civil war Crossword Puzzles

Civil War Vocab 2023-01-23

Civil War Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A small military unit
  2. Ability to make own choices
  3. line between the North and the South
  4. The North Side during the Civil War
  5. Military ship from Civil War
  6. Someone from the South
  7. Forced to enlist in the military
  8. President of the South
  9. Battle cry
  10. Famous general of the South
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  1. A stomach illness
  2. The path leading slaves to freedom
  3. Someone against slavery
  4. President of the North
  5. Leader of the underground railroad
  6. The Southern side during the war
  7. Follow the drinking ______________.
  8. Someone from the North
  9. To leave or withdraw from
  10. Started the Red Cross

20 Clues: Battle cry • A stomach illness • A small military unit • Started the Red Cross • President of the North • Someone from the South • Someone from the North • President of the South • Someone against slavery • To leave or withdraw from • Ability to make own choices • Famous general of the South • Military ship from Civil War • The Southern side during the war • ...

The Civil War-Hst 8 H-Olson-Sean Watwani 2024-04-24

The Civil War-Hst 8 H-Olson-Sean Watwani crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The bloodiest battle during the Civil War
  2. Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia for the Confederates
  3. The Union's main war strategy
  4. President during the Civil War
  5. Confederate capital
  6. The confederate's main war strategy
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  1. One of the biggest causes of civil war
  2. First state to secede from the union
  3. Slave states that remained loyal to the union
  4. First name of the Lincoln's assassin
  5. Withdrawing from the union
  6. European countries did not help either side and remained_____

12 Clues: Confederate capital • Withdrawing from the union • The Union's main war strategy • President during the Civil War • The confederate's main war strategy • First state to secede from the union • First name of the Lincoln's assassin • One of the biggest causes of civil war • The bloodiest battle during the Civil War • Slave states that remained loyal to the union • ...

The Civil War Part 1 2022-05-12

The Civil War Part 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The President during the Civil War
  2. Lincoln didn't call this a war he called it a ____
  3. The cause of the Civil War
  4. The US's plan to win the War
  5. The Senator beat on the Senate floor for speaking out against slavery
  6. The ____ compromise decided where slavery would and wouldn't be legal
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  1. The Southerners were the_________
  2. The battle that began the Civil War
  3. The Northerners were the ________
  4. To Leave the Union
  5. What was Lincoln's political Party?
  6. Carolina The 1st state to leave the Union

12 Clues: To Leave the Union • The cause of the Civil War • The US's plan to win the War • The Southerners were the_________ • The Northerners were the ________ • The President during the Civil War • The battle that began the Civil War • What was Lincoln's political Party? • Carolina The 1st state to leave the Union • Lincoln didn't call this a war he called it a ____ • ...

The River Between Us Vocab practice 2026-02-23

The River Between Us Vocab practice crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Not helpful; pointless
  2. The South during the Civil War
  3. comforters
  4. A system of money and trade
  5. Relating to farming
  6. swamp or marsh
  7. To formally end something
  8. Manners and behavior
  9. To leave or withdraw from a group
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  1. death or victim who is injured
  2. Relating to industry and manufacturing
  3. To join the army
  4. The North during the Civil War
  5. Lacking experience or understanding
  6. ones speech that is influenced by region
  7. A group of states that remained together

16 Clues: comforters • swamp or marsh • To join the army • Relating to farming • Manners and behavior • Not helpful; pointless • To formally end something • A system of money and trade • death or victim who is injured • The North during the Civil War • The South during the Civil War • To leave or withdraw from a group • Lacking experience or understanding • Relating to industry and manufacturing • ...

Vocab 15 2025-04-07

Vocab 15 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A blessing
  2. Wishing evil on others
  3. After civil war
  4. After noon
  5. Front side
  6. Criminal
  7. Come before in time
  8. Before noon
  9. Resalting in good
  10. Kind
  11. Disatisfiend
  12. Intending to do harm
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  1. Gives money to help
  2. Examine dead body
  3. Before the civil war
  4. To be clumsy
  5. At the end of a letter
  6. Behind
  7. Depressing
  8. Intention to do harm
  9. Fever and chills from a masqueto bite
  10. To delay
  11. To not work properly
  12. Procides good resalts

24 Clues: Kind • Behind • To delay • Criminal • A blessing • Depressing • After noon • Front side • Before noon • To be clumsy • Disatisfiend • After civil war • Examine dead body • Resalting in good • Gives money to help • Come before in time • Before the civil war • Intention to do harm • To not work properly • Intending to do harm • Procides good resalts • Wishing evil on others • At the end of a letter • ...

7a 2024-06-22

7a crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Operation Market Garden
  2. Octavian defeats assassins
  3. WWI mass tank battle
  4. Seljuk Turks defeat Byzantines
  5. Early major Civil War battle
  6. Hannibal defeated by Rome
  7. Russians defeated in WWI
  8. Mexican battle holiday
  9. Ended Jacobite uprising
  10. Poison gas first used
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  1. Triggered US into WWII
  2. Major Pacific theater battle
  3. Three major battles in India
  4. American invasion of Mexico
  5. Octavian vs. Antony and Cleopatra
  6. Ancient legendary siege
  7. Stopped Ottoman expansion
  8. Civil War battle 1863
  9. Hannibal's tactical masterpiece
  10. English longbows triumph

20 Clues: WWI mass tank battle • Civil War battle 1863 • Poison gas first used • Triggered US into WWII • Mexican battle holiday • Operation Market Garden • Ancient legendary siege • Ended Jacobite uprising • Russians defeated in WWI • English longbows triumph • Stopped Ottoman expansion • Hannibal defeated by Rome • Octavian defeats assassins • American invasion of Mexico • ...

civil war cine from cp 2017-02-20

civil war cine from cp crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Davis President of the confederacy.
  2. advantage of the south
  3. cross clara barton foundede this to help injured soldiers
  4. Place where Robert E Lee surrendered
  5. first step of becoming the confederacy
  6. freed southern slaves only
  7. General of the union who practiced total war
  8. seperated from the union
  9. what Robert E Lee fought for
  10. amendment abolished slavery in all states.
  11. Battle tatic of the north
  12. battle that cut the confederacy into two
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  1. advantage of the north
  2. Total war tatic that destroyed Georgia
  3. general of the Confederacy
  4. suspended by lincoln in times of war.
  5. wilkes booth assassinated Lincoln
  6. spoke at Gettysburg and made a famous speech
  7. first battle of the civil war
  8. another word for the draft
  9. Bloodiest day of the civil war.
  10. Known as the bloodiest battle or first national cemetary

22 Clues: advantage of the north • advantage of the south • seperated from the union • Battle tatic of the north • general of the Confederacy • another word for the draft • freed southern slaves only • what Robert E Lee fought for • first battle of the civil war • Bloodiest day of the civil war. • Davis President of the confederacy. • Place where Robert E Lee surrendered • ...

Charles Price 2021-09-22

Charles Price crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Former Commanding General of the United States Army
  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 for their detention.
  3. a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, during the Civil War.
  4. Former President of the Confederate States of America
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  1. the lack of supplies due to it being an island and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army, that started the American Civil War.
  2. served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and became one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee.
  3. the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.
  4. Campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864
  5. on March 4, 1865. In the address he urged people to "bind up the nation's wounds" caused by the Civil War and to move toward a lasting peace.
  6. fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Pennsylvania by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
  7. 18th US president
  8. commander of the Confederate States Army.

12 Clues: 18th US president • commander of the Confederate States Army. • Former Commanding General of the United States Army • Former President of the Confederate States of America • Campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864 • the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. • ...

civil war puzzels 2023-04-10

civil war puzzels crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Line - A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
  2. - A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
  3. - The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
  4. Scott decision - A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
  5. - A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers
  6. theater - The fighting during the Civil War that took place west of the Appalachian Mountains. It eventually included the fighting in Georgia and the Carolinas as well.
  7. - When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  8. - The side of an army or military unit.
  9. - A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
  10. - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
  11. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  12. - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  13. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  14. - The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
  15. - When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
  16. - A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.
  17. theater - The part of the war fought in the Eastern United States including Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
  18. - Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
  19. - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
  20. Proclamation - An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
  21. - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
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  1. - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  2. - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
  3. Slave Law - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  4. states - These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
  5. - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  6. - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
  7. - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
  8. - Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
  9. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  10. - A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding.
  11. - An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  12. - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
  13. - A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
  14. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
  15. - A nickname for the South.
  16. - A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
  17. - A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
  18. - A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
  19. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.

40 Clues: - A nickname for the South. • - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers. • - The side of an army or military unit. • - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot. • - An army of citizens used during emergencies. • - When a person is murdered for political reasons. • - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • ...

Civil War crossword 2023-02-07

Civil War crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Line - A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
  2. - A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
  3. - The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
  4. Scott decision - A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
  5. - A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
  6. theater - The fighting during the Civil War that took place west of the Appalachian Mountains. It eventually included the fighting in Georgia and the Carolinas as well.
  7. - When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  8. - The side of an army or military unit.
  9. - A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
  10. - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
  11. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  12. - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  13. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  14. - The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
  15. - When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
  16. - A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.
  17. theater - The part of the war fought in the Eastern United States including Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
  18. - Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
  19. - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
  20. Proclamation - An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
  21. - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
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  1. - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  2. - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
  3. Slave Law - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  4. states - These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
  5. - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  6. - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
  7. - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
  8. - Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
  9. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  10. - A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding.
  11. - An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  12. - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
  13. - A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
  14. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
  15. - A nickname for the South.
  16. - A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
  17. - A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
  18. - A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
  19. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.

40 Clues: - A nickname for the South. • - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers. • - The side of an army or military unit. • - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot. • - An army of citizens used during emergencies. • - When a person is murdered for political reasons. • - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • ...

The civil war 2022-11-17

The civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Line - A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
  2. - A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
  3. - The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
  4. Scott decision - A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
  5. - A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
  6. theater - The fighting during the Civil War that took place west of the Appalachian Mountains. It eventually included the fighting in Georgia and the Carolinas as well.
  7. When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  8. - The side of an army or military unit.
  9. - A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
  10. - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
  11. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  12. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  13. Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  14. - The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
  15. - When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
  16. - A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.
  17. theater - The part of the war fought in the Eastern United States including Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
  18. - Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
  19. - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
  20. Proclamation - An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
  21. - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
Down
  1. - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  2. - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
  3. Slave Law - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  4. states These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
  5. - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  6. - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
  7. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
  8. - Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
  9. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  10. - A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding.
  11. - An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  12. - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
  13. - A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
  14. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
  15. - A nickname for the South.
  16. - A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
  17. A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
  18. - A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
  19. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.

40 Clues: - A nickname for the South. • - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers. • - The side of an army or military unit. • - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot. • - An army of citizens used during emergencies. • When a person is murdered for political reasons. • Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • ...

CH 14 Pt 1 2021-02-05

CH 14 Pt 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. absolutist king of England who provoked a civil war by ignoring Parliament
  2. most absolutist king in French history, was nicknamed the "Sun King"
  3. fought for the side of the king in the English Civil War
  4. Catholic cardinal that helped rule for Louis XIII and entered France into the Thirty Years' War
  5. first Protestant king of France that sought to decrease the power of the nobles and was assassinated
  6. name given to the Revolution that established protestant rulers William and Mary as the rulers of England
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  1. king of England who was restored to the throne after Cromwell died
  2. opulent French palace that housed Louis XIV and the nobility who served him
  3. son of Henry who became king of France at nine years old
  4. absolutist family that came to power in Russia
  5. last name of the Lord Protector of England after its civil war
  6. enemy of Russia in the Great Northern War
  7. unlimited and unrestrained power of a political ruler
  8. Belief that a king’s authority was established by God therefore the king’s actions/decisions was God’s will
  9. fought for Parliament and Cromwell during the English Civil War
  10. title of the Russian rulers

16 Clues: title of the Russian rulers • enemy of Russia in the Great Northern War • absolutist family that came to power in Russia • unlimited and unrestrained power of a political ruler • son of Henry who became king of France at nine years old • fought for the side of the king in the English Civil War • last name of the Lord Protector of England after its civil war • ...

Civil War Project 2022-02-11

Civil War Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a period in American history following the American Civil War; it lasted from 1865 to 1877 and marked a significant chapter in the history of civil rights in the United States.
  2. United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million.
  3. A nickname for southern white who supported the republican party.
  4. an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.
  5. The people that were against slavery.
  6. A term used to describe people who supported the union.
  7. The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
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  1. An attempt to stop people from going in and out of a port.
  2. The portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
  3. an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
  4. Gettysburg ended Confederate general Robert E. Lee's ambitious second quest to invade the North and bring the Civil War to a swift end.
  5. the military land force of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, fighting against the United States forces in order to uphold the institution of slavery in the Southern states.
  6. The state of being free of the control of some other person, country or entity.
  7. It was fought during the American Civil War near Mechanicsville, Virginia, from May 31 to June 12, 1864 resulting in the disastrous defeat for the Union Army during the American Civil War.
  8. the condition in which one human being was owned by another.

15 Clues: The people that were against slavery. • A term used to describe people who supported the union. • An attempt to stop people from going in and out of a port. • United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million. • the condition in which one human being was owned by another. • A nickname for southern white who supported the republican party. • ...

LET US TALK ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR! 2021-06-04

LET US TALK ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Confederates ____ the Battle of Gettysburg.
  2. The South demanded "states' ______"
  3. ____________ Proclamation freed the slaves.
  4. Abbreviation for Confederate States of America.
  5. Used by North to limit South's trade.
  6. The "turning point" of the civil war.
  7. Free state in Compromise of 1850.
  8. The Union lost many battles in the ____.
  9. Confederate capital.
  10. Section that sided with the North.
  11. Name for Southern soldiers.
  12. General Sharman marched to the……
  13. "Bleeding ______"
  14. Accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
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  1. Where Lincoln eventually made his home.
  2. A free _____ was closed to slavery.
  3. WAR Lasted from 1861 to 1865.
  4. The border ______ did not secede.
  5. The _____ lost the Civil War.
  6. Slave state in the Missouri Compromise.
  7. Term meaning "withdraw".
  8. Another name for the North.
  9. The Confederates won twice at Bull ___.
  10. Section that dominated Congress.
  11. Bloody battle in Maryland won by Union.
  12. The South's leading money crop.
  13. Total number of states that seceded.

27 Clues: "Bleeding ______" • Confederate capital. • Term meaning "withdraw". • Another name for the North. • Name for Southern soldiers. • WAR Lasted from 1861 to 1865. • The _____ lost the Civil War. • The South's leading money crop. • Section that dominated Congress. • General Sharman marched to the…… • The border ______ did not secede. • Free state in Compromise of 1850. • ...

Civil War Vocab #2 2022-05-04

Civil War Vocab #2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. separated North from the South
  2. earthen defenses
  3. tree trunks painted to look like cannons
  4. two wheeled cart that carries artillery ammunition
  5. most common Civil War rifle ammunition
  6. to free from slavery
  7. canvas bag used to carry food
  8. warship protected by metal
  9. bundle of sticks used to reinforce earthworks
  10. fake attack
  11. mobile artillery used to deceive enemy
Down
  1. Sherman's March to the Sea
  2. the end or side of a military position
  3. ironclad battle at Hampton Roads
  4. Union Army's fishhook position at Gettysburg
  5. wicker baskets filled with dirt for defense
  6. soldiers posted on guard ahead of main force
  7. supplied provisions and equipment
  8. hat worn by Civil War soldiers
  9. lighter artillery that fired more accurately
  10. common Civil War ration
  11. foot soldier
  12. fire from the side of the enemy
  13. earthen mound that shielded inside of fort

24 Clues: fake attack • foot soldier • earthen defenses • to free from slavery • common Civil War ration • Sherman's March to the Sea • warship protected by metal • canvas bag used to carry food • separated North from the South • hat worn by Civil War soldiers • fire from the side of the enemy • ironclad battle at Hampton Roads • supplied provisions and equipment • ...

