civil war Crossword Puzzles
Alyssa's crossword 2022-01-27
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- Atlanta was surrendered to this Union in this month in 1864.
- The president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
- The Emancipation Proclamation became law on the first day of this month in 1863.
- This means to leave the Union or committ "state suicide."
- Sherman marched his army across Georgia from Atlanta to this city.
- Atlanta was vital because of its position as a center for this means of transportation during the Civil War.
- This was the bloodiest battle fought in Georgia during the Civil War.
- President of the North/Union
- The most important sales crop in the Confederacy.
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- Lincoln authorized this measure to keep southern cotton from reaching European markets during the Civil War.
- The capital of Georgia captured by Union troops in 1864.
- The Union general who captured Atlanta.
- These were the union troops in Andersonville.
- The leader of those opposed to secession at the Georgia Secessionist Convention in 1861.
- Freeing the slaves.
- The industrial center and transportation hub of Georgia during the Civil War.
16 Clues: Freeing the slaves. • President of the North/Union • The Union general who captured Atlanta. • These were the union troops in Andersonville. • The most important sales crop in the Confederacy. • The president of the Confederacy during the Civil War. • The capital of Georgia captured by Union troops in 1864. • This means to leave the Union or committ "state suicide." • ...
Civil War 2023-12-15
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- Someone who wants to end slavery
- A famous battle that led to a famous speech
- Being more loyal to an area of the country than the country as a whole
- The winner of the Civil War
- Physical features
- The freeing of a group of people
- Willing to work together
- The amendment that ended slavery in the US
- The state where they tried popular sovereignty and lots of people died
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- The Battle that led to the Emancipation Proclamation
- The worker force of the South
- The U.S. President during the Civil War
- The Southern Country
- The first battle of the Civil War
- The time period after the Civil War
- A crop that makes a lot of money ie. cotton
16 Clues: Physical features • The Southern Country • Willing to work together • The winner of the Civil War • The worker force of the South • Someone who wants to end slavery • The freeing of a group of people • The first battle of the Civil War • The time period after the Civil War • The U.S. President during the Civil War • The amendment that ended slavery in the US • ...
Civil War 2017-04-12
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- Confederate general
- Believed that abolition of slavery would destroy their economy
- Led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad
- President of Confederate States of US
- Believed that slavery should be abolished for moral reasons
- Former slave leading abolitionists
- Bloodiest day in Civil War
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- Believed that slavery was cruel,inhumane,and undemocratic
- Turning point in Civil War
- First battle of Civil War
- Location of Confederate surrender
- United States president during Civil War
- Union general
13 Clues: Union general • Confederate general • First battle of Civil War • Turning point in Civil War • Bloodiest day in Civil War • Location of Confederate surrender • Former slave leading abolitionists • President of Confederate States of US • United States president during Civil War • Led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad • ...
Civil War Crossword 2023-03-22
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- __________ courthouse, the name of the place Lee surrendered
- the last name of the current president at the start of the Civil War
- the group of Northern states that fought against the Confederacy
- the last name of the general of the Confederate army
- _____ War, the name of the war this magazine is about
- the battle of _________, occurred on July 4, 1863
- the era following the Civil War where the South was rebuilt
- was abolished after the Civil War, the concept of owning another person and forcing them to do work.
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- the last name of the last general of the Union army during the Civil War and the 18th president
- the group of Southern states that seceded from the United States
- the capital of the Confederacy
- the group of white supremacists that arrose in the Confederacy (no spaces)
- the battle of ______, occurred from April 6-8, 1862
- the act of submitting to the enemy during a war (giving up)
- the last name of the 2nd president to head the reconstruction era, the 17th president
- _____’s great snake, the representation of the strangle hold the Union had on the Confederacy
16 Clues: the capital of the Confederacy • the battle of _________, occurred on July 4, 1863 • the battle of ______, occurred from April 6-8, 1862 • the last name of the general of the Confederate army • _____ War, the name of the war this magazine is about • the act of submitting to the enemy during a war (giving up) • ...
Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2014-12-12
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- dry crackers made of flour and salt, used as rations for soldiers during the civil war
- where a person owns and forcibly makes another person work for them
- Confederate president
- the period of time right before the Civil War
- the name of the northern states that fought against the Confederacy
- name of the southern states that seceded from the US during the Civil War
- Union president
- first battle of the Civil War, confederate victory
- feeling that one section of a country is more important or superior to the rest of the country
- the ability for states to choose if they wanted to be a slave state or a free state (2 words)
- a political party created in the 1850s; Abraham Lincoln was the first president of this party
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- a person against slavery
- separating from a country or alliance
- a person loyal to the North during the war
- famous Union general, later became President of the United States (3 words)
- the final battle where Lee surrendered (3 words)
- the most bloody, single-day battle in US history,
- famous Confederate general (3 words)
- Confederate general that had his “march to the sea”, burned down Atlanta (3 words)
- a person loyal to the South during the war
20 Clues: Union president • Confederate president • a person against slavery • famous Confederate general (3 words) • separating from a country or alliance • a person loyal to the North during the war • a person loyal to the South during the war • the period of time right before the Civil War • the final battle where Lee surrendered (3 words) • ...
VUS.7abc Vocabulary - The Civil War 2016-11-07
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- Confederate military commander who urged Southerners to accept defeat and unite as Americans.
- 16th President, POTUS during Civil War, insisted that the U.S. would be held together by force if necessary.
- group of eleven states that seceded from the Union, fought against the U.S. during the Civil War.
- SC rules that those of African descent brought to the U.S. were not protected under the Constitution and could never be U.S. citizens.
- Union military general, won victories over South after several failures by Union generals.
- act of a state or states withdrawing from the United States.
- bloodiest day of Civil War, first battle fought on Northern soil, won by U.S., led to Lincoln issuing Emancipation Proclamation.
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- site of Southern surrender to North.
- author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
- turning point in Civil War, won by Union in PA, famous for Pickett’s Charge.
- turned focus of war to slavery, freed slaves in Southern states, discouraged interference of foreign governments in Civil War.
- Former enslaved AA who became a prominent abolitionist and urged Lincoln to recruit former enslaved AA to fight in the Union Army.
- first confrontation of the Civil War, fought in SC.
- anti-slavery novel, depicted horrors of slavery, fueled the abolitionist cause in the 1850’s.
- made by Lincoln, set forth the North’s dual war aims of preserving the Union and abolishing slavery.
- Davis U.S. Senator who became President of the CSA
- Founded in the Northern U.S. in the 1850’s as an anti-slavery party, Lincoln was first Republican President.
17 Clues: author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. • site of Southern surrender to North. • Davis U.S. Senator who became President of the CSA • first confrontation of the Civil War, fought in SC. • act of a state or states withdrawing from the United States. • turning point in Civil War, won by Union in PA, famous for Pickett’s Charge. • ...
VUS.7abc Vocabulary - The Civil War 2016-11-07
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- author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
- made by Lincoln, set forth the North’s dual war aims of preserving the Union and abolishing slavery.
- group of eleven states that seceded from the Union, fought against the U.S. during the Civil War.
- Confederate military commander who urged Southerners to accept defeat and unite as Americans.
- Union military general, won victories over South after several failures by Union generals.
- 16th President, POTUS during Civil War, insisted that the U.S. would be held together by force if necessary.
- Founded in the Northern U.S. in the 1850’s as an anti-slavery party, Lincoln was first Republican President.
- site of Southern surrender to North.
- first confrontation of the Civil War, fought in SC.
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- turned focus of war to slavery, freed slaves in Southern states, discouraged interference of foreign governments in Civil War.
- bloodiest day of Civil War, first battle fought on Northern soil, won by U.S., led to Lincoln issuing Emancipation Proclamation.
- turning point in Civil War, won by Union in PA, famous for Pickett’s Charge.
- Former enslaved AA who became a prominent abolitionist and urged Lincoln to recruit former enslaved AA to fight in the Union Army.
- act of a state or states withdrawing from the United States.
- Davis U.S. Senator who became President of the CSA
- anti-slavery novel, depicted horrors of slavery, fueled the abolitionist cause in the 1850’s.
- SC rules that those of African descent brought to the U.S. were not protected under the Constitution and could never be U.S. citizens.
17 Clues: author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. • site of Southern surrender to North. • Davis U.S. Senator who became President of the CSA • first confrontation of the Civil War, fought in SC. • act of a state or states withdrawing from the United States. • turning point in Civil War, won by Union in PA, famous for Pickett’s Charge. • ...
African Wars Crossword Maxwell Hines 2024-05-21
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- insurgency
- ruler within Ethiopian society
- Tigray People's Liberation Front
- People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- resulted in severe food shortages and famine in Biafra
- ethnic group
- people of southwestern nigeria
- Doctors Without Border
- a war thaterupted in 1991 and continues today
- a conflict that lasted from 2020 until 2022
- Ethiopian Red Terror
- non-governmental organization
- Marxist-Leninist military dictatorship
- a war resulted from a combination of factors
- Doctors without borders
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- war that happened in October, 1993
- A war fought over a disputed border region
- happened 1967-1970
- a concert organized in 1985
- leader of the nigerian government
- Some scholars believe that it influenced the Clinton administration's decision not to intervene in the Rwandan genocide
- US led Unified Task Force
- Eritrean People's Liberation Front
- A war for independence
- an authoritarian rule
25 Clues: insurgency • ethnic group • happened 1967-1970 • Ethiopian Red Terror • an authoritarian rule • Doctors Without Border • A war for independence • Doctors without borders • US led Unified Task Force • a concert organized in 1985 • non-governmental organization • ruler within Ethiopian society • people of southwestern nigeria • Tigray People's Liberation Front • ...
Civil War 2024-05-03
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- the south wanted to do this which caused the civil war
- how many years did the Civil war last
- northern army
- route used to help slaves escape
- speech lincoln gave to free the slaves
- helped slaves travel to freedom through the underground railroads
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- runaway slave that heled Abraham Lincoln
- the president during the civil war
- place where abraham lincoln gave a speech
- southern army
- slave law that forced northerners to return runaway slaves to their owners
- what the war was about
- what month the civil war started
13 Clues: southern army • northern army • what the war was about • route used to help slaves escape • what month the civil war started • the president during the civil war • how many years did the Civil war last • speech lincoln gave to free the slaves • runaway slave that heled Abraham Lincoln • place where abraham lincoln gave a speech • ...
VUS.7abc Vocabulary - The Civil War 2016-11-07
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- Founded in the Northern U.S. in the 1850’s as an anti-slavery party, Lincoln was first Republican President.
- site of Southern surrender to North.
- anti-slavery novel, depicted horrors of slavery, fueled the abolitionist cause in the 1850’s.
- turned focus of war to slavery, freed slaves in Southern states, discouraged interference of foreign governments in Civil War.
- first confrontation of the Civil War, fought in SC.
- author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
- Former enslaved AA who became a prominent abolitionist and urged Lincoln to recruit former enslaved AA to fight in the Union Army.
- SC rules that those of African descent brought to the U.S. were not protected under the Constitution and could never be U.S. citizens.
- Confederate military commander who urged Southerners to accept defeat and unite as Americans.
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- bloodiest day of Civil War, first battle fought on Northern soil, won by U.S., led to Lincoln issuing Emancipation Proclamation.
- 16th President, POTUS during Civil War, insisted that the U.S. would be held together by force if necessary.
- act of a state or states withdrawing from the United States.
- turning point in Civil War, won by Union in PA, famous for Pickett’s Charge.
- group of eleven states that seceded from the Union, fought against the U.S. during the Civil War.
- Davis U.S. Senator who became President of the CSA
- made by Lincoln, set forth the North’s dual war aims of preserving the Union and abolishing slavery.
- Union military general, won victories over South after several failures by Union generals.
17 Clues: author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. • site of Southern surrender to North. • Davis U.S. Senator who became President of the CSA • first confrontation of the Civil War, fought in SC. • act of a state or states withdrawing from the United States. • turning point in Civil War, won by Union in PA, famous for Pickett’s Charge. • ...
1960s Political Activists 2024-05-26
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- - Friedan, feminist
- - Baker, civil rights activist
- - B. Johnson, U.S. President
- - Lou Hamer, civil rights activist
- - Leary, LSD advocate
- - Hayden, anti-war activist
- - Cleaver, Black Panther
- - Zedong, Chinese leader
- - Davis, Black Panther
- - Newton, Black Panther
- - Dulles, CIA director
- - Counterculture figure
- - President after JFK
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- - McCarthy, anti-war candidate
- - Kennedy, U.S. Attorney General
- - Cleaver, Black Panther
- - Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers
- - Guevara, revolutionary
- - Carmichael, Black Power
- - Chavez, labor leader
- - Civil rights leader
- - F. Kennedy, U.S. President
- - X, human rights activist
- - Steinem, feminist
- - Ginsberg, Beat poet
25 Clues: - Friedan, feminist • - Steinem, feminist • - Leary, LSD advocate • - Civil rights leader • - Ginsberg, Beat poet • - President after JFK • - Chavez, labor leader • - Davis, Black Panther • - Dulles, CIA director • - Newton, Black Panther • - Counterculture figure • - Cleaver, Black Panther • - Guevara, revolutionary • - Cleaver, Black Panther • - Zedong, Chinese leader • ...
Causes of the civil war 2024-04-12
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- One of the leading causes; a major conflict between the north and south
- The proclamation that made slaves free
- Rights applied to particular states
- the confederate general
- The region that supported slavery
- agricultural and pro-slavery
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- Fort in SC placed under siege
- the union general
- The man who declared that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
- Rights applied to the US as a whole
- The president during the civil war
- Front-loaded, over-the-shoulder gun
- First engagement of ironclad warships during the Civil War
- Political party based in the north
- Industrialized and anti-slavery
- the war that sparked the Emancipation proclamation
- The region that didn't support slavery
- The first major battle of the civil war
- The bloodiest battle
- Political party based in the south
20 Clues: the union general • The bloodiest battle • the confederate general • agricultural and pro-slavery • Fort in SC placed under siege • Industrialized and anti-slavery • The region that supported slavery • The president during the civil war • Political party based in the north • Political party based in the south • Rights applied to the US as a whole • ...
The Big 20 2016-02-26
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- Root of Civil War Tree- to be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening
- Formed in 1848 to oppose slavery in the territory acquired in the Mexican War; nominated Martin Van Buren for president in 1848. By 1854 most of the party’s members had joined the Republican Party. This party opposed the expansion of slavery and wanted settlers of the territory to decide whether or not to have slavery(2 words, separated by a dash in the middle)
- The economy of these states was dependent on slavery and were against the abolition of slavery.
