civil war Crossword Puzzles
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 • ...
Civil War 2026-03-02
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- president for the south
- to rebuild
- crop in the south
- rode on horseback during the Civil War
- battle between the states
- general for the south
- place where the first shots were fired
- amendment that ended slavery
- president for the North
- group that helped free African Americans
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- another name for a far
- someone who wanted to do away with slavery
- to leave
- name for the North
- first state to leave
- general for the north
- a place where goods are made
- a tax paid on goods from another country
- name for the South
19 Clues: to leave • to rebuild • crop in the south • name for the North • name for the South • first state to leave • general for the north • general for the south • another name for a far • president for the south • president for the North • battle between the states • a place where goods are made • amendment that ended slavery • rode on horseback during the Civil War • ...
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? • ...
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. • ...
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 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 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 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 • ...
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 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 • ...
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
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 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 • ...
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. • ...
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 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 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 • ...
Civil War Knoledge 2022-04-14
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- - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
- - A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War. Artillery - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
- - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
- - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
- - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.
- - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
- - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
- - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
- - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
- - A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
- - An army of citizens used during emergencies. Musket - A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
- - The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
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- - The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
- - When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country. Sectionalism - Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
- states - These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
- - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
- - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
- - Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
- - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
- - A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
- - A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
- - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
- - A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were slaves.
- - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot. Ironclad - A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding.
- - When a person is murdered for political reasons.
25 Clues: - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers. • - When a person is murdered for political reasons. • - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery. • - A term used to describe people who supported the Union. • - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War. • ...
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
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 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 • ...
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 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 2025-02-21
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- what the south was called
- the first state to secede in civil war
- A war between citizens in the same country
- how the economic was for the south
- Where did the Battle of GettysBurg take place
- the most respected commander in the Confederacy Army
- the biggest border state
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- president of south
- _____Lincoln
- bleeding_______
- Capital of the confederacy
- how many years did the civil war last
- What court was where the south surrendered
- _______Jackson
- what state was the last to free slaves
- what was the turning point of the civil war
- last name of the general who led the union army
- what did the S stand for in Ulysses S Grant
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 • A war between citizens in the same country • ...
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 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 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? • ...
8th Grade Review 2021-05-23
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- an event where the Nazis killed more than 6 million Jews
- allied commander in WW2
- Luther King, famous Civil rights activist also was a minister
- Roosevelt, fought for women's rights during her time as First Lady
- president of the Confederacy during the Civil War
- X, a black Muslim Minister
- Confederate general
- known for writing books about the Great Depression era
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- made an investment in the Steel industry
- Project, code name for the Atomic Bomb
- prime minister of the UK during WW2
- President for three terms
- journalism, exaggerated headlines and stories
- Robinson, first African American baseball player in the MLB
- Maine, Us Naval ship in 1898
- first Catholic president
- first African American on the Supreme Court
- president during Civil War
- Courthouse, where the Civil War ended
19 Clues: Confederate general • allied commander in WW2 • first Catholic president • President for three terms • president during Civil War • X, a black Muslim Minister • Maine, Us Naval ship in 1898 • prime minister of the UK during WW2 • Courthouse, where the Civil War ended • Project, code name for the Atomic Bomb • made an investment in the Steel industry • ...
history 2024-05-15
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- the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War
- uerrilla fighters who often clashed with pro-slavery groups from Missouri known at the time as "Border Ruffians".
- Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman, wanting to neutralize the important rail and supply hub, defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John B. Hood.
- a new status for certain people who escaped slavery or those who affiliated with Union forces.
- restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.
- the deadliest one-day battle in American military history
- the attack on Fort Sumter marked the official beginning of the American Civil War
- allowed Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior.
- the largest auction of enslaved people in U.S. history
- Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army defeated Union forces under Maj. Gen. John Pope,
- surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia
- one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War.
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- the failed attempt by American and French forces to retake the port city from its British occupiers.
- was an American Civil War campaign lasting from November 15 to December 21, 1864
- military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War
- "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
- after the American Civil War during which attempts were made to redress the inequities
- The Battle of Gettysburg marked the turning point of the Civil War
- Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston's troops line the mountain's crest to repulse the advance of Union general William T. Sherman.
- one who owns and cultivates land or to the middle ranks of servants in an English royal or noble
- the practice of supporting the wants and needs of residents of a given area over the interests of immigrants
- the campaign by Union forces to take the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississipp
22 Clues: the largest auction of enslaved people in U.S. history • the deadliest one-day battle in American military history • one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War. • allowed Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior. • surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia • ...
civil war vocabulary crossword 2024-04-22
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- a person who wants to abolish slavery
- currency released by Abraham Lincoln to pay for the civil war
- a shoe commonly worn by civil war soldiers
- large farms specializing in cash crops
- the southern side of the civil war
- soldiers fighting to foot
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- a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
- the northern side of the civil war
- a civil war battle ship with iron armor
- a civil war soldier's backpack
- large-caliber guns used in warfare on land.
11 Clues: soldiers fighting to foot • a civil war soldier's backpack • the northern side of the civil war • the southern side of the civil war • a person who wants to abolish slavery • large farms specializing in cash crops • a civil war battle ship with iron armor • a shoe commonly worn by civil war soldiers • large-caliber guns used in warfare on land. • ...
Civil War Crossword 2022-05-03
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- Number of border states
- Head Union general (full name)
- The freeing of someone from slavery
- The number of the amendment that banned slavery in the U.S.
- The name of the plan that the Union used to win the war
- The main cause of the war
- The name for the southern states
- Head Confederate general (full name)
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- River the Union wanted to capture to divide the Confederacy
- The name for the northern states
- When a part of the country breaks away from the mainland to form their own country
- The capital of the Confederacy
- Civil War started at this fort
- African American woman who helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad (last name)
- Three day battle that started when Confederate soldiers were looking for shoes
- They handled businesses, became nurses, and were spies during the Civil War
- President of the Union during the Civil War (last name)
- Treaty to end the war was signed at this courthouse
- President of the Confederacy
19 Clues: Number of border states • The main cause of the war • President of the Confederacy • The capital of the Confederacy • Head Union general (full name) • Civil War started at this fort • The name for the northern states • The name for the southern states • The freeing of someone from slavery • Head Confederate general (full name) • ...
Reconstruction 2023 2023-01-18
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- of 1868 allowed African American men to vote and hold office, ratified the 14th and 15th Amendments, allowed women to own property for the first time
- Bureau established by Congress and controlled by the U.S. Army prior to the end of the Civil War to give food, medicine, clothing, and education to freedmen and many poor whites
- Amendment all male citizens have the right to vote
- A derogatory term for white Southerners who supported Reconstruction following the Civil War.
- Party Political party made up of African Americans, Scalawags, and Carpetbaggers during Reconstruction
- Amendment declared that all persons born in the United States were citizens and that all citizens were entilted to equal rights, which were protected by due process of law
- Codes laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves, passed by southern states following the Civil War
- to charge a public official with a crime for the purpose of removing them from office
- former slaves that were now free due to military action and the 13th Amendment
- Districts military occupation of the former Confederacy to ensure the freedmen's property and civil rights were protected, part of the Radical Reconstruction plan
- Klux Klan a secret society created by white southerners that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights
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- farming A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which a landowner provided a plot of land, seed, and tools while the farmer works the land for a portion or share of the crops
- A northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War, many were teachers, missionaries, and entrepreneurs
- the attempt to rebuild and reform the political and social systems of the South after the Civil War
- Amendment abolished slavery
- a declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment
- Republicans Controlling group of Republicans in congress during Reconstruction. They wanted to protect freedmen and change Southern society.
- Money that is owed
- A person who risks time and money to start and manage a business
- Possession of property is kept from a person because of a debt owed
20 Clues: Money that is owed • Amendment abolished slavery • Amendment all male citizens have the right to vote • a declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment • A person who risks time and money to start and manage a business • Possession of property is kept from a person because of a debt owed • ...
