civil war Crossword Puzzles

civil war 2023-10-05

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. south west east..
  2. what a big way to transport
  3. who was the command leader
  4. what was a big issue during the civil war
  5. north west east...
  6. what used to shoot a bullet
  7. who was the president during the war
  8. what was the rifel model name
  9. what invention let people see what was going on in the war
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  1. what did south destroy
  2. what did many soliders die by
  3. who won the war
  4. what was the big production in the south
  5. what job did most women do during the civil war
  6. what did Abraham Licon want to free
  7. what did solider's send to their family's
  8. what was big in the north
  9. what did the soliders eat
  10. what did the states want
  11. who help free many slaves

20 Clues: who won the war • south west east.. • north west east... • what did south destroy • what did the states want • what was big in the north • what did the soliders eat • who help free many slaves • who was the command leader • what a big way to transport • what used to shoot a bullet • what did many soliders die by • what was the rifel model name • what did Abraham Licon want to free • ...

civil war 2023-10-23

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. Manufacturing goods from raw materials
  2. Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States.
  3. To rush towards the enemy.
  4. An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path.
  5. Escaped slaves who fled to the Union lines for protection.
  6. Also called the South or the Confederate States of America
  7. War A new way of conducting war appeared during the Civil War.
  8. States The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri
  9. The largest organizational group of soldiers
  10. A smooth bore firearm fired from the shoulder. Thrust from exploding powder shoots the bullet forward like a chest pass in basketball.
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  1. The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people.
  2. The major political party in America most sympathetic to states rights and willing to tolerate the spread of slavery to the territories.
  3. The science of growing crops or raising livestock, farming.
  4. To admit defeat and give up in the face of overwhelming odds.
  5. Freedom from slavery.
  6. A branch of the military mounted on horseback.
  7. A flag identifying a regiment or army.
  8. Round container used to carry water made of wood or tin and carried over the shoulder by a strap.
  9. A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured.
  10. A hollow projectile shot from a cannon

20 Clues: Freedom from slavery. • To rush towards the enemy. • Manufacturing goods from raw materials • A flag identifying a regiment or army. • A hollow projectile shot from a cannon • The largest organizational group of soldiers • A branch of the military mounted on horseback. • Escaped slaves who fled to the Union lines for protection. • ...

Civil War 2024-02-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. the union having the advantage of industry/factories was the biggest _____ difference leading to them winning the civil war
  2. one advantage of the confederacy was knowledge of the _____ where most battles were fought
  3. the fugitive slave law was so intrusive that it would lead to more people joining the ______ movement
  4. as a result of the battle at vicksburg, the confederacy lost control of its main supply line, the _____ river
  5. lincoln and jefferson would disagree on the idea that of states _____ from the union
  6. 200,000 slaves were freed and encouraged to fight for the union when lincoln signed the _____ proclamation
  7. at the battle of bull run, thomas jackson received the nickname "_____" for his heroic efforts
  8. battle that resulted in the union gaining control of the mississippi river
  9. time period before the civil war where all african-americans were denied freedom and citizenship
  10. the union gained access to _____ towards the end of the civil war, giving them the ability to quickly move over long distances
  11. section of the country that relied on cotton and agriculture to fund the war
  12. battle that was known as the single bloodiest day of the civil war
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  1. the fugitive slave law was created, leading to more division between the North and South as a result of the _____ of 1850
  2. the attack on fort sumter was initiated by the _____ in 1861
  3. the battles at antietam and gettysburg were different in the sense that they were fought in the _____ (northern part of the country)
  4. the _____ compromise would maintain the balance of free and slave states, relieving sectional tensions
  5. fighting would break out in the state of _____ over whether or not slavery would be allowed in the territory
  6. whether it was is inaugural address, running for reelection, or the gettysburg address, lincoln's message to the country was that we needed to keep the union _____, which was worth fighting over
  7. last name of the confederate general that would surrender at appomattox court house, virginia
  8. lincoln would use an _____ to cut off the south's ability to use agricultural exports to fund the war
  9. president (last name) of the union during the civil war
  10. commanding general of the union (last name) that had previous experience from the u.s.-mexican war
  11. the main cause of the civil war

23 Clues: the main cause of the civil war • president (last name) of the union during the civil war • the attack on fort sumter was initiated by the _____ in 1861 • battle that was known as the single bloodiest day of the civil war • battle that resulted in the union gaining control of the mississippi river • ...

Civil war 2024-01-19

Civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. a well thought out plan of action
  2. a person who is illegally running away
  3. to formally withdraw
  4. serious injury or death
  5. war strategy of destroying the enemy's means of survival
  6. to strengthen or make stronger
  7. to firmly establish
  8. Lincoln's order that freed slaves in all the rebelling states
  9. to enroll in a group such as the military
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  1. stream flowing into a larger body of water
  2. a force that opposes or slows motion
  3. to provide evidence or reasons for
  4. rights concept that laws should be made by each state and not by the federal government
  5. war war fought among citizens of the same country
  6. someone who will die for their beliefs
  7. promissory notes (made with green ink) issued during the Civil War
  8. a place where weapons are kept
  9. a payment made (often by authorities) as a reward
  10. the act of separating or withdrawing
  11. State slave-owning states that stayed in the U.S.

20 Clues: to firmly establish • to formally withdraw • serious injury or death • a place where weapons are kept • to strengthen or make stronger • a well thought out plan of action • to provide evidence or reasons for • a force that opposes or slows motion • the act of separating or withdrawing • a person who is illegally running away • someone who will die for their beliefs • ...

Civil War 2024-01-23

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Commands the 54th
  2. The CSS Hunley was one of these
  3. Strategy used to stop Southern goods
  4. Steals a Confederate ship
  5. South only needs to fight this type of war
  6. Sherman burns 1st
  7. Last city burned by Sherman
  8. New type of tougher ship
  9. Commanded 54th
  10. Tactic used by Sherman
  11. Plan to beat the rebels
  12. Also known as Bull Run
  13. Won election of 1860
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  1. Win gives Union base of operations in the South
  2. Really like to light things on fire during his march
  3. Winners of Bull Run (Twice!)
  4. Famous African-American regiment from here
  5. The South wanted these foreigners on their side
  6. President of the CSA
  7. Strength of the North
  8. A Union victory here turned the tide of the war (not Gettysburg)
  9. Hates slavery, disagrees with secession, becomes CSA general anyway
  10. Capture this city, win the war
  11. Bloodiest battle (turning point)
  12. 1st major land battle
  13. Surrenders before being burned down

26 Clues: Commanded 54th • Commands the 54th • Sherman burns 1st • President of the CSA • Won election of 1860 • Strength of the North • 1st major land battle • Tactic used by Sherman • Also known as Bull Run • Plan to beat the rebels • New type of tougher ship • Steals a Confederate ship • Last city burned by Sherman • Winners of Bull Run (Twice!) • Capture this city, win the war • ...

civil war 2023-10-26

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. John brown led raid in what place on october 16 1859
  2. who crossed the border into Kansas from Missouri
  3. who two senators debated against each other in 1858
  4. what douglas argued during his debates against lincoln
  5. required northern citizens to return slaves
  6. republican party was formed
  7. enslaved man who sued for freedom but it was denied
  8. when south states threatened to leave
  9. People determine the issue of stuff
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  1. who took President Taylor's place after he died
  2. When Charles Sumner criticized people who were pro slavery
  3. the person who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin
  4. who won the lincoln douglas debates
  5. slavery be banned in any territory accquired through the mexican cessian
  6. Henry Clay came up with this compromise in 1850
  7. keep new territories free of slavery
  8. people marched into kansas to try and get it to be either a slave or non slave territory
  9. who had the campaign slogan of 'Free Soil. Free Men and Fremont'
  10. He was seen as a martyr in northern states
  11. became the 16th president of the united states

20 Clues: republican party was formed • who won the lincoln douglas debates • People determine the issue of stuff • keep new territories free of slavery • the person who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin • when south states threatened to leave • He was seen as a martyr in northern states • required northern citizens to return slaves • became the 16th president of the united states • ...

Civil war 2023-10-26

Civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. What state inspired other states to establish their own governments?
  2. Who replaced president Taylor when he died during his presidency?
  3. What enslaved man had a supreme court case for him on whether he could be free or not in 1857?
  4. Who did Abraham Lincoln debate in the senatorial election of 1858?
  5. Who wrote Uncle Tom's cabin?
  6. What is another name for authority of the people?
  7. Someone who dies for his or her beliefs - what is this called?
  8. A part of a law that restricts something- what is this called?
  9. Part of an alliance or confederacy- what is this called?
  10. What essay did Henry David Thorean write?
  11. Who did the democratic party vote for in 1856
  12. Who did the republican party vote for president in 1856?
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  1. What was the name these states called themselves with their newfound governments?
  2. Who defeated war hero Winfield Scott?
  3. What party was former president Millard Fillmore nominated for?
  4. What town was the raid that John Brown led in Virginia?
  5. Who did Preston Brooks beat with a cane?
  6. What month was Abraham Lincoln inaugurated?
  7. Bleeding K-----
  8. Who proposed the Wilmot Proviso?

20 Clues: Bleeding K----- • Who wrote Uncle Tom's cabin? • Who proposed the Wilmot Proviso? • Who defeated war hero Winfield Scott? • Who did Preston Brooks beat with a cane? • What essay did Henry David Thorean write? • What month was Abraham Lincoln inaugurated? • Who did the democratic party vote for in 1856 • What is another name for authority of the people? • ...

Civil War 2024-05-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Confederate general who held his position during the Battle of Bull Run
  2. The Union had a much more extensive network of these than the South
  3. freed slaves in Confederate controlled territories
  4. Lincoln suspended this right that gave citizens the right to seek release from unlawful jailing
  5. Distinguished Confederate general
  6. Stonewall Jackson was killed in this Confederate victory
  7. one of Lincoln's most famous speeches
  8. Grant surrounded Lee on his march to Richmond causing Lee to surrender here
  9. The 54th Massachusetts regiment of the Union was composed of these men
  10. The Southern states during the Civil War
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  1. slave states that remained loyal to the Union
  2. Distinguished Union general
  3. First major land battle and Confederate victory
  4. Confederates successfully defended their capital in Richmond
  5. Lee's forces were defeated, and Britian decided not to give aid to the South after this battle
  6. Grant's victory gave the Union control of the Mississippi River after this battle
  7. The Union's plan to keep the war in the South by constricting supplies and movement
  8. Confederate surprise attack that ended in Union victory Mississippi
  9. this Union general captured and destroyed Atlanta, Georgia
  10. deadliest single day of fighting that led was this battle
  11. The Virginian and Merrimack had these type of warships
  12. President of the Confederate states
  13. strategy of destroying opponent's land and infostructure used by Sherman
  14. The Northern states during the Civil War
  15. the first major battle on Union soil resulting in Confederate defeat

25 Clues: Distinguished Union general • Distinguished Confederate general • President of the Confederate states • one of Lincoln's most famous speeches • The Northern states during the Civil War • The Southern states during the Civil War • slave states that remained loyal to the Union • First major land battle and Confederate victory • ...

Civil War 2024-05-14

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Branch of the Army specialized in using Cannon
  2. A war between factions in the same country
  3. A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action
  4. From an organization or polity
  5. Someone who wishes to get rid of slavery
  6. Freedom from slavery
  7. disease causing severe diarrhea
  8. Freedom of choice
  9. Supplies
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  1. Any mechanical force that tends to slow or o
  2. 16th president of the United States
  3. Atate, Any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War
  4. The separation of groups of people based on race
  5. Soldiers
  6. The government based on the consent and beliefs of the people
  7. To join the military, to sign up
  8. A war measure isolating an area of importance to the enemy
  9. A soldier who fought with the Union
  10. A slang term referring to Confederate soldiers
  11. Branch of the Army that rode on horses to move quickly into battle or on scouting patrols
  12. The first and only president of the Confederacy

21 Clues: Soldiers • Supplies • Freedom of choice • Freedom from slavery • From an organization or polity • disease causing severe diarrhea • To join the military, to sign up • 16th president of the United States • A soldier who fought with the Union • Someone who wishes to get rid of slavery • A war between factions in the same country • Any mechanical force that tends to slow or o • ...

civil war 2025-04-16

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. back end of a weapons barrel
  2. another name for confederate states
  3. beginning of battle
  4. 2 wheeled barrel
  5. soldier killed in battle
  6. large organization of soldiers
  7. A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War
  8. soldiers trained to fight on horseback
  9. A term used to describe people who supported the Union
  10. attempt to stop people going in or out of port
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  1. basic unit of artillery
  2. someone who wanted slavery to end
  3. murder of an important person
  4. The side of an army or military unit
  5. barriers which were breast high
  6. executive order from the president
  7. quarter inch thick square
  8. breech loading single shot rifle
  9. large caliber firearms
  10. term meaning before war

20 Clues: 2 wheeled barrel • beginning of battle • large caliber firearms • basic unit of artillery • term meaning before war • soldier killed in battle • quarter inch thick square • back end of a weapons barrel • murder of an important person • large organization of soldiers • barriers which were breast high • breech loading single shot rifle • someone who wanted slavery to end • ...

Civil War 2024-10-31

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. (1) California admitted as free state, (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) slave trade abolished in DC, and (4) new fugitive slave law; strengthened South's support advocated by Henry Clay and Stephen Douglas
  2. Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
  3. Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation
  4. Created to keep the balance of power of free states and slave states. It was decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.
  5. Movement of over 300,000 African American looking for jobs from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920
  6. The name for the north during the Civil War
  7. 1854 A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery
  8. Refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man and inspired the Montgomery Alabama boycott.
  9. Area that relied on agriculture, plantations, cotton, crops. few factories, and had slaves.
  10. 1st state to secede from the Union
  11. A group tried to seize the federal arsenal and armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia to give weapons to slaves who could use them to fight for freedom. The plan failed, and the leader was tried, convicted, and hanged for treason.
  12. A law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders
  13. Principle upheld in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public facilities was legal.
  14. Slave sued for his freedom after living in a free state for a short time. Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not viewed as citizens but as property.
  15. Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
  16. 16th president of the United States; helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederacy; an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery.
  17. A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States
  18. Abolished slavery
  19. A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory. The dispute further strained the relations of the North and South, making civil war imminent.
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  1. Brooks (proslavery) attacked Sumner (anti slavery) on floor of the senate with his cane.
  2. Protect the right of African American Men to vote. Southern states added poll taxes, literacy tests, and used violence to prevent African American men from voting.
  3. A large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech advocating racial harmony at the Lincoln Memorial during the march. Widely credited as helping lead to the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the National Voting Rights Act (1965).
  4. Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws. Gave former slaves same rights as other Americans.
  5. Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force
  6. Compromise that enables Hayes to take office in return for the end of Reconstruction in the South
  7. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  8. This was the first high school to be integrated. 9 African Americans started going to the all white high school. President Eisenhower used federal troops to protect them.
  9. Power comes from the people who rule by majority and their own consent.
  10. Many factories, industrial, bigger cities, many immigrants, and didn't support slavery.
  11. American abolitionist. Born a slave on a Maryland plantation, she escaped to the North in 1849 and became the most renowned conductor on the Underground Railroad, leading more than 300 slaves to freedom.
  12. General of the Union Army
  13. A novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral and caused many northerns to oppose slavery.
  14. A system of secret routes used by escaping slaves to reach freedom in the North or in Canada
  15. The president was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., April 14, 1865
  16. Lincoln, the Republican candidate, won because the Democratic party was split over slavery. As a result, the South no longer felt like it has a voice in politics and a number of states seceded from the Union.
  17. Union fort attacked by Confederates in South Carolina 1861 sparking the start of the Civil War
  18. The period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
  19. The idea to expand west and that the U.S. was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.

