Down
  1. Another name for the north
  2. Where was the worst battle in Maryland?
  3. What was the most common medical procedure?
  4. Which state seceded from the union first?
  5. What theater was Lincoln shot at?
  6. Another name for the south
  7. What weapon caused the most deaths?
  8. Where was the bloodiest battle
  9. How many stars were on the confederate flag?
  10. How many full years was Lincoln in office?

20 Clues: Another name for the north • Another name for the south • Where was the bloodiest battle • What theater was Lincoln shot at? • How many major battles were there? • What weapon caused the most deaths? • Where was the worst battle in Maryland? • Who gave the Emancipation Proclamation? • How many casualties were there in total? • Who was the president of the Confederacy? • ...

Civil War 2018-04-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President of the United States of America during the Civil War
  2. To leave or withdraw
  3. Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win
  4. Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded
  5. The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to General Ulysses S. Grant's army on July 4th, 1863
  6. Union strategy for winning by "squeezing" on all sides
  7. The march of an army of 62,000 men from Atlanta toward Savannah
  8. Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances
  9. the United States
Down
  1. Union general
  2. Place where Civil War ended Lee surrendered to Grant
  3. Slave states that remained in the Union
  4. Union military post taken over by the Confederacy in 1861
  5. President of the Confederacy
  6. Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
  7. Speech given by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery
  8. ship made of iron
  9. General of the Confederacy
  10. The southern states that seceded from the United States
  11. Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else

20 Clues: Union general • ship made of iron • the United States • To leave or withdraw • General of the Confederacy • President of the Confederacy • Slave states that remained in the Union • Place where Civil War ended Lee surrendered to Grant • Union strategy for winning by "squeezing" on all sides • The southern states that seceded from the United States • ...

Civil War 2018-04-18

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Confederates leader/general
  2. restricted rights for African Americans
  3. general Ulysses army converged
  4. the women worked as this when the men went to war
  5. African Americans fought for
  6. served as president for confederate states in 1861-1865
  7. she was an american abolitionist
  8. the 16th president
  9. Unions leader/general
  10. both union and confederates wore them
Down
  1. war between Robert Lee and McClellan's Army
  2. Robert Lee's second invasion in the North
  3. American politician and member of House oF Rep.
  4. executive order from Lincoln
  5. Assassinated Lincoln
  6. another word for south
  7. work on plantations for their owner
  8. first battle of american civil war
  9. another word for the north
  10. fights for the U.S

20 Clues: the 16th president • fights for the U.S • Assassinated Lincoln • Unions leader/general • another word for south • another word for the north • Confederates leader/general • executive order from Lincoln • African Americans fought for • general Ulysses army converged • she was an american abolitionist • first battle of american civil war • work on plantations for their owner • ...

Civil War 2012-04-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These people were Union supporters living in Confederate territory.
  2. Supposedly, when Lincoln died, this man said, "Now he belongs to the ages."
  3. On April 27th, this vessel's boiler exploded and between 1200 and 1700 Union soldiers - largely newly released prisoners of war, were killed. This was the worst naval disaster up to that time.
  4. To defeat an army "____ _______" means to defeat it piece by piece. Sheridan hoped to defeat Early's troops "___ _______".
  5. This word means "go around". Gen. Emory told his men to __________ the wagons in the canyon.
  6. Gen. Grimes and Gen. _________ organized a last stand at Mt. Hebron Cemetery
  7. The Shenandoah was known as the _________ of the Confederacy because its fertile farmlands produced a great amount of food
  8. There was hand-to-hand combat between Birge's men and the 31st Georgia in the ______ _______.
  9. This Southern city was evacuated on April 2nd
  10. The Shenandoah Valley ended at H______________, a town that sat where the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers joined. John Brown is famous for his role in this town
  11. This is a fancy word for "using". Confederate troops could be sent directly into positions threatening Washington by ___________ the Valley.
  12. Battle which occurred September 21, 1864.
  13. Another name for the Battle of Third Winchester
  14. Custer's men joined this - another word for a jumbled, confused (sometimes hand-to-hand) struggle.
  15. This man shouted "Charge them, boys! Charge them!" then was killed instantly by a shell.
  16. This word means "completely wiped out, completely killed, or completely destroyed". Early felt that only his enemy's incompetence saved him from this.
  17. On April 14th, Lincoln and his wife saw this play at Ford's Theater: "Our ________ ________".
  18. Sherman's men captured this city on September 2, 1864
  19. Battle which occurred October 19, 1864.
  20. Grant put this general in charge of the Union Sixth and Nineteenth Corps, plus two cavalry divisions.
  21. The Shenandoah Valley stretched from L____________ to the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers.
  22. This word means "consequences" - "the ____________ (or consequences) of defeat
  23. This word means "made useless or destroyed" - the Confederate threat in the Valley needed to be _________.
  24. Clara Harris and Major Henry __________ accompanied the Lincoln's to Ford's Theater on the 14th.
  25. ________ Canyon is the first phase of Third Winchester.
  26. A pacifist religious group in the Valley; very prominent in Philadelphia: Q______.
  27. This is the practice of spying or using spies. The Union created __________ networks in the Valley.
  28. This means "to withdraw from (or leave) a nation". Some people wanted to allow the South to do this in order to end the war.
  29. ____________ ___________ and Red Bud Run is the second phase of Third Winchester.
  30. This word means "extremely angered". Gen. Emory was _____________, or extremely angered, in the canyon.
  31. In 1863, the Valley was a ______________ ground (or a place to assemble troops and supplies) for Lee's Gettysburg Campaign.
  32. This man's Republican government was threatened by the Democrats in 1864
  33. Who won the Civil War?
  34. This general marched his troops northward into Maryland and Pennsylvania and even burned Chambersburg, PA.
  35. Grant's headquarters was at ____________ near Petersburg
  36. This general's charge was called "the turning point of the conflict".
Down
  1. The Nineteenth Corps suffered __________ percent casualties, most of whom fell on the Middle Field.
  2. Sheridan was planning to attack the Confederates at this town instead of Winchester
  3. After the hand-to-hand combat with the 31st Georgia, the Federals were pushed back to the ________ ________.
  4. What month did the first major bloodshed occur in?
  5. These battles are minor fights which sometimes happen by chance. There were several __________ in the 1862 Valley Campaign
  6. ________ Farm and Red Bud Run is the third phase of Third Winchester
  7. This Union general replaced Franz Sigel and was responsible for destroying the Virginia Military Institute, mills, barns, public buildings and food and supplies in the Valley.
  8. This man owned the "surrender house" at Appomattox
  9. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his Army to William T. Sherman at the _______ House, near Durham Station, NC.
  10. Fort Collier and _____ _____ is the fourth phase of Third Winchester.
  11. A pacifist religious group in the Valley; was also present at Antietam in 1862: D______.
  12. The Valley was a region of ____________, meaning it was a region for which the armies struggled and fought.
  13. This man wrote about the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia in his memoir, "Passing of the Armies"
  14. Something that is _____________ is marked by discussion, dispute, arguments and opposition - like Lee's decision to send troops to the Valley instead of against Sherman in Georgia..
  15. These are "military movements"; they "distressed the Union army"
  16. Thomas _____________ Jackson led the 1862 Valley Campaign
  17. First name of the person who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
  18. This woman sent an important message to the Union through Tom Laws, a local freedman.
  19. What state was the Confederate capital in?
  20. This man disbanded his group of partisan rangers on April 20th. Ironically, after the war, he befriended Grant and even accepted Republican political appointments
  21. Who was elected in the presidential election of 1860?
  22. What state seceded from Virginia in 1863 to form it's own state?
  23. What Union owned fort was on an island in Charleston Harbor?
  24. This is the act of gathering information about enemy territory ... Sherman performed ___________ missions before battle.
  25. From April 3-10, the Confederate capital was this Virginia town.
  26. During the Mobile (AL) campaign, this fort fell to ERS Canby. African-American soldiers played an important role in this assault
  27. This man issued General Orders No. 9 on April 10th
  28. What month was the winner of the election of 1860 inaugurated?
  29. How many states seceded?
  30. Grant's Army of the Potomac was in a stalemate with the Army of Northern Virginia around this Southern city.
  31. On April 15th, Lincoln died at the _________ house, across the street from Ford's Theater.
  32. The 1862 Valley Campaign kept Union soldiers busy who might otherwise have been used to help this General attack Richmond, VA.
  33. This colonel's division crossed Red Bud Run and flanked Gordon's division.
  34. A drunken man in Gen. Birge's brigade ordered this type of charge.
  35. Petersburg, this general was killed on April 2nd while trying to reach his troops
  36. At Appomattox Station, this famous cavalry general burned three trains full of supplies for Lee's army

72 Clues: Who won the Civil War? • How many states seceded? • Battle which occurred October 19, 1864. • Battle which occurred September 21, 1864. • What state was the Confederate capital in? • This Southern city was evacuated on April 2nd • Another name for the Battle of Third Winchester • What month did the first major bloodshed occur in? • ...