Civil War Crossword 2023-09-29
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- Union Democrats that criticized Lincoln and the war
- The First Battle of Bull Run; Confederate victory; Battle of _______
- The amendment that outlaws slavery in the US
- A Union victory in the war; General Grant surrounded and cut off Confederate supplies for two months
- The process by which landowners exchanged supplies and land for a share of their tenant's crop; often consisted of corruption
- Union general that led a devastating march through the South, destroying supplies and buildings
- Southerners that encouraged cooperation with Republicans to rebuild the South
- The amendment that granted suffrage for black males in the US
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- AKA Battle of Sharpsburg; contained the bloodiest day of the Civil War
- The process by which citizens were drafted into the military
- The period following the Civil War in which the country was reunited and rebuilt
- The amendment that guarantees citizenship to all those born in the US
- The courthouse at which peace terms were made and the Civil War ended
- White Republicans that moved South after the war
- Issued by Lincoln following Antietam; declared all slaves free; _______ Proclamation
- The bloodiest battle of the Civil War; represented the key turning point of the war
- Last major Confederate victory in the war; AKA Lee's Perfect Battle
- Laws implemented by Southerners with the goal of segregating African Americans; _______ Laws (ignore space in answer)
- The military strategy of the North, targeted at surrounding the South and splitting the Confederacy; __________ Plan
- All black Union regiment; led the assault on Fort Wagner; 54th __________
20 Clues: The amendment that outlaws slavery in the US • White Republicans that moved South after the war • Union Democrats that criticized Lincoln and the war • The process by which citizens were drafted into the military • The amendment that granted suffrage for black males in the US • Last major Confederate victory in the war; AKA Lee's Perfect Battle • ...
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 Station 8 2023-04-28
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- the location where General Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender, thus ending the Civil War
- a Civil War battle in which the Confederate army forced most of the Union army out of Virginia
- a federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by the Confederates in April 1861, sparking the Civil War
- a Civil war battle in Tennessee in which the Union army gained greater control over the Mississippi River Valley
- a Union Civil War victory that turned the tides against the Confederates at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- the Union army's six-week blockage of Vicksburg that led the city to surrender during the Civil War
- the process used by a legislative to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official body
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- an order issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas rebelling against the Union; took affect in January 1, 1863
- the laws that put the Southern states under U.S. military control and required them to draft new constitutions, upholding the 14th amendment
- a Union victory in the Civil War that marked the bloodiest one-day battle in U.S. military history
- a devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole
- 18th president of the United States who received a field promotion to lieutenant general in charge of all Union forces after leading a successful campaign in the West. He accepted General Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
- american soldier who lead the Confederate forces. He won several major battles until his defeat at Gettysburg. He surrendered to the Union commander General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse
- the first major battle of the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory; showed that the Civil War would not be won easily
14 Clues: the location where General Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender, thus ending the Civil War • a Civil War battle in which the Confederate army forced most of the Union army out of Virginia • the process used by a legislative to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official body • ...
The Killer Angels book crossword puzzle 2022-11-21
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- the site of a famous battle in the civil war
- a union state in the civil war
- defensive structures to defend against attack
- the U.S. president at the time of the civil war
- a large weapon used for artillery
- soldiers that ride horses on the battlefield
- close range weapon used by high ranked soldiers
- ranged weapon commonly used by foot soldiers
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- A large group of soldiers usually led by a brigadier general
- a union general during the civil war
- a sharp weapon that could be attached to a musket for melee combat
- a ship covered in iron plates to defend against cannon balls
- a confederate general during the civil war
13 Clues: a union state in the civil war • a large weapon used for artillery • a union general during the civil war • a confederate general during the civil war • the site of a famous battle in the civil war • soldiers that ride horses on the battlefield • ranged weapon commonly used by foot soldiers • defensive structures to defend against attack • ...
Civil war 2025-02-21
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- what the south was called
- the first state to secede in civil war
- A war between citizens in the same country
- how the economic was for the south
- Where did the Battle of GettysBurg take place
- the most respected commander in the Confederacy Army
- the biggest border state
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- president of south
- _____Lincoln
- bleeding_______
- Capital of the confederacy
- how many years did the civil war last
- What court was where the south surrendered
- _______Jackson
- what state was the last to free slaves
- what was the turning point of the civil war
- last name of the general who led the union army
- what did the S stand for in Ulysses S Grant
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 • A war between citizens in the same country • ...
Civil war 2025-02-28
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- what the south was called
- the first state to secede in civil war
- A war between citizens in the same country
- how the economic was for the south
- Where did the Battle of GettysBurg take place
- the most respected commander in the Confederacy Army
- the biggest border state
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- president of south
- _____Lincoln
- bleeding_______
- Capital of the confederacy
- how many years did the civil war last
- What court was where the south surrendered
- _______Jackson
- what state was the last to free slaves
- what was the turning point of the civil war
- last name of the general who led the union army
- what did the S stand for in Ulysses S Grant
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 • A war between citizens in the same country • ...
Civil War 2023-05-03
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- the first major battle of the Civil War
- General whose nickname was "Stonewall"
- The estimated number of how many people died in the Civil War
- Led Union troops at the battle of Gettysburg
- Lincoln The president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
- The name of the march led by Union General William T. Sherman to cripple the Confederacy's ability to wage war by destroying everything.
- The battle that marked a turning point in the war; took place in Gettysburg
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- Document issued that freed slaves in the south as a military tactic
- The side of the war in the South
- The name of the famous speech that Lincoln gave to dedicate a cemetery.
- The confederate leader at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to him at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, marking the end the Civil War.
- Confederates attacked this fort, marking the beginning of the Civil War
- The side of the war in the North
- The president of the Confederate States of America
15 Clues: The side of the war in the South • The side of the war in the North • General whose nickname was "Stonewall" • the first major battle of the Civil War • Led Union troops at the battle of Gettysburg • The confederate leader at the Battle of Gettysburg • The president of the Confederate States of America • The estimated number of how many people died in the Civil War • ...
APUSH Unit 5 Terms 2025-01-30
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- Lincoln’s declaration freeing enslaved people in Confederate states
- The movement to end slavery in the United States
- A speech delivered by Lincoln to honor fallen soldiers
- Political party that opposed the expansion of slavery
- The last major battle of the Civil War
- Abolished slavery in the U.S.
- A network of secret routes to help enslaved people escape
- The group that pushed for harsher Reconstruction policies
- Violent conflict over slavery in a western territory
- Agreement that admitted California as a free state
- Laws in the South that enforced racial segregation
- A farming system keeping freedmen in cycles of debt
- Organization created to provide aid and education to freed slaves
- The name given to the South after Reconstruction ended
- System where plantation owners provided supplies in exchange for labor
- Confederate general known for his military strategie
- Supreme Court case ruling that African Americans were not citizens
- The idea that states could decide issues like slavery
- Period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
- The speech where Lincoln reaffirmed the nation's principles
- The belief that it was America’s destiny to expand westward
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- Law passed in 1854 allowing states to decide on slavery
- A plan that divided the South into military districts
- The Union general who accepted Lee's surrender
- The Union general known for his "March to the Sea"
- A document that formally withdrew a state from the Union
- The first battle of the Civil War
- Granted citizenship and equal protection to African Americans
- Union strategy to blockade the South during the Civil War
- Required citizens to return escaped enslaved people
- Law that restricted African American rights after the Civil War
- Northerners who moved south during Reconstruction
- Site of Lee's surrender, ending the Civil War
- President of the Confederate States
- Secret society that opposed Reconstruction efforts
- The amendment that officially abolished slavery
- The amendment that granted Black men the right to vote
- Battle considered the turning point of the Civil War
- Law that led to Andrew Johnson’s impeachment
- The practice of charging African Americans fees to vote
40 Clues: Abolished slavery in the U.S. • The first battle of the Civil War • President of the Confederate States • The last major battle of the Civil War • Law that led to Andrew Johnson’s impeachment • Site of Lee's surrender, ending the Civil War • The Union general who accepted Lee's surrender • The amendment that officially abolished slavery • ...
Camila's Crossword Puzzle 2026-01-21
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- Confederate lost hope of a quick victory and northern invasion stopped.
- The North took control of the Mississippi river.
- The south was going to put up a fight. It was going to be a long war.
- All black regiment.
- The start of the civil war.
- The bloodiest day of the war.
- The period after the civil war in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the union.
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- Laws that were passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former confederate states to limit the rights and freedom of African Americans.
- Laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the south after the civil war.
- A closing off an area to keep people or supplies from going out.