38 Clues: Abolished slavery • General of the Union Army • 1st state to secede from the Union • The name for the north during the Civil War • Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation • A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States • The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 • ...

Civil war 2024-09-14

Civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. ___ said that Euorope wouldnt help as much if the thought the war was against slavery.
  2. Abraham Lincoln signed the __________ in 1863.
  3. _____ was the confederate presidant.
  4. Thousands of women served as _____.
  5. The batttle of _____ was named after a small church.
  6. Mary Edwards Walker was the 1st female _____.
  7. ______ is the confederate capital
  8. The_____ wanted to save the country.
  9. Admiral Farragut captured _____.
  10. The ____ plan was the plan to split the confederacy.
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  1. Peace democrats were know as ______.
  2. The ___ and the monitor were the 1st ironclads.
  3. ____ fought against General McDowell in the 1st battle of bull run.
  4. ______ Is the union Capitial.
  5. The ____ wanted support from France and Britain for supplies.
  6. A____ is a closing of ports.
  7. The worst protest against the draft happened in _____.
  8. ______ guarantees a person a hearing before jail.
  9. The main goal of the ____ was to reunite the country.
  10. The norths war plan came from_____.
  11. The battle of ____ saw the bloodiest day of the war.
  12. The battle of shiloh was a 2 day battle in April

22 Clues: A____ is a closing of ports. • ______ Is the union Capitial. • Admiral Farragut captured _____. • ______ is the confederate capital • Thousands of women served as _____. • The norths war plan came from_____. • Peace democrats were know as ______. • _____ was the confederate presidant. • The_____ wanted to save the country. • Mary Edwards Walker was the 1st female _____. • ...

Civil War 2025-01-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. ordered by Lincoln to lead the Union army in the east
  2. from Louisiana, sent by the confederacy to France
  3. critical, of great importance
  4. from Virginia, sent by the confederacy to Britain
  5. forcing people into military service
  6. a decree freeing all enslaved people in states still in rebellion after January 1, 1863
  7. gather together for a purpose
  8. traitors to many Republicans
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  1. one of the most respected senior officers in the United States Army
  2. Jackson became known as this nickname after rallying behind the Virginians
  3. plan named after the snake that slowly strangles its prey to death
  4. where Mason and Slidell were arrested, exciting interest worldwide
  5. a sum of money given as a bonus
  6. put into effect
  7. Union general who began a campaign to seize control of the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers
  8. wearing down one side by the other through exhaustion of soldiers and resources
  9. he took command of a Union force of 42 warships and 15,000 soldiers
  10. small, fast vessels the South used to smuggle goods past the blockade
  11. refers to a person's right not to be imprisoned unless charged with a crime and given trial
  12. paper bills (money)
  13. enough/adequate

21 Clues: put into effect • enough/adequate • paper bills (money) • traitors to many Republicans • critical, of great importance • gather together for a purpose • a sum of money given as a bonus • forcing people into military service • from Louisiana, sent by the confederacy to France • from Virginia, sent by the confederacy to Britain • ...

civil war 2025-10-29

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. a person who tracked down, apprehended, and returned escaped slaves to their owners
  2. a prominent 19th-century American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer
  3. he fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions
  4. the principle that political power is vested in the people
  5. a period of violent civil conflict in the Kansas Territory between 1854
  6. American abolitionist and women's rights activist
  7. the political practice of keeping the number of free states and slave
  8. temperance movement was a social and political campaign, prominent in the 19th and early 20th centuries
  9. the theory that an individual state has the right to declare any federal law or judicial decision unconstitutional and therefore void within its borders
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  1. a secret network of people who helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom before the Civil War
  2. the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state
  3. African American abolitionist and political activist
  4. was an American social reformer
  5. 1857 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that stated African Americans were not citizens and had no rights under the Constitution
  6. an 1852 anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that was crucial in shaping public opinion against slavery
  7. a particular form of slave auction
  8. a period of intense religious revival in the United States from the late 18th
  9. was a U.S. foreign policy statement issued in 1823 by President James Monroe
  10. was an American lawyer and statesman
  11. 19th-century American educator, social reformer, and humanitarian
  12. is a machine that separates cotton fibers from their seeds

21 Clues: was an American social reformer • a particular form of slave auction • was an American lawyer and statesman • American abolitionist and women's rights activist • African American abolitionist and political activist • the principle that political power is vested in the people • is a machine that separates cotton fibers from their seeds • ...

Civil War 2025-05-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The goal expressed by Lincoln in the Greeley Letter
  2. The first shots of the Civil War
  3. The American ______ was created by Clara Barton, a famous Union nurse
  4. The Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in the _____ states
  5. The name of the abolitionist who attempted the Raid on Harper's Ferry
  6. Another state that was able to vote on slavery due to the Compromise of 1850
  7. The state that was made free by the Compromise of 1850
  8. The compromise that the Kansas Nebraska Act repealed
  9. In this 1861 speech to the entire nation, Lincoln expressed that he would not abolish slavery
  10. The caning of Charles Sumner took place in ______
  11. The side that had the advantage during the war in regards to railroads, population, money, and factories
  12. The ____ Plan was the Union strategy to cut the Confederacy off from supplies and itself
  13. The first state to secede from the Union
  14. The last name of the Union president during the Civil War
  15. During the Civil War, women like Harriet Tubman and Rose Greenhow participated in the Civil War as
  16. This was the effect of the Kansas Nebraska Act
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  1. The most famous battle that the MA 54th fought in
  2. In this infamous speech, the Confederate VP says slavery and upholding white supremacy are the foundations of the Confederacy
  3. The battle considered the turning point of the Civil War
  4. The last name of the man who conquered Atlanta and led a total war "march to the sea"
  5. The group responsible for the Dred Scott Decision
  6. Where Lee surrendered to Grant
  7. States that maintained slavery but fought for the Union were called
  8. The last name of the leader of the Union Armies
  9. The state that MOST Civil War battles took place in
  10. The last name of the Confederate president
  11. 1 state that would be Able to vote on slavery due to the compromise of 1850
  12. To formally leave a nation
  13. The side that won the Civil War
  14. In the election of 1860, no candidate ran on __________.
  15. The NEW political party that developed in the mid 1850s
  16. The last name of the leader of the Confederate Armies

32 Clues: To formally leave a nation • Where Lee surrendered to Grant • The side that won the Civil War • The first shots of the Civil War • The first state to secede from the Union • The last name of the Confederate president • This was the effect of the Kansas Nebraska Act • The last name of the leader of the Union Armies • The most famous battle that the MA 54th fought in • ...

Civil War 2025-12-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Lincoln's speech in 1863
  2. Nickname earned by Thomas Jackson
  3. Name for the Southern States that left the US
  4. Man who sued for his freedom and his case went to the Supreme Court
  5. Founder of the American Red Cross
  6. Amendment that banned slavery
  7. Confederate Army General
  8. Northern plan to burn down Southern Georgia
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  1. Battle fought in April 1861
  2. Battle fought in Sept. 1862
  3. Battle fought in July 1861
  4. Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  5. Northern plan to cut off supplies from the South
  6. A person who wanted to end slavery
  7. First state to secede
  8. Where the Confederacy surrendered
  9. One of the border states
  10. President of the Union
  11. Union Army General
  12. President of the Confederacy
  13. To leave the United States

21 Clues: Union Army General • First state to secede • President of the Union • Lincoln's speech in 1863 • One of the border states • Confederate Army General • Battle fought in July 1861 • To leave the United States • Battle fought in April 1861 • Battle fought in Sept. 1862 • Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin • President of the Confederacy • Amendment that banned slavery • ...

Civil War 2025-05-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Party - A party that is usually against slavery and the expansion to other territories
  2. - An officer responsible for supplying food, clothes, and supplies
  3. - Loyal to the government of the United States also known as the Union
  4. - A mounted sentry station in advance of a picket line
  5. - Also known as the North of the United States
  6. - African Americans being owned by white people
  7. - Container that is used to carry water
  8. - Attacking someone
  9. - A ship protected by iron armor
  10. - The cruel killing of a number of people
  11. - Someone who wishes to end slavery
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  1. - Hard crackers soldiers used to eat
  2. - Group of soldiers stationed at the Military post
  3. - Loyal to the southern states
  4. - Freedom from slavery
  5. - A disease causing symptoms like fevers, headaches, and physical exhaustion
  6. - A group of military using ships to conduct warfare
  7. party - A political party that was more sympathetic to states rights
  8. Institution" - Term for slavery in the south
  9. - The act of the North trying to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern parts

20 Clues: - Attacking someone • - Freedom from slavery • - Loyal to the southern states • - A ship protected by iron armor • - Someone who wishes to end slavery • - Hard crackers soldiers used to eat • - Container that is used to carry water • - The cruel killing of a number of people • Institution" - Term for slavery in the south • - Also known as the North of the United States • ...

civil war 2025-05-15

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Davis
  2. Tubman
  3. order freeing slaves in Confederate states
  4. speech redefining the war’s purpose
  5. Riots
  6. Sumter
  7. enslaved woman, Union spy, and conductor on the Underground Railroad
  8. over conscription laws in the North
  9. Proclamation
  10. of the Confederate Army
  11. S. Grant
  12. states that stayed in the Union
  13. the first shots of the Civil War were fired
  14. of Lee’s surrender to Grant
  15. used by Sherman in his march to the sea
  16. of the Confederacy
Down
  1. war
  2. Bureau
  3. battle and turning point of the war
  4. Amendment
  5. general who accepted Lee’s surrender
  6. Lincoln
  7. states during the Civil War
  8. following the war focused on rebuilding the South
  9. of 11 Southern states that seceded
  10. Address
  11. states
  12. E. Lee
  13. Court House
  14. of Southern states leaving the Union
  15. single-day battle in U.S. history
  16. President during the Civil War
  17. former slaves transition to freedom
  18. slavery in the U.S.

34 Clues: war • Davis • Riots • Bureau • Tubman • Sumter • states • E. Lee • Lincoln • Address • S. Grant • Amendment • Court House • Proclamation • of the Confederacy • slavery in the U.S. • of the Confederate Army • states during the Civil War • of Lee’s surrender to Grant • President during the Civil War • states that stayed in the Union • single-day battle in U.S. history • of 11 Southern states that seceded • ...

Civil War 2018-04-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Were called the Union
  2. a long blade that attaches on the end of a gun
  3. a line of trees used as defense
  4. deadly
  5. first name of Lincoln's wife
  6. first paper money in the U.S. instituted in 1862
  7. disbute over this was the main cause of the war
  8. nickname of confederate general Jackson
  9. nickname of the president during the civil war - two words
  10. sixty six percent of the deaths during the war was due to this
  11. President of the southern states
  12. related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal
  13. troops that fought on horseback
  14. nicknamed "Angel of the War"
  15. slaves fought for this
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  1. regular people that were trained to fight as soldiers
  2. Were called the Confederates
  3. home state of Southern President
  4. the southern states did this
  5. became the Union's General in 1863
  6. state home to the northern capital
  7. deadliest battle in the Civil War
  8. the "color bearer" carries this
  9. state home to the southern capital
  10. capital of the southern states
  11. entry into an area you do not own
  12. to run away from battle
  13. a place where weapons are kept
  14. a fortified military post where troops are stationed
  15. fort at which the first battle of the war occurred
  16. the beginning
  17. the largest section of an army

32 Clues: deadly • the beginning • Were called the Union • slaves fought for this • to run away from battle • Were called the Confederates • the southern states did this • first name of Lincoln's wife • nicknamed "Angel of the War" • capital of the southern states • a place where weapons are kept • the largest section of an army • a line of trees used as defense • the "color bearer" carries this • ...

Civil War 2017-05-02

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. practice marching, military formations and the steps in firing one's weapon
  2. paper currency that was green
  3. a large gap or hole in fortification walls
  4. a Branch of military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot
  5. a crop such as tobacco or cotton which was used to get cash
  6. loyal to the government of the United States
  7. a place that weapons are made and stored
  8. loyal to the confederacy
  9. a round container that can be used to carry water
  10. like a short sword and is on the front of a gun
Down
  1. resisting or protecting attack against attack from someone
  2. states that werent part of the confederacy
  3. the distance around the inside of a barrel measured in thousands of an inch
  4. large group of soldiers made up of one or more corps
  5. to rush towards the enemy
  6. a series of military operations that form a distinct phase of war
  7. a soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action
  8. the effort by the north of keeping ships from leaving
  9. a place where weapons and other military stuff is stored
  10. long metal tube on a gun that a projectile is fired

20 Clues: loyal to the confederacy • to rush towards the enemy • paper currency that was green • a place that weapons are made and stored • states that werent part of the confederacy • a large gap or hole in fortification walls • loyal to the government of the United States • like a short sword and is on the front of a gun • a round container that can be used to carry water • ...

Civil War 2022-01-20

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the name the south gave itself
  2. the capital of the Confederacy
  3. the general of the north
  4. forced to work or fight
  5. the general of the south
  6. man who led a raid on Harper's Ferry
  7. the name the north gave itself
  8. what the Civil War was fought over
  9. the president of the north
Down
  1. did not take sides during the war
  2. to not take sides
  3. to leave
  4. a new state that formed in 1863
  5. means business or factories
  6. slave who led a revolt that killed 60 whites
  7. some chose to fight for the North
  8. the president of the south
  9. the capital of the United States
  10. slave who led over 300 slaves to freedom
  11. someone who wants to end slavery
  12. a path slaves took to freedom
  13. means farming
  14. many chose to support the Confederacy

23 Clues: to leave • means farming • to not take sides • forced to work or fight • the general of the north • the general of the south • the president of the south • the president of the north • means business or factories • a path slaves took to freedom • the name the south gave itself • the capital of the Confederacy • the name the north gave itself • a new state that formed in 1863 • ...

Civil War 2022-02-24

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An early battle in the Western Theater, fought in southwestern Tennessee.
  2. Overall commander of the Confederate army, was a very well-known Confederate General. Popular on both sides.
  3. A Union general and one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater.
  4. A member of the Democratic Party he represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives.
  5. Plan, A plan proposed to split the Confederacy into smaller groups and defeat them.
  6. The hull that the ironclad warship, CSS Virginia, was constructed.
  7. An extremely well-known Confederate General. Lee’s principal subordinate.
  8. The only sitting U.S senator to be killed in the military, was a good friend of Lincolns and served as a U.S Army colonial in the Mexican-American war and on the Union side in the Civil War.
  9. A prison for Union soldiers, was known for its horrendous conditions and high death rate.
  10. because of its location, it was used as a center for military operations and as a supply route for the Confederate army.
  11. the first Union ironclad warship.
  12. A Confederate general, his initials are J.E.B and his friends often called him this.
  13. The bloodiest one-day battle in the war and a huge turning point in the Civil War.
Down
  1. Proclamation, 3 years into the Civil War this law was passed by Abraham Lincoln. It allowed slaves in some states to be free.
  2. Held a charge under Lee and most of his troops died during it.
  3. the 16th president of the United States and was assassinated in 1865.
  4. was a Union soldier and served as the Governor of Rhode Island from 1866 to 1869.
  5. the only native-American general in the war, was a politician for the Cherokee Nation.
  6. A Union General, had a well-known poem written about him.
  7. General for the Union, is chiefly remembered for his defeat by Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
  8. He join the Union army, during that he was given a promotion to brigadier general. When he got home after the war he became the Mayor of Maine.
  9. A flag officer of the United States Navy and the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and United States Navy admiral.
  10. He was a soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He fought in the Civil War as a Union general and was dubbed “the first modern general.”
  11. A battle that ended in the victory of the Union, which gave them control over the Mississippi River.
  12. Run, Also known as the Battle of First Manassas.
  13. the town where the McLean house was and where General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant.
  14. A three-day battle that changed the whole direction of the Civil War. The main story plot of Killer Angels.
  15. The 18th president of the United States. Changed his name because of his embarrassing initials.
  16. Summer, The site of the first shots of the Civil War.
  17. Nicknamed “Stonewall” died in 1863.
  18. was a Civil War Union general, railroad executive, Civil engineer, and politician who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey.