Historical Dates & Landmarks Quest 2023-10-10

Historical Dates & Landmarks Quest crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - World Trade Center attack site
  2. - Pilgrims' ship to the New World
  3. - Civil War battle site
  4. - Texan fort during the Texas Revolution
  5. - Colonial protest event
  6. - Parisian iron landmark
  7. on a journey through history with the "Historical Dates & Landmarks Quest" crossword puzzle!
  8. - Civil War surrender location
  9. - Cold War division symbol
  10. - UFO incident in New Mexico
  11. - French Revolution prison
  12. - WWII atomic bomb target
Down
  1. - Financial district in New York
  2. - Presidential sculpture in South Dakota
  3. - Chinese fortification
  4. - American Independence Day
  5. - Moon landing mission
  6. - Palace of French royalty
  7. - Ancient Roman amphitheater
  8. - WWII attack on a US naval base
  9. - Ill-fated ocean liner

21 Clues: - Moon landing mission • - Chinese fortification • - Civil War battle site • - Ill-fated ocean liner • - Colonial protest event • - Parisian iron landmark • - WWII atomic bomb target • - Palace of French royalty • - Cold War division symbol • - French Revolution prison • - American Independence Day • - Ancient Roman amphitheater • - UFO incident in New Mexico • ...

Unit 3 Crossword Puzzle 2025-12-07

Unit 3 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. E. Lee Leader of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
  2. Scott Decision 1857 Supreme Court case declaring enslaved people had no rights
  3. S. Grant Union general who became the 18th president
  4. Tubman Woman who led enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad
  5. Gin Device by Eli Whitney that increased cotton production
  6. Shift to factories, machines, and mass production
  7. Nebraska Act Law allowing popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska
  8. Destiny Belief that Americans were destined to expand westward
  9. Early transportation innovation improving river travel
  10. C. Calhoun Senator known for promoting states’ rights and nullification
  11. Invention by Samuel Morse that revolutionized communication
  12. Purchase Land deal that doubled the size of the U.S. in 1803
  13. American War U.S. conflict caused partly by Texas annexation
  14. K. Polk U.S. president famous for expansionism during the 1840s
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  1. Bureau Federal agency created to aid freed slaves after the Civil War
  2. Acts Laws dividing the South into military districts after the Civil War
  3. Movement Movement dedicated to ending slavery
  4. of Tears Forced relocation of Native Americans in the 1830s
  5. Jefferson Third president who authorized the Louisiana Purchase
  6. Farming system that trapped many freedmen in debt after the Civil War
  7. Jackson President known for the “Era of the Common Man”
  8. of 1812 War between the U.S. and Britain sparked by impressment
  9. Compromise Agreement admitting Missouri as slave and Maine as free
  10. Rights Movement seeking legal and social equality for women
  11. Major transportation system that expanded rapidly in the 1800s
  12. Douglass Escaped slave who became a leading abolitionist speaker and writer
  13. System Henry Clay’s economic plan of tariffs and internal improvements
  14. of 1850 Set of laws passed to ease sectional tensions
  15. Lincoln President who led the Union during the Civil War

29 Clues: Movement Movement dedicated to ending slavery • Shift to factories, machines, and mass production • S. Grant Union general who became the 18th president • of 1850 Set of laws passed to ease sectional tensions • Early transportation innovation improving river travel • Jackson President known for the “Era of the Common Man” • ...

Civil War 2021-02-23

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President Lincoln would free the slaves and encourage them to fight for the Union when he signed the _____ Proclamation
  2. Thomas Jackson was given the nickname "_____" at the battle at Bull Run.
  3. the South lost its ability to use agricultural exports and was split in two after the battle at _____.
  4. above all other issues, President Lincoln wanted to preserve the _____ and stop states from seceding.
  5. the ____ had the advantage of knowing the terrain of most of the battle locations
  6. tensions between the North and the South were relieved as a result of the _____ Compromise
  7. the Confederates attacking Fort Sumter is considered the _____ battle of the Civil War.
Down
  1. the leader of the Confederate army was Robert E. _____
  2. this was considered the turning point of the Civil War
  3. this was considered the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  4. this was the primary cause of the civil war
  5. for the South, slavery was more of an _____ issue as opposed to a moral issue.
  6. the leader of the Union army was form U.S.-Mexican War general Ulysses S. _____
  7. the Union had a more stable economy due to thriving _____ (factories).
  8. At Appomattox Court House, VA, the South would _____ to end the Civil War.
  9. free African-Americans AND runaway slaves were at risk of being brought back to plantations as a result of the _____ slave law

16 Clues: this was the primary cause of the civil war • the leader of the Confederate army was Robert E. _____ • this was considered the turning point of the Civil War • this was considered the bloodiest battle of the Civil War • the Union had a more stable economy due to thriving _____ (factories). • Thomas Jackson was given the nickname "_____" at the battle at Bull Run. • ...

Civil War Jude Tenorio 2017-02-14

Civil War Jude Tenorio crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Place where Robert E Lee surrendered
  2. what Robert E Lee fought for
  3. Total war tatic that destroyed Georgia
  4. Battle tatic of the north
  5. advantage of the south
  6. General of the union who practiced total war
  7. freed southern slaves only
  8. Known as the bloodiest battle or first national cemetary
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  1. first battle of the civil war
  2. another word for the draft
  3. spoke at Gettysburg and made a famous speech
  4. amendment abolished slavery in all states.
  5. advantage of the north
  6. seperated from the union
  7. cross clara barton foundede this to help injured soldiers
  8. suspended by lincoln in times of war.
  9. wilkes booth assassinated Lincoln
  10. Bloodiest day of the civil war.
  11. general of the Confederacy
  12. Davis President of the confederacy.
  13. battle that cut the confederacy into two
  14. first step of becoming the confederacy

22 Clues: advantage of the north • advantage of the south • seperated from the union • Battle tatic of the north • another word for the draft • general of the Confederacy • freed southern slaves only • what Robert E Lee fought for • first battle of the civil war • Bloodiest day of the civil war. • Place where Robert E Lee surrendered • Davis President of the confederacy. • ...

The Civil War Vocabulary 2023-02-28

The Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The last confederate stronghold on the Miss. river
  2. A heavy metal battleship used by both sides during the civil war
  3. To put into action; execute
  4. An authoritative command
  5. Thick hard cracker
  6. Military draft
  7. TURNING POINT ON THE CIVIL WAR
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  1. Confederate war can in Georgia
  2. negative term is given to antiwar northern Democrats during the civil war
  3. a unit of paper currency first issued by the federal gov.
  4. To rob of goods by open force
  5. The seeking and obtaining of food
  6. A graduate naturally decreases in number becoming fewer in number
  7. Money is given as a reward
  8. The surroundings of a place by an army in order to capture it

15 Clues: Military draft • Thick hard cracker • An authoritative command • Money is given as a reward • To put into action; execute • To rob of goods by open force • Confederate war can in Georgia • TURNING POINT ON THE CIVIL WAR • The seeking and obtaining of food • The last confederate stronghold on the Miss. river • a unit of paper currency first issued by the federal gov. • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2017-05-14

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The man who killed Abraham Lincoln
  2. A famous nurse who later found the Red Cross
  3. The man who made Interchangable Parts and the Cotton Gin
  4. where the Civil War began
  5. Civil ___
  6. President durning the Civil War
  7. Color of the Confederate uniforms
  8. This state is home to Richmond, one of the capitals of the Confederacy
  9. General in chief of the Union Army
  10. A word that means "when a Union leaves a state"
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  1. The woman who escaped slavery, returned back 19 times and rescued over 300 slaves
  2. These people were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation
  3. President of the Confederate Union
  4. First state to leave the Union
  5. The theatre Lincoln was shot
  6. Battle of Bull ___
  7. The man who marched to Savannah
  8. The man who escaped slavery, taught himself to read and write, and leads the abolition movement
  9. Abraham Lincoln's wife
  10. Color of the Union uniforms

20 Clues: Civil ___ • Battle of Bull ___ • Abraham Lincoln's wife • where the Civil War began • Color of the Union uniforms • The theatre Lincoln was shot • First state to leave the Union • The man who marched to Savannah • President durning the Civil War • Color of the Confederate uniforms • The man who killed Abraham Lincoln • President of the Confederate Union • ...

Absolutism in Western Europe 2018-02-25

Absolutism in Western Europe crossword puzzle
Across
  1. greek painter of Catholic figures
  2. type monarchy England is now
  3. govt ruled by religious leader
  4. bloodless revolution in England
  5. Spanish royal family
  6. middle class govt agents in Fr
  7. exports>imports
  8. Protestants in France
  9. Charles I signed and ignored
  10. when Charles II became king
  11. prevents unwarranted jailtime
  12. England's legislative branch
  13. believed radiated all power
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  1. kicked out by intolerant Spanish
  2. supporters of Charles I in civil war
  3. theory monarchs power from God
  4. major issue for Spanish Empire
  5. limited Eng kings power
  6. Sp emperor divides land&retires
  7. palace of Louis XVI
  8. military dictator/English Civil War
  9. Puritan rebels in Eng Civil War
  10. famous Dutch artist/Night Watch
  11. issued Edict of Nantes
  12. made France self sufficient
  13. writer of Don Quixote
  14. failed to gain Philip II victory
  15. reps Cat. church/advise Fr kings
  16. wanted Catholic traditions out

29 Clues: exports>imports • palace of Louis XVI • Spanish royal family • writer of Don Quixote • Protestants in France • issued Edict of Nantes • limited Eng kings power • made France self sufficient • when Charles II became king • believed radiated all power • type monarchy England is now • Charles I signed and ignored • England's legislative branch • prevents unwarranted jailtime • ...

civl puzzl 2024-04-12

civl puzzl crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Period before the Civil War
  2. Warships protected by iron or steel armor plates
  3. Preventing goods or people from entering or leaving
  4. Withdrawal of states from the Union
  5. Decree by Lincoln to free slaves in Confederate states
  6. A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  7. Group of artillery pieces
  8. Southern states that seceded from the Union
  9. Sea fort in South Caralina
  10. Supreme Court ruling denying citizenship to African Americans
  11. When a human is owned by another human
Down
  1. Bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history
  2. 16th U.S. President during the Civil War
  3. Legislation admitting Missouri as a slave state
  4. Large-caliber weapons used in warfare
  5. States between Union and Confederacy
  6. Advocate for the abolition of slavery
  7. Person killed, wounded, or missing in action
  8. Northern states during the Civil War
  9. The side of an army or military unit.

20 Clues: Group of artillery pieces • Sea fort in South Caralina • Period before the Civil War • Withdrawal of states from the Union • States between Union and Confederacy • Northern states during the Civil War • Large-caliber weapons used in warfare • Advocate for the abolition of slavery • The side of an army or military unit. • When a human is owned by another human • ...

The first 30 Presidents 2022-03-22

The first 30 Presidents crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a memorial of him was built in Washington, D.C
  2. president who oversaw the largest territorial expansion in American history
  3. he advocated agricultural technology, an educated electorate, and civil rights for African Americans.
  4. the last president before the start of the Civil War
  5. led America into war in order to “make the world safe for democracy.”
  6. Vice President for Thomas Jefferson
  7. the first president to serve without being elected to office
  8. the first American president to be impeached
  9. best remembered for his classic set of bushy sideburns
  10. the first president to ride in an automobile
  11. the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office
  12. Principle author of the Declaration of Independence
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  1. President served in the shortest time
  2. the youngest person to become president of the United States
  3. created the League of Nations after World War I
  4. Leader of the Tennessee militia
  5. led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War
  6. oversaw the end of Reconstruction
  7. First President of the U.S
  8. most known for the Compromise of 1850
  9. Second President of the U.S
  10. The first President to be photographed
  11. grandson of President William Henry Harrison
  12. The second shortest President
  13. his policies may have helped to push the United States into Civil War
  14. Best known for his negotiation of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803
  15. national war hero for his battles in the Mexican War
  16. elected President and later became the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, the only person to have served in both of these offices.

28 Clues: First President of the U.S • Second President of the U.S • The second shortest President • Leader of the Tennessee militia • oversaw the end of Reconstruction • Vice President for Thomas Jefferson • President served in the shortest time • most known for the Compromise of 1850 • The first President to be photographed • grandson of President William Henry Harrison • ...

civil war crossword 2026-01-21

civil war crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. laws passed to limit the rights of former slaves
  2. they worked for rich people in the south. usually black
  3. the side who surrender
  4. laws enforcing segregation
  5. the president of the union
  6. the start of the war
  7. terrorist group that targeted blacks
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  1. the period after the civil war trying to put the south back together
  2. the name of the war
  3. the bloodiest war
  4. all men of any race could do this after the fifth amendment
  5. president of the confederates
  6. the winner of the war
  7. the length of years the civil war lasted
  8. the person who surrender

15 Clues: the bloodiest war • the name of the war • the start of the war • the winner of the war • the side who surrender • the person who surrender • laws enforcing segregation • the president of the union • president of the confederates • terrorist group that targeted blacks • the length of years the civil war lasted • laws passed to limit the rights of former slaves • ...

cw 2024-04-03

cw crossword puzzle
Across
  1. South Carolina was the ______ state to secede from the Union
  2. War to end slavery
  3. People, usually women, who cared for the wounded
  4. Union General, last name Grant
  5. Famous nurse and Red Cross founder, first name Clara
  6. Underground __________ (escape route to freedom)
  7. Emancipation __________
  8. President during the Civil War
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  1. Freed slaves amendment number
  2. A soldier's home during the war
  3. Battle of __________ (turning point of the war)
  4. Confederate President, first name Jefferson
  5. Era of rebuilding after the war
  6. Harriet __________, Underground Railroad conductor
  7. Type of states in the north

15 Clues: War to end slavery • Emancipation __________ • Type of states in the north • Freed slaves amendment number • Union General, last name Grant • President during the Civil War • A soldier's home during the war • Era of rebuilding after the war • Confederate President, first name Jefferson • Battle of __________ (turning point of the war) • ...

Civil War - Comaris 2022-11-04

Civil War - Comaris crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The man responsible for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
  2. One of the earliest battles in which Grant started to make a name for himself as an able general. (Hint it was named for the church nearby)
  3. What is the name of the disastrous battle for Union forces where General Burnside ordered Union troops to attack the Confederates with no bullets and only bayonets?
  4. The First Battle of Manassas also was called what by Union forces?
  5. The last name of the Union General that help the Union win the war?
  6. Who was the president of the United States and the Union?
  7. Considered the end of the American Civil War.
  8. What battle was the turning point of the American Civil War?
Down
  1. The document that Lincoln issued freeing all the enslaves in the Confederacy AKA "areas of rebellion"
  2. The last name of the main Confederate General who helped the Confederacy win many battles.
  3. By the end of the war, African Americans made up what percentage of the US military?
  4. The main issue for which the Civil War was fought over.
  5. What was the name of the siege that helped the Union gain control of the Mississippi River and divide the Confederacy in half?
  6. Name of forces that the Union considered its best fighters and was made up of men from Wisconsin?
  7. What is the name of the Union strategy that sought to cut off the Confederates States of America from getting supplies from overseas and strangle the South?
  8. Who was the president of the Confederate States of America and the South?
  9. The first shot of the American Civil War occurred...?
  10. What is the last name of the general that march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia and used total war against the civilian population?
  11. The first state to leave the Union and began the formation of the Confederate States of America.
  12. It was the deadliest one day battle of the Civil War and provided Lincoln with a Union win to issue the document that free enslaved people in the Confederacy.

