civil war Crossword Puzzles

Civil War 2013-02-13

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

16 Clues: the South • a tax on earnings • 1st battle of the war • another word for a draft • Turning point of the war • 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 • ...

England's Glorious Revolution 2024-12-04

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

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

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2022-03-09

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Laws limiting African Americans rights after the civil war
  2. O.M Roberts was _________ of the Texas secession convention
  3. To have no outside control (self governing).
  4. Fought under general Robert E. Lee
  5. Governor of Texas from 1861 to 1863
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  1. A person supporting union cause during civil war.
  2. To focus on one regions interests
  3. Commander of the Bayou City during the battle of Galveston.
  4. This book was one of the many reasons leading to the civil war.
  5. the battle of _________ was controlled by the union once and the confederacy twice.
  6. Enslaved workers built fortification along the coast for the battle of __________.
  7. Most people living here supported slavery in the civil war
  8. A former slave.
  9. how many more slaves did brazoria have then fort bend in 1845
  10. to revoke/reject a law

15 Clues: A former slave. • to revoke/reject a law • To focus on one regions interests • Fought under general Robert E. Lee • Governor of Texas from 1861 to 1863 • To have no outside control (self governing). • A person supporting union cause during civil war. • Laws limiting African Americans rights after the civil war • Most people living here supported slavery in the civil war • ...

Civil War 2022-03-04

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. who was a confederate general during the american civil war
  2. someone who thought that slavery was bad
  3. the position that the federal government should not interfere with the states exercising their constitutional power
  4. focus on the interest of ones region
  5. a formaly enslaved person
  6. who built the fortification along the coast
  7. the south that had slavery
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  1. how many times did the union control brownsville
  2. a person who supported the union cause during civil war
  3. a state that could vote on slavery
  4. free from outside control self governing
  5. rebuilding the south after civil war
  6. laws limiting the rights rights of african americans passed by southern governments after the civil war
  7. to leave the country
  8. how many times did the confederacy control brownsville

15 Clues: to leave the country • a formaly enslaved person • the south that had slavery • a state that could vote on slavery • rebuilding the south after civil war • focus on the interest of ones region • free from outside control self governing • someone who thought that slavery was bad • who built the fortification along the coast • how many times did the union control brownsville • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-14

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

20 Clues: capitol of the US • leading confederate general • plan for naval blockade of confederate littoral • 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 • ...

Causes of the Civil War (Canon) 2022-03-07

Causes of the Civil War (Canon) crossword puzzle
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  1. First to secede the union
  2. tax imposed by gov.
  3. Who won the war
  4. 16th president
  5. we the people
  6. How many years did the war last
  7. no slaves
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  1. john brown wanted a slave rebelion
  2. Where did the civil war end
  3. no slaves
  4. reasons for civil war
  5. wants slaves
  6. main reason for civ
  7. slave state
  8. popular sovergnty for slave/free state

15 Clues: no slaves • no slaves • slave state • wants slaves • we the people • 16th president • Who won the war • tax imposed by gov. • main reason for civ • reasons for civil war • First to secede the union • Where did the civil war end • How many years did the war last • john brown wanted a slave rebelion • popular sovergnty for slave/free state

Causes of the Civil War (Canon) 2022-03-07

Causes of the Civil War (Canon) crossword puzzle
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  1. First to secede the union
  2. tax imposed by gov.
  3. Who won the war
  4. 16th president
  5. we the people
  6. How many years did the war last
  7. no slaves
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  1. john brown wanted a slave rebelion
  2. Where did the civil war end
  3. no slaves
  4. reasons for civil war
  5. wants slaves
  6. main reason for civ
  7. slave state
  8. popular sovergnty for slave/free state

15 Clues: no slaves • no slaves • slave state • wants slaves • we the people • 16th president • Who won the war • tax imposed by gov. • main reason for civ • reasons for civil war • First to secede the union • Where did the civil war end • How many years did the war last • john brown wanted a slave rebelion • popular sovergnty for slave/free state

Causes of the Civil War (Canon) 2022-03-07

Causes of the Civil War (Canon) crossword puzzle
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  1. First to secede the union
  2. tax imposed by gov.
  3. Who won the war
  4. 16th president
  5. we the people
  6. How many years did the war last
  7. no slaves
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  1. john brown wanted a slave rebelion
  2. Where did the civil war end
  3. no slaves
  4. reasons for civil war
  5. wants slaves
  6. main reason for civ
  7. slave state
  8. popular sovergnty for slave/free state

15 Clues: no slaves • no slaves • slave state • wants slaves • we the people • 16th president • Who won the war • tax imposed by gov. • main reason for civ • reasons for civil war • First to secede the union • Where did the civil war end • How many years did the war last • john brown wanted a slave rebelion • popular sovergnty for slave/free state

Civil War Crossword 2020-02-26

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. He was a major architect in modern warfare
  2. It was a confederate military prison
  3. He was the ganeral and commander of the union Army
  4. He won a victory in the battle of Mobile Bay
  5. He was the 16th president
  6. He is known for his frontal assualt known as "Pickett's Charge"
  7. He was known as the "The Rock of Chickamauga"
  8. He was a Union general and railroad executive
  9. This proclamation stated "that all persons held as slaves are, and henceforward shall be free"
  10. He was the president of the confederate states
  11. The nation was divided by both side who agreed due to the vital victory here
  12. He surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the battle at Appomattox Court House
  13. His full name is James Ewell Brown Stuart
  14. He signed a treaty forcing tribal removal
  15. A battle between the Army of North Virginia and the Union was fought near this court house
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  1. His leadership in the Civil War benefitted in defeating the Confederate Army
  2. A convential steam frigate
  3. It was one of the major wars that started the American Civil War
  4. It was the battle on the land where the first battle of the Civil War took place
  5. He served 4 terms as the governor of Maine
  6. This plan was originally called Scott's Great Snake
  7. He was the only one in Congress to die in the Civil War
  8. 18th president of the United States
  9. This battle was the bloodiest of the American Civil War
  10. He recieved criticism for repeatedly failing to press his advantages over the Confederate troops
  11. He got his nickname Stonewall because of his stand in the first battle of bull run
  12. He had an injury in the Battle of the Wilderness that paralyzed his right arm
  13. It was the site of the first shot in the Civil War
  14. The capitol of Georgia
  15. It was a war ship built for the Union navy
  16. 23,000 soldiers were killed and it was the bloodiest day in American history

31 Clues: The capitol of Georgia • He was the 16th president • A convential steam frigate • 18th president of the United States • It was a confederate military prison • His full name is James Ewell Brown Stuart • He signed a treaty forcing tribal removal • He was a major architect in modern warfare • He served 4 terms as the governor of Maine • ...

Unit 5 2025-02-19

Unit 5 crossword puzzle
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  1. boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania taken as the northern limit for slave owning state before the abolition of slavery
  2. slaves
  3. a formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution or
  4. war between people of the same country
  5. Stirring up of rebellion against government
  6. shutting a port or roadway
  7. belief that one race is superior or inferior to another
  8. voting rights
  9. to freedom and citizenship after the Civil War
  10. enforced separation of races
  11. Time between formation of the US government and the outbreak of the american civil war
  12. Uncomplimentary nickname for a northern white who went to the south after the civil war to start a business or career
  13. a federal agency that helped formerly enslaved people
  14. rebuilding the south after the Civil War
  15. to cancel a federal law; to deprive of legal force
  16. Payment for war damages
  17. legal document
  18. southern laws that severely limited the rights of African Americans
  19. government pardon
  20. Tax placed on goods entering a country from another country
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  1. Ensuring that all people have the same rights
  2. law that excused a voter from a literacy test if is father or
  3. Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States
  4. Loyalty to a state or section rather than to the whole country
  5. Crow laws a set of state and local laws that enforced racial segregation
  6. deprive someone of the right to vote
  7. Amendment guarantees that the right to vote cannot be denied based on race,
  8. personal tax to be paid before voting
  9. had been eligible to vote on January 1, 1867
  10. Amendment guarantees equal civil and legal rights to all citizens, including
  11. To set free
  12. examination to see if a person can read and write; used in the past to
  13. or previous condition of servitude.
  14. person who wanted to end slavery
  15. A white
  16. To withdraw from a membership in a group

36 Clues: slaves • A white • To set free • voting rights • legal document • government pardon • Payment for war damages • shutting a port or roadway • enforced separation of races • person who wanted to end slavery • or previous condition of servitude. • deprive someone of the right to vote • personal tax to be paid before voting • war between people of the same country • ...

Reconstruction Period by: Christian Goggins 2018-02-15

Reconstruction Period by: Christian Goggins crossword puzzle
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  1. Turner was a minister, politician, and the 12th elected and consecrated bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). An African American, he was a pioneer in Georgia at organizing new congregations of the African Americans after the American Civil War.
  2. Plan/ Six weeks later, the assassination of Lincoln made him president. Johnson implemented his own form of Presidential Reconstruction – a series of proclamations directing the seceded states to hold conventions and elections to re-form their civil governments.
  3. A secret racist organization, formed in 1865, that worked to keep the freedmen from voting after the civil war.
  4. Plan Lincoln's blueprint for Reconstruction included the Ten-Percent Plan,which specified that a southern state could be readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters (from the voter rolls for the election of 1860) swore an oath of allegiance to the Union. ... Lincoln wanted to end the war quickly.
  5. Assembly The legislature of the state of Georgia; consists of a senate and a house of representatives.
  6. An amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, that granted citizenship to the former slaves and fordable the states from denying anyone the "equal protection of the law".
  7. Laws Laws passed in the south to establish "separate-but-equal" facilities for whites and for blacks.
  8. 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; he was assassinated in 1865.
  9. The legislative body of a country or state.
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  1. He was the 17th president of the United States serving from 1865-1869, he became president because at the time he was vice president at the time of Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
  2. A set of laws passed by Georgia, and most southern
  3. The period immediately after the civil war when the South rebuilt and the southern states reunited to the union.
  4. Plan In early 1866, Congressional Republicans, appalled by mass killing of ex-slaves and adoption of restrictive black codes, seized control of Reconstruction from President Johnson. ... The 14th Amendment also reduced representation in Congress of any southern state that deprived African Americans of the vote.
  5. Bureau A federal government organization established in 1865 that helped the newly freed slaves after the civil war.
  6. 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 animals.
  7. the civil war to restrict the rights of the freedmen.
  8. An amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1870, that extended the right to vote to all males.
  9. An amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1865, that made slavery illegal.
  10. An agricultural system common after the civil war where landless 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 harvest.

19 Clues: The legislative body of a country or state. • A set of laws passed by Georgia, and most southern • the civil war to restrict the rights of the freedmen. • An amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1865, that made slavery illegal. • Laws Laws passed in the south to establish "separate-but-equal" facilities for whites and for blacks. • ...

Grade 12 HISTORY Paper 1 2025-10-11

Grade 12 HISTORY Paper 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. A person who fights for independence and self-rule from colonial powers
  2. Political ideology promoting state ownership and equality, adopted by some leaders
  3. Southern state central to civil rights protests like Selma and Montgomery
  4. Belief that if one country fell to communism, others would follow like tiles
  5. Namibian liberation movement that fought against South African rule
  6. Militant group promoting Black empowerment and community defence in the 1960s
  7. Churchill’s 1946 speech warning of an “Iron Curtain” dividing Europe
  8. Toxic chemical used by the US in Vietnam to destroy jungle cover
  9. Peace agreement signed to end fighting in Angola in the 1990s
  10. Black nationalist who advocated self-defense and criticised non-violent protest
  11. Southern African country that experienced a long civil war after independence
  12. Cold War conflict where superpowers supported opposing sides without direct fighting
  13. Communist guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War
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  1. Movement demanding equal treatment and legal protection for African Americans
  2. Cold War competition to dominate outer space, sparked by Sputnik and NASA
  3. Peaceful student protests at segregated lunch counters in the 1960s Civil War – Armed conflict between groups within a country, often after independence
  4. Massacre of Vietnamese civilians by US troops in 1968, later exposed globally
  5. Military dictator of Zaire who ruled with authoritarian control
  6. Discrimination based on race, central issue in US civil rights struggles
  7. Leader of North Vietnam and symbol of Vietnamese resistance to US intervention
  8. Sudden, illegal seizures of government power, common in post-independence Africa
  9. Soviet leader who introduced glasnost and perestroika, ending the Cold War
  10. Angolan rebel leader who opposed MPLA and fought in the civil war
  11. Famous speech delivered during the 1963 March on Washington
  12. Civil rights leader who preached non-violence and led the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  13. Former name of the Democratic Republic of Congo under Mobutu
  14. State laws enforcing racial segregation in the southern USA
  15. US aid programme to rebuild Europe and contain communism after WWII
  16. Public action taken to promote social or political change

29 Clues: Public action taken to promote social or political change • Famous speech delivered during the 1963 March on Washington • State laws enforcing racial segregation in the southern USA • Former name of the Democratic Republic of Congo under Mobutu • Peace agreement signed to end fighting in Angola in the 1990s • ...

Civil War Crossword 2018-12-18

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Southern plan to use cotton production to get Britain to ally with them during the war.
  2. General Lee surrendered to General Grant here, ending the Civil War.
  3. An overwhelming force that seems to crush everything in its path.
  4. Destroying both civilian and military resources.
  5. Vice-President of the Confederate States of America.
  6. Destroy southern economy by naval blockade and control Mississippi River
  7. To enroll in the army.
  8. Be offensive and destroy Washington.
  9. Best commanding general of the Union army.
  10. 1862 bill encouraging Western migration by offering free land if five years of residence happened before receiving ownership of the land.
  11. The man who made the Anaconda war strategy.
  12. General of the Confederate army.
  13. The first shots of the civil war which made Lincoln ask for 75000 volunteers.
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  1. Constitutional protection against going to jail without evidence or trial.
  2. Term used to describe the United States before the outbreak of the Civil War.
  3. Term used when the people of a territory is able to decide for themselves if slavery should be allowed in their territory when it becomes a state.
  4. Bullet used during the Civil War to inflict more damage.
  5. Confederate charge during Gettysburg against the Union that was basically a suicide mission.
  6. An Escaped slave.
  7. 3-5% tax to pay for the costs of the war.
  8. Creator of the Red Cross.
  9. The actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  10. President of the Confederate States of America.
  11. President of the Union (United States)
  12. slave states that did not secede

25 Clues: An Escaped slave. • To enroll in the army. • Creator of the Red Cross. • slave states that did not secede • General of the Confederate army. • Be offensive and destroy Washington. • President of the Union (United States) • 3-5% tax to pay for the costs of the war. • The actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln • Best commanding general of the Union army. • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-13

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. compromised of 11 states that supported and protected the institution of slavery
  2. Person who shot Abraham Lincoln
  3. This battle was the deadliest one-day battle in American military history
  4. The goal of this plan was to defeat the rebellion by blockading southern ports and controlling the Mississippi River.
  5. How the military decided who would participate in the army
  6. President during the Civil War
  7. War between the north and the south
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  1. diplomatic methods employed by the South during the American Civil War to coerce Great Britain and France to support the Southern War
  2. States in the middle of the North and the South
  3. Union Lieutenant General
  4. Capitol of the U.S
  5. The battle that was considered the turning point for the Union.
  6. Where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant
  7. Side who won the Civil war which opposed slavery
  8. Battle of _____ was the first major land battle of the American Civil War

15 Clues: Capitol of the U.S • Union Lieutenant General • President during the Civil War • Person who shot Abraham Lincoln • War between the north and the south • States in the middle of the North and the South • Side who won the Civil war which opposed slavery • How the military decided who would participate in the army • ...

Civil War Crossword 2016-12-15

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Color of the South.
  2. This man was Vice President during the Civil War.
  3. Bloodiest day in American history.
  4. President Lincoln was from this state.
  5. In 1865 President Lincoln Was ____________.
  6. Most leaders in the war went to school here.
  7. This man killed our 16th President.
  8. The first attack of the Civil war was here.
  9. This man created the Scorched Earth Policy.
  10. Color of the North.
  11. Also known as the back end of a cannon.
  12. Lincoln's profession prior to becoming President.
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  1. This Civil War general would later become the 18th President.
  2. Batlle at which "Stonewall" Jackson received his nickname.
  3. The _________ Regiment was famous for being multicultural.
  4. Most women were this during the war.
  5. Bloodiest battle in American history.
  6. You would not want to be here if you were a prisoner.
  7. This is where General Lee surrendered (courthouse).
  8. This man was the first to receive the Medal of Honor
  9. This revolver was the first of its kind.
  10. This is the name of the first successful submarine.
  11. The disease you'd get from a lack of Vitamin C.
  12. Considered a "tie" battle.
  13. The only country to side solely with one side of the War.