Civil War 2012-04-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 1620 agreement by pilgrims to consult laws & work together
  2. Turning point of the Civil War
  3. Right to vote
  4. Franklin's plan for colonies to unite & defeat French
  5. Turning point of the American Revolution
  6. 1803 bought from Napolean
  7. Established power of the national gov.; tried to tax the national bank
  8. 1776 document written as a grievance against the king of England
  9. Split Nebraska in 2; Popular sovereignty; bleeding Kansas
  10. 1863 Lincoln set slaves free in Confederate states
  11. Series of essays defending the Constitution
  12. 1st American Constitution; weak document
  13. VA, MD, NC, SC, GA
  14. 1787 principles & procedures for orderly expansion of U.S.
  15. 1828 High tax on European goods; hurt South the most
  16. General of Confederate army; shot by own army
  17. Letter writings
  18. Battle marking the beginning of the Civil War
  19. Strict interpretation of the Constitution
  20. NY, NJ, PA, DE
  21. Idea of state declaring a federal law illegal
  22. Gov. doesn't interfere with businesses
  23. 3 Branches & wanted 2 Legislative Houses based on state population
  24. Supreme Court has the final say
  25. Economic system based on private ownership, competition with little gov. control
  26. Taxes placed on goods imported from other countries to protect the home industry
  27. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  28. 1st representative gov. in the English colonies
  29. To adopt, accept or approve
  30. Land offered by gov. to encourage people to move west
  31. Taxes on all imported goods into colonies
  32. Helped former slaves
  33. Rights 14th Amendment
  34. Established power of the national gov.; Gov. controls trading rights
Down
  1. 13th Amendment
  2. Refusal to obey law peacefully
  3. 1787 living document; supreme law of the land
  4. Passed by 2/3 of both houses of congress & ratified 3/4 of state legislatures
  5. Loose interpretation of the Constitution
  6. 1853 bought from Mexico
  7. Ends the War of 1812
  8. 15th Amendment
  9. 3 Branhces & 2 Legislative Houses
  10. Control of the Mississippi River during the Civil War
  11. King of England; taxed colonies heavily
  12. The people rule
  13. 1215 English document limiting power of the king
  14. 1st written constitution in North America
  15. 1861 - 1865
  16. 1st battles of the American Revolution
  17. President of Confederacy
  18. 1865 Confederacy surrenders to Union
  19. Missouri entered as slave; Maine created as free
  20. Rights that can't be taken away
  21. MA, RI, CT, NH
  22. U.S. will not interfere in European affairs; closed for Latin settlers
  23. Allowed 1 House Legislature with 1 vote for each state [small states]
  24. Leader of British Army; surrendered to Washington at Yorktown
  25. Punishment to colonists for Boston Tea Party
  26. A complaint
  27. Established Judicial Review
  28. Wrote Common Sense; Attacked Monarchy
  29. "Great compromiser" Proposed American System

63 Clues: 1861 - 1865 • A complaint • Right to vote • 13th Amendment • 15th Amendment • MA, RI, CT, NH • NY, NJ, PA, DE • The people rule • Letter writings • VA, MD, NC, SC, GA • Ends the War of 1812 • Helped former slaves • Rights 14th Amendment • 1853 bought from Mexico • President of Confederacy • 1803 bought from Napolean • Established Judicial Review • To adopt, accept or approve • ...

Civil War 2013-01-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The making of articles on a large scale using machinery
  2. A war between citizens of the same country
  3. An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
  4. A writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court
  5. Capital punishment or slavery
  6. A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports
  7. A military strategy in which a aggressive side attempts to win a war by wearing down its enemy to the point of collapse
Down
  1. An emancipated slave
  2. A crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower
  3. Set free, esp. from legal, social, or political restrictions
  4. Northern Peace Democrats who opposed the American Civil War
  5. Is doctrine under which the status of slavery in the territories was to be determined by the settlers themselves
  6. The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body
  7. The rights and powers held by individual U.S. states rather than by the federal government
  8. Anything that prevents access or progress
  9. The action or fact of joining or being joined
  10. A league or alliance
  11. Restriction of interest to a narrow sphere
  12. An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tabacco are cultivated by resident labor
  13. Enlist someone compulsorily, typically into the armed services

20 Clues: An emancipated slave • A league or alliance • Capital punishment or slavery • Anything that prevents access or progress • A war between citizens of the same country • Restriction of interest to a narrow sphere • The action or fact of joining or being joined • The making of articles on a large scale using machinery • ...

Civil War 2012-12-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President of the south
  2. Lincoln's son that died of Typhoid
  3. Theater Lincoln was assassinated in
  4. President assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
  5. Point The Military Academy a lot generals attended
  6. Crow Laws that kept black and whites segregated
  7. Proclamation Document that freed slaves in the South
  8. Leader of the Radical Republicans
  9. Amendment that kept states from violating citizen's rights
  10. Bureau designed to help former slaves
  11. Famous general of the south
  12. Act that required approval from Congress to remove any official
  13. Famous Civil War general, later became president
Down
  1. Republicans that favored black civil rights protection
  2. Number human casualties were at Fort Sumter
  3. Idiot Union general
  4. Fort of the first battle of the Civil War
  5. Born a slave to Peter Blow
  6. Homestead Act that provided land for black people
  7. Took office after Lincoln assassinated; impeached
  8. Amendment that freed all slaves
  9. Rights Act that defined the rights of citizenship
  10. Site of Abraham's two minute speech
  11. Amendment that guaranteed the right for all men to vote
  12. Slave Laws that allowed slave owners to return their escaped slaves

25 Clues: Idiot Union general • President of the south • Born a slave to Peter Blow • Famous general of the south • Amendment that freed all slaves • Leader of the Radical Republicans • Lincoln's son that died of Typhoid • Theater Lincoln was assassinated in • Site of Abraham's two minute speech • Bureau designed to help former slaves • Fort of the first battle of the Civil War • ...