20 Clues: Considered the end of the American Civil War. • The first shot of the American Civil War occurred...? • The main issue for which the Civil War was fought over. • Who was the president of the United States and the Union? • What battle was the turning point of the American Civil War? • The man responsible for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. • ...

Battles of the Civil War 2024-03-06

Battles of the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Unofficial name of the Northerners
  2. The turning point of the Civil War
  3. The first battle of Civil War
  4. The war between Confederacy and Union
  5. Official name of the southerners
  6. Unofficial name of the Southerners
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  1. The place where the South surrendered
  2. Victory in this battle gives us control of the Mississippi River
  3. The act of giving up
  4. Official name of Northerners
  5. 36 days of chaos where we destroyed Southern Land
  6. The bloodiest day in American history

12 Clues: The act of giving up • Official name of Northerners • The first battle of Civil War • Official name of the southerners • Unofficial name of the Northerners • The turning point of the Civil War • Unofficial name of the Southerners • The place where the South surrendered • The war between Confederacy and Union • The bloodiest day in American history • ...

Civil War Vocab 2023-03-14

Civil War Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Line - A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
  2. - A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
  3. - The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
  4. Scott decision. - A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
  5. - A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
  6. theater - The fighting during the Civil War that took place west of the Appalachian Mountains. It eventually included the fighting in Georgia and the Carolinas as well.
  7. - When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  8. - The side of an army or military unit.
  9. - A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
  10. - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
  11. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  12. - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  13. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  14. - The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
  15. - When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
  16. - A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.
  17. theater - The part of the war fought in the Eastern United States including Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
  18. - Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
  19. - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
  20. Proclamation - An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
  21. - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
Down
  1. - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  2. - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
  3. Slave Law - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  4. states - These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
  5. - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  6. - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
  7. - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
  8. - Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
  9. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  10. - A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding.
  11. - An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  12. - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
  13. - A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
  14. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
  15. - A nickname for the South.
  16. - A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
  17. - A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
  18. - A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
  19. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.

40 Clues: - A nickname for the South. • - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers. • - The side of an army or military unit. • - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot. • - An army of citizens used during emergencies. • - When a person is murdered for political reasons. • - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • ...

The civil war 2022-11-17

The civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Line - A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
  2. - A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
  3. - The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
  4. Scott decision - A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
  5. - A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
  6. theater - The fighting during the Civil War that took place west of the Appalachian Mountains. It eventually included the fighting in Georgia and the Carolinas as well.
  7. When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  8. - The side of an army or military unit.
  9. - A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
  10. - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
  11. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  12. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  13. Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  14. - The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
  15. - When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
  16. - A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.
  17. theater - The part of the war fought in the Eastern United States including Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
  18. - Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
  19. - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
  20. Proclamation - An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
  21. - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
Down
  1. - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  2. - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
  3. Slave Law - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  4. states These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
  5. - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  6. - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
  7. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
  8. - Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
  9. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  10. - A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding.
  11. - An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  12. - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
  13. - A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
  14. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
  15. - A nickname for the South.
  16. - A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
  17. A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
  18. - A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
  19. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.

40 Clues: - A nickname for the South. • - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers. • - The side of an army or military unit. • - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot. • - An army of citizens used during emergencies. • When a person is murdered for political reasons. • Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • ...

Veteran's Day 2016-11-09

Veteran's Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The War that spanned from April 1775 to September 1783
  2. The War that spanned from April 1917 to November 1918
  3. Known as the "Scourge of God" who ruled the Hun Empire
  4. Duke of Normandy who won the Battle of Hastings
  5. Lee's top subordinate who died from friendly gunfire after his victory at Chancellorsville
  6. The final resting place of over 400,000 soldiers
  7. The War that spanned from March 2003 to December 2001
  8. The War that spanned from August 1990 to February 1991
  9. He defeated Robert E. Lee's Army to win the Civil War
  10. The commander who established history's largest contiguous empire
  11. He is considered history's most brilliant commander and he won France an empire
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  1. He commanded the Allied Coalition from 1943-1945 and led the Normandy Invasion
  2. The Commander in Chief of America's Continental Army in 1775
  3. Famous Confederate leader of the Civil War
  4. There are more than 58,000 names on this memorial
  5. He is known as "Old Blood and Guts" and was the best field commander of WWII
  6. He defeated the Aztec Empire of 6 million with only 600 Spanish conquistadors
  7. The War that spanned from December 1941 to August 1945
  8. The War that spanned from November 1955 to April 1975
  9. The most famous Chiricahua Apache war leader
  10. He defeated Rome's enemies and launched the Roman Empire
  11. The War that spanned from May 1846 to February 1848
  12. Alexandria, Egypt was named after this Greek commander
  13. The War that spanned from June 1950 to July 1953
  14. The War that spanned from April 1861 to April 1865
  15. He freed Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Bolivia, and Venezuela from Spanish domination
  16. The ______ of the Unnamed Soldier

27 Clues: The ______ of the Unnamed Soldier • Famous Confederate leader of the Civil War • The most famous Chiricahua Apache war leader • Duke of Normandy who won the Battle of Hastings • The War that spanned from June 1950 to July 1953 • The final resting place of over 400,000 soldiers • There are more than 58,000 names on this memorial • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-05-24

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Line - A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
  2. - A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
  3. - The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
  4. Scott decision - A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
  5. - A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
  6. theater - The fighting during the Civil War that took place west of the Appalachian Mountains. It eventually included the fighting in Georgia and the Carolinas as well.
  7. - When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  8. - The side of an army or military unit.
  9. - A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
  10. - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
  11. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  12. - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  13. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  14. - The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
  15. - When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
  16. - A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were slaves.
  17. theater - The part of the war fought in the Eastern United States including Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
  18. - Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
  19. - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
  20. Proclamation - An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that slaves in the Confederate states were to be set free.
  21. - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
Down
  1. - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  2. - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
  3. Slave Law - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped slaves in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  4. states - These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
  5. - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  6. - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
  7. - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
  8. - Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
  9. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  10. - A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding.
  11. - An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  12. - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
  13. - A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
  14. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
  15. - A nickname for the South.
  16. - A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
  17. - A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
  18. - A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
  19. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.

40 Clues: - A nickname for the South. • - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers. • - The side of an army or military unit. • - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot. • - An army of citizens used during emergencies. • - When a person is murdered for political reasons. • - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • ...

American Civil War 2023-05-08

American Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. First state to leave the Union
  2. This battle split the Confederacy in two
  3. First major battle of the civil war
  4. Wanted to be an independent nation
  5. Union general who will become president
  6. This general died from friendly fire
  7. The Union economy experienced a ________
  8. Battle that convinced Lincoln to give the Emancipation Proclamation
  9. Official start of the Civil War
  10. Officially made the war about slavery
  11. The confederacy experienced_________________ during the war
  12. Many women helped the war efforts by volunteering as ____________
  13. the first Battle of Bull Run showed both sides that the war was going to be __________
  14. Continuous fighting without giving the other side a chance to rest
  15. Antietam was the ____________ deadliest day of battle
  16. Due to the lack of knowledge on bacteria ___________ was very dangerous
  17. Place where the Civil War ended
  18. After the Battle of Gettysburg the Confederacy remained on the _______________
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  1. The 54th ______________ was the most famous African American regiment
  2. sections of railroads that were wrapped around trees were known as Sherman _______________
  3. Sought the end of slavery
  4. The 13th amendment abolished this
  5. Lincoln gave his most famous speech here
  6. General McClellan was sent to capture what city
  7. Assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  8. Treating everyone and everything as an enemy
  9. Initial union war strategy
  10. created the union war strategy
  11. decided not to help the Confederacy after the Battle of Gettysburg
  12. Lincoln wanted to ___________ the union in the beginning
  13. Gettysburg was the most ______ battle of the war
  14. Military draft
  15. surrendered at Appomattox Court House to General Grant

33 Clues: Military draft • Sought the end of slavery • Initial union war strategy • Assassinated Abraham Lincoln • First state to leave the Union • created the union war strategy • Official start of the Civil War • Place where the Civil War ended • The 13th amendment abolished this • Wanted to be an independent nation • First major battle of the civil war • ...

Unit 2 | North America | Vocab | Vol. III 2022-11-01

Unit 2 | North America | Vocab | Vol. III crossword puzzle
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  1. an 1863 document that freed all slaves living in Confederate held territory
  2. a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country
  3. the movement to end slavery, before and during the Civil War in the United States
  4. the speech Abraham Lincoln made in 1863 honoring soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg during the U.S. Civil War
  5. the idea that the United States had the right to expand its territory to the Pacific Ocean
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  1. the route the Cherokees took during their forced migration from the southeast United States to Oklahoma in the 1830s
  2. the largest mountain range system in North America
  3. the second longest river in North America
  4. a partnership between countries
  5. the effort to rebuild and reunite the United States following the Civil War
  6. a ruler with complete control
  7. The use of machines to make raw materials (such was lumber) into usual products (like chairs or tables)
  8. the mass slaughter by the Nazis of six million Jews and others during World War II
  9. a large farm that grows crops for profit
  10. to strengthen

15 Clues: to strengthen • a ruler with complete control • a partnership between countries • a large farm that grows crops for profit • the second longest river in North America • the largest mountain range system in North America • a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country • the effort to rebuild and reunite the United States following the Civil War • ...

The Civil War 2015-04-12

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. to withdraw from enemy forces
  2. war between the states (1861-1865)
  3. proclamation issued by Pres. Lincoln
  4. Union soldier in Civil War
  5. Commander of the Union Armies
  6. practice of owning slaves
  7. to enlist in armed forces
  8. 16th President of United States
  9. to give assistance
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  1. light gun with long barrel
  2. item designed to inflict bodily harm
  3. Lincoln granted all slaves
  4. southern states that seceded from the Union
  5. conflict
  6. highest officer in armed forces
  7. General that led the Confederate Army
  8. successful ending of a war
  9. garment worn by soldiers
  10. strategy to achieve a specific end
  11. feeling of hostility

20 Clues: conflict • to give assistance • feeling of hostility • garment worn by soldiers • practice of owning slaves • to enlist in armed forces • light gun with long barrel • Lincoln granted all slaves • Union soldier in Civil War • successful ending of a war • to withdraw from enemy forces • Commander of the Union Armies • highest officer in armed forces • 16th President of United States • ...

Civil War Review and Preview 2021-05-17

Civil War Review and Preview crossword puzzle
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  1. This Tennessee town was the key to controlling the Mississippi River. (Hint: big battle at this city)
  2. This was the name given to states who stayed loyal to the Union and were allowed to keep slaves.
  3. The very first action of the Civil War took place at this fort in Charleston, South Carolina.
  4. This sleepy little town is where Robert E. Lee surrendered and the Union won!
  5. This was the name of the Union's strategy to win the war against the Confederacy.
  6. On Jan 1st 1863 President Lincoln issued the ____________ Proclamation freeing certain slaves.
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  1. The Union want to capture and control this river in order to win the war.
  2. This man became the overall General of the Union Army and defeated Lee ending the war.
  3. This city was the capital of the Confederacy.
  4. Thomas Jackson, who earned this famous nickname, died after being shot by his own men.
  5. This battle was known as the turning point of the Civil War.
  6. This Union Major was forced out of Fort Sumter.
  7. What was another name for the Battle of Manassas?
  8. The first major battle of the Civil War took place very close to Marsteller Middle School.
  9. This major issue was the main cause of the Civil War.
  10. This future Confederate General refused command of the Union Army.

16 Clues: This city was the capital of the Confederacy. • This Union Major was forced out of Fort Sumter. • What was another name for the Battle of Manassas? • This major issue was the main cause of the Civil War. • This battle was known as the turning point of the Civil War. • This future Confederate General refused command of the Union Army. • ...

Russian Revolution 2023-01-23

Russian Revolution crossword puzzle
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  1. this event with Japan added to people's discontent with the government 324
  2. a radical political thinker of the 1800s. 323
  3. What appeared in Russia because of the war. 326
  4. The month Russia's second revolution happened (abbreviated) 327
  5. these were outlawed until 1905. 323
  6. What Nicholas gave up 327
  7. The Red _____ - mass arrests and punishments for any who opposed Lenin and the Bolsheviks 330
  8. _____ liberties: personal freedoms that are protected by the government 325
  9. _____ War I influenced the coming revolution of 1917. 326
  10. the leader of the Bolsheviks 323
  11. What the Bolsheviks and Lenin immediately censored 328
  12. There were shortages in 1917. 326
  13. Russia's czar 322
  14. the new name for Russia (also called Soviet Union) 329
  15. This was taken over by the government during the civil war by the "Reds" 329
  16. took place with great frequency after 1912. 326
  17. What Lenin forced other political parties to do 328
  18. A policy that eased up on the restrictions of "War Communism" 331
  19. what soldiers did to the protests 327
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  1. what the term Bolsheviks means 323
  2. what Nicholas did to Dumas he did not like 325
  3. The month Russia's first revolution happened (abbreviated) 326
  4. who Lenin believed should lead the revolution 324
  5. What the Bolsheviks do to the Provisional government 328
  6. What existed in Russia as the Provisional government and the soviets competed for power 327
  7. What the Bolsheviks and Lenin created "Secret _____" 328
  8. _____ Army - supporters of the Bolsheviks during the civil war 328
  9. a classless society where people live cooperatively 324
  10. what Marx believed workers would do because they were poor 324
  11. What Nicholas used to control his people 325
  12. This was taken from the peasants during the civil war by the "Reds"
  13. created by Nicholas as a legislature for the people 325
  14. elected representatives from local factories and workshops 324
  15. _____ Army - supporters of the Monarchy during the civil war 328
  16. Bloody _____: a protest that resulted in the shooting of citizens by Russian soldiers 324
  17. What happened to Nicholas and his family 330

36 Clues: Russia's czar 322 • What Nicholas gave up 327 • the leader of the Bolsheviks 323 • There were shortages in 1917. 326 • what the term Bolsheviks means 323 • these were outlawed until 1905. 323 • what soldiers did to the protests 327 • What Nicholas used to control his people 325 • What happened to Nicholas and his family 330 • a radical political thinker of the 1800s. 323 • ...

The Civil War (Technology) 2014-05-11

The Civil War (Technology) crossword puzzle
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  1. Confederate Submarine
  2. Conflict between opposing groups of citizens of the same country
  3. Used for military communication and report battle information
  4. Union Ironclad
  5. Confederate Ironclad
  6. Used to transport troops, ammunition and supplies
  7. A ship that sails into and out of a blockaded area
  8. U.S paper money first issued during the Civil War
  9. An area that is used to stop supplies or people from coming in or going out
  10. A person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or cause
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  1. Union Soldier
  2. Money given as a reward to encourage enlistment in the army
  3. One of the first rapid-fire guns
  4. Armored Naval Vessel
  5. Mathew Brady is famous for this during the Civil War
  6. Occupying a strong defensive position
  7. This weapon became popular at the end of the Civil War
  8. Selection of persons for military service
  9. Confederate Soldier
  10. Storage place for weapons and ammunition

20 Clues: Union Soldier • Union Ironclad • Confederate Soldier • Armored Naval Vessel • Confederate Ironclad • Confederate Submarine • One of the first rapid-fire guns • Occupying a strong defensive position • Storage place for weapons and ammunition • Selection of persons for military service • Used to transport troops, ammunition and supplies • ...

8th Grade U.S. History Review 2024-05-06

8th Grade U.S. History Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Citizens vote on representatives
  2. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  3. The government has only the powers the constitution mentions
  4. Divides powers between federal and state government
  5. Written on board before they settled here
  6. Colonies sending materials to the mother country
  7. A strategy during the Civil War to cut off supplies
  8. Tax on imported goods
  9. Rights that can't be taken from us
  10. Cities growing bigger over time
  11. The switch to machinery for production
  12. Someone who wants to get rid of slavery
  13. The last battle of the Civil War
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  1. Each part of government checks each other
  2. First representative government
  3. First successful colony in New England
  4. A terrorist group against the freedom of black people
  5. Rights addressed by grievances during the colonial era
  6. Government is sustained by the consent of the people
  7. The government is split into three branches

20 Clues: Tax on imported goods • First representative government • Cities growing bigger over time • Citizens vote on representatives • The last battle of the Civil War • Rights that can't be taken from us • The bloodiest battle of the Civil War • First successful colony in New England • The switch to machinery for production • Someone who wants to get rid of slavery • ...