25 Clues: Color of the South. • Color of the North. • Considered a "tie" battle. • Bloodiest day in American history. • This man killed our 16th President. • Most women were this during the war. • Bloodiest battle in American history. • President Lincoln was from this state. • Also known as the back end of a cannon. • This revolver was the first of its kind. • ...

Final Exam Study Guide 1: Civil War 2023-12-05

Final Exam Study Guide 1: Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. the Unions best general during the Civil War
  2. first state to leave the Union
  3. wanted to be its own country and keep slavery, the South
  4. name of the Union flag
  5. top commander of the confederate military forces
  6. General who wanted to destroy Confederacy material
  7. union soldiers
  8. location where the treaty that ended the Civil War was signed
  9. 16th president of the United States during the Civil war
  10. President Lincoln suspended this, a Latin term that means governments must show evidence to a court to arrest someone
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  1. speech given in Pennsylvania to honor the fallen who had lost their lives and was an important event in turning the tide of the war for the Union
  2. name of the Confederate war flag
  3. where President Lincoln was assassinated
  4. term to describe deaths and injuries which were a result from war
  5. state where Robert Lee was from
  6. person who assassinated President Lincoln
  7. Confederate president, very unorganized
  8. Confederate soldiers
  9. Ralph Waldo Emerson warned that the acquisition of this country, "will poison America"
  10. term used to describe when a state leaves the Union
  11. wanted to get rid of slavery, the North

21 Clues: union soldiers • Confederate soldiers • name of the Union flag • first state to leave the Union • state where Robert Lee was from • name of the Confederate war flag • Confederate president, very unorganized • wanted to get rid of slavery, the North • where President Lincoln was assassinated • person who assassinated President Lincoln • ...

The Civil War (1861-1865) Crossword Puzzle created by Billy Verhaegen, Period 2 2014-06-15

The Civil War (1861-1865) Crossword Puzzle created by Billy Verhaegen, Period 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. Union Generals wanted to occupy _________.
  2. A military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area.
  3. The North wanted to gain control of the ______river.
  4. Most ______ were located in the North.
  5. The civil war caused_________ within the nation.
  6. After the Union's defeat at Bull Run, Lincoln _____ McDowell.
  7. Wanted to raise 75,000 troops.
  8. Many ______ had historical impact in the Civil War.
  9. The _______ battle of the Civil War was at Bull Run.
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  1. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on ______1, 1863.
  2. Had 13,000 casualties at the Battle of Shiloh.
  3. The military term for "persons killed, wounded, or missing in action".
  4. The bloodies battle of the war
  5. On April 9, 1865 Confederates finally ______.
  6. After the Battle of _______, the war started to go bad for the union.
  7. Many citizens in the North _____ the Emancipation Proclamation.
  8. Warships covered with protective iron plates.
  9. Many black volunteered for the _______Army.
  10. An attempt to capture a place by surrounding it with military forces and cutting it off until the people inside surrender.
  11. A system of required military service.

20 Clues: The bloodies battle of the war • Wanted to raise 75,000 troops. • Most ______ were located in the North. • A system of required military service. • Union Generals wanted to occupy _________. • Many black volunteered for the _______Army. • On April 9, 1865 Confederates finally ______. • Warships covered with protective iron plates. • ...

Civil war crossword puzzle 2023-05-08

Civil war crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. A general best known for his "march to the sea.
  2. A place where military supplies are manufactured..
  3. Someone who opposed slavery.
  4. The southern part of the u.s's name
  5. Man who was president during the civil war.
  6. Historical term used by Southerners to describe Northerners who came to the South after the Civil War
  7. A commanding general who was known for his disrespect to Abe. Lincoln
  8. A man who tried to start a slave insurrection.
  9. A person killed or injured in a war or accident.
  10. To give up/to release control.
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  1. Where the treaty that ended the civil war was signed.
  2. Bloodiest battle of the war
  3. To leave an organization.
  4. The plan to blockade the south to block funding/resupply.
  5. A unit made up of soldiers on horses
  6. The northern part of the u.s's name
  7. A military unit,usually consisting of 300 to 1,000 soldiers
  8. The president of the confederacy.
  9. A knife that is fitted onto the end of a gun.
  10. People who worked without pay.

20 Clues: To leave an organization. • Bloodiest battle of the war • Someone who opposed slavery. • People who worked without pay. • To give up/to release control. • The president of the confederacy. • The northern part of the u.s's name • The southern part of the u.s's name • A unit made up of soldiers on horses • Man who was president during the civil war. • ...

Civil War 2021-11-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The side of the U.S. which was mainly confederate states.
  2. The first state to secede
  3. The month the civil war started
  4. Last name of U.S. President at the start of the civil war
  5. the number of president which Lincoln was.
  6. Last name of the Confederate President
  7. the last battle of the civil war.
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  1. The first battle of the Civil War
  2. The name of the proclamation made about slavery by Lincoln.
  3. The Main issue the civil war was fought over
  4. The side of the U.S. which was mainly Union states.

11 Clues: The first state to secede • The month the civil war started • The first battle of the Civil War • the last battle of the civil war. • Last name of the Confederate President • the number of president which Lincoln was. • The Main issue the civil war was fought over • The side of the U.S. which was mainly Union states. • ...

Civil War (1861-1865) Review 2023-01-06

Civil War (1861-1865) Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Lincoln suspended the writ of __________ for Southern sympathizers arrested during the war.
  2. Lincoln's ___________ Proclamation ended slavery in the Confederate States.
  3. The __________ States seceded from the Union.
  4. The attack on ___________ in 1861 was the first battle of the Civil War.
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  1. During the Election of 1864, Lincoln chose Andrew _________ to be his vice president.
  2. Jefferson _______ was the president of the Confederate States during the Civil War.
  3. General Sherman used _________ tactics to destroy Southern resources and morale during his "March to the Sea" in 1864.
  4. General Robert E. _____ was a major leader of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
  5. General Ulysses S. _______ was a major leader of the Union Army during the Civil War.
  6. The _______ States had slavery but remained part of the Union during the Civil War.
  7. The Battle of ___________ was a turning point in the war. After this battle, the South never again tried to invade the North.
  8. Winner of the Election of 1860
  9. After the ____________, Southern states began seceding from the Union.

13 Clues: Winner of the Election of 1860 • The __________ States seceded from the Union. • After the ____________, Southern states began seceding from the Union. • The attack on ___________ in 1861 was the first battle of the Civil War. • Lincoln's ___________ Proclamation ended slavery in the Confederate States. • ...

Civil War Vocab 2022-10-26

Civil War Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. also known as Peace Democrats, opposed Civil War and wanted a peace settlement with the Confederates
  2. a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown(Two words)
  3. The attack on _____ marked the start of the Civil War (Two words)
  4. help finance the war effort by increasing the demand for federal government debt and promote a stable uniform currency.(three words)
  5. produces the first wartime draft of U.S. citizens in American history
  6. was a steam frigate, best known as the hull upon which the ironclad warship CSS Virginia was constructed
  7. commemorating a new National Cemetery at Gettysburg gave lincoln the purpose of the abolition of slavery and the reunification of the states to push to win the Civil War (Two words)
  8. This was an ironclad warship built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War
  9. abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
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  1. Invented by Clara Barton. Motto was "Inter Arma Caritas" ("In war, Charity")
  2. one of the final battles of the American Civil War. Fought in Appomattox County.(Two words)
  3. Plan called for naval blockade, Winfield Scott(Two Words)
  4. Massacre in Tennessee,in which some 300 African-American soldiers were killed. (Two words)
  5. The financial requirements of the Civil War prompted the first American_________

14 Clues: Plan called for naval blockade, Winfield Scott(Two Words) • The attack on _____ marked the start of the Civil War (Two words) • produces the first wartime draft of U.S. citizens in American history • Invented by Clara Barton. Motto was "Inter Arma Caritas" ("In war, Charity") • abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. • ...

U.S History Crossword 2021-06-04

U.S History Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. someone who travels for religious reasons
  2. A system of government by all the eligible members of a state
  3. a system where the people and their elected officials run the government
  4. the introduction of something typically a new president in office or policy
  5. a state that leaves its union
  6. 1st president of the United States
  7. First name of the commander of the Union army during the civil war
  8. an English protester from the 16-1700's for religion purposes
  9. to make a place more urban
  10. 2nd president of the United States
  11. the first state to secede from the U.S
  12. first name of the president of the confederate states
  13. to officially cancel something
  14. name of the battle that got the colonists support from the French during the revolutionary war
  15. a system where colonies gave materials to support the mother country
  16. a person who moves from a foreign country to another
  17. to question something typically to remove someone from office
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  1. a farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent
  2. to treat someone poorly for their religion or race
  3. name of the British soldiers
  4. to make something invalid
  5. the name of the northern army during the civil war
  6. first name of the leader of the confederate army during the civil war
  7. the founding document of the U.S that established the national government
  8. a slave who got their freedom
  9. first English settlement in 1607
  10. the name of the southern army during the civil war
  11. the place where Robert E. Surrendered to end the Civil War
  12. to be in loyalty to a smaller region than to the entire union
  13. where a country develops lost of industries
  14. the item governments put on goods to make money
  15. to approve something typically a law
  16. the separation of people because of their race
  17. name of the plan the union used to separate the confederate side in two
  18. a plan to rebuild the south after the Civil War
  19. 16th president of the U.S
  20. a group of people that fight during emergencies

37 Clues: to make something invalid • 16th president of the U.S • to make a place more urban • name of the British soldiers • a slave who got their freedom • a state that leaves its union • to officially cancel something • first English settlement in 1607 • 1st president of the United States • 2nd president of the United States • to approve something typically a law • ...

Famous People of the Civil War Era 2024-01-26

Famous People of the Civil War Era crossword puzzle
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  1. Writer and speaker that helped make the American Abolitionist movement
  2. Writer of the popular novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
  3. Was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross
  4. Was the most important leader in the movement for African-American civil rights
  5. American advocate who made the first generation of American asylums
  6. Representative for NH and MA in the US Congress
  7. General officer who served for the Confederate States Army during the Civil War
  8. Tried suing for freedom which resulted in a prominent case
  9. Wrote "The Liberator" anti-slavery newspaper
  10. Accused of planning a major slave revolt in 1822
  11. Commanding General of the Union and served as the 18th president
  12. First lady of the United States until her husbands assassination
  13. Union commander in the first battle at Fort Sumpter
  14. American Lawyer and Politician from Illinois
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  1. US army officer that was most notable for serving in the Civil War and the Mexican-American war
  2. Enslaved African American who led a four-day rebellion
  3. Founding Father who served as the second president
  4. Statesman, Lawyer, and politician who became the 16th president
  5. Gave land to fugitive slaves and was a leader in the American Abolitionist movement
  6. Author, businessman, and soldier who was a Union general
  7. Career United States Army officer who served as a general in the Confederate States Army
  8. Confederate general in the American Civil War, also served in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican-American War
  9. Activist for African American civil rights and women's rights
  10. Stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  11. Accepted command of the first all-black regiment in the Northeast and served as a Union officer
  12. African American who organized multiple slave mission rescues after escaping enslavement
  13. Confederate General during the Civil War
  14. First president of the Confederate States from 1861-1865
  15. Appointed to Secretary of State by President John Adams
  16. Union general notable for defeat in the Second Battle at Bull Run

30 Clues: Confederate General during the Civil War • Stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln • Wrote "The Liberator" anti-slavery newspaper • American Lawyer and Politician from Illinois • Writer of the popular novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" • Representative for NH and MA in the US Congress • Accused of planning a major slave revolt in 1822 • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-05-10

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. battle that killed 23,000 people
  2. What was a northern plan to destroy the South economy?
  3. President elected in 1860
  4. Side in favor of ending slavery
  5. What was the first battle of the Civil War?
  6. Enslaved person that escaped or ran away to avoid forced labor.
  7. Person who wanted to get rid of slavery
  8. amount of confederate states
  9. A person that is wounded or killed during a battle
  10. A term used to describe people who supported the union
  11. Person forced to do labor for a master
  12. What was the main issue that led to the Civil War?
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  1. Who surrendered and signed to end the war?
  2. Process to enlist people in the military
  3. To reject or defeat something that has already been decided
  4. To kill someone for political reasons
  5. First state to secede from the union
  6. The amount of days Lincoln called in Soldiers for
  7. Bloodiest war out of all wars that took place.
  8. A small town in Southern Pennsylvania that hosted one of the biggest wars in the Civil War
  9. Which side was in favor of slavery?

21 Clues: President elected in 1860 • amount of confederate states • Side in favor of ending slavery • battle that killed 23,000 people • Which side was in favor of slavery? • First state to secede from the union • To kill someone for political reasons • Person forced to do labor for a master • Person who wanted to get rid of slavery • Process to enlist people in the military • ...

Causes of The Civil War 2024-12-03

Causes of The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. An agreement reached by mutual concession, which was often sought to resolve disputes over slavery and state rights in the early 19th century.
  2. The process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; specifically refers to the liberation of enslaved people.
  3. A person who advocated for the end of slavery, often involved in movements and actions to promote freedom for enslaved individuals.
  4. The theory that states have the right to invalidate any federal law they deem unconstitutional, which was a contentious issue leading to the Civil War.
  5. The coalition of Southern states that seceded from the Union, forming their own government during the Civil War.
  6. The act of withdrawing from a political union or organization, particularly the Southern states leaving the United States before the Civil War.
  7. A person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially one who escapes from slavery.
  8. An act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler, often in the context of the struggles against slavery and for civil rights.
  9. Loyalty to the interests of a particular region or section of the country rather than to the country as a whole, which heightened tensions before the Civil War.
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  1. A violent uprising against an authority or government, often relating to attempts to resist slavery or promote civil rights.
  2. Refers to the Northern states during the Civil War that remained loyal to the U.S. government.
  3. The period after the Civil War when the Southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union.
  4. The movement to end slavery and promote the emancipation of enslaved people.
  5. Referring to the period before the Civil War, particularly in the context of the social, political, and economic conditions of the time.
  6. A tax imposed on imported goods, often used to protect domestic industries but can lead to conflict between regions.

15 Clues: The movement to end slavery and promote the emancipation of enslaved people. • Refers to the Northern states during the Civil War that remained loyal to the U.S. government. • A person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially one who escapes from slavery. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2021-12-06

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. frees slaves in confederate states
  2. Location where the war begins
  3. side of war believing in unity/ending slavery
  4. president during the civil war
  5. the catalyst of the civil war
  6. blockade southern ports, control missisipi river, and capture capital
  7. battle marking the turning point
  8. slave states that decided to stay with the union
  9. amendment abolishing slavery
  10. fought by his own men
  11. commander fired for being too cautious
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  1. abraham lincolns assasinator
  2. the first major battle/bloodshed
  3. ships made to withstand army fire
  4. country both sides wanted aid from
  5. main speaker at the gettysburg address
  6. The commander of the confederacy
  7. side of war believing in secession/slavery
  8. riots lead in NYC by immigrants
  9. the strategy used by the union at vicksburg

20 Clues: fought by his own men • abraham lincolns assasinator • amendment abolishing slavery • Location where the war begins • the catalyst of the civil war • president during the civil war • riots lead in NYC by immigrants • the first major battle/bloodshed • battle marking the turning point • The commander of the confederacy • ships made to withstand army fire • ...