31 Clues: the first Union ironclad warship. • Nicknamed “Stonewall” died in 1863. • Run, Also known as the Battle of First Manassas. • Summer, The site of the first shots of the Civil War. • A Union General, had a well-known poem written about him. • Held a charge under Lee and most of his troops died during it. • ...

Civil War 2021-11-18

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. document by Lincoln
  2. nickname for northern people
  3. flour water and salt
  4. fight to determine slavery
  5. each state voting over slavery
  6. president of the confederacy
  7. political issue causing war
  8. opposite to confederate
  9. escaped slaves must be returned
  10. month of attack on Fort Sumter
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  1. Nickname for Thomas J. Jackson
  2. year Lincoln became president
  3. how women helped in the war
  4. Start of Civil War, surrendered
  5. Government bias of slavery term
  6. passionate leader of the union
  7. draft to join the army
  8. path to freedom after escape
  9. Lincoln's third option
  10. opposite to union

20 Clues: opposite to union • document by Lincoln • flour water and salt • draft to join the army • Lincoln's third option • opposite to confederate • fight to determine slavery • how women helped in the war • political issue causing war • nickname for northern people • path to freedom after escape • president of the confederacy • year Lincoln became president • Nickname for Thomas J. Jackson • ...

Civil War 2021-12-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 16th president
  2. where Lincoln was shot
  3. the southern soldiers
  4. the type of gun used in the war
  5. trying to help the southerners become part of America
  6. the nickname for the southerners
  7. head of confederate states
  8. a crop that's used to make blue dye
  9. to do away with
  10. different parts of the country
  11. the document that freed the slaves
  12. the idea of helping slaves get free
  13. the bloodiest battle
  14. who has the power?
  15. owning a person
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  1. the document used before the Constitution
  2. the nickname for the northerners
  3. large scale farm
  4. living document for America to follow
  5. free labor
  6. the most famous battle
  7. shot Lincoln
  8. to leave the union
  9. the document that honored the dead
  10. the southern general
  11. invented the Minie Ball
  12. the southern economy
  13. where Gen Lee surrendered
  14. the northern soldiers
  15. the northern economy
  16. the battle plans wrapped around 3 cigars
  17. someone who helped the slaves
  18. the northern general
  19. the first battle of the Civil War
  20. money

35 Clues: money • free labor • shot Lincoln • 16th president • to do away with • owning a person • large scale farm • to leave the union • who has the power? • the southern general • the southern economy • the northern economy • the northern general • the bloodiest battle • the southern soldiers • the northern soldiers • the most famous battle • where Lincoln was shot • invented the Minie Ball • ...

Civil War 2022-02-07

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

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

Civil War 2022-02-07

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

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

Civil War 2022-02-15

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

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

Civil War 2022-04-01

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. president of the Union
  2. do away with something
  3. Battle ended the civil war
  4. when you are forced to come into the military at a specific age
  5. first battle of the civil war
  6. General of the confederate army
  7. Freedom of the states to make their own rules
  8. A tax on imported or exported goods
  9. The north, all free states
  10. president of the Confederacy
  11. putting loyalty to one section of the area you are in
Down
  1. The period of rebuilding after the Civil war
  2. Kept free and slave states balanced
  3. No exporting or transporting things in or out
  4. someone running or in hiding from something
  5. A slave state that is still apart of the Union
  6. Someone fighting against slavery
  7. Freedom from slavery
  8. To separate
  9. General of the Union army

20 Clues: To separate • Freedom from slavery • president of the Union • do away with something • General of the Union army • Battle ended the civil war • The north, all free states • president of the Confederacy • first battle of the civil war • General of the confederate army • Someone fighting against slavery • Kept free and slave states balanced • A tax on imported or exported goods • ...

Civil War 2022-04-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Buff Boat
  2. The war Name
  3. ended the war
  4. Fighting
  5. President
  6. Good Side
  7. Common Gun Used
  8. something racist
  9. Single Day Bloodiest Battle
  10. Turning Point
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  1. a Strategy used in the war
  2. Escaped Slave
  3. Big Weapon
  4. first to secede
  5. knife on gun
  6. confederate leader
  7. Near Mananas
  8. Bad Side
  9. Rapid Fire Gun
  10. flew in the air

20 Clues: Fighting • Bad Side • Buff Boat • President • Good Side • Big Weapon • The war Name • knife on gun • Near Mananas • Escaped Slave • ended the war • Turning Point • Rapid Fire Gun • first to secede • Common Gun Used • flew in the air • something racist • confederate leader • a Strategy used in the war • Single Day Bloodiest Battle

Civil War 2014-05-06

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

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

Civil War 2014-03-18

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The lowest rank in the army.
  2. Actively attacking someone.
  3. Phrase used to describe soldiers who were either new to the military of had never fought in a battle before.
  4. Rush towards the enemy.
  5. To fire along the length of an enemy's battle line.
  6. An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path.
  7. A soldier standing guard.
Down
  1. Nineteenth century term for the condition known today as edema.
  2. To formally enroll in the army or to call roll.
  3. Troops, like the National Guard, who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency.
  4. gunboats using stacked cotton bales to protect themselves from enemy fire.
  5. The officer who was responsible for supplying clothing, supplies and food for the troops.
  6. Small sewing kit soldiers used to repair their garments.
  7. A large gap or "hole" in a fortification's wall or embankments caused by artillery or mines, exposing the inside of the fortification to assault.
  8. A group of soldiers stationed at a military post.
  9. The term used to describe new soldiers.
  10. A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot.
  11. The term used for military supplies, such as weaponry and ammunition.
  12. A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action.
  13. To pretend to attack in one direction while the real attack is directed somewhere else.

20 Clues: Rush towards the enemy. • A soldier standing guard. • Actively attacking someone. • The lowest rank in the army. • The term used to describe new soldiers. • To formally enroll in the army or to call roll. • A group of soldiers stationed at a military post. • To fire along the length of an enemy's battle line. • Small sewing kit soldiers used to repair their garments. • ...

Civil War 2012-11-27

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Economy of the north was based on
  2. Worked on the farms to support the Confederate troops
  3. What the south wanted the new states to be
  4. A person who works to end slavery
  5. New state that was formed when Virginia couldn't decide which side to fight for.
  6. Economy of the south was based on
  7. To get rid of
  8. The place where lee surrendered to Grant
  9. Commander of the Confederate Forces and the Army of Northern VA
  10. This group of people did not take sides during the war
  11. Union iron-clad ship
  12. Commander of the Union Army
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  1. Nickname earned by Thomas Jackson during Bull Run
  2. Lead a raid on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, VA in hopes of starting a slave rebellion
  3. What the north wanted the new states to be
  4. Elected President during the Civil War in 1860
  5. Fought for the confederates to protect their limited rights
  6. Confederate iron-clad ship
  7. The result of the battle between the two iron-clad ships
  8. Lead slaves North to Freedom
  9. Lead a slave revolt against Virginia Plantation Owners

21 Clues: To get rid of • Union iron-clad ship • Confederate iron-clad ship • Commander of the Union Army • Lead slaves North to Freedom • Economy of the north was based on • A person who works to end slavery • Economy of the south was based on • The place where lee surrendered to Grant • What the north wanted the new states to be • What the south wanted the new states to be • ...

Civil War 2012-04-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A common food for soldiers was called what? It was a stew of small cubes of beef and crumbled corn bread mixed with bacon grease.
  2. Who said,"It does not seem to me if I were living in the country in which I was born?"
  3. Which state voted against secession by a vote 53 to 13.
  4. In March 1864, President Lincoln appointed who the hero of the Battle of Vicksburg?
  5. Where Grant earned the name "Unconditional surrender."
  6. By 1863 there was so shortage of fodd that women and children would storm stores for what?
  7. Clusters of white buildings and tents marked the presence of who?
  8. The largest Civil War Battle in North Carolina.
  9. What was the worst Confederate prison?
  10. Hygeine and nursing did not reach this place very often.
  11. What is aother word for "conscription?"
  12. This Texas harbor city fell to the Confederates in January 1863.
  13. a draft that would force certain members of the population to serve in the army.
  14. Final defeat for Hood in 1864
  15. On one occassion, what went through Clara Barton's sleeve, killing the soldier she was helping?
  16. He was the commanding general who attcked Washington D.C.
  17. The Civil War had a profound impact on the nation's what?
  18. When the Confederate fired on Fort Sumter, the shot was probably fired feom this island.
  19. The Emancipation Proclamation aimed for states in what?
  20. Who became the first woman nurse?
  21. What woman nurse cared for sick and wounded soldiers on the front lines?
  22. This man owned the "surrender house" at appornattury.
  23. What helped to show considerable improvement in the decline of the death rate among union wounded?
  24. Wester general brougyht to D.C by Lincoln to oversee all Army operations.
  25. The first few days in May of 1863, the south was beating the north in what Virginia town?
  26. He led the Union attack against Jackson at Fredericksburg.
  27. Who said,"If slaves will make good soldiers our whole theory of slavery is wrong."
  28. Lincoln was loaded onto a funeral train that carried him back to where?
  29. general pemberton's greatest defeat.
  30. African Americans were offen assigned here. Where they caught many dieases.
  31. The Battle of Shilon was faught in this southern state.
  32. For decades the North and South had been at odds concernng states' rights and slavery. After President Lincoln's election, this number of states seceded from the Union?
  33. On November 24th. General Hooker's men stormed this stronghold near Chattanooga, TN.
  34. Cleevrne and six others were killed here.
  35. Soldiers were sent off from there communities with the bands playing this song.
  36. In 1863 congress enacted the tax law that authorized the nations first what?
  37. Who was the future Court Justice that was wounded during the Battle at Antietam?
  38. While the Union was pushing deeper into confederate territory, southern plantions owners fled while many slaves to welcome who?
  39. Battlefield includes missionary Ridge. Lootout Mountain.
  40. Lee and Grant met to arrange a Confederate surrender of April 6, 1865 at which courthouse?
  41. A court oder that requires authorities to bring a person held in jail before the court to determine why he or she is being jailed.
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  1. The second great battle of the Civil War.
  2. The blame for the conditions at Andersonville prison was put on whaat commander?
  3. Supposedly when Lincoln died, this man said," Now he belongs to the ages,"
  4. Union secretary of war.
  5. Confederate commander at Chickamauge and Chattanaoga.
  6. They were the most edger to go out and serve, but they were always sent home
  7. In 1859, Robert E. Lee was sent to stop abolitionist John Brown, who tried to start an uprising of Virginia slaves near where?
  8. Picacho Peak occured in which present state?
  9. At Petersburg, this general was killed on April 2nd while trying to reach his troops.
  10. This state was admitted to the union on June 20th
  11. Stonewell captures 20,000 union soldiers here in 1862.
  12. Battle also know as the Battle of Fleetwood Hill
  13. The battles of Mansfield and Pleastant Hill happened in this state?
  14. Union Gerneral killed by a sniper at Spotsylvania court house.
  15. Lincoln's fist task as president to get control of his own what?
  16. Confederate for that protected the port of Wilminaton, NC.
  17. Famous commander of the Wolverines.
  18. In what community did women orangize a counrtywide system to send clothing, blankets, bandages, and other supplies to local soldiers
  19. When as the turning point in the war?
  20. In march of 1862, Grant gathered his troops near a small church named what?
  21. Who wrote."the Passing of the Armies?"
  22. While the white men were doing what the owners would hire free blacks, immigrants, women, and boys to replace them.
  23. On January 1, 1863 Lincoln issued what Proclamation?
  24. What is the capital of Confederacy?
  25. On April 14th, Lincoln and his wife saw this play at Ford's Theater.
  26. The first Battle of Bull Run, the Civil War's first major land battle, took place in this southern state.
  27. The union would only accepted what color of soldiers?
  28. Who was the featured speaker at the dedication of the National cemetery at gettysburg, November 1863?
  29. Shiloh is Hebrew for place of what?
  30. This Act set up a system of federal chartered banks, loans, and provided banks to be inspected?
  31. Where was President Lincoln assassinated
  32. Slave resistance gradually weakened what system?
  33. Wealthy citizens of Washington D.C traveled to the battlefield at Bull Run to pinic and watch what was supposed to be a Union victory. But it ended up being a what retreat?

74 Clues: Union secretary of war. • Final defeat for Hood in 1864 • Who became the first woman nurse? • Famous commander of the Wolverines. • Shiloh is Hebrew for place of what? • What is the capital of Confederacy? • general pemberton's greatest defeat. • When as the turning point in the war? • What was the worst Confederate prison? • Who wrote."the Passing of the Armies?" • ...