Civil War 2013-06-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A stretcher which was carried by two people and used to transport wounded soldiers.
  2. Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron.
  3. Party: A political party created in the 1850s to prevent the spread of slavery to the territories. Eventually Republicans came to oppose the entire existence of slavery. Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president. Very few Southerners were Republicans.
  4. (pronounced KEH-peeh) Cap worn by Civil War soldiers; more prevalent among Union soldiers. See image»
  5. Also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States of America, or (by Northerners) the Rebel states, the South incorporated the states that seceded from the United States of America to form their own nation. Southern states were: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
  6. A crushing defeat where, often, the losers run from the field.
  7. Promoting the interests of a section or region (such as the North or the South) instead of the entire country.
  8. The basic unit of the Civil War soldiers, usually made up of 1,000 to 1,500 men. Regiments were usually designated by state and number (as in 20th Maine). 1 company = 50 to 100 men, 10 companies = 1 regiment, about 4 regiments = 1 brigade, 2 to 5 brigades = 1 division, 2 or more divisions = 1 corps, 1 or more corps = 1 army. See image »
  9. Pork: Salt pork is a pork product similar to bacon that is made by curing pork bellies in salt. This curing process aloud the pork to last a very long time without the need for refrigeration. As a result, salt pork became a common food issued to soldiers by both the North and the South.
  10. Used in letters and reports, "instant" referred to a particular day in the same month. For example, Robert E. Lee's Report Concerning the Attack at Harpers Ferry, written on October 19, 1859, states that Lee arrived on the "night of the 17th instant". The "17th instant" would be October 17th.
  11. Rights: This doctrine held the powers of the individual states as greater than the powers of the Federal government. States rights meant that the Federal government held its power only through the consent of the states and that any powers not specifically given to the Federal government remained in control of the states. See the Declaration of the Causes of the Seceding States »
  12. A type of counter-attack used to disrupt the enemy's attack or siege of a fortification, causing the enemy to divert some of its resources away from the initial attack or siege.
  13. A flag or banner carried into battle on a pole.
  14. A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot.
  15. A slang term for lice, or occasionally an offensive "Yankee" slang term for Confederate soldiers.
  16. To admit defeat and give up in the face of overwhelming odds. Most defeated generals were able to negotiate surrender terms. These might include items like parole instead of prison for the soldiers or letting officers keep their sidearms.
  17. (pronounced si-sesh-uhn ) Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States. Southern states, feeling persecuted by the North, seceded by voting to separate from the Union. Southerners felt this was perfectly legal but Unionists saw it as rebellion. See the Secession Acts of the 13 Confederate States »
  18. A two-wheeled cart that carried one ammunition chest for an artillery piece. The artillery piece could be attached to the limber, which would allow both to be pulled by a team of horses. Also verb: The practice of attaching a piece of artillery to the limber that holds its ammunition. See image »
  19. A large earthen mound used to shield the inside of a fortified position from artillery fire and infantry assault. Occasionally ramparts might be constructed of other materials, such as sandbags. See image »
  20. Loyal to the Confederate States. Also Southern or Confederate.
  21. Troops: Phrase used to describe soldiers who were either new to the military or had never fought in a battle before.
  22. Roller: A very large, bullet resistant gabion which was used to protect soldiers from enemy fire as they constructed trenches.
  23. A mound of earth used to protect gun positions from explosion or to defilade the inside of a field work or fortification. See image »
  24. A sudden, open, unconcealed attack upon a fortified position with the intent of capturing it before its defenders could mount an effective defense.
  25. Bacterial disease causing fever, diarrhea, headache, enlargement of the spleen, and extreme physical exhaustion and collapse.
  26. War: A new way 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, for example.)
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  1. A hollow projectile, shot from a cannon; a shell was filled with powder and lit by a fuse when it was fired. Shells exploded when their fuse burned down to the level of the powder. Depending on the length of the fuse, artillerymen could decide when they wanted the shell to burst.
  2. A 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.
  3. A minor fight.
  4. In Detail: To destroy the enemy piece by piece — by attacking smaller segments one at a time — instead of attacking the entire force all at once.
  5. (pronounced juhg-er-nawt) An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path.
  6. A solid, round projectile, shot from a cannon. See image »
  7. To formally approve or sanction.
  8. Today called mines, Civil War torpedoes were mostly used by the Confederates. Sometimes they were buried in the ground in the enemy's path to explode when stepped on. Mostly they were used as water defenses. They floated below the surface of the water and exploded when the hull of a ship brushed against them.
  9. (pronounced SKUR-vee) A disease caused by lack of ascorbic acid (found in fresh fruits and vegetables). Its symptoms include spongy gums, loose teeth, and bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes.
  10. The common weapon of the Civil War infantryman, it was a firearm fired from the shoulder. It differed from a regular musket by the grooves (called rifling) cut into the inside of the barrel. When the exploding powder thrusts the bullet forward, the grooves in the barrel make it spin, just like a football spirals through the air. Rifle-muskets were more accurate and had a longer range than smoothbore weapons.
  11. Machine": A term of contempt for torpedoes (either the land or the water variety). This term was also used to describe the Confederate vessel H.L. Hunley - the first successful submarine.
  12. Land within the mainland boundaries of the country that had not yet become a state by 1861. Nevada Territory, Utah Territory, and Colorado Territory had basically the same boundaries they have today as states; Washington Territory encompassed today's states of Washington and Idaho; Dakota Territory is now the states of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and the northern part of Wyoming; Nebraska Territory today is the southern part of Wyoming and the state of Nebraska; New Mexico Territory included the states of Arizona and New Mexico; and the remaining unorganized land, also called the Indian Territory, filled the approximate boundaries of Oklahoma.
  13. Small sewing kit soldiers used to repair their garments. See image»
  14. Lines: A military strategy which holds that the fastest, most efficient maneuvers, transportation and communication are conducted within an enclosed geographic area as opposed to outside the geographic area.
  15. Small canvas bag, about one foot square, used to carry a soldier's food. Typically, these bags were painted with black tar to make them waterproof. See image»
  16. A ship protected by iron armor.
  17. Paper currency which began to circulate in the North after February 1862 with the passage of the Legal Tender Act. The bills were called "greenbacks" because of their color.
  18. Also called the North or the United States, the Union was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War. Union states were: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. West Virginia became a Northern state in 1863 and California and Oregon were also officially Northern but they had little direct involvement in the War.
  19. Cutter: This term applies to fast ships that were used to patrol the seas and Great Lakes to prevent smuggling and impose importation and custom fees. Revenue cutters would go on to become the United States Coast Guard.
  20. Boats: Small submersible vessels with long wooden spars mounted on the bow for ramming enemy ships. Torpedoes were lashed to the tip of the spar to explode on impact.
  21. Long, cylindrical metal rod used to push the cartridge down the barrel of a musket in preparation for firing.
  22. A handheld firearm with a chamber to hold multiple bullets (usually 6). The chamber turns so that each bullet can be fired in succession without reloading.
  23. The term used to describe new soldiers.
  24. A gun barrel is rifled when it has grooves (called rifling) cut into the inside of the barrel for longer range and more accurate firing.
  25. Territory: The area that is now Oklahoma (except for the panhandle.)

51 Clues: A minor fight. • A ship protected by iron armor. • To formally approve or sanction. • The term used to describe new soldiers. • A flag or banner carried into battle on a pole. • A solid, round projectile, shot from a cannon. See image » • A crushing defeat where, often, the losers run from the field. • Loyal to the Confederate States. Also Southern or Confederate. • ...

Civil War 2013-11-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the north.
  2. _______ were discriminated by color.
  3. _____ also played an important role in the war.
  4. last name of president of the confederacy.
  5. south ______ from the USA.
  6. freed all slaves.
  7. ______ agreed with tariffs.
  8. there were 20 ______ states.
  9. a war between citizens of the same country.
  10. Atlanta and Richmond were _____.
  11. Friedrick Douglass was an _____ African American.
  12. 2cnd major battle.
  13. allowed slavery.
  14. south had an _____ society.
  15. 1st major battle.
  16. William Loyd Garrison was a _____,rich man.
  17. south was ________ after the war.
  18. ______ played an important role in the war.
  19. lee ___ the south to go back together with the union.
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  1. north had an _____ society.
  2. there were 6 ______ states.
  3. plantations normally had ______.
  4. to separate.
  5. another word for agricultural.
  6. William Loyd ____.
  7. Harriot Tubman led thousands of slaves in the____.
  8. to both sacrifice something to get what you both want.
  9. the south.
  10. wrote the north star.
  11. outlawed slavery.
  12. tax.
  13. led thousands of slaves in the underground railroad.
  14. south ______.
  15. ______ disagreed with tariffs.
  16. leader of union army.
  17. last name of a general from confederacy.
  18. north ______.
  19. surrenders at Appomattox court house.
  20. _______ were discriminated by gender.
  21. there were 11 ______ states.

40 Clues: tax. • the north. • the south. • to separate. • south ______. • north ______. • allowed slavery. • freed all slaves. • outlawed slavery. • 1st major battle. • William Loyd ____. • 2cnd major battle. • wrote the north star. • leader of union army. • south ______ from the USA. • north had an _____ society. • ______ agreed with tariffs. • south had an _____ society. • there were 6 ______ states. • ...