Absolutism 2023-02-21

Absolutism crossword puzzle
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  1. Charles V controlled nearly half of Europe
  2. unlimited authority in a ruler
  3. paid fighters and soldiers
  4. French protestants
  5. supported the king in the English Civil War
  6. left England for peace in the new world
  7. fleet
  8. ruled England jointly
  9. precursor to the US Bill of Rights
  10. Russia's window on the west
  11. secular ruler after the English Civil War
  12. landowning nobility
  13. Ann Boleyn's daughter who ruled England
  14. huge palace near Paris
  15. granted religious toleration in france
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  1. bloodless revolution in England
  2. Empress of Hapsburg lands
  3. ended religious wars in Germany
  4. kings are not autocrats but have to follow the law also
  5. god gave them the right to rule
  6. French fights between catholics & protestan
  7. visited the west to improve Russia
  8. supported parliament in the English Civil War
  9. dividing a land or country in two

24 Clues: fleet • French protestants • landowning nobility • ruled England jointly • huge palace near Paris • Empress of Hapsburg lands • paid fighters and soldiers • Russia's window on the west • unlimited authority in a ruler • bloodless revolution in England • ended religious wars in Germany • god gave them the right to rule • dividing a land or country in two • ...

Civil War CW 2023-02-22

Civil War CW crossword puzzle
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  1. to leave or break apart from
  2. Economy of the Union
  3. Being set free or liberation
  4. To get rid of or remove
  5. Enrollment into service like army or navy
  6. Economy of the Confederacy
  7. Southern side fighting to keep slavery
  8. Carolina First state to secede from the union
  9. Union Soldiers
  10. 60,000 union troops marched and destroyed Georgia and captured Savannah
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  1. President of the confederate side
  2. Document freeing slaves in any part of the U.S
  3. Price increase of items over a certain period of time
  4. Discrimination of a person based on their ethnicity or race
  5. States that still allowed slavery but never left the union
  6. court house where the civil war was ended with a peaceful surrender
  7. First battle of the American Civil war
  8. Having someone work for you with no pay with bad conditions
  9. Northern side fighting to abolish slavery
  10. President of union during civil war that ended slavery

20 Clues: Union Soldiers • Economy of the Union • To get rid of or remove • Economy of the Confederacy • to leave or break apart from • Being set free or liberation • President of the confederate side • Southern side fighting to keep slavery • First battle of the American Civil war • Enrollment into service like army or navy • Northern side fighting to abolish slavery • ...

Ms Remp Extra Credit 2021-05-24

Ms Remp Extra Credit crossword puzzle
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  1. amendment that ended slavery, except as punishment for a crime
  2. source that is created using other primary sources
  3. amendment that protects freedom of speech
  4. ____ destiny is a reason the United States expanded
  5. branch of government President is in
  6. document made to protect rights of Americans
  7. name of your current school
  8. war the United States fought between the North and South
  9. person that wanted to end slavery
  10. name for the South during the Civil War
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  1. source that is created right after something happens
  2. amendment that said women could vote
  3. document that says how government should be organized
  4. branch of government that writes laws
  5. amendment that says police have to have a warrant to search your house
  6. time period immediately after the Civil War
  7. era where making and selling alcohol was illegal
  8. branch of government that includes courts
  9. relating to money and/or jobs
  10. leaving a group

20 Clues: leaving a group • name of your current school • relating to money and/or jobs • person that wanted to end slavery • amendment that said women could vote • branch of government President is in • branch of government that writes laws • name for the South during the Civil War • amendment that protects freedom of speech • branch of government that includes courts • ...

Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle 2021-04-27

Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Where many African Americans moved after the great depression. Also called the Great Migration
  2. African Americans experienced less of this in Europe during World War II
  3. President of the United States who passed many Civil Rights legislation
  4. this was the name of Russia during the cold war
  5. this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan
  6. This party did not agree, therefore it was divided.
  7. Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war.
  8. James L. Farmer Jr. created this civil rights organization which pushed for equality
  9. an organization that fights for Latin American civil rights, and desegregation of schools
  10. War on _______________.
  11. 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia
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  1. A period in the United States history when everyone was so caught up in stopping communism, and investigated people within their community for being communists.
  2. an economic system in which the government owns the land and means of production.
  3. guarantees of equal social opportunities and equal protection under the law, regardless of race, religion, or other personal characteristics.
  4. Brown v Board of education outlawed this in schools across the country.
  5. the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.
  6. bringing together people from different races in an attempt to give people equal rights.
  7. Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States. Their goal was to desegregate the bus system
  8. this person was a Mexican American physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, civil rights advocate, and founder of the American G.I. Forum.

19 Clues: War on _______________. • this was the name of Russia during the cold war • Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war. • This party did not agree, therefore it was divided. • 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia • this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan • ...

Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle 2021-04-27

Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan
  2. War on _______________.
  3. This party did not agree, therefore it was divided.
  4. an economic system in which the government owns the land and means of production.
  5. Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States. Their goal was to desegregate the bus system
  6. the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.
  7. President of the United States who passed many Civil Rights legislation
  8. 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia
  9. bringing together people from different races in an attempt to give people equal rights.
  10. Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war.
  11. African Americans experienced less of this in Europe during World War II
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  1. this person was a Mexican American physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, civil rights advocate, and founder of the American G.I. Forum.
  2. this was the name of Russia during the cold war
  3. Brown v Board of education outlawed this in schools across the country.
  4. James L. Farmer Jr. created this civil rights organization which pushed for equality
  5. guarantees of equal social opportunities and equal protection under the law, regardless of race, religion, or other personal characteristics.
  6. A period in the United States history when everyone was so caught up in stopping communism, and investigated people within their community for being communists.
  7. Where many African Americans moved after the great depression. Also called the Great Migration
  8. an organization that fights for Latin American civil rights, and desegregation of schools

19 Clues: War on _______________. • this was the name of Russia during the cold war • Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war. • This party did not agree, therefore it was divided. • 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia • this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan • ...

Civil War 2 2024-06-05

Civil War 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. - Union general who was relieved of his command
  2. - Amendment that abolished slavery
  3. - Location of John Brown's failed slave uprising
  4. - Significant battle in Georgia
  5. - Where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
  6. - Civil unrest in the South caused by food shortages
  7. - Discriminatory laws passed in the south during Reconstruction
  8. - Both sides instituted this to raise armies
  9. - Type of naval warship used in the Civil War
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  1. - Color associated with Union soldiers
  2. - Group of artillery pieces
  3. - Notorious Confederate prison in Georgia
  4. - Legal protection suspended by Lincoln during the war.
  5. - Term for African American regiments in the Union Army.
  6. - Color associated with Confederate soldiers
  7. - First name of the President of the Confederacy
  8. - Battle considered Lee's greatest victory.
  9. - Amendment granting voting rights regardless of race
  10. - Union general famous for his March to the Sea

19 Clues: - Group of artillery pieces • - Significant battle in Georgia • - Amendment that abolished slavery • - Color associated with Union soldiers • - Notorious Confederate prison in Georgia • - Battle considered Lee's greatest victory. • - Color associated with Confederate soldiers • - Both sides instituted this to raise armies • - Type of naval warship used in the Civil War • ...

Civil War crossword 2023-02-07

Civil War crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Line - A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
  2. - A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
  3. - The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
  4. Scott decision - A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
  5. - A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
  6. theater - The fighting during the Civil War that took place west of the Appalachian Mountains. It eventually included the fighting in Georgia and the Carolinas as well.
  7. - When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  8. - The side of an army or military unit.
  9. - A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
  10. - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
  11. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  12. - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  13. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  14. - The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
  15. - When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
  16. - A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.
  17. theater - The part of the war fought in the Eastern United States including Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
  18. - Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
  19. - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
  20. Proclamation - An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
  21. - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
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  1. - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  2. - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
  3. Slave Law - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  4. states - These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
  5. - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  6. - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
  7. - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
  8. - Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
  9. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  10. - A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding.
  11. - An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  12. - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
  13. - A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
  14. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
  15. - A nickname for the South.
  16. - A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
  17. - A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
  18. - A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
  19. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.

40 Clues: - A nickname for the South. • - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers. • - The side of an army or military unit. • - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot. • - An army of citizens used during emergencies. • - When a person is murdered for political reasons. • - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • ...

Chapter 4-6 Study Guide 2021-10-14

Chapter 4-6 Study Guide crossword puzzle
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  1. Law proposed by Stephen Douglas and passed by congress in 1854 that allowed Kansas and Nebraska to determine by referendum, whether or not to permit slavery (popular sovereignty).
  2. a negative term for Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War.
  3. president of the U.S during the Spanish-American War.
  4. a system in which a farmer paid rent to a landowner for the use of the land.
  5. political, military,and economic domination of strong nations over weaker territories.
  6. led a volunteer cavalry, called the Rough Riders, in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
  7. Who was an abolitionist/Editor who was killed in 1837 by a pro-slavery mob while defending his printing press in Alton, Illinois.
  8. founded in 1909 by both African-Americans and white supporters.
  9. a negative term for a southern white who supported the Republican Party after the Civil War.
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  1. treaty that ended the Spanish-American War.
  2. U.S. battleship that blew up in Havana on February 15, 1898.
  3. writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in government or business.
  4. what opened in 1914 that links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
  5. Largest battle of the Civil War, lasting three days.
  6. Who was a senator from Mississippi that became the President of the Confederate States of America.
  7. _________ was the bloodiest single battle of the Civil War fought on September 17th, 1862.
  8. On May 21,1856, pro-slavery invaders from Missouri pillaged Lawrence, Kansas.
  9. a system in which a farmer tends to a portion of a planter's land in return for a share of the crop.
  10. what was a British liner that was shot down by a German U-Boat in May 1915.
  11. secret society formed by Confederate Veterans in 1865.

20 Clues: treaty that ended the Spanish-American War. • Largest battle of the Civil War, lasting three days. • president of the U.S during the Spanish-American War. • secret society formed by Confederate Veterans in 1865. • U.S. battleship that blew up in Havana on February 15, 1898. • what opened in 1914 that links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. • ...

Sectionalism and Civil War crossword puzzle 2023-05-09

Sectionalism and Civil War crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. What is a tax levied by a government directly on income, especially an annual tax on personal income.
  2. What is it called when you survey a location for a long period of time.
  3. What was fought July 1–3, 1863, fought in and around the town of.
  4. the first major battle of the American civil war
  5. what is one of the first Black regiments to serve in the U.S. Civil War.
  6. What is battle of the Civil War and Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.
  7. Unwilling to do something
  8. What is the birthplace of a nation?
  9. give a practical exhibition and explanation of how Something is done.
  10. What is located on Morris Island in the Charleston Harbor, SC
  11. What is denoting an action or event preceding or done in preparation for something fuller or more important.
  12. What is it a called when a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
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  1. What was the cause of the battle of Gettysburg that happened on July, 1, 1863.
  2. What was one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil
  3. What battle April 30–May 6,1863,was a major battle of the American Civil War.
  4. what did Abraham Lincoln issue in January, 1, 1863
  5. What is it when an operation in which a police or other force surround a building and cut off supplies.
  6. What was the letter that Abraham Lincoln delivered to dedicate the civil war soldiers.
  7. What was the Battle of Pittsburg Landing also known as?
  8. What is it to used to emphasize the basic, fundamental, or intrinsic nature of a person, thing, or situation.
  9. What does it mean when something is important and worth doing called.
  10. What is a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into courT
  11. What Northern members of the Democratic party, also known as Peace Democrats were called.
  12. What is compulsory recruitment for military service.
  13. What battle of the American Civil War fought on September 17, 1862,
  14. What does it mean when you try to tell someone to do something important

26 Clues: Unwilling to do something • What is the birthplace of a nation? • the first major battle of the American civil war • what did Abraham Lincoln issue in January, 1, 1863 • What is compulsory recruitment for military service. • What was the Battle of Pittsburg Landing also known as? • What is located on Morris Island in the Charleston Harbor, SC • ...

History Review Board 2024-05-17

History Review Board crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The policy of protecting Natives.
  2. Said that all slaves in free states were now free.
  3. Marked the beginning of the Civil War.
  4. The Confederate won, and the Union lost over 12,000 men.
  5. It was the battle in which the Confederates surrendered.
  6. Someone who cultivates a small piece of land
  7. Was a fighting strategy.
  8. The first land battle of the Civil war.
  9. It was a campaign that lasted just over a month.
  10. The largest auction of enslaved people.
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  1. Was the most destructive to bystanders in the Civil War.
  2. Someone from the Union that robs and murders.
  3. Had the largest amount of casualties in the Civil War.
  4. A way to carry slaves to freedom.
  5. This was the Confederate's last chance to keep the union out of the Mississippi, but they failed.
  6. It was a campaign by the Union to try and take Vicksburg
  7. Laws that enforced segregation.
  8. The confederate troups climbed up the mountain to attack those of the union.
  9. They said that slaves were contraband and they were "still property" after they crossed the Union border.
  10. 23,000 soldiers died, and many more were injured.
  11. The Union captured Savannah.
  12. America was trying to figure out how to fit African Americans into the culture.

22 Clues: Was a fighting strategy. • The Union captured Savannah. • Laws that enforced segregation. • The policy of protecting Natives. • A way to carry slaves to freedom. • Marked the beginning of the Civil War. • The first land battle of the Civil war. • The largest auction of enslaved people. • Someone who cultivates a small piece of land • ...

Reconstruction and The West 1860's-1890's 2024-05-17

Reconstruction and The West 1860's-1890's crossword puzzle
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  1. Formal charge of wrongdoing against a public official
  2. Paths used by cowboys to drive cattle to market
  3. Rapidly growing towns often associated with mining
  4. People who herded cattle in the Old West
  5. Group that gained freedom and civil rights after the Civil War
  6. Famous silver ore deposit in Nevada
  7. State where the Gold Rush of 1849 occurred
  8. 19th President of the United States who ended Reconstruction
  9. 17th President of the United States who succeeded Lincoln
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  1. Precious metal that helped spur mining booms in the West
  2. Abandoned towns often after resources were depleted
  3. Process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
  4. Nevada city known for its silver mines
  5. Direction associated with frontier expansion in the US
  6. Political party favoring states' rights and segregation after the Civil War
  7. Networks that connected the country, facilitating westward expansion
  8. Livestock commonly herded in the Old West
  9. State known for its cattle ranches and oil
  10. Political party that led the Reconstruction era
  11. Precious metal discovered in large quantities in the West

20 Clues: Famous silver ore deposit in Nevada • Nevada city known for its silver mines • People who herded cattle in the Old West • Livestock commonly herded in the Old West • State known for its cattle ranches and oil • State where the Gold Rush of 1849 occurred • Paths used by cowboys to drive cattle to market • Political party that led the Reconstruction era • ...

Unit 4B Review 2022-03-03

Unit 4B Review crossword puzzle
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  1. region of the country where Reconstruction mainly had to happen
  2. radical ______ wanted equality for freedmen
  3. system of farming similar to slavery
  4. laws to restrict black people from accessing their rights
  5. says all people born in the United States are citizens
  6. amendment that ended slavery
  7. last name of the President during the Civil War
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  1. the _____ bureau helped freedmen access their rights
  2. country where reconstruction happened
  3. The Civil War happened _____ Reconstruction.
  4. time period after the civil war
  5. amendment about voting
  6. Group created in Reconstruction to terrorize Black people
  7. means crazy or different
  8. being equal in rights

15 Clues: being equal in rights • amendment about voting • means crazy or different • amendment that ended slavery • time period after the civil war • system of farming similar to slavery • country where reconstruction happened • radical ______ wanted equality for freedmen • The Civil War happened _____ Reconstruction. • last name of the President during the Civil War • ...