US History from Revolution to Civil War 2025-08-14

US History from Revolution to Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. — Abolitionist who raided Harpers Ferry
  2. — Compromise admitting Missouri as a slave state
  3. — The document declaring American independence
  4. — Supreme Court decision denying citizenship
  5. — South Carolina's threat over tariffs
  6. — Act allowing popular sovereignty on slavery
  7. — Location of first shots of the Civil War
  8. — Agreement including Fugitive Slave Law and California as free state
  9. — Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel
  10. — Tariff causing Southern protest
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  1. — Law banning slavery in Northwest Territory
  2. — Law requiring return of runaway slaves
  3. — The railroad helping enslaved people escape
  4. — Proclamation freeing slaves during Civil War
  5. — War adding large territories to U.S.
  6. — Event triggering Southern secession
  7. — First shots of Revolutionary War fired here
  8. — Battle symbolizing Texas fight for independence
  9. — War fought between the U.S. and Britain
  10. — Purchase from France doubling U.S. size

20 Clues: — Tariff causing Southern protest • — Event triggering Southern secession • — War adding large territories to U.S. • — South Carolina's threat over tariffs • — Abolitionist who raided Harpers Ferry • — Law requiring return of runaway slaves • — War fought between the U.S. and Britain • — Purchase from France doubling U.S. size • — Location of first shots of the Civil War • ...

Amendments LOL 2022-10-26

Amendments LOL crossword puzzle
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  1. Housing of Soldiers; part of bill of rights
  2. Women's suffrage; part of progressive amendments
  3. Freedom of speech, religion, and press; part of bill of rights
  4. Powers retained by the states and the people; part of bill of rights
  5. Civil Rights (Slaves are people); part of Civil war/reconstruction era
  6. Income taxes; part of progressive amendments
  7. Cruel and Unusual punishment; part of bill of rights
  8. Abolition of slavery; part of Civil war/reconstruction era
  9. rights of the Accused; part of bill of rights
  10. Right to bear arms (Guns); part of bill of rights
  11. Rights retained by the people--Any rights not listed in the Constitution are still protected; part of bill of rights
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  1. Direct election of senators; part of progressive amendments
  2. Rights to a fair trial; part of bill of rights
  3. Suffrage for 18 year olds
  4. Overturns prohibition
  5. African American Suffrage; part of Civil war/reconstruction era
  6. prohibition of liquor; part of progressive amendments
  7. Poll taxes repealed; a way of voter suppression
  8. Rights in civil cases (right to trial by jury); part of bill of rights
  9. Search and Seizure; part of bill of rights

20 Clues: Overturns prohibition • Suffrage for 18 year olds • Search and Seizure; part of bill of rights • Housing of Soldiers; part of bill of rights • Income taxes; part of progressive amendments • rights of the Accused; part of bill of rights • Rights to a fair trial; part of bill of rights • Poll taxes repealed; a way of voter suppression • ...

Unit 7 Conflict Crossword Puzzle 2021-02-08

Unit 7 Conflict Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. the election Lincoln won that began to cause unsettlement in the southern states which led to succession which led to the Civil War.
  2. a person who is not in the military
  3. the president of the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves.
  4. a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.
  5. the side that was made up of the northern states.
  6. the side that was made up of the southern states.
  7. a system of enforced servitude in which some people are owned by other people. This was the southern Lifestyle.
  8. a policy of not taking sides in a conflict, France did this for the Civil war.
  9. a Union general whose troops won several important battles on southern soil
  10. the formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation
  11. a slave who sued for their freedom after they argued that they became free when they lived in a free territory. (They caused the fugitive slave act)
  12. a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders
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  1. an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
  2. the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation. Abraham Lincoln did this for slaves.
  3. the first battle of the Civil War, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  4. a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States
  5. a law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military.
  6. a system of dots and dashes that represent the alphabet, which was used by Lincoln that changed the way battles were fought.
  7. a submarine of the Confederates, first combat submarine to sink an enemy warship.
  8. a place that troops stay, sometimes fought over during wars.
  9. a Confederate general who defeated the Union at the Second Battle of Bull Run. Although he eventually surrendered to a certain Union general, thus ending the war.
  10. a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country.
  11. a large farm worked by slaves, the main source of economy for the south.
  12. the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  13. a place where ships load and unload their goods

25 Clues: a person who is not in the military • a place where ships load and unload their goods • the side that was made up of the northern states. • the side that was made up of the southern states. • the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War • a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States • the formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation • ...

Civil War Vocab 2022-10-26

Civil War Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. also known as Peace Democrats, opposed Civil War and wanted a peace settlement with the Confederates
  2. a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown(Two words)
  3. The attack on _____ marked the start of the Civil War (Two words)
  4. help finance the war effort by increasing the demand for federal government debt and promote a stable uniform currency.(three words)
  5. produces the first wartime draft of U.S. citizens in American history
  6. was a steam frigate, best known as the hull upon which the ironclad warship CSS Virginia was constructed
  7. commemorating a new National Cemetery at Gettysburg gave lincoln the purpose of the abolition of slavery and the reunification of the states to push to win the Civil War (Two words)
  8. This was an ironclad warship built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War
  9. abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
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  1. Invented by Clara Barton. Motto was "Inter Arma Caritas" ("In war, Charity")
  2. one of the final battles of the American Civil War. Fought in Appomattox County.(Two words)
  3. Plan called for naval blockade, Winfield Scott(Two Words)
  4. Massacre in Tennessee,in which some 300 African-American soldiers were killed. (Two words)
  5. The financial requirements of the Civil War prompted the first American_________

14 Clues: Plan called for naval blockade, Winfield Scott(Two Words) • The attack on _____ marked the start of the Civil War (Two words) • produces the first wartime draft of U.S. citizens in American history • Invented by Clara Barton. Motto was "Inter Arma Caritas" ("In war, Charity") • abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. • ...

Causes of the Civil War (Canon) 2022-03-07

Causes of the Civil War (Canon) crossword puzzle
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  1. First to secede the union
  2. tax imposed by gov.
  3. Who won the war
  4. 16th president
  5. we the people
  6. How many years did the war last
  7. no slaves
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  1. john brown wanted a slave rebelion
  2. Where did the civil war end
  3. no slaves
  4. reasons for civil war
  5. wants slaves
  6. main reason for civ
  7. slave state
  8. popular sovergnty for slave/free state

15 Clues: no slaves • no slaves • slave state • wants slaves • we the people • 16th president • Who won the war • tax imposed by gov. • main reason for civ • reasons for civil war • First to secede the union • Where did the civil war end • How many years did the war last • john brown wanted a slave rebelion • popular sovergnty for slave/free state

The Civil War 2025-05-12

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Compromise 1820 agreement balancing slave and free states.
  2. Political party of Abraham Lincoln.
  3. A type of warship used during the Civil War, covered with iron plates.
  4. Davis President of the Confederate States.
  5. The act of freeing slaves.
  6. The Northern states during the Civil War.
  7. To withdraw formally
  8. Union victory that gave the North control of the Mississippi River.
  9. Admitted as a free state in 1850.
  10. 16th President of the United States who led the Union during the Civil War
  11. A major turning point battle fought in Pennsylvania in 1863.Lee never invaded the North again.
  12. The location where Lee surrendered to Grant in 1865.
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  1. Name of the fort that Confederacy attacked because it guarded Charleston Harbor.
  2. A person who has escaped from slavery.
  3. Loyalty to the interests of one's own region rather than the country as a whole.
  4. Book that made most Northerners realize they could no longer ignore slavery.
  5. The Southern states that seceded from the Union.
  6. A war between different groups within the same country.
  7. Corpus Abraham Lincoln suspended this because he felt draft rioters were a threat to public safety.
  8. Nebraska Act 1854 law that allowed popular sovereignty to decide slavery in new territories.
  9. Scott Slave who sued for his freedom, leading to a major Supreme Court decision.
  10. Leading cause of death during the Civil War.
  11. The bloodiest single-day battle in American history.
  12. Run Battle that proved the war would not end quickly..

24 Clues: To withdraw formally • The act of freeing slaves. • Admitted as a free state in 1850. • Political party of Abraham Lincoln. • A person who has escaped from slavery. • The Northern states during the Civil War. • Davis President of the Confederate States. • Leading cause of death during the Civil War. • The Southern states that seceded from the Union. • ...

Civics and Supreme Court 2025-04-04

Civics and Supreme Court crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Name of the South during Civil War
  2. This Act gave benefits, overtime and limited work hours to the working class
  3. Marbury v. (Blank)
  4. Missouri and (blank) were admitted into the United States at the same time
  5. William Marbury demanded this court order after Madison refused to hand over his documents
  6. a fee one pays to vote
  7. The name of the time after the Civil War
  8. The right to vote
  9. Law that returned the right to vote to white southerners
  10. The 15th Amendment granted this right to black men
  11. Name of man in Supreme Court case fighting to end segregation
  12. The Law that were named after this person that segregated schools, playgrounds and restaurants
  13. Name of elastic clause
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  1. name of slave who fought for freedom after crossing over into the free states
  2. This branch determines whether something is unconstitutional
  3. Amendment that states all naturalized and native born citizens of American have equal rights
  4. Oil refineries began popping up in states like Louisiana and (Blank)
  5. Last name of President after the end of the Civil War
  6. James Madison served as this position under Thomas Jefferson
  7. Name of the North during the Civil War
  8. This amendment eliminated slavery
  9. To take away someone's right to vote
  10. Required voters to read and explain the Constitution
  11. "Lunch Atop a (Blank)"
  12. Industries that sprang up in the South after the civil war
  13. What was the topic of discussion in the Supreme Court Case, Engel v. Vitale
  14. President after John Adams

27 Clues: The right to vote • Marbury v. (Blank) • a fee one pays to vote • "Lunch Atop a (Blank)" • Name of elastic clause • President after John Adams • This amendment eliminated slavery • Name of the South during Civil War • To take away someone's right to vote • Name of the North during the Civil War • The name of the time after the Civil War • ...

Civics 1-25 2024-01-29

Civics 1-25 crossword puzzle
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  1. Religious __________, reason colonists came to America
  2. Location of Statue of Liberty
  3. ___________ Americans who lived in America before the Europeans arrived
  4. _________-American war, fought by US in 1800's
  5. Father of our country
  6. In charge of Executive Branch
  7. Ocean on east coast
  8. Led America in civil war
  9. Reason colonists fight British
  10. Wrote the Declaration of Independence
  11. Month deadline for taxes
  12. National Anthem the The Star-Spangled _________
  13. Independency day
  14. Loyalty to in pledge of allegiance
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  1. Represented by 13 stripes
  2. One of the two longest rivers in the United States
  3. Martin Luther _________, Fought for civil rights
  4. First President of the United States
  5. 50 stars for each__________
  6. Susan B, fought for women's rights
  7. War between north and south
  8. _________ day, US National Holiday
  9. Native American tribe
  10. US opponent in WW2, Italy, Japan, and _______

24 Clues: Independency day • Ocean on east coast • Native American tribe • Father of our country • Led America in civil war • Month deadline for taxes • Represented by 13 stripes • 50 stars for each__________ • War between north and south • Location of Statue of Liberty • In charge of Executive Branch • Reason colonists fight British • Susan B, fought for women's rights • ...

Module 5 Crossword Puzzle 2023-10-16

Module 5 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. 16th President of the United States (elected 1860): saved the Union with no military experience during the Civil War
  2. 1862 law that required states to use conscription to fill their regiments if necessary
  3. Foreign event involving Union seizure of British ship with Confederate diplomats; tensions between Britain & US eased w/ Lincoln's negotiations
  4. Military conflict involving enormous armies that utilize the technologies of the Industrial Revolution.
  5. He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War, captured key river forts Fort Henry and Fort Donelson among many other battles. Also was the 18th president of the US.
  6. this gun replaced the smoothbore musket, as it was quicker to load and could shoot much faster
  7. Union general who planned to block southern ports and take control of the Mississippi River, adopted the Anaconda Plan. Was also a war hero of the Mexican-American War
  8. General in the Confederate army, led Confederate army in the 1st Battle of Bull Run
  9. Army of the __________ was the name for the major Union force deployed near Washington, commanded by General McClellan during the Civil War.
  10. a failed confederate attack during the Civil War led by general George Pickett at the Battle of Gettysburg.
  11. Battle in 1863: Union gains control of Mississippi, confederacy split in two, Grant takes lead of Union armies, total war begins
  12. Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force
  13. the process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war Confederacy the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  14. Union General who led troops to defeat in the battle of Bull Run
  15. a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from tunnels dug into the earth
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  1. Warships owned and commanded by the Confederates but built in British shipyards
  2. Union General. Replaced McClellan for the Battle at Fredericksburg on Dec. 1862; wasn't prepared for battle and brought defeat to the Union
  3. Civil War battle in which the North succeeded in halting Lee's Confederate forces in Maryland. Was the bloodiest battle of the war resulting in 25,000 casualties
  4. President of the Confederate States of America prior to and during the Civil War.
  5. A union general who was more cautious than his predecessor, built a strong army but was reluctant to use it over the winter of 1861-1862
  6. a war based on wearing down or outlasting the other side with constant attacks and heavy losses
  7. a strategy adopted by the Union to recruit soldiers through large sums of money, or a bonus, for joining
  8. A war that involves the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, even those remote from the battlefields.
  9. a situation where men are chosen and forced to join the army; a military draft
  10. First "real" battle of the Civil War, it was expected by Union officials to be short but ended up a Confederate victory
  11. Union's plan to squeeze the life out of the Confederacy by using a naval blockade to cut off resources and splitting the Confederacy into two parts via the Mississippi River
  12. Battle that was a turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.
  13. Union Chief during start of the Civil War that was responsible for the distribution of weapons and munitions. He opposed the use of Repeating Rifles because they would waste ammunition, but they were needed by cavalry units
  14. Famous as the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant

29 Clues: Union General who led troops to defeat in the battle of Bull Run • a situation where men are chosen and forced to join the army; a military draft • Warships owned and commanded by the Confederates but built in British shipyards • a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from tunnels dug into the earth • ...

Chapter 21 The Civil War Chapter Review 2024-03-20

Chapter 21 The Civil War Chapter Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The idea that the north used to destroy the south and everything in their path.
  2. The famous black regiment that fought in the Civil War was from this state
  3. What we called the two ships that battled in the river when cannonballs bounced off them
  4. Rose Greenhow was a _____ who smuggled secrets in young girl's curls of the enemies plans
  5. The President of the confederacy
  6. The capital of the confederacy
  7. This battle was considered the turning point in the war
  8. This freed the slaves the slaves in the southern states only
  9. When you were forced to join the army cause they needed volunteers
  10. The union's plan to beat the confederacy had three parts and was called the _______plan
  11. The Southern states threatened to do this if the Union did not give them what they want
  12. The city on the Mississippi that the north won after the southern people inside the hill ran out of supplies
  13. The full name of the southern general that surrendered at the end of the Civil War
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  1. This is the last name of the person who ran against Lincoln for the presidency the second time
  2. The famous speech that Lincoln gave during the war
  3. When the northern states stopped items from being shipped out
  4. The confederate army surrendered at the city of ________Courthouse
  5. The name we call the southern states during the war
  6. President of the Union
  7. The bloodiest day in the Civil war
  8. The bloodiest battle in the Civil War
  9. The name we call the northern states during the war
  10. The City the battle of Bull Run took place in
  11. The south was fighting this type of war which meant they could stay home

24 Clues: President of the Union • The capital of the confederacy • The President of the confederacy • The bloodiest day in the Civil war • The bloodiest battle in the Civil War • The City the battle of Bull Run took place in • The famous speech that Lincoln gave during the war • The name we call the southern states during the war • ...

Civil War Crossword 2021-12-06

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. frees slaves in confederate states
  2. Location where the war begins
  3. side of war believing in unity/ending slavery
  4. president during the civil war
  5. the catalyst of the civil war
  6. blockade southern ports, control missisipi river, and capture capital
  7. battle marking the turning point
  8. slave states that decided to stay with the union
  9. amendment abolishing slavery
  10. fought by his own men
  11. commander fired for being too cautious
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  1. abraham lincolns assasinator
  2. the first major battle/bloodshed
  3. ships made to withstand army fire
  4. country both sides wanted aid from
  5. main speaker at the gettysburg address
  6. The commander of the confederacy
  7. side of war believing in secession/slavery
  8. riots lead in NYC by immigrants
  9. the strategy used by the union at vicksburg

20 Clues: fought by his own men • abraham lincolns assasinator • amendment abolishing slavery • Location where the war begins • the catalyst of the civil war • president during the civil war • riots lead in NYC by immigrants • the first major battle/bloodshed • battle marking the turning point • The commander of the confederacy • ships made to withstand army fire • ...

