civil war Crossword Puzzles

civil war 2021-09-06

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

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

civil war 2021-11-21

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

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

Civil War 2021-11-18

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

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

Civil war 2022-01-13

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

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

civil war 2022-01-13

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

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

civil war 2022-01-21

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

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

Civil War 2022-01-07

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

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

Civil War 2021-09-10

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

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

Civil War 2017-04-12

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

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

Civil War 2017-01-07

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

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

Civil War 2017-04-24

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

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

Civil War 2017-04-05

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

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

Civil War 2018-04-24

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

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

Civil War 2018-04-23

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

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

Civil War 2018-04-19

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

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

Civil War 2018-05-12

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

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

Civil war 2016-05-24

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

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

Civil War 2019-04-26

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

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

Civil War 2019-04-26

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

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

Civil War 2013-01-09

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

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

Civil War 2013-02-21

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

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

Civil War 2012-04-18

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

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

Civil War 2012-04-19

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

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

Civil War 2015-04-30

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

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

Civil War 2014-12-22

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

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

CIVIL WAR 2014-09-29

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

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

Civil War 2014-05-08

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

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

Civil War 2014-05-15

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

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

Civil War 2016-05-16

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

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

Civil War 2016-05-15

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

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

civil war 2023-10-26

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

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

Civil War 2023-10-26

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

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

Civil War 2023-10-27

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

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

Civil War 2023-10-06

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

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

civil war 2023-10-23

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

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

Civil War 2023-03-29

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

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

civil war 2023-02-17

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

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

civil war 2023-02-23

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

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

Civil War 2023-02-23

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The president during the war
  2. The norths plan to surround the south
  3. The first battle of the war
  4. The confederates best general
  5. The time before the war
  6. The nickname for the battle of Bull Run
  7. The guns soldiers used
  8. Breaking away from the country
  9. The event that made Abraham Lincoln president
  10. The Confederate capitol
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”
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  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?
Down
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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 2026-02-26

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lee's second in command
  2. Nicknamed "Fighting Joe"
  3. The Confederate cavalry general
  4. The Union cavalry general
  5. The general who lead the "March to the Sea"
  6. First major battle of the civil war
  7. The Union President
  8. A battle with over 23,700 casualties
  9. A ironclad Confederate battle ship
  10. Flag officer in the union army
  11. A battle with over 22,700 casualties
  12. The Confederate war prison
  13. "General Lee, I have no division."
Down
  1. A ironclad union battle ship
  2. The first firing of the Civil War
  3. The only general to never lose a battle
  4. The turning point of the Civil War
  5. Nicknamed "Stonewall"
  6. The union commanding general
  7. The one who received the formal surrender of the Confederate infantry
  8. The Confederate President
  9. A 47 day siege
  10. THe only sitting senator to be killed in battle
  11. Courthouse of Lee's surrender
  12. Namesake of 'sideburns'
  13. The battle where McPherson died
  14. Last Confederate general to surrender
  15. The confederate commanding general

28 Clues: A 47 day siege • The Union President • Nicknamed "Stonewall" • Lee's second in command • Namesake of 'sideburns' • Nicknamed "Fighting Joe" • The Union cavalry general • The Confederate President • The Confederate war prison • A ironclad union battle ship • The union commanding general • Courthouse of Lee's surrender • Flag officer in the union army • The Confederate cavalry general • ...

Civil War 2026-03-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Troops, like the National Guard, who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency.
  2. A doctrine that allowed the people of newly formed states to allow or deny slavery.
  3. A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  4. This doctrine held the powers of the individual states as greater than the powers of the Federal government.
  5. Also called the Union or the United States the North was the part of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
  6. Loyal to the Confederacy.
  7. 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 secret network that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom the south.
  9. Lincoln most famous speech after traveling to Gettysburg in 11/19/1863.
  10. Offered fast transportation, mostly in the north.
  11. Underground Railroad lingo given to escaping slaves.
  12. The turning point in the war.
Down
  1. The first and only president of the Confederate States of America
  2. Freedom from slavery.
  3. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
  4. A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  5. Later became the 18th president of America
  6. The replacement for George Mcclellan as the commander for the Union.
  7. The most famous battle of the American civil war and largest battle in the western hemisphere.
  8. Underground Railroad lingo given to leaders who led escapes.
  9. The 16th president of the United States.
  10. The Confederate army commander.
  11. A new way of conducting war appeared during the Civil War.
  12. Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States.
  13. The Union army commander, later replaced.