I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg 2016-01-24

I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg crossword puzzle
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  1. rifles used by the soldiers
  2. the turning point battle in the civil war
  3. soldiers who were killed wounded or captured
  4. sharp metal tips at the end of their guns
  5. soldiers from the north
  6. army from the south
  7. length of time the battle lasted
  8. the cause of the civil war
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  1. used to put the bullets and gunpowder in the gun
  2. fight between opposing sides
  3. one of the greatest speeches in american history
  4. bullet gunpowder and cannons
  5. wake call to the soldiers
  6. President of the United States during the Civil war
  7. the opposite of slavery

15 Clues: army from the south • soldiers from the north • the opposite of slavery • wake call to the soldiers • the cause of the civil war • rifles used by the soldiers • fight between opposing sides • bullet gunpowder and cannons • length of time the battle lasted • the turning point battle in the civil war • sharp metal tips at the end of their guns • ...

The Civil War Comprehensive 2014-12-08

The Civil War Comprehensive crossword puzzle
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  1. Marched through the south burning everything he encountered
  2. Where Sherman's march ended
  3. Name of the worst confederate prison
  4. One of the major causes of death at Andersonville Prison
  5. Name of the period after the Civil War
  6. Amendment that gave black men the right to vote
  7. Battle that was the turning point in the Civil War
  8. Belief that the states should have more power than the federal government
  9. Amendment that granted citizenship to slaves
  10. People who wanted to end slavery
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  1. Campaign where Sherman captured Atlanta because it was a railroad hub
  2. Name of fort that was attacked by the Confederacy, started the Civil War
  3. The type of work slaves did after the Civil War, very similar to slavery
  4. This region of the country had a larger population
  5. What Robert E. Lee wanted to capture during the Battle of Antietam
  6. Bloodiest 1 day battle in American History
  7. Amendment that freed the slaves
  8. When states leave the union
  9. Name of the former slave who tried to earn his freedom but was declared to be the "property" of his owner by the Supreme Court
  10. This proclamation freed slaves behind confederate lines
  11. When states leave the union
  12. What the Union did to Southern Ports
  13. President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation

23 Clues: Where Sherman's march ended • When states leave the union • When states leave the union • Amendment that freed the slaves • People who wanted to end slavery • Name of the worst confederate prison • What the Union did to Southern Ports • Name of the period after the Civil War • Bloodiest 1 day battle in American History • Amendment that granted citizenship to slaves • ...

8th Grade Social Studies 2025-05-02

8th Grade Social Studies crossword puzzle
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  1. A change or addition to the Constitution
  2. The Confederate President
  3. A colonist who remained loyal to Britain during the American Revolution
  4. the Pilgrims social contract, an early attempt at self-government
  5. the idea that the USA would eventually own all of North America
  6. the event where angry colonists tossed British tea into the ocean
  7. The US President during the Civil War
  8. The northern states during the Civil War
  9. The first permanent English colony in North America
  10. Major Civil War battle that was a turning point in the North's favor
  11. Land bought from France that doubled the size of the U.S.
  12. A tax on imported goods
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  1. President during the "Louisiana Purchase"
  2. A colonist who fought for American independence
  3. A person who was against slavery, like Tubman or Douglass
  4. 1st President and leader of the Continental Army
  5. the top Union General
  6. the forced removal of Native Americans from their lands
  7. The southern states that seceded during the Civil War
  8. the top Confederate General
  9. The system that keeps any one branch of government from becoming too powerful
  10. the Pilgrims colony
  11. review Marbury vs Madison established this
  12. The first ten amendments to the Constitution
  13. To leave or break away from a group or country

25 Clues: the Pilgrims colony • the top Union General • A tax on imported goods • The Confederate President • the top Confederate General • The US President during the Civil War • A change or addition to the Constitution • The northern states during the Civil War • President during the "Louisiana Purchase" • review Marbury vs Madison established this • ...

Civil War Crossword puzzle 2023-02-22

Civil War Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The first state to seceded from union.
  2. Was a border state
  3. President that passed the Emancipation Proclamation.
  4. An opinion not based on facts or evidence.
  5. A huge turning point in the war (largest).
  6. One of the most devastating blows to the South in the Civil War.
  7. A temporary act.
  8. To break away from.
  9. Ones who argued secession was too dangerous.
  10. One who rebelled away from the US and form a new "country."
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  1. Before the war.
  2. A plan by General Scott, of the Union, to conquer the South.
  3. A major war fought between the Union and confederate states of America.
  4. States that were slave states but were part of the Union.
  5. One who sneaks past blockades.
  6. The first battle in civil war,(Charleston).
  7. American side that were more focused on defense/surviving.
  8. Something the Union had as an advantage over the confederacy.
  9. American side that had more advantages in war.
  10. Deadliest SINGLE DAY in american war history.

20 Clues: Before the war. • A temporary act. • Was a border state • To break away from. • One who sneaks past blockades. • The first state to seceded from union. • An opinion not based on facts or evidence. • A huge turning point in the war (largest). • The first battle in civil war,(Charleston). • Ones who argued secession was too dangerous. • ...

Unit 2 | North America | Vocab | Vol. III 2022-11-01

Unit 2 | North America | Vocab | Vol. III crossword puzzle
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  1. the largest mountain range system in North America
  2. The use of machines to make raw materials (such was lumber) into usual products (like chairs or tables)
  3. the effort to rebuild and reunite the United States following the Civil War
  4. the mass slaughter by the Nazis of six million Jews and others during World War II
  5. the second longest river in North America
  6. a large farm that grows crops for profit
  7. a partnership between countries
  8. to strengthen
  9. the speech Abraham Lincoln made in 1863 honoring soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg during the U.S. Civil War
  10. the movement to end slavery, before and during the Civil War in the United States
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  1. an 1863 document that freed all slaves living in Confederate held territory
  2. a ruler with complete control
  3. the route the Cherokees took during their forced migration from the southeast United States to Oklahoma in the 1830s
  4. a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country
  5. the idea that the United States had the right to expand its territory to the Pacific Ocean

15 Clues: to strengthen • a ruler with complete control • a partnership between countries • a large farm that grows crops for profit • the second longest river in North America • the largest mountain range system in North America • a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country • an 1863 document that freed all slaves living in Confederate held territory • ...

Unit 2 | North America | Vocab | Vol. III 2022-11-01

Unit 2 | North America | Vocab | Vol. III crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country
  2. a ruler with complete control
  3. a large farm that grows crops for profit
  4. the effort to rebuild and reunite the United States following the Civil War
  5. The use of machines to make raw materials (such was lumber) into usual products (like chairs or tables)
  6. the largest mountain range system in North America
  7. the second longest river in North America
  8. the speech Abraham Lincoln made in 1863 honoring soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg during the U.S. Civil War
Down
  1. an 1863 document that freed all slaves living in Confederate held territory
  2. the idea that the United States had the right to expand its territory to the Pacific Ocean
  3. a partnership between countries
  4. the movement to end slavery, before and during the Civil War in the United States
  5. the route the Cherokees took during their forced migration from the southeast United States to Oklahoma in the 1830s
  6. the mass slaughter by the Nazis of six million Jews and others during World War II
  7. to strengthen

15 Clues: to strengthen • a ruler with complete control • a partnership between countries • a large farm that grows crops for profit • the second longest river in North America • the largest mountain range system in North America • a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country • an 1863 document that freed all slaves living in Confederate held territory • ...

Russia under Lenin: Theme 1 2018-10-11

Russia under Lenin: Theme 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Created in 1919 as top-level Party hierarchy
  2. Treaty signed with Germany to pull Russia out of WWI
  3. Centralism. Centralised government with illusion of debate
  4. Capital of Russia 1917
  5. Organisations representing workers of Russia
  6. State. Lack of any organised political opposition
  7. Fanya. SR terrorist who shot Lenin in 1918
  8. Second stage of Communism according to Marx
  9. A Level History exam board
  10. Region where Stalin was based during Civil War
  11. Capital of Russia 1918
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  1. Assembly. Lenin dissolved it in Jan 1918
  2. Sailors. Pivotal during revolution of Oct 1917
  3. Major factor in Reds winning Civil War
  4. Decision making body of the state
  5. White general during Civil War
  6. Politburo member and Party boss of Moscow
  7. Julius. Leader of the Mensheviks
  8. The Second. Russian Tsar who abdicated March 1917
  9. Bolshevik secret police created in Dec 1917

20 Clues: Capital of Russia 1917 • Capital of Russia 1918 • A Level History exam board • White general during Civil War • Julius. Leader of the Mensheviks • Decision making body of the state • Major factor in Reds winning Civil War • Assembly. Lenin dissolved it in Jan 1918 • Politburo member and Party boss of Moscow • Fanya. SR terrorist who shot Lenin in 1918 • ...

Unit 2.2 Vocab 2022-03-15

Unit 2.2 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. States that borer the north, including Delaware,Maryland,Kentucky, and Missouri.
  2. Cannons and large guns
  3. Served as a union general who is best known for defeating confederate general Robert E Lee at Gettysburg
  4. a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court
  5. issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union
  6. Lee lost this battle in union territory but escaped from Meade
  7. after this bloody battle, Lincoln relieved McClellan of command
  8. a military draft
  9. Where Lee defeated hooker, the death of Stonewall jackson
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  1. northern democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the south during the civil war
  2. a major victory in the west for general Grant
  3. Enslaved people who had been freed by the war
  4. confederate efforts to use the importance of southern cotton to to persuade the british to support the confederacy in the civil war
  5. in 1864
  6. brave commander of the confederate army that led troops at bull run
  7. a union defeat that ended the north's hopes for a short war
  8. a union general that was in charge during the beginning of the war. defeated Lee at Antietam
  9. Led by William sherman, a 300 mile long destructive path from Atlanta to the sea shore
  10. united states general who was commander of all Union troops in the West
  11. total restriction of exports
  12. Type of rule in which the military is in charge and citizens' rights are suspended
  13. people who are killed, wounded, captured, or missing in a war
  14. woodenships with metal armour that were employed by both sides during the civil war
  15. appointed general in chief of the union
  16. nurse during the civil war, founder of the red cross
  17. Union plan to blockade the confederate ports and control the mississippi river

26 Clues: in 1864 • a military draft • Cannons and large guns • total restriction of exports • appointed general in chief of the union • a major victory in the west for general Grant • Enslaved people who had been freed by the war • nurse during the civil war, founder of the red cross • Where Lee defeated hooker, the death of Stonewall jackson • ...

civil war 2022-04-01

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. who has the advantage in military combat and terrain north or south
  2. what did lincoln send to end slavery
  3. the first afican american to get the metal of honor
  4. who was the leader of the abolition movement
  5. who shot first in the civil war
  6. where was the first battle of the civil war
  7. the first hispanic-american to get the metal of honor
  8. which had more advantage north or south
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  1. who was the commander of the union army
  2. who was the president of the union
  3. what was lincoln trying to end
  4. who was the president of the confederacy
  5. witch war in history had more soldeirs die than in any other american war
  6. who was the commander of the confederacy army
  7. what caused the civil war

15 Clues: what caused the civil war • what was lincoln trying to end • who shot first in the civil war • who was the president of the union • what did lincoln send to end slavery • who was the commander of the union army • which had more advantage north or south • who was the president of the confederacy • where was the first battle of the civil war • ...

Civil war crossword 2025-05-19

Civil war crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this place produced more cotton
  2. Ethnicity of men ALLOWED to vote and fight in war
  3. Law passed to free slaves of the south
  4. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  5. The plan made by union to beat confederate
  6. Who was the president of the union
  7. Initial motive for war
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  1. First place of shots fired in war
  2. The river that the union wanted to split in two
  3. Year the civil war started
  4. who General that won the war for the union
  5. What the war eventually became about
  6. Nickname for the south
  7. Most used gun in battle
  8. These people kept schools in session and stayed home

15 Clues: Nickname for the south • Initial motive for war • Most used gun in battle • Year the civil war started • this place produced more cotton • First place of shots fired in war • Who was the president of the union • What the war eventually became about • The bloodiest battle of the Civil War • Law passed to free slaves of the south • The plan made by union to beat confederate • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2023-12-04

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a long disagreement that have a lot of battles and need agreements to solve.
  2. a fight between two groups.
  3. That is something Southerners and Northerners fought over about slavery.
  4. a group leaving another group (country, state, area).
  5. how people make money.
  6. rule for Northerners to send back escaped slaves to the South.
  7. South Army.
  8. War when the Southern states and Northern states of America fought against each other.
  9. American Army.
  10. Section that does not support slavery and use businesses/factories for economy.
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  1. President of the Confederate States of America. He led the South against the Union in the Civil War.
  2. main issue that caused the Civil War.
  3. if there is no national law, it is up to states to decide. One example is allowing slavery.
  4. Area of America.
  5. Section that relies on slavery and refuses to stop it.
  6. The states that did not leave/quit America and wanted to stay united.
  7. 16th U.S. President who wanted to help both the North and South but instead dealt with the Civil War.

17 Clues: South Army. • American Army. • Area of America. • how people make money. • a fight between two groups. • main issue that caused the Civil War. • a group leaving another group (country, state, area). • Section that relies on slavery and refuses to stop it. • rule for Northerners to send back escaped slaves to the South. • ...

Civil War & Reconstruction 2025-05-21

Civil War & Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President of the Confederacy
  2. Most successful Union general
  3. War ships covered in metal
  4. To leave the union (vocab)
  5. Became president after Lincoln’s assassination
  6. Slave from Missouri who sued for his freedom
  7. Confederate war leader
  8. President of the US during the war
  9. Capital of the confederacy
  10. New gun invented for the war
  11. Name given to the south in the war
  12. The rebuilding of the south after the war
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  1. Frederick Douglas was the most famous of this group
  2. The 15th amendment gave African-Americans this right (vocab)
  3. Racist group that came to be during reconstruction
  4. Most famous battle of the Civil War
  5. Name of the Union battle plan
  6. Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas got into a series of these about slavery
  7. General who led the march to the sea
  8. The MAIN cause of the Civil War (2 words)
  9. The 13th Amendment ended this
  10. Abolitionist has led violent acts against slavery supporters
  11. Name of the fort where the war began
  12. Laws passed in the south to limit the rights of former slaves
  13. Name given to the north

25 Clues: Confederate war leader • Name given to the north • War ships covered in metal • To leave the union (vocab) • Capital of the confederacy • President of the Confederacy • New gun invented for the war • Most successful Union general • Name of the Union battle plan • The 13th Amendment ended this • President of the US during the war • Name given to the south in the war • ...

Reconstruction 2022-10-10

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the belief that white people is the superior race
  2. law governing the conduct of African American
  3. its a historical term used by southern to describe opportunist northerners who came to the southern states after the American civil war
  4. a political coalition in the southern United States during the reconstruction era that followed after the civil war
  5. an agency of early reconstruction assisting freedmen in the south
  6. Jackson the 17th president of the us served 4 years and was a democrat
  7. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law making body
  8. first federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law
  9. outlawed discrimination based upon race in inns, theaters, common carriers, etc.
  10. the term refers to white people who supported the reconstruction polices smd efforts after the conclusion of the civil war
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  1. granted all African American men the right to vote
  2. abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime
  3. the U.S. presidential proclamation of amnesty and reconstruction during the American civil war
  4. of 1877 it was an informal ,unwritten deal that settled the dispute in 1876 for the u.s. presidential election
  5. a organized group of political and social terrorist during the reconstruction
  6. the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums
  7. required that 50 percent of all voters in the confederate states, as opposed to Lincolns proposed 10 percent
  8. the period following the civil war in which congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring southern states back into the union
  9. grants citizen to all person born or naturalized in the United States
  10. American politician minister in the African Methodist church and a college administration

20 Clues: law governing the conduct of African American • the belief that white people is the superior race • granted all African American men the right to vote • the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums • an agency of early reconstruction assisting freedmen in the south • grants citizen to all person born or naturalized in the United States • ...

