civil war Crossword Puzzles

Civil War Project 2024-04-24

Civil War Project crossword puzzle
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  1. Union General
  2. An all black military regiment that fought at Fort Wagner
  3. Confederate general
  4. A port in Charleston that the Union had control of during the civil war
  5. A decree that set slaves free
  6. Union Side of the country
  7. Two battles where the second battle was more bloodier than the first.
  8. What young boys would do
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  1. What women would do
  2. The side that wanted to free slaves
  3. A strategy to "strangle" the south
  4. Confederate President
  5. Confederate Side
  6. Union President
  7. Southern laws that kept slaves restricted
  8. First shot of the civil war
  9. The side that wanted slaver
  10. Where Lincoln gave his famous address in Pennsylvania
  11. The first submarine that destroyed Union Ships
  12. Where the last shots of the Civil war were fired

20 Clues: Union General • Union President • Confederate Side • What women would do • Confederate general • Confederate President • What young boys would do • Union Side of the country • First shot of the civil war • The side that wanted slaver • A decree that set slaves free • A strategy to "strangle" the south • The side that wanted to free slaves • Southern laws that kept slaves restricted • ...

US History Volume 1 Review 2026-01-21

US History Volume 1 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. : Movement of settlers traveling west for land and opportunity
  2. : War fought between the Union and the Confederacy
  3. : First ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
  4. : Land bought from France in 1803
  5. : War in which the American colonies fought for independence from Britain
  6. : President during most of the Civil War
  7. : Railroad that connected the eastern and western United States
  8. : Amendment that granted citizenship to formerly enslaved people
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  1. : Document that helped end slavery during the Civil War
  2. : President of the Constitutional Convention
  3. : Famous route settlers used to travel west
  4. : 1787 meeting where the U.S. Constitution was written
  5. : Agreement that officially ended the American Revolutionary War
  6. : Period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
  7. : Agreement that created a two-house Congress

15 Clues: : Land bought from France in 1803 • : President during most of the Civil War • : Famous route settlers used to travel west • : President of the Constitutional Convention • : Agreement that created a two-house Congress • : First ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution • : War fought between the Union and the Confederacy • ...

History Ch.7 2025-12-01

History Ch.7 crossword puzzle
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  1. The 11 states that withdrew from the union to form their own country.
  2. The 15th President; was the last President before the Civil War.
  3. The battle that gave the union Army control of the Mississippi River, cutting the Confederacy and half.
  4. The 14th President; signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
  5. The year of lease surrender to Grant that ended the Civil War.
  6. The 12th U.S. President; nicknamed “Old Rough and Ready,” Was a general in the Mexican-American War.
  7. the turning point in the Civil War.
  8. The union ironclad ship
  9. A person who believes slavery should be abolished or ended.
  10. President of the Confederate states of America
  11. A political party founded on the belief that slavery should not be allowed in the U.S. territories.
  12. An agreement that attempted to balance power in the Senate between free and slave states.
  13. The first major Civil War battle one by the South.
  14. The 16th president of the United States, the first Republican president, president during the Civil War.
  15. The Union general, whose marched to the sea destroyed southern towns and led to the end of the Civil War.
  16. Commander of the confederate army.
  17. Means to withdraw or to leave from.
  18. This divided a section of western land into Kansas, a slave state, and Nebraska, a free state.
  19. The final capital of the Confederate states of America.
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  1. A document that declared that all slaves are free and states that had left the Union.
  2. Early commander of the union army of the Potomac.
  3. Secret roots leading to free northern states and Canada.
  4. The location of the assassination of President Lincoln.
  5. The war fought between the union and the confederate states of America.
  6. The constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery in the U.S.
  7. The actor who shot President Lincoln.
  8. The four in Charleston, South Carolina were the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  9. A law requiring people in free northern states to return runaway slave slaves to the South.
  10. A law that put a stop to bringing enslaved people to America to be sold.
  11. Commander of all union armies, known as “Unconditional Surrender.”
  12. the deadliest Battle of the Civil War.
  13. The location of the surrender of Robert E Lee and the Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant.
  14. An abolitionist who escaped from slavery; wrote a book about his life as a slave.
  15. The Supreme Court decision that allowed slavery in the U.S. territories.
  16. The Confederate ironclad ship.
  17. The author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  18. The 13th President; became President after Taylor; Signed into law the Compromise of 1850.
  19. A former slave who led over 70 slaves to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad.
  20. The three minute speech by President Lincoln, that honored both the Union and Confederate fallen soldiers.
  21. The year the American Civil Warbegan.
  22. A Confederate general and most remembered soldier of the First Battle of Bull Run.

41 Clues: The union ironclad ship • The Confederate ironclad ship. • The author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Commander of the confederate army. • the turning point in the Civil War. • Means to withdraw or to leave from. • The actor who shot President Lincoln. • The year the American Civil Warbegan. • the deadliest Battle of the Civil War. • President of the Confederate states of America • ...

Civil War 2022-03-04

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Who found the red cross
  2. Who killed abraham lincoln
  3. Why did the civil war started
  4. Who was in charge of confederate army
  5. When did the civil war takes place
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  1. Who won the civil war
  2. Who was against slavery
  3. Who was in charge of the Union army
  4. Who lost the civil war
  5. Who ended the civil war

10 Clues: Who won the civil war • Who lost the civil war • Who found the red cross • Who was against slavery • Who ended the civil war • Who killed abraham lincoln • Why did the civil war started • When did the civil war takes place • Who was in charge of the Union army • Who was in charge of confederate army

The Civil War 2016-05-02

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. (1803-1862) Confederate commander of the Western Department of the Confederate Army; killed in the Battle of Shiloh
  2. the southern region of the United States which broke away, forming their own nation; often called the "rebels"
  3. (March 8-9, 1862, Virginia) the first meeting of ironclads in the Civil War; navies would shift from wooden ships to ironclads after the battle
  4. members of Lincoln's own party who criticized Lincoln for making the war about preserving the Union rather than about slavery
  5. (April 9, 1865, Virginia; Union victory) the surrender of General Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia; signaled the beginning of the end of the Civil War
  6. (July 21, 1861, Virginia; Confederate victory) the first major land battle of the Civil War; General Thomas Jackson earned the nickname "Stonewall"
  7. (April 12-14, 1861, South Carolina; Confederate victory) the start of the Civil War
  8. (May - September 2, 1864, Georgia; Union victory) victory helped Lincoln win the election of 1864; Sherman burned almost the entire city before starting his March to the Sea
  9. (1818-1893) Confederate general at Fort Sumter and First Bull Run
  10. Union general famous for his "total war" strategy in the Atlanta Campaign
  11. (1809-1865) President of the United States of America during the Civil War; issued the Emancipation Proclamation; assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865
  12. (1824-1863) a Confederate corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia; earned his nickname at First Bull Run; shot by friendly fire at Chancellorsville and died from pneumonia
  13. (1786-1866) commanding general of the Union army at the start of the Civil War; created the Anaconda Plan
  14. (September 17, 1862, Maryland; Union victory) the bloodiest day of the Civil War; Lincoln soon after issued the Emancipation Proclamation
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  1. (November 19, 1863) three-minute speech given by Lincoln at a dedication speech for a battlefield cemetery; regarded as one of the finest speeches of all time
  2. (June 9, 1864 - March 25, 1865, Virginia; Union victory) cut off railroad supply line to the capital at Richmond; Lee retreated and Confederate government officials evacuated Richmond
  3. (1808-1889) President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War
  4. (April 14, 1865) assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington
  5. drafting men for military service
  6. (1822-1885) commanding general of the Union army for the latter half of the Civil War
  7. ("Copperheads") favored ending the war, whether it meant welcoming the seceded states back into the Union along with slavery or letting the southern states remain separate
  8. (September 22, 1862) executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln which declared all slaves in the Confederate states to be free if those states did not return to the Union by the end of the year
  9. (May 18 - July 4, 1863, Mississippi; Union victory) Union gained control of the Mississippi River; cut off Confederate communications and supplies from west of the Mississippi River; often considered the turning point in the war along with Gettysburg
  10. (1863) law drafting Union men ages 20-45 for 3 years of military service; each state had a quota of soldiers to provide
  11. (July 1-3, 1863, Pennsylvania; Union victory) more casualties than any other battle in the Civil War; often considered the turning point in the war
  12. failed maneuver by Confederate soldiers on Union soldiers positioned on high ground on the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg
  13. (1861) the first federal income tax in American history; used to raise money for the Union
  14. Winfield Scott's plan to blockade Confederate ports, take control of the Mississippi River, and capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, VA
  15. a war between citizens of the same country fighting for control over that country
  16. (1826-1885) commanding general of the Union army for a short period; nominated by the Democrats to run against Lincoln in the election of 1864
  17. (1807-1870) Confederate commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia; earned victories at the Battle of Seven Days, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville; surrendered at Appomattox Court House

31 Clues: drafting men for military service • (1818-1893) Confederate general at Fort Sumter and First Bull Run • Union general famous for his "total war" strategy in the Atlanta Campaign • (April 14, 1865) assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington • (1808-1889) President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War • ...

civil war crossword puzzle 2021-03-26

civil war crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. ,the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877
  2. , 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.
  3. , 16th president
  4. , slave states that did not secede from the Union.
  5. , war between the north and south
  6. , the capital of Virginia
  7. ,was an American Confederate general best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
  8. , is a southeastern U.S. state known for its shoreline of subtropical beaches and marsh like sea islands.
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  1. ,a merchant vessel used for evading a naval blockade of a port or strait.
  2. , president of the Confederate States of America throughout its existence during the American Civil War
  3. , American Civil War general and a major architect of modern warfare.
  4. , an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina most famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War
  5. , the North, was composed of the U.S. states that were loyal to the U.S. federal government led by President Abraham Lincoln.
  6. , is the name applied to a strategy outlined by the Union Army for suppressing the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War.
  7. ,was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross.

15 Clues: , 16th president • , the capital of Virginia • , war between the north and south • , slave states that did not secede from the Union. • ,the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877 • ,was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. • , American Civil War general and a major architect of modern warfare. • ...

Tudors and Stuarts 2017-03-22

Tudors and Stuarts crossword puzzle
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  1. Guy Fawkes was tortured on this
  2. the man blamed for the Gunpowder Plot
  3. Phillip II of Spain sent this to invade England
  4. a gun used in the Civil War
  5. Fought for Parliament
  6. Nickname for Mary Tudor
  7. Civil War soldiers wore these in different colours for identity
  8. This broke out between Charles I and Parliament
  9. a long Civil War weapon
  10. Henry VIII's son
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  1. Mary Tudor burnt a lot of these
  2. First King of England and Scotland
  3. Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament
  4. The gunpowder plotters were this type of faith
  5. Queen of Scots beheaded by Elizabeth
  6. King of Spain
  7. Fought for Charles I
  8. Plot to kill Elizabeth I
  9. Elizabeth I's father

19 Clues: King of Spain • Henry VIII's son • Fought for Charles I • Elizabeth I's father • Fought for Parliament • Nickname for Mary Tudor • a long Civil War weapon • Plot to kill Elizabeth I • a gun used in the Civil War • Mary Tudor burnt a lot of these • Guy Fawkes was tortured on this • First King of England and Scotland • Queen of Scots beheaded by Elizabeth • ...

Reconstruction Cross Word 2025-02-27

Reconstruction Cross Word crossword puzzle
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  1. The idea that the government's power comes from the people
  2. Military rule imposed on citizens instead of civil law and government.
  3. Granted U.S. citizenship to all formerly enslaved people
  4. 18th President of the US elected in 1868, he campaigned on his Civil War experience as commanding general of the Union forces
  5. Laws passed in the south that discriminated against Freedmen, including laws on curfews, laws regulating work and pay
  6. A system of agriculture in which a landowner allowed a tenant farmer to use land in exchange for a share of the crop
  7. Compulsory enrollment for service in a country's armed forces
  8. An insulting word for Northerners who moved to the South after the war to profit from reconstruction
  9. Gave voting rights to all African American men
  10. The first military unit consisting of Black soldiers to be raised in the North during the Civil War
  11. 16th President of the U.S., serving during the Civil War,he emancipated enslaved
  12. The withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War
  13. A secret terrorist organization in the U.S. made up of white people who are opposed to people of other races
  14. jobs, fair treatment, and education
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  1. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state
  2. The first woman in America to receive a medical degree
  3. Officially abolished slavery in all parts of the U.S. after the Civil War
  4. Insulting name for white southerners who supported reconstruction efforts
  5. An agency set up in 1865 to assist formerly enslaved people in obtaining relief,
  6. Connected the east coast to the west coast of The United States
  7. and was assassinated in 1865.
  8. The freeing of enslaved people by the authority that held them

22 Clues: and was assassinated in 1865. • jobs, fair treatment, and education • Gave voting rights to all African American men • The first woman in America to receive a medical degree • Granted U.S. citizenship to all formerly enslaved people • The idea that the government's power comes from the people • Compulsory enrollment for service in a country's armed forces • ...

The Civil War 2021-05-19

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The states that left the Union during the war
  2. The fort that was attacked that started the war
  3. The city Grant laid siege to,surrendered July 4
  4. The bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War
  5. Key Union victory in which 51,000 died
  6. President during the Civil War
  7. The states that stayed in the United States
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  1. Place wwhere Lee surrendered to Grant
  2. The top general of the Confederacy
  3. to leave a country
  4. destruction of civilian and economic resources
  5. freedom from enslavement
  6. The first major battle of the Civil War
  7. The top general of the Union

14 Clues: to leave a country • freedom from enslavement • The top general of the Union • President during the Civil War • The top general of the Confederacy • Place wwhere Lee surrendered to Grant • Key Union victory in which 51,000 died • The first major battle of the Civil War • The states that stayed in the United States • The states that left the Union during the war • ...

The Russian Revolution and the Impact of WW1 2024-04-04

The Russian Revolution and the Impact of WW1 crossword puzzle
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  1. The legislative body in post-war Russia that urged the Czar to step down
  2. A Russian monarch who was forced to step down as emperor following widespread discontent and revolution?
  3. What principle advocated by Woodrow Wilson emphasized the right of each people to have its own nation, as seen in the aftermath of World War I?
  4. An organization proposed by President Woodrow Wilson that encouraged cooperation among nations to maintain peace and prevent future wars after World War I.
  5. The concept where entire societies are involved in the war effort, affecting both military and civilian life.
  6. Anti-Communist forces opposing the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War
  7. The President of the United States during World War I, known for his idealistic vision for a post-war world.
  8. Payments demanded from defeated nations, especially Germany, as compensation for damages caused during the war.
  9. The feared secret police organization that initiated a campaign of violence during the Russian Civil War.
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  1. Russian revolutionary leader who spearheaded the Bolshevik movement
  2. What economic policy, implemented by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War, involved the government's control over banks, industries, and agriculture to ensure supplies for the Red Army?
  3. Radical communist faction formed during the Russian Revolution
  4. What treaty marked the end of World War I and imposed significant penalties on Germany, including the War Guilt Clause and reparations payments?
  5. The army that fought for the communist regime during the Russian Civil War
  6. Woodrow Wilson's idealistic plan for lasting peace after World War I.
  7. What location was seized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution leading to the provisional government to collapse quickly?
  8. This was used during World War I to influence public opinion and boost morale?

17 Clues: Radical communist faction formed during the Russian Revolution • Russian revolutionary leader who spearheaded the Bolshevik movement • Woodrow Wilson's idealistic plan for lasting peace after World War I. • The legislative body in post-war Russia that urged the Czar to step down • The army that fought for the communist regime during the Russian Civil War • ...