- Root of Civil War Tree - lack of knowledge or information
- What is the name to the independent nation built up of states that were in the southern part of North America? Additionally, they won the First and Second Battle of the Bull Run.
- These states were anti-slavery and acted many times to stop slavery from continuing.
- The deal proposed by Kentucky senator Henry Clay in 1820 to resolve the slave/free imbalance in Congress that would result from Missouri’s admission as a slave state; Maine’s admission as a free state offset Missouri, and slavery was prohibited in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory north of the southern border of Missouri.(2 words together)
- A legal or economic system in which principles of property law are applied to humans allowing them to be classified as property, to be owned, bought and sold accordingly, and they cannot withdraw unilaterally from the arrangement.This is what led to the events that led to the Civil War
- Who won the Election of 1860? This election angered Confederates because they lost a voice when he was president.
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- Root of Civil War Tree - intense and selfish desire for something (food, money, power)
- Who led the Raid on Harper's Ferry? (2 words together)
- Root of Civil War Tree - evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.
- Anti-slavery novel written by American author Harriet Beecher. Book showed stark realities of slavery, the brutality of slavery, helped “lay groundwork for Civil war" (3 words together, second word has 's)
- Name of the document that was designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican War (2 words together)
- Many people moved to this state to vote whether or not this state would be a slavery or non-slavery state, because Senator Steven Douglas from Illinois did not want to decide whether or not, the states would be free or not.
- Root of Civil War Tree - intense dislike or ill will
- Network of secret routes and safety houses for slaves to runaway to the free states (2 words together)
- This is the southern states near the Mexican border that America fought for during the Mexican American war.
- Root of Civil War Tree - prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior
- Root of Civil War Tree Synonyms: control, authority, influence, dominance.
20 Clues: Root of Civil War Tree - intense dislike or ill will • Who led the Raid on Harper's Ferry? (2 words together) • Root of Civil War Tree - lack of knowledge or information • Root of Civil War Tree Synonyms: control, authority, influence, dominance. • These states were anti-slavery and acted many times to stop slavery from continuing. • ...
Spanish Civil War 2022-11-08
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- War directly after the Spanish Civil War
- Acronym for the communist party of Spain
- Spain's most famous modernist artist
- Occupation of one of the largest strikes, in 1934.
- Extremely catholic form of Spanish Monarchism
- republican reign of terror
- Spanish fascist group
- name of the Spanish government until Nationalist victory
- The war ___ the political climate of Europe. Starts with S.
- political party of the republicans
- Theory of radical unionization by the working class to survive and influence a capitalist society
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- Name of the Spanish Royal Family prior to the Civil War.
- Hostility to religions as practiced by the Republican side of the Spanish Civil War
- Leader/dictator of the nationalist front
- Nationalist reign of terror
- Official political party of the nationalist front
- German air force used by the nationalists to bomb Republican cities
- The party more closely allied with the left
- Caused most of the financial issues that led to the war, especially prominent in the 1930s in America
- Religious subgroup of the nationalist party
- The party that started the coup
- A strike not in just one industry, but across multiple. Designed to be more effective, one of the causes for tension in the Civil War.
- Prime Minister of Spain at the beginning of the coup, leader of the Republican party
- People loyal to the Spanish republic
24 Clues: Spanish fascist group • republican reign of terror • Nationalist reign of terror • The party that started the coup • political party of the republicans • Spain's most famous modernist artist • People loyal to the Spanish republic • Leader/dictator of the nationalist front • War directly after the Spanish Civil War • Acronym for the communist party of Spain • ...
The Battle of Gettysburg 2015-12-14
11 Clues: disabled • an owned person • showing courage • the union army mascot • the south in the civil war • the north in the civil war • the war in 1861 through 1865 • a president during the civil war • an armed conflict between countries • the bloodiest battle during the civil war • an act of slaughtering given to something
Civil War Part I 2024-09-05
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- Considered a border state and held in Union by
- Bloodiest day of battle of the Civil War.
- Confederate leader of the Army.
- US Army.
- help Confederates.
- because it set upon the Mississippi River.
- First Battle of the Civil War.
- Turning point of the Civil War in the East.
- Plan to defeat the Confederacy.
- war.
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- Courtyard Site of the surrender of the Confederate
- Cotton Was excuse made by Southerners to believe that the British would step in
- To leave the Union.
- To take away an opponent's ability and will to
- Davis- President of the Confederacy.
- Bull Run Taught both sides that this war was going to be a long
- S Grant "Unconditional Surrender" bulldog of
17 Clues: war. • US Army. • help Confederates. • To leave the Union. • First Battle of the Civil War. • Confederate leader of the Army. • Plan to defeat the Confederacy. • Davis- President of the Confederacy. • Bloodiest day of battle of the Civil War. • because it set upon the Mississippi River. • Turning point of the Civil War in the East. • S Grant "Unconditional Surrender" bulldog of • ...
Confederate Memorial Day Crossword 2024-01-05
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- the end of the American Civil War
- Weapon during the American Civil War
- Total Number of Deaths During the Civil War
- The Leader of the South Military
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- the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
- Common Civil War Location
- the beginning of the American Civil War
- The country American Civil War Took Place
- President during the time of the American Civil War
- The Leader of the North Military
10 Clues: Common Civil War Location • The Leader of the North Military • The Leader of the South Military • the end of the American Civil War • Weapon during the American Civil War • the beginning of the American Civil War • The country American Civil War Took Place • Total Number of Deaths During the Civil War • President during the time of the American Civil War • ...
ally were unit 6 2020-02-21
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- slick rules that prohibit blacks rights in the south
- protect peoples rights
- 18th president
- Speech where Lincoln thanks the soldiers at the bloodiest battle field
- most influential election
- speech during second entering of office
- killing of president Lincoln on april 15
- to help the south after civil war
- most controversial election when reconstruction ended
- rebuilding of the union after civil war
- cause of misbehavior as president
- single bloodiest battle
- confederate soldier
- war that started civil war
- racist group that hated blacks
- battle that was a turning point in civil war
- 3 day battle in Pennsylvania
- attempt to weaken the south
- Union president who became confederate president
- confederate president
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- war fought within the 13 colonies
- marched down to savannah Georgia and burned everything on his way
- act where you don't have to see a judge to be locked up
- abolished slavery
- African American men can vote
- different approach than presidential reconstruction
- the southern states who decided to leave from the union
- plan by Andrew Jackson to rebuild union
- Abrahams assisgnator
- act that helped blacks get on their feet after black codes
- practice of keeping African americans as free laborers and bad treatment
- the northern states who were left after secession
32 Clues: 18th president • abolished slavery • confederate soldier • Abrahams assisgnator • confederate president • protect peoples rights • single bloodiest battle • most influential election • war that started civil war • attempt to weaken the south • 3 day battle in Pennsylvania • African American men can vote • racist group that hated blacks • war fought within the 13 colonies • ...
African Wars Crossword Maxwell Hines 2024-05-21
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- insurgency
- ruler within Ethiopian society
- Tigray People's Liberation Front
- People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- resulted in severe food shortages and famine in Biafra
- ethnic group
- people of southwestern nigeria
- Doctors Without Border
- a war thaterupted in 1991 and continues today
- a conflict that lasted from 2020 until 2022
- Ethiopian Red Terror
- non-governmental organization
- Marxist-Leninist military dictatorship
- a war resulted from a combination of factors
- Doctors without borders
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- war that happened in October, 1993
- A war fought over a disputed border region
- happened 1967-1970
- a concert organized in 1985
- leader of the nigerian government
- Some scholars believe that it influenced the Clinton administration's decision not to intervene in the Rwandan genocide
- US led Unified Task Force
- Eritrean People's Liberation Front
- A war for independence
- an authoritarian rule
25 Clues: insurgency • ethnic group • happened 1967-1970 • Ethiopian Red Terror • an authoritarian rule • Doctors Without Border • A war for independence • Doctors without borders • US led Unified Task Force • a concert organized in 1985 • non-governmental organization • ruler within Ethiopian society • people of southwestern nigeria • Tigray People's Liberation Front • ...
Civil War Review 2025-04-13
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- This battle was the turning point for the North during the Civil War
- The main general for the South
- The main general for the North
- States that supported slavery but did not join the Confederacy
- Lincoln issued this in 1863, freeing all the slaves in the South
- Number amendment that ends slavery in the USA
- This plan was the North's major strategy for winning the War
- This was the main cause of the Civil War
- An advantage of this side was that the majority of battles fought were on their land
- A major advantage for the North
- People mainly in the North who did not support slavery
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- Battle that Lee surrenders to Grant, ending the War
- The compromise of 1850 made this state a free state
- Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that inspired many to support abolition
- Federal holiday celebrates the ending of slavery in America
- The first state to secede
- The First Battle of the Civil War
- Last name of the President of the Confederacy
- He killed 5 people in Kansas and then tried to start a slave revolt at Harpers Ferry
- The winners of the Civil War
- He won the election of 1860 and became the 16th President
21 Clues: The first state to secede • The winners of the Civil War • The main general for the South • The main general for the North • A major advantage for the North • The First Battle of the Civil War • This was the main cause of the Civil War • Last name of the President of the Confederacy • Number amendment that ends slavery in the USA • ...
CIVIL WAR REVIEW - CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2020-06-03
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- first shots of Civil War at Ft. ______
- warfare against military and government but also civilian population
- citizens of the North that opposed war policy/ wanted negotiated settlement with the South
- ____ (last name) surrendered to Grant at Appomattox
- 1863, U.S. government collects first _______ to help pay for war
- 3 day battle in PA, considered turning point in war for the Northern victory
- President of the Confederacy (last name)
- improvements to this type of gun made it more accurate, easier to use, and more deadly
- capital of Confederacy
- "March to the Sea" by _____ (last name) created wide path of destruction of the South
- riots broke out in North in 1863 over this
- Lincoln assassinated by _____ (last name)
- Union ____ of the Southern ports created shortages of many items
- political party of Abraham Lincoln
- battle of inexperienced soldiers; win for Confederacy in 1861
- winner of Election of 1864 (last name)
- "_____" Jackson - Confederate general who held up well under stressful situations
- enslaved people freed in states in rebellion against the U.S. via The _______ Proclamation
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- battle in which Union forces caught off guard/ strategic lessons learned
- famous female Civil War nurse (last name)
- ran against Lincoln in election 1864/ was once fired as a general by Lincoln
- Lincoln assassinated at _____ Theatre
- battle that gave Union control over Mississippi River
- _____ Address - famous Lincoln speech/ focus on equality and unity as a nationA_ used to bring a prisoner before the court - determine if imprisonment is lawful
- G. Britain remained ____ during the Civil War
- western counties of this state admitted into Union in 1863 as West ______.
- South faced ____ shortage by 1863, caused riots
- bloodiest single day battle of Civil War
- power of this increased during Civil War
- slaves in the "_____" states not freed by Emancipation Proclamation
- industry of South in major decline by end of war
- Modern weapons used in Civil War included land mines and ___________.
- Union suffered defeat at both Fredericksburg and ________, VA
- Monitor and Merrimack both ______ ships
- Union's three-part assault on the Confederacy - ____ Plan
- _____ Amendment - abolished slavery in U.S.
36 Clues: capital of Confederacy • political party of Abraham Lincoln • Lincoln assassinated at _____ Theatre • first shots of Civil War at Ft. ______ • winner of Election of 1864 (last name) • Monitor and Merrimack both ______ ships • bloodiest single day battle of Civil War • power of this increased during Civil War • President of the Confederacy (last name) • ...
Civil War Crossword 2023-02-16
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- A blockade near the south.
- An general increase in prices
- something that blocks ports.
- A person with no pay.
- An person hates gets hated on cause they race.
- The 1st black regimen raised
- A fort located in Charleston, South Carolina.
- The leader of the Confedrates.
- The slaved that escaped on a ship
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- The general that came up with the anaconda plan
- They helped serve food and take care of people.
- They served as drummers during the civil war
- Carolina The first announce from the union.
- A march to the sea.
- The turning point of the civil war.
- A war between the Union and the Confederate.
- states that helps americans.
- The General of the Union.
- the president during the civil war
19 Clues: A march to the sea. • A person with no pay. • The General of the Union. • A blockade near the south. • something that blocks ports. • The 1st black regimen raised • states that helps americans. • An general increase in prices • The leader of the Confedrates. • The slaved that escaped on a ship • the president during the civil war • The turning point of the civil war. • ...
The Civil War 2023-04-12
Across
- The South's Military _____ was far superior to the North's.
- battle of ______ only battle fought in the North.
- Women worked here to support the war efforts.
- ______ Plan implemented by the North to block supplies going to the South.
- War waged by the North tha left the South complete desolate.
- the Union's ironclad ship.
- ____ War is between opposing groups of citizens from the same country.
- Proclamation issued by President Lincoln to free slaves in Confederate States.
- the Battle of ___ Run fought near Manassas, VA was a huge success for the South.
- General Sherman's _____ to the sea left Atlanta a smoldering barren landscape.
- a battle fought to control the Mississippi.
- fort were the all black regiment (Mass 54th) assaulted an open beach front & earned them respect for their bravery.
- Rose Greenhow was a Confederate spy relaying info from the Union to the South
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- President Lincoln believed the to be _____; never to be broken.
- the Confederates' ironclad ship.
- ______ Court House village where the Confederates surrendered to the Union Forces.
- the Civil war was a war of ________ first.
- Soldiers fighting for the North against slavery.
- The north had this advantage over the south.
- was the bloodiest single day of fighting in the Civil War.
- care that was less advanced than the weaponry of the Civil war & just as deadly.
- Gettysburg _____ speech by Pres. Lincoln at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
- Soldiers fighting for the South.
23 Clues: the Union's ironclad ship. • the Confederates' ironclad ship. • Soldiers fighting for the South. • the Civil war was a war of ________ first. • a battle fought to control the Mississippi. • The north had this advantage over the south. • Women worked here to support the war efforts. • Soldiers fighting for the North against slavery. • ...