Peyton's Russian Revolution Crossword 2016-02-22

Peyton's Russian Revolution Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. advisor
  2. Working class
  3. won civil war in Russia
  4. Japan won
  5. communist revolutionary
  6. Soldiers fired upon crowd on this day
  7. Opposite of Bolsheviks
  8. Last czar of Russia
  9. State capitalism
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  1. father of communism
  2. Known as Soviet Union
  3. lost the civil war
  4. Focused in Saint Petersburg in March 1917
  5. seized power in Oct. 1917
  6. Hint: Provisional = Emergency
  7. Second Minister-Chairman
  8. Russian assembly
  9. classless society
  10. Leader of Soviet Union

19 Clues: advisor • Japan won • Working class • Russian assembly • State capitalism • classless society • lost the civil war • father of communism • Last czar of Russia • Known as Soviet Union • Opposite of Bolsheviks • Leader of Soviet Union • won civil war in Russia • communist revolutionary • Second Minister-Chairman • seized power in Oct. 1917 • Hint: Provisional = Emergency • ...

Civil War Crossword 2013-02-19

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. confederate general that surrendered to Grant
  2. bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  3. 16th president of the US
  4. ship completly covered in iron
  5. name for the Southern states
  6. important leader of the Underground Railroad
  7. date that the Civil War started
  8. line that divided the north from the south
  9. 11 states did this from the Union at the start of the Civil War
  10. part of a southern state that did not want to secede formed this state
  11. where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
  12. came up with the Anaconda Plan
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  1. date that the south surrendered to the north
  2. union general that Lee surrendered to
  3. one of the best known early rapid-fire weapons and a forerunner of the machine gun known for its us in the Union
  4. document that ended slavery in 1863
  5. Confederate flag
  6. capitol of the CSA
  7. something that the southerners fought to keep and the north fought to end
  8. a nickname for "Stonewall" Jackson
  9. 1st president of the CSA
  10. place where Lee surrendered to Grant
  11. first state to secede from the Union
  12. (previously Camp Sumter) a POW camp in the south in Georgia
  13. gun that the north started manufacturing in the summer and fall of 1862

25 Clues: Confederate flag • capitol of the CSA • 16th president of the US • 1st president of the CSA • name for the Southern states • ship completly covered in iron • came up with the Anaconda Plan • date that the Civil War started • bloodiest battle of the Civil War • a nickname for "Stonewall" Jackson • document that ended slavery in 1863 • place where Lee surrendered to Grant • ...

Civil War/Reconstruction Crossword 2023-09-12

Civil War/Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. successor to Lincoln, impeached
  2. Union General that led famous March to the Sea
  3. codes that limited the freedoms of African Americans
  4. Southern Strategy for victory during the war
  5. type of reconstruction that called to punish the south and protect african americans
  6. political party that supported and fought to keep slavery
  7. President of the Confederacy
  8. political party of Lincoln
  9. Union victory, Lee's first defeat, Lincoln gives famous speech
  10. surrender of Lee and the defeat of the south
  11. Union General
  12. victory in this battle gave the union control of the mississippi river
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  1. universal male suffrage
  2. another name for the south
  3. Bloodiest battle of the war
  4. gave citizenship and protection under the law to former slaves
  5. type of reconstruction that called for an oath to pledge allegiance back to the U.S and accept emancipation
  6. term used to describe the rebuilding of the south after the civil war
  7. union 3 part plan to defeat the south during the civil war
  8. abolished slavery
  9. first shots of the civil war fired here
  10. President of the United States
  11. farming system designed by the south to keep african americans in debt and oppressed
  12. used to completely destroy the enemies capacity to make war (practiced by Sherman)
  13. first state to secede from the Union

25 Clues: Union General • abolished slavery • universal male suffrage • another name for the south • political party of Lincoln • Bloodiest battle of the war • President of the Confederacy • President of the United States • successor to Lincoln, impeached • first state to secede from the Union • first shots of the civil war fired here • Southern Strategy for victory during the war • ...

The American Civil War 2026-02-19

The American Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. City in Georgia where William T. Sherman led the "March to the Sea"
  2. Antietam Commander and part-time leader of Union forces
  3. US Navy's first full Admiral
  4. Tennessee Battle of 1862
  5. General Who led the famous "March to the Sea"
  6. Confederate Chief of Cavalry
  7. A massive Civil War battle that lasted exactly 3 days (July 1-3)
  8. Only sitting Senator to be killed in battle
  9. Confederate prison at Camp Sumter
  10. The single bloodiest day in American Military history
  11. Commander of the Army of the Cumberland
  12. Union General in the Civil War who defeated Lee
  13. George Meade's predecessor of the Army of the Potomac
  14. Winfield S. Hancock's snake war strategy
  15. Maine's 32nd Governor
  16. General who replaced McClellan in 1862
  17. This battle gave the Union complete control of the Mississippi River
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  1. Courthouse where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
  2. Historic document signed by Abraham Lincoln on July 1, 1863
  3. The last Confederate General to surrender in the field
  4. Ironclad called the USS M_ _ _ _ _r, also part of the Union
  5. First major land battle of the Civil War
  6. Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
  7. First shots of the Civil War were fired here
  8. His most famous nickname was "Stonewall"
  9. Union Chief of Cavalry
  10. Ironclad called the USS M_ _ _ _ _ _ _k, also part of the Confederacy
  11. Robert E. Lee called this general his "Old War Horse"
  12. 16th President of the U.S.
  13. This Confederate General led the "P_ _ _ _ _t's Charge"
  14. Only President of the Confederate States of America

31 Clues: Maine's 32nd Governor • Union Chief of Cavalry • Tennessee Battle of 1862 • 16th President of the U.S. • US Navy's first full Admiral • Confederate Chief of Cavalry • Confederate prison at Camp Sumter • General who replaced McClellan in 1862 • Commander of the Army of the Cumberland • First major land battle of the Civil War • His most famous nickname was "Stonewall" • ...

Unit 2 | North America | Vocab | Vol. III 2022-11-01

Unit 2 | North America | Vocab | Vol. III crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the mass slaughter by the Nazis of six million Jews and others during World War II
  2. to strengthen
  3. the idea that the United States had the right to expand its territory to the Pacific Ocean
  4. The use of machines to make raw materials (such was lumber) into usual products (like chairs or tables)
  5. the largest mountain range system in North America
  6. a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country
  7. an 1863 document that freed all slaves living in Confederate held territory
  8. the movement to end slavery, before and during the Civil War in the United States
  9. the speech Abraham Lincoln made in 1863 honoring soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg during the U.S. Civil War
Down
  1. a ruler with complete control
  2. the route the Cherokees took during their forced migration from the southeast United States to Oklahoma in the 1830s
  3. the second longest river in North America
  4. a partnership between countries
  5. a large farm that grows crops for profit
  6. the effort to rebuild and reunite the United States following the Civil War

15 Clues: to strengthen • a ruler with complete control • a partnership between countries • a large farm that grows crops for profit • the second longest river in North America • the largest mountain range system in North America • a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country • the effort to rebuild and reunite the United States following the Civil War • ...

Unit 2 | North America | Vocab | Vol. III 2022-11-01

Unit 2 | North America | Vocab | Vol. III crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the idea that the United States had the right to expand its territory to the Pacific Ocean
  2. a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country
  3. an 1863 document that freed all slaves living in Confederate held territory
  4. the second longest river in North America
  5. the route the Cherokees took during their forced migration from the southeast United States to Oklahoma in the 1830s
  6. the effort to rebuild and reunite the United States following the Civil War
Down
  1. a partnership between countries
  2. a large farm that grows crops for profit
  3. the largest mountain range system in North America
  4. to strengthen
  5. the speech Abraham Lincoln made in 1863 honoring soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg during the U.S. Civil War
  6. The use of machines to make raw materials (such was lumber) into usual products (like chairs or tables)
  7. a ruler with complete control
  8. the movement to end slavery, before and during the Civil War in the United States
  9. the mass slaughter by the Nazis of six million Jews and others during World War II

15 Clues: to strengthen • a ruler with complete control • a partnership between countries • a large farm that grows crops for profit • the second longest river in North America • the largest mountain range system in North America • a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country • an 1863 document that freed all slaves living in Confederate held territory • ...

Unit 2 | North America | Vocab | Vol. III 2022-11-01

Unit 2 | North America | Vocab | Vol. III crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the movement to end slavery, before and during the Civil War in the United States
  2. the route the Cherokees took during their forced migration from the southeast United States to Oklahoma in the 1830s
  3. the largest mountain range system in North America
  4. the idea that the United States had the right to expand its territory to the Pacific Ocean
  5. The use of machines to make raw materials (such was lumber) into usual products (like chairs or tables)
  6. the effort to rebuild and reunite the United States following the Civil War
  7. a partnership between countries
  8. a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country
Down
  1. the speech Abraham Lincoln made in 1863 honoring soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg during the U.S. Civil War
  2. the second longest river in North America
  3. an 1863 document that freed all slaves living in Confederate held territory
  4. a ruler with complete control
  5. to strengthen
  6. the mass slaughter by the Nazis of six million Jews and others during World War II
  7. a large farm that grows crops for profit

15 Clues: to strengthen • a ruler with complete control • a partnership between countries • a large farm that grows crops for profit • the second longest river in North America • the largest mountain range system in North America • a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country • an 1863 document that freed all slaves living in Confederate held territory • ...

Social Studies Review 2023-02-27

Social Studies Review crossword puzzle
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  1. General of the North
  2. Amendment that gave former slaves right to vote
  3. First shots of Civil War
  4. Who explored the Louisiana Purchase
  5. doubled the size of the United States
  6. Path the slaves used to escape slavery
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  1. Who we bought Louisiana from
  2. Amendment that ended slavery
  3. Location of the factories in the United States
  4. Which direction did the United States expand?
  5. Amendment that granted citizenship to former slaves
  6. 16th President of the United States
  7. Main cause of the Civil War
  8. Leader of the Underground Railroad
  9. Turning point of Civil War

15 Clues: General of the North • First shots of Civil War • Turning point of Civil War • Main cause of the Civil War • Who we bought Louisiana from • Amendment that ended slavery • Leader of the Underground Railroad • Who explored the Louisiana Purchase • 16th President of the United States • doubled the size of the United States • Path the slaves used to escape slavery • ...

Civil War Crossword 2020-02-27

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A leader of the Cherokee Nation
  2. Flag officer of the United States Navy
  3. Battle in the Western Theater of the Civil War
  4. Forged a reputation of braveness during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
  5. Confederate military prison in Georgia
  6. One of the most famous Union generals of the Civil War
  7. Lieutenant-general in the Confederate Army
  8. First President of the Confederate States
  9. Aggressive Union General
  10. 16th President of the United States
  11. Sea Fort in South Carolina
  12. Participated in the Battle of Gettysburg
  13. Governor of Rhode Island
  14. Major land battle of the Civil War
  15. Town in Pennsylvania
  16. Plan to defeat the Confederate side
  17. Town in Virginia
  18. Capital of Georgia
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  1. Known for Picketts Charge
  2. Executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln
  3. Known for “Sherman’s March”
  4. Warship built for the Union Navy
  5. Replaced Robert E. Lee as a lieutenant colonel
  6. A confederate general who led the South’s attempt at separating during the Civil War.
  7. U.S. Army Engineer
  8. Steam frigate which was known as the hull
  9. Only United States senator to ever die in a military engagement
  10. Partially blamed for the defeat of Gettysburg
  11. City in Mississippi
  12. 18th President of the United States
  13. Known as the battle of Sharpsburg

31 Clues: Town in Virginia • U.S. Army Engineer • Capital of Georgia • City in Mississippi • Town in Pennsylvania • Aggressive Union General • Governor of Rhode Island • Known for Picketts Charge • Sea Fort in South Carolina • Known for “Sherman’s March” • A leader of the Cherokee Nation • Warship built for the Union Navy • Known as the battle of Sharpsburg • Major land battle of the Civil War • ...

Harriet Tubman, Orphan Trains, and Railroads 2020-05-14

Harriet Tubman, Orphan Trains, and Railroads crossword puzzle
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  1. Who established the Underground Railroad, became a spy for the Union, and escaped slavery?
  2. What was Harriet Tubman’s cash reward for her escape?
  3. Who was a famous orphan train rider?
  4. What was Harriet Tubman’s nickname?
  5. Which side let it’s rails fall into disrepair?
  6. Harriet Tubman traveled 90 miles from blank to blank when she was escaping slavery?
  7. Who started the first orphanages in America?
  8. This man started the Orphan Trains
  9. How many railroads were in the United States before the Civil War?
  10. What did orphans ride on to different cities so families could adopt them?
  11. how many miles of rail work did the North have?
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  1. What was Charles L. Brace’s plan called?
  2. How many children rode on orphan trains from 1854-1930?
  3. What was the name of one of the major railroads before the Civil War?
  4. What was a benefit of railroads during the Civil War?
  5. Who did Harriet Tubman remarry?
  6. What did Harriet Tubman die from?
  7. What was the nickname for trains that took infants out West?
  8. How many slaves did Harriet Tubman help escape through the Underground Railroad?
  9. Which side maintained its railroads and paid its workers?
  10. What was a very important thing orphans were given?
  11. Did railways increase or decrease during the Civil War?

22 Clues: Who did Harriet Tubman remarry? • What did Harriet Tubman die from? • This man started the Orphan Trains • What was Harriet Tubman’s nickname? • Who was a famous orphan train rider? • What was Charles L. Brace’s plan called? • Who started the first orphanages in America? • Which side let it’s rails fall into disrepair? • how many miles of rail work did the North have? • ...

Chapter 5 Arizona History Vocabulary + Important Notes 2025-12-01

Chapter 5 Arizona History Vocabulary + Important Notes crossword puzzle
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  1. defiance What was built to protect new settlements from the raiding Navajos?
  2. the nickname for the South during the Civil War
  3. a person who cuts or carves out designs or letters on a hard surface
  4. war What large event caused the Apache to increase their raids?
  5. the leader of the union group in California
  6. the first type of dependable mail delivery
  7. Why did congress make Arizona a separate territory from New Mexico?
  8. What animals were used in Edward Beale's caravan?
  9. walk What was the painful venture to Bosque Redondo called?
  10. official blessing or permission from a church leader
  11. another name for Navajos
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  1. What was Bosque Redondo?
  2. most of the Tucson residents sided with the ___________
  3. What solved the problem of getting food and equipment to Fort Yuma?
  4. the nickname for the North during the Civil War
  5. city What was the location of Arizona's first gold rush town?
  6. pass the largest battle of the Civil War was the battle of ____________
  7. a person who searches for mineral deposits, especially by drilling or excavating
  8. Mark Aldrich was Tucson's first ________
  9. What is the name of the child born to Anglo-American parents in what is modern-day Arizona?
  10. Navajos and Apaches were rounded up and given an ____________ that was "surrender and go to the reservation or every male capable of bearing arms will be killed."
  11. which president made Arizona a separate territory?

22 Clues: What was Bosque Redondo? • another name for Navajos • Mark Aldrich was Tucson's first ________ • the first type of dependable mail delivery • the leader of the union group in California • the nickname for the South during the Civil War • the nickname for the North during the Civil War • What animals were used in Edward Beale's caravan? • ...