The Russian Revolution and the Impact of WW1 2024-04-04

The Russian Revolution and the Impact of WW1 crossword puzzle
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  1. The legislative body in post-war Russia that urged the Czar to step down
  2. A Russian monarch who was forced to step down as emperor following widespread discontent and revolution?
  3. What principle advocated by Woodrow Wilson emphasized the right of each people to have its own nation, as seen in the aftermath of World War I?
  4. An organization proposed by President Woodrow Wilson that encouraged cooperation among nations to maintain peace and prevent future wars after World War I.
  5. The concept where entire societies are involved in the war effort, affecting both military and civilian life.
  6. Anti-Communist forces opposing the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War
  7. The President of the United States during World War I, known for his idealistic vision for a post-war world.
  8. Payments demanded from defeated nations, especially Germany, as compensation for damages caused during the war.
  9. The feared secret police organization that initiated a campaign of violence during the Russian Civil War.
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  1. Russian revolutionary leader who spearheaded the Bolshevik movement
  2. What economic policy, implemented by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War, involved the government's control over banks, industries, and agriculture to ensure supplies for the Red Army?
  3. Radical communist faction formed during the Russian Revolution
  4. What treaty marked the end of World War I and imposed significant penalties on Germany, including the War Guilt Clause and reparations payments?
  5. The army that fought for the communist regime during the Russian Civil War
  6. Woodrow Wilson's idealistic plan for lasting peace after World War I.
  7. What location was seized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution leading to the provisional government to collapse quickly?
  8. This was used during World War I to influence public opinion and boost morale?

17 Clues: Radical communist faction formed during the Russian Revolution • Russian revolutionary leader who spearheaded the Bolshevik movement • Woodrow Wilson's idealistic plan for lasting peace after World War I. • The legislative body in post-war Russia that urged the Czar to step down • The army that fought for the communist regime during the Russian Civil War • ...

Unit 9 2023-05-05

Unit 9 crossword puzzle
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  1. who opposed slavery
  2. a feeling of angry displeasure towards something
  3. who supported slavery
  4. Who was president during the civil war
  5. who won the civil war
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  1. what was invented during the civil war
  2. what was the famous speech called that Abraham Lincoln gave during the civil war
  3. what is one battle from the civil war
  4. a form of government in which the power belongs to the people
  5. what did the civil war stop
  6. what is another battle from the civil war

11 Clues: who opposed slavery • who supported slavery • who won the civil war • what did the civil war stop • what is one battle from the civil war • what was invented during the civil war • Who was president during the civil war • what is another battle from the civil war • a feeling of angry displeasure towards something • ...

The Civil War Vocabulary 2022-05-16

The Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War and sympathized with the South
  2. diplomacy Confederate efforts to use the importance of southern cotton to Britain's textile industry to persuade the British to support the Confederacy in the Civil War
  3. E. Lee Commander of the Confederate Army
  4. Sumter Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War
  5. Proclamation Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.
  6. Jackson general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)
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  1. Davis President of the Confederate States of America
  2. Grant an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War.
  3. the freeing of slaves
  4. states Slave states that did not secede
  5. Address A 3-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War (November 19, 1963) at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg
  6. an escaped slave who joined the Union army during the Civil War
  7. corpus Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
  8. Tecumseh Sherman Union General who destroyed South during "march to the sea" from Atlanta to Savannah, example of total war

14 Clues: the freeing of slaves • states Slave states that did not secede • E. Lee Commander of the Confederate Army • Davis President of the Confederate States of America • corpus Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment • an escaped slave who joined the Union army during the Civil War • ...

Historical Crossword Puzzle 2023-11-25

Historical Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Early civil rights activist
  2. post-WWII infrastructure project
  3. Cold War policy
  4. Communist fear
  5. motion that forces a vote
  6. European aid plan
  7. civil rights bus protest
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  1. leader of Soviet Union during early Cold War
  2. Discrimination due to race
  3. President during Bay of Pigs
  4. Rights Movement
  5. US space organization
  6. New Deal President
  7. Cuban crisis
  8. Post-WWII military alliance

15 Clues: Cuban crisis • Communist fear • Cold War policy • Rights Movement • European aid plan • New Deal President • US space organization • civil rights bus protest • motion that forces a vote • Discrimination due to race • Early civil rights activist • Post-WWII military alliance • President during Bay of Pigs • post-WWII infrastructure project • leader of Soviet Union during early Cold War

Review: Civil War 1863-1865 2012-12-17

Review: Civil War 1863-1865 crossword puzzle
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  1. Around 600,000 people died in the ________________.
  2. the capture of this city was presented to President Lincoln as a Christmas gift in December of 1864.
  3. African-American regiment who led an assault on Fort Wagner in Charleston, South Carolina, and suffered heavy casualties.
  4. Brief speech stating that the dead should not have died in vain, referenced Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary War.
  5. First state to secede, seen as much of the cause of the Civil War.
  6. Civil War military leader famous for saying, “General Lee, I have no division”.
  7. Battle in Virginia, where General Lee surrendered to General Grant, April 9th, 1865
  8. The Union victory at the Battle of Chattanooga was known as “the battle above the __________”.
  9. In 1864, this General was given command of all Union forces.
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  1. A path of destruction 60 miles wide that looted and burned the South’s countryside, freed thousands of slaves, led to the South losing the will to fight.
  2. Union general in charge of “total war” to the South.
  3. The surrender of the city of ________________ to Gen. Ulysses Grant on the Fourth of July.
  4. In the Civil War, most of the fighting and destruction occurred in the ________.
  5. This Civil War General was quoted as saying, "Then there is nothing left for me to do but go and see General Grant, and I had rather die a thousand deaths"?
  6. Raiding of Southern farms, businesses, homes and destruction of railroads and telegraph lines.
  7. Battle in Pennsylvania, in 1863, estimated 50,000 casualties suffered.
  8. Capital of the Confederacy.
  9. Majority of those who died in the Civil War died as a result of infection or ______________.
  10. Won the Battle of Gettysburg.

19 Clues: Capital of the Confederacy. • Won the Battle of Gettysburg. • Around 600,000 people died in the ________________. • Union general in charge of “total war” to the South. • In 1864, this General was given command of all Union forces. • First state to secede, seen as much of the cause of the Civil War. • ...

Review: Civil War 1863-1865 2012-12-17

Review: Civil War 1863-1865 crossword puzzle
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  1. First state to secede, seen as much of the cause of the Civil War.
  2. Capital of the Confederacy.
  3. The Union victory at the Battle of Chattanooga was known as “the battle above the __________”.
  4. The surrender of the city of ________________ to Gen. Ulysses Grant on the Fourth of July.
  5. the capture of this city was presented to President Lincoln as a Christmas gift in December of 1864.
  6. Raiding of Southern farms, businesses, homes and destruction of railroads and telegraph lines.
  7. Battle in Virginia, where General Lee surrendered to General Grant, April 9th, 1865
  8. In the Civil War, most of the fighting and destruction occurred in the ________.
  9. A path of destruction 60 miles wide that looted and burned the South’s countryside, freed thousands of slaves, led to the South losing the will to fight.
  10. Brief speech stating that the dead should not have died in vain, referenced Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary War.
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  1. African-American regiment who led an assault on Fort Wagner in Charleston, South Carolina, and suffered heavy casualties.
  2. Around 600,000 people died in the ________________.
  3. Union general in charge of “total war” to the South.
  4. Civil War military leader famous for saying, “General Lee, I have no division”.
  5. Won the Battle of Gettysburg.
  6. Majority of those who died in the Civil War died as a result of infection or ______________.
  7. This Civil War General was quoted as saying, "Then there is nothing left for me to do but go and see General Grant, and I had rather die a thousand deaths"?
  8. Battle in Pennsylvania, in 1863, estimated 50,000 casualties suffered.
  9. In 1864, this General was given command of all Union forces.

19 Clues: Capital of the Confederacy. • Won the Battle of Gettysburg. • Around 600,000 people died in the ________________. • Union general in charge of “total war” to the South. • In 1864, this General was given command of all Union forces. • First state to secede, seen as much of the cause of the Civil War. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2021-03-04

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Capital of the United States.
  2. war A conflict between groups or regions within a country.
  3. He was elected president of the Confederacy.
  4. When men are recruited for the military involuntarily.
  5. This was being built from 1862 to 1869 to connect the country from east to west.
  6. Concern for regional needs and interests.
  7. The south formed this when they seceded from the Union.
  8. The attack on this place in South Carolina started the Civil War.
  9. To end and prohibit something
  10. Quickest and most efficient form of transportation by soldiers of the Civil War.
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  1. The political party of the president elected in 1860.
  2. Capital of the Confederacy.
  3. A settlement to a disagreement where both sides give in a little.
  4. The withdrawal of a state from a union.
  5. Slave states that remained in the Union.
  6. The place where the railways met.
  7. People who worked to bring an end to slavery.
  8. Second most common mode of transportation by soldiers in the Civil War
  9. He was elected president of the U.S. in 1860.

19 Clues: Capital of the Confederacy. • Capital of the United States. • To end and prohibit something • The place where the railways met. • The withdrawal of a state from a union. • Slave states that remained in the Union. • Concern for regional needs and interests. • He was elected president of the Confederacy. • People who worked to bring an end to slavery. • ...

Ch 15-17 Vocab 2013-05-27

Ch 15-17 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. _________ were the rights belonging to states
  2. A _________ is a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce their religion
  3. any law that specifically limited the rights of African Americans were known as _______
  4. anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported is _________
  5. synonyms include: reward, and charity
  6. to extend or spread over is to _______
  7. A war between regions in the same country is the _________
  8. the _______ was intended to prevent blacks to vote in some southern states.
  9. Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri were ___states in 1860 between north and south
  10. Northern soldiers during the civil war were also called _______s
  11. Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas’s election during the 1850s
  12. s scamp or rascal is a _______
  13. synonyms include: approve, establish, and validate
  14. _______ was to be put to death without legal authority.
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  1. a system of agriculture where the land was used by a tenant with a portion of the crops going to the owner was known as _______
  2. a northern democrat who opposes civil war was known as a _________
  3. when the south split from the union they became known as _______s
  4. A person who is fleeing from prosecution s a _________
  5. President Lincoln suspended the right of _______ to prevent anyone from interfering with the war effort.
  6. The civil war had the first _______, or selection for the military.
  7. a war where all available weapons and resources are devoted is a _________
  8. soldiers were known as _______ when they fought from trenches
  9. the confederate efforts to use the importance of cotton to Britain to make Britain support them was known as _________
  10. _______ was a general pardon for all offences
  11. one of the union’s goals was to establish _______s to prevent the confederates from getting supplies
  12. The _________ in the north and south over slavery led to civil war
  13. The _________ of the south led to the start of the civil war
  14. a collection or supply of weapons or munitions is an ________
  15. a northerner who went to the south after the civil war and became active in republican politics would have been a _______
  16. to free from restraint or influence is _________
  17. during _______ the amount of money goes up causing its value to go down.
  18. Synonyms include: cease, forbear, and resist

32 Clues: s scamp or rascal is a _______ • synonyms include: reward, and charity • to extend or spread over is to _______ • Synonyms include: cease, forbear, and resist • _________ were the rights belonging to states • _______ was a general pardon for all offences • to free from restraint or influence is _________ • synonyms include: approve, establish, and validate • ...

Taylor Ginn 2023-03-29

Taylor Ginn crossword puzzle
Across
  1. became leader of the confederate army during the civil war
  2. secretary of war under president Franklin Pierce during the civil war
  3. was a lieutenant governor during the civil war
  4. served in the underground railroad and freed more than 700 slaves
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  1. led the union army during the civil war
  2. was president of the union during the civil war who stopped slavery
  3. American soldier and lawyer during the civil war
  4. was the confederate general during the civil war
  5. was a confederate commander and chief during the civil war
  6. was the confederate general during the civil war

10 Clues: led the union army during the civil war • was a lieutenant governor during the civil war • American soldier and lawyer during the civil war • was the confederate general during the civil war • was the confederate general during the civil war • became leader of the confederate army during the civil war • was a confederate commander and chief during the civil war • ...

Grey Flash Card Crossword 2020-03-25

Grey Flash Card Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / She gave a speech entitled, "Ain't I a Woman?"
  2. / Someone who is against slavery
  3. / Main issue in the Lincoln-Douglas debates
  4. / American Civil War started here
  5. / Last name of the most successful Union general
  6. / The ____-Nebraska Act said that these territories could decide for themselves if they were slave or free.
  7. / Another name for Southern states during the American Civil War
  8. / This Proclamation freed slaves in the South
  9. / Amendment that guaranteed equal protection of the law to all U.S. persons
  10. / This book stirred up worldwide anti-slavery feelings.
  11. / Last name of the editor of the "Liberator"
  12. / Last name of the most successful Confederate general
  13. / This compromise outlawed slavery north of the 36 30’ line
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  1. / 1st state to secede from the Union
  2. / People tried to improve society in this era.
  3. / Another name for Northern states during the American Civil War
  4. / Last name of the editor of "The North Star"
  5. / The American Civil War ended in 18 ___ ___.
  6. / Last name of the women who wrote 'Declaration of Sentiments'
  7. / President of the confederate sates
  8. / The American Civil War started in 18___ ___.
  9. / Amendment that ended slavery
  10. / This decision denied slaves citizenship and struck down the Missouri Compromise.
  11. / Amendment that gave all American men the right to vote
  12. / Speech in which President Lincoln said that government should be "of the people, by the people, and for the people."
  13. / Last name of the Senator from Massachusetts who supported the Union and the Compromise of 1850
  14. / Last name of the President of the Union in the American Civil War
  15. / Last name of the person who seized Harper's Ferry
  16. / Last name of the "Great Compromiser;" He worked out the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
  17. / The Compromise of 18__ said that California would be a free state.

30 Clues: / Amendment that ended slavery • / Someone who is against slavery • / American Civil War started here • / 1st state to secede from the Union • / President of the confederate sates • / Main issue in the Lincoln-Douglas debates • / Last name of the editor of the "Liberator" • / Last name of the editor of "The North Star" • ...

Reconstruction Cross Word 2025-02-27

Reconstruction Cross Word crossword puzzle
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  1. Military rule imposed on citizens instead of civil law and government.
  2. Granted U.S. citizenship to all formerly enslaved people
  3. A secret terrorist organization in the U.S. made up of white people who are opposed to people of other races
  4. Laws passed in the south that discriminated against Freedmen, including laws on curfews, laws regulating work and pay
  5. The first woman in America to receive a medical degree
  6. An insulting word for Northerners who moved to the South after the war to profit from reconstruction
  7. Officially abolished slavery in all parts of the U.S. after the Civil War
  8. Insulting name for white southerners who supported reconstruction efforts
  9. The freeing of enslaved people by the authority that held them
  10. Gave voting rights to all African American men
  11. Connected the east coast to the west coast of The United States
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  1. The idea that the government's power comes from the people
  2. The first military unit consisting of Black soldiers to be raised in the North during the Civil War
  3. 18th President of the U.S. elected in 1868, he campaigned on his Civil War experience as commanding general of the Union forces
  4. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state
  5. 16th President of the U.S., serving during the Civil War. He emancipated enslaved people, and was assassinated in 1865.
  6. A system of agriculture in which a landowner allowed a tenant farmer to use land in exchange for a share of the crop
  7. An agency set up in 1865 to assist formerly enslaved people in obtaining relief, land, jobs, fair treatment, and education
  8. The withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War
  9. Compulsory enrollment for service in a country's armed forces

20 Clues: Gave voting rights to all African American men • The first woman in America to receive a medical degree • Granted U.S. citizenship to all formerly enslaved people • The idea that the government's power comes from the people • Compulsory enrollment for service in a country's armed forces • The freeing of enslaved people by the authority that held them • ...

Apush unit 5 2024-04-29

Apush unit 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. political party that was anti-Jackson and supported higher tariffs
  2. name for the South during the civil war
  3. slave states that are slave states but are also loyal to the union
  4. treaty that ended the Mexican-American war
  5. Party from 1848 to 1854 against the expansion of slavery to western territories
  6. Amendment Amendment that freed all slaves in the United States
  7. white suprmeisit group that
  8. name for the north during the civil war
  9. union general that led them to victory
  10. The american idea of expanding west to settle all of North AmericaTreatyofGuadalupe treaty that ended the Mexican-American war
  11. State the Mexican-American war was over
  12. pre-civil war
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  1. Act that makes it illegal to know and not doing anything about runaway slaves
  2. Act that decides Nebraska should be a free state and Kansas should be a slave state
  3. the withdrawal of states from a nation
  4. Letting states choose whether to be free or slave states themselves
  5. battle that led lincoln to issue the emancipation proclamation
  6. commanding general of the confederate army
  7. State that the gold rush occurred in

19 Clues: pre-civil war • white suprmeisit group that • State that the gold rush occurred in • the withdrawal of states from a nation • union general that led them to victory • name for the South during the civil war • name for the north during the civil war • State the Mexican-American war was over • commanding general of the confederate army • ...