Civil War 2012-04-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. In 1862, the U.S. issued the first paper currency called _____.
  2. New ______ gradually changed the military strategy.
  3. Lincoln gave the Gettysburg ______.
  4. More than three _____ men fought in the Civil war.
  5. Lincoln's body was carried to ________, Illinois to be buried.
  6. How many slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America?
  7. Grant had a strategy to immobilize Lee's army in Virginia while Sherman raided ______.
  8. The last battle, ________ _______, Texas was fought on May 13, 1865.
  9. who did Lincoln fire on November 7, 1862?
  10. Lee's senior corps commander at Gettysburg.
  11. Gettysburg lasted 3 ____.
  12. A soft lead bullet that was more destructive than earlier bullets. (2words)
  13. The bloodiest battle.
  14. President Lincoln issued the _____ proclamation after the Battle of Antietam, freeing all slaves in rebellious states.
  15. In the North most industries _____ but cotton textiles declined.
  16. The battle of Shiloh was fought in this southern state and resulted in 24,000 casualties.
  17. news of Fort ____'s fall united the north.
  18. How many miles was the battle of Bull Run from the Union capital?
  19. Northerners and Confederates expected a ______, glorious war.
  20. On November 24th, 1863 Gen. Hooker's men stormed this stronghold near Chattanooga, TN. (2 words)
  21. The First Battle of Bull Run took place in this Southern state.
  22. The union devised a ____-part plan to conquer the South.
  23. At cold harbor, Virginia 7000 Americans fell in ________ minutes.
  24. Starting May 1864, Grant threw his troops into battle in the wilderness near ____________, Virginia.
  25. _______ percent of Confederate prisoners died in Northern prisons.
  26. _______ believed the Emancipation Proclamation would only prolong the war by agonizing the South.
  27. _______ were outraged with the Emancipation proclamation.
  28. Confederates smuggled _____ into the North in exchange for gold, food, and other goods.
  29. Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's _______ in 1865.
  30. The Union had many advantages in _______.
  31. what are more accurate than old fashioned muskets?
  32. March 1864, Lincoln appointed Grants as ______ of all union armies?
  33. March 4, 1865 Lincoln was __________ for a second term.
  34. President Lincoln ordered a ______________ of Southern ports in 1861.
  35. Where was the worst Confederate prison?
  36. a particularly gruesome massacre occurred at fort _______, Tennessee in 1864.
  37. Substitutes for _______ were brewed peanuts, dried apples, or corn.
  38. The economic boom in the North had a dark side, people's standards of living ________.
  39. On April 18,1861 which supply ship dropped anchor off the coast of New Jersey?
  40. What ship was an instrument of Grant and Farragut in the west as a new type of war machinery.
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  1. Who won the Civil War?
  2. This state was admitted to the union on June 20, 1863.
  3. Lincoln responded to the defeat at Bull Run by calling for the enlistment of 500,000 men to serve for 3 ___ instead of 3 months.
  4. In the presidential election of 1860, who led the Republican party?
  5. Under the emancipation proclamation free blacks were also allowed to _____ in the Union army.
  6. Who was appointed by Ulysses S. Grant as commander of the military division of the Mississippi?
  7. Lincoln did not feel that the government could ______ slavery where it already existed.
  8. This general was forced to surrender Vicksburg after a six week siege led by U.S. general Grant.
  9. The government passed the ________ ______ ___ of 1863, which set up a system of federally chartered banks.
  10. Fort Sumter was on an island in which harbor?
  11. State where Gettysburg was located.
  12. The first major bloodshed occurred on July 21, about three months after _____ ________ fell.
  13. In ______ 1862 a Union army invaded western Tennessee.
  14. Slave resistance gradually ________ the plantation system.
  15. Capital of the Confederacy?
  16. In 1863 who was defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg?
  17. David G. Farragut was assigned to seize ___ ______, the Confederacy's largest city and biggest port.
  18. How many years did The Civil War last?
  19. _______ seceded from the union on December 20, 1860.
  20. A court order that requires authorities to bring a person held in jail before the court to determine why he or she is being jailed.(2 words)
  21. What nurse was described as the "angel of the battlefield"?
  22. Lincoln was ______ on April 14, 1865.
  23. The Civil War was one of the earliest true _______ wars.
  24. On April 9, 1868 Lee and Grant met to arrange a Confederate _____.
  25. emancipation would discourage Britain from supporting the _______.
  26. A __________ was passed in March 1863, making all men between 20 and 45 subject to being called for military service.
  27. This Texas Harbor city fell to the confederates in January 1863.
  28. A union steam frigate, the _______, had sunk off the coast of Virginia in 1861.
  29. Shiloh was close to which border?
  30. The Northern newspapers dubbed their strategy the _________ plan.
  31. The four year war was estimated to cost 3.3 ______ dollars.
  32. Gettysburg was considered the ____ point of the civil war.
  33. Bull Run was the first victory for the _____.
  34. A head general who was a west Point graduate.

74 Clues: The bloodiest battle. • Who won the Civil War? • Gettysburg lasted 3 ____. • Capital of the Confederacy? • Shiloh was close to which border? • Lincoln gave the Gettysburg ______. • State where Gettysburg was located. • Lincoln was ______ on April 14, 1865. • How many years did The Civil War last? • Where was the worst Confederate prison? • ...

Civil War 2012-05-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The president of the Confederate states (last name)
  2. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
  3. Troops Phrase used to describe soldiers who were either new to the military or had never fought in a battle before.
  4. Loyal to the Confederacy. Also Southern or Rebel
  5. Control of African Americans as if they were property
  6. used for transporting wounded soldiers to hospitals
  7. A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action
  8. Term for a Northerner who opposed the war effort
  9. General for the Union army (last name)
  10. A minor fight
  11. Won the Civil War
  12. Cap worn by Civil War soldiers; more prevalent among Union soldiers
  13. Slang term used for dice
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  1. people came to watch this battle
  2. Loyal to the government of the United States; also known as Union, Yankee, or Northern
  3. A group of soldiers stationed at a military post
  4. The term used for military supplies, such as weaponry and ammunition
  5. Were performed with a saw
  6. consept of destroying everything in the way
  7. A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured
  8. The president of the Union (last name)
  9. Freedom of slaves
  10. General for the Confederate army (last name)
  11. Lincoln's Vice President
  12. Small sewing kit soldiers used to repair their garments
  13. Battle fought in September 1862

26 Clues: A minor fight • Freedom of slaves • Won the Civil War • Lincoln's Vice President • Slang term used for dice • Were performed with a saw • Battle fought in September 1862 • people came to watch this battle • The president of the Union (last name) • General for the Union army (last name) • consept of destroying everything in the way • General for the Confederate army (last name) • ...

Civil War 2013-04-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the city of Manassas.
  2. the South during the American Civil War to coerce Great Britain and France to support the Southern war effort by implementing a cotton trade embargo against Great Britain and Europe.
  3. Island one of the battles in the western theatre of the War of 1812 was fought here between Sauk Indians with British support and a regiment under the command of Major Zachary Taylor.
  4. Big heavily armored ships made out of a type of metal.
  5. was fought on December 19, 1862, in Madison County, Tennessee, during the American Civil War.
  6. are goods that come into the country illegally.
  7. was an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
  8. is a legal action that requires a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court.
  9. In a series of maneuvers, Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton.
  10. is any of various efforts to procuring political rights or equality.
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  1. was fought near Port Gibson, Mississippi, on May 1, 1863, between Union and Confederate forces during the Vicksburg Campaign.
  2. also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6 – 7, 1862.
  3. also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on Wednesday, September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland.
  4. Island It took place near Charleston, South Carolina, during the first British attempt to capture the city from American rebels.
  5. It proclaimed all those enslaved in Confederate territory to be forever free, and ordered the Army to treat as free all those enslaved in ten states that were still in rebellion.
  6. were members of a vocal group of Democrats located in the Northern United States of the Union who opposed the American Civil War.
  7. was fought August 28–30, 1862,[1] as part of the American Civil War.
  8. days battle was a series of six major battles over the seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia.
  9. was an infantry assault ordered by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee against Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's Union positions on Cemetery Ridge on July 3, 1863.
  10. were slave states that did not declare their secession from the United States before April 1861.

20 Clues: are goods that come into the country illegally. • Big heavily armored ships made out of a type of metal. • was fought August 28–30, 1862,[1] as part of the American Civil War. • is any of various efforts to procuring political rights or equality. • was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the city of Manassas. • ...

Civil War 2014-12-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 1) began 1867 in Tennessee 2) intimidated freed blacks and white republicans
  2. 1) A slave was suing his owner 2) the slave lost and was returned to his owner
  3. 1) California was admitted as a free state 2) the fugitive slave act was created
  4. 1) most prominent black legislator 2) elected to the constitutional convention of 1867 and the Georgia House of Representatives
  5. 1) began November 15, 1864 and ended December 21, 1864 2) an attempt to capture savannah
  6. 1) a famous speech president Abraham Lincoln gave 2) after the "turning point" of the war battle
  7. Led by Alexander Stephens 2) prevented a civil war for 11 years
  8. 1) owned their own tools 2) owned their own animals
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  1. 1) laws that said blacks could not vote, testify against whites in court, and serve as jurors 2) they created the 14th amendment because of these
  2. 1) brought nothing but their labor 2) had to buy tools from the landowner
  3. 1) The final event that led to the Civil War 2) Abraham Lincoln, John Breckenridge, John Bell, and Stephen Douglas ran for president
  4. 1) private citizens who took the risk of invading the Union blockade for the chance at huge profits 2) were suppose to make it to Europe and back
  5. 1) made African Americans citizens of the United States 2) required that African Americans are given the same rights as all U.S. Citizens
  6. 1) aka Sherman's march though Georgia 2) led two seep rate military campaigns in the state of Georgia
  7. 1) the north and south allowed a state to be admitted to the union as a slave state then they added a free state 2) created the 36 30' parallel
  8. 1) grew because of the cotton gin 2) abolitionist tried to end this
  9. 1) The "turning point" of the Civil War 2) The South retreated back to Virginia
  10. 1) the return of runaway slaves 2) was included in the the compromise of 1850
  11. 1) officially ended slavery 2) due to the passage of this, Georgia was readmitted to the union
  12. 1) was governor of Georgia 2) unionist who resisted slavery till the very end
  13. 1) an example popular sovereignty 2) The states could choose if they wanted to be slave states or free states
  14. 1) one of the major conflicts of the civil war 2) the amount of power the local and federal governments had to make decision
  15. 1) a Prisoner of war camp 2) located in Macon county
  16. 1) aka the union blockade 2) prevented the south from shipping cotton to England

24 Clues: 1) owned their own tools 2) owned their own animals • 1) a Prisoner of war camp 2) located in Macon county • Led by Alexander Stephens 2) prevented a civil war for 11 years • 1) grew because of the cotton gin 2) abolitionist tried to end this • 1) brought nothing but their labor 2) had to buy tools from the landowner • ...

Civil War 2015-05-18

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a metal attachment on end of rifle
  2. the president of the United States 1860
  3. Long cuts (trenches) dug out of the earth with the dirt piled up into a mound in front; used for defense
  4. the drafting of military personnel
  5. A new way of conducting war appeared during the Civil War. Instead of focusing only on military targets, armies conducting total war destroyed homes and crops to demoralize and undermine the civilian base of the enemy’s war effort.
  6. Large logs painted to look like cannons; used to fool the enemy into thinking a position was stronger than it really was
  7. the foundation of the Southern economy
  8. a person who wanted to end slavery
  9. A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States. Also, Union, Federal, or Northern.
  10. a primary cause of the Civil War
  11. Blocking the supply lines and escape routes of a city to force it to surrender; usually one army traps another army in a location until it is forced to surrender
  12. the North
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  1. A disease caused by lack of ascorbic acid (found in fresh fruits and vegetables). Its symptoms include spongy gums, loose teeth, and bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes
  2. Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States. Southern states, feeling persecuted by the North, left the USA by voting to separate from the Union
  3. an effort to prevent the movement of supplies, people and communication
  4. A term used to describe the time in American history directly after the Civil War during which the South was “reconstructed” by the North after its loss in the war
  5. the South
  6. the leading general of Confederate forces
  7. name given to Southerners
  8. a series of military operations that form a distinct phase of the War, such as Sherman's March to the Sea
  9. a tide turning battle in 1863

21 Clues: the South • the North • name given to Southerners • a tide turning battle in 1863 • a primary cause of the Civil War • a metal attachment on end of rifle • the drafting of military personnel • a person who wanted to end slavery • the foundation of the Southern economy • the president of the United States 1860 • the leading general of Confederate forces • ...

civil war 2015-05-19

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot
  2. someone who wishes to abolish slavery
  3. a place where weapons and other military supplies manufactured
  4. intestinal disease causing severe diarrhea
  5. escaped slaves who fled to the union lines for protection
  6. a place where weapons and other military supplies are stored
  7. a series of military operations the form a distinct phase of the war
  8. the effort by the north to keep ships from entering or leaving southern ports
  9. loyal to the government of the united states; union, Yankee, northern
  10. a large gap in a fortification's walls or embankments caused by artillery or mines, exposing the inside of the fortification to assult
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  1. a term used for "living off the land," as well as plundering committed by soldiers
  2. loyal to the confederacy; southern or rebel
  3. the science of growing cash crops or raising livestock
  4. gunboats using stacked cotton bales to protect themselves from enemy fire
  5. a ship protected by iron armor
  6. term for a northerner who opposed the war effort
  7. a two or four wheeled wagon used to transport injured soldiers
  8. the long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile id fired
  9. to lie in wait for an unexpected attack
  10. to practice marching, military formations and the steps in firing and handling one's weapon

20 Clues: a ship protected by iron armor • someone who wishes to abolish slavery • to lie in wait for an unexpected attack • intestinal disease causing severe diarrhea • loyal to the confederacy; southern or rebel • term for a northerner who opposed the war effort • the science of growing cash crops or raising livestock • escaped slaves who fled to the union lines for protection • ...

Civil war 2016-05-17

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rights and powers independent of the federal government that are reserved for the states by the Constitution; the belief that states rights supersede federal rights and law
  2. runaway
  3. said that slavery should be banned from any lands that might be acquired from Mexico
  4. a nearly unknown candidate for president in 1860 who believed slavery was morally wrong
  5. withdraw from the Union
  6. the idea that people could exclude slavery by refusing to pass laws protecting slaveholders rights
  7. allowing the people to decide
  8. the five main points of Clays original plan
  9. an exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country
  10. a storage place for weapons and ammunition
  11. claimed Dred Scott was a slave and slaves were considered property and according to the Constitution property cannot be taken away by the government therefore the Constitution protected slavery
  12. claimed he should be free because he once lived in free soil
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  1. a conflict between citizens of the same country
  2. an African American leader who gained freedom by fleeing to North, later returned and helped other enslaved Africans escape through the Underground Railroad
  3. preserved the balance between slave and free states
  4. leave
  5. a person who dies for a great cause
  6. required all citizens to help catch runaways
  7. formed by the antislavery Democrats, Whigs and the old Liberty Party
  8. not to cast votes

20 Clues: leave • runaway • not to cast votes • withdraw from the Union • allowing the people to decide • a person who dies for a great cause • a storage place for weapons and ammunition • the five main points of Clays original plan • required all citizens to help catch runaways • a conflict between citizens of the same country • preserved the balance between slave and free states • ...

Civil War 2016-03-14

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The state of being a slave
  2. Chairman of the Secession Convention
  3. State or side that was not for slavery
  4. Member or supporter of the Republic
  5. Relating to the Democratic Party
  6. What the rebuilding after the Civil War was called
  7. Failed attempt to prevent Federal Occupation in Fort Smith
  8. president during the war
  9. The Civil War's largest battle
  10. State or person who wanted or was for slavery
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  1. Withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization
  2. Thomas Jackson's nickname
  3. America's bloodiest clash
  4. Someone who wanted to abolish slavery
  5. Lincoln's address freeing all African American slaves engaged in rebellion against the union
  6. Clan of white males who targeted (mostly) African Americans
  7. Failed attempt of Union Conquest to capture Arkansas
  8. Confederate leader of Gettysburg
  9. Activist superintendent of army nurses
  10. Sixth governor of Arkansas

20 Clues: president during the war • Thomas Jackson's nickname • America's bloodiest clash • The state of being a slave • Sixth governor of Arkansas • The Civil War's largest battle • Relating to the Democratic Party • Confederate leader of Gettysburg • Member or supporter of the Republic • Chairman of the Secession Convention • Someone who wanted to abolish slavery • ...

Civil War 2016-04-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A nickname for the money used during the Civil War.
  2. Given the honor of commanding troops that formally accepted the surrender of the Confederacy Army.
  3. Assassinated president Lincoln because he was outraged at the Souths defeat war.
  4. A nickname given to the Northerners by the Confederation.
  5. A soldier who has wounded or been killed in a battle.
  6. The 16th President
  7. Set up in a strong position.
  8. to free all black people from slavery.
  9. main cause of the Civil War.
  10. The Battle of Shiloh was fought in this Southern state and resulted in 24,000 casualties.
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  1. President Lincoln ordered this of Southern ports in 1861
  2. The most famous general on the Confederate army
  3. Freed over 70 slaves through the Underground Railroad.
  4. Capital of Confederacy
  5. The side that was against slaves
  6. The First Battle of Bull Run, the Civil War’s first major land battle, took place in this Southern state.
  7. The side that wanted slaves.
  8. proclamation This law was signed in January 1863.
  9. The right which guarantees accused individuals the right to a hearing before being jailed.
  10. President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

20 Clues: The 16th President • Capital of Confederacy • The side that wanted slaves. • Set up in a strong position. • main cause of the Civil War. • The side that was against slaves • to free all black people from slavery. • The most famous general on the Confederate army • proclamation This law was signed in January 1863. • President of the Confederacy during the Civil War. • ...

Civil War 2016-03-02

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a female given name
  2. the state or quality of being loyal
  3. to fill with fear or terror
  4. power in terms of people
  5. a cause or occasion of keen distress or sorrow
  6. a violent expansion or bursting with noise
  7. bring or put together
  8. weapon
  9. having or exerting great power or force
  10. the end of life
  11. A light to be carried in the hand
  12. red liquid that generates the human body
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  1. to break or harm that reduces value or usefulness
  2. a deficiency in quality
  3. to utter a threat against
  4. the act of a person or thing that kill
  5. powerful
  6. a work of art produced by this technique
  7. a permanent road made with tracks
  8. to be unwilling or dislike

20 Clues: weapon • powerful • the end of life • a female given name • bring or put together • a deficiency in quality • power in terms of people • to utter a threat against • to be unwilling or dislike • to fill with fear or terror • a permanent road made with tracks • A light to be carried in the hand • the state or quality of being loyal • the act of a person or thing that kill • ...

Civil War 2023-03-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South
  2. Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
  3. A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
  4. A term meaning "before war"
  5. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  6. A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States
  7. Said that black people were citizens of the United States and that all people were protected equally by the law
  8. The Confederacy
  9. The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
  10. Outlawed slavery
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  1. Gave all male citizens the right to vote regardless of race.
  2. When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
  3. These were laws that prevented black people from voting, going to school, owning land, and even getting jobs
  4. An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
  5. A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  6. The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
  7. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port
  8. These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates
  9. Was the president before he was assasinated.
  10. States of the United States, also called the Union.

20 Clues: The Confederacy • Outlawed slavery • A term meaning "before war" • Was the president before he was assasinated. • States of the United States, also called the Union. • A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery. • Gave all male citizens the right to vote regardless of race. • Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South • ...

Civil War 2023-02-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The tactic General Sherman used on his march.
  2. The capital of the Confederacy.
  3. The rank of the majority of the soldiers.
  4. States that believed slavery should be legal but did not succeed.
  5. The first all black regiment.
  6. The plan General Winfield Scott came up with for the Union.
  7. The war the south was fighting.
  8. Union leader for the Battle of Gettysburg.
  9. Where General Robert E. Lee surrendered.
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  1. Where the battle of Fort Sumter took place.
  2. The person who assassinated President Lincoln.
  3. The states that wanted slavery to remain legal.
  4. Most famous Civil War nurse.
  5. Southerners who thought secession was too dangerous.
  6. Something you are not allowed to have.
  7. The battle where no one died.
  8. The person who won the Presidential election of 1860.
  9. To formally leave something.
  10. The turning point in the war.
  11. To be free from something.

20 Clues: To be free from something. • Most famous Civil War nurse. • To formally leave something. • The battle where no one died. • The first all black regiment. • The turning point in the war. • The capital of the Confederacy. • The war the south was fighting. • Something you are not allowed to have. • Where General Robert E. Lee surrendered. • The rank of the majority of the soldiers. • ...

Civil War 2022-09-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. farmers worked on someone else land in return for a small portion of the crops
  2. The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit
  3. Confederate general
  4. Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
  5. an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877).
  6. 1st major battle in the american civil war to take place on northern soil
  7. belief that an individual state may restrict federal authority
  8. 6th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves
  9. Served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865
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  1. set up Kansas and Nebraska as states
  2. a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves
  3. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  4. northerners who went to the south during the reconstruction
  5. Lincoln wins, southern states begin to secede
  6. federal fort in the harbor of charleston
  7. sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory.
  8. Bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico
  9. abolished slavery
  10. rule by the army instead of the elected government
  11. a white southerner who joined the republican party during the reconstruction period

20 Clues: abolished slavery • Confederate general • set up Kansas and Nebraska as states • federal fort in the harbor of charleston • Lincoln wins, southern states begin to secede • a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves • rule by the army instead of the elected government • northerners who went to the south during the reconstruction • ...

Civil war 2023-04-19

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. General who later became president
  2. The North was also called by this "uniting" name
  3. Union General who later became president
  4. The Monitor and Merrimac were made of this metal
  5. first state to leave the union
  6. These people were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.
  7. Assassin of Lincoln
  8. when two or more countries have multiple disagreements
  9. when a state left the union
  10. State burnt by General Sherman and his army
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  1. This state was home to Richmond, one of the capitals of the Confederacy
  2. another name for a big farm in the south
  3. vicepresident to lincoln
  4. where the civil war began
  5. fought the north
  6. Bloody battle fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland
  7. Union General at the Battle of Gettysburg
  8. Jefferson Davis was president of this southern government
  9. He marched to Savannah
  10. type of cabin where lincoln grew up
  11. color of the confederate uniforms

21 Clues: fought the north • Assassin of Lincoln • He marched to Savannah • vicepresident to lincoln • where the civil war began • when a state left the union • first state to leave the union • color of the confederate uniforms • General who later became president • type of cabin where lincoln grew up • another name for a big farm in the south • Union General who later became president • ...

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
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  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 2023-02-23

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 2023-02-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. they ran through the blockade
  2. spreading your specific ideology
  3. the name of the confederacy
  4. had more experienced soldiers
  5. the bill that freed the slaves
  6. not interested in the same view the others in your country are
  7. believing someone is above you
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  1. majority wins
  2. to give up power
  3. Union president
  4. ignoring a law
  5. leaving a country
  6. the base needs to run a country
  7. the time before war
  8. the main gun used in the civil war
  9. someone who works for no pay and under bad onditions
  10. someone ho escapes
  11. intensely loving your country
  12. the side that ad more resources
  13. crossing a continents

20 Clues: majority wins • ignoring a law • Union president • to give up power • leaving a country • someone ho escapes • the time before war • crossing a continents • the name of the confederacy • they ran through the blockade • had more experienced soldiers • intensely loving your country • the bill that freed the slaves • believing someone is above you • the base needs to run a country • ...

Civil War 2023-04-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Political party that boycotted U.S. Congress
  2. Done for the first time in the U.S. Civil War
  3. How many states seceded
  4. Who led the March to Sea
  5. To eliminate
  6. Proposed the Anaconda Plan
  7. Speech given after the Battle of Gettysburg
  8. Robert E. Lee's horse
  9. Who surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse
  10. Firing at the fort that started the war
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  1. Vice-president of the Confederate States of America
  2. President of the Confederate States of America
  3. 2nd state to leave the Union
  4. 1st battle of the war
  5. 1st capital of the Confederacy
  6. Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  7. What month did the Civil War start
  8. What was the single bloodiest day of the war
  9. Slave state that did not leave the Union
  10. President of the U.S.

20 Clues: To eliminate • 1st battle of the war • Robert E. Lee's horse • President of the U.S. • How many states seceded • Who led the March to Sea • Proposed the Anaconda Plan • Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin • 2nd state to leave the Union • 1st capital of the Confederacy • What month did the Civil War start • Firing at the fort that started the war • Slave state that did not leave the Union • ...

Civil War 2023-04-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The president
  2. Union's plan to defeat the Confederacy
  3. Where Lincoln gave a speech
  4. Southern states that seceded from the USA in 1861
  5. First State to secede from the Union
  6. States associated with the Confederacy
  7. The victors
  8. Food given to soldiers during the war
  9. Leader of the Confederates
  10. How many years the war took
  11. A confederate leader
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  1. A symbolic division between free states and slave states. Located between Pennsylvania, Maryland and Deleware
  2. Freedom from slavery
  3. Someone who wishes to end slavery
  4. Person Loyal to the Confederate States
  5. Gun A rapid firing, multiple barrel firearm, usually mounted on wheels like a cannonn
  6. States associated with the Union
  7. This was abolished
  8. Irish Platoon of Union Soldiers that held off the South at Gettysburg, and were later honored as the University of Notre Dame's mascott.
  9. Someone loyal to the Union in the North
  10. The Month of the war

21 Clues: The victors • The president • This was abolished • Freedom from slavery • The Month of the war • A confederate leader • Leader of the Confederates • Where Lincoln gave a speech • How many years the war took • States associated with the Union • Someone who wishes to end slavery • First State to secede from the Union • Food given to soldiers during the war • ...

Civil War 2023-05-02

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union campaign led by William T. Sherman with Savannah being the objective
  2. Naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading
  3. Compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union
  4. The first shots of the Civil War were fired in South Carolina
  5. the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized, rebuilt, and reintegrated into the Union
  6. Compromise that brought Missouri into the Union
  7. A series of battles fought throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta
  8. Infamous prisoner-of-war camp
  9. Turning point in the Civil War
  10. Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servitude
  11. Document that declared all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed
  12. Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
  13. One of the first major battles in the Civil War
  14. An abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt by capturing Armories in southern territory and giving weapons to slaves
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  1. Speech given by Abraham Lincoln in which he praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War
  2. Allowing political decisions to be made by the will of the people
  3. States where slavery was legal
  4. The act of making legally null and void
  5. Declared slaves were not citizens of the United States
  6. States where slavery was illegal
  7. Largest battle fought in Georgia
  8. Abolished slavery. First of three "Reconstruction Amendments"
  9. The bloodiest battle of the war
  10. Act that allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted to enter the union as free or slave states
  11. The 16th president of the United States during the Civil War

25 Clues: Infamous prisoner-of-war camp • States where slavery was legal • Turning point in the Civil War • The bloodiest battle of the war • States where slavery was illegal • Largest battle fought in Georgia • The act of making legally null and void • Compromise that brought Missouri into the Union • One of the first major battles in the Civil War • ...

Civil War 2017-05-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. gave the "ain't i a woman?" speech
  2. President of the Confederacy
  3. speech given at gettysburg
  4. angel of the battlefield
  5. bloodiest battle of the civil war
  6. main reason that led to the civil war
  7. forced labor
  8. President of the Union
  9. battle that gave the union control of the mississippi river
  10. freed all slaves in the south
  11. first form of long distance communication through wires
  12. An effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries by admitting Missouri as a slave state
  13. to withdraw from a federal union
  14. conductor of the underground railroad
Down
  1. assassinator of abraham lincoln
  2. commander of the union
  3. the north specialized in this
  4. who was shot but died from pneumonia
  5. a machine for separating cotton from the seeds
  6. first battle of the civil war
  7. route that freed thousands of slaves
  8. commander of the confederacy
  9. published "the liberator" an antislavery newspaper
  10. wrote uncle toms cabin
  11. fought for blacks to fight in the union

25 Clues: forced labor • commander of the union • President of the Union • wrote uncle toms cabin • angel of the battlefield • speech given at gettysburg • President of the Confederacy • commander of the confederacy • the north specialized in this • first battle of the civil war • freed all slaves in the south • assassinator of abraham lincoln • to withdraw from a federal union • ...

Civil war 2017-02-24

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. /A person who is legally owned by someone else and has to work for that person
  2. / South economy was based on... plantation
  3. / Did all Southern states supported the secession?
  4. / What surgeons on the battlefield didn't know about?
  5. North economy was based on ...
  6. Union officials used ... to move troops and supplies from one place to another
  7. / Confederacy President
  8. / American ... war was a conflict between the south and the north
  9. / By using ... Abraham Lincoln Become able to communicate on the spot with his officers on the battlefield.
  10. / How many states seceded the union by the time Lincoln entered office?
  11. The ... states during the Civil War were the slave states that didn't leave the Union
  12. / The ... Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War
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  1. Sumter / Where The Confederate Artillery opened fire?
  2. / The war had its origin in the factious issue of ...
  3. President Lincoln's initial response to the attack at Ft. Sumter was the ... plan
  4. / Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the U.S. and formed the... states
  5. Law / A type of rule in which military commanders are in control and citizens' rights and freedoms are suspended
  6. /Confederacy was fighting a ... war
  7. / The slave states ... the union and formed the Confederacy
  8. / What president won the election in 1860?

20 Clues: / Confederacy President • North economy was based on ... • /Confederacy was fighting a ... war • / South economy was based on... plantation • / What president won the election in 1860? • / Did all Southern states supported the secession? • Sumter / Where The Confederate Artillery opened fire? • / The war had its origin in the factious issue of ... • ...

Civil War 2017-04-20

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Nickname given to Confederate General Jackson
  2. The Confederate Capitol
  3. Bloodiest day in American History was here
  4. Battle Gave control of Mississippi to the North
  5. Union plan for war
  6. Gun with a grooved barrel
  7. ___________ Proclamation
  8. The reluctant Union General
  9. Battle called the turning point of war
  10. First skirmish of the Civil War was here
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  1. Union president
  2. Slave state that borders a free state
  3. The Confederate general
  4. Northern Democrats who opposed the war
  5. Southern plan for war
  6. Reason Lee investigated Gettysburg
  7. Technology increased in the Civil War, but Military_________ did not
  8. Confederate president
  9. Amendment abolishing slavery
  10. The Union general in the West

20 Clues: Union president • Union plan for war • Southern plan for war • Confederate president • The Confederate general • The Confederate Capitol • ___________ Proclamation • Gun with a grooved barrel • The reluctant Union General • Amendment abolishing slavery • The Union general in the West • Reason Lee investigated Gettysburg • Slave state that borders a free state • ...

Civil War 2020-02-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A military person lost through death, wounds, injury or sickness
  2. Where the United States Military Academy is located
  3. Major battle in Mississippi where the Union Army defeated the Confederates
  4. An artillery weapon that fires explosive shells
  5. Also known as the North
  6. The president during the Civil War
  7. What amendment ended slavery
  8. An American politician who served as vice president of the Confederate States
  9. To prevent any goods, troops, and weapons from entering Southern states
  10. The branch of military that conducts military operations at sea
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  1. Name used to describe new troops to the military
  2. Also known as the Confederacy
  3. Document that stated all slaves should be set free
  4. Steam propelled warship protected by iron and steel
  5. First vehicle used for transporting wounded soldiers
  6. Where the first battle of the Civil War was fought
  7. The person who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  8. Military officer responsible for providing quarters
  9. A stretcher used to transport wounded soldiers
  10. Military cap with a flat circular top with a peak of leather or cloth

20 Clues: Also known as the North • What amendment ended slavery • Also known as the Confederacy • The president during the Civil War • The person who assassinated Abraham Lincoln • A stretcher used to transport wounded soldiers • An artillery weapon that fires explosive shells • Name used to describe new troops to the military • Document that stated all slaves should be set free • ...

Civil War 2020-01-20

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. New Party that was formed in 1848 when neither presidential candidate would take a stand on slavery
  2. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
  3. What did Uncle Tom's Cabin show about slavery
  4. African Americans and Whites who opposed slavery set up to help runaways escape
  5. African America that sued for his freedom in 1846
  6. What name was given to the laws passes in Congress that contained the
  7. Who did the American party nominate in the presidential election of 1856
  8. Annexation of Texas
  9. What did Douglas call letting settlers in a territory vote on whether to allow slavery
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  1. Who did the Republican party nominate in the presidential election of 1856
  2. The attitude that grew out the differences between the North and the South
  3. a young senator from Illinois that finally resolved the crisis
  4. The main topic of the seven debates between Lincoln and Douglas
  5. Who did the Democratic party nominate in the presidential election of 1856
  6. Proposal that specified that slavery should be prohibited in any lands acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War
  7. who led an attack on Pottawatomie Creek to retaliate for the attack on Lawrence
  8. Clays Proposal
  9. main points of Clay's original plan
  10. Proposes that neither Congress nor a territorial government had the authority to ban slavery
  11. When did Congress pass the Kansas-Nebraska Act
  12. Who said "A house divided against itself cannot stand"

21 Clues: Clays Proposal • Annexation of Texas • Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin • main points of Clay's original plan • What did Uncle Tom's Cabin show about slavery • When did Congress pass the Kansas-Nebraska Act • African America that sued for his freedom in 1846 • Who said "A house divided against itself cannot stand" • a young senator from Illinois that finally resolved the crisis • ...

Civil War 2021-01-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The final major battle of the campaign.
  2. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free.
  3. second costliest battle of the Civil War
  4. small battles and fights with an opposing force.
  5. were a series of battles in which Union forces routed Confederate troops in Tennessee at the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge during the American Civil War
  6. The battle when Sigel was sent to protect the Bushong area.
  7. holding innocent people to serve you.
  8. drove back General George B. McClellan's Union forces and thwarted the Northern attempt to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
  9. Confederate general best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia from 1862 until its surrender in 1865 and earned a reputation as a skilled tactician.
  10. was a major general of the Potomac union forces.
  11. fought mainly for slavery rights
  12. the side of the war the supported slavery and states rights.
  13. was burned on september 26,1864.
  14. also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, occurred on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland.
  15. the side of the civil war the opposed slavery.
  16. where the union cut off suplies to confederacy.
  17. The woman who risked her life to bring food and supplies to the confederacy. founder of Red Cross.
  18. gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in the American Civil War.By having control of the river, Union forces would split the Confederacy in two and control an important route to move men and supplies.
  19. Built to protect charles harbor
  20. Was one of the first battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee.
  21. the U.S. abiding law maker and order keeper.
  22. fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around
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  1. the branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth
  2. the form of legislative bodies that makes and assists the president with making laws
  3. a Confederacy general who lead the attack on Fort Sumter
  4. the fort named after the 5th president
  5. the main union general that we learn about.
  6. the bloodest battle of the civil war
  7. 16th president
  8. was a huge victory for the Confederacy and General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War, though it is also famous for being the battle in which Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was mortally wounded.
  9. people who don't choose sides.
  10. when the general Ulysses S. Grant comissioned for all of the forces to advance at the enemey.
  11. Confederate general in the American Civil War, one of its most skillful tacticians in 1861.
  12. wepons; guns, pisotols, cannons, gunpoweder...
  13. American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.
  14. Middle ground of the Civil war; split in half.
  15. one out of 2 forts made to protect the Hampton Roads Harbor
  16. The place of final surrender; Mclean house.
  17. the ability to do something while abiding the law.
  18. people who disagree on the terms of political disputes.
  19. not being bound or unjustly owned.

41 Clues: 16th president • people who don't choose sides. • Built to protect charles harbor • fought mainly for slavery rights • was burned on september 26,1864. • not being bound or unjustly owned. • the bloodest battle of the civil war • holding innocent people to serve you. • the fort named after the 5th president • The final major battle of the campaign. • ...

Civil War 2021-02-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Influential southern woman who kept a diary of her life
  2. First battle of the Civil War
  3. Enslaved African American who delivered a confederate ship to the union
  4. Were paid less than White soldiers,former enslaved would travel North with the army
  5. Wrote love letters to his wife and was killed during First Bull run
  6. Highest military and prestigious decoration
  7. Document that Declared all slaves in the Confederate states free
  8. President of the Confederacy
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  1. An all black regiment that fought for the North
  2. President of the Union
  3. The most important ship to the confederacy, was a blockade runner
  4. A man who paid George Beniski to serve in the Seventy-Sixth New York Infantry in his place
  5. Required to pick or scrape lint, worked in ammunition factories, collected food
  6. More people, more factories, more railroads
  7. Home field advantage, better generals
  8. The name of the South during the Civil War
  9. The battle of SC's port royal sound
  10. Confederate Submarine
  11. Name of the Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy
  12. The name of the North during the Civil War

20 Clues: Confederate Submarine • President of the Union • President of the Confederacy • First battle of the Civil War • The battle of SC's port royal sound • Home field advantage, better generals • The name of the South during the Civil War • The name of the North during the Civil War • More people, more factories, more railroads • Highest military and prestigious decoration • ...

Civil war 2021-03-18

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First state to leave the Union
  2. Type of cabin where Lincoln grew up
  3. Word for when a state left the union
  4. Short and famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln
  5. The North was also called by this "uniting" name
  6. Union General who later became president
  7. Jefferson Davis was president of this southern government
  8. This state was home to Richmond, one of the capitals of the Confederacy
  9. Another name for a big farm in the south
Down
  1. Vice President to Lincoln
  2. These people were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation
  3. Theatre where Lincoln was shot
  4. Where did the Civil War began
  5. Civil ____
  6. Union General at the Battle of Gettysburg
  7. He marched to Savannah
  8. Fought the North
  9. Assassin of Lincoln
  10. State burnt by General Sherman and his army
  11. Battle of Bull ___
  12. President during the Civil War
  13. Color of the confederate uniforms
  14. Bloody battle fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland

23 Clues: Civil ____ • Fought the North • Battle of Bull ___ • Assassin of Lincoln • He marched to Savannah • Vice President to Lincoln • Where did the Civil War began • Theatre where Lincoln was shot • First state to leave the Union • President during the Civil War • Color of the confederate uniforms • Type of cabin where Lincoln grew up • Word for when a state left the union • ...

Civil war 2021-04-28

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

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

Civil War 2021-09-10

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

20 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. • Commanding general of the Union armies. • Name of the bloodiest battle of the war. • Slave states that remained in the union. • group of states that seceded from the US. • ...

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

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 2021-05-31

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

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 2021-10-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union military post in South Carolina which was taken over by the Confederacy in 1861.
  2. Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal.
  3. A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery or not.
  4. southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
  5. Courthouse
  6. War between the North and South.
  7. Speech given by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery*His three minute speech inspired the North to keep fighting for a united country and the end of slavery.
  8. A series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states. Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state to keep the balance of powe
  9. ship made of iron
  10. Union strategy for winning by "squeezing" on all sides* The Union blocked the South's coastline and Mississippi River to stop movement of people and supplies in the South.
  11. where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant.
  12. President of the United States of America during the Civil War; born in Kentucky; helped preserve the United States by leading the country in the defeat of the Confederacy; against slavery; freed slaves; assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
  13. U.S. Supreme Court decision which determined that slaves (Dred Scott) could not sue in federal court because they did not have the rights of citizenship.
  14. Novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the horrors of slavery to Northerners.
  15. Rapid-fire gun capable of shooting 600 rounds per minute.
  16. Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win.
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  1. of Antietam
  2. General of the Confederacy considered to be one of the greatest generals of all time*He was against slavery but didn't want to fight against his home state of Virginia. He also believed in states' rights.
  3. Proclamation
  4. The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to General Ulysses S. Grant's army on July 4th, 1863, after 48 days of seige
  5. Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else.
  6. Slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware).*Lincoln did not call for abolition (free all slaves) at the beginning of the war because these states had slaves and would fight for the Union.
  7. for the South; got his nickname because he refused to retreat during battle - he held his position like a stone wall.
  8. To leave or withdraw
  9. War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded
  10. freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
  11. The march of an army of 62,000 men from Atlanta toward Savannah, Georgia which left a path of almost total destruction. *It is often cited as the first example of total war.
  12. United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)

28 Clues: Courthouse • of Antietam • Proclamation • ship made of iron • To leave or withdraw • War between the North and South. • War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded • freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states • Rapid-fire gun capable of shooting 600 rounds per minute. • southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861. • ...

Civil War 2021-10-07

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

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. • An army of citizens used during emergencies. • the act of governing or exercising authority • Large caliber firearms like canons and mortars • ...

Civil war 2022-06-01

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an uphill battle against the confederacy. Burnsides fought with a knowing disadvantage and retreated, causing the war to extend.
  2. another term for abolitionist
  3. A term used to describe marauding or foraging soldiers.
  4. took shilohs place as bloodiest battle in history, where stonewall was shot by his own men and died within the next two weeks
  5. Nickname of Confederate general Thomas J. Jackson.
  6. single bloodiest day in american history to today(roughly 6,000 dead, 16000 wounded) impactfull because 1)because the union won, britain decided not to get involved in the war, 2) it caused lincoln to change his mind(demolish slavery instead of just stoping the spread)
  7. Blue Flag” : very popular Confederate song named after the first flag of the Confederacy(one white star on a blue background) The lyrics listed each state in the order they removed themselves from the Union.
  8. sumter: Kickoff battle for the civl war
  9. : one of the most incompetant leaders in american history
  10. Grant: the man who lead the Union side in the battle of Shiloh, the 18th US President
  11. the bloodiest battle in American history at the time. Means place of peace in hebrew.
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  1. battle of Bull Run: the Confederate side lead by Jckson Stonewall, The Defeat for the north made them realize they needed a larger, better trained army.
  2. confederate capital
  3. the Northern
  4. states: what the southern states are called, pro-slavery
  5. Pond: Legend that there were so many casualties, the nearby pond was stained red
  6. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
  7. Union general who led during the battle of Chanslorville.
  8. States: The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri. Although these states did not officially join the Confederacy, many of their citizens supported the South.
  9. term used to describe the United States before the outbreak of the Civil War.

20 Clues: the Northern • confederate capital • another term for abolitionist • sumter: Kickoff battle for the civl war • Nickname of Confederate general Thomas J. Jackson. • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. • A term used to describe marauding or foraging soldiers. • states: what the southern states are called, pro-slavery • ...

Civil War 2022-05-23

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President of Confederacy during the war
  2. 16th president of the US
  3. Sewed uniforms and made other supplies
  4. The act of rejecting a federal law
  5. Crop that transformed the country
  6. To leave
  7. A warship covered in iron plates for protection
  8. A person who is forced to obey their owner
  9. A speech given by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg
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  1. A bullet with a hollow base that caused many casualties
  2. The bloodiest 1-day battle of the war
  3. Assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  4. Someone who wanted to end slavery
  5. Issued by Abraham Lincoln, this declared that all slaves in the Confederate states would be free
  6. What the North was called
  7. The Confederate attack on this fort marked the start of the war
  8. What the South was called
  9. This isolates an area of importance of the enemy's
  10. The bloodiest battle of the war (3 days)
  11. An agricultural farm that used slave labor

20 Clues: To leave • 16th president of the US • What the North was called • What the South was called • Assassinated Abraham Lincoln • Someone who wanted to end slavery • Crop that transformed the country • The act of rejecting a federal law • The bloodiest 1-day battle of the war • Sewed uniforms and made other supplies • President of Confederacy during the war • ...

Civil War 2022-05-31

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ankle high shoe for soldiers
  2. Opposite of Southerners
  3. A name for the south
  4. The side of a military unit
  5. To contact allies
  6. A nickname for northerners
  7. Reason for the civil war
  8. Attempt to block someone
  9. A serious disagreement
  10. To get rid of; Destroy
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  1. Brutally kill someone
  2. Gun with blade on end
  3. Give permission formally
  4. Crackers eaten by soldiers
  5. Type of war
  6. Where the war started
  7. Someone who supports union
  8. Cap warn by the soldiers
  9. Opposite of Northerners
  10. An injured or killed soldier

20 Clues: Type of war • To contact allies • A name for the south • Brutally kill someone • Gun with blade on end • Where the war started • A serious disagreement • To get rid of; Destroy • Opposite of Southerners • Opposite of Northerners • Give permission formally • Cap warn by the soldiers • Reason for the civil war • Attempt to block someone • Crackers eaten by soldiers • Someone who supports union • ...

Civil War 2022-06-02

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a.k.a. "Battle of Sharpsburg";this was the deadliest one-day battle in American Military history
  2. repeated outbreaks of violence between proslavery and anit slavery
  3. A.K.A. "Fighting Joe";The defeat from the Battle of Chancellorsville led to his resignation
  4. ordered the first shots of the Civil War during the bombardment of Fort Sumter (April 12-14, 1861)
  5. this caused the border states to secede from the United States
  6. Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia
  7. this group left the union because Licoln, who opposed the expansion of slavery, was elected president
  8. Northen army;they were fighting to get the states back that seceded
  9. He broke through confederate lines at the Battle of Spotsylvania court house;He lead his corps for Siege of Petersburg
  10. the people decide for themselves if they should be a free or slave state
  11. he was the general of the Manassas, Antietam, Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville Battles
  12. he screened Confederate positions and intercepted Union battle plans
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  1. he was elected as the 18th president;he led Union armies to victory
  2. it was issued by Abraham Licoln that all slaves should be let free
  3. the first shots of the Civil War were shot here
  4. a decade long, fight for freedom by a black enslaved man
  5. this was a victory for confederacy;in this battle Lee faced an army twice as big as his and still won
  6. He led the Union armies through the south (Georgia and the Carolina's);he produced revolutionary ideas of "total warfare"
  7. got the nickname "young Napoleon" and "Little Mac";He was a major general during the Civil War
  8. Licoln was elected and it caused 7 southern states to secede and make the confederate states
  9. known as the "deciding battle in the Civil War"
  10. he was the commander of the Northern Virginia army;he produced the most successful Southern army during the Civil War
  11. the first major land battle of the Civil War
  12. he organized an army of Rhode Island militiamen in 1861;he had one of the first units to arrive in Washington D.C.
  13. an act the replaced the Missouri Compromise and it allowed popular sovereignty

25 Clues: the first major land battle of the Civil War • the first shots of the Civil War were shot here • known as the "deciding battle in the Civil War" • Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia • a decade long, fight for freedom by a black enslaved man • this caused the border states to secede from the United States • ...

Civil War 2022-05-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Gun used by troops
  2. Symbol of a country
  3. long metal blade
  4. Ammo used by the soldiers
  5. Used to send messages
  6. An instrument used in war
  7. Pro-Slavery
  8. Transported good to the front lines
  9. Used early in the war b y confederates
  10. tags used to identify soldiers
  11. Mapped out the battlefield
  12. High rank in armed forces
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  1. Used to separate cotton from its seeds
  2. Used as rations for soldiers
  3. Fight between two sides
  4. state of being a slave
  5. Only used a few times
  6. Men who fought the war
  7. A vessel
  8. Anti- Slavery

20 Clues: A vessel • Pro-Slavery • Anti- Slavery • long metal blade • Gun used by troops • Symbol of a country • Used to send messages • Only used a few times • state of being a slave • Men who fought the war • Fight between two sides • Ammo used by the soldiers • An instrument used in war • High rank in armed forces • Mapped out the battlefield • Used as rations for soldiers • ...

CIVIL WAR 2017-01-16

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. MARCHED THRU GEORGIA DESTROYING EVERYTHING
  2. PRESIDENT THAT SUPPORTED THE NORTH
  3. UNSUCCESFULLY SUED FOR HIS AND HIS FAMILIES FREEDOM
  4. NAME FOR THE NORTHERN STATES DURING THE WAR
  5. STRATGEY TO DESTROY ALL VALUABLE RESOURCES OF OPPONENT
  6. BOOK THAT EXPOSED SOUTHERN SLAVERY
  7. FAMOUS AURTHOR OF UNCLE TOMS CABIN
  8. REVOLUTION THAT CHANGED METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
  9. PLAN TO DEFEAT THE SOUTH
  10. LOCATION FOR LINCOLNS FAMOUS SPEECH
  11. GENERAL FOR THE CONFEDERACY
  12. FIRST BATTLE IN CIVIL WAR
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  1. THE FREEING OF SOMEONE FROM SLAVERY
  2. UNION GENERAL THAT LATER BECAME PRESIDENT
  3. WAS LINCOLNS VICE PRESIDENT
  4. RAN AGAINST LINCOLN FOR PRESIDENT
  5. NAME OF SOUTHERN STATES DURING CIVIL WAR
  6. WERE NORTH AND SOUTH ENDED WAR
  7. FINAL PLACE OF MAJOR MILITARY ACTION
  8. PEOPLE THAT ARE OWNED BY OTHER PEOPLE

20 Clues: PLAN TO DEFEAT THE SOUTH • FIRST BATTLE IN CIVIL WAR • WAS LINCOLNS VICE PRESIDENT • GENERAL FOR THE CONFEDERACY • WERE NORTH AND SOUTH ENDED WAR • RAN AGAINST LINCOLN FOR PRESIDENT • PRESIDENT THAT SUPPORTED THE NORTH • BOOK THAT EXPOSED SOUTHERN SLAVERY • FAMOUS AURTHOR OF UNCLE TOMS CABIN • THE FREEING OF SOMEONE FROM SLAVERY • LOCATION FOR LINCOLNS FAMOUS SPEECH • ...

Civil war 2017-01-28

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Crackers that the soldiers ate
  2. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports.
  3. To free the slaves
  4. To admit defeat and give up in the face of overwhelming odds
  5. The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people.
  6. A leather shoe, similar to an ankle-high boot, issued to soldiers during the Civil War
  7. A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action.
  8. Round container used to carry water; made of wood or tin and carried over the shoulder by a strap
  9. A disease caused by lack of ascorbic acid (found in fresh fruits and vegetables)
  10. Blocking the supply lines and escape routes of a city to force it to surrender
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  1. Someone who wants to get rid of slavery
  2. states The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri. Although these states did not officially join the Confederacy, many of their citizens supported the South.
  3. Land within the mainland boundaries of the country that had not yet become a state
  4. A place that manufactures
  5. The southern U.S party
  6. A large armored ship
  7. A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored.
  8. A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder
  9. The forced labor of African Americans
  10. Northern U.S party
  11. To rush towards the enemy.

21 Clues: To free the slaves • Northern U.S party • A large armored ship • The southern U.S party • A place that manufactures • To rush towards the enemy. • Crackers that the soldiers ate • The forced labor of African Americans • Someone who wants to get rid of slavery • A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder • A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action. • ...

civil war 2017-10-26

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. abrahamlincoln
  2. slavery
  3. civilwar
  4. fugitive
  5. south
  6. confederate
  7. soldier
  8. cotton
  9. gettysburg
  10. davis
Down
  1. harriettubman
  2. abolitionist
  3. union
  4. yankees
  5. rights
  6. petersburg
  7. freedom
  8. states
  9. rebels
  10. north
  11. bullrun

21 Clues: union • south • north • davis • rights • states • cotton • rebels • slavery • yankees • freedom • soldier • bullrun • civilwar • fugitive • petersburg • gettysburg • confederate • abolitionist • harriettubman • abrahamlincoln

Civil War 2018-02-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to formally give up territory or power
  2. to give a person a job because he helped a person get elected
  3. a specialized vocabulary
  4. the older wiser person who helps somebody
  5. political cooperation based on shared geography
  6. the state existing before the war
  7. when a person is unwillingly forced into another nation’s military
  8. a place that has a large amount of things
  9. a person who gets help by an older more experienced person
  10. the belief that government should not restrict people’s economic activities
  11. to take a truth and exaggerate it to insult a person’s character
  12. to make worse
  13. to stop; to end
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  1. sovereignty the people in a place vote to decide an issue for that place
  2. Hemisphere North Central and South America and all its islands
  3. the permission to do something because of an election
  4. when part of a nation tries to leave and start its own nation
  5. when a bank closes because it has no money
  6. the right to vote
  7. to control every part of something
  8. a person who borrows a large sum of money and invest it in something very risky
  9. to formally approve of something

22 Clues: to make worse • to stop; to end • the right to vote • a specialized vocabulary • to formally approve of something • the state existing before the war • to control every part of something • to formally give up territory or power • the older wiser person who helps somebody • a place that has a large amount of things • when a bank closes because it has no money • ...

civil war 2018-01-26

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A leather shoe
  2. A stretcher
  3. confederacy
  4. a leave from duty
  5. actively attacking someone
  6. to rush towards the enemy
  7. a branch of military
  8. loyal to confederate states
  9. a solid object shot from a cannon
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  1. A crushing defeat
  2. to attack unexpectedly
  3. crop grown to be sold for cash
  4. lowest rank
  5. a minor fight
  6. a two wheeled cart
  7. a large gap in a wall by artillery or mine
  8. Union
  9. loyal to the government
  10. soldier standing guard
  11. A very large group of soldiers

20 Clues: Union • lowest rank • A stretcher • confederacy • a minor fight • A leather shoe • A crushing defeat • a leave from duty • a two wheeled cart • a branch of military • to attack unexpectedly • soldier standing guard • loyal to the government • to rush towards the enemy • actively attacking someone • loyal to confederate states • crop grown to be sold for cash • A very large group of soldiers • ...

Civil War 2018-05-31

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Emancipation Proclamation changed the Civil War into a struggle for ________.
  2. Lincols strategy to cut off the South's supply of imports/exports is called a ___.
  3. an all out attack aimed to destroy an enemy's army, its resources, and its people's will to fight.
  4. slave states that did no secede
  5. Another word for free
  6. The bloodies conflict in the US ever.
  7. Freed slaves in the areas that were fighting the Union
  8. This Union General Marched to the Sea and ordered the burning of Atlanta
  9. The confederate attack of a USA fort that led to the initiator of the Civil War
  10. A former store clerk who successfully led the Union troops in the west.
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  1. The south was called the ____.
  2. Due to industrialization, the North had many ___ which would give them an advantage over the south.
  3. The general of the Union in the East who was known for his very cautious approach
  4. A major general of the Confederacy
  5. a type of rule in which the military is in charge and citzens' rights are suspended
  6. the north and south became more focused on their regions interests, this is called
  7. The first state to sceded
  8. This general got his nickname due to his solid stance during the First Battle of Bull Run
  9. The military term for persons killed, wounded, or missing in action
  10. Warships that were covered with protective iron plates
  11. This battle took place in 1863 in Pennsylvania, it was a Union vicotry resulting in large Confederate casualties. President Lincoln also gave a famous speech here.
  12. The north was called the ___.

22 Clues: Another word for free • The first state to sceded • The north was called the ___. • The south was called the ____. • slave states that did no secede • A major general of the Confederacy • The bloodies conflict in the US ever. • Freed slaves in the areas that were fighting the Union • Warships that were covered with protective iron plates • ...

Civil War 2019-05-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. From the North. Specializes in industry.
  2. Occurring between citizens in a nation.
  3. Cannons used for warfare on land.
  4. Soldiers on horseback.
  5. From the South. Specializes in plantations.
  6. A military post where troops are stationed.
  7. A violent uprising against a government.
  8. Withdrawing or moving away from a battle.
  9. Leaving the union.
  10. To recruit for military service.
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  1. 16th president.
  2. Continuous attack, usually from artillery.
  3. To relinquish or give up.
  4. Foot soldiers.
  5. A period of irregular or unplanned fighting.
  6. Making a definite result.
  7. Wealth of a country or region.
  8. A disorderly retreat.
  9. Owning slaves.
  10. A soft, white and fibrous substance. Mostly produced in the South in the Confederacy.

20 Clues: Foot soldiers. • Owning slaves. • 16th president. • Leaving the union. • A disorderly retreat. • Soldiers on horseback. • To relinquish or give up. • Making a definite result. • Wealth of a country or region. • To recruit for military service. • Cannons used for warfare on land. • Occurring between citizens in a nation. • From the North. Specializes in industry. • ...

Civil War 2019-05-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 16th president.
  2. Continuous attack, usually from artillery.
  3. From the South. Specializes in plantations.
  4. To recruit for military service.
  5. To relinquish or give up.
  6. A military post where troops are stationed.
  7. Occurring between citizens in a nation.
  8. Wealth of a country or region.
Down
  1. A violent uprising against a government.
  2. Owning slaves.
  3. From the North. Specializes in industry.
  4. Leaving the union.
  5. Foot soldiers.
  6. Cannons used for warfare on land.
  7. Making a definite result.
  8. A period of irregular or unplanned fighting.
  9. Soldiers on horseback.
  10. Withdrawing or moving away from a battle.
  11. A soft, white and fibrous substance.
  12. A disorderly retreat.

20 Clues: Owning slaves. • Foot soldiers. • 16th president. • Leaving the union. • A disorderly retreat. • Soldiers on horseback. • Making a definite result. • To relinquish or give up. • Wealth of a country or region. • To recruit for military service. • Cannons used for warfare on land. • A soft, white and fibrous substance. • Occurring between citizens in a nation. • ...

civil war 2019-10-09

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Compromise/A series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states. Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state to keep the balance of power.
  2. three minute speech inspired the North to keep fighting for a united country and the end of slavery.
  3. Tom's Cabin/Novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the horrors of slavery to Northerners.
  4. of Gettysburg/Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win.
  5. Act/A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery or not.
  6. states/Slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware).
  7. Scott Decision/U.S. Supreme Court decision which determined that slaves (Dred Scott) could not sue in federal court because they did not have the rights of citizenship.
  8. Davis/President of the Confederacy; born in Kentucky; for slavery; believed states had the right to leave the Union
  9. Proclamation/
  10. for the South; got his nickname because he refused to retreat during battle - he held his position like a stone wall.
  11. freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
  12. Address/Speech given by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery
  13. United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
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  1. Ferry/Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal.
  2. southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
  3. of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else.
  4. stopped the South's advance in the North
  5. Southern states seceded from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the Civil War.
  6. leave or withdraw
  7. Sumter/Union military post in South Carolina which was taken over by the Confederacy in 1861.
  8. erupted when people from Missouri crossed into Kansas to vote for slavery then went back to Missouri
  9. clad/ship made of iron
  10. Lincoln/President of the United States of America during the Civil War; born in Kentucky; helped preserve the United States by leading the country in the defeat of the Confederacy; against slavery; freed slaves; assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
  11. did not call for abolition (free all slaves) at the beginning of the war because these states had slaves and would fight for the Union.

24 Clues: Proclamation/ • leave or withdraw • clad/ship made of iron • stopped the South's advance in the North • freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states • of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else. • southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861. • Ferry/Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal. • ...

Civil War 2019-10-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
  2. something formed by two or more things
  3. an American abolitionist and political activist
  4. also called field surgery and later combat casualty care
  5. is a steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates
  6. American and Confederate soldier, best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army
  7. was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author
  8. served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War
  9. the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States
  10. was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician
  11. is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area
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  1. It’s known as the site of a key Civil War battle
  2. a borough and town in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
  3. an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist
  4. served as the 16th president of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865
  5. he first major battle of the American Civil War and was a Confederate victory
  6. an American abolitionist and author
  7. an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman
  8. also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the southern United States
  9. a particular form of journalism that employs images in order to tell a news story
  10. a type of muzzle-loading spin-stabilized bullet for rifled muskets
  11. served as the only President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865
  12. also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing
  13. an American abolitionist
  14. pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross

25 Clues: an American abolitionist • an American abolitionist and author • something formed by two or more things • also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing • an American abolitionist and political activist • It’s known as the site of a key Civil War battle • a borough and town in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania • is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area • ...

Civil War 2019-10-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What had a population was 1,733 at the 2010 census?
  2. What War fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee?
  3. Who escaped from slavery in Maryland?
  4. What also known as the First Battle of Manassas?
  5. Who is best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?
  6. Who was a Union General for the Civil War?
  7. Who advocated the use of armed insurrection to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States?
  8. What was also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg?
  9. Infantry what was Robert Gould Shaw the leader of?
  10. What was located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma?
  11. who served as the 16th president of the United States?
  12. What was Carol Szathmari part of inventing?
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  1. Town in MAssachusetts.
  2. Who escaped slavery with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826?
  3. Who was the 18th president of the United States?
  4. What flattened out and/or splintered whin contact is made?
  5. Who was nicknamed Young Napoleon in the Civil War?
  6. What is protected by iron or steel armor plates?
  7. who served as the only President of the Confederate States of America?
  8. What is also called field surgery?
  9. Who died of pneumonia?
  10. Who was born January 19,1807?
  11. Who was first called Manasses by the South in 1861?
  12. Who made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people?
  13. What is a city in western Mississippi?

25 Clues: Town in MAssachusetts. • Who died of pneumonia? • Who was born January 19,1807? • What is also called field surgery? • Who escaped from slavery in Maryland? • What is a city in western Mississippi? • What was located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma? • Who was a Union General for the Civil War? • What was Carol Szathmari part of inventing? • ...

Civil War 2023-05-04

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Confederates.
  2. Abraham Lincolns wife.
  3. Fought like a wall.
  4. Congress passed the thirteenth amendment which was _______.
  5. ______ all enslaved A.A.
  6. Was known as the conductor.
  7. Reformer for prisoners and people with disabilaties.
  8. Confederate general.
  9. Unioners.
  10. Confederate President.
  11. Union General.
  12. Confederate forces seized this shipyard.
  13. Established a hospital for soldiers in Richmond, Virginia.
  14. Rebuilt wooden confederate ship.
  15. Famous for work with wounded souldiers.
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  1. Informed Confederate Generals of Union movements.
  2. The confederacy's capital.
  3. Union comander at Cairo.
  4. Southern tactick.
  5. 20,000 ______ at the battle of Shiloh.
  6. Under his comand captured New Orleans.
  7. Made up by Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
  8. The north _______ the sothern ports.
  9. Head of the east union army.
  10. Wrote Civil War.

25 Clues: Unioners. • Confederates. • Union General. • Wrote Civil War. • Southern tactick. • Fought like a wall. • Confederate general. • Abraham Lincolns wife. • Confederate President. • Union comander at Cairo. • ______ all enslaved A.A. • The confederacy's capital. • Was known as the conductor. • Head of the east union army. • Rebuilt wooden confederate ship. • The north _______ the sothern ports. • ...