Civil War 2019-10-16
Across
- He was a slave, who led a failed slave rebellion in Southampton Country, Virginia
- Participation in the battle of gettysburg
- He was a famous intellectual of his time
- He was the 16th President, He is 6’4
- best known as a commander of the confederate states army
- Skillfully reorganized union forces in the first year of the american civil war
- Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
- He was a Slave and a Social activist, served more than one master before suing from his freedom
- was appointed to fill an open senate seat by the governor of mississippi
- advocated the use of armed insurrection to overthrow the institution of slavory in the United States
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- Independent nurse during the civil war
- He was the union general during the civil war, one of the most famous military leaders in U.S history.
- Best known for her anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
- He served as a confederate general under Robert E. Lee in the american civil war
- the youngest president in U.S. history to that point
- She was a nurse, cook and spy during the civil war. Leading slaves along the Underground Railroad was especially helpful
- She put her growing reputation as abolitionist to work during the civil war, She also help recruit black troops for the Union Army
17 Clues: He was the 16th President, He is 6’4 • Independent nurse during the civil war • Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln • He was a famous intellectual of his time • Participation in the battle of gettysburg • the youngest president in U.S. history to that point • Best known for her anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin • ...
Civil War 2025-04-30
Across
- 16th president
- a period of isolation to keep infected people away from uninfected
- lost Civil War
- small fleet
- foot soldiers
- battle that gave Union control of the Mississippi River
- 18th president
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- an individual or group blamed for the mistakes or faults of others
- one who isn't part of the military
- confederate general
- military strategy during the Civil War
- won Civil War
- held from July 1st - July 3rd
- army troops who fought on horseback
- a war in which all rules and laws of war ignored and all resources are used for defeating the enemy
15 Clues: small fleet • won Civil War • foot soldiers • 16th president • lost Civil War • 18th president • confederate general • held from July 1st - July 3rd • one who isn't part of the military • army troops who fought on horseback • military strategy during the Civil War • battle that gave Union control of the Mississippi River • ...
Vocab #4 2023-12-18
Across
- A cruel and oppressive ruler
- A Greek formation that is close together and packed
- A war between two groups in a country
- Somebody who studies Philosophy
- A government ruled by a monarch
- The height of a culture
- An Economy based off money
- The capital of Greece
- The Athens led group in the Greek Civil war
- A government ruled by a small group of people
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- The Greek Peninsula
- The Spartan led group in the Greek civil war
- An economy based off trading
- The highest societal class
- The Greek temple dedicated to Athena
- A country in ancient Greek time
- A piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides
- A Greek influenced culture
- A government with elected officials
- A city state in Ancient Greece
20 Clues: The Greek Peninsula • The capital of Greece • The height of a culture • The highest societal class • A Greek influenced culture • An Economy based off money • A cruel and oppressive ruler • An economy based off trading • A city state in Ancient Greece • A country in ancient Greek time • Somebody who studies Philosophy • A government ruled by a monarch • ...
Civil War Crossword 2022-05-04
Across
- a commanding general for the Union
- president of the United States during the Civil War
- court house where the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia occurred
- the region where the Union stood
- citizen in the North who opposed the war policy
- played the central role during the Civil War
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- battle that was the turning point of the war, won by the Union as well
- proclamation that declared all slaves in the rebellious states free
- early battle of the Civil War in the Western Theater, won by the Union
- the government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union
- military plan proposed by the Union
- a commanding general for the Confederacy
- the site of the first shots of the Civil War
- the region where the Confederacy stood
- the United States opposed by the Confederacy
15 Clues: the region where the Union stood • a commanding general for the Union • military plan proposed by the Union • the region where the Confederacy stood • a commanding general for the Confederacy • the site of the first shots of the Civil War • the United States opposed by the Confederacy • played the central role during the Civil War • ...
Civil War Crossword puzzle 2017-05-22
Across
- first and only president of the confederacy
- Escaped slave and recruited African Americans for the civil war
- Southern states that left the United States of America in 1861
- Maine was a free state in this compromise
- First battle in the civil war
- First real battle of the civil war
- Law that says any escaped slaves must be returned even if they got to the north
- Gave the north the Mississippi
- An abolitionist who was the author to Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- How many states left the union for the Confederacy
- Got his nickname for holding his ground like a stonewall
- He’s on the five dollar bill and the sixteenth president
- Where Robert E. Lee surrendered on april ninth
- start July 1st and ended July 3rd
- someone who wants to get rid of slavery
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- In virginia where John Brown attempted to leave a slave rebellion
- Kansas and Nebraska can choose to be a free or slave state
- Amendment that abolished slavery
- He was the 18th president and commanded for the union
- freed all slaves on the confederate side
- commander in the confederate army and is from Virginia
- Bloodiest day of the civil war
- the cause of the civil war
- Speech given By Abraham Lincoln in dedication of the battle of gettysburg
- Novel that showed the horrors of slavery to the north
25 Clues: the cause of the civil war • First battle in the civil war • Gave the north the Mississippi • Bloodiest day of the civil war • Amendment that abolished slavery • start July 1st and ended July 3rd • First real battle of the civil war • someone who wants to get rid of slavery • freed all slaves on the confederate side • Maine was a free state in this compromise • ...
Civil War Crossword puzzle 2017-05-22
Across
- someone who wants to get rid of slavery
- How many states left the union for the Confederacy
- Southern states that left the United States of America in 1861
- Law that says any escaped slaves must be returned even if they got to the north
- Where Robert E. Lee surrendered on april ninth
- Escaped slave and recruited African Americans for the civil war
- First battle in the civil war
- In virginia where John Brown attempted to leave a slave rebellion
- Gave the north the Mississippi
- the cause of the civil war
- first and only president of the confederacy
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- Amendment that abolished slavery
- Got his nickname for holding his ground like a stonewall
- Maine was a free state in this compromise
- An abolitionist who was the author to Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- freed all slaves on the confederate side
- Kansas and Nebraska can choose to be a free or slave state
- Bloodiest day of the civil war
- Novel that showed the horrors of slavery to the north
- start July 1st and ended July 3rd
- First real battle of the civil war
- Speech given By Abraham Lincoln in dedication of the battle of gettysburg
- He was the 18th president and commanded for the union
- commander in the confederate army and is from Virginia
- He’s on the five dollar bill and the sixteenth president
25 Clues: the cause of the civil war • First battle in the civil war • Bloodiest day of the civil war • Gave the north the Mississippi • Amendment that abolished slavery • start July 1st and ended July 3rd • First real battle of the civil war • someone who wants to get rid of slavery • freed all slaves on the confederate side • Maine was a free state in this compromise • ...
Reconstruction Crossword Puzzle 2025-04-04
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- – The right to be treated fairly and equally as everyone else.
- – Keeping black and white people separate.
- – The right to vote.
- – A group of people who wanted to punish the South and give freed slaves more rights.
- – Laws that made it harder for freed slaves.
- – Laws that forced segregation in the South.
- – The Northern states that fought to end slavery and keep the country together.
- – The President who didn’t want to punish the South after the Civil War.
- – Slaves who were freed after the Civil War.
- – The law that let African American men vote.
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- – The time after the Civil War when the U.S. tried to fix things in the South and helped freed slaves recover.
- – The Southern states that fought against the North in the Civil War.
- – A Southerner who worked with the North during Reconstruction.
- – A person from the North who moved to the South after the Civil War, sometimes seen as taking advantage of things.
- – The law that ended slavery.
- – A change or update to the Constitution.
- – A group that used violence to stop African Americans from getting rights.
- – A person who was born in the U.S with equal rights.
- – A system where farmers worked on land and gave half of their crops to the land owner.
- – The law that made everyone born in the U.S. a citizen and gave them equal rights.
20 Clues: – The right to vote. • – The law that ended slavery. • – A change or update to the Constitution. • – Keeping black and white people separate. • – Laws that made it harder for freed slaves. • – Laws that forced segregation in the South. • – Slaves who were freed after the Civil War. • – The law that let African American men vote. • ...
CIVIL WAR REVIEW - CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2020-06-03
Across
- Lincoln assassinated at _____ Theatre
- slaves in the "_____" states not freed by Emancipation Proclamation
- industry of South in major decline by end of war
- battle that gave Union control over Mississippi River
- western counties of this state admitted into Union in 1863 as West ______.
- first shots of Civil War at Ft. ______
- "March to the Sea" by _____ (last name) created wide path of destruction of the South
- ____ (last name) surrendered to Grant at Appomattox
- warfare against military and government but also civilian population
- battle of inexperienced soldiers; win for Confederacy in 1861
- famous female Civil War nurse (last name)
- Lincoln's assassin (last name)
- President of the Confederacy (last name)
- improvements to this type of gun made it more accurate, easier to use, and more deadly
- capital of Confederacy
- winner of Election of 1864 (last name)
- Monitor and Merrimack both ______ ships
- enslaved people freed in states in rebellion against the U.S. via The _______ Proclamation
- power of this increased during Civil War
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- Union ____ of the Southern ports created shortages of many items
- riots broke out in North in 1863 over this
- citizens of the North that opposed war policy/ wanted negotiated settlement with the South
- South faced ____ shortage by 1863, caused riots
- "_____" Jackson - Confederate general who held up well under stressful situations
- political party of Abraham Lincoln
- _____ Address - famous Lincoln speech/ focus on equality and unity as a nationA_ used to bring a prisoner before the court - determine if imprisonment is lawful
- bloodiest single day battle of Civil War
- Union suffered defeat at both Fredericksburg and ________, VA
- 3 day battle in PA, considered turning point in war for the Northern victory
- G. Britain remained ____ during the Civil War
- battle in which Union forces caught off guard/ strategic lessons learned
- ran against Lincoln in election 1864/ was once fired as a general by Lincoln
- _____ Amendment - abolished slavery in U.S.
- Modern weapons used in Civil War included land mines and ___________.
- 1863, U.S. government collects first _______ to help pay for war
- Union's three-part assault on the Confederacy - ____ Plan
36 Clues: capital of Confederacy • Lincoln's assassin (last name) • political party of Abraham Lincoln • Lincoln assassinated at _____ Theatre • first shots of Civil War at Ft. ______ • winner of Election of 1864 (last name) • Monitor and Merrimack both ______ ships • bloodiest single day battle of Civil War • President of the Confederacy (last name) • ...
Crossword vocab 4-6 2023-05-23
Across
- a norther who opposed using force to keep the southern states in union
- a war ship used by the confederates
- The speech by president Lincoln in 1863 after the battle of Gettysburg
- president Lincoln freeing enslave African Americans in confederate territory
- to surround and blockade an enemy town or position of troops
- battle Tennessee that union won
- A rise in prides and a decrease of moneys value
- a fort in south Carolina attacked by 54 Massachusetts regiment
- one of the most famous African Americans untiys in the union army
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- a Virginia town that was the site of confederate surrender in 1865
- 1862 civil war battle in Virginia one of unions west defeats
- an 1863 civil war battle in Pennsylvania that the union won and stoped the confederate from moving north
- 163 civil war battle important victory for the confederacy
- the failed confederate charge during the third day of the battle of Gettysburg
- first battle of civi war
- iron clad union warship
- the right to not be help in prism with out being charged from a crime
- a law that requires people that are in age to list in the military
- civil war battle in Maryland
- a tax on peoples earnings
20 Clues: iron clad union warship • first battle of civi war • a tax on peoples earnings • civil war battle in Maryland • battle Tennessee that union won • a war ship used by the confederates • A rise in prides and a decrease of moneys value • 163 civil war battle important victory for the confederacy • 1862 civil war battle in Virginia one of unions west defeats • ...
Social Studies Review 2023-04-18
Across
- Early British colony settled in 1607
- Country that was known for fur trading
- President who introduced the spoils system
- Inventor of the machine that increased the need for enslaved peoples
- Number of amendments in the Bill of Rights
- What England increased following the French and Indian War
- Civil War turning point
- Amendment granting freedom of religion, to protest, to speak, etc.
- Movement trying to stop the consumption of alcohol
- President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War
- President of the Union during the Civil War
- Country responsible for colonizing the 13 Colonies
- Revolutionary battle turning point
- Early colonial settled for religious reasons
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- Amendment that outlawed slavery
- People who supported Women's Rights
- President responsible for doubling the size of the U.S.
- Era following the Civil War
- President who said to stay neutral and do not make foreign alliances
- Political party who wanted a national system of government
- Colonial region that harvested cash crops
- People who wanted to end slavery
- Power is shared between the national and state government
- Amendment granted African American males the right to vote
- Final destination of the Trail of Tears
25 Clues: Civil War turning point • Era following the Civil War • Amendment that outlawed slavery • People who wanted to end slavery • Revolutionary battle turning point • People who supported Women's Rights • Early British colony settled in 1607 • Country that was known for fur trading • Final destination of the Trail of Tears • Colonial region that harvested cash crops • ...
Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2025-09-05
Across
- Leading general of the confederate army
- Independent groups who worked to help free slaves
- Speech given by Lincoln after Union victory at Gettysburg
- The use of naval power to stop ship movement
- Bag used to hold soldiers food
- Turning point in 1863, bloodiest battle of the Civil War
- Length of Civil war
- President of Confederacy, struggled to manage the Southern War
- Northern States that stayed loyal
- 11 southern states that secceded from U.S
- Someone who took action against slavery
- Site Where General Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant
- Ratified in 1865, abolished slavery nationally.
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- Period of rebuilding after the Civil War
- Pro-SLavery states still apart of the Union
- Issued by Lincoln in 1863,declared slaves in the Confederacy as free
- Ratified in 1870, gave African American men the right to vote
- 1850's law making it illegal to assist runaway slaves
- Leading general of the Union army
- Radical abolitionist who killed pro-slavery citizens
- A white southerner who supported Reconstruction
- System requiring men to serve in the military
- Ratified in 1868, granted citizenship to anyone born in the U.S
- Where first shot of Civil War was fired in April 1861
24 Clues: Length of Civil war • Bag used to hold soldiers food • Leading general of the Union army • Northern States that stayed loyal • Leading general of the confederate army • Someone who took action against slavery • Period of rebuilding after the Civil War • 11 southern states that secceded from U.S • Pro-SLavery states still apart of the Union • ...