Apush Unit 5 2024-05-03

Apush Unit 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. name for the north during the civil war
  2. Act that decides Nebraska should be a free state and Kansas should be a slave state
  3. Party from 1848 to 1854 against the expansion of slavery to western territories
  4. the withdrawal of states from a nation
  5. The american idea of expanding west to settle all of North AmericaTreatyofGuadalupe treaty that ended the Mexican-American war
  6. State that the gold rush occurred in
  7. Amendment Amendment that freed all slaves in the United States
  8. political party that was anti-Jackson and supported higher tariffs
  9. Act that makes it illegal to know and not doing anything about runaway slaves
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  1. name for the South during the civil war
  2. battle that led lincoln to issue the emancipation proclamation
  3. State the Mexican-American war was over
  4. white suprmeisit group that
  5. union general that led them to victory
  6. slave states that are slave states but are also loyal to the union
  7. treaty that ended the Mexican-American war
  8. pre-civil war
  9. Letting states choose whether to be free or slave states themselves
  10. commanding general of the confederate army

19 Clues: pre-civil war • white suprmeisit group that • State that the gold rush occurred in • union general that led them to victory • the withdrawal of states from a nation • name for the South during the civil war • State the Mexican-American war was over • name for the north during the civil war • treaty that ended the Mexican-American war • ...

African American Herritage Month 2025-02-27

African American Herritage Month crossword puzzle
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  1. war. 1861-1865 war against slavery
  2. Richard Drew. African-American surgeon and medical researcher that developed large scale blood banks early in Workd War 2
  3. Lincoln. Led United States in Civil War against the confederate states and enstated Civil Rights.
  4. Rights Movement. A social movement in the United States to stop legalized segregation and discrimination, which most commonly affected African Americans
  5. Parks. Civil rights movement activist that is famous for not moving seats on the bus for white people.
  6. Douglas. Escaped slavery in Maryland in 1838 and gained fame for anti-slavery writings
  7. Augustus Morgan Sr. An African American inventor of the 3- way traffic light.
  8. Bridges. She was the first African-American child to attend a formerly whites-only school.
  9. West. American mathematician who’s work developed the GPS
  10. Mandela. South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994-1999
  11. Marshall. He was the Supreme Court’s first African-American justice
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  1. Baraka. African American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism
  2. X. Advocated for black empowerment and civil rights activist
  3. Angelou. Poet and civil rights activist
  4. Washington Cove. African-American agricultural scientist
  5. History Month. Every February since 1976.
  6. Railroad. Network of secret paths and ways for slaves to escape to the northern states
  7. Anita Chisholm. The first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress
  8. Luther King Jr. Most prominent leader in civil rights movement using nonviolent techniques
  9. G Woodson. In 1926 he created Negro History Week in the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.

20 Clues: History Month. Every February since 1976. • war. 1861-1865 war against slavery • Angelou. Poet and civil rights activist • Washington Cove. African-American agricultural scientist • West. American mathematician who’s work developed the GPS • ...

the civil war (1861-1865) 2013-04-23

the civil war (1861-1865) crossword puzzle
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  1. t
  2. is
  3. [
  4. u
  5. c
  6. b
  7. h
  8. r
  9. hoarse
  10. a
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  1. "
  2. boats
  3. >
  4. h
  5. /
  6. h
  7. ;
  8. a
  9. i
  10. war ]

20 Clues: " • t • > • h • [ • / • h • u • c • ; • b • h • a • r • i • a • is • boats • war ] • hoarse

Civil War Crossword 2024-10-24

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ____ battle, The battle on June 3rd
  2. ____ battle, also known as the battle of sharpsburg
  3. a military boat with cotton bales to protect it
  4. a disease cause by lack of ascorbic acid
  5. a gun used by the military
  6. a union general and the 18th U.S. president
  7. the leader of the confederate
  8. another name for the south
  9. a person who wants to get rid of slavery
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  1. ____ battle, also known as the battle of pittsburg landing
  2. ____ battle, also known as the battle of Hemp
  3. the first major battle of the civil war
  4. the most important battle in the civil war
  5. the president during 1860
  6. to make a unexpected attack on the other army
  7. A part of the military that uses boats
  8. the war during 1860
  9. ____ battle, that was fought on July 22nd
  10. a military boat with iron to protect it
  11. another name for the south

20 Clues: the war during 1860 • the president during 1860 • a gun used by the military • another name for the south • another name for the south • the leader of the confederate • ____ battle, The battle on June 3rd • A part of the military that uses boats • the first major battle of the civil war • a military boat with iron to protect it • a disease cause by lack of ascorbic acid • ...

Civil War Crossword 2026-02-25

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Union’s victory in this battle and helped Lincoln’s reelection
  2. He was the only Native American general on either side
  3. It was the first battleship used by the Union in the Civil War
  4. He was a Union General who Robert E. Lee said he was the best he ever faced
  5. He surrendered for the Confederacy
  6. He was a Union general who suffered 6 battle wounds throughout his career
  7. He was a Confederate general who used his intelligence to win the battle of Potomac
  8. He was a Union General who expressed that the war would not end quickly which led to him being demoted
  9. It was the name of the Union strategy to blockade the South from using the Mississippi
  10. He was a Union general who took Ambrose Burnside’s spot as general in 1863
  11. He was the first Admiral in the U.S. Navy
  12. He led an unsuccessful charge on the Union during the Battle of Gettysburg
  13. The Union won control over the Mississippi River with this battle
  14. He got his nickname from standing like a wall
  15. It was the first battle of the Civil War
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  1. A Proclamation that declared all slaves in rebellious South states to be free
  2. He was leader of the Confederacy
  3. The first shots of the Civil War took place here
  4. The Confederacy’s loss at this battle ended its hopes of blockading the Mississippi River
  5. He was a Union General who captured Mexico City and became General on August 6th, 1861
  6. He was president for most of the war
  7. He was a Union general most famous for burning 2,000 barns at the valley of Shenandoah
  8. It was the first battle of the Civil War to take place on Union soil
  9. He stood like a rock in the Battle of Chickamauga giving him a nickname of the “Chicamauga Rock”
  10. After this battle, Lee surrendered to Grant
  11. He became President after being a general in the Civil War
  12. He was a successful Confederate general but after the war he was criticized for supporting Grant in becoming President
  13. It was the name of the Confederacy’s first Ironclad boat
  14. He went from a US senator to leading an army of 1,700 soldiers
  15. It was the Confederacy’s largest prison
  16. It was the deadliest battle in the Civil War

31 Clues: He was leader of the Confederacy • He surrendered for the Confederacy • He was president for most of the war • It was the Confederacy’s largest prison • It was the first battle of the Civil War • He was the first Admiral in the U.S. Navy • After this battle, Lee surrendered to Grant • It was the deadliest battle in the Civil War • ...

Happenings of the Civil War 2025-04-02

Happenings of the Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. U.S. currency introduced during the Civil War, not backed by gold but by the Union’s credibility.
  2. A Union victory that split the Confederacy in two by taking control of the Mississippi River.
  3. The Union strategy to blockade Southern ports, capture the Mississippi River, and take Richmond to defeat the Confederacy.
  4. Slave states that remained in the Union during the Civil War.
  5. The Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox Court House, ending the war.
  6. The drafting of citizens for military service.
  7. A Union general who trained and planned for the Army of the Potomac.
  8. A Union campaign of destruction through Georgia, an early example of total war.
  9. Steam-powered warships armored with iron plates, making wooden ships obsolete.
  10. A Confederate victory in 1861 that ended hopes of a quick Northern triumph.
  11. A key three-day battle that marked the turning point of the war in favor of the Union.
  12. A Union general best known for his victory at Gettysburg.
  13. The Union general who led the North to victory and later became the 18th president of the U.S.
  14. The 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865.
  15. A faction of Republicans who pushed for greater rights for freed slaves.
  16. A Union general who led the destruction of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.
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  1. A speech by Abraham Lincoln emphasizing national unity and honoring fallen soldiers.
  2. The site in South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  3. The location in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War.
  4. The actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre.
  5. The bloodiest single-day battle in American history, halting Lee’s invasion of the North.
  6. The first African American military regiment from the North during the Civil War.
  7. The nation formed by seceding Southern states, led by Jefferson Davis.
  8. The order by Lincoln that declared enslaved people free in Confederate states.
  9. Violent protests against conscription in New York City, which turned into racial violence.
  10. A Confederate general known for his leadership and battlefield tactics.
  11. The holiday marking the announcement of freedom for enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865.
  12. The president of the Confederate States during the Civil War.
  13. The 17th president of the United States who took office after Lincoln’s assassination.

29 Clues: The drafting of citizens for military service. • A Union general best known for his victory at Gettysburg. • The 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865. • The actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre. • Slave states that remained in the Union during the Civil War. • The president of the Confederate States during the Civil War. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2024-07-26

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Required all citizens to assist in the capture of runaway slaves.
  2. Union had a major advantage in ______ mileage, allowing them to transport troops/supplies more rapidly
  3. A person who wanted to end slavery.
  4. Northern Civil War strategy to starve (or squeeze) the South by blockading seaports and controlling the Mississippi River
  5. A legal principle that protects individuals from arbitrary detention; President Lincoln suspended it during the Civil War to deal with dissent and maintain public order.
  6. Confederate General Lee surrenders to Union General Grant at _______ Court House in Virginia on April 9th, 1865.
  7. New bullet used in the Civil War, l increased the effective lethal range of the standard infantry unit from a maximum of 100 yards to 300 yards.
  8. Led the "March to the Sea" campaign and implemented total war tactics.
  9. An abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt at Harpers Ferry
  10. Famous Civil War photographer
  11. Leader of the Union Army at the end of the war, future POTUS.
  12. executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that freed slaves in the Confederate states
  13. ________ was the first state to secede.
  14. Marked the beginning of the Civil War
  15. President of the Confederacy
  16. Founder of the American Red Cross, provided medical aid during the war.
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  1. the tendency to be more concerned with the interests of your ]region than with the problems and interests of the country
  2. A period of violent political confrontations between anti-slavery "Free-Staters" and pro-slavery "Border Ruffians"
  3. POTUS during the Civil War
  4. Repealed the Missouri Compromise
  5. POTUS that appealed to the "common" man, expanded rights for non land-owning Whites.
  6. deadliest single day in United States history, with over 22,000 casualties.
  7. Leader of Confederate Army, was a renowned general
  8. Whats my favorite class?
  9. sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
  10. California Admitted as a Free State in this legislation
  11. The idea that people should have the right to decide.
  12. Slave states that did not secede from the Union
  13. Who came out victorious in the Battle of Gettysburg?
  14. was an enslaved African American man who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for the freedom of themselves in a milestone Supreme Court decision.

30 Clues: Whats my favorite class? • POTUS during the Civil War • President of the Confederacy • Famous Civil War photographer • Repealed the Missouri Compromise • A person who wanted to end slavery. • Marked the beginning of the Civil War • ________ was the first state to secede. • Slave states that did not secede from the Union • Leader of Confederate Army, was a renowned general • ...

Civil War Crossword 2024-10-24

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ____ battle, The battle on June 3rd
  2. ____ battle, also known as the battle of sharpsburg
  3. a military boat with cotton bales to protect it
  4. a disease cause by lack of ascorbic acid
  5. a gun used by the military
  6. a union general and the 18th U.S. president
  7. the leader of the confederate
  8. another name for the south
  9. a person who wants to get rid of slavery
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  1. ____ battle, also known as the battle of pittsburg landing
  2. ____ battle, also known as the battle of Hemp
  3. the first major battle of the civil war
  4. the most important battle in the civil war
  5. the president during 1860
  6. to make a unexpected attack on the other army
  7. A part of the military that uses boats
  8. the war during 1860
  9. ____ battle, that was fought on July 22nd
  10. a military boat with iron to protect it
  11. another name for the south

20 Clues: the war during 1860 • the president during 1860 • a gun used by the military • another name for the south • another name for the south • the leader of the confederate • ____ battle, The battle on June 3rd • A part of the military that uses boats • the first major battle of the civil war • a military boat with iron to protect it • a disease cause by lack of ascorbic acid • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2024-10-21

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This proclamation declared slaves in Confederate states to be free.
  2. Union general known for his "March to the Sea."
  3. A significant speech given by Lincoln in 1863.
  4. The war's bloodiest single-day battle, fought in 1862.
  5. The river that became a critical supply line and was controlled after the Siege of Vicksburg.
  6. The Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox Court House.
  7. Run The first major battle of the Civil War, also known as First Manassas.
  8. A major naval technology used during the Civil War.
  9. A famous nurse during the war who later founded the American Red Cross.
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  1. The war was largely about ending this institution.
  2. This city fell to Union forces, effectively splitting the Confederacy in half.
  3. Capital of the Confederacy.
  4. Address The speech delivered by Lincoln to honor fallen soldiers and redefine the purpose of the war.
  5. This technology, used during the Civil War, made traditional combat tactics obsolete.
  6. The Union general who accepted Lee's surrender.
  7. He was the main general for the Confederate Army.
  8. He was the President of the Confederate States.
  9. Commission An organization formed to help wounded soldiers during the war.
  10. The month in 1865 when the war officially ended.
  11. Site of the war's first shots fired in April 1861.

20 Clues: Capital of the Confederacy. • A significant speech given by Lincoln in 1863. • Union general known for his "March to the Sea." • The Union general who accepted Lee's surrender. • He was the President of the Confederate States. • The month in 1865 when the war officially ended. • He was the main general for the Confederate Army. • ...

George B. McClellan 2019-05-17

George B. McClellan crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The side that he fought for.
  2. The continent McClellan traveled to to study Crimean War tactics.
  3. was his role in the Civil War.
  4. The war McClellan fought in just before the Civil War.
  5. McClellan graduated ______ in a class of 59 students in 1846.
  6. McClellan's failed attempt to capture Richmond, Virginia.
  7. The state that McClellan governed in his later life.
  8. McClellan attended __________.
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  1. State in which McClellan was born.
  2. The book McClellan wrote at the end of his life.
  3. The war's largest army that was also ran by McClellan.
  4. McClellan's first army in the Civil War
  5. One of his two nicknames.
  6. McClellan's wife.
  7. The number of children McClellan had.

15 Clues: McClellan's wife. • One of his two nicknames. • The side that he fought for. • was his role in the Civil War. • McClellan attended __________. • State in which McClellan was born. • The number of children McClellan had. • McClellan's first army in the Civil War • The book McClellan wrote at the end of his life. • The state that McClellan governed in his later life. • ...

Grey Flash Card Crossword 2020-03-25

Grey Flash Card Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / She gave a speech entitled, "Ain't I a Woman?"
  2. / Someone who is against slavery
  3. / Main issue in the Lincoln-Douglas debates
  4. / American Civil War started here
  5. / Last name of the most successful Union general
  6. / The ____-Nebraska Act said that these territories could decide for themselves if they were slave or free.
  7. / Another name for Southern states during the American Civil War
  8. / This Proclamation freed slaves in the South
  9. / Amendment that guaranteed equal protection of the law to all U.S. persons
  10. / This book stirred up worldwide anti-slavery feelings.
  11. / Last name of the editor of the "Liberator"
  12. / Last name of the most successful Confederate general
  13. / This compromise outlawed slavery north of the 36 30’ line
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  1. / 1st state to secede from the Union
  2. / People tried to improve society in this era.
  3. / Another name for Northern states during the American Civil War
  4. / Last name of the editor of "The North Star"
  5. / The American Civil War ended in 18 ___ ___.
  6. / Last name of the women who wrote 'Declaration of Sentiments'
  7. / President of the confederate sates
  8. / The American Civil War started in 18___ ___.
  9. / Amendment that ended slavery
  10. / This decision denied slaves citizenship and struck down the Missouri Compromise.
  11. / Amendment that gave all American men the right to vote
  12. / Speech in which President Lincoln said that government should be "of the people, by the people, and for the people."
  13. / Last name of the Senator from Massachusetts who supported the Union and the Compromise of 1850
  14. / Last name of the President of the Union in the American Civil War
  15. / Last name of the person who seized Harper's Ferry
  16. / Last name of the "Great Compromiser;" He worked out the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
  17. / The Compromise of 18__ said that California would be a free state.