Crossword 2023-02-15

Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. did the north win agonist the south
  2. war between north and south of America’s early colonies after industrial revolution
  3. had a slave that sued for there freedom after being in a free state
  4. used to amputate during the civil war
  5. had a owner that he sued for freedom and lost adding to the civil war
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  1. was a advanced bullet used in the civil war
  2. president l icon used it to send messages straight to the front lines
  3. used to transport troops and supplies in way less time durin the civil war
  4. was the main reason that the civil war started
  5. if the bullet did not kill you this did in the civil war

10 Clues: did the north win agonist the south • used to amputate during the civil war • was a advanced bullet used in the civil war • was the main reason that the civil war started • if the bullet did not kill you this did in the civil war • had a slave that sued for there freedom after being in a free state • ...

History Review Board 2024-05-15

History Review Board crossword puzzle
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  1. The failed attempt by American and French forces to retake the port city from its British occupiers.
  2. Fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
  3. Military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil Wa
  4. The action of reconstructing
  5. A Hebrew word meaning "place of peace"
  6. A native or inhabitant of Kansas
  7. Laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters.
  8. A decisive engagement that halted the Confederate invasion of Maryland
  9. The family sold for $625 a-piece, or $2,500 for the four.
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  1. One of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War
  2. A man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder.
  3. Gave control of the Mississippi River—a critical supply line—to the Union, and was part of the Union's successful Anaconda Plan to cut off all trade to the Confederacy
  4. Once the fleeing slaves crossed Union army lines, they were classified as property.
  5. To cripple the Confederacy's ability to wage war.
  6. Southerners called it the Battle of Manassas, after the closest town. Northerners called it Bull Run, after a stream running through the battlefield.
  7. The resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War
  8. A village in central Virginia where the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War.
  9. The political policy of promoting or protecting the interests
  10. An important battle of the Atlanta campaign by Union General William Sherman to launch a full-scale frontal assault on the entrenched position of General Joseph Johnston's Rebels.
  11. "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  12. Figures prominently in the Union's conquest of the Confederacy in the final year of the Civil War and in Abraham Lincoln's re-election to the US presidency
  13. Named after American military officer Thomas Sumter

22 Clues: The action of reconstructing • A native or inhabitant of Kansas • A Hebrew word meaning "place of peace" • To cripple the Confederacy's ability to wage war. • Named after American military officer Thomas Sumter • One of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War • The family sold for $625 a-piece, or $2,500 for the four. • ...

Civil War/Tuckerman Trivia 2025-02-17

Civil War/Tuckerman Trivia crossword puzzle
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  1. This town is NORTH of Tuckerman
  2. Clay's middle name
  3. Last name of youngest teacher at THS
  4. Troy's middle name
  5. First school Tuckerman consolidated with
  6. President of US during Civil War
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  1. President of South during Civil War
  2. A girl's sport we do not have
  3. Mr Holland's first name
  4. A boy's sport we do not have
  5. Who won the Civil war
  6. General of the North
  7. General of the South

13 Clues: Clay's middle name • Troy's middle name • General of the North • General of the South • Who won the Civil war • Mr Holland's first name • A boy's sport we do not have • A girl's sport we do not have • This town is NORTH of Tuckerman • President of US during Civil War • President of South during Civil War • Last name of youngest teacher at THS • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle Review 2022-05-24

Civil War Crossword Puzzle Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The pople of an area deciding on the issue of slavery by voting
  2. The location where the Civil War started
  3. A famous speech that freed the slaves in areas fighting against the Union
  4. Prisoner of War
  5. Major battle for control of the Mississippi River
  6. To prevent supplies and reinforcements from coming in or out of an area
  7. A person running away from being enslaved during the Civil War
  8. He wanted to start a slave revolt
  9. The location where General Lee surrendered
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  1. He sued for his freedom
  2. Believed in "Total War"
  3. The first state to secede from the Union
  4. someone who gets injured or dies during battle
  5. The main side fighting against the Union in the Civil War
  6. He won the presidential election in 1860

15 Clues: Prisoner of War • He sued for his freedom • Believed in "Total War" • He wanted to start a slave revolt • The first state to secede from the Union • The location where the Civil War started • He won the presidential election in 1860 • The location where General Lee surrendered • someone who gets injured or dies during battle • ...

Civil War 2025-01-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Where did the Civil War come to an end?
  2. had more casualties than the Confederacy.
  3. caring for wounded soldiers and bringing supplies to the battlefield
  4. It was located on the Mississippi River.
  5. Maryland stayed in the Union
  6. It reminded Northerners what the Union stood for.
  7. “Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive”?
  8. Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, Maryland
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  1. African Americans were permitted to serve in the Union military
  2. Civil War would not end quickly
  3. The Union had more ___ than the Confederacy.
  4. to weaken the enemy at all costs during his March to the Sea?
  5. What is Sarah Morgan Dawson describing?
  6. Confederate capital for most of the Civil War
  7. the most capable Confederate general

15 Clues: Maryland stayed in the Union • Civil War would not end quickly • the most capable Confederate general • Where did the Civil War come to an end? • What is Sarah Morgan Dawson describing? • It was located on the Mississippi River. • had more casualties than the Confederacy. • Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, Maryland • The Union had more ___ than the Confederacy. • ...

Crossword 2023-02-15

Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. did the north win agonist the south
  2. war between north and south of America’s early colonies after industrial revolution
  3. had a slave that sued for there freedom after being in a free state
  4. used to amputate during the civil war
  5. had a owner that he sued for freedom and lost adding to the civil war
Down
  1. was a advanced bullet used in the civil war
  2. president l icon used it to send messages straight to the front lines
  3. used to transport troops and supplies in way less time durin the civil war
  4. was the main reason that the civil war started
  5. if the bullet did not kill you this did in the civil war

10 Clues: did the north win agonist the south • used to amputate during the civil war • was a advanced bullet used in the civil war • was the main reason that the civil war started • if the bullet did not kill you this did in the civil war • had a slave that sued for there freedom after being in a free state • ...

Unit 4B Review 2022-03-03

Unit 4B Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The Civil War happened _____ Reconstruction.
  2. amendment about voting
  3. last name of the President during the Civil War
  4. radical ______ wanted equality for freedmen
  5. Group created in Reconstruction to terrorize Black people
  6. country where reconstruction happened
  7. system of farming similar to slavery
  8. being equal in rights
  9. time period after the civil war
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  1. the _____ bureau helped freedmen access their rights
  2. amendment that ended slavery
  3. means crazy or different
  4. laws to restrict black people from accessing their rights
  5. says all people born in the United States are citizens
  6. region of the country where Reconstruction mainly had to happen

15 Clues: being equal in rights • amendment about voting • means crazy or different • amendment that ended slavery • time period after the civil war • system of farming similar to slavery • country where reconstruction happened • radical ______ wanted equality for freedmen • The Civil War happened _____ Reconstruction. • last name of the President during the Civil War • ...

Civil War 2022-11-01

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Confederate general that was unsuccessful
  2. Supreme Court ruled that African Americans could not be citizens
  3. Led Union to victory
  4. Union gained greater control of the Mississippi River valley
  5. Relied on agriculture and slavery
  6. 1861-1865
  7. A key battle that turned the tide against the Confederates
  8. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
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  1. Cut and shelled the city repeatedly in 1863
  2. Missouri, Delaware, Kentucky, and Maryland
  3. Began the civil war
  4. Relied on industrialization
  5. Bloodiest single-day battle in civil war
  6. Cut the South in half and controlled the Mississippi River
  7. Inspired the Union to keep fighting in the civil war

15 Clues: 1861-1865 • Began the civil war • Led Union to victory • Relied on industrialization • Relied on agriculture and slavery • Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation • Bloodiest single-day battle in civil war • Confederate general that was unsuccessful • Missouri, Delaware, Kentucky, and Maryland • Cut and shelled the city repeatedly in 1863 • ...

Unit 1 Exam Review 2022-09-18

Unit 1 Exam Review crossword puzzle
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  1. _________ Douglass was a formerly enslaved man who became an abolitionist speaker known for describing the evils of slavery to northern audiences
  2. _______ American War allowed the United States to expand its territory to the west coast
  3. Manifest _______ was the idea that god destined the U.S. to expand to the west coast
  4. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
  5. The movement to end slavery
  6. _________ Davis was the President of the Confederacy
  7. Who won the elections of 1860 and 1864?
  8. ____________ Proclamation ended slavery in the rebel states and was a temporary fix for the problem of slavery
  9. Harriet ______ was a conductor of the Underground railroad and a Union Army spy
  10. __________ Address was a speech by Lincoln that connected the Civil War to a struggle for freedom
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  1. _____ Case of 1857 where this free African American man was denied freedom
  2. Name of the southern states during the Civil War
  3. _______ Nebraska Act opened the question of slavery to a vote in this territory
  4. Color of the Union Army uniforms in the Civil War
  5. Loyalty to your region of the country
  6. ________ Slave Law was part of the Compromise of 1850 that allowed capture of runaway slaves
  7. A person who is trying to end slavery
  8. Name of the United States in the Civil War

18 Clues: Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin • The movement to end slavery • Loyalty to your region of the country • A person who is trying to end slavery • Who won the elections of 1860 and 1864? • Name of the United States in the Civil War • Name of the southern states during the Civil War • Color of the Union Army uniforms in the Civil War • ...

Reconstruction terms crossword 2025-02-27

Reconstruction terms crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. laws passed in south that discriminated against freedom
  2. insulting name for white southerners who supported reconstruction efforts
  3. an agency set up in 1865 to assist formerly enslaved people in obtaining relief,land, jobs, fair treatment and education
  4. a holiday celebrated on June 19th to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US. First celebrated in Texas in 1865, Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 and is now celebrated across the U.S.
  5. military rule imposed on citizens instead of civil law and government.The South was placed under martial law after the Civil War
  6. the freeing of enslaved people by the authority that held them
  7. the practice of leasing inmates to perform forced labor for individuals or private companies
  8. a secret terrorist organization in the U.S. made up of white people who are opposed to people of other races
  9. unfairly treating a person or groups of people differently from other people based on characteristics such as race,age or gender
  10. : 17th President of the U.S., he assumed this role after theassassination of Lincoln,serving 1865-1869
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  1. appointed Governor during Reconstruction under martial law and later elected Governor, serving from 1870-1874
  2. an insulting word for northerners who moved to the south after the war
  3. a voting qualification under the 15th Amendment that required a person to pay a tax in order to register to vote
  4. a system of agriculture in which a landowner allowed a tenant farmer to use land in exchange for a share of the
  5. the post Civil War period from 1865-1876. The U.S. readmitted the southern state to the Union, rebuilding the nation after the Civil War
  6. 18th President of the U.S. elected in 1868, he campaigned on his Civil War experience as commanding general of the Union forces
  7. gave voting rights to all African American men
  8. a person freed from enslavement
  9. a promise or oath required of all who fought or aided the Confederacy, promising to never fight against the U.S.
  10. 16th President of the U.S., serving during the Civil War. He emancipated enslaved people, and was assassinated in 1865.

20 Clues: a person freed from enslavement • gave voting rights to all African American men • laws passed in south that discriminated against freedom • the freeing of enslaved people by the authority that held them • an insulting word for northerners who moved to the south after the war • insulting name for white southerners who supported reconstruction efforts • ...

English class puzzle 2023-10-24

English class puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. a Mongolian military leader who lived in the 12th and 13 century
  2. Where the fighting started in the Civil War
  3. one of the Axis countries
  4. The number of years that the Vietnam War lasted
  5. The President of the United States during the War of 1812
  6. president of the United States during World War 1
  7. dictator of Rome and put an end to the Roman Republic
  8. A powerful leader of Vietnam that fought for its independence
  9. Last name of winning general in the Civil War
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  1. Superpower that supported North Korea during the Korean War
  2. ruled Italy during WW2
  3. he ruled China from 1949-1976
  4. The country that the United States fought in the War of 1812
  5. Prime Minister of United Kingdom during World War 2
  6. A general of the United States during the Korean War & WW2
  7. He conquered much of Europe and Asia in a short time
  8. general in the French Revolution
  9. Who the United States fought in a war in 1898

18 Clues: ruled Italy during WW2 • one of the Axis countries • he ruled China from 1949-1976 • general in the French Revolution • Where the fighting started in the Civil War • Who the United States fought in a war in 1898 • Last name of winning general in the Civil War • The number of years that the Vietnam War lasted • president of the United States during World War 1 • ...

American History Crossword Puzzle 2023-04-19

American History Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The Indian tribe in the landmark case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional.
  2. Eli Whitneys invention that caused southern states to increase their need for slaves instead of the original plan of trying to decrease it.
  3. The land in which the United States acquired and claimed when Spain seceded from it.
  4. The event in which angry colonists in Boston Harbor protested.
  5. The 18th president and the commanding general of the Union Army.
  6. A person who strived for no slavery(Someone who was anti-slave).
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  1. 1st battle of the civil war.
  2. "Father of American Education.
  3. The side of states in the civil war fighting for slavery to stay.
  4. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
  5. The way in which England made unfair trade guidelines for the colonies.
  6. President of the United States who is famous for giving the emancipation proclamation
  7. The turning point of the Civil War.
  8. The president of the Confederacy.
  9. A later named state in which people from all over came there in hopes of finding gold
  10. The side of states in the civil war fighting for the abolishment of slavery.

16 Clues: 1st battle of the civil war. • "Father of American Education. • The president of the Confederacy. • Bloodiest battle of the Civil War. • The turning point of the Civil War. • The event in which angry colonists in Boston Harbor protested. • The 18th president and the commanding general of the Union Army. • A person who strived for no slavery(Someone who was anti-slave). • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-02-23

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The end of the Civil War
  2. To do away with
  3. Robert Smalls stole a _______ to escape to freedom
  4. Went for president in "The 1860 Election"
  5. According to the _______ ________ Decision, enslaved people were considered property
  6. The deadliest one-day battle in American military history
  7. To withdraw membership in a political state
  8. The man who marched his military into the South
  9. A of Jan.1, 1864, all states in Confederate states would be ______
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  1. First battle of the American Civil War
  2. The South side of the U.S.; had a population of 9 million
  3. The North side of the U.S.; had a population of 22 million
  4. the belief that race determines human traits and capacities
  5. A person that fights in the military
  6. Scot developed the _______ ________, name for the large snake that coils around and suffocates its prey
  7. Soldier that fought to preserve the Union
  8. Some used the fog of the war to _______ to freedom
  9. The longest battle of the Civil War
  10. A person that was owned

19 Clues: To do away with • A person that was owned • The end of the Civil War • The longest battle of the Civil War • A person that fights in the military • First battle of the American Civil War • Soldier that fought to preserve the Union • Went for president in "The 1860 Election" • To withdraw membership in a political state • The man who marched his military into the South • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-02-23

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The end of the Civil War
  2. To do away with
  3. Robert Smalls stole a _______ to escape to freedom
  4. Went for president in "The 1860 Election"
  5. According to the _______ ________ Decision, enslaved people were considered property
  6. The deadliest one-day battle in American military history
  7. To withdraw membership in a political state
  8. The man who marched his military into the South
  9. A of Jan.1, 1864, all states in Confederate states would be ______
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  1. First battle of the American Civil War
  2. The South side of the U.S.; had a population of 9 million
  3. The North side of the U.S.; had a population of 22 million
  4. the belief that race determines human traits and capacities
  5. A person that fights in the military
  6. Scot developed the _______ ________, name for the large snake that coils around and suffocates its prey
  7. Soldier that fought to preserve the Union
  8. Some used the fog of the war to _______ to freedom
  9. The longest battle of the Civil War
  10. A person that was owned

19 Clues: To do away with • A person that was owned • The end of the Civil War • The longest battle of the Civil War • A person that fights in the military • First battle of the American Civil War • Soldier that fought to preserve the Union • Went for president in "The 1860 Election" • To withdraw membership in a political state • The man who marched his military into the South • ...

menu of performance tasks crossword puzzle 2023-06-01

menu of performance tasks crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. where the civil war ended
  2. the southern states that seceded
  3. the bloodiest battle in the civil war
  4. wrote the Compromise of 1850 and the Missouri Compromise
  5. a person who escapes slavery
  6. the northern states
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  1. president of the confederacy
  2. war strategy for the union
  3. 11 states did this and formed the Confederacy
  4. the civil war is considered the first ___ war
  5. president of the union

11 Clues: the northern states • president of the union • where the civil war ended • war strategy for the union • president of the confederacy • a person who escapes slavery • the southern states that seceded • the bloodiest battle in the civil war • 11 states did this and formed the Confederacy • the civil war is considered the first ___ war • ...