- The rights are guaranteed by the constitution to all people, especially equal treatment under the law.
- An emergency established by congress of the civil war at the end of the civil war to help protect newly freed black Americans.
- A war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country.
- ALanta was taken. Led to the March to the sea.
- Another name for the confederate states that the Americans made up to 11 states.
15 Clues: All black regiment. • The start of the civil war. • The bloodiest day of the war. • ALanta was taken. Led to the March to the sea. • The North took control of the Mississippi river. • A closing off an area to keep people or supplies from going out. • A war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country. • ...
History Crossword 2026-01-21
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- it was the bloodiest day of the War. After Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation
- it split the confederacy into two and the Union took control of the river.
- led to Sherman’s march to the sea
- first battle
- an agency established by congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed black Americans
- the period after the Civil War in which Southern States were rebuilt and brought back into the union
- a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country
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- it was the first major battle of the Civil War. The Union lost and people realized it would be a difficult war.
- laws enforcing segregation in the south after the Civil War
- the south surrendered
- first black regiment fought, It showed their bravery
- the rights guaranteed by the constitution to all people, especially equal treatment under the law
- it was a big turning point in the Civil War and a big momentum swing.
- another name for the Confederate States of America, made up of the 11 states that seceded from the union
- a closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out
15 Clues: first battle • the south surrendered • led to Sherman’s march to the sea • first black regiment fought, It showed their bravery • laws enforcing segregation in the south after the Civil War • a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country • it was a big turning point in the Civil War and a big momentum swing. • ...
Civil War 2022-09-23
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- Who started the civil war
- The most important battle fought in the civil war
- who became president after Lincoln died
- who won the civil war
- What did the North fight for
- Who was the general of the confederacy
- Weapon that had a blade attached to the muzzle of the gun
- The first major battle fought in the Civil War/What did the South call it
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- The first state to secede from the Union
- What did the South fight for
- who was the general for the union
- who led a raid to free the slaves during the civilwar
- Who fought for the South
- who killed Lincoln
- Who fought for the North
15 Clues: who killed Lincoln • who won the civil war • Who fought for the South • Who fought for the North • Who started the civil war • What did the South fight for • What did the North fight for • who was the general for the union • Who was the general of the confederacy • who became president after Lincoln died • The first state to secede from the Union • ...
Civil War 2022-05-03
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- The name of the southern side
- A union general that later was later elected president
- Capital of the Confederate states
- A mode of transportation that trains traveled on, made of iron
- agricultural areas that were used to plant crops
- A confederate general that fought and won many battles
- A gun that was accurate and powerful
- The amendment that abolished slavery
- An idea to outsmart the enemy in battle
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- The bloodiest battle of the Civil War
- Capital of the Union States
- A type of sea ship used in the Civil War
- The reason that the Civil War broke out
- The name of the northern side
- The president during the Civil War
15 Clues: Capital of the Union States • The name of the southern side • The name of the northern side • Capital of the Confederate states • The president during the Civil War • A gun that was accurate and powerful • The amendment that abolished slavery • The bloodiest battle of the Civil War • The reason that the Civil War broke out • An idea to outsmart the enemy in battle • ...
Civil War 2014-03-10
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- Withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization
- Compulsory recruitment for military service
- A person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding to avoid arrest or persecution
- to free a slave from bondage.
- A person advocating or supporting republican government.
- A Union soldier during the Civil War
- A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside
- Soldiers who fought on horseback
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- Enlist someone for military service.
- The state of being a slave
- An advocate or supporter of the democratic party.
- A person killed or injured in a war or accident
- Not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others
- A supporter of the Confederate States of America
- An inhabitant of a particular town, city, or country
- Ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader and a government
- the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- The action or an act of getting rid of system, practice, or institution
- A member of an American political party in the 19th century, succeeded by the Republicans.
19 Clues: The state of being a slave • to free a slave from bondage. • Soldiers who fought on horseback • Enlist someone for military service. • A Union soldier during the Civil War • Compulsory recruitment for military service • A person killed or injured in a war or accident • A supporter of the Confederate States of America • An advocate or supporter of the democratic party. • ...
Civil War 2014-01-27
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- small sewing kit
- group of men fighting from horseback
- paper tube which held a bullet and gun powder
- group of men fighting on foot
- cannon and other large weapons
- hard biscuit made of flour, salt, and water
- canvas container strapped to a soldiers back which held personal belongings
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- soldier that would take needed items from farmers and townspeople
- four-button woolen cotton coat worn by civil war soldiers
- cap or hat worn by civil war soldiers, part of uniform
- cloth or leather used to hold up pants
- weapon like a knife attached to front end of a musket or rife
- roving the countryside in search of food, sometimes taking from farmers
- blankets rolled and carried by soldiers, also contained personal belongings
- tin or wood container on a strap, used to carry liquid
- box small box of leather attached to the belt to hold caps used to fire muskets
- small canvas sack used by soldiers to carry their food
- made of leather. when available, a necessity and often scarce in the south
- badge badge showing which unit or corps a soldier belonged to
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 • tin or wood container on a strap, used to carry liquid • small canvas sack used by soldiers to carry their food • ...
Civil War 2020-04-27
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- / leader of Confederate side
- / Ulysses S Grant from
- Destiny / 19th Century doctrine
- Address / Lincoln's famous speech
- Wilkes Booth / shoot Lincoln
- / bloodiest battle
- Sumter / First battle of war
- War / April 1861-April 1865
- / Battle of Bull
- / John Booth from
- / Emancipation Proclamation
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- E Lee / fought for South
- battle / Palmito Ranch
- / Abraham Lincoln from
- / side who won war
- / leader of the Union side
- / Robert E Lee from
- Lincoln / President at the time
- theater / where Lincoln was shot
- S. Grant / Became a president after war
20 Clues: / Battle of Bull • / John Booth from • / side who won war • / bloodiest battle • / Robert E Lee from • / Ulysses S Grant from • / Abraham Lincoln from • battle / Palmito Ranch • E Lee / fought for South • / leader of the Union side • / Emancipation Proclamation • / leader of Confederate side • War / April 1861-April 1865 • Wilkes Booth / shoot Lincoln • ...
Civil War 2017-04-17
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- A naval blockade to stop imports and exports was a strategy used effectively by the_____
- Military strategy used by Union to suppress South
- Winners of the Civil War
- Turning Point in Civil War
- Capital of Confederacy
- Military tactic used to weaken South that freed slaves
- Amendment that gave African Americans right to vote
- Virginian General who lead Confederate army
- Failed attack during Battle of Gettysburg
- Series of battles Confederates drove back Union from capturing Confederate Capital
- Union Capital
- Lincoln's first goal as president was to keep union_____
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- Location where General Lee surrendered to Gemeral Grant
- Military invention that caused many casualties
- Document used by Lincoln in Gettysburg Address
- Confederate strategy to gain foreign support
- Moral issue that caused Civil War
- Founder of American Red Cross
- Women were used as these from both sides
19 Clues: Union Capital • Capital of Confederacy • Winners of the Civil War • Turning Point in Civil War • Founder of American Red Cross • Moral issue that caused Civil War • Women were used as these from both sides • Failed attack during Battle of Gettysburg • Virginian General who lead Confederate army • Confederate strategy to gain foreign support • ...
Civil War 2017-10-17
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- who was shot (he was a president)
- illegal...
- 1/3..., 3/3
- something very common today
- The two sides fighting
- one million times three
- another word for medicine
- 10,20,30, ,50
- one of the two armies fought in the war
- March, ,May
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- what did people want to be freed for many years
- ...,2/3, 3/3
- Southern,.....
- 13 plus 10
- North Carolina
- 10 times two
- 1/2 of the population died
- winter,summer,fall,...
- more men died in the war than any other...... conflict
19 Clues: illegal... • 13 plus 10 • 1/3..., 3/3 • ...,2/3, 3/3 • 10 times two • March, ,May • 10,20,30, ,50 • Southern,..... • North Carolina • The two sides fighting • winter,summer,fall,... • one million times three • another word for medicine • 1/2 of the population died • something very common today • who was shot (he was a president) • one of the two armies fought in the war • ...
Civil War 2019-03-03
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- Year the war ended
- the day the war started
- Speech was given during the Gettysburg address
- Commander of South Army
- Lincoln Ultimate goal was to preserve?