Civil war 2014-01-24

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / where the bridge is located
  2. / to act violently against
  3. / Another word for army
  4. Carolina / A state
  5. / an area of soft, wet land that has many grasses and other plants
  6. war / The war name
  7. / involving possible injury, harm, or death
  8. / a warrior or soldier
  9. / containing or made up of blood
  10. / that is used for fighting or attacking someone or for defending yourself when someone is attacking you
  11. / Hand held weapon
  12. Battle of Antietam / A battle name
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  1. / a document issued by a court that gives the police the power to do something
  2. / where people fight
  3. / full of physical or mental strength or active force
  4. lincoln / 16th President
  5. / a large gun that shoots heavy metal or stone balls and that was once a common military weapon
  6. Bridge / A bridge
  7. / causing or able to cause death 15 Rival / a person or thing that tries to defeat or be more successful than another
  8. of physical or mental strength or active force
  9. McClellan's / was envoled in the war

21 Clues: Bridge / A bridge • Carolina / A state • war / The war name • / Hand held weapon • / where people fight • / Another word for army • / a warrior or soldier • lincoln / 16th President • / to act violently against • / where the bridge is located • / containing or made up of blood • Battle of Antietam / A battle name • McClellan's / was envoled in the war • ...

civil war 2014-01-28

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. War: A new way of conducting war appeared during the Civil War.
  2. The distance around the inside of a gun barrel measured in thousands of an inch. Bullets are labeled by what caliber gun they fit.
  3. A field fortification which was made to absorb the shock of artillery strikes.It was constructed of heavy timbers and its roof was covered with soil.
  4. A line of tall stout posts securely set either as a defense, to keep the enemy out, or as a pen to keep prisoners in.
  5. A two-wheeled or four-wheeled wagon or cart used to transport wounded or sick soldiers.
  6. A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States. Also, Union, Federal, or Northern.
  7. A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot.
  8. Fortified structures designed to strengthen a position in battle.
  9. Small sewing kit soldiers used to repair their garments.
  10. The lowest rank in the army.
  11. A series of military operations that form a distinct phase of the War
  12. A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured.
  13. A breech-loading, single-shot, rifle-barreled gun primarily used by cavalry troops. A carbine's barrel is several inches shorter than a regular rifle-musket.
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  1. A theater of war is a region or area where fighting takes place.
  2. Someone who does something because they want to, not because they need to.
  3. Also called the South or the Confederate States of America, the Confederacy incorporated the states that seceded from the United States of America to form their own nation.
  4. The long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is fired.
  5. A branch of the military mounted on horseback. Cavalry units in the Civil War could move quickly from place to place or go on scouting expeditions on horseback, but usually fought on foot.
  6. To rush towards the enemy.
  7. The largest organizational group of soldiers, made up of one or more corps.
  8. A solid, round projectile, shot from a cannon.
  9. A 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 in hand-to-hand combat.
  10. Cannon or other large caliber firearms; a branch of the army armed with cannon.
  11. A sudden, open, unconcealed attack upon a fortified position with the intent of capturing it before its defenders could mount an effective defense.
  12. Loyal to the Confederate States. Also Southern or Confederate.
  13. A flag or banner carried into battle on a pole.
  14. To admit defeat and give up in the face of overwhelming odds. Most defeated generals were able to negotiate surrender terms. These might include items like parole instead of prison for the soldiers or letting officers keep their sidearms.
  15. A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder. Thrust from exploding powder shoots the bullet forward like a chest pass in basketball.
  16. To formally enroll in the army or to call roll.

29 Clues: To rush towards the enemy. • The lowest rank in the army. • A solid, round projectile, shot from a cannon. • A flag or banner carried into battle on a pole. • To formally enroll in the army or to call roll. • Small sewing kit soldiers used to repair their garments. • Loyal to the Confederate States. Also Southern or Confederate. • ...

Civil War 2014-04-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. or approved
  2. union soldiers
  3. or free
  4. power independent of the federal government that are reserved for the states by the constitution
  5. leave
  6. missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas's election in the mid 50's
  7. confederate armies were sometimes called this
  8. northern money was called this
  9. a general increasing in price
  10. not to cast votes
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  1. war a conflict between citizens of the same country
  2. armored naval vessels
  3. name given to northern whites who moved south after the civil war and supported the republicans
  4. people killed or wounded
  5. cut off an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies from coming in or going out; to close off a countries port
  6. preserved the balance between slaves and free states
  7. is specified that slavery should be prohibited in any lands that might be acquired from Mexico
  8. a legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned
  9. money given as a dewar, such as enlistment in the army
  10. withdrawal from the union
  11. a storage place for weapons and ammunition
  12. a person who dies for a great cause

22 Clues: leave • or free • or approved • union soldiers • not to cast votes • armored naval vessels • people killed or wounded • withdrawal from the union • a general increasing in price • northern money was called this • a person who dies for a great cause • a storage place for weapons and ammunition • confederate armies were sometimes called this • ...

Civil War 2014-06-03

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What prisoners of war had to eat (p.391)
  2. Was president at the time the civil war started (p.400)
  3. A clerk in the U.S. Patent office (p.406)
  4. The union general for the first battle of Bull Run (p.390)
  5. A reason for about 100 prisoners to die everyday (p.391)
  6. To impose a law (p.405)
  7. Free (p.398)
  8. The name of the Confederate's ironclad (p.392)
  9. It shaped half of the northern troops as their job (p.390)
  10. A place where the Confederates attacked the Union forces (p.396)
  11. He is nicknamed "Fighting Joe" (p.407)
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  1. Money used to make purchase (p.405)
  2. Two thirds of northern males of the same age fought to the (p.390)
  3. Were able to field, feed, and equip larger armies (p.388)
  4. Resigned from the U.S. Army to fight for the south (p.388)
  5. Not favoring either side (p.387)
  6. A military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it (p.389)
  7. A river where Union troops seized control of the most in 1862 (p.395)
  8. Were against the union at the civil war (p.389)
  9. The name of the Union's ironclad (p.392)

20 Clues: Free (p.398) • To impose a law (p.405) • Not favoring either side (p.387) • Money used to make purchase (p.405) • He is nicknamed "Fighting Joe" (p.407) • What prisoners of war had to eat (p.391) • The name of the Union's ironclad (p.392) • A clerk in the U.S. Patent office (p.406) • The name of the Confederate's ironclad (p.392) • ...

CIVIL WAR 2014-09-29

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

21 Clues: the North • the South • a hard cracker • sixteenth President • enlisted man or woman • to remove an arm or leg • someone not in military • 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 2015-05-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A leather shoe, similar to an ankle-high boot, issued to soldiers during the Civil War. Brogans were also popular amongst civilians during the time period.
  2. The science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming.
  3. A 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 in hand-to-hand combat.
  4. Blanket or other bedding rolled up and carried over the shoulder by a soldier. Sometimes soldiers would include personal belongings in their bedroll.
  5. Temporary soldier encampment in which soldiers were provided no shelter other than what could be assembled quickly, such as branches; sleeping in the open.
  6. Raised platform or mound allowing an artillery piece to be fired over a fortification's walls without exposing the gun crew to enemy fire.
  7. A large group of soldiers usually led by a brigadier general. A brigade was made of four to six regiments. 1 company = 50 to 100 men, 10 companies = 1 regiment, about 4 regiments = 1 brigade, 2 to 5 brigades = 1 division, 2 or more divisions = 1 corps, 1 or more corps = 1 army.
  8. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
  9. An honorary promotion in rank, usually for merit. Officers did not usually function at or receive pay for their brevet rank.
  10. A large gap or "hole" in a fortification's walls or embankments caused by artillery or mines, exposing the inside of the fortification to assault.
  11. The long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is fired.
  12. Blue Flag" Extremely popular Confederate song named after the first flag of the Confederacy, which had one white star on a blue background. The lyrics listed each state in the order in which they seceded from the Union.
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  1. The basic unit of soldiers in an artillery regiment; similar to a company in an infantry regiment. Batteries included 6 cannon (with the horses, ammunition, and equipment needed to move and fire them), 155 men, a captain, 30 other officers, 2 buglers, 52 drivers, and 70 cannoneers. As the War dragged on, very few batteries fought at full strength. A battery can also be the position on a battlefield where cannon are located.
  2. A term used to describe marauding or foraging soldiers. Although armies on both sides often had rules against foraging or stealing from private residences, some soldiers often found ways to do so.
  3. Rifle-muskets that could be loaded at the breech (in the middle between the barrel and the stock) instead of from the end (by shoving gunpowder and a ball down the barrel) were called breech-loading guns.
  4. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports.
  5. A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action.
  6. Barriers which were about breast-high and protected soldiers from enemy fire.
  7. States The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri. Although these states did not officially join the Confederacy, many of their citizens supported the South.
  8. A field fortification which was made to absorb the shock of artillery strikes. It was constructed of heavy timbers and its roof was covered with soil.

