civil war Crossword Puzzles

Civil War 2019-04-26

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

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

CIVIL WAR 2019-10-17

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Suspended Act during Civil War
  2. Commander of the Confederate Army
  3. the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power.
  4. Organizer of the Union Army
  5. Founder of the American Red Cross
  6. One of the largest Native American tribes located in Oklahoma
  7. A slave that escaped slavery and became a National leader of the abolitionist movement
  8. The first Northern black volunteer reignment
  9. Raid on Harper's Ferry
  10. First wartime draft of U.S. Citizens
  11. Basic firearm carried by both Union and Confederate troops
  12. This had an impact on the public's perception during the Civil War
  13. Battle where Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army
  14. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  15. An unrecognized republic in North America
  16. 2nd best Confederate commander during
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  1. Lieutenant General of the Union Army
  2. The only president of the Confederate States of America
  3. 16th president of the US, and led the nation through the American Civil War
  4. American author who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
  5. A slave that escaped to freedom and led many other slaves to freedom with her
  6. A steam propelled warship
  7. Issued put forth by Abraham Lincoln that all slaves shall be free
  8. Opium
  9. A women's right activist slave
  10. American soldier, businessman, educator and author
  11. United States of America and National government of Lincoln
  12. A battle in the Western Theater with a Union Victory
  13. Union gained control of Mississippi river after this battle
  14. Bloodiest single day of the Civil War won by Union
  15. First major battle of the American Civil War and was a victory of the Confederate Army

31 Clues: Opium • Raid on Harper's Ferry • A steam propelled warship • Organizer of the Union Army • Suspended Act during Civil War • A women's right activist slave • Commander of the Confederate Army • Founder of the American Red Cross • Bloodiest battle of the Civil War • Lieutenant General of the Union Army • First wartime draft of U.S. Citizens • 2nd best Confederate commander during • ...

Civil War 2019-05-15

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

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. • A soft, white and fibrous substance. • Occurring between citizens in a nation. • ...

Civil War 2019-05-15

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

20 Clues: Owning slaves. • Foot soldiers. • 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. • A soft, white and fibrous substance. • Occurring between citizens in a nation. • ...

Civil War 2024-05-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the failed attempt by American and French forces to retake the port city from its British occupiers.
  2. the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War
  3. Robert E. Lee surrendered
  4. a critical win for both the Union and the Confederacy.
  5. defense against pro-slavery "Border Ruffians", abolition, driving pro-slavery settlers from their claims of land, revenge, and/or plunder
  6. Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman, wanting to neutralize the important rail and supply hub, defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John B. Hood.
  7. 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
  8. one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War
  9. a crucial victory for the Union during the Civil War.
  10. restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces
  11. the political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including by supporting immigration-restriction measures.
  12. ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
  13. classified the escaping slaves as contraband of war.
  14. Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army defeated Union
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  1. declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  2. Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston's troops line the mountain's crest to repulse the advance of Union general William T. Sherman
  3. marked the official beginning of the American Civil War
  4. military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War.
  5. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.
  6. A civil war campaign
  7. the largest auction of enslaved people in U.S. history
  8. those who owned and worked their own land.

22 Clues: A civil war campaign • Robert E. Lee surrendered • those who owned and worked their own land. • classified the escaping slaves as contraband of war. • Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army defeated Union • a crucial victory for the Union during the Civil War. • a critical win for both the Union and the Confederacy. • ...

Civil War 2024-05-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the failed attempt by American and French forces to retake the port city from its British occupiers.
  2. the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War
  3. Robert E. Lee surrendered
  4. a critical win for both the Union and the Confederacy.
  5. defense against pro-slavery "Border Ruffians", abolition, driving pro-slavery settlers from their claims of land, revenge, and/or plunder
  6. Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman, wanting to neutralize the important rail and supply hub, defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John B. Hood.
  7. 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
  8. one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War
  9. a crucial victory for the Union during the Civil War.
  10. restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces
  11. the political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including by supporting immigration-restriction measures.
  12. ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
  13. classified the escaping slaves as contraband of war.
  14. Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army defeated Union
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  1. declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  2. Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston's troops line the mountain's crest to repulse the advance of Union general William T. Sherman
  3. marked the official beginning of the American Civil War
  4. military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War.
  5. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.
  6. A civil war campaign
  7. the largest auction of enslaved people in U.S. history
  8. those who owned and worked their own land.

22 Clues: A civil war campaign • Robert E. Lee surrendered • those who owned and worked their own land. • classified the escaping slaves as contraband of war. • Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army defeated Union • a crucial victory for the Union during the Civil War. • a critical win for both the Union and the Confederacy. • ...

Civil War 2024-05-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the failed attempt by American and French forces to retake the port city from its British occupiers.
  2. the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War
  3. Robert E. Lee surrendered
  4. a critical win for both the Union and the Confederacy.
  5. defense against pro-slavery "Border Ruffians", abolition, driving pro-slavery settlers from their claims of land, revenge, and/or plunder
  6. Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman, wanting to neutralize the important rail and supply hub, defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John B. Hood.
  7. 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
  8. one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War
  9. a crucial victory for the Union during the Civil War.
  10. restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces
  11. the political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including by supporting immigration-restriction measures.
  12. ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
  13. classified the escaping slaves as contraband of war.
  14. Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army defeated Union
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  1. declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  2. Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston's troops line the mountain's crest to repulse the advance of Union general William T. Sherman
  3. marked the official beginning of the American Civil War
  4. military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War.
  5. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.
  6. A civil war campaign
  7. the largest auction of enslaved people in U.S. history
  8. those who owned and worked their own land.

22 Clues: A civil war campaign • Robert E. Lee surrendered • those who owned and worked their own land. • classified the escaping slaves as contraband of war. • Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army defeated Union • a crucial victory for the Union during the Civil War. • a critical win for both the Union and the Confederacy. • ...

Civil War 2024-05-27

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a person advocating or supporting republican government.
  2. ending a practice
  3. covered in iron, difficult to penetrate
  4. codes laws that attempted to limit the rights of African Americans following emancipation
  5. the wealth and industry of a nation
  6. death as a result of war
  7. the forced separation of different groups
  8. to formally separate from
  9. an armed conflict between the Union and the Confederacy
  10. sovereignty the concept that a government is controlled by and gets its power from its people\\
  11. the period before the American Civil War
  12. relating to the southern states that had seceded from the Union
  13. someone held and forced to work against his or her will
  14. state slave states that did not secede from the Union
  15. law a government controlled by the military after the removal of the previous government
  16. War an armed conflict between the Union and the Confederacy
  17. relating to the northern states of the United States of America following the secession of the Confederacy
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  1. concern for one particular region over concern for the nation as a whole
  2. a person who runs for elected office in a place where he or she is not from
  3. to set free
  4. "a barricade designed to prevent people from receiving goods or from
  5. to give up
  6. the period of time following the Civil War in which the South rebuilt and rejoined the Union
  7. an official pardon, typically for actions against a government
  8. an unjust limitation of one’s rights
  9. an involuntary recruitment for the military\
  10. and leaving"
  11. the smaller group within a whole
  12. forbid
  13. a person who has escaped
  14. describing something that is extreme

31 Clues: forbid • to give up • to set free • and leaving" • ending a practice • death as a result of war • a person who has escaped • to formally separate from • the smaller group within a whole • the wealth and industry of a nation • an unjust limitation of one’s rights • describing something that is extreme • covered in iron, difficult to penetrate • the period before the American Civil War • ...

Civil War 2024-03-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A cavalry officer who led his men to Little Big Horn in 1876 to handle a conflict with Indians (surname)
  2. General … sent a massive cavalry of 5,000 men to outflank the Union soldiers.
  3. But on November 8, 1861, Charles …, a U.S. Navy Officer intercepted the Trent and ordered a search of this British ship.
  4. Who was an important figure throughout the war, and eventually ran against Lincoln for president in 1864?
  5. Who was elected in November 1860?
  6. A kind of sport that developed as uniquely American during the Civil War
  7. Whose immigration into California caused union laborers to object?
  8. A secretive society of white supremacists, who intimidated by burning crosses and killed African Americans (abbreviation)
  9. How many other southern states imitated South Carolina and declared their independence from the United States by the end of January 1861?
  10. What problem did the Civil War cause?
  11. "Battle of …," this was the single bloodiest day in battle in all of American History.
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  1. What system did President Andrew Jackson establish? The … system
  2. Why did Lincoln's son (William) die?
  3. What political party did farmers form in reaction to the deflation? The … Party.
  4. A period that appeared golden on the surface but was the opposite underneath. The "... Age"
  5. The first major battle of the Civil War was at …Run, near Manassas, Virginia, on July 21, 1861.
  6. The … Act of 1861 authorized the Union to seize any property, including slaves.
  7. What caused many railroads to shut down in 1873? The financial …
  8. Wars that lasted from 1864 to 1867 between Indians and the Union army
  9. In what month did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?

20 Clues: Who was elected in November 1860? • Why did Lincoln's son (William) die? • What problem did the Civil War cause? • What system did President Andrew Jackson establish? The … system • What caused many railroads to shut down in 1873? The financial … • Whose immigration into California caused union laborers to object? • ...

Civil War 2024-06-04

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To break away from, withdraw
  2. Banning of slavery
  3. Uncle _____'s Cabin
  4. __________ Compromise
  5. John _______ led raid at Harper's Ferry
  6. "Bleeding ___________"
  7. _____________ Douglass
  8. Merrimack and Monitor were the 1st ________
  9. __________ address
  10. The states that remained in the United States
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  1. To free enslaved people
  2. ____________ Slave Acts
  3. Bloodiest battle in the Civil War
  4. Party of Lincoln
  5. Ran against Lincoln for Senate and President
  6. Fort _____________, 1st battle
  7. The country formed by the southern states
  8. _______ states in the Union with slavery
  9. "Dred ____________"
  10. Sojourner ________________

20 Clues: Party of Lincoln • Banning of slavery • __________ address • Uncle _____'s Cabin • "Dred ____________" • __________ Compromise • "Bleeding ___________" • _____________ Douglass • To free enslaved people • ____________ Slave Acts • Sojourner ________________ • To break away from, withdraw • Fort _____________, 1st battle • Bloodiest battle in the Civil War • ...

Civil War 2024-10-02

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Slang for "bullet"
  2. Slang for Union money
  3. President of the Confederate states of America
  4. The country of the south
  5. The country of the north
  6. Soldier of the north
  7. A person forced to work,(found in the south)
  8. Slang for "common sense"
  9. The president of the U.S.A at the time
  10. Device invented that helps communicate faster over longer distances
  11. Slang for someone who is angry
  12. Soldier of the south
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  1. Slang for someone who is in good health
  2. Color the Confederate soldiers would wear
  3. Slang for saying all is well
  4. Slang for someone or something that was "Cool"
  5. An act that allowed slave hunters to go into norther territory to capture escaped slaves
  6. Slang for someone who had a very hard time
  7. Color the union soldiers would wear
  8. Slang for "Run"
  9. Slang for a person from Georgia where many peanuts are grown

21 Clues: Slang for "Run" • Slang for "bullet" • Soldier of the north • Soldier of the south • Slang for Union money • The country of the south • The country of the north • Slang for "common sense" • Slang for saying all is well • Slang for someone who is angry • Color the union soldiers would wear • The president of the U.S.A at the time • Slang for someone who is in good health • ...