Civil War 2024-11-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Number of Union states
  2. Number of Confederate states
  3. Reason why War started
  4. Northern Army
  5. Southern Army
  6. 16th President
  7. State that decides slavery
  8. Confederate Capital
  9. Union Capital
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  1. Abraham political party
  2. President of the Confederate States
  3. Civil War Weapon
  4. When states left the union
  5. State that decides slavery
  6. How long was the Civil War
  7. Where the gold rush happened

16 Clues: Northern Army • Southern Army • Union Capital • 16th President • Civil War Weapon • Confederate Capital • Number of Union states • Reason why War started • Abraham political party • When states left the union • State that decides slavery • How long was the Civil War • State that decides slavery • Number of Confederate states • Where the gold rush happened • President of the Confederate States

Civil War Crossword 2021-05-21

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Deadliest one day battle of the Civil War.
  2. This was one of Lincoln’s last resorts during the war, although it didn’t do what it said it would, it did ensure that Britain would never assist the Confederacy in the war.
  3. Union general who was serving at Battle of Antietam.
  4. This is the city that controlled the last part of the Mississippi River that the Union had no control over, but then formed a plan to gain full control over the Mississippi River.
  5. Constitutional Protection against unlawful imprisonment.
  6. Confederate general who served at Battle of Bull Run and Battle of Antietam.
  7. The March of Union soldiers raiding and destroying Confederate citizens’ property and towns in order to complete phase one of Lincoln’s plan to attack Richmond.
  8. This was the leading military general of Confederacy.
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  1. The act of surrounding a town or city with cannon fire so no one can get in or out and waiting for your enemy to surrender or die from starvation.
  2. This was the most brutal and deadly battles of the Civil War
  3. When the government or military are sent to control a state or a town.
  4. This occurs when the army of your country is in need of soldiers and you signed a contract that states that if your country is in need you will come and serve.
  5. A protective cover used on warships made from iron.
  6. This is what the north was referred to during the Civil War.
  7. Northern Democrats who were against the war.
  8. The war that broke out after the Southern states seceded, where the original goal for the North was to reunite the country but later on the goal was to free the slaves.
  9. This is what the South was called during the Civil War.
  10. This was the top military general in the Union.
  11. This was the event where many people gathered to celebrate the lives of the many soldiers that lost their lives during the most brutal battle of the Civil War.
  12. An order or command given by the president that doesn’t need congressional approval.

20 Clues: Deadliest one day battle of the Civil War. • Northern Democrats who were against the war. • This was the top military general in the Union. • A protective cover used on warships made from iron. • Union general who was serving at Battle of Antietam. • This was the leading military general of Confederacy. • This is what the South was called during the Civil War. • ...

Layered Learning Civil War Crossword 2026-02-27

Layered Learning Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. This Confederate ironclad warship battled the Union Monitor.
  2. This Pennsylvania battle marked a major turning point in the Civil War.
  3. This Union officer played a crucial role in defending Little Round Top at Gettysburg.
  4. This presidential order declared freedom for enslaved people in Confederate-held territory.
  5. This South Carolina fort’s bombardment began the Civil War.
  6. This aggressive Union cavalry commander helped bring victory in the Shenandoah Valley.
  7. This Union general was known for his distinctive facial hair and leadership at Fredericksburg.
  8. This Virginia site marked the surrender of Robert E. Lee’s army.
  9. This Union strategy aimed to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River.
  10. The sixteenth president of the United States, and led the Union through the Civil War.
  11. This 1862 battle in Maryland remains the bloodiest single day in American history.
  12. This Mississippi campaign gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
  13. This Union ironclad warship fought in a historic naval battle.
  14. This Confederate general led a failed assault at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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  1. This Confederate prison camp became infamous for harsh conditions and suffering.
  2. This Union general organized and trained the Army of the Potomac early in the war.
  3. This Confederate general commanded the Army of Northern Virginia for most of the war.
  4. This Union general led a destructive march across Georgia late in the war.
  5. This Union general commanded the Army of the Potomac before the Battle of Gettysburg.
  6. The president of the Confederacy, led the South during the Civil War.
  7. This Union general eventually became the overall commander of Union forces and later president.
  8. This Union naval officer captured New Orleans and famously declared determination under fire.
  9. This 1862 battle in Tennessee produced heavy casualties and surprised Union forces.
  10. This Confederate cavalry commander was famous for reconnaissance missions and bold raids.
  11. This early Civil War battle near Manassas shocked both sides with unexpected intensity.
  12. This Union general was known as the “Rock of Chickamauga” for his strong defensive stand.
  13. This Confederate general earned the nickname “Stonewall” for his steadfast defense at First Bull Run.
  14. This Union senator from Oregon, was killed early in the war at Ball’s Bluff.
  15. This Cherokee leader allied with the Confederacy during the Civil War.
  16. This major Georgia city fell to Union forces in 1864.
  17. This Confederate general served as one of Robert E. Lee’s most trusted corps commanders.

31 Clues: This major Georgia city fell to Union forces in 1864. • This South Carolina fort’s bombardment began the Civil War. • This Confederate ironclad warship battled the Union Monitor. • This Union ironclad warship fought in a historic naval battle. • This Virginia site marked the surrender of Robert E. Lee’s army. • ...

civil war 2022-03-03

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. inaugural, Lincoln urged people to "bind up the nation's wounds" caused by the Civil war and to
  2. Lee, commanded the army of the Northern Virginia.
  3. Grant, an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United
  4. toward a lasting peace.
  5. a city where a battle was fought from july 1 to july 3 in 1863.
  6. an American soldier who served as a general in the Union army.
  7. Corpus, a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or intp court.
  8. war.
  9. 1865.
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  1. Davis, was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederates states from 1861
  2. Sumter, the place of the attack that marked the official beginning of the Civil War.
  3. a city where it gave the Union control of the Mississippi river in the Civil War.
  4. Jackson, was one of the South's most successful general during the American Civil War.
  5. was used as a center for military operations and as a supply route by the confederate army during the
  6. proclamation, an order by president Lincoln to free slaves in 10 states.

15 Clues: war. • 1865. • toward a lasting peace. • Lee, commanded the army of the Northern Virginia. • an American soldier who served as a general in the Union army. • a city where a battle was fought from july 1 to july 3 in 1863. • proclamation, an order by president Lincoln to free slaves in 10 states. • ...

Social studies project 2025-01-02

Social studies project crossword puzzle
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  1. – The Northern states that remained loyal to the U.S. government and fought against the Confederacy.
  2. – The site of a pivotal 1863 battle and the location of Lincoln’s famous address.
  3. – The assassin who killed President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
  4. – The collection of 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States.
  5. – The place where the Confederate Army formally surrendered to the Union, ending the Civil War.
  6. – The 13th Constitutional Amendment, which ended slavery in the United States.
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  1. – The Union Army’s general who eventually became the 18th President of the United States.
  2. – The location where the Civil War began, with the first shots fired.
  3. – Lincoln’s executive order that declared slaves in Confederate-held territory free.
  4. – The site of the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, fought in 1862.
  5. – A Civil War nurse who went on to found the American Red Cross.
  6. – An abolitionist and leader of the Underground Railroad, also a Union spy.
  7. – The 16th President of the United States who led the Union during the Civil War.
  8. – The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
  9. – The commanding general of the Confederate Army.

15 Clues: – The commanding general of the Confederate Army. • – The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War. • – The assassin who killed President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. • – A Civil War nurse who went on to found the American Red Cross. • – The location where the Civil War began, with the first shots fired. • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2015-12-17

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Run The First Major Battle Of The American Civil War.
  2. Whitney Invented the cotton gin.
  3. Toms Cabin A written novel by Harriet.
  4. Davis The first and only President of the Confederate States of America.
  5. The Battle was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside.
  6. Sumter A battle that started the American Civil War.
  7. No supplies can get in or out of a port because ships are blocking it.
  8. A sunken ship that was rebuilt into iron.
  9. The sunken ship that was rebulit into an ironclad.
  10. The term used to refer to the United States of America, and specifically to the national government and the 20 free states and five border slave states that supported it.
  11. A person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
  12. Cotton A phrase frequently used by Southern politicians and authors prior to the American Civil War, indicating the economic and political importance of cotton production.
  13. Ships that could resist cannon fire.
  14. The plant that is commercially grown for cotton products. Oil and a protein-rich flour are also obtained from the seeds.
  15. Africans brought from Africa to be servants, treated similar to horses and working livestock.
  16. Bucks
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  1. Sovereignty A doctrine, held chiefly by the opponents of the abolitionists, that the people living in a territory should be free of federal interference in determining domestic policy, especially with respect to slavery.
  2. Kansas Abolitionists and slave owners would kill each other to change the vote for the territory.
  3. The group of 11 southern states that separated themselves from the U.S. during the American Civil War.
  4. slavery Children born to slaves were automatically slaves for life.
  5. Run Creek A creek between the two capitols.
  6. People who wanted to end slavery.
  7. War A war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy.
  8. Wenchs
  9. underground railroad People helped slaves escape to he Northern states and to Canada.
  10. A native or inhabitant of a northern U.S. state, especially of one of the northeastern states that sided with the Union in the American Civil War.
  11. E Lee A military officer in the U.S. Army, a West Point commandant and the legendary general of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
  12. Tubman Famous guider.
  13. Lincoln 16th U.S President.

29 Clues: Bucks • Wenchs • Tubman Famous guider. • Lincoln 16th U.S President. • Whitney Invented the cotton gin. • People who wanted to end slavery. • Ships that could resist cannon fire. • Toms Cabin A written novel by Harriet. • A sunken ship that was rebuilt into iron. • Run Creek A creek between the two capitols. • The sunken ship that was rebulit into an ironclad. • ...

Unit 7 Conflict Crossword Puzzle 2021-02-08

Unit 7 Conflict Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. the side that was made up of the northern states.
  2. a submarine of the Confederates, first combat submarine to sink an enemy warship.
  3. a system of dots and dashes that represent the alphabet, which was used by Lincoln that changed the way battles were fought.
  4. a system of enforced servitude in which some people are owned by other people. This was the southern Lifestyle.
  5. a place where ships load and unload their goods
  6. a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country.
  7. an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
  8. a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States
  9. a place that troops stay, sometimes fought over during wars.
  10. a person who is not in the military
  11. a policy of not taking sides in a conflict, France did this for the Civil war.
  12. a slave who sued for their freedom after they argued that they became free when they lived in a free territory. (They caused the fugitive slave act)
  13. a Union general whose troops won several important battles on southern soil
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  1. a Confederate general who defeated the Union at the Second Battle of Bull Run. Although he eventually surrendered to a certain Union general, thus ending the war.
  2. the election Lincoln won that began to cause unsettlement in the southern states which led to succession which led to the Civil War.
  3. the side that was made up of the southern states.
  4. the president of the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves.
  5. the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  6. the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation. Abraham Lincoln did this for slaves.
  7. a large farm worked by slaves, the main source of economy for the south.
  8. a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.
  9. the first battle of the Civil War, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  10. a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders
  11. the formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation
  12. a law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military.

25 Clues: a person who is not in the military • a place where ships load and unload their goods • the side that was made up of the southern states. • the side that was made up of the northern states. • the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War • a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States • the formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation • ...

History Chapter 7 2023-12-12

History Chapter 7 crossword puzzle
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  1. president of the Confederate states
  2. – document declaring that all the slaves were free in states that had left the Union
  3. – Supreme Court decisions that allowed slavery in the U.S. Territories
  4. – battle that gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River cutting the Confederacy in half
  5. – 13th president became president when Taylor died
  6. – divided a section of western land into Kansas a slave state and Nebraska a free state
  7. – to withdraw or leave the Union
  8. Union ironclad ship
  9. – law requiring people in free northern states to return runaway slaves to the south
  10. – 12th United States President whose nickname was “Old Rough and Ready”
  11. – war fought between the Union and Confederate States of America
  12. – Agreement that attempted to balance power in the Senate between slave and free states
  13. American Civil War began
  14. – three minute speech by President Lincoln that honored both Union and Confederate soldiers
  15. Confederate ironclad ship
  16. – turning point of the Civil War
  17. – where Abraham Lincoln was assassination
  18. – abolitionists and former slave
  19. – 16th president first republican president
  20. – Commander of the Confederate Army
  21. – deadliest battle of the Civil War
  22. – 11 states that withdrew from the Union to form their own country
  23. – final capital of the Confederate states of America
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  1. law that put a stop to bringing enslaved people to America to be sold
  2. – person who believed slavery should be abolished or ended
  3. abolitionists and author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  4. – former slave who led over 70 slaves to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad
  5. – Confederate General and the most remembered solder at the First Battle of Bull Run
  6. – constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery in the United States
  7. Virginia – location of the surrender of Robert E Lee and the Confederate Army to Ulysses S Grant and the Union Army
  8. – Union General whose march to the sea destroyed the Southern towns and led to the end of the Civil War
  9. – 14th president signed the Kansas Nebraska Act
  10. – Actor who Shot President Lincoln
  11. – first major Civil War Battle won by the south
  12. commander of all the Union armies
  13. 15th president last president before the Civil War
  14. – secret routes leading to free Northern States and Canada
  15. – early commander of the Union Army of the Potomac
  16. – fort in Charleston South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
  17. – political party founded on the belief that slavery should not be allowed in the United States Territories

40 Clues: Union ironclad ship • American Civil War began • Confederate ironclad ship • – to withdraw or leave the Union • – turning point of the Civil War • – abolitionists and former slave • commander of all the Union armies • – Actor who Shot President Lincoln • president of the Confederate states • – Commander of the Confederate Army • – deadliest battle of the Civil War • ...

Civil War Crossword 2016-05-13

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The place where the treaty of the Mexican american war was signed
  2. The man who bought the Louisianna purchase
  3. A fort in South Carolina
  4. The battle with the highest death count
  5. The president of the Confederate states
  6. Slang for texan settlers
  7. The secret routes used to smuggle slaves to the north
  8. The southern faction in the civil war
  9. The author of Uncle Tom
  10. The popular rifle of the era
  11. The slave who sued his master for freedom in the supreme court
  12. The controversial novel about a slave written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  13. The period after the civil war
  14. The famous female conductor of the Underground Railroad
  15. Agents tasked by mexico to sell land
  16. The decisive battle of the Texan Revolution
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  1. The most famous Union general
  2. The act that made kidnapping of african americans legal
  3. A famous war hero from the Texan revolution who has a city named after him
  4. The religious belief that the North American continent needed to be settled by Americans.
  5. The contested territory in the Texan revolution
  6. The declaration that Lincoln made that the slaves were free
  7. The Famous last stand of the Texan Revolution
  8. People naturally from a region
  9. The most famous civil war general
  10. people heading west in search of gold
  11. The northern faction in the civil war
  12. People looking for land to settle
  13. The president of mexico
  14. The first major battle to take place on Union soil

30 Clues: The author of Uncle Tom • The president of mexico • A fort in South Carolina • Slang for texan settlers • The popular rifle of the era • The most famous Union general • People naturally from a region • The period after the civil war • The most famous civil war general • People looking for land to settle • Agents tasked by mexico to sell land • The southern faction in the civil war • ...

Reconstruction By: Kaija Kinnunen 2014-01-09

Reconstruction By: Kaija Kinnunen crossword puzzle
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  1. when the reconstruction period ended
  2. Alaska's former nickname
  3. invented the telephone in 1876
  4. took over presidency after Andrew Johnson was impeached
  5. the southern president during the Civil War
  6. who terrorized blacks who voted
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  1. Northern president during the Civil War
  2. what was Lincoln's plan for reconstruction
  3. where the Civil War ended
  4. Abraham Lincolns Vice President
  5. the turning point in the Civil War

11 Clues: Alaska's former nickname • where the Civil War ended • invented the telephone in 1876 • Abraham Lincolns Vice President • who terrorized blacks who voted • the turning point in the Civil War • when the reconstruction period ended • Northern president during the Civil War • what was Lincoln's plan for reconstruction • the southern president during the Civil War • ...