20 Clues: Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. • A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action. • The science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming. • The long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is fired. • Barriers which were about breast-high and protected soldiers from enemy fire. • ...

Civil War 2015-04-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. S Grant Union General
  2. Address Where Abraham Lincoln Spoke
  3. E Lee Great Confederate Military Leader
  4. The science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming
  5. Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron
  6. Where Robert E Lee surrendered
  7. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  8. Both sides of the war had to____ men into the military
  9. Wilkes Booth Killed Abraham Lincoln
  10. Davis Confederate President
  11. What the South had to do after the war was over.
  12. The North
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  1. North Carolina Ship
  2. A Rifle Used in battle on both sides
  3. A place where weapons and other military supplies are put
  4. Proclamation This document freed slaves
  5. The south
  6. Lincoln Union President
  7. lie in wait for an unexpected attack
  8. Sumter
  9. A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare
  10. What the North had to do with the South at the end of the war

22 Clues: Sumter • The south • The North • North Carolina Ship • S Grant Union General • Lincoln Union President • Davis Confederate President • Where Robert E Lee surrendered • Address Where Abraham Lincoln Spoke • Wilkes Booth Killed Abraham Lincoln • A Rifle Used in battle on both sides • lie in wait for an unexpected attack • Proclamation This document freed slaves • ...

Civil War 2015-04-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. S Grant Union General
  2. Address Where Abraham Lincoln Spoke
  3. E Lee Great Confederate Military Leader
  4. The science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming
  5. Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron
  6. Where Robert E Lee surrendered
  7. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  8. Both sides of the war had to____ men into the military
  9. Wilkes Booth Killed Abraham Lincoln
  10. Davis Confederate President
  11. What the South had to do after the war was over.
  12. The North
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  1. North Carolina Ship
  2. A Rifle Used in battle on both sides
  3. A place where weapons and other military supplies are put
  4. Proclamation This document freed slaves
  5. The south
  6. Lincoln Union President
  7. lie in wait for an unexpected attack
  8. Sumter
  9. A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare
  10. What the North had to do with the South at the end of the war

22 Clues: Sumter • The south • The North • North Carolina Ship • S Grant Union General • Lincoln Union President • Davis Confederate President • Where Robert E Lee surrendered • Address Where Abraham Lincoln Spoke • Wilkes Booth Killed Abraham Lincoln • A Rifle Used in battle on both sides • lie in wait for an unexpected attack • Proclamation This document freed slaves • ...

Civil War 2015-04-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery to lie in wait for an unexpected attack
  2. The south
  3. Killed Abraham Lincoln
  4. Great Confederate Military Leader
  5. A Rifle Used in battle on both sides
  6. A place where weapons and other military supplies are put
  7. Union General
  8. Where Abraham Lincoln Spoke
  9. Union President
  10. The North
  11. What the South had to do after the war was over.
  12. Both sides of the war had to____ men into the military
  13. North Carolina Ship
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  1. This document freed slaves
  2. First Shots of civil war
  3. Davis Confederate President
  4. Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron
  5. Where Robert E Lee surrendered
  6. A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare
  7. What the North had to do with the South at the end of the war
  8. The science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming

21 Clues: The south • The North • Union General • Union President • North Carolina Ship • Killed Abraham Lincoln • First Shots of civil war • This document freed slaves • Davis Confederate President • Where Abraham Lincoln Spoke • Where Robert E Lee surrendered • Great Confederate Military Leader • A Rifle Used in battle on both sides • What the South had to do after the war was over. • ...

Civil War 2021-10-01

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union General that got fired twice
  2. soldiers on horseback, eyes and ears of the army
  3. Bloodiest single day in american history
  4. Union General that invaded Georgia
  5. Name for Northern Soldiers
  6. Name for Southern Soldiers
  7. Rebel General, Hero of Bull Run for the Confederacy
  8. President of the Confederate States
  9. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  10. Northern ¨Free¨ States
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  1. President of the United States
  2. Top Confederate General
  3. Southern ¨Slave¨ States
  4. Town in Mississippi that was the key to controlling the Mississippi River
  5. Confederate Capital city
  6. Top Union General
  7. first major battle of the war
  8. ship covered in iron plates for protection
  9. Union Capital City
  10. Federal fort attacked by confederate troops starting the civil war

20 Clues: Top Union General • Union Capital City • Northern ¨Free¨ States • Top Confederate General • Southern ¨Slave¨ States • Confederate Capital city • Name for Northern Soldiers • Name for Southern Soldiers • first major battle of the war • President of the United States • Bloodiest battle of the Civil War • Union General that got fired twice • Union General that invaded Georgia • ...

civil war 2021-02-08

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. July 18,1863
  2. confederate president
  3. underwater mine that exploded
  4. name of this war, deadliest war
  5. Union general at fort Sumter
  6. the union
  7. the blocking of a port
  8. people and supplies to places quickly
  9. union win; nov. 7,1861
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  1. large, powerful weapons
  2. someone who wanted to end slavery
  3. Confederate win,1st battle of the war
  4. 16th president of the US
  5. first state to secede
  6. confederate general
  7. nickname for the union soldiers
  8. unions strategy to beat the confederacy
  9. the confederacy
  10. confederate submarine
  11. to withdraw
  12. confederate capital

21 Clues: the union • to withdraw • July 18,1863 • the confederacy • confederate general • confederate capital • first state to secede • confederate president • confederate submarine • the blocking of a port • union win; nov. 7,1861 • large, powerful weapons • 16th president of the US • Union general at fort Sumter • underwater mine that exploded • nickname for the union soldiers • ...

Civil War 2021-05-31

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Run, Name of the very first battle of the American Civil War
  2. Charge, The name of a failed attack by Confederate troops on the last day at Gettysburg
  3. 1860, Year and month in which Lincoln is elected.
  4. Hook, The shape of the defense line that General Meade and his troops took on Day 2 at Gettysburg
  5. Codes, Laws and regulations passed by Southern States to maintain White Supremacy
  6. Side that performed better in the first year of the war.
  7. A very important battle regarding the outcome of the war.
  8. What former slaves gained in the 1868
  9. 16th President of the United States.
  10. Number of days that the first Union troops were volunteers for.
  11. A Famous Union General who was named after a Native American Chief and Peacekeeper
  12. Side that one at Gettysburg
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  1. War, A Major Battle of the 19th Century.
  2. Davis, Former President of the CSA (Confederate States of America)
  3. Man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  4. General that was cautious with his troops.
  5. The new and best guns of the Civil War era.
  6. Carolina, First state to secede from the Union.
  7. Often regarded as the Confederacy's greatest general.
  8. The broad name of the events that took place after the Civil War
  9. Occupation of the man who killed Lincoln
  10. What the 13th Amendment banned
  11. Proclamation, What was the very important document that President Lincoln released regarding Slaves.
  12. Theatre, The location in which President Lincoln was assassinated
  13. One of the most important and intelligent generals of his time who excelled in Horsemanship while in college.
  14. Did the South get involved with the war?

26 Clues: Side that one at Gettysburg • What the 13th Amendment banned • Man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln • 16th President of the United States. • What former slaves gained in the 1868 • War, A Major Battle of the 19th Century. • Occupation of the man who killed Lincoln • Did the South get involved with the war? • General that was cautious with his troops. • ...