The Civil War Kaitlin Tenorio 2017-02-13
Across
- to care for those who were wounded, sick, or homeless in wartime
- the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War
- an unrecognized country of 11 slave states from 1861 to 1865
- Enlistment for state service
- American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States
- The 18th president of the United states
- A presidential proclamation by Abraham Lincoln
- The action of leading a group
- A battle during July 1–3, 1863 around the town of Gettysburg,by Union and Confederate forces
- A writ requiring a person under arrest
- battle in the south
- withdraw from membership
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- a group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled by machine
- General of the confederate army of Northern Virginia
- A state in the south of the United states
- a strategy to supress the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War
- an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
- President of the Confederate States
- Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime
- a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 to December 21, 1864 by Maj
- one of the last battles of the American Civil War
- seafort in Carolina notable for two battles in the American Civil war
22 Clues: battle in the south • withdraw from membership • Enlistment for state service • The action of leading a group • President of the Confederate States • A writ requiring a person under arrest • The 18th president of the United states • A state in the south of the United states • A presidential proclamation by Abraham Lincoln • one of the last battles of the American Civil War • ...
Civil War Cross Word Puzzle 2023-05-12
Across
- the first shots fired in the civil war located in south carolina.
- gained control of the mississippi river splitting the south in half.
- transported the north’s soldiers and became an advantage over the south.
- the souths army
- he was the Confederate army’s general (Position and Last name only)
- the town that Lee surrendered to Grant in.
- the capital of the Union during the Civil War.
- This bacteria infected the wounds and amputation sites of civil war soldiers.
- This words example was when the south SEPERATED from the Union.
- was the bloodiest single day battle
- he was the Union army’s general and future 18th president of the united states (Position and Last name only)
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- made communication between president lincoln and his generals faster and easier.
- fought due to slavery, unfair tarrifs, and succesion, won by the north.
- the North’s overall plan to suffocate the south.
- the sates that were in the south and owned slaves but decided to stay with the union.
- the 16th president of the united states and he was assassinated by john wilks booth.
- battle fought in pennsylvania and won by the union and in the process stopped the confederates second attempt to invade the north.
- A new type of bullet used in the civil war that led to several amputations.
- the norths army
- the capital of the confederates during the civil war.
20 Clues: the souths army • the norths army • was the bloodiest single day battle • the town that Lee surrendered to Grant in. • the capital of the Union during the Civil War. • the North’s overall plan to suffocate the south. • the capital of the confederates during the civil war. • This words example was when the south SEPERATED from the Union. • ...
CIVIL WAR REVIEW - CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2020-06-03
Across
- Union ____ of the Southern ports created shortages of many items
- improvements to this type of gun made it more accurate, easier to use, and more deadly
- _____ Address - famous Lincoln speech/ focus on equality and unity as a nationA_ used to bring a prisoner before the court - determine if imprisonment is lawful
- warfare against military and government but also civilian population
- President of the Confederacy (last name)
- riots broke out in North in 1863 over this
- enslaved people freed in states in rebellion against the U.S. via The _______ Proclamation
- Lincoln assassinated at _____ Theatre
- industry of South in major decline by end of war
- capital of Confederacy
- ran against Lincoln in election 1864/ was once fired as a general by Lincoln
- battle in which Union forces caught off guard/ strategic lessons learned
- Union's three-part assault on the Confederacy - ____ Plan
- ____ (last name) surrendered to Grant at Appomattox
- Union suffered defeat at both Fredericksburg and ________, VA
- western counties of this state admitted into Union in 1863 as West ______.
- South faced ____ shortage by 1863, caused riots
- political party of Abraham Lincoln
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- Modern weapons used in Civil War included land mines and ___________.
- power of this increased during Civil War
- slaves in the "_____" states not freed by Emancipation Proclamation
- _____ Amendment - abolished slavery in U.S.
- "March to the Sea" by _____ (last name) created wide path of destruction of the South
- Lincoln's assassin (last name)
- battle that gave Union control over Mississippi River
- bloodiest single day battle of Civil War
- citizens of the North that opposed war policy/ wanted negotiated settlement with the South
- famous female Civil War nurse (last name)
- 1863, U.S. government collects first _______ to help pay for war
- G. Britain remained ____ during the Civil War
- "_____" Jackson - Confederate general who held up well under stressful situations
- 3 day battle in PA, considered turning point in war for the Northern victory
- winner of Election of 1864 (last name)
- first shots of Civil War at Ft. ______
- Monitor and Merrimack both ______ ships
- battle of inexperienced soldiers; win for Confederacy in 1861
36 Clues: capital of Confederacy • Lincoln's assassin (last name) • political party of Abraham Lincoln • Lincoln assassinated at _____ Theatre • winner of Election of 1864 (last name) • first shots of Civil War at Ft. ______ • Monitor and Merrimack both ______ ships • power of this increased during Civil War • President of the Confederacy (last name) • ...
CIVIL WAR REVIEW - CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2020-06-03
Across
- Union ____ of the Southern ports created shortages of many items
- improvements to this type of gun made it more accurate, easier to use, and more deadly
- _____ Address - famous Lincoln speech/ focus on equality and unity as a nationA_ used to bring a prisoner before the court - determine if imprisonment is lawful
- warfare against military and government but also civilian population
- President of the Confederacy (last name)
- riots broke out in North in 1863 over this
- enslaved people freed in states in rebellion against the U.S. via The _______ Proclamation
- Lincoln assassinated at _____ Theatre
- industry of South in major decline by end of war
- capital of Confederacy
- ran against Lincoln in election 1864/ was once fired as a general by Lincoln
- battle in which Union forces caught off guard/ strategic lessons learned
- Union's three-part assault on the Confederacy - ____ Plan
- ____ (last name) surrendered to Grant at Appomattox
- Union suffered defeat at both Fredericksburg and ________, VA
- western counties of this state admitted into Union inn 1863 as West ______.
- South faced ____ shortage by 1863, caused riots
- political party of Abraham Lincoln
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- Modern weapons used in Civil War included land mines and ___________.
- power of this increased during Civil War
- slaves in the "_____" states not freed by Emancipation Proclamation
- _____ Amendment - abolished slavery in U.S.
- "March to the Sea" by _____ (last name) created wide path of destruction of the South
- Lincoln's assassin (last name)
- battle that gave Union control over Mississippi River
- bloodiest single day battle of Civil War
- citizens of the North that opposed war policy/ wanted negotiated settlement with the South
- famous female Civil War nurse (last name)
- 1863, U.S. government collects first _______ to help pay for war
- G. Britain remained ____ during the Civil War
- "_____" Jackson - Confederate general who held up well under stressful situations
- 3 day battle in PA, considered turning point in war for the Northern victory
- winner of Election of 1864 (last name)
- first shots of Civil War at Ft. ______
- Monitor and Merrimack both ______ ships
- battle of inexperienced soldiers; win for Confederacy in 1861
36 Clues: capital of Confederacy • Lincoln's assassin (last name) • political party of Abraham Lincoln • Lincoln assassinated at _____ Theatre • winner of Election of 1864 (last name) • first shots of Civil War at Ft. ______ • Monitor and Merrimack both ______ ships • power of this increased during Civil War • President of the Confederacy (last name) • ...
Engles History Project 2017-05-18
Across
- Where did Lee surrender to Grant? (Place and State)
- Laws passed in the south to deny ex-slaves their rights-
- The norths economy-
- Helped free slaves from plantations after being a former slave-
- Turning point in the west-
- The period of US history between 1861-1865
- A form of communication invented by Samuel Morse
- Chilean Medal of honor recipient-
- Lincons speech which stated "With malice towards none and charity towards all"
- Who abolished slavery?
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- Lincolns speech promising he won't end slavery-
- Speech addressing the battlefield as a cemetary-
- Wrote the North Star (Ex-slave)
- First battle of the civil war-
- What document freed slaves in southern states?
- The souths cash crop used to fund their war effort
- The souths economy-
- General of confederate troops (First, middle inital, and last name)
- Confederate President-
- First black medal of honor recipient
- What was the bloodiest battle of the civil war?
- the type of farms slaves were forced to work on-
- What was the bloodiest day of the civil war?
- The north utilized this to quickly mobilize trrops over long distances-
- The Unions general during the civil war-
25 Clues: The norths economy- • The souths economy- • Confederate President- • Who abolished slavery? • Turning point in the west- • First battle of the civil war- • Wrote the North Star (Ex-slave) • Chilean Medal of honor recipient- • First black medal of honor recipient • The Unions general during the civil war- • The period of US history between 1861-1865 • ...
American Civil War (1861-1865) 2024-08-20
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- Abolitionist and former slave who became a Union advocate (8 letters)
- Period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South (14 letters)
- Name of the Southern states (12 letters)
- Amendment that abolished slavery in the United States (10 letters)
- Carolina First state to secede from the Union (13 letters)
- Emancipation ________, issued by Lincoln (12 letters)
- Union general and later 18th President of the United States (5 letters)
- President of the Confederacy (5 letters)
- Nickname for the Northern states (5 letters)
- Battle that was the bloodiest single day of the war (8 letters)
- Famous Confederate general, known as 'Stonewall' (7 letters)
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- President of the Union during the Civil War (7 letters)
- Union fort attacked to start the Civil War (6 letters)
- Union general who led the March to the Sea (7 letters)
- Union strategy to blockade the South (8 letters)
- Battle that was the turning point of the Civil War (10 letters)
- Act that granted 160 acres to settlers in the West (9 letters)
- Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox (3 letters)
- Capital of the Confederacy after Montgomery (9 letters)
- Assassin of President Lincoln (5 letters)
20 Clues: Name of the Southern states (12 letters) • President of the Confederacy (5 letters) • Assassin of President Lincoln (5 letters) • Nickname for the Northern states (5 letters) • Union strategy to blockade the South (8 letters) • Emancipation ________, issued by Lincoln (12 letters) • Union fort attacked to start the Civil War (6 letters) • ...
Civil War/ Reconstruction Puzzle 2022-09-02
Across
- this amendment gave all men the right to vote.
- a machine used to separate cotton fibers from seeds. led to an increase in slavery
- laws passed in the south after the civil war to limit the rights of freed African Americans
- the ____________ Proclamation was the event in which Lincoln announced all enslaved people in areas of rebellion were free.
- a civil war battle in Pennsylvania which was a major turning point in the civil war. also the place Lincoln gave a famous address.
- Northerners who went to the south following the civil war
- this amendment granted freed African Americans citizenship, equal protection, & due process
- a person fighting to end slavery
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- the period following the civil war in which the south was being rebuilt and readmitted to the Union.
- the first Republican President and the president during the Civil War.
- the name of the southern states that seceded from the union.
- a southern resistance group who harassed and threatened freed Blacks, and anti-slavery supporters.
- to bring charges against a president.
- this amendment abolished slavery.
- a cycle of debt where freed African Americans were trapped by debt into a new form of slavery.
- the last name of the Man who became president after Lincoln's assassination
- the bloodiest one day battle in American History. Resulted in a Union victory.
17 Clues: a person fighting to end slavery • this amendment abolished slavery. • to bring charges against a president. • this amendment gave all men the right to vote. • Northerners who went to the south following the civil war • the name of the southern states that seceded from the union. • the first Republican President and the president during the Civil War. • ...
ANGOLA: COLD WAR 2025-03-09
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- The use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, commonly associated with the actions of UNITA during the war.
- The period of conflict in Angola between 1975 and 2002, primarily between the MPLA and UNITA.
- Political movement in Angola that was involved in the country's struggle for independence and had support from Western powers.
- Military and financial assistance provided to MPLA by the Soviet Union during the civil war.
- The system of governance imposed by Portugal on Angola from the 16th century until independence in 1975.
- Angolan political and military organisation that opposed MPLA during the Angolan Civil War.
- Period of geopolitical tension between the USA and Soviet Union that influenced Angola's civil war.
- Country in Southern Africa that gained independence in 1975 after a long struggle against Portuguese colonialism.
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- Country that provided support to the MPLA during the civil war, part of the Cold War struggle.
- Leader of UNITA, known for his resistance against MPLA rule and his role in the Angolan Civil War.
- A key battle during the Angolan Civil War where Cuban and MPLA forces defeated UNITA and South African troops.
- Country that sent troops to support MPLA during the Angolan Civil War.
- The capital city of Angola.
- Political party in Angola that played a significant role in the struggle for independence and later became the ruling party.
14 Clues: The capital city of Angola. • Country that sent troops to support MPLA during the Angolan Civil War. • Angolan political and military organisation that opposed MPLA during the Angolan Civil War. • Military and financial assistance provided to MPLA by the Soviet Union during the civil war. • ...
civil war 2020-04-22
10 Clues: the north • the south • knifes on the end of muskets • food ate during the civil war • president during the Civil war • a famous slave during civil war • weapon used during the civil war • a person who wanted to end slave • people captured during the civil war • the most famous battle in the civil war
Civil War 2024-04-18
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- President of the Union during the Civil War
- Bloodiest single day battle in U.S. history
- Side most Natives sided with during the Civil War
- Main cause of the Civi War
- Most important battle of the Civil War
- Tribe that fought a war with the Union in 1862
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- African Americans joined after the Emancipation Proclamation
- Main Confederate general
- President of the Confederacy
- Main Union general
- Civil War job done mostly by women
- Union general that burned much of the south
12 Clues: Main Union general • Main Confederate general • Main cause of the Civi War • President of the Confederacy • Civil War job done mostly by women • Most important battle of the Civil War • President of the Union during the Civil War • Bloodiest single day battle in U.S. history • Union general that burned much of the south • Tribe that fought a war with the Union in 1862 • ...
The Civil War 2018-04-22
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- Ship made of iron
- Successful Union general who attended West Point Military Academy
- Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled confederate states
- To leave or withdraw
- Slave states that remained in the Union
- People that are wounded or killed
- Military post in South Carolina which was taken over by the Confederacy in 1861.
- Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances
- Union strategy for winning by "squeezing" on all sides
- The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to General Ulysses S. Grant's army on July 4th, 1863
- War between the North and South
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- Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded
- Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865
- The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
- Speech given by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery
- Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win
- Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else
- President of the Confederacy
- The United States
- President of the United States of America during the Civil War
- General of the Confederacy
21 Clues: Ship made of iron • The United States • To leave or withdraw • General of the Confederacy • President of the Confederacy • War between the North and South • People that are wounded or killed • Slave states that remained in the Union • Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865 • Union strategy for winning by "squeezing" on all sides • ...