- the day the war ended
- Commander of North Army
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- President of the United States
- the year the war started
- Gettysburg bloodiest battle in the war
- Gave people citizenship
- Abolish slaves
- President of the Confederacy
- the First battle took place here
- people who were rich in the south
- connected union general and contributed to the war effort from a small room
- a large system used in the war help transport supplies and troops
- the month the war ended
- people who were forced to work and had no rights
19 Clues: Abolish slaves • Year the war ended • the day the war ended • Gave people citizenship • the day the war started • Commander of South Army • the month the war ended • Commander of North Army • the year the war started • President of the Confederacy • President of the United States • the First battle took place here • people who were rich in the south • ...
Civil war 2021-05-03
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- Carolina what state 1st succeeded from the union
- 1st battle of the war
- battle that was the turning point in the war
- address lincoln’s most famous speech
- president during the civil war
- the freeing of slaves
- what nickname was general Thomas Jackson given
- where lee surrendered to grant
- last battle fought in the west
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- helped with the underground railroad
- who wrote uncle toms cabin
- delaware, kentucky, maryland, and Missouri were known as _____ states
- the confederates ship name during the battle of the Monitor and merrimac
- was known as the angle of the battle field
- commander of the union army
- bloodiest single day battle
- war war fought between the North and South
- commander of the confederate army
- who won the civi war
- took a free black mans papers
20 Clues: who won the civi war • 1st battle of the war • the freeing of slaves • who wrote uncle toms cabin • commander of the union army • bloodiest single day battle • took a free black mans papers • president during the civil war • where lee surrendered to grant • last battle fought in the west • commander of the confederate army • address lincoln’s most famous speech • ...
Civil War 2021-04-20
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- inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
- they maintained communications between the federal government in Washington and the commanding officers of the far-flung units of the Union Army.
- Charged during the American Civil War with the administration of military hospitals, Dix also established a reputation as an advocate for the work of female nurses
- destroyed the white Southern myth that slaves were actually happy with their lives or too docile to undertake a violent rebellion. His revolt hardened proslavery attitudes among Southern whites and led to new oppressive legislation prohibiting the education, movement, and assembly of slaves.
- American inventor, engineer, and artist who brought steamboating from the experimental stage to commercial success. He also designed a system of inland waterways, a submarine, and a steam warship.
- formed by weaving, knitting, crocheting, knotting, and pressing fibers together
- The agricultural region of the southeastern U.S. where cotton is the main cash crop
- the effort to fund schools in every community with public dollars, and is thus heralded as the start of systematic public schooling in the United States
- a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation
- identical components that can be substituted one for another, particularly important in the history of manufacturing. Mass production, which transformed the organization of work, came about by the development of the machine-tool industry by a series of 19th-century innovators.
- In the North, during the first few decades of the 19th century, brought about a machine age economy that relied on wage laborers, not slaves. Southerners made huge profits from cotton and slaves and fought a war to maintain them.
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- The expansion of internal American trade greatly increased with the adoption of canals, steamboats, and railroads
- was a Protestant religious movement in the United States
- American inventor who developed and brought into general use the first practical domestic sewing machine
- it was a labor production model invented by Francis Cabot Lowell in Massachusetts in the 19th century. The system was designed so that every step of the manufacturing process was done under one roof and the work was performed by young adult women instead of children or young men.
- American painter and inventor who developed an electric telegraph
- an organized effort during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to limit or outlaw the consumption and production of alcoholic beverages in the United States
- families were hired and factory work was divided into simple tasks; housing and company stores were provided for workers; people from poor communities were hired; mill towns were built for workers, owners, and families.
- a blacksmith who developed the first commercially successful, self-scouring steel plow in 1837 and founded the company that still bears his name
19 Clues: was a Protestant religious movement in the United States • American painter and inventor who developed an electric telegraph • inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company • formed by weaving, knitting, crocheting, knotting, and pressing fibers together • ...
Civil War 2021-09-30
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- Name of Slash/burn Norther General
- Name of Senator beaten after heated debate
- North economic strength
- name of Conductor on Underground RR
- Term for anti-slavery activists
- Souther industry
- Northern Military Commander
- Abolitionist who raided Harper's Ferry
- Battle in Pennsylvania 50,000 deaths
- Last name of found of Red Cross
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- Term for midwest border war
- First name of author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Name of slave who sued for freedom
- Lincoln Order to free southern slaves
- Name of attacker of Senator beaten
- Compromise of 1850 state admitted as free
- Lincoln Order to free southern slaves
- Southern Military Commander
- First name of founder of Red Cross
- Last name of author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
20 Clues: Souther industry • North economic strength • Term for midwest border war • Southern Military Commander • Northern Military Commander • Term for anti-slavery activists • Last name of found of Red Cross • Name of slave who sued for freedom • Name of Slash/burn Norther General • Name of attacker of Senator beaten • First name of founder of Red Cross • ...
Civil War 2022-05-17
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- The confederate wanted Britain and Frances ___ to help them win.
- Who attempted to surround the opposing army by blocking coats and cutting trade?
- Last name of Abraham Lincolns assassinator He wanted to keep slavery.
- The Confederate's strategy was to fight a ___ war and stay in the South
- Lincoln ran for president again in 1864 with Andrew Johnson and ___
- Which army had more artillery, schools, and transportation?
- Where was Lincoln when the assassination took place?
- The Emancipation Proclamation claimed by Lincoln wanted states to ___ to join the North(threatened slaves)
- Andrew Johnson __ Abraham Lincoln 5 days after his re-election.
- What plan did the North have that wanted to grasp the South(snake)
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- What did the south have to protect their lifestyle and wealth?
- Where the war ended when General Lee surrendered to General Grant. North had won and slaves were freed.
- Which army had better soldiers, shooters and horseback riders?
- The ____ lost due to loss of not executing the strategy flawlessly.
- The North intervened ___ when he attempted to invade the North.
- Which of the 11 states first left the union after 1860 election?
- Battle that made the North feel successful and confident in their abilities.
- The Emancipation Proclamation eventually primarily focused on ___ slaves to fight in the war.
- Who won the election of 1860?
19 Clues: Who won the election of 1860? • Where was Lincoln when the assassination took place? • Which army had more artillery, schools, and transportation? • What did the south have to protect their lifestyle and wealth? • Which army had better soldiers, shooters and horseback riders? • The North intervened ___ when he attempted to invade the North. • ...
Civil War 2022-05-24
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- attempted to free slaves in rebel states
- abolished slavery throughout the entire United States
- forced the north to participate in the institution of slavery
- seen as slander by the south and as eye-opening by the North
- a serious offense punishable by military prison or death by firing squad
- first outbreak of violence between pro-abolitionists and anti-abolitionists
- officially ended republican control of Reconstruction by removing the military from the south
- a more moderate policy of reconstruction that allowed former confederate officials to enter important government posts
- highly prized by the Confederates as they could be used as either overhead shelter or ground cloth
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- legislation that made slaves property not people
- first black regiment from the north
- bullets made of soft lead and caused horrible wounds that were hard to heal
- major cause of death among soldiers more so than any weapon
- African American US Senator
- final event that led to the secession of the south
- led to the presence of human fecal bacteria in the water supply
- the migration of newly freed slaves from the south the Kansas
- led a raid harper ferry to arm slaves and begin an armed insurrection against the South
- name given by Union soldiers to the small tents they were provided with
19 Clues: African American US Senator • first black regiment from the north • attempted to free slaves in rebel states • legislation that made slaves property not people • final event that led to the secession of the south • abolished slavery throughout the entire United States • major cause of death among soldiers more so than any weapon • ...
Civil War 2024-03-26
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- Began following the election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860, southern states being outraged at the election
- a Confederate general during the American Civil War
- Known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, it took place in southwest Tennessee on April 6-7, 1862
- The first battle of the Civil War with zero Casualties
- he conducted a successful campaign along the Carolina coast His triumphs there were the earliest significant Union victory.
- a person killed or injured by an event or situation.
- the action of murdering by a sudden or secret attack often for political reasons.
- an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
- the action or process of resisting authority, control, or convention.
- large-caliber guns used in warfare on land.
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- a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or slavery.
- a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces between July 1-3, 1863, in Pennsylvania.
- an American military officer, politician, and the 18th president of the United States.
- a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
- a general officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
- took place on September 17, 1862, and remains the bloodiest single day in American military history with 23,000 casualties.
- slave states that did not secede from the Union
- a large artificial bank of soil, especially one used as a fortification.
- the ownership of a person as property.
19 Clues: the ownership of a person as property. • large-caliber guns used in warfare on land. • slave states that did not secede from the Union • a Confederate general during the American Civil War • a person killed or injured by an event or situation. • The first battle of the Civil War with zero Casualties • a league or alliance, especially of confederate states. • ...
Civil War 2025-05-19
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- Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri were __________.
- A nickname for the Union people.
- A game soldiers would play in their free time
- the initials of lincolns favorite general.
- The confederate president
- Most people had to get _______ after getting shot
- Major Union goal.
- People who don't like slaves.
- Soldiers who left the battle.
- This is a war tactic.
- things the soldiers had to do everyday.
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- A ship covered in iron plating.
- A legal right to keep someone in jail.
- A nickname for Confederates.
- These people would collect information on the enemy.
- This is the bloodiest battle in the Civil War.
- People had to ________ in order to join the army.
- This was the first battle of the Civil War.
- the nickname Thomas Jackson earned.
19 Clues: Major Union goal. • This is a war tactic. • The confederate president • A nickname for Confederates. • People who don't like slaves. • Soldiers who left the battle. • A ship covered in iron plating. • A nickname for the Union people. • the nickname Thomas Jackson earned. • A legal right to keep someone in jail. • things the soldiers had to do everyday. • ...
Civil War 2022-01-22
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- the main town Sherman burned down during his March to the Sea
- Sherman's plan to take over Atlanta
- largest battle of the war, large win for the north, gave Lincoln reasoning to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
- the north who was against slavery
- city in south Georgia where Union prisoners were held, was a good location because it was far away from Atlanta and Sherman's March to the Sea
- Sherman's trip across Georgia (from Atlanta to Savannah) where he would destroy towns
- the city the Union was trying to capture, led to the battle of Chickamauga in northern Georgia
- a term Southerners used to refer to people who fought with the Union
- Confederate soldiers who would try to get through the Union Blockade
- the Confederate General who replaced the previous General in the fight over Atlanta
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- the south who was for slavery
- the second largest battle in the war, first time the Union invaded Georgia, a large win for the Confederacy
- known blockade runner from the south, was never caught during a run
- issued by Abraham Lincoln, freed all the slaves in the seceded states
- the Union's strategy to "strangle the South", included the Union Blockade
- a city in Georgia that was known for being a transportational hub
- the Confederate General who was in charge at the beginning of the fight with Sherman over Atlanta
- Union General who led his men through Georgia and burned down towns
- 16th president, voted into office without any southern support, issued the Emancipation Proclamation
19 Clues: the south who was for slavery • the north who was against slavery • Sherman's plan to take over Atlanta • the main town Sherman burned down during his March to the Sea • a city in Georgia that was known for being a transportational hub • known blockade runner from the south, was never caught during a run • ...
Civil War 2022-05-09
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- bloodiest battle of the Civil War
- site of Lee's surrender to Grant
- prison camp that was more deadly than most battlefields
- another name for Bull Run
- the Gettysburg Address was a speech given at the dedication of this
- Union general who refused to follow Lincoln's order to pursue Lee after the battle of Antietam
- featured speaker at dedication of Gettysburg Cemetery
- nickname given to Gen Thomas Jackson for the way he pushed back Union forces
- the Siege of Vicksburg was fought to control this river
- the Battle of Hampton Roads was the first battle between these type of ships
- state in which the first shots of the war were fired
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- this Proclamation didn't actually free any slaves
- the fort that saw the first shots of the Civil War
- Confederate General who led his forces into Gettysburg and had to retreat in defeat
- this general made his March to the Sea in late 1864
- another name for the single bloodiest day in US history
- crop the South used to purchase supplies from Europe
- both Grant and Lee graduated from here
- site of the bloodiest single day in US history
19 Clues: another name for Bull Run • site of Lee's surrender to Grant • bloodiest battle of the Civil War • both Grant and Lee graduated from here • site of the bloodiest single day in US history • this Proclamation didn't actually free any slaves • the fort that saw the first shots of the Civil War • this general made his March to the Sea in late 1864 • ...
Civil War 2025-09-12
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- a type of firearm
- announcement, especially one dealing with a matter of great importance.
- eleven U.S.that seceded from the U.S. over the issue of slavery
- the period before the Civil War (1861-1865)
- being owned by another person, forced into labor, and stripped of liberty
- an organized military force equipped for fighting on land.
- act of being freed from a restraint, control, or legal disability
- a military unit of troops mounted on horseback
- the action or fact of joining or being joined, especially in a political context.
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- political movement to end slavery around the world.
- combat between opposing military forces, or a general conflict, struggle, or contest.
- 6th president of the United States
- 6th president of the United States
- the 50 constituent political entities of the U.S.
- Scott an enslaved African-American man
- a person killed or injured in a war or accident.
- hard dry bread or biscuit, especially as rations for sailors.
- cannons, howitzers, and mortars, designed to launch projectiles over long distances
- the action of assassinating someone.
- a line or edge that separates one area from another
20 Clues: a type of firearm • 6th president of the United States • 6th president of the United States • the action of assassinating someone. • Scott an enslaved African-American man • the period before the Civil War (1861-1865) • a military unit of troops mounted on horseback • a person killed or injured in a war or accident. • the 50 constituent political entities of the U.S. • ...
civil war 2025-09-23
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- Gunboats using stacked cotton bales to protect themselves from enemy effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports.
- A group of soldiers stationed at a military post
- A mounted sentry stationed in advance of a picket line.
- Actively attacking someone.
- The largest organizational group of soldiers, made up of one or more corps.
- A term used for “living off the land,” as well as plundering committed by soldiers
- The lowest rank in the army
- Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron.
- The long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is fired
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- A sudden, open, unconcealed attack upon a fortified position with the intent of capturing it before its defenders could mount an effective defense
- The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
- To lie in wait for an unexpected attack
- Resisting or protecting against attack from someone
- A solid, round projectile, shot from a cannon
- A theater of war is a region or area where fighting takes place
- A term used for “living off the land,” as well as plundering committed by soldiers
- Troops, like the National Guard, who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency
- A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare. During the Civil War, “blue water” ships cruised the oceans and “brown water” boats floated up and down the rivers
- The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people
- Loyal to the Confederate States. Also Southern or Confederate
20 Clues: Actively attacking someone. • The lowest rank in the army • To lie in wait for an unexpected attack • A solid, round projectile, shot from a cannon • A group of soldiers stationed at a military post • Resisting or protecting against attack from someone • A mounted sentry stationed in advance of a picket line. • ...
Civil War Crossword 2026-02-03
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- This was known as the place that the civil war began
- He was famous for leading the “March of the Sea” through Georgia in 1864
- He was the only sitting U.S. senator to be killed in battle
- A speech given by Abraham Lincoln that gave slaves their freedom
- He was the 18th president
- He was given the nickname “Stonewall” after the first battle of Bull Run
- A Union strategy that targeted the Confederacy’s economy and war making capabilities
- This was a crucial industrial and transportation hub for the Confederacy
- He was known as Robert E. Lee’s “Eyes and Ears”
- A Union victory that was the turning point of the Civil War, ending Robert E. Lee’s push North
- The first major land battle in the civil war ending in a Confederate victory
- A courthouse that Robert E. Lee had surrendered his army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant.
- He was a college professor that became a Union officer when the war began
- He was the 16th president
- He was a prominent Union general that was given the nickname “Fighting Joe” for his aggressive leadership
- He was known as "Light Horse Harry"
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- He was a Union Major General who had the nicknames “Young Napoleon" and “Little Mac”
- A US Navy steam frigate that was burned by the Union forces in 1861
- He was described by A. Lincoln as “A brown, chunky little chap, with a long body, short legs, and not enough neck to hang him.”