Civil war 2023-05-08

Civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. The _____ yell (confederate war cry)
  2. A person who worked to end slavery
  3. Someone being murdered for political reasons
  4. Southern side of the war
  5. The color confederates wore
  6. 16th president
  7. Fugitive _____ Law
  8. ________ Proclamation
  9. To lie in wait for an unexpected attack
  10. _____ Scott decision
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  1. attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port
  2. A blade at the end of a musket
  3. ____ of Gettysburg
  4. Separate from Union
  5. Heavy Military
  6. The Union side
  7. Northern Side of the war
  8. Before the war
  9. The term used for military supplies, such as weaponry and ammunition.
  10. Another word for a confederate
  11. Treating a person like property/ forcing them to work
  12. Guerrilla _____
  13. Civil____
  14. The confederate side
  15. Bellies Slang term for Union Soldiers

25 Clues: Civil____ • Heavy Military • The Union side • Before the war • 16th president • Guerrilla _____ • ____ of Gettysburg • Fugitive _____ Law • Separate from Union • The confederate side • _____ Scott decision • ________ Proclamation • Northern Side of the war • Southern side of the war • The color confederates wore • A blade at the end of a musket • Another word for a confederate • ...

Civil War 2023-05-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where general Lee surrendered to general Grant
  2. African American who saved the American Flag
  3. bloodiest day
  4. steel warships used for naval battle
  5. First Shots fired
  6. The plan that the union used to defeat the confederacy
  7. Union general, 24th governor of new jersey
  8. Formally withdraw
  9. president of the confederacy
  10. Westernmost border state
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  1. The people fighting for the end of slavery
  2. Bloodiest battle
  3. Led Confederacy at Battle of Bull Run
  4. Union general ho led the "March to the Sea"
  5. general of the union
  6. President of the union
  7. Escaped slave, conductor and creating of the underground railroad
  8. escaped slave that gave speeches
  9. general of the confederacy
  10. Founded the american red cross

20 Clues: bloodiest day • Bloodiest battle • First Shots fired • Formally withdraw • general of the union • President of the union • Westernmost border state • general of the confederacy • president of the confederacy • Founded the american red cross • escaped slave that gave speeches • steel warships used for naval battle • Led Confederacy at Battle of Bull Run • ...

civil war 2023-05-11

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to set free
  2. Storehouse for weapons
  3. people that were wounded or killed
  4. What was the South called during the Civil War
  5. A sworn promise
  6. They had these in the south
  7. Who want Texas to remain part of the United States
  8. They had these in the north
  9. law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
  10. Help the war effort by Sewing uniforms and making other supplies
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  1. To leave or withdraw from Union
  2. Wanted to end slavery
  3. Closes a port by positioning ships to keep people or supplies from moving out
  4. Loyalty to a section or region
  5. ship made of iron
  6. Very profitable crop grown on plantations in the south
  7. Where did Lee surrender
  8. To nullify or reject a national law
  9. Northerner who opposed using force to keep the Southern states in the union.
  10. What were the North cold during the Civil War
  11. encaptured African Americans as servants
  12. To use force to take something

22 Clues: to set free • A sworn promise • ship made of iron • Wanted to end slavery • Storehouse for weapons • Where did Lee surrender • They had these in the south • They had these in the north • Loyalty to a section or region • To use force to take something • To leave or withdraw from Union • people that were wounded or killed • To nullify or reject a national law • ...

Civil war 2023-05-11

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this guy followed troops and took photographes of the soldier
  2. Someone working for another person
  3. the historic period in which the United States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social, political, and labor systems
  4. This battle was located in sharpburg, Maryland also the first major battle fought on union soil
  5. this railroad offered blacks who couldn't reach border states
  6. this battle was located at Spotsylvania County
  7. vice president when Abramham lincoln was president
  8. wanted slavery
  9. this gernal was known for the failed attack called pickett charge
  10. this city was a key Civil war city along the Mississippi river
  11. against slavery
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  1. this man killed Abraham lincoln
  2. 17th president off unnited states
  3. helpeed slaves escape by creating an underground railroad
  4. was the president during the Civil War
  5. this battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.
  6. this law specifically exempted from Confederate military service one white man for every twenty slaves owned on a Confederate plantation, or for two or more plantations within five miles of each other that collectively had twenty or more slaves.
  7. is an American white supremacist and hate group whose primary targets are African Americans
  8. This battle had 200000 people fighting in it and was one of the most deadliest battles
  9. rules or laws that were only for black people
  10. This war was the first attack that started the Civil war

21 Clues: wanted slavery • against slavery • this man killed Abraham lincoln • 17th president off unnited states • Someone working for another person • was the president during the Civil War • rules or laws that were only for black people • this battle was located at Spotsylvania County • vice president when Abramham lincoln was president • ...

Civil war 2023-05-11

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this guy followed troops and took photographes of the soldier
  2. Someone working for another person
  3. the historic period in which the United States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social, political, and labor systems
  4. This battle was located in sharpburg, Maryland also the first major battle fought on union soil
  5. this railroad offered blacks who couldn't reach border states
  6. this battle was located at Spotsylvania County
  7. vice president when Abramham lincoln was president
  8. wanted slavery
  9. this gernal was known for the failed attack called pickett charge
  10. this city was a key Civil war city along the Mississippi river
  11. against slavery
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  1. this man killed Abraham lincoln
  2. 17th president off unnited states
  3. helpeed slaves escape by creating an underground railroad
  4. was the president during the Civil War
  5. this battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.
  6. this law specifically exempted from Confederate military service one white man for every twenty slaves owned on a Confederate plantation, or for two or more plantations within five miles of each other that collectively had twenty or more slaves.
  7. is an American white supremacist and hate group whose primary targets are African Americans
  8. This battle had 200000 people fighting in it and was one of the most deadliest battles
  9. rules or laws that were only for black people
  10. This war was the first attack that started the Civil war

21 Clues: wanted slavery • against slavery • this man killed Abraham lincoln • 17th president off unnited states • Someone working for another person • was the president during the Civil War • rules or laws that were only for black people • this battle was located at Spotsylvania County • vice president when Abramham lincoln was president • ...

Civil War 2023-05-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Referred to as the Confederacy . Name of the unrecognized ¨country¨ temporarily created by the southern states which seceded from the union.
  2. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
  3. Act Law allowed those territories to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery by utilizing popular voting.
  4. Slave states that stayed with the United States during the civil war.
  5. 16th president, he was president during the Civil War
  6. The action of formally withdrawing from a federation
  7. A war between citizens of the same country. The American civil war was a war between Americans over states rights. It was a 4 year war and over 600,000 Americans died.
  8. An enslaved African American man, he unsuccessfully sued for his freedom, and the case went to the supreme court.
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  1. The 13th amendment abolished slavery, and the 14th granted all citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. . 15th prohibited the denial of the vote because of race, color, or previous servitude.
  2. Required all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters and that citizens of free states must cooperate.
  3. of 1850 California wanted to join the union as a free state which caused conflict between the North and the South
  4. To be set free. Lincoln's emancipation proclamation set free all slaves in the confederacy only.
  5. Numerous laws enacted in the former Confederate states after the civil war limited the rights and liberties of African Americans.
  6. A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored.
  7. Abolitionist, Led attacks in Kansas during ¨bleeding Kansas¨, planned to arm slaves in a revolt.
  8. The largest organizational group of soldiers, made up of one or more corps.
  9. The period of U.S. history immediately following the Civil War in which the conditions that would allow the rebellious Southern states back into the Union.
  10. To lie in wait for an unexpected attack.
  11. An anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It helped spread the abolitionist movement throughout the north.
  12. marked the official beginning of the American Civil Wa

20 Clues: To lie in wait for an unexpected attack. • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. • The action of formally withdrawing from a federation • 16th president, he was president during the Civil War • marked the official beginning of the American Civil Wa • A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored. • ...

Civil War 2023-05-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first major battle
  2. founder of the American Red Cross
  3. Union general
  4. North of the United States
  5. South of the United States
  6. troops,like the national guard
  7. Union victory
  8. president of the confederate states
  9. formally withdraw from the Union
  10. freed slaves in confederate states
  11. politically motivated murder
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  1. Union general who led the March to Sea
  2. Robert E. Lee surrenders
  3. general who led the Confederate army to Bull Run
  4. first shots of the civil war
  5. freeing of the slaves
  6. slaves states that did not secede/join the
  7. a ship protected by iron armor
  8. the Union control of the mississippi
  9. Battle that split the confederacy in half and

20 Clues: Union general • Union victory • first major battle • freeing of the slaves • Robert E. Lee surrenders • North of the United States • South of the United States • first shots of the civil war • politically motivated murder • troops,like the national guard • a ship protected by iron armor • formally withdraw from the Union • founder of the American Red Cross • ...

Civil War 2024-01-17

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. South ____ almost seceded during the Nullification Crisis
  2. In the Civil War, the South was known as the ___
  3. This side in the Civil War had an economy based on agriculture and slave labor
  4. California was admitted as a ___ state according to the Compromise of 1850
  5. Sherman's March to the Sea ended in the Georgia city
  6. ___ means to reject, or not follow a law
  7. ____ was elected president in 1860
  8. 13,000 Union soldiers died of overcrowding, ___, and disease
  9. Andersonville was a Union ___ in Georgia where many Union soldiers died
  10. South Carolina was the first state to ___ from the Union after Lincoln's election
  11. The South used ____ labor to work in the fields
  12. Abraham Lincoln represented this political party
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  1. To cut off supplies, the Union set up a ____ of southern ports
  2. Union General who led the Atlanta campaign
  3. The ____ Scott case decision declared that slaves were property and could not sue in court
  4. Sherman's ___ to the Sea was meant to destroy Georgia resources and end support for the war
  5. This Georgia city was burned because it was a center of industry and transportation
  6. Lincoln issued the ____ Proclamation declared all slaves in rebellious states free
  7. extremist group who felt slavery was evil
  8. In the Civil War, the North was known as the ____
  9. The Compromise of 1850 included the ___ Slave Act to make the South happy
  10. In the Dred Scott case, the court stated slaves were ___ not citizens
  11. Confederate victory in north Georgia
  12. The South believed in state's ____ which put individual states needs ahead of the nation

24 Clues: ____ was elected president in 1860 • Confederate victory in north Georgia • ___ means to reject, or not follow a law • extremist group who felt slavery was evil • Union General who led the Atlanta campaign • The South used ____ labor to work in the fields • In the Civil War, the South was known as the ___ • Abraham Lincoln represented this political party • ...

Civil War 2024-01-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. replace McClellan after the battle of Antietam
  2. fast ships that were long and narrow
  3. Lee's cavalry commander
  4. bloodiest one day battle in American History
  5. founder of the American Red Cross in the US
  6. declared all slaves in confederate-controlled territory free
  7. Capitol of the Confederate State's of America
  8. failed attack by 15,000 Confederate Troops across an open field
  9. Capitol of the United States of America
  10. God's control over all events
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  1. General Winfield Scott's Strategy
  2. innovation to aid in communication
  3. President Lincoln's speech during a cemetery dedication
  4. saved the First Battle of Bull Run
  5. union general who led the march to the sea
  6. bonus paid for Soldiers to enlist
  7. another name for a draft
  8. Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
  9. site of Lee's surrender to Grant
  10. metal ships used by both sides during the war
  11. Union General nicknamed "Young Napoleon"

21 Clues: Lee's cavalry commander • another name for a draft • God's control over all events • site of Lee's surrender to Grant • General Winfield Scott's Strategy • bonus paid for Soldiers to enlist • innovation to aid in communication • saved the First Battle of Bull Run • fast ships that were long and narrow • Capitol of the United States of America • ...

Civil War 2023-10-30

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the most important river in the south
  2. Bloodiest battle of the war
  3. First name of main confederate general
  4. Capital of confederacy
  5. The south’s strategy
  6. confederate general with the nickname stonewall
  7. first major land battle
  8. Important way of communication
  9. what the civil war abolished
  10. Guy from Maine
  11. President of the union
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  1. The state with the confederate capital in it
  2. General in charge of the destruction of Georgia
  3. Main union general
  4. A border state that starts with k
  5. First name of the founder of the Red Cross
  6. the fort that started the civil war
  7. A Border state with George Washington made a famous crossing there
  8. President of the confederacy
  9. Battle for the Tennessee river
  10. Name of the north’s plan

21 Clues: Guy from Maine • Main union general • The south’s strategy • Capital of confederacy • President of the union • first major land battle • Name of the north’s plan • Bloodiest battle of the war • President of the confederacy • what the civil war abolished • Battle for the Tennessee river • Important way of communication • A border state that starts with k • ...

Civil War 2023-10-26

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
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  1. Taylor's vice president
  2. Dred scott's judge
  3. Slavery banned in territory of mexican cession
  4. Lincoln's main points of speech
  5. a new party
  6. South Carolina's decision to revolt, legal right
  7. Enslaved man's quart case
  8. elected jefferson davis
  9. abolitionists raided arsenal

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

Civil War 2023-10-27

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. confederates fired at this fort in South Carolina
  2. he storms into Lawrence and destroys most of the town on August 21, 1863
  3. first republican president and represents a party that opposes slavery
  4. replaces general Joseph Johnston and renamed his command "Army of Northern Virginia"
  5. Lee successfully stalls Grants troops toward Richmond in this battle
  6. the first major battle of the Red River Campaign in Louisiana
  7. confederate troops under General John B. Gordon attacked and briefly captured this fort in the petersburg siege lines
  8. this prison notorious for overcrowded conditions and high death rates among its inmates
  9. the bloodiest battle of the Civil War dashes Robert E Lee's hopes for a successful invasion of the North
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  1. battle that loosened the confederates hold on Missouri and disrupted south control on the Mississippi River
  2. battle fought near Manassas, Virginia,Union Army under General Irwins control succeeds in pushing the confederates back but then forces were brought to the confederates side
  3. this battle Jubal Early's Confederates successfully attack and drive troops of the army of Shenandoah from their camps to the banks of Cedar Creek south of Middletown, Virginia
  4. first major battle of Tennessee, confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston is killed on the first day of fighting
  5. this is the opening battle of the Overland Campaign. Grant issued orders for the Campaign to begin on May 3
  6. his troops nearly murdered 300 United States soldiers after they had surrendered
  7. this general marched South from Tennessee into Georgia against the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Joseph Johnston
  8. this river is the one the Army of the Potomac cross and with troops from the army of James, attacked the outer defenses of Petersburg
  9. disgruntled workers and laborers, seething over the draft system that seems to favor the rich, attack the draft office and African American churches
  10. this general replaces General Joseph Johnston as commander of the Army of Tennessee
  11. this battle the US defeat of Nathan Bedford Forrest secured the supply lines to Sherman's armies operating against Atlanta, Georgia

20 Clues: confederates fired at this fort in South Carolina • the first major battle of the Red River Campaign in Louisiana • Lee successfully stalls Grants troops toward Richmond in this battle • first republican president and represents a party that opposes slavery • he storms into Lawrence and destroys most of the town on August 21, 1863 • ...

Civil War 2023-09-17

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  2. A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  3. Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
  4. Loyal to the Confederate States. Also Southern or Confederate.
  5. A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf.
  6. A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding.
  7. Resisting or protecting against attack from someone.
  8. Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
  9. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
  10. Pro-slave states were in the...
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  1. The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people.
  2. A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
  3. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  4. A minor fight.
  5. Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  6. Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
  7. A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States. Also, Union, Federal, or Northern.
  8. An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  9. The term used to describe new soldiers.
  10. Anti-slave states were in the...

20 Clues: A minor fight. • Pro-slave states were in the... • Anti-slave states were in the... • The term used to describe new soldiers. • 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. • Resisting or protecting against attack from someone. • ...