25 Clues: Freedom from slavery. • Loyal to the Confederacy. • The turning point in the war. • The Confederate army commander. • The 16th president of the United States. • The Union army commander, later replaced. • Later became the 18th president of America • Offered fast transportation, mostly in the north. • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. • ...

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"
Down
  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 • ...

The Civil War Terrance Ogo Ordot 2017-02-15

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

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

Civil War Crossword 2023-05-09

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

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

3.11 The Civil War 2025-12-10

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

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

Chapters 1-10 2023-02-09

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

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

Civil War 2021-05-31

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

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

Civil War 2021-05-31

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

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

Civil War 2021-05-31

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

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 • What former slaves gained in the 1868 • First state to secede from the Union. • Did Europe get involved with the war? • Occupation of the man who killed Lincoln • ...

Civil War 2021-05-31

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

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. • Did Europe get involved with the war? • What former slaves gained in the 1868 • Occupation of the man who killed Lincoln • ...

civil war 2022-10-04

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Banned Europe from colonizing western Hem.
  2. Union wins, advance into Mississippi River Valley
  3. State that seceded first
  4. "perfect battle" for Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson is accidentally killed
  5. Assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  6. Escaped salve, influential abolitionist
  7. Aggressive, white, abortionist, led raid against US army
  8. Last General of the union, smart statistician and alcoholic
  9. The winner of the Civil War
  10. delivered Emancipation Proclamation
  11. One of the most famous battles of Civil War, turning point in war
Down
  1. Nicknamed "Stonewall" at battle of Bull Run
  2. Plan to deprive south of outside goods
  3. Person who wanted to see slavery end
  4. Southern General that stopped McClellan from taking Richmond
  5. General for Lincoln, afraid to lose soldiers
  6. Increased demand for slaves in south
  7. First major battle of civil war near DC, 60,000 troops
  8. Slave that sued for freedom on free soil
  9. Bloodiest day in American history

20 Clues: State that seceded first • The winner of the Civil War • Assassinated Abraham Lincoln • Bloodiest day in American history • delivered Emancipation Proclamation • Person who wanted to see slavery end • Increased demand for slaves in south • Plan to deprive south of outside goods • Escaped salve, influential abolitionist • Slave that sued for freedom on free soil • ...

Civil War 2022-12-02

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Brown, Famous abolitionist leader who is infamous for his failed incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry
  2. Tompkins, Performed so well as a nurse that she was eventually commissioned as a captain
  3. Barton, Union nurse who founded the American Red Cross after the war
  4. Jackson, This Confederate general "stood there like a stonewall" at the battle of Bull Run
  5. Lincoln, President of the United States/The Union
  6. The party Abraham Lincoln belonged to, and many other abolitionists.
  7. tax, A tax that takes a specified percentage of an individual’s income
  8. Proclamation, promised the freedom of enslaved people in the Confederacy
  9. Sumter, Union controlled fort on an island in Charleston Harber
Down
  1. Britain, European country that had reasons to intervene on either side of the Civil War but remained neutral
  2. Davis, President of The Confederacy
  3. Bloodiest battle in the war resulting in 26,000 casualties.
  4. G. Farragut, Commanded 40 Union ships and took New Orleans
  5. An involuntary draft for men to serve in the army
  6. Corpus, forbade the government to hold citizens without charging them for any crime but was suspended on both sides of the civil war
  7. E. Lee, Confederate general who took control of Joseph E. Johnston's army and fought in Antietam
  8. McClellan, Union general who was appointed by lincoln after the Union's failure at bull run, but was removed from command after he lost a chance to win the war after Antietam
  9. S. Grant, Union general who led the invasion of Tennessee and captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
  10. The view that advocated for the immediate emancipation of slavery without compensation
  11. Douglass, African American who escaped slavery and was then able to advocate for abolition. Published the North Star