Battles, People, and Ideas of the Civil War 2017-05-20
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- Grant split the Confederacy in half; turning point in the West
- African American awarded Medal of Honor
- Main reason southern states left
- Speech that freed slaves in confederate states
- Dedicated a battlefield as a national cemetery
- Assassinated Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre
- Fought to keep America together
- The union marched and burned everything they passed
- Founded the North Star, an antislavery newspaper
- Where Lee surrendered to Grant
- Fought to leave the Union
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- Lincoln’s Vice President and helper in rebuilding America after the Civil War
- General of the Union army
- Bloodiest single day of the Civil War; ended in a draw
- 16th president
- Lee went on the offensive; turning point in the East
- Chilean immigrant awarded Medal of Honor
- War where a country fights against itself
- Thought to have started the Civil War with her book
- The idea of recreating America from the ground up again; radical or moderate
- First battle of the Civil War
- Died from complications after having his arm amputated
- President of the confederate states
- General of the Confederate army
- The people the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment was created for
25 Clues: 16th president • General of the Union army • Fought to leave the Union • First battle of the Civil War • Where Lee surrendered to Grant • Fought to keep America together • General of the Confederate army • Main reason southern states left • President of the confederate states • Assassinated Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre • African American awarded Medal of Honor • ...
Tri 3 Final 2022-05-17
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- Amendment that ended slavery
- Freed the slaves: _____ Proclamation
- land the government set aside for Indians
- Anti-Slavery novel: Uncle Tom's ___
- Jim _____ Laws segregated the South
- led cattle drives
- Side that was fighting to expand slavery
- First major battle of Civil War was at Bull __
- Act that granted free land to settlers
- turning point of Civil War
- Black ___ limited the rights of freed people
- Railroad that connected east and west
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- led a March to the Sea through Georgia
- Immigrant processing on ___ Island
- Union's plan for defeating the South
- Amendment that granted citizenship
- Slave state that were loyal to Union:____states
- site of the Confederate surrender
- ___ of 1850 included a Fugitive Slave Act
- Freedmen's ___ helped blacks after the war
- location of key battle on Mississippi River
- Fort ___ was site of first shots of Civil War
- Case of ___ v. Ferguson legalized segregation
- Amendment protected voting rights
- Bloodiest day in American history
- Dred ____ was a slave who sued for his freedom
- led a raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry
- elected president in 1860
- Abbreviation for Confederate States of America
- Side with more troops and resources in Civil War
30 Clues: led cattle drives • elected president in 1860 • turning point of Civil War • Amendment that ended slavery • site of the Confederate surrender • Amendment protected voting rights • Bloodiest day in American history • Immigrant processing on ___ Island • Amendment that granted citizenship • Anti-Slavery novel: Uncle Tom's ___ • Jim _____ Laws segregated the South • ...
YEAR 8 HISTORY 2024-07-16
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- Trade route exchanging goods and slaves
- Invented by James Watt
- Separation of races
- Large estate for farming, used slave labour
- Place where goods are manufactured
- Who lost his head in 1649
- Supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War
- The right to vote
- Leader of the Parliamentarian forces
- Woman seeking the right to vote
- Early spinning machine
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- Decisive battle of the English Civil War in 1645
- Movement of people to cities
- Leader of the civil rights movement
- Change or addition to a legal document
- The act of freeing slaves
- Refusing to buy or use goods and services
- The movement to end slavery
- Leader of the British suffragette movement
- Refused to give up her bus seat
- Supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War
- Invention for long-distance communication
22 Clues: The right to vote • Separation of races • Early spinning machine • Invented by James Watt • The act of freeing slaves • Who lost his head in 1649 • The movement to end slavery • Movement of people to cities • Refused to give up her bus seat • Woman seeking the right to vote • Place where goods are manufactured • Leader of the civil rights movement • ...
Civil War 2021-08-31
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- south
- mini cannon
- labor
- another word for cannon
- president
- troops that defend the land in an emergency
- boat army
- like a rifle, but not
- take over
- another word for leave
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- distracts the enemy so an attack can be made in a different location
- a battlefield fortification made out of earth
- what was Jacksons nickname
- gun knife
- a rock hard cracker thing
- train
- round it carries water
- another word for troops
- north
19 Clues: south • train • labor • north • gun knife • president • boat army • take over • mini cannon • like a rifle, but not • round it carries water • another word for leave • another word for troops • another word for cannon • a rock hard cracker thing • what was Jacksons nickname • troops that defend the land in an emergency • a battlefield fortification made out of earth • ...
civil war 2024-04-12
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- Government based on the consent of the people
- Expansion of railroads
- California becomes part of the United states
- Disproven as a result of the civil war
- Slaves are property and not people
- This was a naval tactic of the union to prevent the confederacy from trading
- What was Lincoln's political party
- Who won the election of 1860
- The boundary between north and south
- Equality and community responsibility
- About the protective tariff placed on imported goods
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- Result of westward expansion competition between north and south
- What was Douglas's political party
- Individual rights
- Confederate capital
- Which state entered as a free state in the Missouri compromise
- South Carolina seceded from the union
- Controversy over the expansion of slavery to the territories
- Union capital
- Raised prices of imported goods
20 Clues: Union capital • Individual rights • Confederate capital • Expansion of railroads • Who won the election of 1860 • Raised prices of imported goods • What was Douglas's political party • Slaves are property and not people • What was Lincoln's political party • The boundary between north and south • South Carolina seceded from the union • Equality and community responsibility • ...
Civil War 2024-04-17
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- Color of the confederate uniforms
- Vice President to Lincoln
- Color of the Union uniforms
- Battle of?
- Short and famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln
- He marched to Savannah
- Bloody battle fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland
- Where did the Civil War begin
- wife of abe lincoln
- First state to leave the Union
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- Another name for a big farm in the south
- Jefferson Davis was president of this southern government
- Theater where Lincoln was shot
- State burnt by General Sherman and his army
- Fought the North
- This state was home to Richmond, one of the capitals of the Confederacy
- Type of cabin where Lincoln grew up
- Civil?
- Word for when a state left the union
- Union General at the Battle of Gettysburg
20 Clues: Civil? • Battle of? • Fought the North • wife of abe lincoln • He marched to Savannah • Vice President to Lincoln • Color of the Union uniforms • Where did the Civil War begin • Theater where Lincoln was shot • First state to leave the Union • Color of the confederate uniforms • Type of cabin where Lincoln grew up • Word for when a state left the union • ...
Civil War 2023-04-14
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- Country Confederates tried to bribe
- Crop
- Place for slaves
- South
- Reason for War
- Bombed by Confederate, started war
- Picnic Battle
- Transportation
- Had more advantages
- Weapon
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- Freed slaves
- Country Confederates tried to bribe
- Created the KKK
- People who fought in the war
- Leaving the country
- Battle
- President
- Confederate General
- Deadliest Battle
- North
20 Clues: Crop • South • North • Battle • Weapon • President • Freed slaves • Picnic Battle • Reason for War • Transportation • Created the KKK • Place for slaves • Deadliest Battle • Leaving the country • Confederate General • Had more advantages • People who fought in the war • Bombed by Confederate, started war • Country Confederates tried to bribe • Country Confederates tried to bribe
Civil War 2025-03-17
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- – The Union general who led the North to victory and later became the 18th U.S. president.
- – The President of the Confederate States of America.
- – A key Confederate general known for his tactics, killed in 1863.
- – The military draft used by both sides to recruit soldiers.
- – The bloodiest single-day battle (Sept. 1862), leading to the Emancipation Proclamation.
- – The leading general of the Confederate Army.
- – Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, just days after the war ended.
- – Warships covered in iron, marking a new era of naval warfare (e.g., USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia).
- – The site where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the war (April 1865).
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- – Slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware).
- – The government formed by the seceded Southern states, officially called the Confederate States of America.
- – A destructive Union campaign through Georgia (1864), crippling the Confederate war effort.
- – Issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, it declared enslaved people in Confederate states free.
- – The act of Southern states leaving the Union, beginning with South Carolina in 1860.
- – A major Union victory (July 1863) that turned the tide against the Confederacy.
- – The Union’s strategy to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River to squeeze the Confederacy.
- – Lincoln’s speech honoring fallen soldiers and redefining the war’s purpose.
- – The Northern states that remained loyal to the U.S. government during the Civil War.
- – The first battle of the Civil War (April 1861), where Confederate forces fired on a Union fort in South Carolina.
19 Clues: – The leading general of the Confederate Army. • – The President of the Confederate States of America. • – The military draft used by both sides to recruit soldiers. • – A key Confederate general known for his tactics, killed in 1863. • – Lincoln’s speech honoring fallen soldiers and redefining the war’s purpose. • ...
Civil War 2025-03-03
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- The escaped slave who advised Lincoln
- The South wanted to keep this institution
- One of General Lee's top generals (Stonewall ___)
- The war ended in this town (Appomattox ___)
- The war resulted in freedom for ___ people
- The Confederate president (Jefferson ___)
- The bloodiest battle was fought in this town
- The president of the Union during the war
- The number of Southern states in the Confederacy
- The Southern states were called the ___
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- The war lasted from 1861 to ____
- The Union general who won the war
- The man who assassinated Lincoln (John Wilkes ___)
- Lincoln's famous speech: The ___ Address
- The first battle took place at Fort ___
- Many soldiers died from this rather than battle
- The Union Army wore this color
- The general who led the Confederate Army
- The Confederate Army wore this color
- War: The war between the North and South
20 Clues: The Union Army wore this color • The war lasted from 1861 to ____ • The Union general who won the war • The Confederate Army wore this color • The escaped slave who advised Lincoln • The first battle took place at Fort ___ • The Southern states were called the ___ • Lincoln's famous speech: The ___ Address • The general who led the Confederate Army • ...
Marisa´s Crossword 2021-12-06
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- best known for his service to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, during which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army.
- served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War and became one of the best-known Confederate commanders
- The First major battle of the civil war and a victory for the south.
- 18th president of the United States
- Uprising, Mostly of working-class Irish Americans, in protest of the draft.
- Paper currency issued by the union treasury during the civil war.
- Five slave states Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia- that did not secede during the civil war.
- Main leader of the copperhead faction of anti-war democrats
- Landmark battle in the civil war that essentially ended in a draw but demonstrated the prowess of the union army, forestalling foreign intervention and giving Lincoln the victory he needed to issue the emancipation proclamation.
- Mountainous region that broke away from Virginia in 1861 to from its own state after Virginia seceded from the union.
- Diplomatic row that threatened to bring the British into the civil war on the side of the Confederacy, after a union warship stoped a British steamer and arrested two Confederate diplomats on board
- Two well-armed Ironclad warships constructed for the Confederacy by a British firm. Seeking to avoid war with the United States, the British government purchased the two ships for the Royal Navy instead
- 6th chief justice of the United States and 23rd governor of Ohio
- Petition requiring law enforcement officers to present detained individuals before the court to examine the legality of the arrest. Protects individuals from arbitrary state action.
- South Carolina Location where confederate forces fired the first shots of the civil war in April of 1861
- Unified Canadian government created by Britain to bolster Canadians against potential attacks or overturns from the United States.
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- Union General George B. McClellan's failed effort to seize Richmond, the Confederate capital. Had McClellan taken Richmond and toppled the confederacy, slavery would have most likely survived in the south for some time.
- Best known for his participation in the battle of gettysburg
- Network of member banks that could issue currency against purchased government bonds.
- Remembered by his decisive defeat by general Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville
- Increased duties back up to 1846 levels to raise revenue for the civil war
- Said that all slaves in the rebelling states to be free but it didn't affect the slaves in the non rebelling/border states.
- Government agency founded with the help of Elizabeth Blackwell that trained nurses, collected medical supplies, and equipped hospitals in an effort to help the Union army.
- Napoleon III was the first President of France from 1848 to 1852 and the Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870.
- Is best known for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run in the East
- Civil war Battle that ended in a decisive victory for confederate general Robert E. Lee, who was emboldened to push further into the north
- A federal law that sold settlers 160 acres of land for about $30 if they lived on it for 5 years and improved it by, for instance, building a house on it.
- Best known for him being a major architect of modern warfare
- The Person who assassinated president Abraham Lincoln
- British built and manned Confederate worship that raided Union shipping during the Civil War.
30 Clues: 18th president of the United States • The Person who assassinated president Abraham Lincoln • Main leader of the copperhead faction of anti-war democrats • Best known for his participation in the battle of gettysburg • Best known for him being a major architect of modern warfare • 6th chief justice of the United States and 23rd governor of Ohio • ...
Civil war crossword puzzle 2023-02-15
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- Most famous Civil war nurse
- someone who felt very strongly against slavery
- Head of the confederate army
- Courthouse where Robert E.Lee Surrendered
- Capital of Virginia Confederate territory
- Turning point of the war
- Formally withdrawing from something
- The plan general winfield Scott came up with
- The rank most soldiers are
- Started the civil war
- what kind of war was the south playing?
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- The first all black regiment in the north
- assassinated president Lincoln
- Sorta freed slaves in the south
- Forcefully entering a place
- States that allowed slavery but didn't succeed
- Union leadership
- people who faught in the war
- The brutal tactic Sherman's march to the sea used
- Amount of women who served incognito during the war
20 Clues: Union leadership • Started the civil war • Turning point of the war • The rank most soldiers are • Most famous Civil war nurse • Forcefully entering a place • people who faught in the war • Head of the confederate army • assassinated president Lincoln • Sorta freed slaves in the south • Formally withdrawing from something • what kind of war was the south playing? • ...
civil war crossword 2018-03-28
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- who was the president of the south
- who was a important commander/general of the south
- what battle was a turning point in the civil war
- who lost the civil war
- what was the main treatment for a gun shot
- what amendment ended slavery legally
- who created the american red cross
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- what group of people wanted no slavery
- where was the first battle of the civil war
- who won the civil war
- who created the underground railroad
- how many years were the civil war
12 Clues: who won the civil war • who lost the civil war • how many years were the civil war • who was the president of the south • who created the american red cross • who created the underground railroad • what amendment ended slavery legally • what group of people wanted no slavery • what was the main treatment for a gun shot • where was the first battle of the civil war • ...
civil war crossword 2018-03-28
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- who was a important commander/general of the south
- what battle was a turning point in the civil war
- how many years were the civil war
- who was the president of the south
- what group of people wanted no slavery
- what amendment ended slavery legally
- who created the american red cross
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- who lost the civil war
- where was the first battle of the civil war
- what was the main treatment for a gun shot
- who created the underground railroad
- who won the civil war
12 Clues: who won the civil war • who lost the civil war • how many years were the civil war • who was the president of the south • who created the american red cross • who created the underground railroad • what amendment ended slavery legally • what group of people wanted no slavery • what was the main treatment for a gun shot • where was the first battle of the civil war • ...