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
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  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 2023-04-19

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 2025-04-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union general who later became president
  2. General Robert E. ___
  3. Ended slavery in the U.S.
  4. The North was also called the ___
  5. Lincoln’s most famous speech
  6. Union naval strategy: the ___ Plan
  7. Law requiring citizens to return runaway slaves(No spaces)
  8. President of the Confederacy
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  1. President of the United States during the Civil War
  2. First battle of the Civil War
  3. Underground ___ helped slaves escape
  4. Turning point battle fought in Pennsylvania
  5. Freed the slaves in Confederate states
  6. Capital of the Confederacy
  7. Slavery-supporting Southern states were called the ___
  8. Where Lee surrendered to Grant
  9. Bloodiest single-day battle
  10. Confederate general nicknamed "Stonewall"
  11. Nickname for Confederate soldiers
  12. Famous African American abolitionist and speaker
  13. Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin

21 Clues: General Robert E. ___ • Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Ended slavery in the U.S. • Capital of the Confederacy • Bloodiest single-day battle • Lincoln’s most famous speech • President of the Confederacy • First battle of the Civil War • Where Lee surrendered to Grant • The North was also called the ___ • Nickname for Confederate soldiers • Union naval strategy: the ___ Plan • ...

CIVIL WAR 2025-04-30

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

45 Clues: Sophia's Mom • people have the power! • Where the Civil War started • Amendment that gave citizenship • Amendment that abolished slavery • the loudest Social Studies teacher • Wilkes Booth, assassinated Lincoln • the turning point in the Civil War • where the Civil War ended (2 words) • President of the United States of America • Amendment that gave all men voting rights • ...

Civil War 2025-04-14

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first battle of the Civil War.
  2. The name of the Confederate States of America.
  3. The battle of Gettysburg was fought in what year?
  4. Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg, dedicating a cemetery.
  5. Term for the policy that allowed states to decide the issue of slavery
  6. The battle of Shiloh was fought in what state.
  7. The final battle of the Civil War.
  8. A state that seceded from the Union
  9. The start of the Civil War, the bombardment of this fort.
  10. A major battle in Pennsylvania, considered a turning point in the war.
  11. The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in which Confederate states?
  12. 16th President of the United States, led Union forces during the Civil War.
  13. The name of the Union military strategy.
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  1. Commander of the Confederate forces, surrendered at Appomattox.
  2. The capture of this fort was a key victory for the Union in the west.
  3. Union general who led the march to the sea.
  4. Slaves from Southern states were freed by this document issued by Lincoln.
  5. Secretary of the Confederacy, president of the Confederate States of America.
  6. An underground network that helped enslaved people escape.
  7. This term refers to the practice of excluding slaves from the military.
  8. The name of the Union military strategy.

21 Clues: The first battle of the Civil War. • The final battle of the Civil War. • A state that seceded from the Union • The name of the Union military strategy. • The name of the Union military strategy. • Union general who led the march to the sea. • The name of the Confederate States of America. • The battle of Shiloh was fought in what state. • ...

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
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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 2023-05-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the killing of a number of helpless people
  2. this doctrinaire held the powers of the individual states
  3. something that absorbs the shock of artillery strikes
  4. to admit defeat
  5. a time in american history that happened directly after the civil war
  6. promoting the interest of a section or region
  7. a political party generally against slavery and its expansion
  8. the southern army
  9. the area that is now Oklahoma
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  1. rule by the people
  2. a crop such as tabacco or cotton
  3. African american were owned
  4. to wait for unexpected attack
  5. the effort by the north to keep ships from entering or leaving southern ports
  6. resisting or protecting someone from attack
  7. major political party that was most sympathetic to state rights
  8. someone who wishes to get rid of slavery
  9. also called the union
  10. also called the confederacy
  11. Land within the mainland boundaries of the country that had not yet become a state by 1861

20 Clues: to admit defeat • the southern army • rule by the people • also called the union • African american were owned • also called the confederacy • to wait for unexpected attack • the area that is now Oklahoma • a crop such as tabacco or cotton • someone who wishes to get rid of slavery • the killing of a number of helpless people • resisting or protecting someone from attack • ...

Civil War 2023-05-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The thirteenth amendment gave african americans_______.
  2. Licoln used battle to take action against ________.
  3. Freed all the enslaved people.
  4. Person who could have saved many lives if he had follwed Licolns order.
  5. McClellan always _________ to attack and follow Licolns orders.
  6. Richmond, VA was the __________ capital.
  7. The _____ region won the Civil War.
  8. The war resulted in _______$ of damage.
  9. Was the main goal of the South during war.
  10. The _____ region was pro-slavery.
  11. Andrew Johnson became ________ after Licoln was killed.
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  1. The _______ was a confederate ironclad ship.
  2. The First Battle of ____ Run.
  3. ________ began to take on reguaur everyday jobs.
  4. _______ plan. (seperated weststates from the south.)
  5. The _______ Government was stronger after war.
  6. Licoln was ________ by John Wilkes Booth.
  7. ______ was very scarce in some areas during this time.
  8. The act of prices rising.
  9. Norths main goal was to preserve the ______.
  10. Another name for the confederate soldiers.
  11. The war also saved the _____.
  12. Battle of ________. (Where much bloodshed happened.)
  13. Most ______ took place in the south during the war.
  14. The Civil War was the most __________ war in history.

25 Clues: The act of prices rising. • The First Battle of ____ Run. • The war also saved the _____. • Freed all the enslaved people. • The _____ region was pro-slavery. • The _____ region won the Civil War. • The war resulted in _______$ of damage. • Richmond, VA was the __________ capital. • Licoln was ________ by John Wilkes Booth. • Another name for the confederate soldiers. • ...

Civil War 2023-05-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 1st state to secede the Union.
  2. Location of formal surrender of Lee's troops to Grant
  3. Allowing states to vote on slave or free state
  4. Former slave who filed lawsuit for his freedom. Ruled he was property not person
  5. ______ States of America
  6. 54th ________ Regiment. Early African American Union regiment
  7. Sherman's March to the Sea used this battle tactic
  8. Era following the Civil War
  9. CSA hero of 1st Bull Run (Last Name)
  10. President of the South (Last Name)
  11. Nickname given to conflict in Kansas over whether they would be free or slaveholding
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  1. PA battle known as the turning point of the war.
  2. Large farm owned by wealthy Southerners
  3. CSA officer who took Ft. Sumter
  4. Lincoln "freed" the slaves
  5. Northerners who opposed war
  6. Capital of the CSA
  7. At Gettysburg Lee ordered a fatal attack on the center line
  8. Hampton Rds. was a battle of _____
  9. 1st Bull Run was also called ____
  10. Location of Lincoln's assassination
  11. Bloodiest single day of the war
  12. Union General who led victories at Shiloh and Vicksburg (Last Name)
  13. Loyalty to region over country
  14. Winfield Scott's war plan.
  15. 1st Shots of the Civil War
  16. Invention that expanded slavery in the South
  17. Union General known for hesitating at Antietam (Last Name)
  18. Individual who assassinated President Lincoln (Last Name)
  19. CSA General known for several victories and aggressive tactics (Last Name)

30 Clues: Capital of the CSA • ______ States of America • Lincoln "freed" the slaves • Winfield Scott's war plan. • 1st Shots of the Civil War • Northerners who opposed war • Era following the Civil War • 1st state to secede the Union. • Loyalty to region over country • CSA officer who took Ft. Sumter • Bloodiest single day of the war • 1st Bull Run was also called ____ • ...

Civil War 2023-05-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Southern General that stood like a stonewall during battle
  2. California enters Union as a free state
  3. Leave or withdraw
  4. Place where first shots were fired at Civil War
  5. Published anti-slavery newspaper, The North Star
  6. The President of U.S. during the Civil War
  7. A book by Harriett Beecher Stowe
  8. All men could vote in this amendment
  9. Union general who accepted Lee's surrender
  10. During the Civil War, The United States was also known as the _____
  11. Believed that slavery violated Christian principles
  12. The bloodiest single day of combat in American History was the battle of________
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  1. The amendment that freed all slaves
  2. Gave Union control of Mississippi River and cut South in half
  3. Having a larger population and more factories was an advantage for which side?
  4. These states did not secede and join the Confederate states.
  5. What Slave Act required northern states to forcibly return escaped slaves to their owners
  6. Having most of the nation’s best generals was an advantage for which side?
  7. When Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, the war's purpose was to end _____
  8. increased the need for slavery
  9. After Civil War Southern states adopted these to limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment
  10. President of the Confederacy

22 Clues: Leave or withdraw • President of the Confederacy • increased the need for slavery • A book by Harriett Beecher Stowe • The amendment that freed all slaves • All men could vote in this amendment • California enters Union as a free state • The President of U.S. during the Civil War • Union general who accepted Lee's surrender • Place where first shots were fired at Civil War • ...

Civil War 2023-05-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An army of citizens used during emergencies
  2. The names given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government
  3. Slave states that did not leave the union
  4. A term used to describe people who supported the Union
  5. An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War
  6. A law passed by congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners
  7. Soldiers that fight and travel by foot
  8. Group of states that left the United States to form their own country
  9. A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle
  10. A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States
  11. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
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  1. A long blade of knife attached to the end of a musket
  2. A term meaning "before war"
  3. A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction to become rich
  4. When a person is murdered for political reasons
  5. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out
  6. The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union
  7. A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers
  8. Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars
  9. When the southern states chose to leave the United States

20 Clues: A term meaning "before war" • Soldiers that fight and travel by foot • Slave states that did not leave the union • An army of citizens used during emergencies • When a person is murdered for political reasons • Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars • A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle • A long blade of knife attached to the end of a musket • ...

civil war 2023-05-10

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

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

Civil war 2025-02-21

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Major destruction in the south seaward
  2. Surgeons would use these to cut bones
  3. The person that started a physical fight in the senate
  4. _________Jackson
  5. the war that this cross-word is about
  6. to leave
  7. Civil War Gun
  8. People attached these to their _______ (answer to question 16)
  9. Human Property
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  1. The person who passed the Emancipation Proclamation
  2. The first state to secede
  3. A line that defined southern and northern states
  4. known as cavalry
  5. the most famous confederate general
  6. South’s Army
  7. This was used to stop blood flow.
  8. Confederate’s president
  9. __________biscuits
  10. Soldiers would hide inside the ground in these
  11. North’s army

20 Clues: to leave • South’s Army • North’s army • Civil War Gun • Human Property • known as cavalry • _________Jackson • __________biscuits • Confederate’s president • The first state to secede • This was used to stop blood flow. • the most famous confederate general • Surgeons would use these to cut bones • the war that this cross-word is about • Major destruction in the south seaward • ...

Civil War 2025-10-01

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The northern states
  2. what the south had to do after the war
  3. a fight between armies
  4. person who fights in war
  5. Person who wanted to end slavery
  6. forced people to work without pay or freedom
  7. large farm in the south
  8. give up in war
  9. big gun used in battle
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  1. knife on the end of a gun
  2. The southern states
  3. an agreement where both sides give something up
  4. states states between north and south
  5. Killing a leader
  6. trains that carried soldiers and supplies
  7. main crop in the south
  8. war war between people of the same country
  9. a type of gun soldiers used
  10. a change to the constitution
  11. where soldiers slept

20 Clues: give up in war • Killing a leader • The southern states • The northern states • where soldiers slept • a fight between armies • main crop in the south • big gun used in battle • large farm in the south • person who fights in war • knife on the end of a gun • a type of gun soldiers used • a change to the constitution • Person who wanted to end slavery • states states between north and south • ...