20 Clues: Davis, President of The Confederacy • An involuntary draft for men to serve in the army • Lincoln, President of the United States/The Union • G. Farragut, Commanded 40 Union ships and took New Orleans • Bloodiest battle in the war resulting in 26,000 casualties. • Sumter, Union controlled fort on an island in Charleston Harber • ...

civil war 2019-06-03

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the United States
  2. the orientation of those who favor government by the people
  3. a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
  4. any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War
  5. Sumter Union military post in South Carolina which was taken over by the Confederacy in 1861.
  6. General for the South
  7. Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded
  8. Document freeing slaves in Union
  9. President of the Confederacy
  10. formal separation from an alliance or federation
  11. a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
  12. Rapid-fire gun capable of shooting 600 rounds per minute.
Down
  1. Union general who believed in TOTAL WAR
  2. General of the Confederacy considered to be one of the greatest generals of all time
  3. Successful Union general who attended West Point Military Academy
  4. the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
  5. A series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power
  6. Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win
  7. A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery or not.
  8. President of the United States of America during the Civil War
  9. The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to General Ulysses S. Grant's army
  10. Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances
  11. The march of an army of 62,000 men from Atlanta toward Savannah, Georgia
  12. of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
  13. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  14. the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

26 Clues: the United States • General for the South • President of the Confederacy • Document freeing slaves in Union • Union general who believed in TOTAL WAR • formal separation from an alliance or federation • a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought • a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War • ...

Civil War 2019-01-31

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Began career at 25 and began as a Illinois state legislature whig
  2. Fed fort in Charleston South Carolina where first shots were fired
  3. A political agreement that admitted California to the Union as a free state while permitting popular sovereignty in the territories and enacting a stricter fugitive slave law
  4. Union General also 18th president
  5. Abolitionist government of Massachusetts
  6. Civil War battle fought on Union Territory
  7. A military tactic in which a navy prevents vessels from entering or leaving its enemy's ports
  8. Judges son from Ohio renowned Union General during Civil War
  9. During the Civil War a state that allowed slavery but remained in the Union: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri
  10. Civil War killing 23,000 troops in one day
  11. 2 days of fighting killing nearly 25,000 soldiers
Down
  1. Law giving 160 acres to citizens willing to live on it for 5 years
  2. Formally withdraw from membership in group or organization
  3. Existed before civil war to help slaves escaped to safety
  4. A term used to describe the violence between proslavery and antislavery supporters in Kansas from 1854 to 1856
  5. Government of 11 states that seceded from United States and fought against Union
  6. Required all citizens to aid in apprehending runaway slaves
  7. Born into slavery in Maryland and escaped to Philadelphia
  8. Anti-slavery political party in mid-1800
  9. Declared free all enslaved people living in confederate states and territories
  10. Southern Planter and became President Confederate states
  11. Anti-slavery novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  12. Principle in which people are a source of government power
  13. African American born to slavery and sued for freedom
  14. Party established on anti-slavery in 1854
  15. Divided the 2 states to let them choose to be a slave or free state

26 Clues: Union General also 18th president • Anti-slavery political party in mid-1800 • Abolitionist government of Massachusetts • Party established on anti-slavery in 1854 • Civil War battle fought on Union Territory • Civil War killing 23,000 troops in one day • 2 days of fighting killing nearly 25,000 soldiers • Anti-slavery novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe • ...