African Wars Crossword Daniel Raviv 2024-05-15
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- Diamond mined during war to fund war.
- Ended second Congo War and established transitional government.
- Extremist group that controls parts of Somalia.
- Marxis-Leninist military dictatorship of Ethiopia.
- Authoritarian regime that ruled Somalia before civil war.
- Corrupt leader of Congo government.
- Leader of Libya.
- Blockade set by Nigerian government that led to food shortage in Biafra.
- Task forced placed by the UN in Somalia to provide humanitarian relief.
- Rebel group that rebelled against Nigerian government in 2009.
- War declared by NRA against Ugandan government.
- Group that provided medical assistance to victims of Nigerian Civil War.
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- Leader of NRA.
- Rebel leader that sent Mobutu into exile.
- Christian Extremist group in Uganda today.
- Rebellion group of southeast Nigeria.
- Battle between Somalia military and U.S. forces.
- Military leader who ruled Derg.
- President of Tanzania.
- War between Somalia and Ethiopia.
- Ethnic group that dominated Nigerian Government.
- Concert that featured many prominent artists that raised funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.
- Civil war in Ethiopia from 2020-2022.
- Military tactic used by Derg.
- Overthrow of Congo leaders from 1960-1965 that led to further problems in the country.
25 Clues: Leader of NRA. • Leader of Libya. • President of Tanzania. • Military tactic used by Derg. • Military leader who ruled Derg. • War between Somalia and Ethiopia. • Corrupt leader of Congo government. • Diamond mined during war to fund war. • Rebellion group of southeast Nigeria. • Civil war in Ethiopia from 2020-2022. • Rebel leader that sent Mobutu into exile. • ...
The North vs. South 2023-06-07
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- Massachusetts regiment the 54th accepted African Americans from all across the north
- an 1862 civil war battle in Maryland
- A rise in price and a decrease of the value of money
- proclamation an 1863 declaration by president Lincoln freeing African Americans
- A northern who opposed using forces to keep the southern states in the union
- Run the battle of manassas by the confederation
- Having to do with the most important part of an idea or thing
- tax A tax’s on people earnings
- A law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
- to do or show how to do something
- a 1862 civil war battle in Virginia
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- Something that comes before or is introductory to somthing
- a 1863 civil war battle in Virginia
- A 1862 civil war battle in Tennessee
- corpus The Right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
- hesitate to do something
- An 1863 civil war battle in Pennsylvania
- an ironclad union warship
- Wagner a fort in South Carolina that was the site of an attack by the African-American 54th Massachusetts regiment in 1863
- charge The Failed confederate change duri
- To soround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops in order to force it to surrender
21 Clues: hesitate to do something • an ironclad union warship • tax A tax’s on people earnings • to do or show how to do something • a 1863 civil war battle in Virginia • a 1862 civil war battle in Virginia • A 1862 civil war battle in Tennessee • an 1862 civil war battle in Maryland • An 1863 civil war battle in Pennsylvania • charge The Failed confederate change duri • ...
Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2017-05-20
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- Southern states that left the United States of America in 1861
- In virginia where John Brown attempted to leave a slave rebellion
- Law that says any escaped slaves must be returned even if they got to the north
- Bloodiest day of the civil war
- First real battle of the civil war
- Where Robert E. Lee surrendered on april ninth
- An abolitionist who was the author to Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- Novel that showed the horrors of slavery to the north
- commander in the confederate army and is from Virginia
- the cause of the civil war
- Escaped slave and recruited African Americans for the civil war
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- freed all slaves on the confederate side
- someone who wants to get rid of slavery
- first and only president of the confederacy
- Kansas and Nebraska can choose to be a free or slave state
- How many states left the union for the Confederacy
- He was the 18th president and commanded for the union
- start July 1st and ended July 3rd
- Speech given By Abraham Lincoln in dedication of the battle of gettysburg
- Got his nickname for holding his ground like a stonewall
- Gave the north the Mississippi
- Maine was a free state in this compromise
- Amendment that abolished slavery
- He’s on the five dollar bill and the sixteenth president
- First battle in the civil war
25 Clues: the cause of the civil war • First battle in the civil war • Gave the north the Mississippi • Bloodiest day of the civil war • Amendment that abolished slavery • start July 1st and ended July 3rd • First real battle of the civil war • someone who wants to get rid of slavery • freed all slaves on the confederate side • Maine was a free state in this compromise • ...
Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2017-05-20
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- Southern states that left the United States of America in 1861
- first and only president of the confederacy
- Escaped slave and recruited African Americans for the civil war
- Law that says any escaped slaves must be returned even if they got to the north
- First real battle of the civil war
- Speech given By Abraham Lincoln in dedication of the battle of gettysburg
- Where Robert E. Lee surrendered on april ninth
- Bloodiest day of the civil war
- He was the 18th president and commanded for the union
- Got his nickname for holding his ground like a stonewall
- someone who wants to get rid of slavery
- How many states left the union for the Confederacy
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- commander in the confederate army and is from Virginia
- Amendment that abolished slavery
- In virginia where John Brown attempted to leave a slave rebellion
- First battle in the civil war
- freed all slaves on the confederate side
- Kansas and Nebraska can choose to be a free or slave state
- start July 1st and ended July 3rd
- Gave the north the Mississippi
- An abolitionist who was the author to Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- Maine was a free state in this compromise
- the cause of the civil war
- Novel that showed the horrors of slavery to the north
- He’s on the five dollar bill and the sixteenth president
25 Clues: the cause of the civil war • First battle in the civil war • Gave the north the Mississippi • Bloodiest day of the civil war • Amendment that abolished slavery • start July 1st and ended July 3rd • First real battle of the civil war • someone who wants to get rid of slavery • freed all slaves on the confederate side • Maine was a free state in this compromise • ...
Civil War Crossword puzzle 2017-05-22
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- First battle in the civil war
- someone who wants to get rid of slavery
- the cause of the civil war
- Gave the north the Mississippi
- Where Robert E. Lee surrendered on april ninth
- Maine was a free state in this compromise
- Got his nickname for holding his ground like a stonewall
- start July 1st and ended July 3rd
- Law that says any escaped slaves must be returned even if they got to the north
- How many states left the union for the Confederacy
- Novel that showed the horrors of slavery to the north
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- Amendment that abolished slavery
- freed all slaves on the confederate side
- Kansas and Nebraska can choose to be a free or slave state
- He was the 18th president and commanded for the union
- An abolitionist who was the author to Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- Escaped slave and recruited African Americans for the civil war
- Bloodiest day of the civil war
- First real battle of the civil war
- He’s on the five dollar bill and the sixteenth president
- commander in the confederate army and is from Virginia
- Southern states that left the United States of America in 1861
- first and only president of the confederacy
- Speech given By Abraham Lincoln in dedication of the battle of gettysburg
- In virginia where John Brown attempted to leave a slave rebellion
25 Clues: the cause of the civil war • First battle in the civil war • Gave the north the Mississippi • Bloodiest day of the civil war • Amendment that abolished slavery • start July 1st and ended July 3rd • First real battle of the civil war • someone who wants to get rid of slavery • freed all slaves on the confederate side • Maine was a free state in this compromise • ...
Civil War Crossword 2023-02-22
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- First major civil war battle
- one of the last battles of the civil war
- hate to a person based off skin color and or ethnicity as well
- Time Before the war
- Marched through Savannah Georgia and burn everything in his path
- Where The Very First shots of the civil war happened
- any slave that escaped must be captured and returned even if escaped into a free state
- Won the 1860 election
- To leave the Union
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- largest battle in the civil war
- Increase of prices
- Proclamation that stated Any slave in other states shall be now and forever free
- dislike or favoring toward something or someone without good reason
- first female to lead a armed milltary operation and also served as a nurse and spy
- The first all-black regiment raised in the north
- A plan to surround the confederacy and move in
- bloodiest battle in american history
- People who were freed from slavery
- changed President Aberham Lincoln mind to fight for freedom other than to persevere the Union
- to keep anything for coming in or out of a certain place
20 Clues: Increase of prices • To leave the Union • Time Before the war • Won the 1860 election • First major civil war battle • largest battle in the civil war • People who were freed from slavery • bloodiest battle in american history • one of the last battles of the civil war • A plan to surround the confederacy and move in • The first all-black regiment raised in the north • ...
Civil War 2017-04-19
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- Who was the general of the Union Army.
- What is the name of the charge that cost the Confederacy a loss.
- of independence What document was used in Gettysburg Adress.
- What was the name of the gun that used the Mini Ball.
- What party was Lincoln in.
- The capital of the Confederate States.
- What party was the Confederate states in.
- What invention caused the most deaths in the war.
- What was the bloodiest battle in U.S. history.
- Who was the President of The United States of America.
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- What battle started the Civil War.
- What plan did the Union use in the War.
- What battle turned the war in favor of the Union.
- Who was the general of the Confederate Army.
- What was the name of the ship that was used in the War.
- What was the plan that the Confederate States used.
- Who won the battle of Shiloh.
- What was one of the reasons soldiers died in the war.
- Who were usually spies in the Civil War.
19 Clues: What party was Lincoln in. • Who won the battle of Shiloh. • What battle started the Civil War. • Who was the general of the Union Army. • The capital of the Confederate States. • What plan did the Union use in the War. • Who were usually spies in the Civil War. • What party was the Confederate states in. • Who was the general of the Confederate Army. • ...
Civil War 2017-04-17
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- What was one of the reasons soldiers died in the war.
- What party was Lincoln in.
- What was the name of the gun that used the Mini Ball.
- Who were usually spies in the Civil War.
- What plan did the Union use in the War.
- What battle turned the war in favor of the Union.
- Who was the President of The United States of America.
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- What invention caused the most deaths in the war.
- What party was the Confederate states in.
- Who won the battle of Shiloh.
- The capital of the Confederate States.
- What is the name of the charge that cost the Confederacy a loss.
- What was the bloodiest battle in U.S. history.
- What was the plan that the Confederate States used.
- What battle started the Civil War.
- What was the name of the ship that was used in the War.
- of independence What document was used in Gettysburg Adress.
- Who was the general of the Union Army.
- Who was the general of the Confederate Army.
19 Clues: What party was Lincoln in. • Who won the battle of Shiloh. • What battle started the Civil War. • The capital of the Confederate States. • Who was the general of the Union Army. • What plan did the Union use in the War. • Who were usually spies in the Civil War. • What party was the Confederate states in. • Who was the general of the Confederate Army. • ...
Civil War 2013-01-15
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- The North
- Political powers reserved for the U.S. state governments rather than the federal government
- A former slave who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means.
- A person who favors the abolition or institution, esp, capital punishment or formerly slavery.
- A crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower
- Restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being
- A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
- An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
- Northern Peace Democrats who opposed the american Civil War
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- The make of articles on a large scale using machinery.
- A legal action which requires a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into a court.
- The action of with drawing formally from membership of a federation or body, esp. a political state.
- A war between citizens of the same country
- A military strategy in which a belligerent side attempts to win a war wearing down it's enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and materiel.
- An act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
- Set free, esp. from legal, social, or political restrictions
- The 11 southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860-61, thus precipitation the civil war
- Enlist someone compulsorily, typically into the armed services
- An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor
19 Clues: The North • A war between citizens of the same country • The make of articles on a large scale using machinery. • Northern Peace Democrats who opposed the american Civil War • Set free, esp. from legal, social, or political restrictions • Enlist someone compulsorily, typically into the armed services • ...
Civil War 2021-02-08
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- the idea that political authority belongs to the people.
- The southern states seceded from the United States in 1861.
- President of the Confederacy.
- State and the condition of being a slave.
- Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
- Document signed by Lincoln, freeing all slaves and should forever be free.
- Loyalty to one's own region or section of the country.
- Their lives changed by hardship or some young boys became drummer boys or standard-bearers.
- A device that allowed messages to be sent over long distances by wires.
- The 18th U.S. president and an American soldier was Ulysses S. ________.
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- President of the Union.
- A southern military strategy to try to repeal a Union invasion.
- A military tactic in which an army destroys everything to hurt the enemy to keep fighting.
- Their lives changed by taking on more responsibilities, becoming nurses, or disguising themselves to join the army.
- Founder of the American Red Cross was Clara ____.
- Their lives changed by the Emancipation Proclamation or joining the Union army.
- The northern army of the U.S. during the Civil War.
- A person that was killed or injured during a war.
- To leave or withdraw.
19 Clues: To leave or withdraw. • President of the Union. • President of the Confederacy. • State and the condition of being a slave. • Founder of the American Red Cross was Clara ____. • A person that was killed or injured during a war. • The northern army of the U.S. during the Civil War. • Loyalty to one's own region or section of the country. • ...
Civil War 2022-05-16
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- General Robert E. Lee was stopped trying to ___ the union
- What president was reelected in 1864 (first name)
- The union army cut off the south coats and _____
- Who lost because they didn't accomplish their strategy
- what side used the anaconda plan
- who ran against Lincoln (two words)
- What battle made the union feel successful
- the name of the man who assassinated Lincoln (three words)
- The confederated wanted to have Brittan and ______ support them
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- Who/what were free when the emancipation proclamation
- Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated
- What army won in the battle of Antietam
- How many states receded after Lincolns election
- Lincoln issues the _______ Proclamation
- What kind of strategy did the confederates want to use
- What side had more motivation and better leaders
- This president was elected in 1860
- Who (first name only) surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse Virginia
- What side had more money weapons and schools
19 Clues: what side used the anaconda plan • This president was elected in 1860 • who ran against Lincoln (two words) • What army won in the battle of Antietam • Lincoln issues the _______ Proclamation • What battle made the union feel successful • What side had more money weapons and schools • How many states receded after Lincolns election • ...
Civil War 2022-01-12
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- Northern group. This group was lead by Abraham Lincoln.
- The bloodiest day of the war.
- this fort in South Carolina was the site of the first shots of the Civil War
- 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.
- Largest cause of the Civil War. Union believed the south should not enslave people, while the south thought otherwise.
- Largest southern jail that help Union soldiers.
- Battle that started the war.
- Northern strategy. The north would destroy the supplies and land of The South Plan
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- the biggest battle ever fought in Georgia
- belief on whether state's rights are more important than federal rights. The south was for this while the north was not.
- declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free"
- The southern group whose leader was Jefferson Davis.
- the North put tariffs on imported goods, forcing the south to buy goods from the north. SC was the first state to nullify this.
- President of the United States during The Civil War.