Civil War 2021-05-31

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The location in which President Lincoln was assassinated
  2. Year and month in which Lincoln is elected.
  3. General that was cautious with his troops.
  4. First state to secede from the Union.
  5. What former slaves gained in the 1868
  6. Often regarded as the Confederacy's greatest general.
  7. Laws and regulations passed by Southern States to maintain White Supremacy
  8. Number of days that the first Union troops were volunteers for.
  9. Side that one at Gettysburg
  10. The shape of the defense line that General Meade and his troops took on Day 2 at Gettysburg
  11. What the 13th Amendment banned
  12. What was the very important document that President Lincoln released regarding Slaves.
  13. Man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  14. A Major Battle of the 19th Century.
  15. One of the most important and intelligent generals of his time who excelled in Horsemanship while in college.
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  1. A very important battle regarding the outcome of the war.
  2. A Famous Union General who was named after a Native American Chief and Peacekeeper
  3. The name of a failed attack by Confederate troops on the last day at Gettysburg
  4. The new and best guns of the Civil War era.
  5. Former President of the CSA (Confederate States of America)
  6. Name of the very first battle of the American Civil War
  7. 16th President of the United States.
  8. Did Europe get involved with the war?
  9. The broad name of the events that took place after the Civil War
  10. Occupation of the man who killed Lincoln
  11. Side that performed better in the first year of the war.

26 Clues: Side that one at Gettysburg • What the 13th Amendment banned • A Major Battle of the 19th Century. • 16th President of the United States. • Man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln • First state to secede from the Union. • What former slaves gained in the 1868 • Did Europe get involved with the war? • Occupation of the man who killed Lincoln • ...

civil war 2021-05-20

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. farm where slaves worked
  2. name for the south
  3. order from the president to free slaves
  4. new invention for cotton
  5. nickname given to the south and confederacy
  6. soldier wounded or killed in war
  7. Name for the north
  8. the president of the united states at the time
  9. message sent in Morse Code
  10. something meant to block
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  1. system to help slaves escape
  2. a person who wants to eliminate slavery
  3. tracks that go from one place to another
  4. law that excaped slave must have been retured to their owners
  5. name for the newest political party
  6. name for a political party
  7. nickname for people in the north and union soldier
  8. Crackers eaten in the civil war
  9. bullet used in the civil war
  10. when a state decides to leave the country

20 Clues: name for the south • Name for the north • farm where slaves worked • new invention for cotton • something meant to block • name for a political party • message sent in Morse Code • system to help slaves escape • bullet used in the civil war • Crackers eaten in the civil war • soldier wounded or killed in war • name for the newest political party • ...

Civil War 2021-11-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. believed slavery should be permitted in any US territory
  2. the northern states
  3. loyalty to one's own region or section of the country rather than the country as a whole
  4. a ship covered in iron armor
  5. northern democrats who opposed the abolition of slavery
  6. the withdrawal of states from the country
  7. states that supported slavery but did not leave the union
  8. bloodiest battle of the civil war; 22,700 casualties
  9. general of the union
  10. elected president in 1860; signed Emancipation Proclamation
Down
  1. the practice of forcing people to work without pay
  2. battle that officially started the civil war
  3. someone who wishes to get rid of slavery
  4. American war from 1861-1865
  5. a cracker eaten by soldiers made from flour and water
  6. served as the president of the confederacy from 1861-1865
  7. battle that turned the war around in the North's favor
  8. the southern states that seceded from the union
  9. general of the confederacy
  10. an escaped slave who joined the Union army

20 Clues: the northern states • general of the union • general of the confederacy • American war from 1861-1865 • a ship covered in iron armor • someone who wishes to get rid of slavery • the withdrawal of states from the country • an escaped slave who joined the Union army • battle that officially started the civil war • the southern states that seceded from the union • ...

Civil War 2021-12-07

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Name of the south
  2. Location of popular battle
  3. Troops that fought on horseback
  4. To withdraw
  5. A state that allows slavery
  6. south general
  7. Clothing worn by soldiers
  8. Most used bullet
  9. President
  10. North General
  11. A war tactic to isolate a location
  12. The union
Down
  1. A kind of biscuit
  2. Emancipation...
  3. To move back
  4. The kind of rights the union fought for
  5. name of the north
  6. Civilians trained as soldiers
  7. The south ... Virginia
  8. Side that seceded

20 Clues: President • The union • To withdraw • To move back • south general • North General • Emancipation... • Most used bullet • A kind of biscuit • Name of the south • name of the north • Side that seceded • The south ... Virginia • Clothing worn by soldiers • Location of popular battle • A state that allows slavery • Civilians trained as soldiers • Troops that fought on horseback • ...

Civil War 2022-06-01

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Confederate capital, replaced Montgomery, Alabama.
  2. The man who lead the Union side in the battle of Shiloh, the 18th US President.
  3. That the southern states are called, pro-slavery
  4. They had a much better economy, mostly farmlands and control over most of the factories in the nation, control over the railroads(easy transportation), a constant inflow of immigrants looking for jobs fought, they had overwhelming power in numbers.
  5. Native American tribe that mostly sided with the south in the war, they also owned slaves and had a coman interest with the south.
  6. the name of the Unions strategy to block southern ports, force capture the mississippi, and split the Confederacy in half and capture Richmond(confederate capital)(snake).
  7. very popular Confederate song named after the first flag of the Confederacy(one white star on a blue background) The lyrics listed each state in the order they removed themselves from the Union.
  8. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
  9. Kickoff battle for the civl war.
  10. The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri. Although these states did not officially join the Confederacy, many of their citizens supported the South.
  11. Legend that there were so many casualties, the nearby pond was stained red.
  12. One of the most incompetant leaders in american history.
Down
  1. An uphill battle against the confederacy. Burnsides fought with a knowing disadvantage and retreated, causing the war to extend.
  2. A term used to describe marauding or foraging soldiers.
  3. The Northern states, abolitionists.
  4. better military leaders, home turf advantage, they could fight defensivly behind their own lines, and they didnt have to win the war to get their independence.
  5. Was the bloodiest battle in American history at the time. Means place of peace in hebrew.
  6. Took shilohs place as bloodiest battle in history, where stonewall was shot by his own men and died within the next two weeks.
  7. Nickname of Confederate general Thomas J. Jackson.
  8. The Confederate side lead by Jckson Stonewall, The Defeat for the north made them realize they needed a larger, better trained army.
  9. Another term for abolitionist.
  10. The single bloodiest day in american history to today(roughly 6,000 dead, 16000 wounded) impactfull because 1)because the union won, britain decided not to get involved in the war, 2) it caused lincoln to change his mind(demolish slavery instead of just stoping the spread).
  11. term used to describe the United States before the outbreak of the Civil War.
  12. This man was president when the war started, he didnt want to get rid of slavery, just stop the spread.
  13. Union general who led during the battle of Chanslorville.
  14. the souhs plan was to remain on the______, wait for the Union to come to them and protect their land and their cause while trying to get the support of foreign countries.

26 Clues: Another term for abolitionist. • Kickoff battle for the civl war. • The Northern states, abolitionists. • That the southern states are called, pro-slavery • Confederate capital, replaced Montgomery, Alabama. • Nickname of Confederate general Thomas J. Jackson. • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. • ...

Civil War 2022-05-24

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. word meaning "place of peace" in hebrew
  2. the confederacy had an abundance of this natural resource
  3. people who came from other countries to hopefully settle down and start a better life in America
  4. the general of the union in the battle of Chancellorsville
  5. the bloodiest single day of war in history
  6. nickname for the general who helped robert e. lee through several battles of the war
  7. America's 16th president who fought to stop the spread of slavery
  8. the strategy used by the confederacy to fight the war against the union
  9. the government of the southern states in America
  10. the confederacy had less of these people to help them fight in the war due to smaller population
  11. the youngest general in the union army
  12. place of battle where the union had 3 times as many casualties as the confederacy
  13. the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
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  1. the government of the northern states in America
  2. the place of battle where there were 0 American casualties
  3. the south had a limited amount of these due to lack of factories and access to manufacturing
  4. general during the battle of Fredericksburg and the creator of sideburns
  5. the most significant commander of the United States Confederacy
  6. states that were not part of the union or the confederacy (neutral states including Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware)
  7. the amount of years the civil war lasted
  8. the battle that took place in tennessee led by U.S. Grant for the Union and Albert Sidney Johnston for the Confederacy. (bloodiest battle in american history)
  9. the amount of hours the battle of Antietam lasted
  10. the south was known for having these people work on farms and in households. President Lincoln wanted them to be free after the civil war.
  11. the nickname for the body of water known for being the disposal of dead and injured bodies after the battle of shiloh
  12. region that had the advantage of manufacturing and railroads during the war
  13. a group of individuals who were against the spread of slavery in the states

26 Clues: the youngest general in the union army • word meaning "place of peace" in hebrew • the amount of years the civil war lasted • the bloodiest single day of war in history • the government of the northern states in America • the government of the southern states in America • the amount of hours the battle of Antietam lasted • ...