Civil War Choice Menu 2020-12-17

Civil War Choice Menu crossword puzzle
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  1. part of the US that encouraged slavery
  2. Largest Union defeat in the Western theater of the Civil War
  3. Sherman marched this to destroy any advantages the enemy has in war
  4. Proclamation that gave the South a deadline to surrender
  5. part of the US that abolished slavery in their territory
  6. slave who sued for his freedom
  7. state that was heavily involved in Civil War
  8. led several movements to capture territory
  9. taxes that started to get charged to the citizens
  10. states withdrawing from the Union
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  1. The compromise that made California a state
  2. believed state governments should get more attention than the national government
  3. President who ended slavery
  4. Missorui became a state in the Union as long as Maine joined too
  5. event that discussed South's dedication to the compromise
  6. campaign Sherman lead this to capture Atlanta
  7. main cause of the Civil War
  8. Blockade tried to stop trade between South and England
  9. plan to "choke" transportation routes
  10. Prison that mistreated its soldiers

20 Clues: President who ended slavery • main cause of the Civil War • slave who sued for his freedom • states withdrawing from the Union • Prison that mistreated its soldiers • plan to "choke" transportation routes • part of the US that encouraged slavery • led several movements to capture territory • The compromise that made California a state • ...

Ch. 2-13 Crossword – Brendan Battle 2013-12-16

Ch. 2-13 Crossword – Brendan Battle crossword puzzle
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  1. The 1st ten amendments to the Constitution
  2. Author of the Declaration of Independence
  3. George Washington's Secretary of the Treasury
  4. The President during the Civil War
  5. The war for independence from England
  6. This was caused by the discovery of gold in California
  7. Wrote "Common Sense"
  8. Location of the Constitutional Convention
  9. The 1st President of the United States
  10. The 1st state to secede before the Civil War
  11. The period of rapid industrialization that occurred in the late 1800s
  12. A party that wanted a weaker national government
  13. An oil baron during the industrial revolution
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  1. The site of the first battle of the Civil War
  2. A steel baron during the industrial revolution
  3. The Capital of the United States
  4. A railroad that crossed continental America
  5. The belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the continent
  6. A machine that allowed for faster production of cotton
  7. A party that wanted a stronger national government

20 Clues: Wrote "Common Sense" • The Capital of the United States • The President during the Civil War • The war for independence from England • The 1st President of the United States • Author of the Declaration of Independence • Location of the Constitutional Convention • The 1st ten amendments to the Constitution • A railroad that crossed continental America • ...

Social Studies 2023-12-07

Social Studies crossword puzzle
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  1. a note to mexico to fight the US
  2. america's first terrorist group trying to stop the 15th amendment
  3. created NAACP
  4. leader of populist pary
  5. 16th president
  6. the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent
  7. pencil facotry manager lynched
  8. warships covered in steel and iron used in the Civil War.
  9. states where slavery wasnt legal
  10. the act of making legally null and void.
  11. slave who led rebllion
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  1. known known for march to the sea and atlanta campain
  2. private Southern ships that attempted to “break” the Union blockade
  3. infamous Civil War prisoner-of-war camp in Macon County, Georgia
  4. Union strategy during the Civil War
  5. in charge of union army
  6. national political party originally formed in opposition to Andrew Jackson’s policies
  7. machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that quickly removed seeds from the cotton fibers.
  8. states where slavery was legal.
  9. first female senator
  10. from slave to barber to millionare

21 Clues: created NAACP • 16th president • first female senator • slave who led rebllion • in charge of union army • leader of populist pary • pencil facotry manager lynched • states where slavery was legal. • a note to mexico to fight the US • states where slavery wasnt legal • from slave to barber to millionare • Union strategy during the Civil War • the act of making legally null and void. • ...

Civil War/Reconstruction 2022-11-14

Civil War/Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. wanted to punish the south
  2. restricted movement of blacks and kept them from voting
  3. slave that led a rebellion
  4. the 16th president of the US, abolished slavery
  5. prison for Union soldiers who were prisoner of war
  6. the bloodiest Civil War battle
  7. 17th president that was seen as being "soft" of the south
  8. won, then lost by the south
  9. amendment that allowed black males to vote
  10. Amendment that abolished slavery
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  1. an organization that helped freedmen and poor whites
  2. when farmers have only labor and supplies, but have to rent land
  3. commander of the Confederate Troops
  4. white supremacist terrorist group
  5. farmers only have their so they have to rent supplies and land
  6. amendment allows ALL citizens equal protection under the law
  7. commander of the Union troops, 18th president of the US
  8. first battle of the Civil War
  9. led the march to sea
  10. turning point in the Civil War, south lost and also lost national support

20 Clues: led the march to sea • wanted to punish the south • slave that led a rebellion • won, then lost by the south • first battle of the Civil War • the bloodiest Civil War battle • Amendment that abolished slavery • white supremacist terrorist group • commander of the Confederate Troops • amendment that allowed black males to vote • the 16th president of the US, abolished slavery • ...

Civil War Crossword By Margaret Carlisle 2025-04-17

Civil War Crossword By Margaret Carlisle crossword puzzle
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  1. the battle that signaled the end of the Civil War.
  2. Another name of the 1st battle of bull run.
  3. Commanding general of the Union army.
  4. Lincoln wrote this to free slaves in rebelling states
  5. One of the bloodiest days of combat in the civil war
  6. The person who shot Abraham Lincoln.
  7. A war between the Union & the Confederacy
  8. This battle made General Lee never go on the offensive again.
  9. The confederate capital
  10. Commander of the Confederate army of northern virginia.
  11. Name of the union strategy.
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  1. President from 1860-1865
  2. A side of the Civil War that wore grey.
  3. This battle revolutionized future naval warfare.
  4. This type of state contained Maryland, Missori, Kentucky, and Delaware.
  5. The Union capital
  6. Led Sherman's March to Sea
  7. The confederacy used this to get european countries to interfer on their behalf.
  8. Also called the North, Federals, Yankees, & Billy Yanks.
  9. required recruitment of military service.

20 Clues: The Union capital • The confederate capital • President from 1860-1865 • Led Sherman's March to Sea • Name of the union strategy. • The person who shot Abraham Lincoln. • Commanding general of the Union army. • A side of the Civil War that wore grey. • A war between the Union & the Confederacy • required recruitment of military service. • ...

Civil War 1861-1865 2022-04-04

Civil War 1861-1865 crossword puzzle
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  1. The name of the North’s Ironclad that was made in 101 days
  2. A handheld weapon use by soldiers
  3. The Union’s strongest warship that was created into the South’s Ironclad
  4. What the confederates were often called
  5. The left side of a ship looking forward
  6. The nickname of the North’s army
  7. President during the Civil war
  8. This battle was the turning point in the war
  9. The storage place for gunpowder
  10. a place where ships anchor
  11. The first battle of the Civil War took place at this fort
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  1. Nickname for confederate general Thomas Jonathan Jackson
  2. Commander of the Union Army
  3. A common food that soldiers ate that did not spoil easily
  4. The backend of the boat
  5. The nickname of the South’s army
  6. people who volunteered to fight for their beliefs
  7. What gave control over a person that the North disputed and the South wanted
  8. a military term for cannons
  9. The month the Civil War started and ended
  10. The Union’s plan for strangling the rebellion

21 Clues: The backend of the boat • a place where ships anchor • Commander of the Union Army • a military term for cannons • President during the Civil war • The storage place for gunpowder • The nickname of the South’s army • The nickname of the North’s army • A handheld weapon use by soldiers • What the confederates were often called • The left side of a ship looking forward • ...

Civil War Crossword puzzle 2023-02-22

Civil War Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. the end of the civil war
  2. to set free
  3. developed the Anaconda Plan
  4. a judgement made before the facts are know
  5. required enlistment for service usually for the military
  6. the first battle of the Civil War
  7. the first state to secede from the Union
  8. arranged for the present as a temporary measure
  9. Who won the election of 1860
  10. the number of states that made up the confederacy
  11. where would enslaved people still not be freed according to the Emancipation Proclamation
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  1. the confederate strategy required the confederacy fight a defensive was known as war of ___________
  2. where did the emancipation proclamation state that enslaved people would be freed
  3. the deadliest one-day battle in American military history
  4. to do away with
  5. the plan used by the Union to conquer the south
  6. the largest battle of the American Civil War
  7. where did the battle of Fort Sumter occur
  8. had a bigger population
  9. to formally withdraw from membership in a political state

20 Clues: to set free • to do away with • had a bigger population • the end of the civil war • developed the Anaconda Plan • Who won the election of 1860 • the first battle of the Civil War • the first state to secede from the Union • where did the battle of Fort Sumter occur • a judgement made before the facts are know • the largest battle of the American Civil War • ...

Impacts of the Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2024-04-12

Impacts of the Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Freed all slaves across the US
  2. A job available to women in the Civil War
  3. Opposite of agriculture
  4. got banned after the Civil War
  5. Founder of the "Red Cross"
  6. A mental disorder that haunts ex soldiers
  7. Some slaves were exempt from service in the south
  8. a visual source of technology that became popular during the war
  9. A "way of life that turned into destroyed land because of the battles
  10. People didn't know how to feel about the new _____ population
  11. Something the US had to go through after the war
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  1. _____ had to take care of the plantations after men left for war
  2. This freed slaves in Union states
  3. Many women became this after the war
  4. Children usually served as this during the war
  5. Something the South deserved after the war
  6. What the south is after the war
  7. The government faced this from the south after the war
  8. The government didn't know how much of this to give to the south

19 Clues: Opposite of agriculture • Founder of the "Red Cross" • Freed all slaves across the US • got banned after the Civil War • What the south is after the war • This freed slaves in Union states • Many women became this after the war • A job available to women in the Civil War • A mental disorder that haunts ex soldiers • Something the South deserved after the war • ...

Civil War 2014-04-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. systematic destruction of an entire land—not just an army
  2. Union general who led the March to the Sea
  3. statement by President Lincoln that freed all slaves in the Confederacy
  4. battle began when on July 1, 1863 when the Confederates entered a town for supplies and encountered Union troops
  5. paper money that the North printed to raise money for the war
  6. the Union’s plan to surround the south
  7. bloodiest day of the entire Civil War was the Battle of
  8. Union general at the Battle of Shiloh
  9. major general of the Confederate army
  10. Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, those states that had slavery but decided to stay in the Union
  11. April battle in Tennessee that lasted only two days, but included some of the most bloody fighting of the war
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  1. freed all slaves in the entire United States
  2. site of Robert E. Lee’s surrender
  3. most famous of the all black regiments of the Union army
  4. Union general at Antietam
  5. Confederate general at the Battle of Bull Run
  6. first major battle of the Civil War

17 Clues: Union general at Antietam • site of Robert E. Lee’s surrender • first major battle of the Civil War • Union general at the Battle of Shiloh • major general of the Confederate army • the Union’s plan to surround the south • Union general who led the March to the Sea • freed all slaves in the entire United States • Confederate general at the Battle of Bull Run • ...

Civil War 2016-03-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. the condition of a slave; bondage
  2. the state of being allied
  3. States States between the North and the South -
  4. unloyal to government
  5. be composed of
  6. Holding allowing slavery
  7. region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
  8. the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
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  1. Kentucky, and Maryland
  2. War a war between regions within the same country.
  3. Lincoln 16th president
  4. Proclamation Document freeing slaves
  5. Soldier a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
  6. to withdraw formally from an alliance
  7. to get rid of
  8. Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln
  9. sumter Fort in South Carolina where the war began

17 Clues: to get rid of • be composed of • unloyal to government • Kentucky, and Maryland • Lincoln 16th president • Holding allowing slavery • the state of being allied • the condition of a slave; bondage • Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln • Proclamation Document freeing slaves • to withdraw formally from an alliance • States States between the North and the South - • ...

Civil War 2023-04-04

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Number of years the Civil War lasted
  2. Union General that used Total War to destroy Confederate resources toward the end of the war
  3. Said the words "Malice toward none, charity toward all" in his second inaugural address to show compassion and forgiveness to the South at the end of the war.
  4. Famous speech Lincoln gave at the opening of the gravesite for all those who died in battle. In the speech Lincoln explains the purpose of fighting and importance of everyone in the future helping to ensure the experiment of democracy lasts
  5. Confederate capital city
  6. Bloodiest day of the war. Battle where Stonewall Jackson kept the Union from advancing to take over Richmond.
  7. Turning point in the war in the East where Lee's army had to retreat and then never tried invading the north again.
  8. City where Sherman began his march to the sea doing "total warfare"
  9. What happened at Appomattox Courthouse
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  1. What the Union did as part of the Anaconda plan to hurt the Confederate economy
  2. Where the Civil War started when the Confederates fired upon Union troops to get control over the military resources and take over the fort
  3. Name of the Proclamation given by Lincoln to keep the British from supporting the Confederacy
  4. Confederate President
  5. Siege then battle where Union finally took control of the Mississippi
  6. Main Confederate General (both names and middle initial)
  7. River that Union wanted to control to stop the trade in the Confederacy
  8. Union General at Vicksburg

17 Clues: Confederate President • Confederate capital city • Union General at Vicksburg • Number of years the Civil War lasted • What happened at Appomattox Courthouse • Main Confederate General (both names and middle initial) • City where Sherman began his march to the sea doing "total warfare" • Siege then battle where Union finally took control of the Mississippi • ...

Civil War 2017-05-27

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina, and the seventh Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832.
  2. covered or protected with iron
  3. a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside.
  4. a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger.
  5. founder and editor of the New-York Tribune
  6. a U.S. Army officer, railroad president and politician who served as a major general during the Civil War (1861-65)
  7. a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded.
  8. set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions.
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  1. an American politician who twice served in the United States House of Representatives, representing New Hampshire and Massachusetts
  2. law military government involving the suspension of ordinary law.
  3. commanded the Union armies of the West in the decisive drive from Chattanooga to Atlanta and the famous “march to the sea” across Georgia.
  4. withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
  5. a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention.
  6. states, any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War.
  7. a person killed or injured in a war or accident.
  8. compulsory recruitment for military service.
  9. A Whig political leader of the early nineteenth century known for his efforts to keep the United States one nation despite sharp controversy among Americans over slavery.

17 Clues: covered or protected with iron • founder and editor of the New-York Tribune • compulsory recruitment for military service. • a person killed or injured in a war or accident. • a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger. • law military government involving the suspension of ordinary law. • set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions. • ...

Civil War 2023-05-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. first state to leave the Union
  2. Constitutional union party nominated in 1860
  3. President of North
  4. states that succeeded called
  5. larger population was an advantage for the...
  6. which party was divided in the 1860 election
  7. Fort Sumter was located by which city
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  1. Capital of the South
  2. Northern Democrats Nominated in 1860
  3. Union state in the North East corner
  4. Southern Democrats nominated in 1860
  5. Confederate state between Mississippi and Georgia
  6. excellent military leaders was an advantage for
  7. capital of the North
  8. first battle of Civil War
  9. Union state between Indiana and Pennsylvania
  10. President of the South

17 Clues: President of North • Capital of the South • capital of the North • President of the South • first battle of Civil War • states that succeeded called • first state to leave the Union • Northern Democrats Nominated in 1860 • Union state in the North East corner • Southern Democrats nominated in 1860 • Fort Sumter was located by which city • ...

Civil war 2023-05-12

Civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. President elected in 1860
  2. Battle that ended slavery
  3. Who was upset about the anti-slavery laws after lincoln was re-elected?
  4. The first battle
  5. Bloodiest battle of civil war
  6. What was the cause for the war?
  7. The amendment after the war that ended slavery
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  1. Battle with the win for both armies
  2. Southern states
  3. Battle that gave Grant a huge advantage
  4. Where slavery was found?
  5. Act of 1867
  6. Who was upset slavery was not allowed below the line?
  7. Northern states
  8. General of confederate armies
  9. General of Union armies
  10. Battle that inspired Lincoln

17 Clues: Act of 1867 • Southern states • Northern states • The first battle • General of Union armies • Where slavery was found? • President elected in 1860 • Battle that ended slavery • Battle that inspired Lincoln • General of confederate armies • Bloodiest battle of civil war • What was the cause for the war? • Battle with the win for both armies • Battle that gave Grant a huge advantage • ...