- General of the Confederacy
- compromise set where Missouri became a slave state and Maine a free state. Slavery would now not be allowed above the 36,30 line of latitude.
- Northern soldier, W.T Sherman, spread his army around the south and destroyed land and supplies.
- an estimated 51,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, captured, or listed as missing after this battle and inspired the president's famous address
- The bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
- people opposed to slavery
20 Clues: people opposed to slavery • General of the Confederacy • Battle that started the war. • The bloodiest day of the war. • The bloodiest battle of the Civil War. • the biggest battle ever fought in Georgia • Largest southern jail that help Union soldiers. • The southern group whose leader was Jefferson Davis. • President of the United States during The Civil War. • ...
Civil War 2025-02-20
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- The president of the Confederacy
- Soldiers would attach these to their ________ (answer to question 17)
- Defines the north and the south
- __________Jackson
- The North’s Army
- Major Destruction in the south seaward
- The South’s army
- Human Property
- Civil war Gun
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- Where slaves worked
- BadRandom
- The War that this crossword is about
- The most famous Confederate General
- States above the Missouri compromise that had slavery
- Physical Fight in the Senate
- ______Biscuit
- The First state to secede from the union
- To Leave
- bleeding________
19 Clues: To Leave • BadRandom • ______Biscuit • Civil war Gun • Human Property • The North’s Army • bleeding________ • The South’s army • __________Jackson • Where slaves worked • Physical Fight in the Senate • Defines the north and the south • The president of the Confederacy • The most famous Confederate General • The War that this crossword is about • Major Destruction in the south seaward • ...
Civil war crossword puzzle 2023-02-15
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- Most famous Civil war nurse
- someone who felt very strongly against slavery
- Head of the confederate army
- Courthouse where Robert E.Lee Surrendered
- Capital of Virginia Confederate territory
- Turning point of the war
- Formally withdrawing from something
- The plan general winfield Scott came up with
- The rank most soldiers are
- Started the civil war
- what kind of war was the south playing?
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- The first all black regiment in the north
- assassinated president Lincoln
- Sorta freed slaves in the south
- Forcefully entering a place
- States that allowed slavery but didn't succeed
- Union leadership
- people who faught in the war
- The brutal tactic Sherman's march to the sea used
- Amount of women who served incognito during the war
20 Clues: Union leadership • Started the civil war • Turning point of the war • The rank most soldiers are • Most famous Civil war nurse • Forcefully entering a place • people who faught in the war • Head of the confederate army • assassinated president Lincoln • Sorta freed slaves in the south • Formally withdrawing from something • what kind of war was the south playing? • ...
Civil War 2022-09-15
10 Clues: Union General • Bloodiest Battle • Who won civil war • Confederate General • State of Final battle • First shots in civil war • First Battle of Civil War • President during Civil War • Bullets used during civil war • She was called Moses of her people
Civil war 2025-02-21
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- Capital of the confederacy
- how the economic was for the south
- _____Lincoln
- president of south
- What court was where the south surrendered
- what the south was called
- how many years did the civil war last
- Where did the Battle of GettysBurg take place
- last name of the general who led the union army
- what did the S stand for in Ulysses S Grant
- A war between citizens in the same country
- what state was the last to free slaves
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- what was the turning point of the civil war
- the most respected commander in the Confederacy Army
- bleeding_______
- the first state to secede in civil war
- _______Jackson
- the biggest border state
18 Clues: _____Lincoln • _______Jackson • bleeding_______ • president of south • the biggest border state • what the south was called • Capital of the confederacy • how the economic was for the south • how many years did the civil war last • the first state to secede in civil war • what state was the last to free slaves • What court was where the south surrendered • ...
Civil war 2025-02-21
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- Capital of the confederacy
- how the economic was for the south
- _____Lincoln
- president of south
- What court was where the south surrendered
- what the south was called
- how many years did the civil war last
- Where did the Battle of GettysBurg take place
- last name of the general who led the union army
- what did the S stand for in Ulysses S Grant
- A war between citizens in the same country
- what state was the last to free slaves
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- what was the turning point of the civil war
- the most respected commander in the Confederacy Army
- bleeding_______
- the first state to secede in civil war
- _______Jackson
- the biggest border state
18 Clues: _____Lincoln • _______Jackson • bleeding_______ • president of south • the biggest border state • what the south was called • Capital of the confederacy • how the economic was for the south • how many years did the civil war last • the first state to secede in civil war • what state was the last to free slaves • What court was where the south surrendered • ...
The Battle of Gettysburg 2015-12-14
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- showing courage
- the north in the civil war
- an owned person
- the south in the civil war
- an act of slaughtering given to something
- disabled or unable to do
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- a president during the civil war
- the war in 1861 through 1865
- an armed conflict between countries
- the bloodiest battle during the civil war
- the union army mascot
11 Clues: showing courage • an owned person • the union army mascot • disabled or unable to do • the north in the civil war • the south in the civil war • the war in 1861 through 1865 • a president during the civil war • an armed conflict between countries • the bloodiest battle during the civil war • an act of slaughtering given to something
The Battle of Gettysburg 2015-12-14
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- the union army mascot
- an armed conflict between countries
- the north in the civil war
- disabled or unable to do
- the south in the civil war
- an owned person
- showing courage
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- a president during the civil war
- an act of slaughtering given to something
- the bloodiest battle during the civil war
- the war in 1861 through 1865
11 Clues: an owned person • showing courage • the union army mascot • disabled or unable to do • the north in the civil war • the south in the civil war • the war in 1861 through 1865 • a president during the civil war • an armed conflict between countries • an act of slaughtering given to something • the bloodiest battle during the civil war
Battles that Shaped America 2025-11-10
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- Final WWII European offensive
- 2003 Baghdad operation
- Turning point of the Civil War
- Civil War siege lasting 47 days
- U.S. military presence in Afghanistan capital
- First major WWI U.S. battle
- Revolutionary War victory that secured French support
- 1944 amphibious landing in France
- 1898 battle where Navy crushed Spain
- 1991 Gulf War campaign
- WWII naval battle near Solomon Islands
- Turning point in Vietnam, 1968
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- Korean War amphibious landing
- 1775 battle where “whites of their eyes” were seen
- Fierce 2004 urban battle in Iraq
- Decisive WWII Pacific battle near Midway
- Site of Washington’s surprise attack on Christmas
- Bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history
- WWII landing site in France
- Final major Revolutionary War battle
20 Clues: 2003 Baghdad operation • 1991 Gulf War campaign • First major WWI U.S. battle • WWII landing site in France • Korean War amphibious landing • Final WWII European offensive • Turning point of the Civil War • Turning point in Vietnam, 1968 • Civil War siege lasting 47 days • Fierce 2004 urban battle in Iraq • 1944 amphibious landing in France • Final major Revolutionary War battle • ...
Civil War crossword puzzle 2023-01-18
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- Georgia's plan for the compromise of 1850
- Biggest Union loss in civil war
- when Abraham Lincoln won the election
- when states are independent
- When Sherman destroyed Atlanta
- Political crisis during civil war
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- When Sherman went from Atlanta to Savannah
- The debate on whether Georgia should secede
- African American man takes former owner to court
- proclomation Lincoln proclames that all slaves are free
- Blockade Tactics used by Union in civil war
- Most famous civil war prison
- Somebody owned by another person
13 Clues: when states are independent • Most famous civil war prison • When Sherman destroyed Atlanta • Biggest Union loss in civil war • Somebody owned by another person • Political crisis during civil war • when Abraham Lincoln won the election • Georgia's plan for the compromise of 1850 • When Sherman went from Atlanta to Savannah • The debate on whether Georgia should secede • ...
civil war 2023-03-16
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- 13,200 soliders
- freed
- the belief that race determines human traits and capacties
- robert e lee surrender
- people who go to union ships and move trade in and out of harbors
- united states
- protecting homeland and their way of life
- to do away with
- had a larger population
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- kentucky, delaware, missouri,mississippi allowed slavery but didn't left the union
- all slaves in confederate states would be _____
- General Winfield Scott developed a plan
- most soldiers considered a _____ rank
- first battle of the american civil war
- rank lowered
- won the election of 1860
- an act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
- union gained support of ____ states
- leaving
- people who opposed slavery
20 Clues: freed • leaving • rank lowered • united states • 13,200 soliders • to do away with • robert e lee surrender • had a larger population • won the election of 1860 • people who opposed slavery • union gained support of ____ states • most soldiers considered a _____ rank • first battle of the american civil war • General Winfield Scott developed a plan • ...
Civil War 2014-01-27
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- roving the countryside in search of food, sometimes taking from farmers
- small sewing kit
- cannon and other large weapons
- soldier that would take needed items from farmers and townspeople
- made of leather. when available, a necessity and often scarce in the south
- paper tube which held a bullet and gun powder
- canvas container strapped to a soldiers back which held personal belongings
- badge badge showing which unit or corps a soldier belonged to
- tin or wood container on a strap, used to carry liquid
- blankets rolled and carried by soldiers, also contained personal belongings
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- hard biscuit made of flour, salt, and water
- weapon like a knife attached to front end of a musket or rife
- cloth or leather used to hold up pants
- group of men fighting on foot
- small canvas sack used by soldiers to carry their food
- box small box of leather attached to the belt to hold caps used to fire muskets
- four-button woolen cotton coat worn by civil war soldiers
- group of men fighting from horseback
- cap or hat worn by civil war soldiers, part of uniform
19 Clues: small sewing kit • group of men fighting on foot • cannon and other large weapons • group of men fighting from horseback • cloth or leather used to hold up pants • hard biscuit made of flour, salt, and water • paper tube which held a bullet and gun powder • small canvas sack used by soldiers to carry their food • tin or wood container on a strap, used to carry liquid • ...
Civil War 2017-04-18
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- Who was the general of the Union Army.
- What was one of the reasons soldiers died in the war.
- What battle turned the war in favor of the Union.
- What was the name of the gun that used the Mini Ball.
- What plan did the Union use in the War.
- What party was Lincoln in.
- What party was the Confederate states in.
- Who was the President of The United States of America.
- What invention caused the most deaths in the war.
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- What battle started the Civil War.
- What is the name of the charge that cost the Confederacy a loss.
- What was the plan that the Confederate States used.
- of independence What document was used in Gettysburg Adress.
- What was the name of the ship that was used in the War.
- The capital of the Confederate States.
- Who won the battle of Shiloh.
- What was the bloodiest battle in U.S. history.
- Who were usually spies in the Civil War.
- Who was the general of the Confederate Army.
19 Clues: What party was Lincoln in. • Who won the battle of Shiloh. • What battle started the Civil War. • Who was the general of the Union Army. • The capital of the Confederate States. • What plan did the Union use in the War. • Who were usually spies in the Civil War. • What party was the Confederate states in. • Who was the general of the Confederate Army. • ...
Civil War 2017-04-19
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- What was the name of the ship that was used in the War.
- What was the name of the gun that used the Mini Ball.
- What was the bloodiest battle in U.S. history.
- What party was the Confederate states in.
- What battle turned the war in favor of the Union.
- Who was the President of The United States of America.
- Who was the general of the Union Army.
- What plan did the Union use in the War.
- Who won the battle of Shiloh.
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- Who were usually spies in the Civil War.
- Who was the general of the Confederate Army.
- What is the name of the charge that cost the Confederacy a loss.
- The capital of the Confederate States.
- What battle started the Civil War.
- What party was Lincoln in.
- of independence What document was used in Gettysburg Adress.
- What was one of the reasons soldiers died in the war.
- What was the plan that the Confederate States used.
- What invention caused the most deaths in the war.
19 Clues: What party was Lincoln in. • Who won the battle of Shiloh. • What battle started the Civil War. • The capital of the Confederate States. • Who was the general of the Union Army. • What plan did the Union use in the War. • Who were usually spies in the Civil War. • What party was the Confederate states in. • Who was the general of the Confederate Army. • ...
Civil war 2024-04-29
19 Clues: War • Free • Food • Ships • Leave • Deaths • Shield • States • Select • Loyalty • Slavery • Runaway • General • Illegal • President • Anti-slavery • Union_Soldier • General/President • Confederate_Soldier
Civil War 2025-04-21
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- Army where Robert E. Lee was general.
- Place where John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln.
- He was the president during the Civil War who tried his best to bring unity back to the country
- Main war that Abraham Lincoln was a leader during.
- Angelina Grimke and her sister, Sarah, were a huge part in this movement.
- He shot and killed President Lincoln and fled away.
- Clara Barton began this organization that is still going strong today.
- She started out as a nurse aide then with her continued efforts, started The American Red Cross.
- General of the Confederate army during the Civil War.
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- Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- The path where Harriet Tubman took slaves out of the South into the freed states.
- She was known as "Moses" because she rescued 300 slaves from captivity into freedom on the Underground Railroad.
- She published a book called "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which helped bring awareness to slavery.
- Famous speech that Sojourner Truth spoke about at a meeting.
- Army where Ulysses S. Grant was general.
- She was known as a preacher and spread around the gospel along with promoting Black's Rights and Women's Rights.
- Person who wants you to make a good grade on Civil War test.
- She and her sister traveled all around teaching people about Women's Rights.
- General of the Union Army during the Civil War.
19 Clues: Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe • Army where Robert E. Lee was general. • Army where Ulysses S. Grant was general. • General of the Union Army during the Civil War. • Main war that Abraham Lincoln was a leader during. • He shot and killed President Lincoln and fled away. • Place where John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln. • ...
Civil War 2025-10-16
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- A person or group who wanted to end slavery
- 13th _________, banned slavery in United States
- President of 1864
- Confederate General
- A war tactic that cuts off the movement of troops and supplies
- Lincoln's __________ address is one of his most memorable speeches.
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- Area of dense woods between Washington DC and Richmond Virginia
- Union General, March to the sea, total war
- General in charge of all Union armies
- Narrow Union victory, April 1862, lots of casualties for both sides
- John Brown raided the Federal _______ at Harper's Ferry
- Warships with iron or steel plates
- Practice of people treated as property and doing forced work
- The bloodiest day in American history
- Bleeding ______, conflict in ______ because popular sovereignty
- States that seceded from the Union
- Grant met with Lee, shook hands and ended war
- 1st battle of ____ run,first major battle of the civil war
- To leave or withdraw
19 Clues: President of 1864 • Confederate General • To leave or withdraw • Warships with iron or steel plates • States that seceded from the Union • General in charge of all Union armies • The bloodiest day in American history • Union General, March to the sea, total war • A person or group who wanted to end slavery • Grant met with Lee, shook hands and ended war • ...