Civil War 2025-10-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Warships with iron or steel plates
  2. Grant met with Lee, shook hands and ended war
  3. 1st battle of ____ run,first major battle of the civil war
  4. A war tactic that cuts off the movement of troops and supplies
  5. States that seceded from the Union
  6. Area of dense woods between Washington DC and Richmond Virginia
  7. Confederate General
  8. Union General, March to the sea, total war
  9. Narrow Union victory, April 1862, lots of casualties for both sides
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  1. Bleeding ______, conflict in ______ because popular sovereignty
  2. Missouri _________, 3/5th ________...
  3. The bloodiest day in American history
  4. A person or group who wanted to end slavery
  5. John Brown raided the Federal _______ at Harper's Ferry
  6. President of 1864
  7. 13th _________, banned slavery in United States
  8. Lincoln's __________ address is one of his most memorable speeches.
  9. General in charge of all Union armies
  10. To leave or withdraw
  11. Practice of people treated as property and doing forced work

20 Clues: President of 1864 • Confederate General • To leave or withdraw • Warships with iron or steel plates • States that seceded from the Union • Missouri _________, 3/5th ________... • The bloodiest day in American history • General in charge of all Union armies • Union General, March to the sea, total war • A person or group who wanted to end slavery • ...

Civil war 2025-11-25

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. individuals or groups employed to track down and return escaped enslaved people to their owners
  2. slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
  3. unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 elections.
  4. laws passed by the U.S. Congress to settle disputes over slavery and territorial expansion
  5. 19th-century American social reformer and humanitarian
  6. S. foreign policy, articulated in 1823, that opposed European colonialism and interference in the Western Hemisphere
  7. five laws passed by the U.S. Congress to settle disputes over slavery and territorial expansion
  8. system where enslaved people are treated as the personal property of their owners,
  9. declared that African Americans were not citizens and had no rights that white Americans were bound to respect
  10. the theory that a state can declare a federal law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it within its borders
  11. Slave auctions were a historical mechanism for the trade of enslaved people in various parts of the world, including the United States, Europe, and Central Asia
  12. a social, political, and religious movement that advocated for the reduction or elimination of alcohol consumption, culminating in the Prohibition era in the United States
  13. a machine that quickly separates cotton fibers from their seeds,
  14. abolitionist in the decades preceding the Civil War
  15. the political and legislative effort to maintain an equal number of states that allowed slavery and states that did not
  16. Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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  1. a religious revival during the late 18th to early 19th century in the United States.
  2. an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.
  3. an American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer
  4. entered as slave state, Maine enter as free state
  5. the dominant role of cotton in the pre-Civil War Southern economy, politics, and society
  6. the act of freeing someone from legal or social control
  7. movement to end slavery
  8. a period of violent guerrilla warfare in the Kansas Territory from 1854 to 1861,
  9. best known for his widely read anti-slavery newspaper The Liberato
  10. was an invasion of Mexico by the United States
  11. the principle that the government's authority comes from its people, who are the source of all political power
  12. the formal withdrawal of a group from a larger political entit
  13. a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape to free states and Canada
  14. After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends

30 Clues: movement to end slavery • was an invasion of Mexico by the United States • entered as slave state, Maine enter as free state • abolitionist in the decades preceding the Civil War • 19th-century American social reformer and humanitarian • the act of freeing someone from legal or social control • an American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer • ...

Civil war 2025-12-16

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Machine that helped with the production of cotton
  2. Gave Lincoln a victory in both the popular vote and the electoral vote
  3. To leave
  4. where one person is owned by another, treated as property, and forced to work without pay
  5. the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government
  6. the theory that states can void federal laws they deem unconstitutional
  7. Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude, unless for the punishment of crimes
  8. track or set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run
  9. To get rid of
  10. The Capital of Georgia
  11. Most valuable resource during the civil war
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  1. The south who sided with slavery
  2. The main Confederate General
  3. Soldier and former Commanding General of the United States Army
  4. Military strategy to surround an area
  5. The north who wanted to abolish slavery
  6. The Vice President of the Confederacy
  7. The president of the United States from (1861-1865)
  8. Crucial set of resolutions adopted in December 1850 by a Georgia state convention
  9. Rich city in the coastal plains of georgia

20 Clues: To leave • To get rid of • The Capital of Georgia • The main Confederate General • The south who sided with slavery • Military strategy to surround an area • The Vice President of the Confederacy • The north who wanted to abolish slavery • Rich city in the coastal plains of georgia • Most valuable resource during the civil war • Machine that helped with the production of cotton • ...

nuts 2021-10-26

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

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

Civil War Battle Strategies 2019-05-19

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

15 Clues: killed abe • Led the anaconda plan • northern civil war soldiers • southern civil war soldiers • led the confederate soldiers. • the home where Robert Lee surrendered • amount of people killed it the civil war • former president of the confederate states • destroyed everything he came across, burnt everything • led the nation through the bloodiest war known to mankind • ...

The American Civil War 2019-05-19

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

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

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

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

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

naturalization #3 2025-04-24

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

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

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

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

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

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-02-22

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

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

Sectionalism & the Civil War 2025-03-13

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

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

Civil War-Angeli Aguilar 2025-05-16

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

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

APUSH final 2022-01-07

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

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

ABC CIVIL WAR 2025-05-08

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

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

Civil War and Reconstruction 2025-02-03

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

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

Civil War Crossword 2013-02-21

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. One of the best generals the war had
  2. First shots fired of the war at what fort
  3. Name for the south
  4. Name for the north
  5. Rebuilding the south
  6. First battle of the civil war
  7. What theater was Lincoln shot at
  8. What courthouse did Lee surrender at
  9. Fiber grown in plantations
  10. Union general that war fired many times
  11. Where you get selected to fight in the war
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  1. Turning point for the union in the war
  2. Withdrawing from the union
  3. Fortress on the Mississippi river
  4. Right to know why you're being detained
  5. Payed 300 dollars to not fight in the war
  6. Northern democrats that apposed the war
  7. Tax set to pay for the debt of the war
  8. What plan did the north use in the civil war
  9. Southern ship
  10. Northern ship

21 Clues: Southern ship • Northern ship • Name for the south • Name for the north • Rebuilding the south • Withdrawing from the union • Fiber grown in plantations • First battle of the civil war • What theater was Lincoln shot at • Fortress on the Mississippi river • One of the best generals the war had • What courthouse did Lee surrender at • Turning point for the union in the war • ...

Chapters 1-10 2023-02-09

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

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

civil war 2021-10-26

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

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

Semester II Final 2022-05-10

Semester II Final crossword puzzle
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  1. The main problem faced by the US after the Revolutionary War
  2. The reason the Irish fled to America
  3. This 'proclamation' allowed black men to join the Union Army
  4. A person living in a country who is not a citizen of that country
  5. Grant's goal in the West during the Civil War was to capture THIS river
  6. Most of the battles in the Civil War were fought here
  7. How the US acquired Texas
  8. Another word for nullify
  9. Creator of the Steel Plow
  10. These are factors that drive people from their country and may include crop failure
  11. The Union's biggest advantage during the Civil War
  12. What type of 'house' Lincoln felt the US was on the eve of the Civil War
  13. The 15th Amendment says you cannot stop someone from doing this based on their skin color
  14. The Industrial Revolution caused a high demand for this
  15. A Northerner that went South after the Civil War
  16. Translator and guide for Lewis and Clark
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  1. The first Secretary of the Treasury
  2. People opposed to slavery
  3. Author of the Star Spangled Banner
  4. During the Civil War an Income _____ was first levied
  5. The nickname for Plains Farmers
  6. The main cause of the War of 1812
  7. the most famous runaway slave turned abolitionist turned printer
  8. The largest immigrant group that came to the US in the mid-1850s
  9. This state was added to the Union as a free state as a part of the Compromise of 1850
  10. Both Westerners and Southerners relied on this for their livelihood
  11. The Louisiana Purchase was agreed upon to make sure the US gained THIS city (abbrev)
  12. Appomattox is where this man surrendered
  13. This 'act' attempted to turn Native Americans into white people
  14. What South Carolina threatened to do if they weren't allowed to nullify laws

30 Clues: Another word for nullify • People opposed to slavery • How the US acquired Texas • Creator of the Steel Plow • The nickname for Plains Farmers • The main cause of the War of 1812 • Author of the Star Spangled Banner • The first Secretary of the Treasury • The reason the Irish fled to America • Appomattox is where this man surrendered • Translator and guide for Lewis and Clark • ...

riah 2013-05-23

riah crossword puzzle
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  1. poet who wrote about the civil war
  2. tax on earnings
  3. paper money introduced during the civil war
  4. remove
  5. town in VA where Lee surrendered to Grant
  6. bureau federal agency set up to help former enslaved people
  7. corpus law that prevents the gov't. from holding citizens without formal charges
  8. failed assault on union positions on final day of battle of gettysburg
  9. democrat who became president after lincoln was assassinated
  10. confederate general who fought at Gettysburg
  11. period after the civil war when the uS gov't. attempted to rebuild southern society and governments
  12. approve
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  1. ended slavey
  2. military draft
  3. battle in 1863 in Pennsylvania when union forces stopped a confederate invasion of the north
  4. the surrounding of teh city of vicksburg,mississippi by union forces
  5. civil war nurse who later founded the American red cross
  6. northern democrats who favored peace with the south
  7. theater where Lincoln was shot
  8. increase in prices and decrease in value of money

20 Clues: remove • approve • ended slavey • military draft • tax on earnings • theater where Lincoln was shot • poet who wrote about the civil war • town in VA where Lee surrendered to Grant • paper money introduced during the civil war • confederate general who fought at Gettysburg • increase in prices and decrease in value of money • northern democrats who favored peace with the south • ...

Civil War 1861–1865 -P6-AA 2025-05-16

Civil War 1861–1865 -P6-AA crossword puzzle
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  1. – A major turning point battle in 1863
  2. – The Southern states that broke away from the Union
  3. Sumter – Where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
  4. Rights – Belief that states had the right to govern themselves
  5. – Union general who later became president
  6. Plan – Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy
  7. – System for requiring citizens to serve in the military
  8. Railroad – A secret network to help slaves escape
  9. – The Northern states during the Civil War
  10. – The act of freeing slaves
  11. Amendment – Abolished slavery
  12. Tubman – Famous conductor of the Underground Railroad
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  1. – General of the Confederate Army
  2. – The Union’s naval strategy to cut off Southern trade
  3. – The period after the Civil War to rebuild the South
  4. – To withdraw from a group or organization, like Southern states from the Union
  5. – President of the U.S. during the Civil War
  6. – Someone who wanted to end slavery in the U.S.
  7. Douglass – A former enslaved person who became a leading abolitionist
  8. – Site where Lee surrendered to Grant in 1865

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

Civil War crossword puzzle 2023-02-22

Civil War crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. had a big advantage with more people more weapons and more railroads.
  2. the process of being set free from legal, social or political
  3. another name for union soldiers
  4. The bloodiest battle in the war
  5. had mostly a disadvantage except for crops and leaders.
  6. The civil war began in the year ____ (Spell out the number)
  7. wait the norther's out
  8. the action of joining something
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  1. enlisted for service
  2. The 16th president
  3. supported slavery
  4. average age of soldiers
  5. first battle of the american civil war
  6. main cause of death in the civil war
  7. fight between south and north
  8. the north's strategy to beat the south
  9. The war ended in the year of ____ (Spell out the number)
  10. people who used to be slaves but are now free
  11. preventing someone or multiple people to not leave
  12. was against slavery

20 Clues: supported slavery • The 16th president • was against slavery • enlisted for service • wait the norther's out • average age of soldiers • fight between south and north • another name for union soldiers • The bloodiest battle in the war • the action of joining something • main cause of death in the civil war • first battle of the american civil war • ...