- A 47 day siege from the Union and eventually surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
- This was the bloodiest battle in all of American history
- He was known as the “Rock of Chickamauga”
- He was a Union Naval commander and was renowned for the capture of New Orleans
- This was a revolutionary ironclad warship used during the civil war
- This was the Largest Confederacy prison in the civil war
- He organized the first Rhode Island infantry in 1861
- He was the only Native American man to achieve the rank of Brigadier General in the Confederacy during the civil war
- He was Robert E. Lee’s second in command and was given the nickname “My old war horse”
- He was the 1st president of the Confederate states of america
- He was a Confederate major general famous for leading the “Pickett’s Charge”
- Known as the “place of peace” in the Hebrew language and was one of the most brutal battles in the civil war
31 Clues: He was the 18th president • He was the 16th president • He was known as "Light Horse Harry" • He was known as the “Rock of Chickamauga” • He was known as Robert E. Lee’s “Eyes and Ears” • This was known as the place that the civil war began • He organized the first Rhode Island infantry in 1861 • This was the bloodiest battle in all of American history • ...
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 CROSSWORD 2015-11-19
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- Who was the president of the Confederates?
- Who was the president of the Union?
- The first state to secede from Union.
- This was where the second capital of the Confederates was located.
- This was the first capital of the Confederates was located.
- This was used to send messages.
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- Lincoln used this to "free" the slaves.
- Where the civil war started.
- What was the Civil War fought over?
- What was the state that was created in the Civil War?
- Famous Union general
- Famous Confederate general
- Where terms of surrender were signed
- Abraham used this to quickly transport troops and supplies.
- The most famous battle of the Civil War
15 Clues: Famous Union general • Famous Confederate general • Where the civil war started. • This was used to send messages. • What was the Civil War fought over? • Who was the president of the Union? • Where terms of surrender were signed • The first state to secede from Union. • Lincoln used this to "free" the slaves. • The most famous battle of the Civil War • ...
Civil War Battles Crossword 2019-06-11
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- General responsible for union victory at Vicksburg
- First Major Battle of the civil war
- early civil war battle that had one accidental causality
- Failed southern offensive maneuver during the battle of Gettysburg
- Capital of the Confederacy
- Alternate name for battle of bull run
- state created during civil war
- General Responsible for the failed advancement over Gettysburg
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- place where “Stonewall” Jackson was killed by friendly fire
- Considered the turning point in the civil war
- President of the Confederate States of America
- General seemed “overly careful” by President Lincoln
- General overseeing southern construct in Vicksburg
- Occurred nearly simultaneously with the battle of Gettysburg
- First Major Union victory
15 Clues: First Major Union victory • Capital of the Confederacy • state created during civil war • First Major Battle of the civil war • Alternate name for battle of bull run • Considered the turning point in the civil war • President of the Confederate States of America • General responsible for union victory at Vicksburg • General overseeing southern construct in Vicksburg • ...
Civil War Battles Crossword 2019-06-11
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- General responsible for union victory at Vicksburg
- First Major Battle of the civil war
- early civil war battle that had one accidental causality
- Failed southern offensive maneuver during the battle of Gettysburg
- Capital of the Confederacy
- Alternate name for battle of bull run
- state created during civil war
- General Responsible for the failed advancement over Gettysburg
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- place where “Stonewall” Jackson was killed by friendly fire
- Considered the turning point in the civil war
- President of the Confederate States of America
- General seemed “overly careful” by President Lincoln
- General overseeing southern construct in Vicksburg
- Occurred nearly simultaneously with the battle of Gettysburg
- First Major Union victory
15 Clues: First Major Union victory • Capital of the Confederacy • state created during civil war • First Major Battle of the civil war • Alternate name for battle of bull run • Considered the turning point in the civil war • President of the Confederate States of America • General responsible for union victory at Vicksburg • General overseeing southern construct in Vicksburg • ...
Civil War crossword puzzle 2024-11-25
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- The group of states that fought to preserve the United States.
- Lincoln -16th president of the US
- E lee Commanded the union army
- The site of the Confederate surrender.
- A city that was a major Confederate stronghold.
- A key battle in the Civil War.
- Another important Civil War battle.
- A famous Confederate general.
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- The Union general who became president.
- The group of states that seceded from the Union.
- Tubman A famous conductor of the Underground Railroad.
- he period after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt.
- Proclamation A document that declared slaves free.
- Sumter The site of the first shots of the Civil War.
- The act of leaving the Union.
15 Clues: The act of leaving the Union. • A famous Confederate general. • A key battle in the Civil War. • Lincoln -16th president of the US • E lee Commanded the union army • Another important Civil War battle. • The site of the Confederate surrender. • The Union general who became president. • A city that was a major Confederate stronghold. • ...
History Midterm Review 2023-01-11
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- President of Confederacy during Civil War
- Proviso stated new land forever free
- this siege lasted for six weeks
- Southen Democratic nominee in 1860
- Vicksburg and Gettysburg took place this month
- led the Union in GA in the famous March
- settlers forced to practice this
- he wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act
- to attach or absorb
- founded the American Red Cross
- military continuously defeats its enemy
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- many men burned to death
- He ran against Lincoln in 1864
- surrendered to Grant in 1865
- Lincoln's famous address
- Mexican army executed over 300 Texans
- The first action of the Civil War
- all Texan soldiers died
- President of Union during Civil War
- Amendment that ended slavery
20 Clues: to attach or absorb • all Texan soldiers died • many men burned to death • Lincoln's famous address • surrendered to Grant in 1865 • Amendment that ended slavery • He ran against Lincoln in 1864 • founded the American Red Cross • this siege lasted for six weeks • settlers forced to practice this • he wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act • The first action of the Civil War • ...
Reconstruction by Lewis Nohl 2022-02-23
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- southerners that supported the union during the war
- what Johnson did to the civil rights act
- Who stood in the way of congress
- Stevens first name
- played a big part in the 13th 14th and 15th amendment
- assassinated Lincoln
- The period of rebuilding after the civil war
- amendment to abolish slavery
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- amendment that gave black and white males equal rights
- republicans that thought blacks and whites were equal
- president before Andrew Johnson
- rewritten by southern states
- cause of the civil war
- how Abraham Lincoln died
- didn't like andrew johnson
- Johnson's first name
- what congress did to johnson's veto
- leaders that were thought should be punished
- Lincoln's choice for vice president during his second term of office
- Lincoln's nickname
- amendment that gave black males voting rights
21 Clues: Stevens first name • Lincoln's nickname • Johnson's first name • assassinated Lincoln • cause of the civil war • how Abraham Lincoln died • didn't like andrew johnson • rewritten by southern states • amendment to abolish slavery • president before Andrew Johnson • Who stood in the way of congress • what congress did to johnson's veto • what Johnson did to the civil rights act • ...
U.S History Crossword 2021-06-04
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- first English settlement in 1607
- the separation of people because of their race
- to make a place more urban
- a state that leaves its union
- where a country develops lost of industries
- the founding document of the U.S that established the national government
- 16th president of the U.S
- first name of the president of the confederate states
- a slave who got their freedom
- a group of people that fight during emergencies
- first name of the leader of the confederate army during the civil war
- the name of the southern army during the civil war
- a plan to rebuild the south after the Civil War
- a system where the people and their elected officials run the government
- 2nd president of the United States
- A system of government by all the eligible members of a state
- the place where Robert E. Surrendered to end the Civil War
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- a system where colonies gave materials to support the mother country
- name of the battle that got the colonists support from the French during the revolutionary war
- 1st president of the United States
- someone who travels for religious reasons
- the name of the northern army during the civil war
- the first state to secede from the U.S
- to approve something typically a law
- First name of the commander of the Union army during the civil war
- to make something invalid
- to treat someone poorly for their religion or race
- a person who moves from a foreign country to another
- the introduction of something typically a new president in office or policy
- to question something typically to remove someone from office
- an English protester from the 16-1700's for religion purposes
- the item governments put on goods to make money
- name of the British soldiers
- name of the plan the union used to separate the confederate side in two
34 Clues: 16th president of the U.S • to make something invalid • to make a place more urban • name of the British soldiers • a state that leaves its union • a slave who got their freedom • first English settlement in 1607 • 1st president of the United States • 2nd president of the United States • to approve something typically a law • the first state to secede from the U.S • ...
Emancipation Proclamation Crossword Puzzle 2016-05-14
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- Slaves could receive this in order to move from the United States. They could make the decision to move to countries such as Liberia.
- The number of black volunteers who fought with the Union in the Civil War.