Vocabulary Civil War 2025-09-05
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- – The period after the Civil War when the Southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union.
- – The murder of an important leader; Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.
- Address – A short speech by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, reminding Americans of the goals of liberty and equality.
- – A change or addition to the U.S. Constitution (such as the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments that ended slavery and gave citizenship and voting rights).
- – The Northern states that remained loyal to the United States during the Civil War.
- Bureau – An agency created after the Civil War to help formerly enslaved people adjust to freedom.
- – The act of freeing someone from slavery.
- – To formally withdraw or break away from a nation or organization.
- – A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States.
- – A system where poor farmers worked land owned by others in return for a share of the crops.
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- – A soldier who is killed, wounded, missing, or captured in battle.
- War – A military strategy of destroying not just the enemy’s army but also its resources and will to fight.
- – Using ships to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving a place.
- Crow Laws – Laws in the South that enforced racial segregation after the Civil War.
- Rights – The belief that individual states should make their own laws, often used by the South to defend slavery.
- – A law requiring people to serve in the military if chosen.
- – The Southern states that seceded from the Union to form their own government.
- Proclamation – The 1863 order by President Abraham Lincoln that declared enslaved people in Confederate states free.
- – The separation of people based on race, especially common after the Civil War.
- War – A war fought between people of the same country, in this case the North and South of the United States.
20 Clues: – The act of freeing someone from slavery. • – A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States. • – A law requiring people to serve in the military if chosen. • – A soldier who is killed, wounded, missing, or captured in battle. • – To formally withdraw or break away from a nation or organization. • ...
Civil war 2023-05-10
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- One reason for the American civil war
- winner of the civil war
- a person who is fleeing from bad certain stance
- President of the union during the civil war
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- Major union general during the civil war
- The court house where the civil war ended
- Bloodiest battle of the civil war
- First state to secede from the union
- Major confederate general during the civil
- Unions plan to defeat the confederacy
10 Clues: winner of the civil war • Bloodiest battle of the civil war • First state to secede from the union • One reason for the American civil war • Unions plan to defeat the confederacy • Major union general during the civil war • The court house where the civil war ended • Major confederate general during the civil • President of the union during the civil war • ...
Civil War 2021-12-07
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- The states that had seceded were reorganized as part of the Union after the Civil War.
- The part of the military force composed of troops that serve on horseback
- Freed all slaves in confereate states
- the 16th president
- to remove a president from office by means of criminal charges or treason, etc...
- Speech to dedicate a plot of land to the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier.
- A person who behaves badly but in a mischievous way.
- a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections. a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
- A system of farming that developed in the South after the Civil War
- Confederate Town in Mississippi that was under siege for 47 days.
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- agricultural system in which landowners contribute their land
- Proposed by General Winfield Scott and called for a blockade of southern ports to cut off trade, gain control of the Mississippi River, and capture Richmond
- The Confederacy were U.S. states that declared secession from the U.S. and fought against the Union during the Civil War
- reconstruction offered all kinds of new opportunities to African-American people
- A Union victory in Antietam provided Abraham Li ncoln with the opportunity to annonce the Emancipation Proclimation.
- The assassinator of Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre
- The tax by the Federal government on a person’s annual income.
- Fought in Gettysburg, PA between the Union and Confederate forces
- Not excluding civilians and homes from warfare; destroying and killing everything.
19 Clues: the 16th president • Freed all slaves in confereate states • The assassinator of Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre • A person who behaves badly but in a mischievous way. • agricultural system in which landowners contribute their land • The tax by the Federal government on a person’s annual income. • Fought in Gettysburg, PA between the Union and Confederate forces • ...
Civil War 2014-04-15
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- The Missouri Compromise allowed which state to join the Union which had previously been part of Mass.
- This is a tax on imported goods
- The Confederacy is sometimes referred to as the what? (directional)
- The economy in the South was based on what?
- Texas belonged t which side during the war?
- A border state is a Union state that allowed what?
- This kind of sovereignty is when states are allowed to make decisions for themselves.
- a section of this state broke away during the Civil War
- New York was part of the what?
- In the North a lot of people lived where?
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- The compromise of 1850 admitted which state as a free state
- The Union is sometimes referred to as the What? (directional)
- This state admitted during the Missouri Compromise was a border state
- The South was full of large farms called what?
- The _____ and Nebraska act gave the territories Popular Sovereignty over the slavery issue
- Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky and Missouri were what kind of states during the Civil War?
- This state was the first to secede
- Robert E. ___ sided with the Confederacy because of his home state of what?
- The economy in the north is based on what?
19 Clues: New York was part of the what? • This is a tax on imported goods • This state was the first to secede • In the North a lot of people lived where? • The economy in the north is based on what? • The economy in the South was based on what? • Texas belonged t which side during the war? • The South was full of large farms called what? • ...
Civil War 2013-03-19
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- President who freed the slaves
- Person who is running away from something
- The Confederate States
- Sets of laws
- State that allows slavery
- People who want to abolish slavery
- Leave the Union
- Regional loyalty
- Something done in secrety
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- Equal rights
- A tax
- State that does not allow slavery
- Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri
- Idea that states, not government, has their own authority
- Freeing of the slaves
- A long range plan
- Licoln's short speech
- To fall back
- An act against slavery
19 Clues: A tax • Equal rights • Sets of laws • To fall back • Leave the Union • Regional loyalty • A long range plan • Freeing of the slaves • Licoln's short speech • The Confederate States • An act against slavery • State that allows slavery • Something done in secrety • President who freed the slaves • State that does not allow slavery • People who want to abolish slavery • ...
Civil war 2023-02-16
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- wanted to surrender
- was still the norm
- house slaves
- proved black soldiers were just as good as white ones
- nickname for trading
- would be allowed to fight in the US army for the first time
- Died by assassination
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- Knew it was time for reconciliation
- fought to defend home
- tied them to trees when they didnt want slaves to escape
- Major turning point
- disliked colored people
- women watched people in secret
- Army of the Potomac moving through Virginia
- had many roles when their parents were in war
- fought to preserve the union
- got outnumbered by confederates
- most worthy thing there was
- disguised as men
- Took the capital of Richmond
20 Clues: house slaves • disguised as men • was still the norm • wanted to surrender • Major turning point • nickname for trading • fought to defend home • Died by assassination • disliked colored people • most worthy thing there was • fought to preserve the union • Took the capital of Richmond • women watched people in secret • got outnumbered by confederates • Knew it was time for reconciliation • ...
civil war 2023-02-16
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- the kids that used to drum patterns to signal different thing in the war
- where the Antietam took place
- the first full scale battle of the civil war
- where fort Sumter took place
- the plan that the union had to "strangle" the south blockade
- said the Gettysburg address
- place in Virginia where general lee surrendered
- treating someone different because of the color of there skin
- increase in prices
- union army general
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- confederate army general
- lead Shermans march
- the letter general Sherman wrote
- women that went undercover as men in the war
- where the battle of bull run took place
- the deadliest one day battle in american military history
- what general Sherman did to end the war quicker
- the president of the union
- where the union got attacked
- making sure nothing goes in or out of a place
20 Clues: increase in prices • union army general • lead Shermans march • confederate army general • the president of the union • said the Gettysburg address • where fort Sumter took place • where the union got attacked • where the Antietam took place • the letter general Sherman wrote • where the battle of bull run took place • women that went undercover as men in the war • ...
Civil War 2023-02-17
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- The portion of the country that did not remain loyal to the federal government
- Arranged for the present as a temporary measure
- A general increase in prices
- The Confederate commander that surrendered at appomattox courthouse
- An act of stealing off a place
- President during the Civil War
- Required enlistment for a service
- Most famous civil war nurse
- Murder in a surprise attack for some sort of major political or religious disagreement
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- The steel balls fired at fort Sumter
- A opinion or judgment made before the facts are known.
- Formerly enslaved people who have been emancipated
- guns or weapons used to fight/ battle
- The confederate ship that sank the first union sh
- The point of the war when the most destruction happens
- An enslaved black person who escaped
- the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government
- The general that marched to the sea and burned towns to weaken the south
- Treating someone unfair jut because of their race
19 Clues: Most famous civil war nurse • A general increase in prices • An act of stealing off a place • President during the Civil War • Required enlistment for a service • The steel balls fired at fort Sumter • An enslaved black person who escaped • guns or weapons used to fight/ battle • Arranged for the present as a temporary measure • ...
Civil War 2017-04-18
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- Who was the general of the Union Army.
- What party was the Confederate states in.
- What was one of the reasons soldiers died in the war.
- What was the bloodiest battle in U.S. history.
- of independence What document was used in Gettysburg Adress.
- What party was Lincoln in.
- Who was the President of The United States of America.
- What is the name of the charge that cost the Confederacy a loss.
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- What was the name of the gun that used the Mini Ball.
- What battle started the Civil War.
- Who were usually spies in the Civil War.
- What invention caused the most deaths in the war.
- What plan did the Union use in the War.
- What was the name of the ship that was used in the War.
- Who won the battle of Shiloh.
- What was the plan that the Confederate States used.
- What battle turned the war in favor of the Union.
- The capital of the Confederate States.
- Who was the general of the Confederate Army.
19 Clues: What party was Lincoln in. • Who won the battle of Shiloh. • What battle started the Civil War. • Who was the general of the Union Army. • The capital of the Confederate States. • What plan did the Union use in the War. • Who were usually spies in the Civil War. • What party was the Confederate states in. • Who was the general of the Confederate Army. • ...
Civil War 2020-04-27
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- theater / where Lincoln was shot
- Run / Battle of Bull
- /leader of Confederate side
- / Emancipation Proclamation
- leader of the Union side
- S. Grant / Became a president after war
- Wilkes Booth / shoot Lincoln
- Lincoln / President at the time
- John Booth from
- Ulysses S Grant from
- Abraham Lincoln from
- Address / Lincoln's famous speech
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- E Lee / fought for South
- Robert E Lee from
- battle/ Palmito Ranch
- War / April 1861-April 1865
- / bloodiest battle
- Sumter / First battle of war
- / side who won war
- Destiny / 19th Century doctrine
20 Clues: John Booth from • Robert E Lee from • / bloodiest battle • / side who won war • Ulysses S Grant from • Abraham Lincoln from • Run / Battle of Bull • battle/ Palmito Ranch • leader of the Union side • E Lee / fought for South • /leader of Confederate side • / Emancipation Proclamation • War / April 1861-April 1865 • Sumter / First battle of war • Wilkes Booth / shoot Lincoln • ...
CIVIL WAR 2021-05-31
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- Guns, black wooden log used to seduce enemy.
- Unit of soldiers divided by state and number.
- Proclamation, order that freed all people held as slaves in territories against the union.
- ankle high leather shoe.
- town closest to major battle of bull run.
- manufactured goods originally made from raw material.
- Charge, infantry attack demanded by Robert E Lee.
- induct someone formally into office
- heavy large shoulder gun usually carried by infantry men.
- amendment that restrains slavery
- used for long distance communication during war.
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- concede to a enemy or opponent.
- E Lee, confederate general.
- Departure from community of federal union.
- Lincoln, president during civil war.
- Plan, Union strategy to destroy South's supplies/land
- backpack strapped to soldiers back.
- purposely and violent kill of a large number of people.
- Water Mark, greatest advance of confederate army against the union.
19 Clues: ankle high leather shoe. • E Lee, confederate general. • concede to a enemy or opponent. • amendment that restrains slavery • backpack strapped to soldiers back. • induct someone formally into office • Lincoln, president during civil war. • town closest to major battle of bull run. • Departure from community of federal union. • Guns, black wooden log used to seduce enemy. • ...
Civil war 2022-05-23
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- suitcases made of carpet fabric, white southerners thought untrusty newcomers would carry
- granted citizenship
- tax a person must pay in order to vote
- deprive someone of the right to vote
- state to join the Union
- device order to vote if their fathers voted before reconstruction
- President Lincoln
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- black person to serve in the U.S representatives, second black person to serve in the U.S Congress
- Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden ran, nobody got major votes, they named a commission
- President during Lincolns term, President after Lincoln died
- whites who supported Republican reconstruction of the south
- Senator
- who works for an owner that supplies everything
- place on May 1866, 48 people died, 75 people wounded, 103 buildings burned
- gave the right to vote
- re-build a town
- putting to death
- Prohibited slavery
- read or write
19 Clues: Senator • read or write • re-build a town • putting to death • President Lincoln • Prohibited slavery • granted citizenship • gave the right to vote • state to join the Union • deprive someone of the right to vote • tax a person must pay in order to vote • who works for an owner that supplies everything • whites who supported Republican reconstruction of the south • ...
civil war 2022-05-24
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- blocking port
- murder cause of politics
- novel by Harriet Stone
- supporting wilmot proviso
- abolish slavery
- 5 men killed
- police enforce votes in supreme court
- supporting union
- only constitution
- the west
- travling by foot
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- wounde soldier
- large firearms
- large blade
- withdrawing from union
- strong hats
- against slavery in west
- favoring intrest
- strong shoes
19 Clues: the west • large blade • strong hats • strong shoes • 5 men killed • blocking port • wounde soldier • large firearms • abolish slavery • favoring intrest • supporting union • travling by foot • only constitution • withdrawing from union • novel by Harriet Stone • against slavery in west • murder cause of politics • supporting wilmot proviso • police enforce votes in supreme court
Civil War 2016-12-08
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- Turning point of the Civil War
- Colonel who attacked Fort Sumter
- Red ______ of Courage, signifying getting wounded
- Nickname of Confederate Colonel Thomas Jackson
- First major battle of the Civil War
- ___________ Proclamation that freed slaves
- President of the Confederate States
- Court House where the South surrendered
- Confederate capital city
- General of the Confederate States
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- First state to secede from the United States
- City in South Carolina, location of Fort Sumter
- Amount of states in the Confederacy
- Nickname for Confederate soldiers
- Term for people who were anti-slavery
- General who led the March to Sea
- Final General of the Union
- Bloodiest day of battle in the Civil War
- Nickname for Union soldiers
19 Clues: Confederate capital city • Final General of the Union • Nickname for Union soldiers • Turning point of the Civil War • Colonel who attacked Fort Sumter • General who led the March to Sea • Nickname for Confederate soldiers • General of the Confederate States • Amount of states in the Confederacy • First major battle of the Civil War • President of the Confederate States • ...