CIVIL WAR 2019-02-16

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Virginia born Union General who developed the Anaconda Plan and was the Commander of all US forces in 1861
  2. Confederate supported who assassinated President Lincoln
  3. ADDRESS / famous speech by President Lincoln that reaffirmed the ideas for which the Union was fighting
  4. Outstanding Confederate Virginia military leader who opposed secession and slavery
  5. Military decree by President Lincoln that freed enslaved people living in Confederate states still in rebellion
  6. Skilled and cautious Union General who replaced Irvin McDowell after the Battle of Bull Run
  7. Union General who pursued the Mississippi Valley wing of the Anaconda Plan and led at the Battle of Shiloh
  8. Journalist whose exhibition "The Dead at Antietam" provided graphic evidence of the carnage of the battlefield
  9. CORPUS / Constitutional right that protects a person from being held in jail without being charged with a specific crime
  10. Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, and Maryland; allowed slavery but had not joined the Confederacy
  11. Captured war supplies
  12. WAR / strategy that involved striking civilian, as well as military targets
  13. Northern Civil War strategy to starve the South by blockading seaports and controlling the Mississippi River
Down
  1. All-black Union Civil War unit led by Colonel Robert Shaw
  2. 1862 law that made Western land available at a low cost to those willing to farm it
  3. Union General who declared that enslaved African Americans who came under his command in Missouri were free
  4. OF GETTYSBURG / decisive three day battle that resulted in more than 50,000 deaths and was the last Confederate attempt to invade the North
  5. Military tactic in which a navy prevents vessels from entering or leaving its enemy's ports
  6. Bloodiest single day of the Civil War
  7. The draft; instituted to to meet the need for troops
  8. Confederate hero in Manassas who refused to yield to the Union
  9. 1865 constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States
  10. / Military tactic in which an army surrounds an enemy and cuts off all supplies in an attempt to force surrender
  11. Peace Democrats, opposed to Lincoln's conduct of the war who demanded an end to the fighting
  12. 1862 law mandating black soldiers to serve in the Union military
  13. / Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River that surrendered to Union forces in 1863 after a siege
  14. SHERMAN / Union General who implemented the total-war strategy during his "March to the Sea" to capture Savannah, Georgia
  15. BARTON / nursed Union soldiers in the Civil War; founded the American Branch of the International Red Cross

28 Clues: Captured war supplies • Bloodiest single day of the Civil War • The draft; instituted to to meet the need for troops • Confederate supported who assassinated President Lincoln • All-black Union Civil War unit led by Colonel Robert Shaw • Confederate hero in Manassas who refused to yield to the Union • 1862 law mandating black soldiers to serve in the Union military • ...

Civil War 2019-04-26

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

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

Civil War 2019-04-26

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

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

Civil War 2019-04-26

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

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

Civil War 2019-12-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Confederate attempted to destroyed part of the Unions force
  2. First major battle in western theater of war
  3. Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  4. First and only Confederate president.
  5. Largest Battle in America
  6. States wanted rights
  7. Took over after Lincoln died
  8. Where Lee unofficially surrendered
  9. Known as the Union army's greatest victory
  10. How slaves escaped
  11. First major battle
  12. Served as Commander in Chief of the Union Army
  13. Navy try to keep supplies from entering or leaving the confederacy
  14. Territory that south wanted to have slaves in
  15. A ship war that ended in a tie
  16. Confederate invaded Maryland and it resulted in a Union victory
  17. President during the war
  18. Rebuilding after the war
  19. Last war
  20. Confederates depend on it
  21. People who try to stop slavery
Down
  1. Lost half of the states afterward
  2. Raided Harpers ferry
  3. Abolitionist who convinced Lincoln to let African Americans to serve in the war
  4. Confederates didn't like it
  5. Invented cotton gin
  6. Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern VA
  7. Last major port owned by the South
  8. Part 2 of the First major battle
  9. By John Wilkes Booth
  10. Lincoln frees slaves
  11. Signer of the Kansas-Nebraska act
  12. Accidental War
  13. After Southern states seceded
  14. Campaign to destroy the confederate
  15. Confederate general serving under Robert E. Lee
  16. First state to secede
  17. Spy during the war
  18. Slaves went rogue
  19. Date that the Confederate surrendered

40 Clues: Last war • Accidental War • Slaves went rogue • How slaves escaped • First major battle • Spy during the war • Invented cotton gin • Raided Harpers ferry • By John Wilkes Booth • Lincoln frees slaves • States wanted rights • First state to secede • President during the war • Rebuilding after the war • Largest Battle in America • Confederates depend on it • Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin • ...

Civil War 2020-01-17

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who supported the church of England?
  2. In what year did Charles l go broke and called the parliament into session?
  3. How was the army of supporters of Oliver Cromwell known as?
  4. Who wasn’t happy with the king adding new taxes?
  5. Who were a religious group of people that wanted to purify the church of England and were in control of the parliament?
  6. His successor was Charles l and lived a life of luxury until he needed more money.
  7. What did England turn to after the new parliament ended monarchy?
  8. What did Oliver Cromwell set up after he dismissed the new parliament?
  9. What house was abolished and destroyed?
  10. In what year did Oliver Cromwell dismiss the new parliament?
Down
  1. Who were the kings and queens in Europe that believed they ruled by divine right.
  2. In what year was Charles l convicted and beheaded as traitor?
  3. What country did King Charles l say he needed money for to do a war?
  4. Who refused against king James l to add more taxes?
  5. Who was the leader of the Puritans?
  6. What house was allowed to remain, also known as the parliament?
  7. Who started the Civil War and believed his power was absolute?
  8. How were the supporters of King Charles l known as?
  9. In what year did Oliver Cromwell’s forces defeat Charles’ Cavaliers?
  10. What happened in 1642 between King Charles l and the puritans?

20 Clues: Who was the leader of the Puritans? • Who supported the church of England? • What house was abolished and destroyed? • Who wasn’t happy with the king adding new taxes? • Who refused against king James l to add more taxes? • How were the supporters of King Charles l known as? • How was the army of supporters of Oliver Cromwell known as? • ...

Civil war 2020-12-03

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who lead the march of Atlanta
  2. the bloodiest battle
  3. a confederate general
  4. the person responsible for the Missouri compromise
  5. A place where one crop is mass produced and taken care of by slaves
  6. a place where slaves worked and grew a lot of crops
  7. to get rid of something
  8. The north
  9. the 18th president
  10. an invention that made cotton easier to harvest
  11. Railroad A series of hiding places that were used to get slaves out of slavery
  12. A former slave who has been released from slavery
  13. To leave
  14. The turning point in the war
Down
  1. A person who supported the abolition of slavery
  2. An inhabitant of New England or one of the northern states
  3. The president during the American civil war
  4. author of the newspaper the North Star
  5. murderer of Abraham Lincoln
  6. a conductor on the underground railroad, born a slave in Maryland
  7. The belief that god gave the Americans everything from coast to coast
  8. the south states
  9. The amendment that got rid of slavery
  10. The official first battle of the civil war
  11. the first battle
  12. a Northerner who moved to the South after the American Civil War

26 Clues: To leave • The north • the south states • the first battle • the 18th president • the bloodiest battle • a confederate general • to get rid of something • murderer of Abraham Lincoln • The turning point in the war • Who lead the march of Atlanta • The amendment that got rid of slavery • author of the newspaper the North Star • The official first battle of the civil war • ...

CIVIL WAR 2021-01-24

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to formally approve or sanction
  2. the south or confederate states
  3. to wait for an unexpected attack
  4. a state of bondage for African Americans
  5. also called the union or united states
  6. loyal to the government of the U.S.A
  7. resisting or protecting
  8. a troop like the national guard
  9. a series of military operations
  10. cap was worn by civil war soldiers
Down
  1. a stretcher which was carried by two people
  2. term used a hard cracker
  3. soldiers posted on guard ahead of the force
  4. somebody who favors abolition
  5. a branch of the military
  6. a metal blade like a long knife
  7. actively attacking someone
  8. promoting the interests sections or regions
  9. the lowest rank in the army
  10. manufacturing goods from raw materials

20 Clues: resisting or protecting • term used a hard cracker • a branch of the military • actively attacking someone • the lowest rank in the army • somebody who favors abolition • to formally approve or sanction • the south or confederate states • a metal blade like a long knife • a troop like the national guard • a series of military operations • to wait for an unexpected attack • ...

Civil War 2021-09-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion.
  2. withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860
  3. Compromise of 1850
  4. Meade's Union forces defeated Lee's Confederate army
  5. an escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker.
  6. president elected in 1860
  7. repealed the missouri compromise
  8. a president of the confederate states of america
  9. A person in favor of abolishing some law, custom, etc.
Down
  1. Stephen Douglas' position that slavery could be excluded from a territory if officials did not pass laws to protect it.
  2. the document writte by lincoln that govermently freed all the southern slaves
  3. what the confederate soldiers thought they were fighting for
  4. court case decided that slaves who were descendants of American slaves were not citizens of the United States
  5. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners
  6. fort controlled by the union in S.C
  7. the opposite of democratic party
  8. a document written in 1854 to annex cuba
  9. abolitonist raid on harpers ferry
  10. the unions plan to ruin the southern economy
  11. exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.

20 Clues: Compromise of 1850 • president elected in 1860 • the opposite of democratic party • repealed the missouri compromise • abolitonist raid on harpers ferry • fort controlled by the union in S.C • a document written in 1854 to annex cuba • the unions plan to ruin the southern economy • a president of the confederate states of america • ...

Civil War 2021-02-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Confederate General Thomas Jackson nickname
  2. Confederate general that lost his leg
  3. Battle with the most casualties
  4. Freed by the Emancipation Proclamation
  5. The amount of Draws
  6. Many battles occurred east of this state
  7. Short & famous speech given by Lincoln
  8. Texans help the Confederacy by supplying these
  9. The state the battle of the Second Bull Run was
Down
  1. Battle that was Grant’s biggest defeat by Lee
  2. Slaves lived in these
  3. Texas becomes the # state to join the Confederacy
  4. The North was also called by this "uniting" name
  5. Won the battle of Chickamauga
  6. fought the North
  7. Opposite of slave states
  8. Cause of the civil war
  9. Assassin of Lincoln
  10. Enslaved peoples job
  11. Where did the Civil War began
  12. President during the civil war

21 Clues: fought the North • The amount of Draws • Assassin of Lincoln • Enslaved peoples job • Slaves lived in these • Cause of the civil war • Opposite of slave states • Won the battle of Chickamauga • Where did the Civil War began • President during the civil war • Battle with the most casualties • Confederate general that lost his leg • Freed by the Emancipation Proclamation • ...

Civil War 2021-03-30

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plan used by the North to "strangle" the South.
  2. The President of the Union
  3. This battle was the turning point in the War
  4. Freed slaves in rebelled states.
  5. The Union General in the Western Theatre.
  6. This battle was the Bloodiest one-day battle.
  7. Union got control of Mississippi in this siege.
  8. This was the first battle of the Civil War.
  9. The main Union General
  10. 1st non-native American to get the Medal of Honor.
  11. The main Confederate General
Down
  1. 1st African American to get the Medal of Honor
  2. Freed slaves & Union worth fighting for
  3. The President of the Confederacy
  4. Name of the Courthouse where Lee surrendered.
  5. Name the 1st speech a President gives.
  6. This battle was the 1st true fighting of the War.
  7. General Jackson's nickname from Bull Run
  8. The person who led the 54th Massachusetts Infantry.
  9. The person who killed President Lincoln.

20 Clues: The main Union General • The President of the Union • The main Confederate General • The President of the Confederacy • Freed slaves in rebelled states. • Name the 1st speech a President gives. • Freed slaves & Union worth fighting for • General Jackson's nickname from Bull Run • The person who killed President Lincoln. • The Union General in the Western Theatre. • ...

Civil War 2021-10-07

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

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

Civil War 2021-10-07

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Isolation of area
  2. United States
  3. Bill of Rights has 10
  4. Act of owning another
  5. A tenant farmer
  6. Talking with an audience
  7. To rob
  8. Most opposed the ending of slavery
  9. Effort to end slavery
  10. Community military
  11. Seceded from Union
Down
  1. Made to redress inequality of slavery
  2. Town in Pennsylvania
  3. Organized choice by vote
  4. Divided on ending of slavery
  5. Southern white man who supported reconstitution
  6. Withdrawing; moving back
  7. Soldiers on horses
  8. Control of an area
  9. Death and or injury

20 Clues: To rob • United States • A tenant farmer • Isolation of area • Soldiers on horses • Control of an area • Community military • Seceded from Union • Death and or injury • Town in Pennsylvania • Bill of Rights has 10 • Act of owning another • Effort to end slavery • Organized choice by vote • Withdrawing; moving back • Talking with an audience • Divided on ending of slavery • ...

Civil War 2023-02-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The bloodiest battle in the Civil War
  2. Confederate ship that sunk the Union vessel housatonic
  3. Risked her life to help wounded soldiers
  4. Means "before the war"
  5. The north
  6. The war between the north and south
  7. First battle in this fort
  8. Small, fast boats that can pass a blockade
  9. The deadliest day one battle in the civil war
  10. Where the confederates surrendered
  11. The south
Down
  1. Union leader during the battle in fort sumter
  2. Who had a march from Savannah to Atlanta Georgia
  3. Confederate leader during the battle in fort sumter
  4. The first state to scede from the Union
  5. Slave that escaped on a Confederate ship
  6. Union leader during Appomattox surrender
  7. Who captured Atlanta on September 2nd
  8. Freed slaves in territories owned by the south
  9. Confederate leader during Appomattox surrender

20 Clues: The north • The south • Means "before the war" • First battle in this fort • Where the confederates surrendered • The war between the north and south • The bloodiest battle in the Civil War • Who captured Atlanta on September 2nd • The first state to scede from the Union • Slave that escaped on a Confederate ship • Risked her life to help wounded soldiers • ...

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. 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. A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
  2. A warship that is covered in iron cladding
  3. Sixteen president
  4. A nickname given to people in the South
  5. A canvas bag to carry food for soldiers
  6. People who were held captive
  7. Eighteen president
  8. first president
  9. A mammal that people rode on
  10. The side of an army or military unit
  11. A nickname for the Confederate States
Down
  1. When states choose to leave the United States
  2. A nickname for the union soldiers
  3. An army of citizens used during emergencies
  4. Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
  5. A person who wanted to get rid of slavery
  6. A weapon that people used to shoot
  7. A nickname for southern whites
  8. Putting the local interests above the country
  9. Red, white, and blue

20 Clues: first president • Sixteen president • Eighteen president • Red, white, and blue • People who were held captive • A mammal that people rode on • A nickname for southern whites • A nickname for the union soldiers • A cap worn by Civil War soldiers. • A weapon that people used to shoot • The side of an army or military unit • A nickname for the Confederate States • ...

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 2023-04-14

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 2023-04-14

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 2023-04-14

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. color of the confederate uniforms
  2. Civil
  3. type of cabin where lincoln grew up in
  4. fought the north
  5. assassin of lincoln
  6. another name for a big farm in the South
  7. short and famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln
  8. union general who later became president
  9. another name for north
  10. last name of the confederate general-surrendered at Appomattox
  11. wife of Abe
  12. president during the Civil War
Down
  1. one of the capitals of the confederacy
  2. first state to leave the union
  3. where the Civil War began
  4. battle of bull
  5. vice president to Lincoln
  6. marched to Savannah
  7. Theatre where Lincoln was shot
  8. color of the Union uniforms

20 Clues: Civil • wife of Abe • battle of bull • fought the north • marched to Savannah • assassin of lincoln • another name for north • where the Civil War began • vice president to Lincoln • color of the Union uniforms • first state to leave the union • Theatre where Lincoln was shot • president during the Civil War • color of the confederate uniforms • one of the capitals of the confederacy • ...

Civil War 2023-04-06

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

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 • a male shot our president. • was killed by his own men. • is to withdraw from a group • is a thing that can last years • a male was shot and was our president. • A male person that went to goes to war. • is A female that started the red cross. • ...

Civil War 2023-04-14

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. union gained control of the Mississippi river
  2. most controversial military figure
  3. Jacksons nickname
  4. also known as the german battle
  5. he was also the 18th president
  6. Union military commander
  7. win for both the Union and the Confederacy
  8. Lee called him "old war horse"
  9. battle where confederates had the best chance of holding off the unions
  10. senior officer
  11. senior civil army officer
Down
  1. man who was a civil war leader and engineer
  2. battle that happened april 12-13
  3. battle fought on December 11-15
  4. had the most casualties
  5. man that was assassinated on april 15 1865
  6. Andersons nickname
  7. longest battles
  8. first major battle
  9. general in the civil war, later was appointed over all commander

20 Clues: senior officer • longest battles • Jacksons nickname • Andersons nickname • first major battle • had the most casualties • Union military commander • senior civil army officer • he was also the 18th president • Lee called him "old war horse" • battle fought on December 11-15 • also known as the german battle • battle that happened april 12-13 • most controversial military figure • ...