Civil War 2021-10-07

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a long knife attached to a rifle
  2. the name given to the states who support the government
  3. the part of the war fought in the east united states
  4. a law set for slaves to be free
  5. a person who supports the union
  6. a name for the south
  7. a side of an army or military unit
  8. a nickname for people from the north
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  1. a decision made by the supreme court that outlawed slavery
  2. a nickname for northerners who were against the civil war
  3. someone who wants to abolish slavery
  4. a long range rifle used in the civil war
  5. A soldier that is wounded in battle
  6. an army of citizens
  7. another name for the united states
  8. a soldier who travels by foot
  9. a shoe worn in the civil war

17 Clues: an army of citizens • a name for the south • a shoe worn in the civil war • a soldier who travels by foot • a law set for slaves to be free • a person who supports the union • a long knife attached to a rifle • another name for the united states • a side of an army or military unit • A soldier that is wounded in battle • someone who wants to abolish slavery • ...

Civil War 2018-02-17

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to withdraw from or pullout because of a difference
  2. ironclad ship for the Union
  3. preventing supplies from going in and out of a port city
  4. to give up , quit fighting
  5. to end slavery
  6. soldiers killed or wounded in battle
  7. soldiers who march on foot
  8. color of the Confederate soldiers uniforms
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  1. nickname for the Union soldiers
  2. to leave a battle and return to safety
  3. nickname for the Confederate soldiers
  4. ironclad ship for the Confederacy
  5. color of the Union soldiers uniforms
  6. where the Civil War ended
  7. a fighting or uprising
  8. where the first battle of the war was fought
  9. a ship built of wood with iron plated nailed over it

17 Clues: to end slavery • a fighting or uprising • where the Civil War ended • to give up , quit fighting • soldiers who march on foot • ironclad ship for the Union • nickname for the Union soldiers • ironclad ship for the Confederacy • color of the Union soldiers uniforms • soldiers killed or wounded in battle • nickname for the Confederate soldiers • ...

Civil War 2013-11-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Prohibiting the restriction of voting rights “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
  2. Defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons
  3. A secret cooperative network engaged in the clandestine movement and housing of fugitives
  4. It was the site of two important Civil War battles,both Confederate victories
  5. A pejorative term Southerners gave to Northerners who moved to the South during the Reconstruction era
  6. A doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people
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  1. The withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union in 1860-1861
  2. Set of regulations to abolishing slavery
  3. A white Southerner working for or supporting the federal government during Reconstruction
  4. The practice of ordering people by law to serve in the armed forces
  5. The period (1865-1877) during which the states that had seceded to the Confederacy were controlled by the federal government before being readmitted to the Union
  6. Its capture by Confederate forces (1861) was the first action of the Civil War
  7. A white supremacist organization that was founded in 1866
  8. During the Civil War it was besieged from 1862 to 1863 and finally captured by troops led by Ulysses S. Grant on July 4
  9. Were a faction of American politicians within the Republican Party from about 1854 until the end of Reconstruction in 1877
  10. A creek of north-central Maryland, were one of the civil war battle was fought along its banks on September 17
  11. A system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on the land

17 Clues: Set of regulations to abolishing slavery • A white supremacist organization that was founded in 1866 • The withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union in 1860-1861 • The practice of ordering people by law to serve in the armed forces • It was the site of two important Civil War battles,both Confederate victories • ...

Civil War 2014-04-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, those states that had slavery but decided to stay in the Union
  2. paper money that the North printed to raise money for the war
  3. the Union’s plan to surround the south
  4. most famous of the all black regiments of the Union army
  5. Confederate general at the Battle of Bull Run (first name, last name)
  6. major general of the Confederate army (first name, middle initial, last name)
  7. statement by President Lincoln that freed all slaves in the Confederacy
  8. Union general at Antietam
  9. Union general at the Battle of Shiloh (first name, middle initial, last name)
  10. bloodiest day of the entire Civil War was the Battle of
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  1. freed all slaves in the entire United States
  2. systematic destruction of an entire land—not just an army
  3. first major battle of the Civil War
  4. site of Robert E. Lee’s surrender
  5. April battle in Tennessee that lasted only two days, but included some of the most bloody fighting of the war
  6. Union general who led the March to the Sea (first name, middle initial, last name)
  7. battle began when on July 1, 1863 when the Confederates entered a town for supplies and encountered Union troops

17 Clues: Union general at Antietam • site of Robert E. Lee’s surrender • first major battle of the Civil War • the Union’s plan to surround the south • freed all slaves in the entire United States • bloodiest day of the entire Civil War was the Battle of • most famous of the all black regiments of the Union army • systematic destruction of an entire land—not just an army • ...

Civil War 2023-03-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Deadliest killer of the war
  2. Deadliest Battle in American History
  3. Technological advancement for Sea Battles
  4. Emancipation ______
  5. Technological advancement for Transportation
  6. Name for the North
  7. Head general of North, short name
  8. Type of war that is without pause.
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  1. Name for paper money of the Union.
  2. Confederacy had 9000% of this.
  3. Technological advancement for Communication
  4. Most common treatment
  5. Confederate Capital
  6. Name for the South
  7. Head General of South, short name
  8. "__ man's war,____ man's fight"
  9. Way used to force people into war.

17 Clues: Name for the South • Name for the North • Confederate Capital • Emancipation ______ • Most common treatment • Deadliest killer of the war • Confederacy had 9000% of this. • "__ man's war,____ man's fight" • Head General of South, short name • Head general of North, short name • Name for paper money of the Union. • Way used to force people into war. • ...

Civil War 2024-04-30

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.
  2. An agreement made by Congress in 1820 under which Missouri was admitted to the Union as a state that allowed enslavement and Maine was admitted as a state that banned enslavement.
  3. A Supreme Court decision in 1857 that held that African Americans could never be citizens of the United States and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
  4. Confederacy another name for the Confederate States of America, made up of the 11 states that seceded from the Union.
  5. A war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country.
  6. An agency established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed Black Americans.
  7. An act passed in 1854 that created the Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to determine whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories.
  8. The period after the Civil War in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union as the federal government addressed the impact of slavery.
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  1. A speech by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg in memory of the Union soldiers who had died trying to protect the ideals of freedom upon which the nation was founded.
  2. The rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people, especially equal treatment under the law.
  3. An order issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declaring people enslaved in the Confederate states to be free.
  4. A series of political debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, who were candidates in the Illinois race for U.S. senator, in which slavery was the main issue.
  5. The United States as one nation united under a single government. During the Civil War, “the Union” came to mean the government and armies of the North.
  6. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
  7. The agreements made in order to admit California into the Union as a state in which slavery was illegal. These agreements included allowing the New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether to allow slavery, outlawing the trade of enslaved people in Washington, D.C., and creating a stronger law targeting fugitives from slavery.
  8. Laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former Confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans.
  9. The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

17 Clues: A war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country. • The rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people, especially equal treatment under the law. • An agency established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed Black Americans. • ...

civil war 2024-06-02

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of artillery used to start the bombardment at Fort Sumter.
  2. Supplies sent to Fort Sumter by Lincoln.
  3. Forces led by General Beauregard at Fort Sumter.
  4. Lincoln's Secretary of State during the Fort Sumter crisis.
  5. Union major who commanded Fort Sumter during the attack.
  6. Confederate general who ordered the bombardment of Fort Sumter.
  7. Confederate politician involved in the Fort Sumter conflict.
  8. President who faced the crisis at Fort Sumter.
  9. Site of the first shots of the Civil War.
  10. Side that Major Anderson and his soldiers defended at Fort Sumter.
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  1. What Lincoln decided to do for Fort Sumter instead of abandoning it.
  2. Act of Southern states leaving the Union, leading to the Fort Sumter crisis.
  3. President of the Confederate States of America.
  4. Action taken by Major Anderson after the bombardment.
  5. Captain who fired the last shot from Fort Sumter.
  6. Harbor where Fort Sumter is located.
  7. Confederate Secretary of War during the Fort Sumter siege.

17 Clues: Harbor where Fort Sumter is located. • Supplies sent to Fort Sumter by Lincoln. • Site of the first shots of the Civil War. • President who faced the crisis at Fort Sumter. • President of the Confederate States of America. • Forces led by General Beauregard at Fort Sumter. • Captain who fired the last shot from Fort Sumter. • ...

Civil War 2023-01-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. I got my name at Bull Run
  2. I created the red cross
  3. Southern States seceded after I was elected President
  4. Led a revolt against slavery
  5. I was a African American Union Spy
  6. Name the 2 ironclad ships
  7. Led a raid at Harpers Ferry
  8. A Conductor on the Underground Railroad
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  1. Campaigned to end slavery
  2. Union General
  3. I was a Union capitan
  4. I was a Union spy
  5. Created after a disagreement about slavery
  6. Capital of the Confederacy
  7. Name of the court house
  8. Commander of the Northern Army of Virginia
  9. 1st Major battle of the Civil War

17 Clues: Union General • I was a Union spy • I was a Union capitan • I created the red cross • Name of the court house • Campaigned to end slavery • I got my name at Bull Run • Name the 2 ironclad ships • Capital of the Confederacy • Led a raid at Harpers Ferry • Led a revolt against slavery • 1st Major battle of the Civil War • I was a African American Union Spy • ...

Civil War 2025-04-14

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Northern states during the Civil War.
  2. Union general famed for his March to the Sea.
  3. 1862 battle noted for heavy casualties.
  4. Bloodiest single-day battle (1862).
  5. Large artillery piece used in battle.
  6. Movement to end slavery.
  7. Union general and later US President.
  8. Process of freeing enslaved people.
  9. Warship armored with iron plating.
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  1. Southern states that seceded.
  2. Act of leaving the Union.
  3. Confederate general of the Army of Northern Virginia.
  4. Foot soldiers in battle.
  5. Location where Lee surrendered.
  6. 16th US President; issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
  7. Site of the pivotal 1863 battle.
  8. Soldiers fighting on horseback.

17 Clues: Foot soldiers in battle. • Movement to end slavery. • Act of leaving the Union. • Southern states that seceded. • Location where Lee surrendered. • Soldiers fighting on horseback. • Site of the pivotal 1863 battle. • Warship armored with iron plating. • Bloodiest single-day battle (1862). • Process of freeing enslaved people. • Northern states during the Civil War. • ...

Sectionalism Era 2022-04-01

Sectionalism Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Military leader of the South
  2. decree that freed slaves
  3. amendment that was added to end slavery
  4. when the Civil war started
  5. how did Lincoln feel about secession
  6. unfair tax that benefited the North
  7. Military leader of the South
  8. process of rebuilding the South
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  1. created balance between slave & free states
  2. a state between the Union and the Confederacy that allowed slavery but remained in the Union
  3. shutting off an area by troops or ships to keep people & supplies from moving in or out
  4. what political party was the South in
  5. person fleeing from arrest
  6. president of Confederacy
  7. The United states of America
  8. what political party was the North in
  9. president of the North
  10. when the Civil war ended
  11. Lincoln thought all individuals should be free from........
  12. First battle of the Civil War
  13. south wanted to...

21 Clues: south wanted to... • president of the North • president of Confederacy • decree that freed slaves • when the Civil war ended • person fleeing from arrest • when the Civil war started • Military leader of the South • The United states of America • Military leader of the South • First battle of the Civil War • process of rebuilding the South • unfair tax that benefited the North • ...

Sectionalism Era 2022-04-01

Sectionalism Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Military leader of the South
  2. decree that freed slaves
  3. amendment that was added to end slavery
  4. when the Civil war started
  5. how did Lincoln feel about secession
  6. unfair tax that benefited the North
  7. Military leader of the South
  8. process of rebuilding the South
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  1. created balance between slave & free states
  2. a state between the Union and the Confederacy that allowed slavery but remained in the Union
  3. shutting off an area by troops or ships to keep people & supplies from moving in or out
  4. what political party was the South in
  5. person fleeing from arrest
  6. president of Confederacy
  7. The United states of America
  8. what political party was the North in
  9. president of the North
  10. when the Civil war ended
  11. Lincoln thought all individuals should be free from........
  12. First battle of the Civil War
  13. south wanted to...

21 Clues: south wanted to... • president of the North • president of Confederacy • decree that freed slaves • when the Civil war ended • person fleeing from arrest • when the Civil war started • Military leader of the South • The United states of America • Military leader of the South • First battle of the Civil War • process of rebuilding the South • unfair tax that benefited the North • ...

The Civil War 2021-11-16

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lincoln, led the nation through the American Civil War and succeeded in abolishing slavery
  2. granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States including former enslaved people and guaranteed equal protection of the law
  3. the deadliest one day battle in American military history
  4. Proclamation, declared that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states shall be free.
  5. Codes, restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished
  6. Davis, captured by Northern soldiers and imprisoned at Fort Monroe
Down
  1. surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant
  2. Sumter, the site of the first shots of the Civil War
  3. Bureau, important agency of early Reconstruction assisting freedmen in the South
  4. Crow Era, state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
  5. run, first major battle of the American Civil war fought on July 21, 1861
  6. plan, strategy outlined by the Union Army suppressing the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War
  7. Address, was delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg.
  8. final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War
  9. terms for readmission of representation of rebel states
  10. vs Ferguson, court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality

16 Clues: surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant • Sumter, the site of the first shots of the Civil War • terms for readmission of representation of rebel states • the deadliest one day battle in American military history • Davis, captured by Northern soldiers and imprisoned at Fort Monroe • run, first major battle of the American Civil war fought on July 21, 1861 • ...

brendan puzzle 2023-02-16

brendan puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the norther part of the war
  2. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  3. - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
  4. - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
  5. A term meaning "before war". ...
  6. When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  7. - A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
  8. the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another.
  9. Law - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  10. southern part of the war
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  1. confederate war general
  2. president during civil war
  3. - Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
  4. the strategy the north used
  5. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a muske
  6. sailed goods in and out of Southern seaports under the guns of Northern ships.
  7. assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  8. seal off (a place) to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
  9. Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  10. - The side of an army or military unit.

20 Clues: confederate war general • southern part of the war • president during civil war • the norther part of the war • the strategy the north used • assassinated Abraham Lincoln • A term meaning "before war". ... • - The side of an army or military unit. • - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot. • When a person is murdered for political reasons. • ...

The Civil War (Joshua Desingano) 2017-02-13

The Civil War (Joshua Desingano) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union had a lot more of this than the Confederates, used to make weapons
  2. Where the Confederates attacked and started the Civil War
  3. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
  4. the drafting of citizens for military services
  5. Southern States formed this at Montgomery, Alabama
  6. an executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in all regions behind Confederate Lines
  7. organization that cares for people who who wounded, sick, or homeless during wartime. Even during natural disasters.
  8. sucked at civilian life but was great in anything military, Union General
  9. was one of the only two Confederate holdouts preventing the Union from taking complete control of the Mississippi River
Down
  1. United States president during the Civil War, Union
  2. President for the Confederacy
  3. Sherman and his troops marching leaving destruction in his path
  4. a court order requiring authorities to bring a prisoner before the court so that the court can determine whether the prisoner is being held legally
  5. Commander of the Confederate army
  6. where the Confederate formally surrendered
  7. Guy who killed Abraham ;(
  8. seceded from Virginia because they were antislavery
  9. a three-part strategy by which the Union proposed to defeat the Confederacy in the Civil War
  10. to withdraw
  11. leading a group of people or organization
  12. three-day battle which was considered the turning point of the Civil War
  13. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War

22 Clues: to withdraw • Guy who killed Abraham ;( • President for the Confederacy • Commander of the Confederate army • The bloodiest battle of the Civil War • leading a group of people or organization • where the Confederate formally surrendered • the drafting of citizens for military services • Southern States formed this at Montgomery, Alabama • ...

Civil War 2017-05-27

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. McClellan a U.S. Army officer, railroad president and politician who served as a major general during the Civil War (1861-65)
  2. an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina, and the seventh Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832.
  3. covered or protected with iron
  4. compulsory recruitment for military service.
  5. commanded the Union armies of the West in the decisive drive from Chattanooga to Atlanta and the famous “march to the sea” across Georgia.
  6. withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
  7. set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions.
  8. a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside.
  9. a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded.
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  1. law military government involving the suspension of ordinary law.
  2. a person killed or injured in a war or accident.
  3. an American politician who twice served in the United States House of Representatives, representing New Hampshire and Massachusetts
  4. states, any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War.
  5. A Whig political leader of the early nineteenth century known for his efforts to keep the United States one nation despite sharp controversy among Americans over slavery.
  6. founder and editor of the New-York Tribune
  7. a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention.
  8. a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger.