IOWA HISTORY CH. 6/7 TEST REVIEW 2022-03-07

IOWA HISTORY CH. 6/7 TEST REVIEW crossword puzzle
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  1. Most important mode of transportation for farmers in Iowa.
  2. Number of African Americans in Iowa prior to the Civil War.
  3. Man who came to Iowa to claim inheritance.
  4. Someone who is opposed to slavery & wants to see it abolished.
  5. The party that dominated politics in Iowa & the nation following the Civil War.
  6. Civil War General who was elected to Congress after the Civil War.
  7. Civil War battle that centered on a gun shipment to Keokuk, IA. Between the Missouri Militia and the Iowa militia.
Down
  1. A system of helping runaway slaves escape to Canada.
  2. Sea vessel that could travel upstream on its own.
  3. The name of the largest stagecoach company was the ____________________stagecoach company.
  4. A person caught helping a slave could face jail time and a fine of up to ________________ dollars.
  5. A state where slavery was not allowed.
  6. For what people the journey was hard, had to sleep on the deck of a ship, etc.
  7. During the Civil War, more Iowans died from _____________ than they did in combat.
  8. If a freedomseeker was successful they often returned and ______________ other slaves escape to freedom.
  9. The Grinnell riot came about because two African American boys wanted to attend __________________.

16 Clues: A state where slavery was not allowed. • Man who came to Iowa to claim inheritance. • Sea vessel that could travel upstream on its own. • A system of helping runaway slaves escape to Canada. • Most important mode of transportation for farmers in Iowa. • Number of African Americans in Iowa prior to the Civil War. • ...

The Civil War 2022-01-13

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Southern soldiers from slave states who fought in the Civil War.
  2. This fortification protected Savannah but was captured in 1862 and was put under the union blockade.
  3. Part of the Anaconda Plan and prevented Confederate commerce and trade.
  4. The event where a large Union blockade was created and extended from the coasts of Virginia to Texas.
  5. He served as a Union general and was a key player in the end of the Civil War.
  6. The capital of Georgia at the time of the Civil War.
  7. He served as president during the time of the Civil War.
Down
  1. Lincoln wrote this which declared all slaves in rebel states to be free.
  2. A location that was one of the largest military prison camps that was known for housing Union soldiers captured from the war in which many died from disease and malnourishment.
  3. An important Georgia port city.
  4. A battle which resulted in the largest Union defeat in the Civil War.
  5. A series of deadly battles where troops stormed the town of Atlanta.
  6. An event where Sherman split his army in two and decided to do anything to crush the south's fighting spirit.
  7. A creek that housed a major battle in the Civil War which became a big Union defeat.
  8. Northern soldiers from free states who fought in the Civil War.

15 Clues: An important Georgia port city. • The capital of Georgia at the time of the Civil War. • He served as president during the time of the Civil War. • Northern soldiers from free states who fought in the Civil War. • Southern soldiers from slave states who fought in the Civil War. • A series of deadly battles where troops stormed the town of Atlanta. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2024-12-02

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Most common meals for soldiers that was much like a cracker, during the Civil War.
  2. An unsuccessful assault led by the 54th Massachusetts.
  3. This battle ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion and had led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
  4. This battle had no clear or claimed victory, but marked the first stage of a major Union offensive toward the Confederate capital, ordered by Ulysses S. Grant
  5. War occurring from May 31, to June 12, 1864.
  6. Commanded the Army of the Potomac and engaged Confederate forces in several major battles.
  7. A strategic location on the Mississippi River and made it a critical win for both the Union and the Confederacy.
  8. Led the Union Armies to victory over the confederacy.
  9. Union soldier training camp and staging center.
  10. Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War (1861-1865)
  11. With nearly 200,000 combatants and was one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War.
  12. President of the Confederate States of America.
  13. Volunteered for duty in the United States Army in May 1861, and was initially appointed colonel of the 13th Infantry Regiment.
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  1. Created in 1861, it was deployed to the naval battlefields to destroy wooden ships.
  2. served as a superintendent of West Point
  3. This battle was fought on July 1-3, 1863.
  4. A pivotal figure in the fight to end slavery in the United States
  5. At the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861, this woman had provided nursing care and supplies to soldiers.
  6. Congress had exceeded its authority in the Missouri Compromise because it had no power to forbid or abolish slavery in the territories west of Missouri.
  7. A lead rifle bullet.
  8. A major general in the Union army during the American Civil War
  9. commanded the army through the battles of the Wilderness,Cold Harbor, and finally outside of Petersburg.
  10. A battle that lasted since Apr. 30 - May 6, 1863; considered Gen. Robert E. Lee's greatest military victory.
  11. the second great engagement of the American Civil War.
  12. The first full-scale battle of the Civil War.

25 Clues: A lead rifle bullet. • served as a superintendent of West Point • This battle was fought on July 1-3, 1863. • War occurring from May 31, to June 12, 1864. • The first full-scale battle of the Civil War. • Union soldier training camp and staging center. • President of the Confederate States of America. • Led the Union Armies to victory over the confederacy. • ...

CIvil War 2025-11-03

CIvil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Proclamation by Lincoln to free the slaves
  2. War started and ended in which month
  3. Union President during the civil War
  4. first battle of the war
  5. Confederate General
  6. Period of rebuilding after the Civil War
  7. states that allowed slavery but remained in the union
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  1. assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  2. site of surrender
  3. pivotal battle in Pennsylvania during the Civil War
  4. Confederate President
  5. Number of Confederate States
  6. network that helped slaves escape to free states
  7. Union General "March to the Sea"
  8. fired the first shot

15 Clues: site of surrender • Confederate General • fired the first shot • Confederate President • first battle of the war • assassinated Abraham Lincoln • Number of Confederate States • Union General "March to the Sea" • War started and ended in which month • Union President during the civil War • Period of rebuilding after the Civil War • Proclamation by Lincoln to free the slaves • ...

izzy 2025-05-16

izzy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. were appomattox lived
  2. conflict
  3. fixing buildings
  4. opponent of slaver
  5. Confederate general or civil war general or south's lee
  6. president of ending slavery
  7. cite of lincoln's 1863 address
  8. site of lincoln's assassination
  9. civil war ships
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  1. were slaves escaped
  2. imagrents from irish
  3. president who kicked out native Americans
  4. famous for leading the union army
  5. first shots of the civil war
  6. removing Indians

15 Clues: conflict • civil war ships • fixing buildings • removing Indians • opponent of slaver • were slaves escaped • imagrents from irish • were appomattox lived • president of ending slavery • first shots of the civil war • cite of lincoln's 1863 address • site of lincoln's assassination • famous for leading the union army • president who kicked out native Americans • ...

Ch 15.1-3 (The Two Sides, Early Years of the War & Life During the Civil War) 2022-04-08

Ch 15.1-3 (The Two Sides, Early Years of the War & Life During the Civil War) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. if this state seceded, Washington DC would be surrounded by the confederacy (abbrev.)
  2. One of the North's advantages
  3. David Farragut captured this city (abbrev.)
  4. The most notorious prison camp of the Civil War, located in Georgia
  5. Main Confederate General
  6. A ship covered with armor
  7. Helped persuade officials to let women work as nurses
  8. One of two countries the Confederacy attempted to get to help them
  9. a gun with a grooved barrel
  10. The _____ Proclamation was issued after the Battle of Antietam
  11. Where most soldiers came from
  12. Spy and Conductor on the Undergournd Railroad
  13. Printed money during the Civil War was known as this
  14. the only female officer in the Confederate army
  15. slave states that stayed int he union
  16. Where the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves
  17. Many teenagers _____ about their ages to get into the army
  18. The main cash crop grown in the South
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  1. The Union Army of the East was called the Army of the _____
  2. The south fought to become an independent _____
  3. the first modern bullet (two words)
  4. Thomas jackson's nickname
  5. Cenfedrate President
  6. First major battle of the Civil War
  7. He urged Lincoln to make the Civil War a war to end slavery
  8. The first female army surgeon
  9. People displaced by war
  10. Capital of the Confederacy
  11. Draft Riots occured in this major city (abbrev.)
  12. What percentage of school-aged children attended school during the Civil War
  13. Peace Democrats
  14. The North wanted to control the Mississippi River to split the Confederacy in _____
  15. The deadliest single day of fighting in the Civil War
  16. The North's plan to defeat the South, developed by Winfield Scott
  17. If you had $300 you could hire one of these instead of going into the army
  18. a legal process that ensures the government has a legal right to keep someone in jail
  19. To join

37 Clues: To join • Peace Democrats • Cenfedrate President • People displaced by war • Main Confederate General • Thomas jackson's nickname • A ship covered with armor • Capital of the Confederacy • a gun with a grooved barrel • One of the North's advantages • The first female army surgeon • Where most soldiers came from • the first modern bullet (two words) • First major battle of the Civil War • ...

Civil War crossword puzzle 2023-02-22

Civil War crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. had a big advantage with more people more weapons and more railroads.
  2. the process of being set free from legal, social or political
  3. another name for union soldiers
  4. The bloodiest battle in the war
  5. had mostly a disadvantage except for crops and leaders.
  6. The civil war began in the year ____ (Spell out the number)
  7. wait the norther's out
  8. the action of joining something
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  1. enlisted for service
  2. The 16th president
  3. supported slavery
  4. average age of soldiers
  5. first battle of the american civil war
  6. main cause of death in the civil war
  7. fight between south and north
  8. the north's strategy to beat the south
  9. The war ended in the year of ____ (Spell out the number)
  10. people who used to be slaves but are now free
  11. preventing someone or multiple people to not leave
  12. was against slavery

20 Clues: supported slavery • The 16th president • was against slavery • enlisted for service • wait the norther's out • average age of soldiers • fight between south and north • another name for union soldiers • The bloodiest battle in the war • the action of joining something • main cause of death in the civil war • first battle of the american civil war • ...

Civil War Crossword 2026-01-21

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The bloodiest day of the war
  2. General Lee surrendered to Grant which ended the War
  3. North took control of the Mississippi River
  4. gave the right to vote
  5. battle that started the civil war
  6. last name of the Confederacy president
  7. laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the south after the Civil War
  8. period after the Civil war when southern states were rebuilt
  9. gave citizenship rights
  10. last name of the Union president
  11. take control of the Mississippi River and surround the South
Down
  1. Sherman marched his men to the sea after taking Atlanta. He scared the civilian population and destroyed towns
  2. a closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out
  3. abolished slavery
  4. An agency established by congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed black people
  5. the Confederate capital until it was captured by the Union in 1865.

16 Clues: abolished slavery • gave the right to vote • gave citizenship rights • The bloodiest day of the war • battle that started the civil war • last name of the Union president • last name of the Confederacy president • North took control of the Mississippi River • General Lee surrendered to Grant which ended the War • period after the Civil war when southern states were rebuilt • ...

Civil War 2025-01-31

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President of the Confederate States of America
  2. Turning point battle that stopped Lee’s invasion
  3. Law that officially ended slavery in the U.S.
  4. The site where Lee surrendered to Grant
  5. Lincoln's 1863 proclamation freeing enslaved people
  6. Deep differences between North and South
  7. Run First major battle of the war, also called Manassas
  8. Fundamental change in ideas after the war
  9. Length of the Civil War
  10. President of the U.S. during the Civil War
Down
  1. Siege that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
  2. The Southern states that seceded from the Union
  3. Destructive Union campaign through Georgia
  4. Bloodiest single day in U.S. history
  5. Sumter Site of the first shots of the Civil War
  6. Confederate commander who surrendered at Appomattox
  7. Union general who led the North to victory
  8. Post-war period of rebuilding and reintegration
  9. Movement to end slavery in the United States
  10. System of forced labor that divided the nation
  11. The Northern states that fought to preserve the U.S.

21 Clues: Length of the Civil War • Bloodiest single day in U.S. history • The site where Lee surrendered to Grant • Deep differences between North and South • Fundamental change in ideas after the war • Destructive Union campaign through Georgia • Union general who led the North to victory • President of the U.S. during the Civil War • Movement to end slavery in the United States • ...

Stuart words 2021-06-22

Stuart words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the work for killing someone in front of a huge audience
  2. the man who rode the parliament into victory
  3. a festive holiday oliver cromwell banned
  4. The cavalier leader in the civil war
  5. the nickname for the royalists
  6. james side in the civil war
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  1. the nickname for the parliamentarians
  2. the war against the parliamentarians and the cavaliers
  3. the place the civil war occured
  4. Cromwells side in the civil war
  5. a gun like weapon used in the civil war by the royalists side
  6. the king who got executed

12 Clues: the king who got executed • james side in the civil war • the nickname for the royalists • the place the civil war occured • Cromwells side in the civil war • The cavalier leader in the civil war • the nickname for the parliamentarians • a festive holiday oliver cromwell banned • the man who rode the parliament into victory • ...

The Civil War 2022-01-13

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. He served as president during the time of the Civil War.
  2. Northern soldiers from free states who fought in the Civil War.
  3. Lincoln wrote this which declared all slaves in rebel states to be free.
  4. This fortification protected Savannah but was captured in 1862 and was put under the union blockade.
  5. The capital of Georgia at the time of the Civil War.
  6. He served as a Union general and was a key player in the end of the Civil War.
  7. A series of deadly battles where troops stormed the town of Atlanta.
Down
  1. The event where a large Union blockade was created and extended from the coasts of Virginia to Texas.
  2. A location that was one of the largest military prison camps that was known for housing Union soldiers captured from the war in which many died from disease and malnourishment.
  3. An event where Sherman split his army in two and decided to do anything to crush the south's fighting spirit.
  4. An important Georgia port city.
  5. Part of the Anaconda Plan and prevented Confederate commerce and trade.
  6. A battle which resulted in the largest Union defeat in the Civil War.
  7. Southern soldiers from slave states who fought in the Civil War.
  8. A creek that housed a major battle in the Civil War which became a big Union defeat.

15 Clues: An important Georgia port city. • The capital of Georgia at the time of the Civil War. • He served as president during the time of the Civil War. • Northern soldiers from free states who fought in the Civil War. • Southern soldiers from slave states who fought in the Civil War. • A series of deadly battles where troops stormed the town of Atlanta. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-12-14

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the "North"
  2. Site where the deadliest day of the Civil War was fought
  3. Turning point of the war
  4. President of the Confederate States
  5. Name of the for that was attacked to start the Civil War
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  1. Town where the cease fire to end the Civil war was signed
  2. the "South"
  3. Confederate Capital
  4. The European island country that almost joined the south
  5. Month in which the Civil war began AND ended
  6. number of states in the Confederacy
  7. what the Civil War became about, ending this practice

12 Clues: the "North" • the "South" • Confederate Capital • Turning point of the war • number of states in the Confederacy • President of the Confederate States • Month in which the Civil war began AND ended • what the Civil War became about, ending this practice • Site where the deadliest day of the Civil War was fought • The European island country that almost joined the south • ...

Civil War 2013-04-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the movement to get women the right to vote
  2. Troops sent to strengthen a fighting force by adding an additional number of fresh soldiers.
  3. A political party created in the 1850s to prevent the spread of slavery to the territories.
  4. Also called the North or the United States
  5. Loyal to the government of the United States. Also known as Union, Yankee, or Northern.
  6. a series of safe houses that slaves used to escape from slavery
  7. pride in your part of the country
  8. A boundary surveyed in the 1760s that ran between Pennsylvania to the North and Delaware, Maryland and (West) Virginia to the South. It became a symbolic division between free states and slave states.
  9. The area that is now Oklahoma
  10. was Douglas' campaign platform
  11. A crop such as tobacco or cotton which was grown to be sold for cash --not grown for food like corn or wheat.
  12. The largest organizational group of soldiers, made up of one or more corps.
  13. A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States. Also, Union, Federal, or Northern.
  14. the North's war plan
  15. 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.
  16. To formally approve or sanction.
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  1. the name the south gave itself during the war
  2. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports.
  3. Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron.
  4. the President in the North that governed during most of the civil war.
  5. The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri.
  6. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
  7. the souths war plan
  8. Also called the South or the Confederate States of America
  9. A large group of soldiers usually led by a brigadier general.
  10. Freedom from slavery.
  11. Also called the Union or the United States, was the part of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
  12. The major political party in America most sympathetic to states rights and willing to tolerate the spread of slavery to the territories.
  13. said that states should have more power than the federal government
  14. Land within the mainland boundaries of the country that had not yet become a state by 1861.

30 Clues: the souths war plan • the North's war plan • Freedom from slavery. • The area that is now Oklahoma • was Douglas' campaign platform • To formally approve or sanction. • pride in your part of the country • Also called the North or the United States • the movement to get women the right to vote • the name the south gave itself during the war • ...

Civil War 2014-03-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A member of an American political party in the 19th century, succeeded by the Republicans.
  2. Withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization
  3. Enlist someone for military service.
  4. The action or an act of getting rid of system, practice, or institution
  5. Sovereignty An idea that in a new territory, the people there choose whether or not they want to be a free or slave state
  6. The state of being a slave
  7. Railroad A network of secret routes used by slaves to travel to safety in the North of the United States and Canada
  8. State Any slave state that was touching a free state during the Civil War
  9. ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader and a government
  10. Compulsory recruitment for military service
Down
  1. A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside
  2. A Union soldier during the Civil War
  3. Soldiers who fought on horseback
  4. Lincoln 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth
  5. A Northern Democrat that opposed the Civil War
  6. A supporter of the Confederate States of America
  7. A person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding to avoid arrest or persecution
  8. A person advocating or supporting republican government.
  9. An advocate or supporter of the democratic party.
  10. A person killed or injured in a war or accident

20 Clues: The state of being a slave • Soldiers who fought on horseback • A Union soldier during the Civil War • Enlist someone for military service. • Compulsory recruitment for military service • A Northern Democrat that opposed the Civil War • A person killed or injured in a war or accident • A supporter of the Confederate States of America • ...

Civil War 2014-04-09

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

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

Civil War 2014-01-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. honorary promotion in rank, usually for merit. Officers did not usually function at or receive pay for their brevet rank.
  2. soldier who was appointed by an officer to be his confidential assistant.The aide wrote and delivered orders and held a position of responsibility which required him to know troop positions and where officer quarters were located. The aide-de-camp was an officer by virtue of his position and he took orders from his commander only.
  3. Temporary fortifications put up by an army in the field.
  4. A military movement which is used to draw the enemy's attention, distracting the enemy so that an attack can be made in another location.
  5. who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
  6. container used to carry water; made of wood or tin and carried over the shoulder by a strap.
  7. disease causing severe diarrhea.Dysentery was a leading cause of deaths by disease.
  8. A field fortification which was made to absorb the shock of artillery strikes.It was constructed of heavy timbers and its roof was covered with soil.
  9. two-wheeled or four-wheeled wagon or cart used to transport wounded or sick soldiers.
  10. series of military operations that form a distinct phase of the War (such as the Shenandoah Valley Campaign).
  11. or other bedding rolled up and carried over the shoulder by a soldier.Sometimes soldiers would include personal belongings in their bedroll.
  12. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports.
  13. lie in wait for an unexpected attack.
  14. long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is fired.
  15. distance around the inside of a gun barrel measured in thousands of an inch. Bullets are labeled by what caliber gun they fit.
  16. leather shoe, similar to an ankle-high boot, issued to soldiers during the Civil War. Brogans were also popular amongst civilians during the time period.
  17. line of trees, chopped down and placed with their branches facing the enemy, used to strengthen fortifications.
Down
  1. soldier encampment in which soldiers were provided no shelter other than what could be assembled quickly, such as branches; sleeping in the open.
  2. two-wheeled cart that carried two ammunition chests, tools, and a spare wheel for artillery pieces. The caisson could be attached to a limber, which would allow both to be pulled by a team of horses.
  3. Raised platform or mound allowing an artillery piece to be fired over a fortification's walls without exposing the gun crew to enemy fire.
  4. pretend to attack in one direction while the real attack is directed somewhere else.
  5. large group of soldiers usually led by a brigadier general. A brigade was made of four to six regiments. 1 company = 50 to 100 men, 10 companies = 1 regiment, about 4 regiments = 1 brigade, 2 to 5 brigades = 1 division, 2 or more divisions = 1 corps, 1 or more corps = 1 army.
  6. term for the condition known today as edema. Fluid builds up in the tissues and causes limbs to swell up horribly.
  7. term used to describe marauding or foraging soldiers. Although armies on both sides often had rules against foraging or stealing from private residences, some soldiers often found ways to do so.
  8. to the government of the United States. Also known as Union, Yankee, or Northern.
  9. science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming.
  10. practice marching, military formations and the steps in firing and handling one's weapon.
  11. place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured.
  12. term often used to describe the United States of America before the outbreak of the Civil War.
  13. projectile, shot from a cannon, filled with about 35 iron balls the size of marbles that scattered like the pellets of a shotgun.

30 Clues: lie in wait for an unexpected attack. • who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. • science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming. • Temporary fortifications put up by an army in the field. • long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is fired. • place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured. • ...

Civil War 2014-01-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the distance around the inside of a gun barrel measured in thousands of an inch. Bullets are labeled by what caliber gun they fit.
  2. a line of trees, chopped down and placed with their branches facing the enemy, used to strengthen fortifications.
  3. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports.
  4. intestinal disease causing severe diarrhea.Dysentery was a leading cause of deaths by disease.
  5. a leather shoe, similar to an ankle-high boot, issued to soldiers during the Civil War. Brogans were also popular amongst civilians during the time period.
  6. to practice marching, military formations and the steps in firing and handling one's weapon.
  7. someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
  8. to lie in wait for an unexpected attack.
  9. a soldier who was appointed by an officer to be his confidential assistant.The aide wrote and delivered orders and held a position of responsibility which required him to know troop positions and where officer quarters were located. The aide-de-camp was an officer by virtue of his position and he took orders from his commander only.
  10. round container used to carry water; made of wood or tin and carried over the shoulder by a strap.
  11. a two-wheeled or four-wheeled wagon or cart used to transport wounded or sick soldiers.
  12. loyal to the government of the United States. Also known as Union, Yankee, or Northern.
  13. A field fortification which was made to absorb the shock of artillery strikes.It was constructed of heavy timbers and its roof was covered with soil.
  14. the long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is fired.
Down
  1. a series of military operations that form a distinct phase of the War (such as the Shenandoah Valley Campaign).
  2. a place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured.
  3. Raised platform or mound allowing an artillery piece to be fired over a fortification's walls without exposing the gun crew to enemy fire.
  4. a two-wheeled cart that carried two ammunition chests, tools, and a spare wheel for artillery pieces. The caisson could be attached to a limber, which would allow both to be pulled by a team of horses.
  5. A military movement which is used to draw the enemy's attention, distracting the enemy so that an attack can be made in another location.
  6. a large group of soldiers usually led by a brigadier general. A brigade was made of four to six regiments. 1 company = 50 to 100 men, 10 companies = 1 regiment, about 4 regiments = 1 brigade, 2 to 5 brigades = 1 division, 2 or more divisions = 1 corps, 1 or more corps = 1 army.
  7. the science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming.
  8. Temporary fortifications put up by an army in the field.
  9. temporary soldier encampment in which soldiers were provided no shelter other than what could be assembled quickly, such as branches; sleeping in the open.
  10. a term often used to describe the United States of America before the outbreak of the Civil War.
  11. a projectile, shot from a cannon, filled with about 35 iron balls the size of marbles that scattered like the pellets of a shotgun.
  12. an honorary promotion in rank, usually for merit. Officers did not usually function at or receive pay for their brevet rank.
  13. nineteenth-century term for the condition known today as edema. Fluid builds up in the tissues and causes limbs to swell up horribly.
  14. blanket or other bedding rolled up and carried over the shoulder by a soldier.Sometimes soldiers would include personal belongings in their bedroll.
  15. a term used to describe marauding or foraging soldiers. Although armies on both sides often had rules against foraging or stealing from private residences, some soldiers often found ways to do so.
  16. to pretend to attack in one direction while the real attack is directed somewhere else.

30 Clues: to lie in wait for an unexpected attack. • someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. • Temporary fortifications put up by an army in the field. • the science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming. • the long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is fired. • a place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured. • ...

Civil War 2014-05-15

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

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

Civil War 2014-05-14

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a term used to describe severe suffering
  2. the northern states
  3. long blade usually put on a gun
  4. someone loyal to the south
  5. a handgun
  6. a boundary that divided the states
  7. someone who wants to abolish slavery
  8. a disease common during the Civil War
  9. new soldiers
  10. a unit of soldiers
  11. trapping an army in a city
  12. name also used for someone who is loyal to confederate states
Down
  1. weapons
  2. crackers given to the soldiers to eat
  3. the southern states
  4. loyal to the gov't. or union
  5. troops used only when necessary
  6. freedom from slavery
  7. common weapon used in battle
  8. a part of the military used for the sea
  9. admitting defeat
  10. name also used for someone loyal to the union

22 Clues: weapons • a handgun • new soldiers • admitting defeat • a unit of soldiers • the northern states • the southern states • freedom from slavery • someone loyal to the south • trapping an army in a city • loyal to the gov't. or union • common weapon used in battle • long blade usually put on a gun • troops used only when necessary • a boundary that divided the states • ...

Civil War 2015-04-12

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

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

Civil War 2015-04-30

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

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

civil war 2018-05-03

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. nickname for the union army
  2. amendment that gave blacks the right to vote
  3. The selection of soldiers for military service
  4. new form of currency mad during the war
  5. commander of the 54th Massachusetts
  6. first confederate win
  7. Massachusetts first colored regiment
  8. freed slaves in the south
  9. commanded the total war
  10. helped former slaves find family,built schools,hospitals,and helped rebuild the south
  11. President of the confederacy
  12. prevented former slaves who could not pay it from voting
  13. laws that limited former slaves rights
  14. overall rise in prices
  15. Union president and helped slaves be free
  16. Closes a port by positioning ships to keep people or supplies from moving out
  17. union general who captured Vicksburg
  18. Help the war effort by Sewing uniforms and making other supplies
  19. union uniform color
Down
  1. new bullet that cause casualty rate to go up
  2. battles that swayed the victory of civil war to the Norths favor
  3. made it impossible for blacks to vote
  4. main reasons union won the war
  5. To give official approval
  6. amendment that ended slavery everywhere
  7. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross
  8. A farmer who rents a piece of land from the owner and give him a portion of the harvests.
  9. war tactic that consisted of surrounding the enemy and cutting of resources
  10. general who surrendered at Appomattox courthouse
  11. amendment that gave all US born citizenship and equal protection from laws
  12. suggested anaconda plan
  13. separation between race
  14. bloodiest battle of US history
  15. number of states that left the union
  16. All out attacks aimed to completely destroy the enemy's army and its resources
  17. southern economy depended on this
  18. navy ship covered in iron/metal
  19. Racist group who used violence to limit former slaves rights
  20. to leave or withdraw from union
  21. confederate uniform color

40 Clues: union uniform color • first confederate win • overall rise in prices • commanded the total war • suggested anaconda plan • separation between race • To give official approval • freed slaves in the south • confederate uniform color • nickname for the union army • President of the confederacy • main reasons union won the war • bloodiest battle of US history • ...

Civil War 2018-04-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union military post in South Carolina which was taken over by the Confederacy in 1861
  2. General of the Confederacy
  3. Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded
  4. President of the United States of America during the Civil War
  5. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  6. Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances
  7. Union general
  8. Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant
  9. Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win
  10. To leave or withdraw
  11. President of the Confederacy
Down
  1. Slave states that remained in the Union
  2. Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
  3. ship made of iron
  4. The march of an army of 62,000 men from Atlanta toward Savannah, Georgia which left a path of almost total destruction
  5. The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to General Ulysses S. Grant's army on July 4th, 1863
  6. Union strategy for winning by "squeezing" on all sides
  7. Speech given by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery
  8. Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else
  9. the United States

20 Clues: Union general • ship made of iron • the United States • To leave or withdraw • General of the Confederacy • President of the Confederacy • Slave states that remained in the Union • Union strategy for winning by "squeezing" on all sides • Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded • Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states • ...

civil war 2018-04-19

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ship made of iron
  2. Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances
  3. Where the American civil war began
  4. Group of men fighting on foot
  5. Abolitionist group of states
  6. Bullet fired from rifles during the Civil War
  7. Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant
  8. People that are wounded or killed
  9. Hard biscuit made of flour, salt, and water
Down
  1. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
  2. To leave or withdraw
  3. 16th USA president
  4. Term for a Northerner who opposed the war effort
  5. A leather box holding cartridges
  6. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  7. War between the North and South
  8. A branch of the military using ships to conduct war
  9. Pro-slavery group of states
  10. A surgical operation used to remove an hand, arm, foot or leg
  11. Condition of being owned by,and forced to work for someone else
  12. Group of men fighting from horseback

21 Clues: Ship made of iron • 16th USA president • To leave or withdraw • Pro-slavery group of states • Abolitionist group of states • Group of men fighting on foot • War between the North and South • A leather box holding cartridges • People that are wounded or killed • Where the American civil war began • Group of men fighting from horseback • Hard biscuit made of flour, salt, and water • ...

civil war 2019-12-12

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

25 Clues: , a military draft • , Union ironclad ship • , Confederate ironclad ship • Brady , Civil War photographer • Davis , President of the Confederate States of America • Barton , nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross • E. Lee , Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia (Confederate Army) • ...

Civil War 2020-01-20

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

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

Civil War 2020-01-20

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

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 2019-10-16

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Final battle in the campaign by union forces
  2. Leader of confederate army
  3. Battle that took place in Gettysburg PA
  4. Leader of raid on Harper's Ferry
  5. Image of african americans burying corpses
  6. Leader of union army
  7. Court house where confederates surrendered
  8. Opium was one medicine that was used to treat many things
  9. Founder of the American Red Cross
  10. Battle that led to the emancipation proclamation
  11. Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin that was about harsh conditions of a slaves life
  12. Led union forces in campaigns in the south
  13. Leader of the underground railroad
Down
  1. Act of reuniting Cherokees
  2. Only president of confederate states in the US
  3. Major general during civil war- nickname little mac
  4. First northern black volunteer enlisted to fight in war
  5. Confederate general under Robert E Lee
  6. Ship used to transport explosive materials
  7. Womens rights activist after escaping slavery
  8. Type of bullet carried in rifle-musket
  9. First battle of civil war- COnfederates won
  10. Became national leader after escaping slavery in Maryland
  11. 16th president of the USA
  12. Battle won by Union in Tennessee

25 Clues: Leader of union army • 16th president of the USA • Act of reuniting Cherokees • Leader of confederate army • Leader of raid on Harper's Ferry • Battle won by Union in Tennessee • Founder of the American Red Cross • Leader of the underground railroad • Confederate general under Robert E Lee • Type of bullet carried in rifle-musket • Battle that took place in Gettysburg PA • ...

CIVIL WAR 2019-10-16

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Founder of the American Red Cross
  2. Court house where confederates surrendered
  3. Act of reuniting Cherokees and fought with confederates
  4. Became national leader after escaping slavery in Maryland
  5. Leader of the underground railroad
  6. Battle that took place in Gettysburg PA
  7. Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin that was about harsh conditions of a slaves life
  8. Confederate general under Robert E Lee
  9. First battle of civil war- COnfederates won
  10. people started using clean materials and washing hands
  11. Type of bullet carried in rifle-musket
  12. Images of the war that showed people how bad it truly was
Down
  1. 16th president of the USA
  2. Womens rights activist after escaping slavery
  3. Leader of confederate army
  4. First northern black volunteer enlisted to fight in war
  5. Led union forces in campaigns in the south
  6. Battle that led to the emancipation proclamation
  7. Leader of raid on Harper's Ferry
  8. Ship used to transport explosive materials
  9. Major general during civil war- nickname little mac
  10. Only president of confederate states in the US
  11. Final battle in the campaign by union forces
  12. Leader of union army
  13. Battle won by Union in Tennessee- very bloody battle

25 Clues: Leader of union army • 16th president of the USA • Leader of confederate army • Leader of raid on Harper's Ferry • Founder of the American Red Cross • Leader of the underground railroad • Confederate general under Robert E Lee • Type of bullet carried in rifle-musket • Battle that took place in Gettysburg PA • Court house where confederates surrendered • ...

Civil war 2020-12-03

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

26 Clues: To leave • The north • the south states • to get rid of something • S Grant the 18th president • E Lee a confederate general • of Bull run the first battle • of Gettysburg the bloodiest battle • The amendment that got rid of slavery • Wilks Booth murderer of Abraham Lincoln • T Sherman Who lead the march of Atlanta • of Vicksburg The turning point in the war • ...

Civil War 2020-12-21

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first major land battle which was battle of fort _____
  2. withdraw/leave from an organization
  3. Southern states that made their own government which is better known as Confederate States of America
  4. name of iron ships
  5. United States 16th President
  6. party supporting slavery during the Civil War
  7. legal separation of races
  8. state that does allow slavery
  9. war between the North and the South during the 1860s
Down
  1. party against slavery during the Civil War
  2. the South side who did want slavery
  3. the North side who didn’t want slavery
  4. very firm unsalted biscuit or bread made from flour salt and water
  5. sharp blades attached to the end of rifles
  6. nickname of an American who lived in the North
  7. state that didn’t allow slavery
  8. nominee for presidency and debated against Lincoln
  9. civilians who were trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
  10. nickname of an American who lived in the South
  11. the practice of owning people as property

20 Clues: name of iron ships • legal separation of races • United States 16th President • state that does allow slavery • state that didn’t allow slavery • the South side who did want slavery • withdraw/leave from an organization • the North side who didn’t want slavery • the practice of owning people as property • party against slavery during the Civil War • ...

Civil War 2021-02-27

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. practice of people getting sold to do work
  2. president of the U.S. during the Civil War
  3. where The Raid on Harper Ferry took place
  4. How many days did the Battle of Gettysburg last
  5. someone that wanted slavery to end
  6. someone how was wanted for running away
  7. __ Jackson was also a Confederate General
  8. War that the Union won (to end slavery)
  9. The famous battle that General Lee lost
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  1. Americans The Underground railroad helped them
  2. How many states seceded first
  3. Confederate armies were people from the
  4. Union armies were people from the
  5. General Robert E. Lee lead which army
  6. Someone owned and labeled as property
  7. General Ulysses S. Grant lead which army
  8. The state governs themselves
  9. wrote the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
  10. these "patterns" used to show messages
  11. _ Carolina Which state was first to secede

20 Clues: How many states seceded first • The state governs themselves • Union armies were people from the • wrote the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin • someone that wanted slavery to end • General Robert E. Lee lead which army • Someone owned and labeled as property • these "patterns" used to show messages • Confederate armies were people from the • someone how was wanted for running away • ...

Civil War 2017-04-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Clay Senator who supported the Compromise of 1850
  2. President of the Union
  3. This act made assisting a fugitive slave to freedom in any way a crime punishable by fine or imprisonment
  4. To break away from the rest of the states, form their own nation
  5. This compromise allowed California to be admitted as a free state, new territories in the west would be decided by popular sovereignty, and the Fugitive Slave Law
  6. Warships with very tough Oak walls with iron sheets on the sides
  7. The North
  8. Unfair treatment
  9. Address by Lincoln in which he "freed" the enslaved people of the South
  10. Soldiers on horseback
  11. The South
  12. A system where residents vote to decide an issue
  13. An unfair opinion not based on facts
  14. Established that Congress could not ban slavery and slaves could not sue for their freedom since they are not citizens
  15. Laws in a Southern state that controlled enslaved people
  16. In the civil war the states between the north and the south: delaware, mayland, kentucky, and missouri
Down
  1. First state to secede from the United States
  2. Famous Confederate General who surrendered to General Grant
  3. A system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped
  4. The right of states to limit the power of the federal government
  5. These people believed that since the states voluntarily joined the Union, they can also choose to leave.
  6. President of the Confederacy
  7. People who sought to end slavery in the United States in the early 1800s
  8. The compromise that blocked slavery north of 36*30' N
  9. This act repealed the Missouri Compromise and called for popular sovereignty to decide whether slavery would be allowed within new states
  10. Senate Debates which set the stage for Lincoln's presidential campaign event though he didn't win the Senate seat
  11. Lead the raid of Harper's Ferry in 1858
  12. Armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into and out of an area
  13. The main export of the Southern Economy
  14. Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.

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

Civil War 2017-05-21

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one of the causes of the civil war
  2. a series of eighty-five essays written by Madison,Hamilton, Jay that explained the Constitution
  3. lower south territory has seven slave states
  4. a internal conflict between the united states from 1861 and 1865
  5. president of the united states of america during the civil war
  6. natural rights that the government can't take away and promised to protect
  7. one of the disadvantages of the confederacy of the civil war
  8. idea that the power of the govt is separated into three branches
  9. ex-slave, abolitionist, and wrote a autobiography on his life as a slave and escaped to freedom
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  1. providing federal land grants to western settlers on the great plains
  2. government land set up college in america to educate people in agriculture
  3. the turning point of the civil war in the west
  4. most famous conductor of the underground railroad
  5. granted african american males to vote
  6. inventor who invented the cotton gin
  7. assassinated abraham lincoln
  8. a confederate General who earned the nickname of "stonewal"
  9. first african american to win congressional medal of honor for heroism in the battle
  10. north territory has twenty free states and five border
  11. congress opened all territories to slavery to declare
  12. inventor who created the telegraph for people can communicate
  13. the turning point of the civil war in the east
  14. third president and author of the declaration of independence
  15. elected as president of the confederate states of america during the civil war
  16. a belief that the US had the divine (god-given)right to expand from Atlantic ocean to the pacific

25 Clues: assassinated abraham lincoln • one of the causes of the civil war • inventor who invented the cotton gin • granted african american males to vote • lower south territory has seven slave states • the turning point of the civil war in the west • the turning point of the civil war in the east • most famous conductor of the underground railroad • ...

Civil War 2019-04-30

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What side was against slavery?
  2. The men who fought for the _____ were proud defenders of southerners' rights.
  3. What river did the Union take over?
  4. What side wanted slaves?
  5. What song is associated with the Confederates States of America?
  6. What was the first battle of the Civil War?
  7. The act of freeing people from slavery.
  8. What army was against slavery?
  9. What started in 1861?
  10. What battle had the most deaths?
Down
  1. Who Was the president of the Union?
  2. The battle of _____ was the bloodiest in the Civil War?
  3. Who was the commander of the Union at the end of the war?
  4. Where was the final battle?
  5. The town located on a bluff off of a hair pin turn in the Mississippi river
  6. A system for requiring citizens to join their countries' armed forces
  7. What battle did African Americans join the war?
  8. Who surrendered to General Grant?
  9. Where did the Civil War take place?
  10. What battle did soldiers march out of Washington towards Richmond?

20 Clues: What started in 1861? • What side wanted slaves? • Where was the final battle? • What side was against slavery? • What army was against slavery? • What battle had the most deaths? • Who surrendered to General Grant? • Who Was the president of the Union? • What river did the Union take over? • Where did the Civil War take place? • The act of freeing people from slavery. • ...

civil war 2019-04-30

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / Northern soldier, W.T Sherman, spread his army around the south and destroyed land and supplies.
  2. / a public or official announcement, especially one dealing with a matter of great importance
  3. / Belief on whether state's rights are more important than federal rights. The south was for this while the north was not.
  4. / a soft white fibrous substance that surrounds the seeds of a tropical and subtropical plant and is used as textile fiber and thread for sewing
  5. / a network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in the United States in efforts to escape to free states and Canada
  6. / the action of annexing something, especially territory
  7. / where the slaves worked, big farm
  8. / The bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
Down
  1. or political restrictions; liberation
  2. / Compromise set to make the north and south happy by making CA a free state, but other states would now be open to slavery. a very strict fugitive slave act was set. GA Platform was created because of this compromise
  3. / an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
  4. / the fact or process of being set free from legal,
  5. / a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery
  6. / Northern economic system during the Civil War
  7. / a sea fort in Charleston, South Carolina, notable for two battles of the American Civil War
  8. / was a confederation of secessionist American states existing from 1861 to 1865
  9. / northern states
  10. / survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy
  11. / Largest southern jail that help Union soldiers.
  12. of 1828 / The North put tariffs on imported goods, forcing the south to buy goods from the north. SC was the first state to nullify this.
  13. / Largest cause of the Civil War. Union believed the south should not enslave people, while the south thought otherwise.

21 Clues: / northern states • / where the slaves worked, big farm • or political restrictions; liberation • / The bloodiest battle of the Civil War. • / Northern economic system during the Civil War • / Largest southern jail that help Union soldiers. • / the fact or process of being set free from legal, • / the action of annexing something, especially territory • ...

Civil War 2019-04-26

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

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

Civil War 2019-04-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The side or edge of a military formation
  2. war, a strategy of bringing war to the entire society and not just the military
  3. Corpus, A legal writ, order, that guarantees a prisoner the right to be heard in court
  4. General of the Union Army
  5. Massachusetts, The best known African American Regiment
  6. President who gave the Gettysburg Address
  7. This siege led to the Union control of the Mississippi River
  8. Union general who is known for his March to the Sea
  9. The confederate loss here led to Britain and France not helping them with Ironclads
  10. Proclamation, Decree issued by Abraham Lincoln freeing enslaved people in the rebel states
  11. To formally join a military force
  12. To place within a trench or ditch for defense, to place in a stronger defensive position
  13. Name of he court house where General Lee surrendered to General Grant
  14. General of the Confederate Army
  15. State, State on the border between the North and South: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri
  16. A warship equipped with iron plating for protection
  17. War, A conflict between people of the same country
Down
  1. A solider who is killed wounded, captured, or missing in battle
  2. Reward or payment
  3. Major battle in Maryland that was the single deadliest day of fighting
  4. refusal to give in
  5. Nickname of the Confederate General Thomas Jackson
  6. A system of selecting people required for military service
  7. Paper money issued by the United States government
  8. Stream or smaller river that feeds into a larger river
  9. The Confederate Presidents last name

26 Clues: Reward or payment • refusal to give in • General of the Union Army • General of the Confederate Army • To formally join a military force • The Confederate Presidents last name • The side or edge of a military formation • President who gave the Gettysburg Address • Nickname of the Confederate General Thomas Jackson • Paper money issued by the United States government • ...

Civil War 2019-05-15

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

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. • Occurring between citizens in a nation. • A violent uprising against a government. • ...

Civil War 2019-05-15

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

20 Clues: Foot soldiers. • Owning slaves. • 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 2017-01-12

civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first official battle
  2. first bloodshed battle
  3. battle of Pittsburgh landing
  4. abolishment of slavery
  5. village army general surrendered that ended war
  6. prison that lasted 14 months
  7. commander of confederate army
  8. "young Napoleon"
  9. written by Lincoln freeing slaves
  10. implemented congressional reconstruction
  11. suspension of rights
  12. second most famous confederate general
  13. first state to secede
  14. Wars turning point
  15. Battle of Sharpsburg
Down
  1. "Four score and seven years ago"
  2. union led by Grant, split confederacy in half
  3. battle of Hampton Roads
  4. Savannah campaign
  5. led raid at Harpers Ferry
  6. rights despite race and color
  7. equal rights to former slaves
  8. worked at Fords theater
  9. wrote emancipation proclamation
  10. general who used scorched earth and total war
  11. court case and military tribunals
  12. President of the confederate states of america
  13. General Lee's "perfect battle"
  14. first impeached president
  15. draft week in manhattan

30 Clues: "young Napoleon" • Savannah campaign • Wars turning point • suspension of rights • Battle of Sharpsburg • first official battle • first state to secede • first bloodshed battle • abolishment of slavery • battle of Hampton Roads • worked at Fords theater • draft week in manhattan • led raid at Harpers Ferry • first impeached president • battle of Pittsburgh landing • ...

Civil War 2018-05-12

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

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

civil war 2019-03-03

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / stuff you can buy with or trade with
  2. bag / help to carry stuff
  3. Railroad / a trail that the fugitive slaves took to escape
  4. / somethng to tell your family what is going on during the war
  5. Scott / he tried to sue for his freedom
  6. / something to carry water
  7. / the general from the south
  8. / the army from the north
  9. brown / he committed treason
  10. Lincoln / he signed the Emancipation proclamation
Down
  1. / battle of the hill and was major battle in the war
  2. box / container for ammo
  3. / one of the union generals
  4. run / one of the major battles of the civil war
  5. / the army from the south
  6. Tubman / she guided slave threw the underground railroad
  7. of spotsylvania / the battle when lee surrendered to grant
  8. Nebraska act / when slave went to go vote to free slaves
  9. Sumter / the first battle of the civil war
  10. / a rifle

20 Clues: / a rifle • box / container for ammo • / the army from the south • / the army from the north • bag / help to carry stuff • / something to carry water • / one of the union generals • / the general from the south • brown / he committed treason • / stuff you can buy with or trade with • Scott / he tried to sue for his freedom • ...

Civil War 2021-05-31

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

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

Civil War 2021-05-31

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

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

Civil War 2021-05-31

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

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

Civil War 2021-05-31

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

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

civil war 2021-04-12

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rebellion was a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831, led by Nat Turner. The rebels killed between 55 and 65 people, at least 51 of whom were white.
  2. meaning "cotton engine" – is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.
  3. was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century, and used by enslaved African-Americans to primarily escape into free states and Canada
  4. who signed and printed his name Wm. Lloyd Garrison, was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer.
  5. was an American advocate on behalf of the indigent mentally ill who, through a vigorous and sustained program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first generation of American mental asylums. During the Civil War, she served as a Superintendent of Army Nurses.
  6. was an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
  7. social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or promote complete abstinence from alcohol, and its leaders emphasize alcohol's negative effects on people's health, personalities and family lives
  8. The expansion of internal American trade greatly increased with the adoption of canals, steamboats, and railroads. These collective advances in technology became known as the Transportation Revolution.
  9. an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat; the first was called North River Steamboat‌
  10. parts are parts that are, for practical purposes, identical. They are made to specifications that ensure that they are so nearly identical that they will fit into any assembly of the same type. One such part can freely replace another, without any custom fitting, such as filing
  11. was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-1800s. She was the main force behind the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, the first convention to be called for the sole purpose of discussing women's rights, and was the primary author of its Declaration of Sentiments.
  12. American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machineand was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-national businesses, the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
  13. an apparatus for communication at a distance by coded signals especially: an apparatus, system, or process for communication at a distance by electric transmission over the wire.
  14. was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, becoming famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings.
  15. brand name of Deere & Company, an American corporation that manufactures agricultural, construction, and forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains used in heavy equipment, and lawn care equipment
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  1. Awakening was a Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States. The Second Great Awakening, which spread religion through revivals and emotional preaching, sparked a number of reform movements.
  2. American inventor and painter. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs.
  3. American Quaker, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social reformer. She had formed the idea of reforming the position of women in society when she was amongst the women excluded from the World Anti-Slavery Convention held in London in 1840.
  4. was a public school in the United States during the 19th century. Horace Mann was a strong advocate for public education and the common schoo
  5. was an American educational reformer and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education. ... Educational historians credit Horace Mann, along with Henry Barnard and Catherine Beecher as one of the major advocates of the Common School Movement
  6. American inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which later became part of the International Harvester Company in 1902.
  7. From 1891 to 1992, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway operated between St. Louis, Missouri, and various points in the states of Arkansas and Texas. It was nicknamed "The Cotton Belt Route," or simply Cotton Belt, because its rails ran primarily through regions where cotton was the predominate crop.
  8. was an American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man.
  9. transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
  10. flexible material made by creating an interlocking network of yarns or threads, which are produced by spinning raw fibres into long and twisted lengths. Textiles are then formed by weaving, knitting, crocheting, knotting, tatting, felting, bonding or braiding these yarns together
  11. system was a labor and production model employed during the rise of the textile industry in the United States, particularly in New England, amid the larger backdrop of rapid expansion of the Industrial Revolution the early 19th century

26 Clues: who signed and printed his name Wm. Lloyd Garrison, was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer. • transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. • ...

Civil War 2021-03-30

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This battle was the Bloodiest one-day battle.
  2. The person who killed President Lincoln.
  3. Name the 1st speech a President gives.
  4. The President of the Union
  5. Sherman's March was headed to what Georgia city
  6. Freed slaves& Union worth fighting for
  7. The person who led the 54th Massachusetts Infantry.
  8. Plan used by the North to "strangle" the South.
  9. Name of the Northern U.S. led by Lincoln
  10. Name of the Courthouse where Lee surrendered.
Down
  1. Freed slaves in rebelled states
  2. Union got control of Mississippi in this siege
  3. This battle was the turning point in the War
  4. Name of the Southern U.S. led by Davis
  5. This was the first battle of the Civil War.
  6. The main Union General
  7. The Union General in the Western Theatre.
  8. The President of the Confederacy
  9. The main Confederate General
  10. This battle was the 1st true fighting of the War
  11. General Jackson's nickname from Bull Run
  12. 1st African American to get the Medal of Honor
  13. 1st non-native American to get the Medal of Honor
  14. States that where in-between the North & South.

24 Clues: The main Union General • The President of the Union • The main Confederate General • Freed slaves in rebelled states • The President of the Confederacy • Name of the Southern U.S. led by Davis • Name the 1st speech a President gives. • Freed slaves& Union worth fighting for • The person who killed President Lincoln. • General Jackson's nickname from Bull Run • ...

Civil War 2024-06-03

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lee R.'s greatest victory and a battle known for wounding General Jackson.
  2. It was issued by President Abraham Lincoln that declared slaves free from slaveholders.
  3. The first national currency of the United States.
  4. Twisted rail lines left behind by Union raiders.
  5. One of the largest and deadliest battles during the Civil War.
  6. A cracker like food. The most common meal for soldiers.
  7. Required white males between the age of 18 and 35 to serve three years of confederacy service if needed.
  8. A group of people from the Democratic Party in the Union who were against the American Civil War.
  9. 16th president of the U.S.and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
  10. A sum that is paid to someone for killing or capturing another person.
  11. He was great at organizing and training his troops but not the best leader.
  12. A three day battle to commemorate a new National Cemetery at Gettysburg.
  13. A military strategy that consists of attempts to tire down the enemy to the point of collapse.
  14. A small group of sailors that sailed goods under guns of northern ships.
  15. Battle fought in Mechanicsville, Virginia from May 13 to June 12, 1864.
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  1. Known as the climax of the Battle of Gettysburg and is known for the infantry attacks.
  2. A major union operation that was launched in Southeastern Virginia that was the first large scale offensive in the Eastern Theater.
  3. It led to Lincoln issuing the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
  4. Largest battle fought in Georgia during the Civil War.
  5. Distributed camp ration and trades with the enemy, where both sided foraged for food.
  6. A strategic location on the Mississippi River.
  7. A military prison facility.
  8. The battle fought on May 5 though May 7, 1864.
  9. The international incident that happened between the U.S. and Great Britain in 1861.
  10. Was attacked and marked the start of the American Civil War.
  11. The plan to cut off supplies to confederat forces and to conquer their fighting force.
  12. Temporary substitution of military authority for civilian authority.
  13. Government that seceded from the union.
  14. A stream running through a battlefield.
  15. A battle that allowed union troops to hit the interior following with a great human toll.

30 Clues: A military prison facility. • Government that seceded from the union. • A stream running through a battlefield. • A strategic location on the Mississippi River. • The battle fought on May 5 though May 7, 1864. • Twisted rail lines left behind by Union raiders. • The first national currency of the United States. • Largest battle fought in Georgia during the Civil War. • ...

Civil War 2024-05-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. It is the freeing of slaves,
  2. Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, was the bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War—and of U.S. history. Despite this blunder, Antietam was an important victory. Lee’s northward advance had been stopped.
  3. Lincoln saw the Copperheads as a threat to support of the war effort. To silence them, he suspended the right of habeas corpus. This is a constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment. Ignoring this protection, Union officials jailed their enemies, including some Copperheads, without evidence or trial. Lincoln’s action greatly angered Democrats and some Republicans.
  4. The general assembled a highly disciplined force of 100,000 soldiers called the Army of the Potomac. The careful McClellan spent months training. However, because he overestimated the size of the Confederate army, McClellan hesitated to attack.
  5. This was a key battle that finally turned the tide against the Confederates. The battle began on July 1, 1863, when the Confederate raiding party and the Union forces began exchanging fire. The larger Confederate forces began to push the Union troops back through Gettysburg. The Union soldiers regrouped along the high ground of Cemetery Ridge and Culp’s Hill. General Lee wanted to prevent the Union forces from entrenching themselves. He therefore ordered General Ewell to attack immediately. However, Ewell hesitated and thereby gave the Federals time to establish an excellent defensive position.
  6. developed a two-part strategy: (1) destroy the South’s economy with a naval blockade of southern ports; (2) gain control of the Mississippi River to divide the South. Other leaders urged an attack on Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital.
  7. Ships heavily armored with iron.
  8. He was an admiral and approached the two forts that guarded the entrance to New Orleans from the Gulf of Mexico. Unable to destroy the forts, Farragut decided to race past them.
  9. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Lee had served in the Mexican War and had led federal troops at Harpers Ferry. Lee was willing to take risks and make unpredictable moves to throw Union forces off balance.
  10. She organized the collection of medicine and supplies for delivery to the battlefield. At the field hospitals, the “angel of the battlefield” soothed the wounded and dying and assisted doctors as bullets flew around her. Barton’s work formed the basis for the future American Red Cross.
  11. It consisted mostly of free African Americans. In July 1863 this regiment led a heroic charge on South Carolina’s Fort Wagner. The 54th took heavy fire and suffered huge casualties in the failed operation. About half the regiment was killed, wounded, or captured.
  12. In 1861 that spark occurred at Fort Sumter, a federal out-post in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by Confederate troops, beginning the Civil War.
  13. Run Jackson wanted to defeat Pope’s army before it could join up with McClellan’s larger Army of the Potomac. Jackson’s troops met Pope’s Union forces on the battlefield in August 1862. The three-day battle became known as this.
  14. They were midwesterners who sympathized with the South and opposed abolition. They believed the war was not necessary and called for its end.
  15. wedged between the North and the South were the states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri—slave states that did not join the Confederacy. Kentucky and Missouri controlled parts of important rivers. Maryland separated the Union capital, Washington, DC, from the North.
Down
  1. This was the idea that Great Britain would support the Confederacy because it needed the South’s raw cotton to supply its booming textile industry.
  2. escaped slaves that had the right to join the Union army in South Carolina.
  3. It was the first major battle of the Civil War and the Confederates’ victory. The battle is also known as the First Battle of Manassas. It shattered the North’s hopes of winning the war quickly.
  4. During the summer of 1862, Lee strengthened his positions. On June 26 he launched a series of clashes known as this that forced the Union army to retreat from near Richmond.
  5. in this battle the Union army gained greater control of the Mississippi River valley.
  6. Bold and restless, Grant grew impatient when he was asked to lead defensive military maneuvers. He wanted to be on the attack. As a commander of forces in the Union’s western campaign he would get his wish.
  7. The order to free the Confederate slaves.
  8. General Grant’s troops began this in mid-May 1863,cutting off the city and shelling it repeatedly. As food ran out, residents and soldiers survived by eating horses, dogs, and rats.
  9. “There is Jackson standing like a stone wall!” cried one southern officer. “Rally behind the Virginians!” At that moment General

24 Clues: It is the freeing of slaves, • Ships heavily armored with iron. • The order to free the Confederate slaves. • escaped slaves that had the right to join the Union army in South Carolina. • in this battle the Union army gained greater control of the Mississippi River valley. • ...