Civil War 2022-06-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. unable to join army initially
  2. side or edge of a military formation
  3. place within a ditch use for defense
  4. served as nurses on battlefields
  5. legal writ, or order, that guarantees a prisoner be heard in court
  6. results of this battle shocked the north as to how they were losing battles
  7. turning point for the South when they lost this battle
  8. plan to choke off the South's economic resources by blockading their ports
  9. nickname General Jackson was given
  10. "Peace" Democrats who were agains the war
  11. soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle
  12. invade south to prevent them from leaving the union
  13. responsible for burning and destroying the South's land
  14. stream or small river that feeds into a larger river
  15. stopped going to school to help out at home
Down
  1. system of selecting people for required military service
  2. formally join the military
  3. reward or payment
  4. battle that was a victory for Confederacy when a key general was lost
  5. did not accept African Americans to serve
  6. accepted African Americans to serve
  7. refusal to give in
  8. capital of the confederacy
  9. what shortages did prisoners and wounded face
  10. defend its territory until union gave up
  11. strategy of bringing war to the entire society
  12. warship equipped with iron plating for protection
  13. state such as Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
  14. issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing enslaved

29 Clues: reward or payment • refusal to give in • formally join the military • capital of the confederacy • unable to join army initially • served as nurses on battlefields • nickname General Jackson was given • accepted African Americans to serve • side or edge of a military formation • place within a ditch use for defense • defend its territory until union gave up • ...

Civil War 2022-02-07

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. CSA's President
  2. Won The 1860 Election
  3. Led To Pro- And Antislavery Governments
  4. Came From A Dispute Over Slavery
  5. Established A Newspaper
  6. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
  7. Formed Due To A Refusal In 1848
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  1. Proposed To Ban Slavery In Mexico
  2. Illinois Senator
  3. Won The 1848 Election
  4. Theorist From South Carolina
  5. 5 Passed Bills
  6. Slave Or Free States
  7. Network Of Safe Houses
  8. Drafted The Missouri Compromise
  9. Stoped Runaways
  10. People From Missouri Who Crossed Over To Kansas To Start Fights
  11. Wnated To Reinstate The Missouri Compromise
  12. Led Antislavery Forces
  13. Civil War Began Here

20 Clues: 5 Passed Bills • CSA's President • Stoped Runaways • Illinois Senator • Slave Or Free States • Civil War Began Here • Won The 1848 Election • Won The 1860 Election • Network Of Safe Houses • Led Antislavery Forces • Established A Newspaper • Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin • Theorist From South Carolina • Drafted The Missouri Compromise • Formed Due To A Refusal In 1848 • ...

Civil War 2022-02-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A city in Georgia which was a major strategic city for the Confederacy
  2. 18th U.S. President; Union General
  3. "the first modern general" Known for command of military strategy
  4. A fort most famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War
  5. Battle of Pittsburg Landing; Fought in Western Tennessee
  6. A military strategy that proposed for a naval blockade of the Confederate states
  7. Nicknamed "Little mac" and "Young Napoleon"
  8. First major battle of Civil War
  9. Famous for participation in the Battle of gettysburg; _______'s charge is named after him
  10. Where Robert Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant
  11. Killed by his own Confederate brethren
  12. Friends with Ulysses S. Grant, his cavarly pursued Robert Lee
  13. A steam frigate
  14. A defensive mastermind
  15. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral and admiral in the United States Navy.
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  1. Known for his peculiar style of dress
  2. Most famous battle; town in Pennslyvania
  3. Brigadier General at Little Round Top who received Medal of Honor
  4. A Cherokee chief who signed the treaty forcing the removal of Cherokees from Georgia
  5. An executive order issued by the President that states, all slaves in rebellious states shall be free
  6. Union General, "the Rock of Chickamauga"
  7. A general for the Union known for his defeat at Chancellorsville by Robert Lee
  8. Ironclad Warship for the Union Navy
  9. Emancipation Proclamation; 16th President
  10. Battle of Sharpsburg
  11. City in Western Mississpi, "the siege of __________
  12. First and only President of Confederate States
  13. Overall commander of the Confederates; Most well-known general
  14. A Union General who led an expeditionary force in North Carolina
  15. Only sitting U.S. senator to be killed during a military engagement
  16. "Camp Sumter"

31 Clues: "Camp Sumter" • A steam frigate • Battle of Sharpsburg • A defensive mastermind • First major battle of Civil War • 18th U.S. President; Union General • Ironclad Warship for the Union Navy • Known for his peculiar style of dress • Killed by his own Confederate brethren • Most famous battle; town in Pennslyvania • Union General, "the Rock of Chickamauga" • ...

Civil war 2022-11-17

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. freedom of choice
  2. Civil War civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865
  3. keep in safety and protect from harm, loss, or destruction
  4. the basic features of a system or organization
  5. the orientation of those who favor government by the people
  6. bringing death
  7. any entry into an area not previously occupied
  8. a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
  9. civilians trained as soldiers, not part of the regular army
  10. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  11. related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal
  12. impossible to split into parts
  13. troops trained to fight on horseback
  14. an offensive against an enemy
  15. the state of being allied
  16. the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
Down
  1. capable of dissolving
  2. break down, literally or metaphorically
  3. a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
  4. serving as an essential component
  5. of or occurring between or among citizens of the state
  6. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
  7. brought about or set up or accepted
  8. not producing an intended consequence
  9. run away quickly
  10. the state of being held in low esteem
  11. the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
  12. of a government with central and regional authorities
  13. a statement that is emphatic and explicit
  14. organized opposition to authority
  15. a war measure isolating an area of importance to the enemy
  16. oppose, as in hostility or a competition
  17. a fortified military post where troops are stationed

33 Clues: bringing death • run away quickly • freedom of choice • capable of dissolving • the state of being allied • an offensive against an enemy • impossible to split into parts • serving as an essential component • organized opposition to authority • brought about or set up or accepted • troops trained to fight on horseback • not producing an intended consequence • ...

Civil War 2023-09-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Abraham Lincoln made this during Gettysburg address
  2. President of the Confederacy
  3. The bloodiest battle
  4. President of the Union
  5. First shots fired here
  6. if getting murdered in war didn't kill you this did
  7. the amount of presidents there were in the civil war
  8. this was done if there was already too much damage done to a specific part of the body
  9. the color of the union
  10. union wanted to abolish, main reason of civil war
  11. Helped capture real photos from war and put them into the news paper
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  1. This is how abe lincoln died
  2. The Souths main production
  3. the color of the confederacy
  4. Blocking ships in so nothing can come in or out of a harbor
  5. The Unions fastest way of transportation
  6. The first real battle
  7. One of women's main roles in the war
  8. the person "in charge" or leading a battle
  9. Fastest way of communication that the Union used

20 Clues: The bloodiest battle • The first real battle • President of the Union • First shots fired here • the color of the union • The Souths main production • This is how abe lincoln died • the color of the confederacy • President of the Confederacy • One of women's main roles in the war • The Unions fastest way of transportation • the person "in charge" or leading a battle • ...

Civil War 2023-10-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Replaced by George B. McClellan
  2. Assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  3. Capital of Confederate
  4. Where the Union failed to beat Confederate defenses
  5. One of the main leaders of the Confederate
  6. Supreme commander of the Union Army
  7. This made slaves in rebellious states free
  8. One of the main leaders of the Union
  9. One of the battles that the Confederates won
  10. Split the Confederates in two near the Mississippi River
Down
  1. A very successful general of the South
  2. military officer of the Union
  3. President of the Confederate States of America
  4. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution
  5. rights that protect someones freedom
  6. Where this all took place
  7. Towards the end trying to get the Union and Confederate together
  8. This is where Robert. E Lee surrenders to Ulysees S. Grant
  9. One of the presidents during the time
  10. Turning point of the Civil War

20 Clues: Capital of Confederate • Where this all took place • Assassinated Abraham Lincoln • military officer of the Union • Turning point of the Civil War • Replaced by George B. McClellan • Supreme commander of the Union Army • rights that protect someones freedom • One of the main leaders of the Union • One of the presidents during the time • A very successful general of the South • ...