17 Clues: covered or protected with iron • founder and editor of the New-York Tribune • compulsory recruitment for military service. • a person killed or injured in a war or accident. • a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger. • law military government involving the suspension of ordinary law. • set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions. • ...

Civil War 2011-12-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. northerners who moved to the south after the war
  2. this tried to avoid the Civil War but failed
  3. General Lee surrenders to Grant at the McLean home
  4. bloodiest single day battle
  5. where Lincoln was shot
  6. bloodiest battle
  7. group created by Nathan Bedford Forrest
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  1. America's god given right to move westward
  2. secret passages/ hiding spots used to help slaves escape to the north
  3. the compromise used to get Rutherford B. Hayes elected as president
  4. Hayes wife earned this nickname for never drinking alcohol
  5. seperates the northern and southern democrats
  6. revolutionary movement to take over California
  7. US tries to get Cuba from Spain
  8. laws made after the war to keep blacks as close to slaves as possible
  9. Mexican born Texans
  10. invented Red Cross

17 Clues: bloodiest battle • invented Red Cross • Mexican born Texans • where Lincoln was shot • bloodiest single day battle • US tries to get Cuba from Spain • group created by Nathan Bedford Forrest • America's god given right to move westward • this tried to avoid the Civil War but failed • seperates the northern and southern democrats • revolutionary movement to take over California • ...

Civil War 2013-03-07

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A ship protected by iron armor
  2. To lie in wait for an unexpected attack
  3. Resisting or protection against attack
  4. The lowest rank in the army
  5. Actively attacking someone
  6. A soldier who was wounded, killed, or is missing in action
  7. A group of soldiers stationed at a military post
  8. The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people
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  1. A very large group of soldiers led by a major general or lieutenant general
  2. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
  3. To admit defeat
  4. Someone against slavery
  5. Someone who requests to join the army
  6. A hard cracker often issued to soldiers on both sides made from flour, water, and salt
  7. A metal blade, like a long knife or short sword, that could be attached to the end of a musket
  8. A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored
  9. A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder that was used on both sides

17 Clues: To admit defeat • Someone against slavery • Actively attacking someone • The lowest rank in the army • A ship protected by iron armor • Someone who requests to join the army • Resisting or protection against attack • To lie in wait for an unexpected attack • A group of soldiers stationed at a military post • A soldier who was wounded, killed, or is missing in action • ...

Civil War 2021-02-17

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. At the heart of the divide between the North and the South was?
  2. What was the south’s main source of income
  3. The United States was able to communicate by using the?
  4. What were the northern states called?
  5. What fort did Confederate General P.G.T Beauregard fire on to start the Civil War
  6. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket, Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
  7. Soldiers that fight and travel by foot
  8. Who was a former slave who sued for his freedom in the supreme court?
Down
  1. Who was elected President of the United states in 1860?
  2. a long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder
  3. Who served as president of the confederate States of America?
  4. What was the major cause of death during the Civil War?
  5. Where did the Civil War begin
  6. What were the southern states called
  7. First major land battle of cCivil wWar on July 1st 1861
  8. What was used on both sides of the war to destroy enemy soldiers vehicles?
  9. Who was the general for the confederacy

17 Clues: Where did the Civil War begin • What were the southern states called • What were the northern states called? • Soldiers that fight and travel by foot • Who was the general for the confederacy • What was the south’s main source of income • Who was elected President of the United states in 1860? • What was the major cause of death during the Civil War? • ...

Civil War 2021-12-03

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Shermans march to Savannah
  2. campaign to take Atlanta
  3. Block supplies and ships
  4. Turning point of the war
  5. Made active on January first and freed the slaves
  6. Southern strategy of the civilwar
  7. First major battle
  8. Bloodiest one day battle
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  1. Lincolns famous speech
  2. Took savannah and gave as gift
  3. President of the union
  4. First battle in georgia
  5. Important Confederate leader
  6. Highest mortality rate prison
  7. First battle of the civil war
  8. Gave union control of the mississipi river
  9. Place lee surrendered at

17 Clues: First major battle • Lincolns famous speech • President of the union • First battle in georgia • campaign to take Atlanta • Block supplies and ships • Turning point of the war • Bloodiest one day battle • Place lee surrendered at • Shermans march to Savannah • Important Confederate leader • Highest mortality rate prison • First battle of the civil war • Took savannah and gave as gift • ...

Civil War 2021-12-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The army against slavery
  2. The Southern Army
  3. Lincolns 3 minute speach honoring the grave yard and the fallen soldiers
  4. plan to cut of souths economy
  5. Series of battles to cut off confederate supply flow
  6. Union leader and president
  7. Sherman destroyed everything on his way to savanah
  8. Beginning of the civil war
  9. A plan to cut cotton trade with all other countries to try and force them to help.
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  1. part of the norths plan to cut off the south economy
  2. Army fighting for slavery
  3. General Lee went for one big sweep to try and take the union capital
  4. Confederate leader
  5. The bloodiest one day battle
  6. document freeing all slaves
  7. First battle on Atlanta soil
  8. Thomas Jackson became stonewall jackson, 1st major battle
  9. one of the biggest and worst prison camps at the time

18 Clues: The Southern Army • Confederate leader • The army against slavery • Army fighting for slavery • Union leader and president • Beginning of the civil war • document freeing all slaves • The bloodiest one day battle • First battle on Atlanta soil • plan to cut of souths economy • Sherman destroyed everything on his way to savanah • part of the norths plan to cut off the south economy • ...

civil war 2021-04-20

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where the white people made black people do things for them
  2. one of the presidents
  3. where people vote for 1 person
  4. the north side____ the war
  5. the war between north carolina and south carolina
  6. how the north side got all of their money
  7. where all of the crops were grown
  8. the side with the most free states
  9. a state with no slavery
  10. a slave that made a difference
Down
  1. how long the war was
  2. the people who believed that slavery should be legal
  3. the golden crop of the south
  4. where all of the war supplies were made
  5. a type of bullet used in the civil war
  6. to make an exchange or a deal
  7. the excessive use in power

17 Clues: how long the war was • one of the presidents • a state with no slavery • the north side____ the war • the excessive use in power • the golden crop of the south • to make an exchange or a deal • where people vote for 1 person • a slave that made a difference • where all of the crops were grown • the side with the most free states • a type of bullet used in the civil war • ...

Civil War 2023-03-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Deadliest killer of the war
  2. Deadliest Battle in American History
  3. Technological advancement for Sea Battles
  4. Emancipation ______
  5. Technological advancement for Transportation
  6. Name for the North
  7. Head general of North, short name
  8. Type of war that is without pause.
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  1. Name for paper money of the Union.
  2. Confederacy had 9000% of this.
  3. Technological advancement for Communication
  4. Most common treatment
  5. Confederate Capital
  6. Name for the South
  7. Head General of South, short name
  8. "__ man's war,____ man's fight"
  9. Way used to force people into war.

17 Clues: Name for the South • Name for the North • Confederate Capital • Emancipation ______ • Most common treatment • Deadliest killer of the war • Confederacy had 9000% of this. • "__ man's war,____ man's fight" • Head General of South, short name • Head general of North, short name • Name for paper money of the Union. • Way used to force people into war. • ...

Civil War 2025-02-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rights denied by Black Codes
  2. Sued over denial of his 14th Amendment rights
  3. Former slaves worked land in exchange for a cut of profits
  4. Future president, who Lee surrendered to
  5. Lincoln's political party
  6. Separation of races
  7. the "c" part of the 14th amendment
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  1. To get rid of something, like slavery
  2. Successor to Pres. Lincoln
  3. Place where a vote is cast
  4. President because of the Compromise of 1877
  5. Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  6. Popular sovereignty decided this issue
  7. Person who rents a piece of land
  8. Winner of popular vote in election of 1876
  9. Rebuilding of the South after the Civil War
  10. Term for a state leaving the Union

17 Clues: Separation of races • Lincoln's political party • Successor to Pres. Lincoln • Place where a vote is cast • Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin • Rights denied by Black Codes • Person who rents a piece of land • Term for a state leaving the Union • the "c" part of the 14th amendment • To get rid of something, like slavery • Popular sovereignty decided this issue • ...

Civil War 2025-10-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First state to secede
  2. The Southern part of the war
  3. Who assassinated Lincoln
  4. General for the Union
  5. Voted in 1860 as at 16th president, "ended" slavery
  6. Famous former slave who acted as a leader to abolitionists and co-founded the North Star paper
  7. Formally freed all the slaves
  8. Famous speech given by Lincoln during the Civil War
Down
  1. Battle the caused the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation
  2. The Northern part of the war
  3. General for the Confederates
  4. Bloodiest battle, led to a very famous speech
  5. led the March to Sea
  6. First major battle
  7. What battle started the Civil War
  8. Famous former slave who worked as a conductor for the underground railroad
  9. The battle that split the Confederate in two, by the union taking control of the Mississippi river

17 Clues: First major battle • led the March to Sea • First state to secede • General for the Union • Who assassinated Lincoln • The Northern part of the war • General for the Confederates • The Southern part of the war • Formally freed all the slaves • What battle started the Civil War • Bloodiest battle, led to a very famous speech • Voted in 1860 as at 16th president, "ended" slavery • ...

Civil War 2026-01-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Gorbachev's policy of openness and transparency in Soviet government.
  2. The competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to dominate space
  3. U.S. foreign policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism
  4. The ideological boundary dividing Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War
  5. a political and economic ideology aiming for a classless society where property and goods are owned communally
  6. a period of intense fear and paranoia in the U.S. about potential communist
  7. barrier separating East and West Berlin, symbolizing the Cold War division
  8. A military alliance formed to counter Soviet aggression
Down
  1. Conflict between North and South Korea, with U.S. intervention to stop communism
  2. A 13-day confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union in 1962
  3. Conflict between communist North Vietnam and anti-communist South Vietnam
  4. The policy to stop the spread of communism
  5. A war fought by other powers on behalf of competing superpowers in the Cold War
  6. the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason, especially of being a communist
  7. U.S. initiative to aid European reconstruction to prevent communism.
  8. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks between the U.S. and the Soviet Union
  9. A period of easing tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union in the 1970s

17 Clues: The policy to stop the spread of communism • A military alliance formed to counter Soviet aggression • U.S. foreign policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism • A 13-day confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union in 1962 • U.S. initiative to aid European reconstruction to prevent communism. • ...

civil war 2021-04-20

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a type of bullet used in the civil war
  2. how long the war was
  3. where people vote for 1 person
  4. the people who believed that slavery should be legal
  5. the side with the most free states
  6. the golden crop of the south
  7. the excessive use in power
  8. where all of the crops were grown
  9. the war between north carolina and south carolina
Down
  1. a state with no slavery
  2. one of the presidents
  3. to make an exchange or a deal
  4. where the white people made black people do things for them
  5. a slave that made a difference
  6. how the north side got all of their money
  7. the north side____ the war
  8. where all of the war supplies were made

17 Clues: how long the war was • one of the presidents • a state with no slavery • the north side____ the war • the excessive use in power • the golden crop of the south • to make an exchange or a deal • a slave that made a difference • where people vote for 1 person • where all of the crops were grown • the side with the most free states • a type of bullet used in the civil war • ...

Civil War 2021-03-30

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Capital of the North
  2. unrestricted expansion of slavery
  3. no expansion of slavery
  4. had a population of 9 million, 3.5 million were slaves
  5. contained most of the nation’s factories
  6. controlled most of nation’s wealth
  7. Led troops to victory in Tennessee and Mississippi, and, in 1864, became Commanding General of Union Army
  8. preserve the Union
  9. Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
Down
  1. had little industry
  2. allow territories to vote on practice of slavery
  3. Nurse
  4. soldiers wore GRAY
  5. had a population of 22 million
  6. soldiers wore BLUE
  7. Had a hard time getting loans from foreign banks
  8. 1861 - 1865

17 Clues: Nurse • 1861 - 1865 • soldiers wore GRAY • soldiers wore BLUE • preserve the Union • had little industry • Capital of the North • no expansion of slavery • had a population of 22 million • unrestricted expansion of slavery • controlled most of nation’s wealth • contained most of the nation’s factories • allow territories to vote on practice of slavery • ...

Civil War 2021-10-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Support for ones own nation
  2. Leader of the underground railroad
  3. The place where the civil war ended
  4. Allowed Southerners to recapture slaves in the North
  5. Freed all slaves in confederate territories
  6. Author of the Star Spangled Banner
  7. Abraham Lincoln's killer
  8. The act of ending slavery
  9. The first machine gun
Down
  1. Published Uncle Toms Cabin
  2. Resulted in Maine becoming a free state
  3. Placing region interests above Nation interests
  4. Event where slaves were freed on a Virginia farm, and 60 white people were killed.
  5. First president of the United states
  6. First battle of the Civil War
  7. The Union strategy during the war
  8. Where california entered as a free state and Utah and New Mexico would vote to ban slavery

17 Clues: The first machine gun • Abraham Lincoln's killer • The act of ending slavery • Published Uncle Toms Cabin • Support for ones own nation • First battle of the Civil War • The Union strategy during the war • Leader of the underground railroad • Author of the Star Spangled Banner • The place where the civil war ended • First president of the United states • ...

Civil War 2023-02-27

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plan to surround a area
  2. To end, get rid of,destroy
  3. a area of production with consumption of goods
  4. a group of pro slavery ,white supremacist
  5. no more supplies
  6. death
  7. southern states leave the USA government
  8. island in charleston harbor
  9. a state of armed conflict between different nations
Down
  1. the 16th president in the United states
  2. both sides are trying to invade,conquer each other
  3. a person that didn't want
  4. Missouri,Kentucky,Maryland,Delaware
  5. another name for the north
  6. farmland where slaves work
  7. the battle of _______ had the largest number of casualties in the war
  8. hate to ones skin color

17 Clues: death • no more supplies • plan to surround a area • hate to ones skin color • a person that didn't want • To end, get rid of,destroy • another name for the north • farmland where slaves work • island in charleston harbor • Missouri,Kentucky,Maryland,Delaware • the 16th president in the United states • southern states leave the USA government • ...

Civil war 2023-04-05

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. E Lee Confederate General
  2. Bad guys
  3. Lincoln President of the USA
  4. Davis President Of CAS
  5. To Leave or withdraw
  6. Worst Country
  7. Best Country
  8. Deaths
  9. Good Guys
  10. War Camera Really Old camera
  11. States Cant Decide
Down
  1. War War on All aspects of Life
  2. S. Grant American General
  3. To be Freed
  4. Armoured Boat
  5. Barton Important Nurse
  6. USA Love VS Hater
  7. Rights Rights and powers for states

18 Clues: Deaths • Bad guys • Good Guys • To be Freed • Best Country • Armoured Boat • Worst Country • USA Love VS Hater • To Leave or withdraw • States Cant Decide • Davis President Of CAS • S. Grant American General • Barton Important Nurse • War Camera Really Old camera • E Lee Confederate General • Lincoln President of the USA • War War on All aspects of Life • ...

Civil War 2012-11-27

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. leader of the Confederate Army
  2. the capital of the confederacy
  3. ____________ Compromise of 1820
  4. what had recently been discovered in California
  5. to kill someone important
  6. President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  7. amendment which outlawed slavery
Down
  1. President of the Unites States during the Civil War
  2. one of the original seven states of the confederacy
  3. trans-continental __________, completed in 1869
  4. territory purchased from Russia in 1867
  5. proclamation which freed the slaves
  6. leader of the Union Army
  7. the main cause of the Civil War
  8. to leave or stop being a part of
  9. one of the states of the Northwest Territory
  10. main type of farm in the south

17 Clues: leader of the Union Army • to kill someone important • leader of the Confederate Army • the capital of the confederacy • main type of farm in the south • ____________ Compromise of 1820 • the main cause of the Civil War • to leave or stop being a part of • amendment which outlawed slavery • proclamation which freed the slaves • territory purchased from Russia in 1867 • ...