30 Clues: / Amendment that ended slavery • / Someone who is against slavery • / American Civil War started here • / 1st state to secede from the Union • / President of the confederate sates • / Main issue in the Lincoln-Douglas debates • / Last name of the editor of the "Liberator" • / Last name of the editor of "The North Star" • ...

Civil War/Reconstruction 2021-09-30

Civil War/Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. Lincoln needed this amount of voters to set his plan to pardon southerners in motion
  2. The end of the Confederates took place here
  3. The main general who served the Union and later became the 18th
  4. Landowners turned to this when their source of labor dried up
  5. This foreign country might have joined with the South
  6. The first Civil War submarine
  7. This change to our Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
  8. The South dubbed certain Northerners they thought were exploiting them this name
  9. This bureau provided protection, food, shelter, education for former slaves
  10. The main general of the Confederates
  11. Loyalty to one instead of the whole
  12. The act of declaring a federal law unconstitutional
  13. This compromise declared that no slavery was to be above a certain state's southern border
  14. The civil war was also thought to be this kind of war
  15. The main cause of the civil war
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  1. Southern laws that nearly duplicated slavery conditions
  2. The South were called this
  3. The battle that started the Civil War
  4. Took over after Lincoln and made a lot of people in Congress angry
  5. 1865-1877
  6. This change to our Constitution ensures everyone has citizen rights
  7. This bill from Congress was made to PUNISH the South
  8. This executive order, or proclamation, freed the slaves in the South
  9. "Honest Abe"; the 16th
  10. The deadliest battle of the Civil War
  11. This change to our Constitution prohibits discrimination on citizens' voting rights
  12. He sued his owner, only to be told that he was not a citizen, but property
  13. A particular group of Republicans in the 1860s that wanted to abolish slavery
  14. Lincoln wanted this to return to its former state
  15. The act of splitting away

30 Clues: 1865-1877 • "Honest Abe"; the 16th • The act of splitting away • The South were called this • The first Civil War submarine • The main cause of the civil war • Loyalty to one instead of the whole • The main general of the Confederates • The battle that started the Civil War • The deadliest battle of the Civil War • The end of the Confederates took place here • ...

History Extra Credit 2016-01-04

History Extra Credit crossword puzzle
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  1. War between the Union states of the North and the Confederate states of the South; fought from 1861 to 1865
  2. Type of veto a chief executive may use after a legislature has adjourned; it is applied when the chief executive does not formally sign or reject a bill within the time period allowed to do so.
  3. People who travel from place to place, usually following available food sources,instead of living in one location.
  4. Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture.
  5. Agreement designed to ease tensions caused by the expansion of slavery into western territories.
  6. nickname for a white Southern Republican after the Civil War.
  7. A policy of favoring native-born Americans over immigrants.
  8. The first women's rights convention in United States history, held in 1848.
  9. First major battle of the Civil War, won by the Confederates in July 1861
  10. Required military service
  11. Place where weapons are stored.
  12. To join or attach, as in the joining of a new territory to an existing country
  13. The right to vote
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  1. Regulation that prohibited certain private activities people considered immoral, such as drinking alcohol on Sundays.
  2. A program implemented by the federal government to repair the damage to the South caused by the Civil War and to restore the southern states to the Union.
  3. An official forgiveness of a crime.
  4. Railway extending from coast to coast.
  5. The United States as a national unit; or, during the Civil War, the North.
  6. Procedure that permits voters to remove public officials from office before the next election.
  7. In the Civil War, the states between the North and the South.

20 Clues: The right to vote • Required military service • Place where weapons are stored. • An official forgiveness of a crime. • Railway extending from coast to coast. • A policy of favoring native-born Americans over immigrants. • nickname for a white Southern Republican after the Civil War. • In the Civil War, the states between the North and the South. • ...

Civil War, Reconstruction, and The Gilded Age Review 2025-12-14

Civil War, Reconstruction, and The Gilded Age Review crossword puzzle
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  1. deadliest one day battle in the Civil War
  2. a location in New York City where immigrants came into the US
  3. the time period from 1870-1900 in America
  4. this amendment abolished or ended slavery
  5. first battle in the Civil War where the South fought well
  6. leader of the Confederates at Gettysburg
  7. this man made a fortune in the oil industry
  8. this was the approach Lincoln wanted for the southerners
  9. an attempt to give land to Native Americans after the harsh treatment they received
  10. this man made his fortune in the railroad industry
  11. these were put in place in the South to make life difficult for former slaves
  12. this amendment gave former slaves the right to vote
  13. a charge on the 3rd day of Gettysburg that was a failure for the South
  14. this is when a government official is accused of crimes
  15. three day battle that was the turning point of the Civil War
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  1. time period immediately after the Civil War
  2. when workers organized for better working conditions
  3. this amendment gave citizenship to former slaves
  4. this was a major advantage for the North at Gettysburg
  5. he replaced Lincoln after the assassination
  6. speech given by President Lincoln at Gettysburg
  7. when General Sherman burned Georgia
  8. a process that removed impurities from steel so it was stronger
  9. a courthouse in Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant
  10. a government agency in place to help people after the Civil War
  11. battle location where General George Custer was defeated by the Lakota Sioux
  12. location where Lincoln was killed after the war

27 Clues: when General Sherman burned Georgia • leader of the Confederates at Gettysburg • deadliest one day battle in the Civil War • the time period from 1870-1900 in America • this amendment abolished or ended slavery • time period immediately after the Civil War • he replaced Lincoln after the assassination • this man made a fortune in the oil industry • ...

The Significance of Juneteenth 2025-06-12

The Significance of Juneteenth crossword puzzle
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  1. An official public announcement
  2. Period following the Civil War
  3. Texas city where Juneteenth originated
  4. Cultural traditions passed down through generations
  5. Union General who announced emancipation in Texas
  6. State where the last slaves were freed
  7. The act of ending slavery
  8. Freedom from oppression or tyranny
  9. Practice of owning human beings as property
  10. Discriminatory practice in housing and services
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  1. Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses
  2. The act of freeing slaves
  3. Festive observance of an event
  4. Southern states during the Civil War
  5. Fair treatment and equality under the law
  6. A special anniversary or celebration
  7. President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  8. Holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the US
  9. Northern states during the Civil War
  10. State of being free
  11. Advancement towards equality and justice
  12. Freedom from control or influence of others
  13. State of being equal in rights and opportunities
  14. Separation of people based on race
  15. Legal, social, or ethical entitlements

25 Clues: State of being free • The act of freeing slaves • The act of ending slavery • Festive observance of an event • Period following the Civil War • An official public announcement • Separation of people based on race • Freedom from oppression or tyranny • Southern states during the Civil War • A special anniversary or celebration • Northern states during the Civil War • ...

1815-1865 2024-12-04

1815-1865 crossword puzzle
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  1. Lincoln’s wife
  2. The general Lincoln appointed to lead the Union Army in 1864
  3. The war during Lincoln’s presidency (Civil)
  4. Lincoln grew up in this type of frontier structure
  5. The theater where Lincoln was assassinated
  6. Lincoln’s occupation before becoming president
  7. State where Lincoln was born
  8. Lincoln’s famous 1863 speech honoring soldiers killed in battle (Gettysburg)
  9. The fort attacked in 1861 starting the Civil War
  10. The assassin who killed Lincoln
  11. Lincoln served as a representative for this Midwestern state
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  1. Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address in this year
  2. Lincoln's nickname, referring to his honesty
  3. The Southern states formed this during the Civil War (Confederacy)
  4. Lincoln was the first president from this political party
  5. Lincoln issued this declaration to free slaves in Confederate states
  6. amendment passed after his death, abolishing slavery
  7. Lincoln signed this act that offered land to settlers in 1862
  8. Lincoln debated this Illinois Senator in 1858
  9. The famous document Lincoln described as "four score and seven years ago"

20 Clues: Lincoln’s wife • State where Lincoln was born • The assassin who killed Lincoln • The theater where Lincoln was assassinated • The war during Lincoln’s presidency (Civil) • Lincoln's nickname, referring to his honesty • Lincoln debated this Illinois Senator in 1858 • Lincoln’s occupation before becoming president • The fort attacked in 1861 starting the Civil War • ...

Apush Unit 5 2024-05-03

Apush Unit 5 crossword puzzle
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  1. name for the north during the civil war
  2. Act that decides Nebraska should be a free state and Kansas should be a slave state
  3. Party from 1848 to 1854 against the expansion of slavery to western territories
  4. the withdrawal of states from a nation
  5. The american idea of expanding west to settle all of North AmericaTreatyofGuadalupe treaty that ended the Mexican-American war
  6. State that the gold rush occurred in
  7. Amendment Amendment that freed all slaves in the United States
  8. political party that was anti-Jackson and supported higher tariffs
  9. Act that makes it illegal to know and not doing anything about runaway slaves
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  1. name for the South during the civil war
  2. battle that led lincoln to issue the emancipation proclamation
  3. State the Mexican-American war was over
  4. white suprmeisit group that
  5. union general that led them to victory
  6. slave states that are slave states but are also loyal to the union
  7. treaty that ended the Mexican-American war
  8. pre-civil war
  9. Letting states choose whether to be free or slave states themselves
  10. commanding general of the confederate army

19 Clues: pre-civil war • white suprmeisit group that • State that the gold rush occurred in • union general that led them to victory • the withdrawal of states from a nation • name for the South during the civil war • State the Mexican-American war was over • name for the north during the civil war • treaty that ended the Mexican-American war • ...

Apush Unit 5 2024-05-03

Apush Unit 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. name for the north during the civil war
  2. Act that decides Nebraska should be a free state and Kansas should be a slave state
  3. Party from 1848 to 1854 against the expansion of slavery to western territories
  4. the withdrawal of states from a nation
  5. The american idea of expanding west to settle all of North AmericaTreatyofGuadalupe treaty that ended the Mexican-American war
  6. State that the gold rush occurred in
  7. Amendment Amendment that freed all slaves in the United States
  8. political party that was anti-Jackson and supported higher tariffs
  9. Act that makes it illegal to know and not doing anything about runaway slaves
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  1. name for the South during the civil war
  2. battle that led lincoln to issue the emancipation proclamation
  3. State the Mexican-American war was over
  4. white suprmeisit group that
  5. union general that led them to victory
  6. slave states that are slave states but are also loyal to the union
  7. treaty that ended the Mexican-American war
  8. pre-civil war
  9. Letting states choose whether to be free or slave states themselves
  10. commanding general of the confederate army

19 Clues: pre-civil war • white suprmeisit group that • State that the gold rush occurred in • union general that led them to victory • the withdrawal of states from a nation • name for the South during the civil war • State the Mexican-American war was over • name for the north during the civil war • treaty that ended the Mexican-American war • ...

Apush Unit 5 2024-05-03

Apush Unit 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. white suprmeisit group that
  2. name for the north during the civil war
  3. name for the South during the civil war
  4. slave states that are slave states but are also loyal to the union
  5. Party from 1848 to 1854 against the expansion of slavery to western territories
  6. commanding general of the confederate army
  7. battle that led lincoln to issue the emancipation proclamation
  8. The american idea of expanding west to settle all of North AmericaTreatyofGuadalupe treaty that ended the Mexican-American war
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  1. treaty that ended the Mexican-American war
  2. political party that was anti-Jackson and supported higher tariffs
  3. Act that decides Nebraska should be a free state and Kansas should be a slave state
  4. Act that makes it illegal to know and not doing anything about runaway slaves
  5. State the Mexican-American war was over
  6. Amendment Amendment that freed all slaves in the United States
  7. pre-civil war
  8. the withdrawal of states from a nation
  9. Letting states choose whether to be free or slave states themselves
  10. union general that led them to victory
  11. State that the gold rush occurred in

19 Clues: pre-civil war • white suprmeisit group that • State that the gold rush occurred in • the withdrawal of states from a nation • union general that led them to victory • name for the north during the civil war • State the Mexican-American war was over • name for the South during the civil war • treaty that ended the Mexican-American war • ...

Reconstruction - Comaris 2020-12-11

Reconstruction - Comaris crossword puzzle
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  1. Laws targeting African Americans that denied basic rights and freedoms.
  2. Laws that focused on separating Blacks and Whites after Plessy v. Ferguson 1896.
  3. Northerners who moved to the South following the Civil War
  4. A group that terrorized African Americans and Radical Republicans in the south after the Civil War
  5. Officials could make anyone take a test that was purposely confusing and was created in order to allow officials to pass people they like and fail people they did not like.
  6. What group was responsible for the Colfax Massacre in which a group of white men stormed a courthouse in Louisiana and sought to overthrow the mostly black elected government
  7. System of farming in which farmers rent land, seeds, and tools, paying for these things with a share of the crops
  8. Abolished indentured servitude and the practice of slavery in the United States
  9. Granted suffrage to African Americans males
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  1. White Southerners who worked with Northerners, and who joined the Republican party, following the Civil War
  2. Separation of people based on race
  3. Federal agency that was designed to help formerly enslaved people following the Civil war
  4. Period of rebuilding the South following the Civil War
  5. A requirement that would prevent anyone from voting, whose grandfather also did not have the right to vote. Purposely created to target formerly enslaved people and their descendants.
  6. Members of the republican party that pushed for laws that would give African Americans more equality in America, like the 14th & 15th Amendment
  7. Granted full U.S. citizenship to formerly enslaved people
  8. A white supremacist militia terrorist group that operated in N. & S Carolina after the Civil War
  9. Voting tax that was required in some Southern states

18 Clues: Separation of people based on race • Granted suffrage to African Americans males • Voting tax that was required in some Southern states • Period of rebuilding the South following the Civil War • Granted full U.S. citizenship to formerly enslaved people • Northerners who moved to the South following the Civil War • ...

Civil War Review 2021-05-27

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. This battle gained the North the control of the Mississippi
  2. This man assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  3. Lincoln was a member of this political party - created in 1854 and still around today
  4. This proclamation during the war freed all the slaves in the warring Confederate states
  5. The North had way more of "these" and helped them win the war
  6. Most of the fighting in the Civil War took place here
  7. President of the Confederacy
  8. Sight of prion in Georgia where thousands of Union Soldiers died
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  1. Lincoln's vice president and later President of the U.S.
  2. This crop helped fund the Southern war effort
  3. Site of Union cemetery and Lincoln's most famous address
  4. Following the Emancipation Proclamation - the goal of the war for the Union was to end this.
  5. The Confederacy hoped to get help from this European nation
  6. Fighting in the Civil War began here
  7. Victory here gave the North control of the cotton trade
  8. Most famous of Confederate Generals
  9. Name of the Northern strategy to defeat the South
  10. The final surrender in the Civil War took place here

18 Clues: President of the Confederacy • Most famous of Confederate Generals • Fighting in the Civil War began here • This man assassinated Abraham Lincoln • This crop helped fund the Southern war effort • Name of the Northern strategy to defeat the South • The final surrender in the Civil War took place here • Most of the fighting in the Civil War took place here • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-04-06

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the war from 1861 to 1865
  2. barns and houses were turned into these by the confederates
  3. hard food that civil war soldiers ate
  4. _______ Davis, president of the confederacy
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  1. state where a lot of the civil war was fought
  2. One of the worst battles of the civil war was fought in this town in Pennsylvania, and the name of a famous speech (address)
  3. North vs _______
  4. they fought in the civil war
  5. Abe ______, president of the Union
  6. name a famous civil war battle in 1862

10 Clues: North vs _______ • the war from 1861 to 1865 • they fought in the civil war • Abe ______, president of the Union • hard food that civil war soldiers ate • name a famous civil war battle in 1862 • _______ Davis, president of the confederacy • state where a lot of the civil war was fought • barns and houses were turned into these by the confederates • ...

Chapter 17 crossword puzzle 2023-11-28

Chapter 17 crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. tax- a tax paid to be able to vote
  2. Fifteenth Amendment- an amendment to the U.S Constitution ratified in 1870 which said race could not be used to deny voting rights
  3. Klux Klan- a secret racist organization formed in 1866 that work to keep the freedmen voting after the civil war
  4. - unfair treatment of a person or group because or prejudice
  5. crop lien- a system of credit which allowed farmers to receive commodities such as food , supplies and seeds on loan or credit and pay this debt back after their crop was harvested and sold therefore there was a lien against the crop the amount of credit that was received was based on the estimated value of the crop
  6. sharecropping - agricultural system common after the civil war where land less farmers worked the land of a landowner who also supplied a house farming tools and animals seed and fertilizer in return for a share of the crop harvested
  7. georgia democrats who in the period immediately following reconstruction worked save the state from the north reconstruction policies
  8. Amendment - an amendment to the U.S constitution ratified in 1865 that made slavery
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  1. a newly freed slaves
  2. the period immediately after the civil war when the south rebuilt and the southern states returned to the union
  3. codes- a set of laws passed by georgia and most southern states after the civil war to restrict the rights to freedmen
  4. negative nickname given to northerners who moved to the south after the civil war
  5. Fourteenth Amendment- an amendment to the U.S Constitution ratified in 1868 that granted citizenship to all citizens to all born in the united states this broad language included former slaves
  6. lease system -a system in georgia after the civil war in which prisoners were leased to companies were supposed to provide housing and food
  7. supremacy- white control of government and society based on the belief that the white race is a superior to any other race
  8. to separate by race
  9. Bureau- a federal government organization established in 1865 that helped a newly freed slaves after the civil war
  10. scalawag, - negative nickname given to southerners who supported the republicans during reconstruction
  11. tenant farming- an agricultural system common after the civil war where a farmer worked the land of a landowner in exchange for cash or an agreed upon share of the harvest tenant farmers usually owned some agricultural equipment and farm animals

19 Clues: to separate by race • a newly freed slaves • tax- a tax paid to be able to vote • - unfair treatment of a person or group because or prejudice • negative nickname given to northerners who moved to the south after the civil war • Amendment - an amendment to the U.S constitution ratified in 1865 that made slavery • ...

Civil War Crossword 2024-10-24

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a disease cause by lack of ascorbic acid
  2. A part of the military that uses boats
  3. ____ battle, The battle on June 3rd
  4. the most important battle in the civil war
  5. a person who wants to get rid of slavery
  6. a union general and the 18th U.S. president
  7. another name for the south
  8. to make a unexpected attack on the other army
  9. ____ battle, also known as the battle of Hemp
  10. a military boat with iron to protect it
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  1. the war during 1860
  2. ____ battle, also known as the battle of sharpsburg
  3. a military boat with cotton bales to protect it
  4. the leader of the confederate
  5. ____ battle, also known as the battle of pittsburg landing
  6. ____ battle, that was fought on July 22nd
  7. the first major battle of the civil war
  8. the president during 1860
  9. a gun used by the military
  10. another name for the south

20 Clues: the war during 1860 • the president during 1860 • another name for the south • a gun used by the military • another name for the south • the leader of the confederate • ____ battle, The battle on June 3rd • A part of the military that uses boats • the first major battle of the civil war • a military boat with iron to protect it • a disease cause by lack of ascorbic acid • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-05-10

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An escaped slave from the Underground Railroad
  2. The side in favor of slavery
  3. This was how long soldiers were recruited
  4. A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle
  5. The length of the Civil War
  6. The Bloodiest day of the war
  7. people who were drafted to fight in the war
  8. The battle that killed 23,000 people
  9. Rules made after the civil wars to limit what African American people could do
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  1. The state in which the war ended in
  2. The first state to secede
  3. The main thing that happened
  4. The thing that separated the Union from the Confederacy
  5. To separate
  6. How to join the Army
  7. Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia
  8. The 16th president
  9. Where the first war was located
  10. A weapon used during the war
  11. The side in favor of ending slavery
  12. A person who wanted to eliminate slavery

21 Clues: To separate • The 16th president • How to join the Army • The first state to secede • The length of the Civil War • The side in favor of slavery • The main thing that happened • The Bloodiest day of the war • A weapon used during the war • Where the first war was located • The state in which the war ended in • The side in favor of ending slavery • The battle that killed 23,000 people • ...

Ch 4 American History 2023-10-20

Ch 4 American History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. states created laws to segregate blacks from whites in the South, violence against blacks was widespread
  2. a system in which a farmer tends to a portion of a planters land in return for a share of the crop
  3. first and only Confederate president
  4. known as the "KKK"
  5. union war plan by Winfield Scott
  6. capital of Virginia
  7. the date the Confederates forces surrender at Vicksburg
  8. 16th president; president during the Civil War
  9. Missouri, Tennessee, Maryland, Delaware
  10. the city under siege for 9 months
  11. a negative term for Northern who moved to the South after the Civil War
  12. laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves
  13. a negative term for a Southern white who supported the Republican Party after the Civil War
  14. a radical republican
  15. abolished slavery
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  1. a veto taking place when Congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill to the president, who simply lets it die by neither signing nor vetoing it
  2. warships covered with protective iron plates
  3. tax paid to the state, federal, and local government based on income earned over the past year
  4. "separate, but not equal"
  5. a law to disqualify African Americans voters by allowing the vote only to men whose fathers and grandfathers had vote before 1866 and 1867
  6. a government in which the people rule by their own consent
  7. he created the cotton gin
  8. photographer during the Civil War
  9. a sum of money to be paid before a person could vote
  10. a reading and writing test formerly used in some Southern states to prevent African Americans form voting
  11. bloodiest battle of the Civil War

26 Clues: abolished slavery • known as the "KKK" • capital of Virginia • a radical republican • "separate, but not equal" • he created the cotton gin • union war plan by Winfield Scott • photographer during the Civil War • the city under siege for 9 months • bloodiest battle of the Civil War • first and only Confederate president • Missouri, Tennessee, Maryland, Delaware • ...

Civil War Review Puzzle 2025-01-23

Civil War Review Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Proclamation that freed all slaves in confederate territories and made the war about ending slavery
  2. The Union had a higher ______ which meant they had more people
  3. Amendment that granted voting rights
  4. First bloody battle of Civil War and Confederate Win
  5. Union president that won the Civil War and ended slavery
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  1. Amendment that ended slavery
  2. First battle of Civil War
  3. Where ports of entry were blocked for the Anaconda Plan
  4. Amendment that granted civil rights
  5. First major loss for Confederates in North and the turning point for Union victory
  6. Country that Confederates hoped would save them from blockade
  7. Union victory that gave them control of Mississippi
  8. Last name of woman that led the underground railroad
  9. Union General that got fired and ran against Lincoln in election of 1864
  10. The South believed that Cotton was "____" and would win them the war

15 Clues: First battle of Civil War • Amendment that ended slavery • Amendment that granted civil rights • Amendment that granted voting rights • Union victory that gave them control of Mississippi • Last name of woman that led the underground railroad • First bloody battle of Civil War and Confederate Win • Where ports of entry were blocked for the Anaconda Plan • ...

Crossword Puzzle of the Civil War(Made by:Jamar Thomas) 2023-02-23

Crossword Puzzle of the Civil War(Made by:Jamar Thomas) crossword puzzle
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  1. What happens when a doctor chooses to cut off a limb.
  2. The Union had thousands more miles of this than the Confederacy.
  3. Where was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War located.
  4. What was the main cause of death during the Civil War. Hint:(There was not very good doctors during the civil war/If you was sick during the war then you likely done for)
  5. Seven slave states that broke apart from the Union because slavery was going to be abolished.
  6. In the time of the civil war which of all the slave states had the most African Americans in slavery.
  7. Who did not even show up as a choice for president in the South.
  8. During his march, between 17,000 and 25,000 enslaved Black people were freed.
  9. Goods that have been illegally imported.
  10. Who was the famous African american who escape under the Confederacy Noses.
  11. The first full battle of the civil war. Hint:(Also so known as the first battle of the bull run)
  12. What was one of Lincoln's secret weapon.
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  1. Rail tracks were bent around trees so they were not able to be used again.
  2. What was the South main advantages over the Union in things regarding supplys.
  3. Being set free/Liberation.
  4. What was the view of Southerner about cotton. Hint:(Cotton was ______)
  5. How did the Union describe black soldiers on the front line.
  6. Soldiers who sailed items in and out of southern ports under guns of northern ships.
  7. Where was Sherman born.
  8. What did the Southerner treat African American with.
  9. The South Showed the North they were willing to fight for what they believed in, what was that.

21 Clues: Where was Sherman born. • Being set free/Liberation. • Goods that have been illegally imported. • What was one of Lincoln's secret weapon. • What did the Southerner treat African American with. • What happens when a doctor chooses to cut off a limb. • Where was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War located. • How did the Union describe black soldiers on the front line. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-01-06

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Bloody civil war battle
  2. first major battle of the civil war
  3. civil war battle in pennsylvania
  4. prohibited all forms of slavery
  5. mississippi river
  6. paper currency
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  1. confederate first shots
  2. Northern Democrats attacking Lincoln
  3. war that ended in a draw
  4. civil war battle that confederates won

10 Clues: paper currency • mississippi river • confederate first shots • Bloody civil war battle • war that ended in a draw • prohibited all forms of slavery • civil war battle in pennsylvania • first major battle of the civil war • Northern Democrats attacking Lincoln • civil war battle that confederates won

Civil War Quiz 2 - review 2022-04-19

Civil War Quiz 2 - review crossword puzzle
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  1. Forced military service
  2. The Union would use this in trades with the Confederacy
  3. Most surgeries in the Civil War were_______
  4. The most widely prescribed medicine during the Civil War
  5. President of the Union (last name)
  6. _______ Run was the first major battle of the Civil War
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  1. The Confederates would use this in trades with the Union
  2. _______ -in-Chief is the leader of the military
  3. A final demand before a set of consequences
  4. Writ of Habeas _______ means jailed persons must be charged with a crime
  5. The main character of Soldier's Heart
  6. First long distance communication device
  7. This battle was in April of 1862 - Union win
  8. Five-_________ women served as soldiers during the Civil War

14 Clues: Forced military service • President of the Union (last name) • The main character of Soldier's Heart • First long distance communication device • A final demand before a set of consequences • Most surgeries in the Civil War were_______ • This battle was in April of 1862 - Union win • _______ -in-Chief is the leader of the military • ...

Civil War Review Puzzle 2025-01-27

Civil War Review Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first battle of the civil war
  2. Union victory that gave them control over the Mississippi River
  3. The first major loss for the Confederacy in the North and a turning point for Union
  4. Last name of the woman that led the underground railroad
  5. Union general that got fired and ran against lincoln in the election of 1864
  6. Amendment that ended slavery
  7. Union president that won the civil war and ended slavery
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  1. first bloody battle of the civil war and confederate win
  2. Amendment that granted voting rights
  3. The south believed that Cotton was "___" and would win them the war
  4. Amendment that granted civil rights
  5. Proclamation that Freed all slaves in the Confederate territories and made the war about ending slavery
  6. Country that Confederates hoped would save them from blockade
  7. The union had a higher _____ which meant they had more people.
  8. Where ports of entry were blocked by the Anaconda Plan

15 Clues: Amendment that ended slavery • first battle of the civil war • Amendment that granted civil rights • Amendment that granted voting rights • Where ports of entry were blocked by the Anaconda Plan • first bloody battle of the civil war and confederate win • Last name of the woman that led the underground railroad • Union president that won the civil war and ended slavery • ...

Civil war 2025-05-20

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The river the north wanted to take over
  2. The game soldiers played in their pastime at camp
  3. turning point battle of the war
  4. what the norths soldiers were called
  5. the first major battle of the Civil war
  6. The most successful union general
  7. The _____ plan that would blockade the south
  8. Unions president during the Civil War
  9. what soldiers did as training
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  1. the _______ proclamation freed the slaves in the south
  2. The process of cutting off limbs
  3. To join the military
  4. where the first shots of the civil war were fired
  5. President of the confedercy
  6. Nickname given to Souths soilder
  7. ships that were covered in iron plating

16 Clues: To join the military • President of the confedercy • what soldiers did as training • turning point battle of the war • The process of cutting off limbs • Nickname given to Souths soilder • The most successful union general • what the norths soldiers were called • Unions president during the Civil War • The river the north wanted to take over • ...

Civil War Crossword 2025-05-15

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg outlining ideals of a "new nation."
  2. place where Confederates surrendered to the Union
  3. President of the United States
  4. four slave states that bordered the North and did not join the Confederacy
  5. escaped slaves
  6. last reason states needed to secede from the Union.
  7. Southern cause for Civil War
  8. Union general during many important battles
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  1. marked the beginning of the Civil War
  2. President of the Confederacy.
  3. constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
  4. "Angel of the Battlefield" army nurse whose work was basis for American Red Cross
  5. ships that were heavily armored with iron
  6. Union infantry unit of mostly free African American soldiers
  7. Confederate general during many important battles
  8. freeing of the slaves; Union cause for Civil War
  9. advantage of the union in the war to manufacture materials
  10. Battle that keyed the Union victory
  11. Confederate general who fought the First Battle of Bull Run

19 Clues: escaped slaves • Southern cause for Civil War • President of the Confederacy. • President of the United States • Battle that keyed the Union victory • marked the beginning of the Civil War • ships that were heavily armored with iron • Union general during many important battles • freeing of the slaves; Union cause for Civil War • ...

Civil War 2022-05-03

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Four _______ and seven years ago
  2. Union general fired for not chasing after Lee
  3. Union general who forced Lee to surrender
  4. Lee surrendered at ____________ Court House.
  5. US President during Civil War
  6. Confederate general Robert E. _______
  7. Confederate president Jefferson ________
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  1. Name for the North during Civil War
  2. Emancipation ___________ freed southern slaves
  3. Confederate general __________ Jackson was shot by his own men.
  4. Battle in ___________, PA was a turning point in the war.
  5. Name for the North during Civil War
  6. Battle of __________ was bloodiest day during Civil War
  7. Gettysburg _________
  8. 1st and 2nd Battle of ______ Run were won by the South

15 Clues: Gettysburg _________ • US President during Civil War • Four _______ and seven years ago • Name for the North during Civil War • Name for the North during Civil War • Confederate general Robert E. _______ • Confederate president Jefferson ________ • Union general who forced Lee to surrender • Lee surrendered at ____________ Court House. • ...

Civil War 2025-04-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The plan the north used to divide the south and choke off supply lines
  2. Northerner who used force to keep Southerners in the union
  3. A type of conflict where all rules of a war are ignored
  4. The 2 minute speech that Lincoln made to honor the people who died in the Battle of Gettysberg
  5. The act that freed all slaves
  6. The act of withdrawing from the greater country
  7. The act of requiring citizens to go to war
  8. The first name of the person who led the union army in the battles of Vicksberg among others
  9. The place that the first shots were fired, beginning the civil wra
  10. Bloodiest single day of the civil war (fought in maryland)
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  1. the side that supported slavery
  2. The bloodiest battle of the civil war
  3. A slave state that remained in the union
  4. The side that Abraham Lincoln fought on
  5. The president during the civil war and opposed slavery
  6. Someone who wanted slavery to be abolished

16 Clues: The act that freed all slaves • the side that supported slavery • The bloodiest battle of the civil war • The side that Abraham Lincoln fought on • A slave state that remained in the union • Someone who wanted slavery to be abolished • The act of requiring citizens to go to war • The act of withdrawing from the greater country • ...

Cival war 2025-04-15

Cival war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plan, a military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott during the early stages of the American Civil War
  2. Run, the First Battle of Manassas, was the first major land battle of the American Civil War.
  3. Sumter, a fort that is historically significant for being the site where the first shots of the Civil War were fired on April 12, 1861.
  4. F. Davis, an American politician who served as the only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865
  5. known as Peace Democrats
  6. a small town in S Pennsylvania, southwest of Harrisburg
  7. 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
  8. the Northern part of the United States of America, especially during the American Civil War (1861-1865)
  9. ball, the Minie ball, is a type of rifle bullet designed by Claude-Étienne Minié in the 1840s.
  10. a compass direction, opposite of South
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  1. Court House, the site of Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865
  2. a knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped melee weapon designed to be mounted on the end of the barrel of a rifle
  3. the Southern part of the United States of America, especially during the American Civil War (1861-1865)
  4. Emancipation Proclamation, a document issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declared that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states during the Civil War were to be free
  5. a muzzle-loaded long gun that appeared as a smoothbore weapon
  6. S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States
  7. Gettysburg Address, a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. president, following the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
  8. the single deadliest one-day battle in American history, with nearly 23,000 casualties.
  9. a compass direction, opposite of North
  10. a large-caliber gun, typically part of artillery, that uses explosive force to launch a projectile

20 Clues: known as Peace Democrats • a compass direction, opposite of North • a compass direction, opposite of South • S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States • a small town in S Pennsylvania, southwest of Harrisburg • a muzzle-loaded long gun that appeared as a smoothbore weapon • ...

Chy's crossword puzzle 2022-01-25

Chy's crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The industrial center and transportation hub of Georgia during the Civil War
  2. Union General who capture Atlanta
  3. These were the union troops in Andersonville
  4. This was the bloodiest battle fought in Georgia during the Civil War
  5. Atlanta was surrendered to the Union in this month in 1864
  6. The leader of those opposed to secession at the Georgia Secessionist Convection in 1861
  7. Atlanta was vital because of its position as a center for this means of transportation during the Civil War
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  1. The most important cash crop in the Confederacy
  2. The president of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  3. The Emancipation Proclamation became law on the first day of this month in 1863
  4. Lincoln authorized this measure to keep southern cotton from reaching European markets during the war
  5. This means to leave the Union or to commit "state suicide"
  6. The capital of Georgia captured by Union troops in 1864
  7. Sherman marched his army across Georgia from Atlanta to this city
  8. Freeing slaves
  9. President of North/Union

16 Clues: Freeing slaves • President of North/Union • Union General who capture Atlanta • These were the union troops in Andersonville • The most important cash crop in the Confederacy • The president of the Confederacy during the Civil War • The capital of Georgia captured by Union troops in 1864 • This means to leave the Union or to commit "state suicide" • ...

U.S. Presidents -Hess 2015-02-05

U.S. Presidents -Hess crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Civil War General
  2. Responded well to 9/11
  3. Peanut farmer
  4. Nicknamed "Ike"
  5. First African-American president
  6. Trail of Tears
  7. 2nd president
  8. Had a giant custom bathtub
  9. Lewinsky
  10. Impeached
  11. WWI
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  1. Assasinated after 200 days
  2. Gulf war
  3. Desegregated the military
  4. Civil Rights Act of 1964
  5. Only president never to see completed White House
  6. New deal
  7. "Star Wars"
  8. Beard and tall hat
  9. Watergate

20 Clues: WWI • Gulf war • New deal • Lewinsky • Impeached • Watergate • "Star Wars" • Peanut farmer • 2nd president • Trail of Tears • Nicknamed "Ike" • Civil War General • Beard and tall hat • Responded well to 9/11 • Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Desegregated the military • Assasinated after 200 days • Had a giant custom bathtub • First African-American president • Only president never to see completed White House

Famous Battles 2024-08-06

Famous Battles crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Largest tank battle in history
  2. William the Conqueror’s victory
  3. Allied invasion in WWII
  4. Lee's victory in the Civil War
  5. Naval battle marking the end of the Roman Republic
  6. Spartan stand against Persia
  7. ALAMEIN Allied victory in North Africa
  8. Major naval battle in WWI
  9. English victory in the Hundred Years' War
  10. Early American Revolution battle
  11. Bloody confrontation in the Korean War
  12. Defeat of the Ottoman fleet
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  1. Soviet victory over Germany
  2. Roman victory over Carthage
  3. WWI campaign in Turkey
  4. Turning point of the U.S. Civil War
  5. Battle of Agincourt's battlefield
  6. Key naval battle in WWII
  7. Napoleon's final defeat
  8. Final charge at Gettysburg

20 Clues: WWI campaign in Turkey • Allied invasion in WWII • Napoleon's final defeat • Key naval battle in WWII • Major naval battle in WWI • Final charge at Gettysburg • Soviet victory over Germany • Roman victory over Carthage • Defeat of the Ottoman fleet • Spartan stand against Persia • Largest tank battle in history • Lee's victory in the Civil War • William the Conqueror’s victory • ...

History Civil war 2024-05-15

History Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. June 27, more than fifty cannons roared to life on the Army of the Tennessee front.
  2. American forces in the region, numbering between 5,000 and 7,000 men, were based in Charleston, South Carolina, under the command of General Benjamin Lincoln.
  3. this batttle marked the turning point of the Civil War
  4. largest slave auction ever on American soil.
  5. with nearly 200,000 combatants—the greatest number of any Civil War engagement
  6. Fort Sumter is located in the middle of Charleston Harbor
  7. Sherman's March to the Sea was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864
  8. military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War
  9. Cheers rang out in the streets of Washington on July 16, 1861 as Gen
  10. a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder.
  11. restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces
  12. May 18 - Jul 4, 1863. Vicksburg's strategic location on the Mississippi River made it a critical win for both the Union and the Confederac
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  1. declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free.
  2. The Union victory in the largest battle of the Atlanta Campaign led to the capture of that critical Confederate city and opened the door for Major gen
  3. the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War
  4. was a term commonly used in the US military during the American Civil War to describe a new status
  5. is the political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of "native-born" or established inhabitants over those of immigrants,
  6. the historic period in which the United States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social, political, and labor systems,
  7. Antietam, the deadliest one-day battle in American military history, showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army in the Eastern theater.
  8. Plunderers and militant abolitionists
  9. historical place that was home to many civil war heros
  10. The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, allowed Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior.

22 Clues: Plunderers and militant abolitionists • largest slave auction ever on American soil. • this batttle marked the turning point of the Civil War • historical place that was home to many civil war heros • Fort Sumter is located in the middle of Charleston Harbor • a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder. • ...

civil war history 2024-05-15

civil war history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Allowed Union Troops to penetrate the Confederate interior.
  2. a siege in which federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it.
  3. Sherman's March to the Sea was an American Civil War campaign lasting from November 15 to December 21, 1864.
  4. international law cannot be supplied to one belligerent except at the risk of seizure and condemnation by the other.
  5. a policy of favoring native inhabitants instead of immigrants.
  6. an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household.
  7. a network of house and other places that abolitionists used to help slaves escape to freedom in the northern states or canada before the civil war.
  8. failed attempt by american and french forces to retake the port city from its British occupiers.
  9. A creek in NW Maryland, flowing into the Potomac.
  10. In VA where the confederate army under Robert E lee surrender to Ulysses S Grant on april 9 1865 whcih ended the american civil war
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  1. a sea fort built on an artificial island near Charleston south carolina to defend the region from a naval invasion.
  2. was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around a town in Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. - what town?
  3. outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states.
  4. a decisive union victory during the american civil war that divided the confederacy and cemented the reputation of union general Ulysses S Grant.
  5. a native or inhabitant of Kansas. a plundering marauder, especially one of the antislavery guerrillas.
  6. a proclamation that declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  7. City in VA, near bull run was the site of two civil war battles in which union forces were defeated.
  8. military strategy proposed by winfield scott early in the american civil war.
  9. a town in North eastern VA on the rapahhanok river.
  10. brought much anguish to the enslaved. Families, who had been together for all of their lives.
  11. restricted black peoples rights to own land, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely throughout public spaces
  12. was an important battle of the Atlanta campaign by Union General William Sherman to launch a full-scale frontal assault.

22 Clues: A creek in NW Maryland, flowing into the Potomac. • a town in North eastern VA on the rapahhanok river. • an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household. • Allowed Union Troops to penetrate the Confederate interior. • a policy of favoring native inhabitants instead of immigrants. • outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states. • ...

Civil War crossword 2022-10-05

Civil War crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.
  2. Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
  3. executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
  4. A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  5. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
  6. A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
  7. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
  8. The fighting during the Civil War that took place west of the Appalachian Mountains. It eventually included the fighting in Georgia and the Carolinas as well.
  9. A term used to describe people who supported the Union
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  1. A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
  2. A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  3. A nickname for the South.
  4. A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
  5. slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates, included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
  6. A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
  7. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  8. The side of an army or military unit.
  9. When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  10. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  11. - A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.

20 Clues: A nickname for the South. • The side of an army or military unit. • When a person is murdered for political reasons. • A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery • A term used to describe people who supported the Union • ...

Ch 4 American History 2023-10-20

Ch 4 American History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a system in which a farmer tends to a portion of a planters land in return for a share of the crop
  2. the date the Confederates forces surrender at Vicksburg
  3. a veto taking place when Congress adjourns with 10 days of submitting a bill to the president, who simply lets it die by neither signing nor vetoing it
  4. a negative term for a Southern white who supported the Republican Party after the Civil War
  5. first and only Confederate president
  6. a radical republican
  7. known as the "KKK"
  8. union war plan by Winfield Scott
  9. capital of Virginia
  10. tax paid to the state, federal, and local government based on income earned over the past year
  11. a law to disqualify African Americans voters by allowing the vote only to men whose fathers and grandfathers had vote before 1866 and 1867
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  1. a reading and writing test formerly used in some Southern states to prevent African Americans form voting
  2. a sum of money to be paid before a person could vote
  3. abolished slavery
  4. "separate, but not equal"
  5. he created the cotton gin
  6. Missouri, Tennessee, Maryland, Delaware
  7. warships covered with protective iron plates
  8. laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves
  9. the city under siege for 9 months
  10. 16th president; president during the Civil War
  11. a government in which the people rule by their own consent
  12. a negative term for Northern who moved to the South after the Civil War
  13. bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  14. states created laws to segregate blacks from whites in the South, violence against blacks was widespread
  15. photographer during the Civil War

26 Clues: abolished slavery • known as the "KKK" • capital of Virginia • a radical republican • "separate, but not equal" • he created the cotton gin • union war plan by Winfield Scott • the city under siege for 9 months • bloodiest battle of the Civil War • photographer during the Civil War • first and only Confederate president • Missouri, Tennessee, Maryland, Delaware • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-04-19

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first major battle of the Civil War
  2. 16th president of the US and ended slavery
  3. The civil war ended here
  4. who the battle of Bull Run?
  5. The conflict that started the war
  6. The leader of the Confederates
  7. the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions
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  1. the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War
  2. Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  3. General of the Union Army in the Civil War
  4. enslaved, escaped, and helped others gain their freedom as a “conductor" of the Underground Railroad
  5. unsuccessfully sued for freedom for himself, wife, and his two daughters
  6. government based on consent of the people
  7. to withdraw formally from a membership
  8. a term used by Southerners to describe their rivals from the Union, or northern, side of the conflict.

15 Clues: The civil war ended here • who the battle of Bull Run? • Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe • The leader of the Confederates • The conflict that started the war • to withdraw formally from a membership • The first major battle of the Civil War • government based on consent of the people • General of the Union Army in the Civil War • 16th president of the US and ended slavery • ...

Civil War Breakout 2023-01-06

Civil War Breakout crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Commanding General of the Union Army and 18th President
  2. This amendment abolished slavery
  3. Where the Civil War Began
  4. _____ proclimation
  5. Opposing the confederate army; Fought for reunification and the abolishing of slavery
  6. Battle where more than 500,000 estimated deaths occurred;the turning point of the Civil War
  7. Fought for independence and to keep Slavery a part of the Southern states
  8. Some women _____ themselves so they could be in the field with the other men
  9. One of the most famous women who fought in the war
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  1. This amendment gave African Americans the right to vote
  2. Last name of one of the most famous female nurses during the civil war
  3. Enter the initials of the confederal general during the Civil War
  4. Where the Confederate General surrendered to the Union General
  5. This amendment gave citizenship to those born in the U.S
  6. The ____ of 1860 made Abraham Lincoln the president

15 Clues: _____ proclimation • Where the Civil War Began • This amendment abolished slavery • One of the most famous women who fought in the war • The ____ of 1860 made Abraham Lincoln the president • This amendment gave African Americans the right to vote • Commanding General of the Union Army and 18th President • This amendment gave citizenship to those born in the U.S • ...

The American Revolution 2024-12-04

The American Revolution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - A form of government with a king or queen at its head.
  2. - Protestant daughter of James II, who ruled jointly with her husband.
  3. - Title taken by Cromwell when he ruled England as a dictator.
  4. - Leader of the Puritans and Lord Protector of England.
  5. - The period marking the return of the monarchy in 1660.
  6. - Freedoms guaranteed to individuals, emphasized in the Bill of Rights.
  7. - Supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War.
  8. - King executed after the English Civil War.
  9. - Country where Charles I sought support during the English Civil War.
  10. - Protestant ruler invited to the English throne during the Glorious Revolution.
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  1. - Supporters of the monarchy during the English Civil War.
  2. - The lower house of Parliament, dominated by wealthy merchants and landowners.
  3. - Radical group advocating for voting rights during Cromwell’s rule.
  4. - Descriptive term for Charles I's 11-year rule without Parliament.
  5. - The governing body that shared power with the English monarchy.
  6. - Religious group that opposed Anglican practices and influenced English politics.
  7. - Catholic king overthrown during the Glorious Revolution.
  8. - The church established as England's official religion.
  9. - Document passed in 1689 limiting the monarch’s powers (English Bill of Rights).
  10. - The term describing England's peaceful revolution in 1688.

20 Clues: - King executed after the English Civil War. • - Leader of the Puritans and Lord Protector of England. • - A form of government with a king or queen at its head. • - The period marking the return of the monarchy in 1660. • - Supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War. • - The church established as England's official religion. • ...

History 4 2025-01-06

History 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Where cowboys slept.
  2. – The type of house Abraham Lincoln was born in.
  3. – Something new that solves a problem.
  4. – What the president takes at inauguration.
  5. – Brothers who built the first airplane.
  6. – The buying and selling of enslaved people.
  7. – A journey to explore.
  8. – Made tools and horseshoes in colonial times.
  9. – Like the Grand Canyon, carved by a river.
  10. – The animal used in a famous mail delivery service.
  11. – The right to worship as you choose.
  12. – A Native American community.
  13. – Where the Civil War ended.
  14. – A group that helped with the Underground Railroad.
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  1. – Leader of a Native American tribe in Virginia.
  2. – What Southern states did before the Civil War.
  3. – The Northern side in the Civil War.
  4. – Movement to end slavery.
  5. – The Southern side in the Civil War.
  6. – Washington, D.C., is this for the U.S.
  7. – The other group in Congress.
  8. – Advisers to the president.
  9. – A famous frontiersman and explorer.
  10. – The "Father of the Constitution."
  11. – A region before it became a state.
  12. – Large farms in the South.
  13. – Important animal to Plains tribes.
  14. – One of two explorers of the western U.S.
  15. – A group in Congress.
  16. – The other explorer with Lewis.

30 Clues: – Where cowboys slept. • – A group in Congress. • – A journey to explore. • – Movement to end slavery. • – Large farms in the South. • – Advisers to the president. • – Where the Civil War ended. • – The other group in Congress. • – A Native American community. • – The other explorer with Lewis. • – The "Father of the Constitution." • – A region before it became a state. • ...

Unit 3 A New Nation 2025-12-08

Unit 3 A New Nation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President known for the Indian Removal Act
  2. Rapid transport system linking regions
  3. New form of river travel improving trade
  4. Conflict between the U.S. and Britain over trade and impressment
  5. Kept many poor farmers in debt
  6. Reform effort to end slavery
  7. Fight for expanded voting rights
  8. Led the South during the Civil War
  9. Abolitionist and women’s rights activist
  10. Sparked “Bleeding Kansas.”
  11. Focused on cash crops
  12. known as the “Great Compromiser”
  13. led the Union during the Civil War
  14. 1820 deal balancing free and slave states
  15. Union general who became president during Reconstruction
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  1. Ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  2. Gave U.S. control of the Mississippi River
  3. Period of rebuilding after the Civil War
  4. Former enslaved man who became a leading abolitionist speaker
  5. Founder of the national bank and major Federalist figure
  6. Site of Lincoln’s famous address
  7. Included a strict Fugitive Slave Act
  8. Wrote the Declaration of Independence
  9. Doctrine named after him
  10. Waterways that expanded early U.S. transportation
  11. Led to mass production
  12. Changed the purpose of the Civil War
  13. Used Morse code
  14. Used to justify annexation of new lands
  15. Forced relocation of Cherokee and other tribes

30 Clues: Used Morse code • Focused on cash crops • Led to mass production • Doctrine named after him • Sparked “Bleeding Kansas.” • Reform effort to end slavery • Kept many poor farmers in debt • Site of Lincoln’s famous address • Fight for expanded voting rights • known as the “Great Compromiser” • Led the South during the Civil War • led the Union during the Civil War • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-14

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Known as the North, referring to united states governed by federal government
  2. capital of confederate states of america during the civil war
  3. Delaware,Kentucky,Maryland,Missori & West Virginia all in the Civil War's middle ground
  4. this declared "that all persons held as slaves within rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free"
  5. naval battle between confederate & union soldiers that catalyzed a new era of naval warfare
  6. Fought between northern united states & southern confederate states
  7. Marked as the first major battle of the Civil War,July 21,1861
  8. president who issued the emancipation proclamation
  9. mandatory enlistment into the military; conscription
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  1. where North Virginia's Army surrendered signaling the end of the civil war
  2. one of the deadliest day battles that showed the union's determination
  3. commanding general who led union armies to victory and was elected as US president
  4. turning point of the civil war that stopped confederate momentum north and boosted union morale
  5. method employed by confederacy to coerce great britain & france to side with the confederates by creating a cotton trade embargo
  6. this disgruntled actor assassinated the president at a theater
  7. union general who led forces marching through the south including georgia and the carolinas
  8. leading confederate general
  9. capitol of the US
  10. Also called the Southern Army, 11 states that seceded from the Union

19 Clues: capitol of the US • leading confederate general • president who issued the emancipation proclamation • mandatory enlistment into the military; conscription • capital of confederate states of america during the civil war • this disgruntled actor assassinated the president at a theater • Marked as the first major battle of the Civil War,July 21,1861 • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-03-27

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union Victory which split the Confederacy in two
  2. Place where Lee surrendered to Grant
  3. Union general in charge of the the March to the Sea (Atlanta) Campaign
  4. Proposed idea on how to defeat the Confederate States
  5. Lincoln's declaration freeing the slaves in the Confederate states
  6. the formal withdrawal from a federation, especially a political state
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  1. President of the Confederate States
  2. Bloodiest single day of fighting in the Civil War
  3. Top general of the Confederate Army
  4. Site of the first battle of the Civil War
  5. Bloodies battle and the turning point of the Civil War
  6. Top general of the Union Army
  7. President of the United States
  8. Person who killed President Abraham Lincoln
  9. First time both armies faced against each other, on land, battle of the Civil War

15 Clues: Top general of the Union Army • President of the United States • President of the Confederate States • Top general of the Confederate Army • Place where Lee surrendered to Grant • Site of the first battle of the Civil War • Person who killed President Abraham Lincoln • Union Victory which split the Confederacy in two • Bloodiest single day of fighting in the Civil War • ...

civil war 2024-04-15

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Invented the cotton gin
  2. Who surrendered at the end of the civil war
  3. Provided a fast and cheap way to remove seeds from cotton
  4. General who led the Union Army to victory
  5. What battle took place after the end of the Civil war
  6. What were the north cold during the civil war
  7. to leave or withdraw from union
  8. Storehouse for weapons
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  1. Wanted to end slavery
  2. To use force to take something
  3. to nullify or reject a national law
  4. Refused to sign the oath of loyal to the confederacy
  5. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  6. Repealed The Missouri compromise by allowing slavery in the northern territories;Territories could choose whether they would to allow slavery
  7. President of the Confederate States of America

15 Clues: Wanted to end slavery • Storehouse for weapons • Invented the cotton gin • To use force to take something • to leave or withdraw from union • Bloodiest battle of the Civil War • to nullify or reject a national law • General who led the Union Army to victory • Who surrendered at the end of the civil war • What were the north cold during the civil war • ...

Civil War Review 2023-04-26

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Last name of the U.S. president during the Civil War
  2. Area of the U.S. that was made up of slave states
  3. The Gettysburg _______________ - Lincoln's most famous speech
  4. Former slave who led many slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad
  5. Last name of the Confederate president during the Civil War
  6. Area of the U.S. that was made up of free states
  7. The proclamation that granted freedom to southern slaves
  8. Color of the Confederate uniforms
  9. A person who is against slavery
  10. Color of the Union's uniforms
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  1. Slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom in 1857
  2. Last name of the abolitionist that led a raid on Harpers Ferry, VA
  3. The ____________ Railroad - helped slaves escape to the North
  4. The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union
  5. Most famous Confederate general; Surrendered to Grant
  6. Eli Whitney's invention; Led to a cotton boom in the South
  7. "King" crop of the south
  8. Involuntary servitude; Forced labor
  9. Civil War battle; Known as the single bloodiest day in American history
  10. Civil War battle; Known as the turning point battle; Fought in Pennsylvania
  11. Most famous Union general; Accepted Lee's surrender

21 Clues: "King" crop of the south • Color of the Union's uniforms • A person who is against slavery • Color of the Confederate uniforms • Involuntary servitude; Forced labor • The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union • Area of the U.S. that was made up of free states • Area of the U.S. that was made up of slave states • Most famous Union general; Accepted Lee's surrender • ...

Midterms - Academic 2025-12-15

Midterms - Academic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. relocation of Native tribes
  2. discovery that accelerated westward movement
  3. leader who created the steel empire and wrote Gospel of Wealth
  4. that government should not interfere in business
  5. Court case that upheld segregation
  6. that abolished slavery
  7. President during the Civil War
  8. who dominated oil refining
  9. system based on private ownership and competition
  10. states during the Civil War
  11. of mass production using moving parts
  12. of the cotton gin
  13. Union general who became president
  14. of Civil War medical care and founder of the Red Cross
  15. manufacturer known for revolvers
  16. that opposed Reconstruction and used violence
  17. promoting westward expansion
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  1. general at Gettysburg
  2. tycoon who helped create standard time
  3. strategy to blockade Southern ports
  4. inventor of the light bulb
  5. President of the Confederacy
  6. Reconstruction in exchange for the presidency
  7. organization that represents workers
  8. limiting presidential power during Reconstruction
  9. where parts are identical and easily replaced
  10. banker who financed major corporations
  11. who assassinated Lincoln
  12. system of time zones
  13. enslaved people freed by Lincoln’s 1863 order
  14. that supported states’ rights and secession
  15. that attempted to assimilate Native Americans
  16. for poor urban workers
  17. settled after the Gold Rush
  18. delivered by Lincoln during the Civil War

35 Clues: of the cotton gin • system of time zones • general at Gettysburg • that abolished slavery • for poor urban workers • who assassinated Lincoln • inventor of the light bulb • who dominated oil refining • relocation of Native tribes • states during the Civil War • settled after the Gold Rush • President of the Confederacy • promoting westward expansion • President during the Civil War • ...

civil war 2026-01-21

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the freeing of all slaves
  2. all men of any race could vote
  3. the capital of the south
  4. limited rights of African americans
  5. war between two apposing sides of the same nation
  6. the surrender of the confederates
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  1. the period after the civil war
  2. lincolns goal for the war
  3. closing off
  4. confederate president
  5. the freeing of slaves in the south
  6. start of the civil war
  7. bloodiest day of the war
  8. laws enforcing segregation
  9. giving citizenship to anyone born in the US
  10. president of the union

16 Clues: closing off • confederate president • start of the civil war • president of the union • bloodiest day of the war • the capital of the south • lincolns goal for the war • the freeing of all slaves • laws enforcing segregation • the period after the civil war • all men of any race could vote • the surrender of the confederates • the freeing of slaves in the south • ...

Civil War 2022-03-04

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. how many years did the Civil war last
  2. During this battle, this location was back and forth through the control of the union and confederates
  3. Someone who supported the Union’s decisions
  4. a former Texas president that became a unionist
  5. Texas governor during the Civil War
  6. Regions putting themselves before the country is called this
  7. The location of the battle where union troops were hoping to get inside of Texas
  8. 1865 was the year the Civil war _____
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  1. a freed slave
  2. people came to vote Kansas free or slave, but ended in a war called _________
  3. the power within the states
  4. A confederate general who declared himself a Texan
  5. slaves made _____ which contained hidden codes to help other slaves escape
  6. A black man who tried to buy his freedom, but the court wouldn’t let him
  7. the president during the Civil War

15 Clues: a freed slave • the power within the states • the president during the Civil War • Texas governor during the Civil War • how many years did the Civil war last • 1865 was the year the Civil war _____ • Someone who supported the Union’s decisions • a former Texas president that became a unionist • A confederate general who declared himself a Texan • ...

parker 2025-05-13

parker crossword puzzle
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  1. machine that caused a surprise in slavery
  2. the 7th president of the US
  3. made slavery illegal
  4. a Confederate general during the Civil War
  5. rebuilt the South after the Civil War
  6. the place that marked the start of the war
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  1. the place where Lincoln was assassinated
  2. the man who assassinated Lincoln
  3. anyone born in the US is a citizen
  4. was the 18th president of the US
  5. lets everyone vote if a citizen
  6. known as the bloodiest battle in the Civil War
  7. are types of warships
  8. between the North and South

14 Clues: made slavery illegal • are types of warships • the 7th president of the US • between the North and South • lets everyone vote if a citizen • the man who assassinated Lincoln • was the 18th president of the US • anyone born in the US is a citizen • rebuilt the South after the Civil War • the place where Lincoln was assassinated • machine that caused a surprise in slavery • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2025-10-04

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. uniform color of union soldiers
  2. site of lees surrender
  3. freed the slaves in confederate states
  4. turning point battle in pennsylvania
  5. famous nurse and red cross founder
  6. confederate capital
  7. first state to secede
  8. first major battle of the civil war
  9. amendment that abolished slavery
  10. secret route to help slaves escape
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  1. slaves who escaped to union lines
  2. civil war photographer
  3. uniform color of confederate soldiers
  4. confederate ironclad warship
  5. assassinated lincoln
  6. president during the war
  7. union general and future president
  8. union ironclad warship
  9. confederate general at gettysburg
  10. union capital

20 Clues: union capital • confederate capital • assassinated lincoln • first state to secede • civil war photographer • site of lees surrender • union ironclad warship • president during the war • confederate ironclad warship • uniform color of union soldiers • amendment that abolished slavery • slaves who escaped to union lines • confederate general at gettysburg • ...

US Final Review 2025-05-28

US Final Review crossword puzzle
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  1. group responsible for electing the President
  2. Revolutionary leader aka "Swamp Fox"
  3. assassinated President Lincoln
  4. Temperance Movement sought to ban
  5. President who was known as an Indian fighter
  6. foreign military leader who helped American Army
  7. leader of Underground Railroad
  8. radical and violent abolitionist
  9. second war between the US and Britain
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  1. 1st battle of the Civil War
  2. turning point of Revolutionary War
  3. major event that followed the American Revolution
  4. commander of Confederate Army
  5. total number of states who seceded from the Union
  6. last commander of Union Army
  7. used by settlers going west
  8. Indian removal act
  9. Common Sense
  10. author of the Constitution
  11. turning point of Civil War

20 Clues: Common Sense • Indian removal act • author of the Constitution • turning point of Civil War • 1st battle of the Civil War • used by settlers going west • last commander of Union Army • commander of Confederate Army • assassinated President Lincoln • leader of Underground Railroad • radical and violent abolitionist • Temperance Movement sought to ban • ...

SS8H5B Puzzle 2022-01-13

SS8H5B Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This was the bloodiest battle fought in Georgia during the Civil War
  2. Atlanta was vital because of its position as a center for this means of transportation during the Civil War
  3. The most important cash crop in the Confederacy
  4. Freeing the slaves
  5. Lincoln authorized this measure to keep southern cotton from reaching European markets during the war
  6. The president of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  7. Union general who captured Atlanta
  8. The leader of those opposed to secession at the Georgia Secessionist Convention in 1861
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  1. The capital of Georgia captured by Union troops in 1864
  2. The Emancipation Proclamation became law on the first day of this month in 1863
  3. These were the union troops in Andersonville
  4. Atlanta was surrendered to the Union in this month in 1864
  5. Sherman marched his army across Georgia from Atlanta to this city
  6. The industrial center and transportation hub of Georgia during the Civil War
  7. President of the North / Union
  8. This means to leave the Union or to commit "state suicide"

16 Clues: Freeing the slaves • President of the North / Union • Union general who captured Atlanta • These were the union troops in Andersonville • The most important cash crop in the Confederacy • The president of the Confederacy during the Civil War • The capital of Georgia captured by Union troops in 1864 • Atlanta was surrendered to the Union in this month in 1864 • ...

Jocelyns Civil War Crossword 2022-01-21

Jocelyns Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Atlanta was vital because of its position as a center for this means of transportation during the Civil war
  2. The industrial center and transportation hub of Georgia during the Civil War
  3. The most important cash crop in the Confederacy
  4. The president of the Confederacy during the Civil war
  5. Atlanta was surrounded to the Union in this month in 1864
  6. Union general who captured Atlanta
  7. The capitol of Georgia captured by Union troops in 1864
  8. Sherman marched his army across Georgia from Atlanta to this city
  9. The leader of those who opposed to secession at the Georgia Secessionist Convention in 1861
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  1. This was the bloodiest battle fought in Georgia during the Civil War
  2. President of the North/Union
  3. Lincoln authorized this measure to keep southern cotton from reaching European markets during the war
  4. The Emancipation Proclamation became law on the first day of this month in 1863
  5. Freeing the slaves
  6. These were the union troops in Andersonville
  7. This means to leave the Union or to commit "state suicide"

16 Clues: Freeing the slaves • President of the North/Union • Union general who captured Atlanta • These were the union troops in Andersonville • The most important cash crop in the Confederacy • The president of the Confederacy during the Civil war • The capitol of Georgia captured by Union troops in 1864 • Atlanta was surrounded to the Union in this month in 1864 • ...

Civil War Crossword 2024-05-15

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. in VA where the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces on April 9, 1865, which ended the American Civil War.
  2. an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
  3. decisive Union victory during the American Civil War that divided the Confederacy and cemented the reputation of Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
  4. a town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River
  5. City in VA, near bull run was the site of two Civil War battles in which Union forces were defeated
  6. A network of houses and other places that abolitionists used to help slaves escape to freedom in the northern states or in Canada before the Civil War
  7. restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces
  8. was an American Civil War campaign lasting from November 15 to December 21, 1864
  9. a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants
  10. a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it
  11. declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
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  1. a sea fort built on an artificial island near Charleston, South Carolina to defend the region from a naval invasion
  2. Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston's troops line the mountain's crest to repulse the advance of Union general William T. Sherman
  3. failed attempt by American and French forces to retake the port city from its British occupiers.
  4. After a great victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania in late June 1863
  5. international law cannot be supplied to one belligerent except at the risk of seizure and condemnation by the other.
  6. the largest auction of enslaved people in U.S. history
  7. a Unionist who professes to rob, burn out and murder only rebels in arms against the government
  8. period immediately after the Civil War from 1865 to 1877 when several United States administrations sought to reconstruct society in the former Confederate states
  9. military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War
  10. allowed Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior.
  11. a creek in NW Maryland, flowing into the Potomac

22 Clues: a creek in NW Maryland, flowing into the Potomac • an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household • the largest auction of enslaved people in U.S. history • a town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River • allowed Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior. • a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants • ...