- This branch of government enforces our laws.
- This was the president who was in office during the Civil War, on the Union side.
- This race of people were freed from slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation. Many of them helped fight in the Civil War with the Union.
- The month and year when the 13th Amendment was ratified.
- Lincoln passed this bill that proposed that all slaves in states or territories should be free.
- The name of the war that was started to keep all states in the Union and eventually abolished slavery.
- The month and year Lincoln abolished slavery in Washington DC.
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- Britain continued to buy this popular crop from the Confederate States of America while the Civil War was being fought.
- When this bureau was established, it allowed blacks to fight with the Union Army during the Civil War.
- The capital of the Union, where slavery was first prohibited.
- The month and year that Lincoln prohibited slavery in the Union states and territories.
- The month and year that Lincoln prohibited slavery in the rebellious states and territories.
- The group of people who were angry about the Emancipation Proclamation, because the Civil War was originally meant to keep the Union together, not to free slaves.
- The amendment that was passed that eventually gave slaves their freedom.
- An early device that used electric signals to send messages across long distances invented by Samuel Morse.
- The advisors of the President who help him make decisions.
- The Secretary of the Navy during the time of the Emancipation Proclamation (1862).
- The government institution that passed the Emancipation Proclamation that Lincoln proposed.
20 Clues: This branch of government enforces our laws. • The month and year when the 13th Amendment was ratified. • The advisors of the President who help him make decisions. • The capital of the Union, where slavery was first prohibited. • The month and year Lincoln abolished slavery in Washington DC. • ...
Civil War Reconstruction Review 2025-04-14
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- What was the name of the country of the South?
- What type of land mass did the first battle occur on?
- This nickname described Southerners who supported Republicans?
- state Sherman marched his troops through?
- This was the name of racists laws created in the South after the Civil War.
- What other president had weird similarities to Lincoln?
- Name given to people who were formerly slaves
- Name of the fort where first battle of the Civil War occurred?
- First African-American Senator
- Reconstruction was ended because of the election of this president?
- Which side had better generals and soldiers?
- Who was the president after Abraham Lincoln?
- Rare Civil War battle fought in North and lost by Lee
- This was the nickname given to Northerners who came South after the Civil War?
- What caused the South to secede?
- leader of the Union Army during last part of the war?
- In what state is Gettysburg?
- What political party did President Johnson belong to?
- Name of group who controls Congress during Reconstruction
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- Southern general in the Battle of Gettysburg?
- General who burn and stole as he moved throughout the South
- In what state did the first battle of the Civil War occur?
- This system was created to replace slavery and still African-Americans working on plantations?
- Name of terrorist organization created after during Reconstruction
- What was the time period after the Civil War called?
- Leader of the Union army and later became a U.S. president
- Who was the president of the South
- How did many Southerners view scalawags?
- Which amendment says everyone is equal under the law and everyone born in the US is a citizen?
- Which amendment banned slavery?
- Which side fired the first shots of the Civil War?
- Which side had better technology and numbers?
- Why did the North fight the Civil War?
- Andrew Johnson was the first president to have this experience?
- Which amendment says no one can be denied the right to vote because of race
- Military strategy of burning and taking property
36 Clues: In what state is Gettysburg? • First African-American Senator • Which amendment banned slavery? • What caused the South to secede? • Who was the president of the South • Why did the North fight the Civil War? • How did many Southerners view scalawags? • state Sherman marched his troops through? • Which side had better generals and soldiers? • ...
Road to the Civil War Part 2 2021-04-15
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- An American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, the country's greatest moral, cultural, constitutional, and political crisis.
- Published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War".
- The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands was an important agency of early Reconstruction, assisting freedmen in the South.
- Either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda.
- A raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. It has been called the dress rehearsal for, or Tragic Prelude to, the Civil War.
- Commonly referred to as the Confederate States or the Confederacy, was an unrecognized breakaway state in existence from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865, that fought against the United States of America during the American Civil War.
- Military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory, as distinguished from limited war. Throughout history, limitations on the scope of warfare have been more economic and social than political.
- In U.S. history, the period (1865–77) that followed the American Civil War and during which attempts were made to redress the inequities of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy and to solve the problems arising from the readmission to the Union of the 11 states that had seceded at or before the outbreak of war.
- Occurred from May 23 and continued until May 26, 1856, with the killings occurring on the night of May 24 and the morning of May.
- An American Confederate general best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He led the Army of Northern Virginia from 1862 until its surrender in 1865 and earned a reputation as a skilled tactician.
- In the American Civil War, site in Virginia of the surrender of the Confederate forces to those of the North on April 9, 1865. ... Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, thus effectively ending the Civil War.
- Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War, fought on September 17, 1862.
- A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, during the Civil War.
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- Was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. As a member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives before the American Civil War.
- An unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. The conflict over the Wilmot Proviso was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War.
- Referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... The party opposed the expansion of slavery before 1861 and led the fight to destroy the Confederate States of America (1861–1865).
- Was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning and trying escaped slaves.
- An enslaved African-American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife, Harriet Robinson Scott, and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott decision"
- An American military leader who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who created the Justice Department and worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans.
- An American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17.
- Was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War.
- Withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
- A speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of November 19, 1863.
- Was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
- Were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
- Repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.
- Also known as the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men—100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention to be organized by women.
- An island fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina most famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War (1861-65). ... Beauregard bombarded Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, kicking off the battle.
- Refers to the diplomatic methods employed by the Confederacy during the American Civil War to coerce the United Kingdom and France to support the Confederate war effort by implementing a cotton trade embargo against the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe.
29 Clues: Were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. • Withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization. • Either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda. • ...
civil war crossword puzzle 2021-12-03
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- A union general that Lincoln appointed after going through 5 other generals.
- A Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the final fourteen months of the American Civil War.
- A speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War.
- A proclamation given by Lincoln that freed slaves in the south.
- A general nicknamed "the creeper"
- A Maryland battle that was the bloodiest single day of the war.
- Pickett's charge was in this battle.
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- The Confederate strategy to withhold cotton from Europe to make allies.
- A series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia.
- A naval strategy by the Union to prevent the Confederacy from trading.
- A battle that started the civil war
- A confederate general; the biggest southern advantage.
- The largest battle fought in Georgia during the Civil War.
- A march in which Union General William T. Sherman led some 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah.
14 Clues: A general nicknamed "the creeper" • A battle that started the civil war • Pickett's charge was in this battle. • A confederate general; the biggest southern advantage. • The largest battle fought in Georgia during the Civil War. • A proclamation given by Lincoln that freed slaves in the south. • A Maryland battle that was the bloodiest single day of the war. • ...
Civil War Crossword 2024-12-10
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- network aiding enslaved people's escape to freedom
- Address Famous speech by Lincoln at a cemetery
- Union's naval strategy to blockade the South
- The final surrender of Confederate forces
- Nickname for the Southern soldiers
- War Conflict between the North and South (1861-1865)
- March to the Sea Famous 1864 march destroying Southern infrastructure, led by General Sherman
- The U.S. president who followed Lincoln after his assassination
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- Southern states that seceded from the Union
- Battle that marked the turning point of the Civil War
- General who led the Union Army to victory
- Proclamation The document that freed the slaves
- Nickname for Northern soldiers during the war
- Sumter The first battle of the Civil War
- President during the Civil War
15 Clues: President during the Civil War • Nickname for the Southern soldiers • General who led the Union Army to victory • The final surrender of Confederate forces • Southern states that seceded from the Union • Sumter The first battle of the Civil War • Union's naval strategy to blockade the South • Nickname for Northern soldiers during the war • ...
Civil War in the United States of America 2022-02-02
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- The Union strategy to win the war was called the _____ plan.
- The Compromise of 1850 included a strict ____ Slave Act.
- Called a "necessary evil" by Thomas Jefferson, was used as a euphemistic term that white southerners used for slavery.
- This amendment was a change to the Constitution (1868) granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guaranteeing all citizens equal protection of the law.
- A former enslaved person who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court.
- Southern states during the Civil War.
- The General for the Union, later became 18th President.
- Maryland, September 16-18, 1862, bloodiest single day in American military history, 23,000 died
- violence over slavery led by John Brown caused the Kansas territory to called ______ ________.
- Naval invasion that kicked off the Civil War in Charleston, SC.
- freed enslaved people ONLY in the Confederate States.
- This amendment was a change to the Constitution (1870) declaring that states cannot deny anyone the right to vote because of race or color, or because the person was formerly enslaved.
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- the President of the US during the Civil War.
- A person who worked to end slavery.
- The Compromise of 1850 allowed ____ to be admitted to the Union as a free state.
- The general for the Confederacy.
- Northern states during the Civil War.
- She was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.
- The issue of slavery and _______ _______ was the causes of the Civil War.
- This amendment was a change to the Constitution (1865) that abolished slavery in US (made it illegal.
- Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.
21 Clues: The general for the Confederacy. • A person who worked to end slavery. • Northern states during the Civil War. • Southern states during the Civil War. • the President of the US during the Civil War. • freed enslaved people ONLY in the Confederate States. • The General for the Union, later became 18th President. • The Compromise of 1850 included a strict ____ Slave Act. • ...
Civil War 2023-03-07
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- Advantage of Confederacy : (___ of land)
- First Battle of ____ ____ : First major battle of Civil War
- Jefferson ____ : President of Confederacy
- States that stayed (North)
- General ____ : General for the Union
- States that succeeded (South)
- ____ Court House : Where Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the war
- When a state formally leaves a country
- General ____ : General for the Confederacy
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- Abraham ____ : President of Union
- Battle of ____ : Turning point in Civil War
- What John Wilkes Booth did to Lincon
- Advantage of Union : (trains)
- Battle of ____ ____ : Bombing on a Union fort
- Major cause of Civil War
15 Clues: Major cause of Civil War • States that stayed (North) • Advantage of Union : (trains) • States that succeeded (South) • Abraham ____ : President of Union • What John Wilkes Booth did to Lincon • General ____ : General for the Union • When a state formally leaves a country • Advantage of Confederacy : (___ of land) • Jefferson ____ : President of Confederacy • ...
Civil War Crossword 2021-02-09
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- A formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office
- nickname for the South
- to practice ending slavery
- an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.
- a nickname for Union soldiers and citizens
- the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
- led 300 slaves to freedom, because of her bravery she is the symbol of the Underground Railroad
- a nickname for Confederate soldiers and citizens
- separate from Union
- A person who wanted to end slavery
- Whitney, an American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin
- Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in South Carolina
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- citizens that are armed and together in emergencies.
- a word meaning before war. Used to describe the U.S. before Civil War.
- a cap worn by all soldiers
- the northern states that wanted to prevent the spread of slavery in the free states.
- Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.
- A sailor and later a Union naval captain, he was highly honored for his feats of bravery and heroism. He became a Congressman after the Civil War.
- A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War
- Run, also known as the Battle of First Manassas, was the first major battle of the American Civil War.
- the state and the condition of being a slave, who is someone forbidden to quit their service for another person and is treated as property.
21 Clues: separate from Union • nickname for the South • a cap worn by all soldiers • to practice ending slavery • A person who wanted to end slavery • a nickname for Union soldiers and citizens • a nickname for Confederate soldiers and citizens • citizens that are armed and together in emergencies. • the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 • ...
History Reconstruction 2024-01-17
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- a white southerner who joins the republican party after the Civil War
- this allows all people the right to vote no matter the color of their skin
- after the civil war when confederate states rejoined the union
- laws passed throughout the post Civil War era that severely restricted African Americans rights
- a northerner who moved south after the Civil War
- a system of landowners who gave their workers land, seed, and tools in exchanged for their crops
- this makes all people born or naturalized in the US citizens of the country
- the first African American senator
- a bill vetoed by President Lincoln over the control of reconstruction
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- Republicans who after the civil war wanted to give African Americans full citizenship
- elected president after Lincoln's Assignation
- A federal agency set up to help the former slaves after the Civil War
- to formally charge an official of misconduct in office
13 Clues: the first African American senator • elected president after Lincoln's Assignation • a northerner who moved south after the Civil War • to formally charge an official of misconduct in office • after the civil war when confederate states rejoined the union • a white southerner who joins the republican party after the Civil War • ...
Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 2022-03-04
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- painting by Picasso and town destroyed by Nazis
- was founded in 1931
- was the dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975
- the civil war that began in 1937
- location of the first protest against the left-wing government
- US Ambassador to Spain during the Spanish Civil War.
- voluntarily abdicated the throne in order to avoid a civil war
- author of Homage to Catalunya
- was dictator from 1923 to 1931
- seized by nationalists in 1939
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- founded by Serrano Suner
- volunteers of the Spanish civil war
- well known Republican who fought for women's rights
- group of fascists founded by a lawyer in 1933
- nickname of Dolores Ibárruri
15 Clues: was founded in 1931 • founded by Serrano Suner • nickname of Dolores Ibárruri • author of Homage to Catalunya • was dictator from 1923 to 1931 • seized by nationalists in 1939 • the civil war that began in 1937 • volunteers of the Spanish civil war • was the dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975 • group of fascists founded by a lawyer in 1933 • ...
Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-10
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- Deadliest battle in the Civil War
- Amendment that granted all men the right to vote no matter what their race is
- Where did most of the battles in the Civil War take place
- One reason the Union and Confederacy were fighting
- The party that Abraham Lincoln was in
- Won the battle of Bull Run
- Won the Civil War
- Led the Union army
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- First major battle of the Civil War
- Laws that allowed segregation by race
- Period where the South was being rebuilt
- When pro and anti-slavery groups fought in Kansas
- Won the Election of 1860
- Amendment that abolished slavery
- Laws that controlled the African American Community
15 Clues: Won the Civil War • Led the Union army • Won the Election of 1860 • Won the battle of Bull Run • Amendment that abolished slavery • Deadliest battle in the Civil War • First major battle of the Civil War • Laws that allowed segregation by race • The party that Abraham Lincoln was in • Period where the South was being rebuilt • When pro and anti-slavery groups fought in Kansas • ...
Capstone by Ryan Thomas 2013-05-10
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- Gen. Thomas "_________" Jackson
- Battle fought twice on the border; South's name for it
- Battle in Tennessee; Battle of ______
- Major battle fought in Pennsylvania
- Major battle fought in Maryland; Bloodiest day in American History
- _____-______ Massachusetts Regiment
- Last name of person who killed Lincoln
- cause of civil war
- President during time of civil war
- _______ Robert E. Lee
- Last name of Confederate president
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- Ulysses S. _____
- Battle where North gained control of the Mississippi River
- Nickname of Northerners, _____ Yanks
- Nickname of Southerners ______ Rebs
- General Robert E. ___
- Battle where Lee beat the Union (Not well known)
- Name of courthouse where Lee surrendered
- First battle of Civil War Fort ______
- Name of major Nurse Clara ______
- Month Lee surrendered
21 Clues: Ulysses S. _____ • cause of civil war • General Robert E. ___ • _______ Robert E. Lee • Month Lee surrendered • Gen. Thomas "_________" Jackson • Name of major Nurse Clara ______ • President during time of civil war • Last name of Confederate president • Nickname of Southerners ______ Rebs • Major battle fought in Pennsylvania • _____-______ Massachusetts Regiment • ...
Unit 4 Crossword 2026-03-13
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- Jonathan’s bicycle becomes a taxi business
- Greek king whose touch turns things to gold
- Fancy party Mathilde attends
- Jewelry Mathilde borrows
- Precious metal Midas desires
- The Golden Touch's Author
- What Mathilde spends 10 years paying off
- Country where Civil Peace takes place
- What Midas’s daughter becomes when touched
- Metal Midas loves
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- Author of The Necklace
- Type of peace in the title
- Jonathan’s belief that “Nothing puzzles God”
- What the necklace appears to be made of
- What Jonathan values after the war
- Mathilde’s husband’s job
- What Mathilde dreams of having
- Main character in Civil Peace
- Conflict that ended before the story
- Payment Jonathan receives after the war
- Main character in The Necklace
21 Clues: Metal Midas loves • Author of The Necklace • Jewelry Mathilde borrows • Mathilde’s husband’s job • The Golden Touch's Author • Type of peace in the title • Fancy party Mathilde attends • Precious metal Midas desires • Main character in Civil Peace • What Mathilde dreams of having • Main character in The Necklace • What Jonathan values after the war • ...