Civil War 2025-12-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This part of the country felt it had the right to nullify, or ignore, a federal law in felt was unfair
  2. The South felt its right to ignore the national tariff based on the idea of _____ rights
  3. The Georgia _____ offered only a temporary solution to disagreements between the North and South
  4. The South feared they might lose political influence if ______ was prohibited in new territories
  5. This 2nd deadliest battle of the Civil War was fought here in the state of Georgia as the Union planned to move towards Atlanta
  6. This Union general's March to the Sea ended any chance of the South winning the war
  7. This Georgia prison faced severe overcrowding and lack of supplies due to the blockade leading to the death of thousands of Union POW's
Down
  1. By capturing Atlanta, Sherman was able to destroy many _____ tracks and disrupt movement of goods into Georgia
  2. The Dred Scott case ruled slaves were not citizens but considered property of their owner
  3. Lincoln's election led to increased tension in the country and the possibility southern states might do this
  4. Sherman first goal was to capture this important industrial and transportation center in Georgia
  5. The split of this party into Northern and Southern branches aided in Lincoln's election in 1860
  6. This part of the country was upset about the ruling in the Dred Scott case
  7. This northern war strategy effectively reduced trade coming into and out of Georgia's ports
  8. This president was elected without any southern support
  9. The Nullification Crisis was based on an unfair ____ that would damage the South's economy
  10. Sherman's path of destruction through Georgia eventually led to his capturing this important Georgia port city

17 Clues: This president was elected without any southern support • This part of the country was upset about the ruling in the Dred Scott case • This Union general's March to the Sea ended any chance of the South winning the war • The South felt its right to ignore the national tariff based on the idea of _____ rights • ...

Little Drummer Boy 2023-05-08

Little Drummer Boy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Civil War was a ______ war.
  2. A substance that many are addicted to.
  3. The battle of _____was significant in the civil war.
  4. A fight within the same country.
  5. Soilders used ____ to fight.
  6. The footwear of many soldiers.
  7. The states The battle of Shiloh took place.
  8. A _______ means to have a blessing.
  9. was The month that the Battle of Shiloh took place.
  10. To be muffled or softened.
  11. What means to be very serious?
  12. Peaches grow in _______.
Down
  1. The drummer boy was the _____ of the Army.
  2. Cherry ______ trees are beautiful.
  3. Soilders shot _______ out of their weapons.
  4. The youngest a drummer boy can be.
  5. ____ was used to ignite a rifle.
  6. A _____ pushes a projectile down the barrel of a rifle.
  7. The leader of an army.
  8. The ______ boy helped the army communicate

20 Clues: The leader of an army. • Peaches grow in _______. • To be muffled or softened. • Soilders used ____ to fight. • The footwear of many soldiers. • What means to be very serious? • The Civil War was a ______ war. • ____ was used to ignite a rifle. • A fight within the same country. • Cherry ______ trees are beautiful. • The youngest a drummer boy can be. • ...

Shells: Revision Crossword 2018-05-14

Shells: Revision Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Archbishop under Charles I who promoted Catholic services
  2. The nickname for Charles' royalist supporters in the Civil War
  3. An important British slaving port
  4. The part of the army that Parliament controlled during Civil War
  5. The number of members of parliament Charles I tried to arrest
  6. The highly trained force set up by parliament in 1645
  7. The tax that Charles I collected without permission
  8. Louis XVI's wife
  9. The name of a key British slave abolitionist
  10. The different 'classes' of French society
  11. The name of the royal prison stormed in France in 1789
  12. One of the goods traded for slaves in Africa
  13. Louis XVI's government had no money. It was __________
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  1. The ocean across which slaves were taken from Africa
  2. The country that went to war against Charles I due to religion
  3. The slogan of the French Revolution 'liberty, equality, ____'
  4. Charles I declared war against this organisation in 1642
  5. The name of the journey from Africa to the West Indies during slavery
  6. The believe that a king had been appointed by God
  7. Where slaves were sold to the highest bidder
  8. The nickname of Charles' opponents in the Civil War
  9. The commander of the King's forces in the Civil War
  10. The price of this common food went up causing discontent in France
  11. The fate of Charles I in 1649
  12. The King and which class owned most of the land?
  13. One of the products cultivated by slaves in the West Indies

26 Clues: Louis XVI's wife • The fate of Charles I in 1649 • An important British slaving port • The different 'classes' of French society • Where slaves were sold to the highest bidder • The name of a key British slave abolitionist • One of the goods traded for slaves in Africa • The King and which class owned most of the land? • The believe that a king had been appointed by God • ...

Civil War Crossword 2021-12-06

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. side of war believing in unity/ending slavery
  2. battle marking the turning point
  3. fought by his own men
  4. country both sides wanted aid from
  5. The commander of the confederacy
  6. abraham lincolns assasinator
  7. the strategy used by the union at vicksburg
  8. ships made to withstand army fire
  9. frees slaves in confederate states
  10. riots lead in NYC by immigrants
  11. main speaker at the gettysburg address
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  1. side of war believing in secession/slavery
  2. commander fired for being too cautious
  3. Location where the war begins
  4. the first major battle/bloodshed
  5. president during the civil war
  6. the catalyst of the civil war
  7. slave states that decided to stay with the union
  8. amendment abolishing slavery

19 Clues: fought by his own men • abraham lincolns assasinator • amendment abolishing slavery • Location where the war begins • the catalyst of the civil war • president during the civil war • riots lead in NYC by immigrants • battle marking the turning point • the first major battle/bloodshed • The commander of the confederacy • ships made to withstand army fire • ...

Unit 5 Review 2024-02-23

Unit 5 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Acronym for the military group created for Black soldiers.
  2. This group of people vote directly for the President of the United States.
  3. The first state to declare that they were leaving the Union.
  4. After a brief period as an independent republic, this state was admitted as a slave state in 1845.
  5. In an infamous 1857 decision, the Supreme Court stated that a descendent of African slaves can never one of these.
  6. Free state admitted to the U.S. along with Missouri.
  7. The location of the surrender of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
  8. Many women served in this role during the Civil War, tending to the injuries of soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
  9. Also known as Bull Run, this was the first major battle of the Civil War.
  10. Nat Turner and Gabrielle Prosser both let one of these against slaveholders.
  11. The northern states had a much higher ________, which made it easier for them to replenish their army with more soldiers.
  12. The Union had many more miles of __________ than the south, making it easier for them to move and get supplies to their army.
  13. The first shots of the Civil War were fired here.
  14. The Union general that accepted the surrender of Robert E. Lee.
  15. Free state admitted to the U.S. as part of the Compromise of 1850.
Down
  1. This Union general led the March to the Sea to deliver the final blow in the south.
  2. President during the Civil War.
  3. The Supreme Court ruled in 1857 that slaves were not people, but should instead be treated as ______.
  4. The states in the Union that allowed slaver are collectively known as the _______ states.
  5. Collective name of the states in rebellion during the Civil War.
  6. In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that federal laws limiting the spread of slavery were _________.
  7. The concept that it is acceptable during war to attack all aspects of the enemy, even if it has the potential to harm non-military civilians in the process.
  8. To formally leave the United States (before the Civil War).
  9. Another word for weapons, which were produced in many factories with women employees during the Civil War.
  10. Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 without winning a single state in this region.
  11. The location of the cemetery where Lincoln gave his famous "address".
  12. A secret network that aided in the escape of enslaved people.
  13. He sued for his freedom after living for a period of time in free states.
  14. Lincoln was uable to secure this in the Election of 1860's popular vote, but was able to reach it in the Electoral vote.
  15. In 1863, a proclamation orderd the __________ of slaves in the south.
  16. Some women had this job during the Civil War, gathering and relaying information about the enemy in secret.

31 Clues: President during the Civil War. • The first shots of the Civil War were fired here. • Free state admitted to the U.S. along with Missouri. • Acronym for the military group created for Black soldiers. • To formally leave the United States (before the Civil War). • The first state to declare that they were leaving the Union. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2026-02-17

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A secret network that aided in the escape of enslaved people.
  2. Free state admitted to the U.S. along with Missouri.
  3. After a brief period as an independent republic, this state was admitted as a slave state in 1845.
  4. Free state admitted to the U.S. as part of the Compromise of 1850.
  5. He sued for his freedom after living for a period of time in free states.
  6. This group of people vote directly for the President of the United States.
  7. In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that federal laws limiting the spread of slavery were _________.
  8. Acronym for the military group created for Black soldiers.
  9. Another word for weapons, which were produced in many factories with women employees during the Civil War.
  10. Collective name of the states in rebellion during the Civil War.
  11. The Union general that accepted the surrender of Robert E. Lee.
  12. This Union general led the March to the Sea to deliver the final blow in the south.
  13. The location of the surrender of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
  14. The location of the cemetery where Lincoln gave his famous "address".
  15. The Supreme Court ruled in 1857 that slaves were not people, but should instead be treated as ______.
  16. In an infamous 1857 decision, the Supreme Court stated that a descendent of African slaves can never one of these.
Down
  1. President during the Civil War.
  2. The Union had many more miles of __________ than the south, making it easier for them to move and get supplies to their army.
  3. Also known as Bull Run, this was the first major battle of the Civil War.
  4. The states in the Union that allowed slaver are collectively known as the _______ states.
  5. Nat Turner and Gabrielle Prosser both let one of these against slaveholders.
  6. The northern states had a much higher ________, which made it easier for them to replenish their army with more soldiers.
  7. In 1863, a proclamation orderd the __________ of slaves in the south.
  8. To formally leave the United States (before the Civil War).
  9. Many women served in this role during the Civil War, tending to the injuries of soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
  10. Some women had this job during the Civil War, gathering and relaying information about the enemy in secret.
  11. Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 without winning a single state in this region.
  12. The concept that it is acceptable during war to attack all aspects of the enemy, even if it has the potential to harm non-military civilians in the process.
  13. Lincoln was uable to secure this in the Election of 1860's popular vote, but was able to reach it in the Electoral vote.
  14. The first state to declare that they were leaving the Union.
  15. The first shots of the Civil War were fired here.

31 Clues: President during the Civil War. • The first shots of the Civil War were fired here. • Free state admitted to the U.S. along with Missouri. • Acronym for the military group created for Black soldiers. • To formally leave the United States (before the Civil War). • The first state to declare that they were leaving the Union. • ...

Unit 4 Bonus Crossword 2019-11-26

Unit 4 Bonus Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lincoln wanted to preserve this
  2. allowed the Union to transport supplies and troops quickly
  3. American National Red Cross
  4. Compromise determined unconstitutional in Dred Scott Case
  5. President of the Confederate States of America
  6. command Union forces at the pivotal Battle of Antietam
  7. place where surrender of the Confederacy
  8. On Civil Disobedience
  9. Commander of Army of Northern Virginia
  10. weapons of the Civil War were created by this revolution
  11. One of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, fought to a standoff on September 17, 1862, in western Maryland
  12. Civil War–era nickname for paper money
  13. In the Compromise of 1850 type of trade that was abolished in the District of Columbia
  14. description of violence in between pro- and antislavery settlers in the Kansas Territory, 1856
  15. type of railroad designed to carry enslaved people
  16. a regiment of free blacks who charged Fort Wagner, South Carolina were from this state
  17. territory and eventual free state that came to the United States as a result of its victory in the Mexican War
  18. type of sovereignty that allowed settlers in a disputed territory to decide the slavery issue for themselves
  19. Creek where John Brown and his followers murdered five supporters of slavery in May 1856
  20. America’s first tool of mass communication
  21. were anti-slavery because they believed slavery limited economic opportunity
  22. the Know-Nothing Party is associated with this ideology
  23. first name of leading Black Abolitionist
  24. The main army of the Union was called the Army of the _____.
  25. according to Stephens it was “immediate” cause of secession
  26. Chief Justice who ruled that no black person could be a citizen of the United States
  27. used during Civil War to shape public opinion
  28. author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Down
  1. advantage of the Union in the Civil War
  2. led an attack that killed perhaps 400 Indian men, women, and children
  3. sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
  4. Proviso to prohibit slavery in any land acquired in the Mexican War
  5. Civil War begins at this fort
  6. Vice-President of Confederacy
  7. name given to escaped blacks treated as property of military value subject to confiscation
  8. expansionist spirit of the early nineteenth century that God intended the American nation to reach all the way to the Pacific Ocean, ____ destiny
  9. Southern city destroyed by Sherman
  10. decision in which the Supreme Court ruled that African-Americans had no rights that whites were compelled to recognize
  11. proclamation freeing the slaves in areas under Confederate control
  12. led failed raid on the federal arsenal in 1859
  13. another name for runaway slave
  14. established American colony in Texas
  15. Site associated with the abolitionist John Brown
  16. what Republicans called northern opponents of the war
  17. Border state that gave Union control of Ohio River
  18. The North have superior leadership of this kind
  19. 1858 senate opponent of Stephen Douglas
  20. largest battle ever fought on North American continent; turning point of war
  21. The American Civil War is considered the first of this type of war
  22. Senator who was assaulted on the floor of the Senate by South Carolina congressman Preston S. Brooks
  23. to withdraw formally from membership in the Union
  24. place where Santa Anna’s army killed 187 American and Tejano defenders on March 13, 1836

52 Clues: On Civil Disobedience • American National Red Cross • author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Civil War begins at this fort • Vice-President of Confederacy • another name for runaway slave • Lincoln wanted to preserve this • Southern city destroyed by Sherman • established American colony in Texas • Commander of Army of Northern Virginia • Civil War–era nickname for paper money • ...

Unit 4 Bonus Crossword 2019-11-26

Unit 4 Bonus Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. advantage of the Union in the Civil War
  2. Proviso to prohibit slavery in any land acquired in the Mexican War
  3. In the Compromise of 1850 type of trade that was abolished in the District of Columbia
  4. The main army of the Union was called the Army of the _____.
  5. place where surrender of the Confederacy
  6. largest battle ever fought on North American continent; turning point of war
  7. led an attack that killed perhaps 400 Indian men, women, and children
  8. author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  9. Senator who was assaulted on the floor of the Senate by South Carolina congressman Preston S. Brooks
  10. Chief Justice who ruled that no black person could be a citizen of the United States
  11. a regiment of free blacks who charged Fort Wagner, South Carolina were from this state
  12. another name for runaway slave
  13. Vice-President of Confederacy
  14. One of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, fought to a standoff on September 17, 1862, in western Maryland
  15. Lincoln wanted to preserve this
  16. name given to escaped blacks treated as property of military value subject to confiscation
  17. type of sovereignty that allowed settlers in a disputed territory to decide the slavery issue for themselves
  18. first name of leading Black Abolitionist
  19. were anti-slavery because they believed slavery limited economic opportunity
  20. type of railroad designed to carry enslaved people
  21. territory and eventual free state that came to the United States as a result of its victory in the Mexican War
  22. command Union forces at the pivotal Battle of Antietam
  23. Civil War begins at this fort
  24. President of the Confederate States of America
  25. according to Stephens it was “immediate” cause of secession
  26. American National Red Cross
  27. allowed the Union to transport supplies and troops quickly
Down
  1. The North have superior leadership of this kind
  2. Commander of Army of Northern Virginia
  3. Border state that gave Union control of Ohio River
  4. The American Civil War is considered the first of this type of war
  5. Compromise determined unconstitutional in Dred Scott Case
  6. what Republicans called northern opponents of the war
  7. On Civil Disobedience
  8. America’s first tool of mass communication
  9. weapons of the Civil War were created by this revolution
  10. the Know-Nothing Party is associated with this ideology
  11. Creek where John Brown and his followers murdered five supporters of slavery in May 1856
  12. proclamation freeing the slaves in areas under Confederate control
  13. Southern city destroyed by Sherman
  14. Site associated with the abolitionist John Brown
  15. Civil War–era nickname for paper money
  16. to withdraw formally from membership in the Union
  17. decision in which the Supreme Court ruled that African-Americans had no rights that whites were compelled to recognize
  18. sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
  19. expansionist spirit of the early nineteenth century that God intended the American nation to reach all the way to the Pacific Ocean, ____ destiny
  20. established American colony in Texas
  21. place where Santa Anna’s army killed 187 American and Tejano defenders on March 13, 1836
  22. description of violence in between pro- and antislavery settlers in the Kansas Territory, 1856
  23. 1858 senate opponent of Stephen Douglas
  24. used during Civil War to shape public opinion
  25. led failed raid on the federal arsenal in 1859

52 Clues: On Civil Disobedience • American National Red Cross • author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Vice-President of Confederacy • Civil War begins at this fort • another name for runaway slave • Lincoln wanted to preserve this • Southern city destroyed by Sherman • established American colony in Texas • Commander of Army of Northern Virginia • Civil War–era nickname for paper money • ...