Vicksburg Crossword Puzzle 2023-01-31

Vicksburg Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The side of the civil war who wanted to get rid of slavery.
  2. The battle that broke the confederacy.
  3. The president during the civil war.
  4. Young admiral who served under Grant in the Civil Was
  5. People who fought in the war.
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  1. Slaves who runaway to Union camps during the Civil War
  2. The name of the war in which the battles of Vicksburg, Gettysburg,and Shiloh were fought in.
  3. Weapon most commonly used during the civil war.
  4. The side of the civil war who wanted to keep slavery.
  5. Famous war general who lead the Union to victory

10 Clues: People who fought in the war. • The president during the civil war. • The battle that broke the confederacy. • Weapon most commonly used during the civil war. • Famous war general who lead the Union to victory • The side of the civil war who wanted to keep slavery. • Young admiral who served under Grant in the Civil Was • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2022-09-13

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. bloodiest battle
  2. sumter first battle in the civil war
  3. one third of union army
  4. years how long the civil war lasted
  5. how many more men did the north have
  6. who led a raid during the civil war to free slaves
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  1. refused salaries
  2. war war more men died than any other war
  3. bloodiest war general
  4. pushing for free slaves to be abroad

10 Clues: refused salaries • bloodiest battle • bloodiest war general • one third of union army • how many more men did the north have • pushing for free slaves to be abroad • sumter first battle in the civil war • years how long the civil war lasted • who led a raid during the civil war to free slaves • war war more men died than any other war

Civil War 2013-02-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the last name of the president of the South during the Civil war
  2. July 21, 1861 South shocks the North in this battle
  3. North wins in this event, completes Anaconda plan, South is split in two
  4. the South
  5. lee ends Union threat in Va. With this battle
  6. famous commander of the south who turned down a chance to command the north army
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  1. the place where the Confederates surrender took place
  2. 1st battle of the war
  3. a ship protected by iron armor
  4. Turning point of the war
  5. the president of the north during the Civil war
  6. another name for the north
  7. a tax on earnings
  8. April 12, 1862 the event that begins the Civil War
  9. another word for a draft
  10. bloodiest day in American history

16 Clues: the South • a tax on earnings • 1st battle of the war • Turning point of the war • another word for a draft • another name for the north • a ship protected by iron armor • bloodiest day in American history • lee ends Union threat in Va. With this battle • the president of the north during the Civil war • April 12, 1862 the event that begins the Civil War • ...

Civil War 2013-02-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the South
  2. Turning point of the war
  3. the place where the Confederates surrender took place
  4. a tax on earnings
  5. bloodiest day in American history
  6. famous commander of the south who turned down a chance to command the north army
  7. another word for a draft
  8. the president of the north during the Civil war
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  1. lee ends Union threat in Va. With this battle
  2. July 21, 1861 South shocks the North in this battle
  3. a ship protected by iron armor
  4. 1st battle of the war
  5. April 12, 1862 the event that begins the Civil War
  6. North wins in this event, completes Anaconda plan, South is split in two
  7. the last name of the president of the South during the Civil war
  8. another name for the north

16 Clues: the South • a tax on earnings • 1st battle of the war • Turning point of the war • another word for a draft • another name for the north • a ship protected by iron armor • bloodiest day in American history • lee ends Union threat in Va. With this battle • the president of the north during the Civil war • April 12, 1862 the event that begins the Civil War • ...

Civil war 1860s 2025-06-03

Civil war 1860s crossword puzzle
Across
  1. battle of the civil war
  2. southern city burned in civil war
  3. confederate general who led a failed charge at gettysburg
  4. President during the 1860s
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  1. Confederate President during civil war
  2. Term for freeing slaves
  3. main issue for the civil war
  4. Battle site in the civil war
  5. where the Civil War ended

9 Clues: battle of the civil war • Term for freeing slaves • where the Civil War ended • President during the 1860s • main issue for the civil war • Battle site in the civil war • southern city burned in civil war • Confederate President during civil war • confederate general who led a failed charge at gettysburg

Reconstruction Crossword 2023-05-12

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 13th-abolished slavery 14th-granted citienzenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the Us
  2. A war between citizens of the same country, American Civil War was a war between Americans over state rights and lasted 4 years.
  3. The Action of formally withdrawing from a federation
  4. Enslaved african american, unsucssesuflly sued for his freedom, the case went to the supreme court.
  5. To be set free. Lincolns emancipation proclamation set free all slaves in the conferacy only
  6. Numerous laws enacrd in the former Confederate states after the Civil War which limited the rights and liverties of African Americans.
  7. Secret society that used violence against freedman and their white supporters, they practiced violence to intimidage newly freed aftican-americans
  8. Abolitonist, led attacks in kansas during "bleeding kansas", planned to arm slaves in a revolt
  9. The owner of a plot of land lets someone work the land in exchange for ½ or more of the crop, it was used to keep newly freed slaves in a cycle of poverty.
  10. The period of US history immediately following the Civil War in which the federal gov't set the conditons
  11. Required all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters and that citizens of free states must cooperate.
  12. -prohibited the denial of the vote because of race, color, or previous servitude
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  1. Referred to as the confederacy, name of the unrecognized country temporarily create by the southern states which seceded from the untion
  2. The divison of power between state and federal (or national) govt. The Civil War started over a fight over states rights. The Southern states believed they had the right to decid to leep slavery and not pay tariffs.
  3. This law allowed those territories to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery by utilizing popular sovereignty.
  4. Slave states that stayed with the union during the civil war.
  5. An Anti-slavery novel by Harritet Beecher Stowe. It helped spread the abolitionist movement throughout the north.
  6. California wanted to join the union as a free state which cased conflict between the North and the South.
  7. 16th president, president during to Civil War

19 Clues: 16th president, president during to Civil War • The Action of formally withdrawing from a federation • Slave states that stayed with the union during the civil war. • -prohibited the denial of the vote because of race, color, or previous servitude • To be set free. Lincolns emancipation proclamation set free all slaves in the conferacy only • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2024-04-24

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. considered the most famous battle; turning point in the war
  2. the 13th amendment banned this
  3. the main president during the civil war
  4. a typical war soldier was from this profession
  5. lincoln's assasinator
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  1. where lincoln was assasinated
  2. duration of the civil war
  3. the south
  4. the day the war started
  5. union general
  6. tubman former slave who served as a spy in the war; helped free slaves via underground railroad
  7. the north
  8. led the raid on Harper's Ferry in hopes of it becoming a slave rebellion
  9. confederate general
  10. Lincoln wanted the union to be what?
  11. the day the war ended

16 Clues: the south • the north • union general • confederate general • the day the war ended • lincoln's assasinator • the day the war started • duration of the civil war • where lincoln was assasinated • the 13th amendment banned this • Lincoln wanted the union to be what? • the main president during the civil war • a typical war soldier was from this profession • ...

Causes of the Civil War 2024-02-21

Causes of the Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The main cause of the Civil War
  2. The South's name during the Civil War
  3. Book that described the reality of slavery
  4. To cancel or reject a law
  5. The major cash crop in the south
  6. First state to secede
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  1. Refused to sign the oath and was fired
  2. The President during the Civil War
  3. Joined the U.S. as a free state in 1850
  4. People that want to end slavery
  5. The North's name during the Civil War
  6. When a state leaves the Union

12 Clues: First state to secede • To cancel or reject a law • When a state leaves the Union • The main cause of the Civil War • People that want to end slavery • The major cash crop in the south • The President during the Civil War • The South's name during the Civil War • The North's name during the Civil War • Refused to sign the oath and was fired • ...

US civil war 2024-12-04

US civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The act of owning somebody.
  2. A south secessionist.
  3. A system of ruling a country with the head of a country being passed down.
  4. President during the civil war.
  5. A town where the largest battle of the civil war took place
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  1. Rifle used during the civil war
  2. Davis Confederate president.
  3. The act of states separating from the original country.
  4. The removal of a practice.
  5. The capital of the confederacy
  6. Metal warships used during the civil war.
  7. A member of the union.

12 Clues: A south secessionist. • A member of the union. • The removal of a practice. • The act of owning somebody. • Davis Confederate president. • The capital of the confederacy • Rifle used during the civil war • President during the civil war. • Metal warships used during the civil war. • The act of states separating from the original country. • ...

US HISTORY: 1960's 2023-04-11

US HISTORY: 1960's crossword puzzle
Across
  1. war that many thought was unnecessary in asia
  2. introduced communist ideals to new Republic of China
  3. president that created Medicare and Great Society
  4. paranoid economic president
  5. president that first sent soldiers to Vietnam
  6. war between 2 major countries that wasn't an actual war
  7. bombing of church in south during civil rights
  8. went against conservative culture (think -culture)
  9. north vietnam ship attacks US ship
  10. famous British band named after an insect
  11. lgbtq riot that went against police, starts with stone
  12. protests against war, think of another word for against
  13. failed cuba invasion by USA
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  1. riot in the south that lead to civil rights act being passed
  2. book by friedan promoting feminism
  3. outlawed any type of discrimination for voters
  4. popular drug that started with l and is used as a hallucegenic
  5. new conservative political group
  6. protest during civil rights where black people would sit in white businesses during segregation
  7. green plant drug
  8. period of poor economy started in 1960-1961
  9. peaceful civil rights leader
  10. British band that made Bohemian Rapsody
  11. president that got assassinated in Texas
  12. social group that promoted peace and smoked a lot

25 Clues: green plant drug • paranoid economic president • failed cuba invasion by USA • peaceful civil rights leader • new conservative political group • book by friedan promoting feminism • north vietnam ship attacks US ship • British band that made Bohemian Rapsody • president that got assassinated in Texas • famous British band named after an insect • ...

A New Perspective Crossword Puzzle 2022-04-18

A New Perspective Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 34th state of the USA
  2. The movement of ending slavery
  3. Last name of the a prominent anti-slavery figure
  4. The first name of a Union General and later the 18th president
  5. Northern economic system during the Civil War
  6. An area of Virginia that split off during the Civil War
  7. The southern group whose leader was Jefferson Davis
  8. Northern group. This group was lead by Abraham Lincoln
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  1. Southern economic system during The Civil War
  2. 37th state of the USA
  3. The action of annexing something, especially territory
  4. A former slave-state bordering below Iowa
  5. The practice or system of owning slaves
  6. A plant that is commonly farmed by enslaved individuals
  7. A small city in Pennsylvania and notable battle site during the Civil War

15 Clues: 34th state of the USA • 37th state of the USA • The movement of ending slavery • The practice or system of owning slaves • A former slave-state bordering below Iowa • Southern economic system during The Civil War • Northern economic system during the Civil War • Last name of the a prominent anti-slavery figure • The southern group whose leader was Jefferson Davis • ...

Civil War 2017-06-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President during the Civil War
  2. name of the southern states that left the Union during the Civil War
  3. book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed what life was like under slavery
  4. Network of people that arranged transportation and hiding places for escaped slaves
  5. first battle of the Civil War
  6. process of readmitting the southern states to the Union after the Civil War
  7. the process of destroying civilian and economic resources
  8. someone forced to work with no pay
  9. Person that became President when Lincoln got assassinated (last name)
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  1. name of the war in which the north and the south fought against each other
  2. order Lincoln gave to free the slaves
  3. man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  4. speech Lincoln gave at the end of the Battle of Gettysburg
  5. area in the south where a lot of cotton was grown
  6. someone that wants to end slavery
  7. name of the states in the north that did not leave the United States
  8. tax that you had to pay in order to vote

17 Clues: first battle of the Civil War • President during the Civil War • someone that wants to end slavery • someone forced to work with no pay • man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln • order Lincoln gave to free the slaves • tax that you had to pay in order to vote • area in the south where a lot of cotton was grown • the process of destroying civilian and economic resources • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-02-22

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President that won the election in 1860
  2. Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant
  3. First state to secede from the Union
  4. Goods or people that are forbidden from being transported during war
  5. General and leader of the Union army
  6. First submarine to sink an enemy warship in wartime
  7. States that allowed slavery, but didn't secede from the Union
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  1. William Sherman marched through Georgia destroying everything belonging to the Confederacy
  2. First battle of the Civil War
  3. The act of setting free
  4. General and leader of the Confederate army
  5. The plan that General Winfield Scott made to surround the South
  6. The amount of states in the Union
  7. Nickname for the US
  8. Being forced to enlist in the military
  9. Belief that someone's worth is based off their race
  10. Largest battle and turning point of Civil War
  11. Speech given by Abraham Lincoln about the soldiers who died during the Battle of Gettysburg
  12. Before the war
  13. Bloodiest day in the Civil War

20 Clues: Before the war • Nickname for the US • The act of setting free • First battle of the Civil War • Bloodiest day in the Civil War • The amount of states in the Union • First state to secede from the Union • General and leader of the Union army • Being forced to enlist in the military • President that won the election in 1860 • General and leader of the Confederate army • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-05-10

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. key battle that turned the tides against the Confederacy
  2. States that did not join the Confederacy
  3. politically motivated murder
  4. Name given to the new country that was given to the 11 states that seceded
  5. General of the Union Army
  6. African American soldier who received a Medal of Honor for saving the American Flag
  7. First shots fired in Civil War
  8. freeing of slaves
  9. Navy Seaman who won a Medal of Honor for his actions during Fort Fisher
  10. President of the Confederate States during the war
Down
  1. Lincoln's speech that praised the bravery of the Union's soldiers
  2. small town where Lee surrendered to Grant
  3. North's plan to cut off supplies to the South through Naval blockades
  4. The US
  5. Proclamation issued by Lincoln that freed all the slaves in areas still at war in the union
  6. President of the US during the Civil War
  7. Commander of the Confederate Army
  8. Bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War
  9. Formally withdraw from the union
  10. Founder of the American Red Cross

20 Clues: The US • freeing of slaves • General of the Union Army • politically motivated murder • First shots fired in Civil War • Commander of the Confederate Army • Formally withdraw from the union • Founder of the American Red Cross • States that did not join the Confederacy • President of the US during the Civil War • small town where Lee surrendered to Grant • ...

MODULE 1 TEST REVIEW 2023-09-01

MODULE 1 TEST REVIEW crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The North was called what during the war?
  2. Lincoln's Assassin
  3. Time period of rebuilding & readmitting the Southern states to the Union.
  4. Forced military service.
  5. The date of President Lincoln's ___________________ was April 15, 1865
  6. Plan proposed by Lincoln that required a state to have 10% of all voters in 1860 take an oath of loyalty.
  7. 18th President of the United States Union general during the Civil War.
  8. The South was called what during the war?
  9. White Southerners who joined the Republican Party.
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  1. Issued by President Lincoln; freed all slaves under Confederate control.
  2. Amendment that provided all races the right to vote.
  3. 16th President of the United States; tried to reunite the nation after the Civil War.
  4. Amendment that provided equal protection under the law.
  5. Amendment that abolished slavery.
  6. First African American U.S. Senator
  7. President who was impeached; took office on the death of Lincoln.
  8. A system in the South that was another version of slavery.
  9. Gave clothes & food to former slaves; set up schools and hospitals.
  10. A minority of Republicans in Congress.
  11. Northerners who moved South after the Civil War.

20 Clues: Lincoln's Assassin • Forced military service. • Amendment that abolished slavery. • First African American U.S. Senator • A minority of Republicans in Congress. • The North was called what during the war? • The South was called what during the war? • Northerners who moved South after the Civil War. • White Southerners who joined the Republican Party. • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2022-09-13

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sumter first battle in the civil war
  2. one third of union army
  3. how many more men did the north have
  4. refused salaries
  5. years how long the civil war lasted
  6. pushing for free slaves to be abroad
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  1. bloodiest war general
  2. war war more men died than any other war
  3. bloodiest battle
  4. who led a raid during the civil war to free slaves

10 Clues: bloodiest battle • refused salaries • bloodiest war general • one third of union army • how many more men did the north have • pushing for free slaves to be abroad • sumter first battle in the civil war • years how long the civil war lasted • who led a raid during the civil war to free slaves • war war more men died than any other war

Civil War 2013-02-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. July 21, 1861 South shocks the North in this battle
  2. the place where the Confederates surrender took place
  3. North wins in this event, completes Anaconda plan, South is split in two
  4. famous commander of the south who turned down a chance to command the north army
  5. the president of the north during the Civil war
  6. bloodiest day in American history
  7. lee ends Union threat in Va. With this battle
  8. 1st battle of the war
  9. another word for a draft
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  1. Turning point of the war
  2. the South
  3. a ship protected by iron armor
  4. April 12, 1862 the event that begins the Civil War
  5. a tax on earnings
  6. another name for the north
  7. the last name of the president of the South during the Civil war

16 Clues: the South • a tax on earnings • 1st battle of the war • Turning point of the war • another word for a draft • another name for the north • a ship protected by iron armor • bloodiest day in American history • lee ends Union threat in Va. With this battle • the president of the north during the Civil war • April 12, 1862 the event that begins the Civil War • ...