Civil War 2023-10-23

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An actor, assassinated Lincoln
  2. Ate by North, Made of flour,water and salt
  3. Passed by Congress in 1850,said escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners
  4. Little lady, started the big War
  5. To finance the war,16th Amendment
  6. President of Confederacy (during the Civil War)
  7. Senator, proposed the Compromise of 1850
  8. Soft-lead bullet,very destructive
  9. Led Harper's Ferry
  10. Story of 3 slaves, Wrote by Harriet Stowe
  11. 3 day battle, 51 thousand killed or injured
  12. First state to secede from the Union
Down
  1. Won the second Battle of Bull Run
  2. Bloodiest single day battle in History
  3. Led the Union to victory
  4. Former slave, Freed over 300 slaves
  5. Withdraw,separation
  6. Person who wants to put a end to slavery
  7. Wrote by Abraham Lincoln, made to end slavery
  8. Supreme power

20 Clues: Supreme power • Led Harper's Ferry • Withdraw,separation • Led the Union to victory • An actor, assassinated Lincoln • Little lady, started the big War • Won the second Battle of Bull Run • To finance the war,16th Amendment • Soft-lead bullet,very destructive • Former slave, Freed over 300 slaves • First state to secede from the Union • Bloodiest single day battle in History • ...

Civil War 2023-10-23

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the ceremony when someone is sworn into office
  2. party made up of Northern Democrats and Free Soldiers
  3. when the pro-slavery group ransacked a city in Kansas
  4. relief from an injury or wrongdoing
  5. book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  6. man who defeated Winfield Scott in 1852 presidential election
  7. people who crossed the border to vote in the territorial elections
  8. man from Pennsylvania who proposed the Wilmot Proviso
  9. president of the Confederate States of America
Down
  1. most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850
  2. raid led by John Brown in Virginia
  3. man who beat Sumber over the head with a cane
  4. doctrine invoked by Kansas Nebraska Act
  5. man who won the South and the Republican Party election
  6. belief argued by Stephen Douglas
  7. enslaved man denied rights by Supreme Court
  8. passionate abolitionist who led multiple raids
  9. speech given by Abraham Lincoln
  10. man who took the place of Taylor after he died
  11. part of an alliance or confederacy

20 Clues: speech given by Abraham Lincoln • belief argued by Stephen Douglas • raid led by John Brown in Virginia • part of an alliance or confederacy • relief from an injury or wrongdoing • book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe • doctrine invoked by Kansas Nebraska Act • enslaved man denied rights by Supreme Court • man who beat Sumber over the head with a cane • ...

Civil War 2023-10-23

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A theory or position on an issue
  2. John Browns abolitionists raided an arsenal so they could arm slaves for an uprising
  3. 16th President, Republican lawyer who had served one term in the House of Representatives, eight years in the state legislature,
  4. Senator from Michigan
  5. They wanted to keep new territories and states free of slavery
  6. Free slave denied by supreme court
  7. Relief from an injury or wrongdoing
  8. Essay written by Henry David Thoreau on the idea that people should refuse to follow the laws of a government when they seem unjust
  9. Some Southern states threatened to secede when California applied to the Union as a free state
  10. First shots fired here
  11. Required Northern citizens to cooperate with and assist slave catcher
  12. Having to do with an inauguration, the ceremony at which someone is sworn into office
  13. Led a group in the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre of pro-slavery Kansans
  14. The Great Compromiser
Down
  1. Inspired to write the book Uncle Tom's Cabin
  2. Drop out of the Union
  3. Authority of the people
  4. Someone who dies for his or her beliefs
  5. Suggested that slavery be banned in any territory acquired through the Mexican Cession
  6. Part of an alliance or confederacy
  7. To pillage and plunder
  8. A part of a law that restricts something
  9. A tough,lawless person; a bully

23 Clues: Drop out of the Union • Senator from Michigan • The Great Compromiser • To pillage and plunder • First shots fired here • Authority of the people • A tough,lawless person; a bully • A theory or position on an issue • Part of an alliance or confederacy • Free slave denied by supreme court • Relief from an injury or wrongdoing • Someone who dies for his or her beliefs • ...

Civil War 2023-10-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Democratic candidate in election of 1852
  2. A part of a law that restricts something
  3. His campaign slogan was, "Free soil, Free men."
  4. A raid led again by John Brown
  5. What lincoln gave on March 4, 1861
  6. Beat Charles sumner with a cane
  7. Proposed the compromise of 1850
  8. What the southern states did to leave the union
  9. Authority of the people
Down
  1. An abolitionist who wrote uncle tom's cabin
  2. Restored order to bleeding Kansas
  3. A passionate abolitionist who incited a massacre
  4. Took President taylor's place
  5. Ran against Stephen Douglas
  6. Won the election of 1848
  7. Party that eventually combined with the Northern Democrats to create the Republican party.
  8. Former slave who went to court for his freedom
  9. To pillage and plunder
  10. A tough, lawless person
  11. Relief from an injury or wrongdoing

20 Clues: To pillage and plunder • A tough, lawless person • Authority of the people • Won the election of 1848 • Ran against Stephen Douglas • Took President taylor's place • A raid led again by John Brown • Beat Charles sumner with a cane • Proposed the compromise of 1850 • Restored order to bleeding Kansas • What lincoln gave on March 4, 1861 • Relief from an injury or wrongdoing • ...

Civil War 2023-10-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. most influential novels of the 19th century
  2. most controversial part of the compromise
  3. was hanged for treason and murder
  4. relief from an injury or wrongdoing
  5. the ceremony at which someone is sworn into office
  6. someone who dies for his or hers beliefs
  7. a tough, lawless person; a bully
  8. they wanted to keep new territories and states free from slavery
  9. a theory or position on an issue
  10. was nominated for president for the Republican party
  11. the date Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated
Down
  1. slavery be banned in any territory acquired through the Mexican Cession
  2. he believed slavery should be slaver should be banned everywhere
  3. wanted to build a railroad from Chicago to the Pacific
  4. was elected president after the Confederate states of America was established
  5. was nominated for president for the Democratic party
  6. drop out of the union, wouldn't be apart of the U.S.
  7. beat Sumner over the head with a cane
  8. part of an alliance or confederacy
  9. took place as president after Taylor died

20 Clues: a tough, lawless person; a bully • a theory or position on an issue • was hanged for treason and murder • part of an alliance or confederacy • relief from an injury or wrongdoing • beat Sumner over the head with a cane • someone who dies for his or hers beliefs • the date Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated • most controversial part of the compromise • ...

Civil War 2024-01-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A town or city with a harbor where ships load or unload.
  2. To put an end to.
  3. The North, the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
  4. Tax on goods
  5. To make changes in order to improve something.
  6. Can not be stopped.
  7. To supply with the necessary items for a particular purpose.
  8. To enroll or join, usually voluntarily.
  9. To formally withdraw or leave.
  10. The state of being enslaved
  11. The state of being owned by someone
  12. Widespread and severe damage
  13. To be against.
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  1. The authority of a state or territory to govern itself.
  2. A person who favored ending slavery or the abolition of slavery.
  3. The study of the surface of the land or the landforms and features of an area.
  4. To go along or join in action.
  5. To prevent people or goods from entering or leaving a place
  6. To fail or come to an end suddenly
  7. Greatest
  8. To keep different groups of people separate from each other.
  9. The South, the portion of the country that seceded from the federal government.
  10. To force back.
  11. Entry of an armed force into another area.
  12. To keep protected from harm.

25 Clues: Greatest • Tax on goods • To force back. • To be against. • To put an end to. • Can not be stopped. • The state of being enslaved • To keep protected from harm. • Widespread and severe damage • To go along or join in action. • To formally withdraw or leave. • To fail or come to an end suddenly • The state of being owned by someone • To enroll or join, usually voluntarily. • ...