War & Diplomacy 2022-12-11

War & Diplomacy crossword puzzle
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  1. The act of breaking away from the Union
  2. Critical ally in the American Revolution
  3. Major turning point of the Revolutionary War
  4. Major turning point of the Civil War
  5. Attempt by colonists to seek peace with Britain ________ Petition
  6. Major Native American massacre site in 1890
  7. ____ Proclamation addressed slavery in 1863
  8. gave states choice over slavery
  9. British capture of US sailors into their navy
  10. Land assignments forced upon Native Americans after broken treaties
  11. Ship destroyed in Cuba that triggered Spanish-American war was the USS ____
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  1. The Treaty of ___ ended the Revolutionary War
  2. Jefferson acquired from France for 15M
  3. One of Cuba's main exports and chief supply to the US
  4. Supreme Court overturned Missouri Compromise
  5. Type of war that targets whole area slowly
  6. Name of Civil War southern states' "nation"
  7. slave states that stayed within the Union
  8. One of the new and highly prosperous states gained in Mex-Amer War
  9. Adams Era laws - Alien & ________ Act

20 Clues: gave states choice over slavery • Major turning point of the Civil War • Adams Era laws - Alien & ________ Act • Jefferson acquired from France for 15M • The act of breaking away from the Union • Critical ally in the American Revolution • slave states that stayed within the Union • Type of war that targets whole area slowly • Name of Civil War southern states' "nation" • ...

Civil War 2021-03-29

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. the center of the union war effort
  2. The north
  3. The confederacy
  4. any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War.
  5. seagoing steam ships that were used to get through the Union blockade that extended some 3,500 miles
  6. served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865
  7. fought between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America.
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  1. first state to secede from the Union in December 1860
  2. Led troops to victory in Tennessee and Mississippi
  3. was an unrecognized breakaway state in existence from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865, that fought against the United States of America during the American Civil War.
  4. the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army, that started the American Civil War.
  5. The union
  6. commander of the confederate army of northern virginia
  7. the name applied to a strategy outlined by the Union Army for suppressing the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War.
  8. served as the capital of the Confederate States of America for almost the whole of the American Civil War.

15 Clues: The north • The union • The confederacy • the center of the union war effort • Led troops to victory in Tennessee and Mississippi • first state to secede from the Union in December 1860 • commander of the confederate army of northern virginia • served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 • ...

Wars in American History 2025-12-01

Wars in American History crossword puzzle
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  1. The king of England during the Revolutionary War
  2. Following the September 11th, 2001 attacks, the United States engaged in war in two countries, this is one of them
  3. The final battle of the Revolutionary War and the site of British surrender
  4. The war that saw the U.S. White House burned down
  5. The _________ war ended slavery
  6. A war that began in 1939, but which the U.S. entered in 1941. The war would end in 1945.
  7. This was the United States' main rival during the Cold War
  8. The United States entered World War II because the ______________ attacked Pearl Harbor.
  9. This war is sometimes called the Second Gulf War and resulted in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. The conflicted lasted from 2003-2011.
  10. The United States entered the Korean War (1950-1953) in an attempt to stop the ____________ of communism
  11. The treaty of this ended the Mexican-American war
  12. The U.S. president during the First Gulf War
  13. The United States entered World War I because _____________ attacked U.S. civilian ships.
  14. The Mexican-American war ended when?
  15. The site of the beginning of the Civil War.
  16. The opponent to the U.S. during the Spanish-American War.
  17. In this war the United States faced opponents like Germany, Austria Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
  18. The U.S. entered this war to force the Iraqi military from Kuwait
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  1. The U.S. president during the War of 1812
  2. The U.S. president for the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  3. The U.S. president during the Civil War
  4. The U.S. policy following the September 11th, 2001 attacks that included the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
  5. When was the Spanish-American war fought?
  6. During the Cold War, this was one of the main concerns of the United States
  7. Dwight Eisenhower was a general during WWII, but he was president at the end of the __________ war.
  8. This man was president during the Great Depression and World War II.
  9. The war Americans fight to win independence from Britain
  10. The U.S. war between the North and the South (1861-1865)
  11. The U.S. president during that September 11th, 2001 attacks
  12. All women gained the constitutional right to vote following which war?
  13. The U.S. participated in this war from 1955-1975 to try to stop the spread of communism
  14. A war fought by the US in the 1800s
  15. Who has the power to declare war?
  16. The U.S. president during WWI
  17. The first (and only!)war to use nuclear weapons

35 Clues: The U.S. president during WWI • The _________ war ended slavery • Who has the power to declare war? • A war fought by the US in the 1800s • The Mexican-American war ended when? • The U.S. president during the Civil War • The U.S. president during the War of 1812 • When was the Spanish-American war fought? • The site of the beginning of the Civil War. • ...

civil war 2024-03-26

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. word for when a state leaves the union
  2. last name of the union general
  3. these people were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation
  4. battle of bull ______
  5. first state to secede
  6. march to the ____
  7. last name of the president of the Confederacy
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  1. last name of the vice president to Lincoln
  2. ________ address
  3. where the civil war began
  4. last name of the general that surrendered
  5. 2nd turning point of the war
  6. The North's name during the war
  7. the name of the south
  8. civil ______

15 Clues: civil ______ • ________ address • march to the ____ • battle of bull ______ • the name of the south • first state to secede • where the civil war began • 2nd turning point of the war • last name of the union general • The North's name during the war • word for when a state leaves the union • last name of the general that surrendered • last name of the vice president to Lincoln • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-05-30

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. What month was the Emancipation Proclamation?
  2. What month was the Battle of Antietam?
  3. pro-slavery side that included the South
  4. What president formally ended the Civil War in 1866?(Last name)
  5. Was Lincoln Anti-slavery or an Abolitionist? (He was ...)
  6. Slaves becoming free stated in the Emancipation Proclamation only applied to which states? (Neutral, Allied, Rebel)
  7. What side won during the battle of Shiloh?
  8. What famous speech was given by Lincoln about the fallen American soldiers and a new national military cemetery after the Battle of Gettysburg?(... Address)
  9. What did Jackson die from after the First Manassas?
  10. Where was the Confederacy officially formed?
  11. What month was the Battle of Gettysburg?
  12. Confederate General Thomas Jonathan Jackson is also known as … Jackson
  13. One of the 5 border states
  14. anti-slavery side that included the North
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  1. What type of attack did the Confederates use on the camped Union army during the Battle of Shiloh? (…attack)
  2. The last state to secede from the Union
  3. What famous document by Abraham Lincoln allowed African Americans to be in the Union Army? (Two long words)
  4. First state to secede from the Union
  5. The fort that started the Civil War is known as
  6. What was one of the big causes of the Civil War?
  7. Battle that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River? (The Battle/Siege of …)
  8. The Battle of Antietam is also known as the Battle of…
  9. Who surrendered to the Union at Appomattox Court House, starting the end of the Civil War? (Last Name)
  10. What side won the First Battle of Manassas?
  11. What act did Congress issue in 1863? (...Act of 1863)
  12. Number of years that the Civil War lasted (…years)

26 Clues: One of the 5 border states • First state to secede from the Union • What month was the Battle of Antietam? • The last state to secede from the Union • pro-slavery side that included the South • What month was the Battle of Gettysburg? • anti-slavery side that included the North • What side won during the battle of Shiloh? • What side won the First Battle of Manassas? • ...

CIVIL WAR 1861 - 1865 2016-01-14

CIVIL WAR 1861 - 1865 crossword puzzle
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  1. Attack in which Confederates opened fire on April 12, 1861, marking the beginning of the Civl War.
  2. Democrats that called for a "cessation of hostilities" and a constitutional convention to negotiate a peace settlement.
  3. First state to secede from the Union.
  4. A legal writ Lincoln suspended during the Civil War that forced government authorities to justify their arrests.
  5. Term given to slaves who fled plantations and sought protection behind Union lines by General Bulter during Civil War.
  6. Union nurse that later founded the American Red Cross.
  7. Mobilizing all of society's resources - economic, political, and cultural- in support of the North's military effort during the war and end of slavery in the South.
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  1. After the war was over, the Constitution was amended to free them and assure “equal protection under the law” for American citizens, and to grant them the right to vote.
  2. Wrote the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which heavily influenced the public's view on the Civil War.
  3. Capital of the Confederacy.
  4. President Lincoln issued this Proclamation after the Battle of Antietam, freeing all slaves in rebellious states.
  5. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War in 1863 having 51,116 casualties.
  6. President of the Confederate states during the Civil War.
  7. Lieutenant General of the Union army who led the North to victory.
  8. Republican president that promised during his inaugural address to preserve slavery but to prevent its expansion, in declaring the Union as "perpetual."

15 Clues: Capital of the Confederacy. • First state to secede from the Union. • Union nurse that later founded the American Red Cross. • President of the Confederate states during the Civil War. • Lieutenant General of the Union army who led the North to victory. • The bloodiest battle of the Civil War in 1863 having 51,116 casualties. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2020-02-27

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. City in Mississippi
  2. Lee A confederate general who led the South’s attempt at separating during the Civil War.
  3. Governor of Rhode Island
  4. 16th President of the United States
  5. Replaced Robert E. Lee as a lieutenant colonel
  6. lieutenant general in the Confederate Army
  7. partially blamed for the defeat of Gettysburg
  8. Executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln
  9. known as the battle of Sharpsburg
  10. Aggressive Union General
  11. Battle in the Western Theater of the Civil War
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  1. A leader of the Cherokee Nation
  2. Steam frigate which was known as the hull
  3. Town in Pennsylvania
  4. First President of the Confederate States
  5. Jackson forged a reputation of braveness during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
  6. participated in the Battle of Gettysburg
  7. Major land battle of the Civil War
  8. Sea Fort in South Carolina
  9. Capital of Georgia
  10. Only United States senator to ever die in a military engagement
  11. Warship built for the Union Navy
  12. A prison in Georgia
  13. One of the most famous Union generals of the Civil War
  14. U.S. Army Engineer
  15. 18th President of the United States
  16. Plan to defeat the Confederate side
  17. known for “Sherman’s March”
  18. Flag officer of the United States Navy
  19. Known for Picketts Charge
  20. Town in Virginia

31 Clues: Town in Virginia • Capital of Georgia • U.S. Army Engineer • City in Mississippi • A prison in Georgia • Town in Pennsylvania • Governor of Rhode Island • Aggressive Union General • Known for Picketts Charge • Sea Fort in South Carolina • known for “Sherman’s March” • A leader of the Cherokee Nation • Warship built for the Union Navy • known as the battle of Sharpsburg • ...

Abolition 2024-05-07

Abolition crossword puzzle
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  1. Amendment that guaranteed voting rights regardless of skin color/race
  2. Harriet who enforced the underground railroad
  3. President during the Civil War who strived to put an end to slavery
  4. Argued for slavery to still be around during the Civil War
  5. Led slave revolts in Virginia
  6. Party associated with the president who wanted to end slavery
  7. Attempted to create legal equality for those held under slavery
  8. Where abolition was an important war aim
  9. Highly honored African American sailor for his bravery and heroism
  10. Celebrated beginning in 1865 when enslaved African Americans became free in Texas
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  1. Amendment that prohibited states from exemplifying equal rights under the law
  2. Document produced by the president in order to free the slaves in the south
  3. Union army leader who won victories over the South
  4. Amendment that permanently abolished slavery in the US
  5. Crow Laws that restricted African Americans following reconstruction
  6. War going on over disagreements over slavery
  7. Address that marked the idea of everyone being equal, said by the President
  8. Became a prominent figure in abolition, former enslaved African American
  9. Book written by Garrison enforcing the idea that slavery was against religious ideology
  10. President that many clashed with in regards to civil rights of freed slaves

20 Clues: Led slave revolts in Virginia • Where abolition was an important war aim • War going on over disagreements over slavery • Harriet who enforced the underground railroad • Union army leader who won victories over the South • Amendment that permanently abolished slavery in the US • Argued for slavery to still be around during the Civil War • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-08-05

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the court house in virginia where lee surrendered to grant
  2. slaveholding states still in the union like kentucky and maryland
  3. the amendment that ended slavey in the united states
  4. this march to the sea devastated farms and families in georgia
  5. the leader of the union who later became president
  6. the _____ proclamation freed enslaved people in all areas that were in rebellion against the united states
  7. the _____ (the north) won the civil war
  8. a main cause of the civil war and ended after
  9. the leader of the confederate army
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  1. the civil war started here on april 12, 1861
  2. killed more soldiers than battle - measles and smallpox were rampant
  3. lee's greatest victory in the war by surprising union troops at dinnertime
  4. republican president during the civil war
  5. the three day battle in pennsylvania that was a major win for the union

14 Clues: the leader of the confederate army • the _____ (the north) won the civil war • republican president during the civil war • the civil war started here on april 12, 1861 • a main cause of the civil war and ended after • the leader of the union who later became president • the amendment that ended slavey in the united states • ...

Chapter 17 Vocab 2023-11-29

Chapter 17 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. unfair treatment of a person or group because of prejudice
  2. agricultural system after the Civil War where landless farmers worked the land of a landowner who also supplied a house, farming,tools,animals,seeds,and fertilizer in return for a share of the crop harvested
  3. Amendment: amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1870, that granted citizenship to all born in the United States; this broad language included former slaves
  4. the newly freed slaves
  5. Tax : a tax paid to be able to vote
  6. supremacy: white control of government and society based on the belief that the white race is superior to any other race
  7. to separate by race
  8. Amendment:an amendment to the U.S. constitution, ratified in 1870, which said race could not be used to deny voting rights
  9. Bureau: a federal government organization established in 1865 that helped the newly freed slaves
  10. 17 “Reconstructing the state” Vocab
  11. negative nickname given to the northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War
  12. negative nickname given to Southerners who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction
  13. Klux Klan: a secret racist organization, formed in 1866, that worked to keep freedmen from voting after the Civil War
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  1. Amendment: an amendment to the U.S. constitution, ratified in 1865, that made slavery illegal
  2. period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the southern states returned to the Union
  3. lease system: a system in Georgia after the Civil War in which prisoners were leased to companies for their labor; companies were supposed to provide housing and food
  4. Georgia Democrats who, in the period immediately following Reconstruction, worked to “save” the state from the North’s Reconstruction
  5. Farming:an agricultural system common after the Civil War where a farmer worked the land of a landowner in exchange for cash or an agreed-upon share of the harvest; tenant farmers usually owned some agricultural equipment and farm animals
  6. lien: a system of credit which allows farmers to receive commodities such as food, supplies, and seeds, on loan(of credit) and pay this debt back after their crop was harvested and sold. Therefore, there was a lien against the crop. The amount of credit that was received was based on the estimated value of the crop.
  7. Codes: a set of laws passed by Georgia, and most southern states, after the Civil War to restrict the rights of the freemen

20 Clues: to separate by race • the newly freed slaves • Tax : a tax paid to be able to vote • 17 “Reconstructing the state” Vocab • unfair treatment of a person or group because of prejudice • negative nickname given to the northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War • negative nickname given to Southerners who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction • ...