civil war Crossword Puzzles

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 • ...

Unit 2.2 Vocab 2022-03-15

Unit 2.2 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  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 & Reconstruction 2025-05-21

Civil War & Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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 • ...

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 • ...

Peyton's Russian Revolution Crossword 2016-02-22

Peyton's Russian Revolution Crossword crossword puzzle
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  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 • ...

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 • ...

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 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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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 • ...

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 • ...

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? • ...

Civil War/Reconstruction Crossword 2023-09-12

Civil War/Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
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  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 • ...

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 2013-02-19

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  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 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. • ...

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 • ...

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. • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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
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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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 Crossword 2020-02-27

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  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 • ...

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 • ...

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. • ...

"Drummer Boy of Shiloh" Review 2022-01-16

"Drummer Boy of Shiloh" Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. author
  2. Southern Army
  3. Northern Army
  4. type of fruit tree
  5. low volume
  6. state of setting
  7. Civil War Union president
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  1. determined
  2. lawfully
  3. Civil War Confederate president
  4. deeply serious
  5. off center
  6. to scatter

13 Clues: author • lawfully • determined • off center • low volume • to scatter • Southern Army • Northern Army • deeply serious • state of setting • type of fruit tree • Civil War Union president • Civil War Confederate president

Civil War Crossword 2018-05-02

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. president during the civil war
  2. this invention increased the amount of deaths
  3. the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  4. this ammendment protected the rights of citizens
  5. lincoln's brief speech in honor of the people who died in the war
  6. this amendment banned slavery
  7. this amendment gives every citizen the right to vote
  8. Black ____ were passed by the Southern States, which limit the African American's freedom
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  1. secret society of white Southerners in the United States to keep former slaves powerless
  2. laws that enforced racial segregation
  3. person who shot Lincoln
  4. where Lee surrendered to Grant
  5. Union's plan to victory
  6. period after the Civil War in the United States when the Southern States were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
  7. Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware
  8. General of the South

16 Clues: General of the South • person who shot Lincoln • Union's plan to victory • this amendment banned slavery • president during the civil war • where Lee surrendered to Grant • laws that enforced racial segregation • the bloodiest battle of the Civil War • Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware • this invention increased the amount of deaths • ...

Civl War 2025-04-30

Civl War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. slavery/state's rights/tariff disputes/different economies/cultural differences/Election of 1860 (5 words)
  2. Johnson, became president after Lincoln's assassinated (was impeached)
  3. dedicated the land to those who lost their lives at the Battle of Gettysburg
  4. commanding general of the Union army and 18th president
  5. the turning point in the Civil War
  6. Union gains control of the Mississippi River
  7. Amendment that gave all men voting rights
  8. improve 160 acres of land and get it free!
  9. a person from the North that comes to the South after the Civil War to profit from Reconstruction
  10. far from home/motivation/generals/enemy coastline/location (2 words)
  11. Amendment that gave citizenship
  12. the single bloodiest day in American History
  13. General that had an aggressive approach to destroying the South near the end of the Civil War
  14. abolitionist responsible for Bleeding Kansas and Harper's Ferry seen as a martyr
  15. Where the Civil War started
  16. Supreme Court decision that said slaves have no rights because they are property
  17. Abe Lincoln/industrial power/population/control shipping/railroads (2 words)
  18. "Stonewall" Jackson becomes famous and the Civil War becomes real (picnickers attend!) (4 words)
  19. runaway slaves must be returned to the South
  20. people have the power!
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  1. the capital of the United States of America
  2. Act of 1867, divided the South into 5 military districts and guarnateed freedmen citizenship and voting rights
  3. few factories/organization of railroads/inflation/population (2 words)
  4. where the Civil War ended (2 words)
  5. motivation/military tradition/skilled with guns and horses/home turf/generals (2 words)
  6. a march that destroyed the South's economy from Atlanta to Savannah (5 words)
  7. assassinated Lincoln
  8. President of the United States of America
  9. Repeals the Missouri Compromise and gives the states popular sovereignty
  10. Abraham Lincoln frees the slaves in the Confederate territories
  11. the Social Studies teacher that loves George Washington
  12. the capital of the Confederate States of America
  13. first Hispanic-American to be awarded the Medal of Honor
  14. the nicest Social Studies teacher
  15. the Social Studies teacher with the least amount of hair
  16. the period of rebuilding the South and readmitting Southern states into the Union
  17. federal land for colleges that taught Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (GIG 'EM!)
  18. time period that included all of the events leading up to the Civil War
  19. President of the Conferdate States of America
  20. commanding general of the Confederate army
  21. nickname given to Southern whites that supported Republican Reconstruction after the Civil War
  22. Amendment that abolished slavery
  23. system of farming in which a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds for a share of the crop
  24. the loudest Social Studies teacher
  25. first African-American to be awarded the Medal of Honor
  26. anti-slavery political party

46 Clues: assassinated Lincoln • people have the power! • Where the Civil War started • anti-slavery political party • Amendment that gave citizenship • Amendment that abolished slavery • the nicest Social Studies teacher • the turning point in the Civil War • the loudest Social Studies teacher • where the Civil War ended (2 words) • President of the United States of America • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-05-30

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  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? • ...

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 • ...

History 2024-05-13

History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Escaped slaves
  2. provided the opportunity for African Americans to solidify their family
  3. gave union control of the mississippi river
  4. official beginning of the civil war
  5. a way to scare the population of georgia into abandoning confederate cause
  6. deadliest battle of the war up until that time. Allowed union to penetrate the confederate interior
  7. largest slave auction ever in US
  8. one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War
  9. first major battle of the war
  10. union victory which led to end of war
  11. The Union victory in the largest battle of the Atlanta Campaign
  12. band of antislavery guerrillas in Kansas and Missouri before and during the American Civil War.
  13. launch a full-scale frontal assault on confederacy
  14. ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led to the emancipation proclamation
  15. freed slaves not living in union states
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  1. helped those enslaved escape
  2. people who were anti-immigrant sentiment
  3. the failed attempt by American and French forces to retake the port city from its British occupiers
  4. limited the rights of black people many who had been enslaved
  5. military strategy proposed by Union to suppress confederacy at the beginning of the war
  6. marks beginning of the country's transition to peace and reunification
  7. farmers that did not own slaves despite being in the south

22 Clues: Escaped slaves • helped those enslaved escape • first major battle of the war • largest slave auction ever in US • official beginning of the civil war • union victory which led to end of war • freed slaves not living in union states • people who were anti-immigrant sentiment • gave union control of the mississippi river • launch a full-scale frontal assault on confederacy • ...

Civil War for poor people 2025-04-10

Civil War for poor people crossword puzzle
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  1. First major battle of the war on Northern soil, with 23,000 casualties (the Union won).
  2. She escaped slavery, became an abolitionist, and helped recruit Black soldiers for the Union
  3. She guided slaves along the Underground Railroad and was a nurse, cook, and spy for the Union.
  4. Decisive battle of the war that ended with a Union victory and 50,000 dead.
  5. Site where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the war.
  6. battle marked the beginning of the Civil War. The Confederates opened fire on this fort.
  7. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement.
  8. the Confederate armies as a general during the Civil War.
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  1. An executive order from Lincoln granting freedom to "all enslaved persons."
  2. He was a general in the Union Army and later became the 18th president.
  3. The president who freed slaves during the Civil War
  4. president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War
  5. The first major battle of the war in which the South won.

13 Clues: The president who freed slaves during the Civil War • The first major battle of the war in which the South won. • the Confederate armies as a general during the Civil War. • president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War • He was a general in the Union Army and later became the 18th president. • ...

Unit 9 Vocabulary Crossward 2016-04-25

Unit 9 Vocabulary Crossward crossword puzzle
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  1. Violent war between the industrial North and agricultural South
  2. President during reconstruction
  3. the general of the Confederacy
  4. President of the Confederacy
  5. Lincoln was focused on a "healing route" during this speech
  6. the amendment that granted equal protection of the laws for every citizen
  7. aid to the free slaves to help them become educated and well adjusted to new life
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  1. Lincoln said that the war was a problem for the survival of democracy
  2. Lincoln decided to let slavery stay where it already was during this speech
  3. The location of the end of the Civil War
  4. African American soldier that fought at Fort Wagner
  5. The turning point of the war
  6. Time period after the civil war that was meant to rebuild the South
  7. southern laws that limited civil rights and freedom
  8. gave suffrage to all men
  9. Immigrant from Chile who fought for the Navy

16 Clues: gave suffrage to all men • The turning point of the war • President of the Confederacy • the general of the Confederacy • President during reconstruction • The location of the end of the Civil War • Immigrant from Chile who fought for the Navy • African American soldier that fought at Fort Wagner • southern laws that limited civil rights and freedom • ...

Unit 9 Vocabulary Crossward 2016-04-25

Unit 9 Vocabulary Crossward crossword puzzle
Across
  1. gave suffrage to all men
  2. African American soldier that fought at Fort Wagner
  3. Lincoln decided to let slavery stay where it already was during this speech
  4. southern laws that limited civil rights and freedom
  5. The location of the end of the Civil War
  6. the general of the Confederacy
  7. President of the Confederacy
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  1. The turning point of the war
  2. the amendment that granted equal protection of the laws for every citizen
  3. Time period after the civil war that was meant to rebuild the South
  4. aid to the free slaves to help them become educated and well adjusted to new life
  5. Lincoln said that the war was a problem for the survival of democracy
  6. President during reconstruction
  7. Immigrant from Chile who fought for the Navy
  8. Violent war between the industrial North and agricultural South
  9. Lincoln was focused on a "healing route" during this speech

16 Clues: gave suffrage to all men • The turning point of the war • President of the Confederacy • the general of the Confederacy • President during reconstruction • The location of the end of the Civil War • Immigrant from Chile who fought for the Navy • African American soldier that fought at Fort Wagner • southern laws that limited civil rights and freedom • ...

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 • ...

USI.9 Crossword 2025-05-07

USI.9 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who wore Blue during the Civil War?
  2. This was a major killer during the Civil War.
  3. _______ became a free state with the Compromise of 1850.
  4. Who was the president of the Union during the Civil War?
  5. What was the bloodiest battle in the Civil War?
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  1. Under the Compromise of 1850, which state entered the Union as a free state?
  2. Which side relied on Slavery?
  3. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a skilled confederate _______ from Virginia.
  4. _________ became a slave state with the Compromise of 1850.
  5. What was the main issue that caused the Civil War?
  6. The Democrats and __________ were the main two political parties from the 1820s to the 1850s.

11 Clues: Which side relied on Slavery? • Who wore Blue during the Civil War? • This was a major killer during the Civil War. • What was the bloodiest battle in the Civil War? • What was the main issue that caused the Civil War? • _______ became a free state with the Compromise of 1850. • Who was the president of the Union during the Civil War? • ...

VUS Historical Figures 2025-01-06

VUS Historical Figures crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Abolitionist and key figure in the Underground Railroad.
  2. Twenty-sixth President known for his progressive policies and conservation efforts.
  3. Industrialist and philanthropist, founder of Standard Oil, and considered the wealthiest American of all time.
  4. Prominent abolitionist and editor of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator.
  5. Fifth President and creator of the Monroe Doctrine.
  6. Founder of the American Red Cross and a pioneering nurse during the Civil War.
  7. "Father of the Constitution" and fourth President.
  8. Author of the Declaration of Independence
  9. Journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade.
  10. First President and commander-in-chief during the American Revolution.
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  1. Women's rights activist and organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention.
  2. Confederate general and commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War.
  3. Educator and leader in the African American community, advocating for vocational education.
  4. Supreme Court Chief Justice who established judicial review.
  5. Former enslaved person, leading abolitionist, and influential writer and speaker.
  6. Union general who led the North to victory in the Civil War and later became the eighteenth President.
  7. Founding Father and a key figure in securing French support during the Revolution.
  8. Civil rights activist and co-founder of the NAACP, advocating for full civil rights and higher education for African Americans.
  9. Industrialist and philanthropist who led the expansion of the American steel industry.
  10. Sixteenth President, led the U.S. during the Civil War, and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
  11. Inventor and businessman known for his work on the electric light bulb and phonograph.
  12. Leading figure in the women's suffrage movement.
  13. Seventh President, known for his populist approach and the Indian Removal Act.

23 Clues: Author of the Declaration of Independence • Leading figure in the women's suffrage movement. • "Father of the Constitution" and fourth President. • Fifth President and creator of the Monroe Doctrine. • Abolitionist and key figure in the Underground Railroad. • Journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade. • ...

Chapter 17 Vocab 2023-11-29

Chapter 17 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  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 • ...

History Ch. 10 2025-02-11

History Ch. 10 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. said “The old flag never touched the ground.”
  2. founded the Tuskegee Institute; Author of “Up From Slavery”
  3. a black abolitionist who helped recruit blacks for the Union Army.
  4. President of the Confederate state of America.
  5. Where Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the Civil War.
  6. Cut the South in two by giving the North control of the Mississippi.
  7. where the Union Pacific Railroad began.
  8. the name of the announcement that Lincoln made that all slaves will be considered free in any state fighting against the Union.
  9. battle Where Stonewall Jackson earned his nickname.
  10. the name given to the 22 northern states during the Civil War.
  11. General Lee‘s most valuable assistant, and one of the greatest military heroes of the Civil War.
  12. the secret network of escape routes and hiding places between the southern states and Canada.
  13. the mail route between St.Joseph,MO, and Sacramento, CA, all done on horseback.
  14. the place where 2 railroads met, completing the transcontinental road.
  15. A machine that removes seeds from cotton quickly.
  16. where the Central Pacific Railroad began.
  17. The Democrat who ran against Lincoln for Senator.
  18. turning point of the Civil War; One by the Union.
  19. encouraged crop diversity in the South; Workshop known as “God’s Little Workshop”
  20. Vice president who became president after Lincoln’s death. the 17th president.
  21. an escaped slave and one of the most famous leaders of the Underground Railroad.
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  1. a person working to outlaw slavery.
  2. the railroad built to connect the East and West.
  3. The union and the Confederate ironclad ships
  4. first battle of the Civil War, Won by the Confederates.
  5. 16th President in Office during the Civil War.
  6. leader of the union troops who is victorious at Vicksburg.
  7. a freed black slave and abolitionist.
  8. Inventor of the cotton gin.
  9. Author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
  10. a decision that tries to satisfy both sides of an argument.
  11. ships covered with iron.
  12. Capital of the Confederate States.
  13. “Angel of the Battlefield” and founder of the American Red Cross.
  14. Head of the confederate army.
  15. the school started by Booker T. Washington.
  16. Taxes placed on foreign goods by the federal government.
  17. the legislation that said that no other state North of an established boundary could enter the Union as a slave state.
  18. the name given to the 11 Southern states during the Civil War.
  19. actor who assassinated President Lincoln.
  20. The union general who captured Atlanta and “marched to the sea.”

41 Clues: ships covered with iron. • Inventor of the cotton gin. • Author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” • Head of the confederate army. • Capital of the Confederate States. • a person working to outlaw slavery. • a freed black slave and abolitionist. • where the Union Pacific Railroad began. • actor who assassinated President Lincoln. • where the Central Pacific Railroad began. • ...

Unit 2 Crossword 2021-10-21

Unit 2 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. BULL
  2. MACHINE
  3. CORRUPTION
  4. WIRE
  5. V GEORGIA
  6. LARAMIE TREATY
  7. CREEK MASSACRE
  8. RIVER WAR
  9. RAILROAD
  10. ACT
  11. CIVIL SERVICE
  12. INDIANS
  13. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
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  1. SERVICE SYSTEM
  2. DANCE
  3. SYSTEM
  4. MOVEMENT
  5. ASSIMILATION
  6. OF LITTLE BIGHORN
  7. ALLIANCE
  8. PEACE COMMISSION
  9. INDIAN SCHOOL
  10. JENNINGS BRYAN
  11. AMERICANS

24 Clues: ACT • BULL • WIRE • DANCE • SYSTEM • MACHINE • INDIANS • MOVEMENT • ALLIANCE • RAILROAD • V GEORGIA • RIVER WAR • AMERICANS • CORRUPTION • ASSIMILATION • INDIAN SCHOOL • CIVIL SERVICE • SERVICE SYSTEM • LARAMIE TREATY • CREEK MASSACRE • JENNINGS BRYAN • PEACE COMMISSION • OF LITTLE BIGHORN • OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

THE CIVIL WAR BATTLES AND ENDING 2024-03-08

THE CIVIL WAR BATTLES AND ENDING crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The document that Lincoln passed to free the slaves
  2. The Confederate general that was accidently killed
  3. The Confederate general who was chased back to Richmond
  4. A Confederate state that was burned in "The March to The Sea"
  5. The color the Union soldiers wore
  6. The color the Confederacy wore
  7. the side that had more men and industry
  8. Where Robert E. Lee surrendered
  9. Where most the battles of the Civil War took place in
  10. A Union state that supplied a lot of food for the army
Down
  1. Where the battle of Antietam was
  2. The battle that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
  3. How long was the Civil War?
  4. The first battle of the Civil War
  5. The side that rejoined the US after the war
  6. Lincoln's previous general that ran against him for president in 1864.
  7. Where Lincoln gave a famous speech after a bloody battle
  8. The most common cause of death during the war
  9. The man that killed President Lincoln
  10. The general the lead the "The March To the Sea"
  11. The general that would eventually defeat Robert E. Lee
  12. The 10 month battle in Virginia that made Robert E. Lee retreat

22 Clues: How long was the Civil War? • The color the Confederacy wore • Where Robert E. Lee surrendered • Where the battle of Antietam was • The first battle of the Civil War • The color the Union soldiers wore • The man that killed President Lincoln • the side that had more men and industry • The side that rejoined the US after the war • The most common cause of death during the war • ...

Benchmark Review 2024-05-02

Benchmark Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Law that changed the border of Texas.
  2. Comanche Chief.
  3. The major cause of the US Civil War.
  4. President of US during US/Mexican War.
  5. the bombing of this place led to US joining WW2.
  6. Expansion of this boosted Texas economy.
  7. This group went to work in factories during wars.
  8. This natural disaster struck Galveston in 1900.
  9. Texas had more of these camps than any other state.
  10. What happened to Texas in 1845?
  11. treaty that ended US/Mexican War.
  12. The right to vote
  13. Loyalty to your region of the country.
  14. First big oil strike in Texas.
Down
  1. The movement against alcohol.
  2. Texans moving beef to hungry Northeastern cities.
  3. US should control the continent.
  4. Natural and man made disaster during Great Depression.
  5. This battle recaptured port city in Jan, 1863.
  6. Famous US Congressman from Texas.
  7. Last battle of the Civil War in Texas.
  8. Where many Texans fled to during the Dust Bowl.
  9. Period after Civil War rebuilding the Nation.
  10. Day stock market crashed
  11. African American troops who fought Natives
  12. Battle in Sept, 1863.
  13. Believe states could veto national laws.
  14. Built after the Galveston Hurricane to protect city.

28 Clues: Comanche Chief. • The right to vote • Battle in Sept, 1863. • Day stock market crashed • The movement against alcohol. • First big oil strike in Texas. • What happened to Texas in 1845? • US should control the continent. • Famous US Congressman from Texas. • treaty that ended US/Mexican War. • The major cause of the US Civil War. • Law that changed the border of Texas. • ...

Creating Territories 2021-01-25

Creating Territories crossword puzzle
Across
  1. people who supported expanding the size of the United States
  2. a discussion between nations with the goal of reaching an agreement
  3. group of islands that the US and Britain "fought" over for 12 years (3 words)
  4. capital of Oregon Territory
  5. lasting from 1861-1865, this war between northern and southern states over slavery, states' rights, and westward expansion was the bloodiest conflict in American history (2 words)
  6. "war" that started in 1859 after an American farmer shot and killed a pig belonging to his British neighbor with the pig being the only casualty of the conflict (2 words)
  7. president of the United States during the Civil War
  8. capital of Washington Territory
  9. the belief that it was the divine mission of Americans to spread their political and religious values to others (2 words)
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  1. to step in and settle a dispute or a disagreement
  2. famed Union general who also served at Fort Vancouver before the Civil War and would later become the 18th US president (name with middle initial)
  3. name for the northern forces of the Civil War who fought to end slavery
  4. name Congress rejected when deciding what to call Washington Territory, claiming it would be confused with the nation's capital
  5. law that allowed for the creation of Washington Territory in 1853 (2 words)
  6. first governor of Washington Territory who was also named the Secretary of Indian Affairs and later died fighting for the Union in the Civil War (2 words)
  7. added more territory to the US than any other president, including Oregon Territory (2 words)
  8. 1946 document that determined the border between the US and Canada at the 49th parallel (2 words)
  9. people who live in these can vote for their elected representatives but those representatives are not allowed to vote in Congress
  10. name for the southern forces of the Civil War after southern states ceded (left) the US over slavery

19 Clues: capital of Oregon Territory • capital of Washington Territory • to step in and settle a dispute or a disagreement • president of the United States during the Civil War • people who supported expanding the size of the United States • a discussion between nations with the goal of reaching an agreement • ...

History vocab. 2014-08-27

History vocab. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. E. Lee, General during the Civil War.
  2. S. Grant, a union General.
  3. Compromise, enacted in 1820 for federal abolition of slavery.
  4. Proclamation, it was issued the 1 of January 1863.
  5. Davis, the president of the Confederate states of America.
  6. party, they favored slavery.
  7. an act of a state to become a sovereign nation of its own.
  8. and act to eliminate slavery
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  1. party, they wanted to eliminate slavery.
  2. Address, A speech that Lincoln gave after the battle of Gettysburg.
  3. an agreement between the federal government.
  4. Lincoln, a member if the Republican party and our 16th president.
  5. Wilkes Booth, A spy who worked during the civil war.
  6. Location of the major Civil war.
  7. Sumter, A Union Stronghold.
  8. for Gettysburg, a 3 day war.

16 Clues: S. Grant, a union General. • Sumter, A Union Stronghold. • party, they favored slavery. • and act to eliminate slavery • for Gettysburg, a 3 day war. • Location of the major Civil war. • E. Lee, General during the Civil War. • party, they wanted to eliminate slavery. • an agreement between the federal government. • Proclamation, it was issued the 1 of January 1863. • ...

Civil War 2022-05-20

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Assassinated President Lincoln (last name)
  2. ___________ Diplomacy, The Confederacy hope European countries would come to their aid
  3. President of the United States during the Civil War
  4. First state to seceded from the United States
  5. The Confederacy surrendered shortly after this battle
  6. President of the Confederate States during the Civil War
  7. Capitol of the Confederacy
  8. Capitol of the United States
Down
  1. The war began when troops from South Carolina fired upon Federal forces stationed at Ft. Sumter
  2. Confederate general (full name)
  3. Became the president after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
  4. This battle took place in Pennsylvania;union victory
  5. General of the Union (last name)
  6. ______________ Proclamation that freed enslaved people in the rebelling states (not border states)
  7. The main cause/reason for the Civil War
  8. Union plan to defeat the Confederacy

16 Clues: Capitol of the Confederacy • Capitol of the United States • Confederate general (full name) • General of the Union (last name) • Union plan to defeat the Confederacy • The main cause/reason for the Civil War • Assassinated President Lincoln (last name) • First state to seceded from the United States • President of the United States during the Civil War • ...

civil war 2025-05-14

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was the Bloodiest one day war
  2. the union general during the civil war
  3. the name the Confederate soldiers called the union soldiers
  4. was the main cause of the Civil War
  5. wanted to have free states
  6. A person that wanted to end slavery
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  1. first major battle of the civil war
  2. wanted slave states
  3. President during the Civil War
  4. the name union soldiers called the Confederate soldiers

10 Clues: wanted slave states • wanted to have free states • was the Bloodiest one day war • President during the Civil War • first major battle of the civil war • was the main cause of the Civil War • A person that wanted to end slavery • the union general during the civil war • the name union soldiers called the Confederate soldiers • ...

History Review Board 2024-05-15

History Review Board crossword puzzle
Across
  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 Crossword 2024-04-09

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What was the main cause of the civil war?
  2. What side was the South on?
  3. Who was the main general for the south?
  4. What allowed black people to be free?
  5. What city was put under siege for over a year?
  6. The South used slaves as ______ during the war.
  7. Who cut a burning path through the South to make them surrender?
  8. What was the Confederacy's one advantage?
  9. How many people total died in the war?
  10. What was the worst battle in the war?
Down
  1. How did the North move around quicker than the South?
  2. Which state was first to secede?
  3. Where did the Civil War begin?
  4. Who took a ship to escape to North's blockade and gave the North information about Charleston?
  5. Who had the advantage during the war?
  6. What was the battle that ended the war?
  7. What new type of ship was made during the war?
  8. What side won the war?
  9. How were black soldiers treated?
  10. Who was the main general for the North?
  11. What side was the North on?

21 Clues: What side won the war? • What side was the South on? • What side was the North on? • Where did the Civil War begin? • Which state was first to secede? • How were black soldiers treated? • Who had the advantage during the war? • What allowed black people to be free? • What was the worst battle in the war? • How many people total died in the war? • ...

Civil War 2023-01-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Another important Union victory, considered a turning point in the war
  2. Confederate General
  3. Presidential decree that declared slaves in the Confederate states to be free
  4. Famous speech given by President Lincoln at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  5. Abolitionist and civil rights leader
  6. Union military campaign that resulted in the capture of the city of Atlanta
  7. Commander of the Confederate Army
  8. 16th President of the United States and leader of the Union during the Civil War
  9. One of the most significant battles of the Civil War resulting in a Union victory
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  1. Union General who famously marched through Georgia and the Carolinas
  2. Union General who led the Union to victory
  3. Site of the surrender of the Confederate Army, effectively ending the Civil War
  4. Union victory that gave them control of the Mississippi River
  5. A Confederate victory in Tennessee
  6. Abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad

15 Clues: Confederate General • Commander of the Confederate Army • A Confederate victory in Tennessee • Abolitionist and civil rights leader • Union General who led the Union to victory • Abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad • Union victory that gave them control of the Mississippi River • Union General who famously marched through Georgia and the Carolinas • ...

Civil War 2023-09-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A person who is injured or killed in war
  2. Era The twelve years after the Civil War which were filled with change and violence
  3. When a part of a country breaks off from its own country
  4. War A war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country
  5. The name given for the states that remained loyal to the United States during the Civil War; also called the North or the United States of America
  6. An attitude towards something; a point of view
  7. When a person owns another person as property
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  1. The fact or process of being set free
  2. The murder of an important person
  3. A term used to describe something that belongs to the time period before the American Civil War
  4. The name for the group of states that left the U.S. to form their own country; also called the South or the Confederate States of America
  5. The act of giving up, especially after a battle or war
  6. Putting local interests ahead of national interests
  7. A term used to describe people who supported the Union
  8. A term used to describe people who supported the Confederacy

15 Clues: The murder of an important person • The fact or process of being set free • A person who is injured or killed in war • When a person owns another person as property • An attitude towards something; a point of view • Putting local interests ahead of national interests • The act of giving up, especially after a battle or war • ...

Civil Rights Terms 2014-04-08

Civil Rights Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A crop such as tobacco or cotton which was grown to be sold for cash.
  2. Imaginary line dividing Free and Slave States.
  3. Southerners argued these were being violated before Civil War began.
  4. Efforts by the North to keep ships from leaving Southern ports.
  5. Known as the South.
  6. Known as the North.
  7. General of the Confederate Army.
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  1. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  2. A term often used to describe the United States of America before the outbreak of the Civil War.
  3. Freedom from slavery.
  4. Last name of President during Civil War.
  5. The starting point of the American Civil War.
  6. General of the Union Army.

13 Clues: Known as the South. • Known as the North. • Freedom from slavery. • General of the Union Army. • General of the Confederate Army. • Last name of President during Civil War. • The starting point of the American Civil War. • Imaginary line dividing Free and Slave States. • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-01-11

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. covered in iron
  2. soldiers marching or fighting on foot
  3. to leave or withdraw
  4. a dollar bill
  5. north's side of the war
  6. large guns used in wars on land
  7. to set free from something
  8. a bag carried on the back or shoulder
  9. a barrier
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  1. South's side of the War
  2. Sumter start of civil war
  3. a person against slavery
  4. place meant for farming
  5. a shoe reaching to the ankle
  6. northerners who went top the southern states after the Civil War

15 Clues: a barrier • a dollar bill • covered in iron • to leave or withdraw • South's side of the War • north's side of the war • place meant for farming • a person against slavery • Sumter start of civil war • to set free from something • a shoe reaching to the ankle • large guns used in wars on land • soldiers marching or fighting on foot • a bag carried on the back or shoulder • ...

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
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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 • ...

Haunted Civil War 2018-01-09

Haunted Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. War War between the North and South.
  2. people that are wounded or killed
  3. To leave or withdraw.
  4. Lincoln President of the United States of America during the Civil War
  5. states Any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War.
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  1. is considered the bloodiest day of the Civil War).
  2. A league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
  3. of Gettysburg Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win.(It stopped the South's advance in the North)
  4. Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else.
  5. the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)

10 Clues: To leave or withdraw. • people that are wounded or killed • War War between the North and South. • is considered the bloodiest day of the Civil War). • A league or alliance, especially of confederate states. • Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else. • Lincoln President of the United States of America during the Civil War • ...

Unit 5 western expansion 2024-04-10

Unit 5 western expansion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The war of 1812 created many__ for the United States(wk17)
  2. In the 19th century, the US was _____ (wk17)
  3. Pennsylvania and Maryland had an argument about the___ between them in 1763(wk18)
  4. Many people disagreed to remove ___from the document (wk 18)
  5. From the west, the Central Pacific __had to cross the Rocky Mountains (wk21)
  6. President Thomas Jefferson ___the Embargo Act before leaving the office in March 1809 (wk15)
  7. The Battle of _____in 1863 lasted three days (wk19)
  8. There was a great ____debate after the civil war (wk 20)
  9. a civil war means that___ within a country are in rebellion against each other(wk19)
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  1. Was the 28th state in the United States of America (wk 16)
  2. In 1803 the sale of the Louisiana Territory ___France''s most recent war with Great Britain (wk16)
  3. the___turned into an open war in 1790 in the Northwest Territory(wk15)
  4. Slavery was in every ___, and then in every state (wk 18)
  5. in 1865, formerly___people were free to live and make their own choices.(wk 20)
  6. The people of the United States I just fought and won their independence from Great__(wk 15)
  7. In 1821, ___won independence from Spain (wk 16)
  8. People were losing their homes because of __ and poverty (wk19)
  9. The__Express was the first company to provide fast mail service(wk17)
  10. On April 9, the Confederate___surrendered and the Civil War came to an end. (wk 20)
  11. After the __war, the US had experienced the largest infrastructure project ever known (wk21)

20 Clues: In the 19th century, the US was _____ (wk17) • In 1821, ___won independence from Spain (wk 16) • The Battle of _____in 1863 lasted three days (wk19) • There was a great ____debate after the civil war (wk 20) • Slavery was in every ___, and then in every state (wk 18) • Was the 28th state in the United States of America (wk 16) • ...

Jamare 2025-05-16

Jamare crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Armored warships
  2. The law that says babies born in U.S. are citizens
  3. Where Abraham Lincoln was assasinated
  4. Union win
  5. Confederate surrender
  6. Shift to machine manufacturing
  7. Rebuiliding U.S. after civil war
  8. Laws against blacks
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  1. To take from a group
  2. Lincolns killer
  3. A war that happens with citizens from the same country
  4. Escape routes for slaves
  5. Start of civil war
  6. Lincoln freed confederate slaves
  7. Seperates cotton

15 Clues: Union win • Lincolns killer • Armored warships • Seperates cotton • Start of civil war • Laws against blacks • To take from a group • Confederate surrender • Escape routes for slaves • Shift to machine manufacturing • Lincoln freed confederate slaves • Rebuiliding U.S. after civil war • Where Abraham Lincoln was assasinated • The law that says babies born in U.S. are citizens • ...

Civil War Review 2019-01-08

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. government formed in 1861 by 11 southern states
  2. border separating the slave states from the free states
  3. slave who sued US government for his freedom
  4. act that prohibited slavery north of the 36,30 line
  5. Confederate general who surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
  6. first battle of the Civil War
  7. location of Lee's surrender
  8. economy supported by cash crops and slaves
  9. act that allowed territories to vote on slavery issue
  10. Confederate general who recaptured Galveston
  11. focus on the interests of one's region
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  1. a person who supported the union cause during the war
  2. commander of the Bayou City steamer at Galveston battle
  3. Lincoln's order that freed southern slaves
  4. last battle of the Civil War
  5. person who wanted to end slavery
  6. to withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to
  7. first state to secede
  8. Union strategy to defeat the South
  9. Lincoln's assassin
  10. battle in which Union cut Confederacy in two
  11. war that began in 1861
  12. Texas governor who enforced Conscription Act
  13. Republican president who won the 1860 election
  14. bloodiest day in American military history
  15. "The North" or USA during the Civil War

26 Clues: Lincoln's assassin • first state to secede • war that began in 1861 • location of Lee's surrender • last battle of the Civil War • first battle of the Civil War • person who wanted to end slavery • Union strategy to defeat the South • focus on the interests of one's region • "The North" or USA during the Civil War • Lincoln's order that freed southern slaves • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-02-16

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is what the south's name was.
  2. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  3. A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
  4. This is when you production and management wealth.
  5. He was the leader of the north.
  6. This is what the north´s name was.
  7. The president at the time of the civil war.
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  1. He was the leader of the south.
  2. nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
  3. This is when you give up.
  4. A state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state.
  5. This is the country that the civil war happened in.
  6. Some one who waned to stop slavery.
  7. When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
  8. These states were slave states that did not leave the Union
  9. The side of an army or military unit.
  10. This means before the war.
  11. The truing point of the war
  12. Relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns.
  13. The date april 12, 1861.

20 Clues: The date april 12, 1861. • This is when you give up. • This means before the war. • The truing point of the war • He was the leader of the south. • He was the leader of the north. • This is what the south's name was. • This is what the north´s name was. • Some one who waned to stop slavery. • The side of an army or military unit. • The president at the time of the civil war. • ...

Unit 1 Study Guide: America 1800-1877 2020-10-09

Unit 1 Study Guide: America 1800-1877 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The period of rebuilding that followed the Civil War, during which the defeated Confederate States were readmitted to the Union
  2. First and only president of the Confederate States of America
  3. An African American who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom
  4. Provided food clothing, hospitals, legal protection, and education to former slaves and poor whites
  5. A system in which the residents vote to decide an issue
  6. Most successful conductor for the Underground Railroad; never lost a soul
  7. Helped the Nation realize that it was one single Nation and not a bunch of individual states
  8. Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War
  9. The movement to end slavery
  10. Military leader that stood like a "stone wall" at the Battle of Bull Run
  11. His main goal during the Civil War was to restore the Union; first Republican President
  12. A system in which landowners give farm workers land, seed, and tools in return for a part of the crops they raise
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  1. Considered the turning point for the Union in the Civil War
  2. A law that called for Northerners to return escaping slaves back to Southern owners
  3. A secret organization that used terriost tactics in an attempt to restore white supremacy during Reconstruction
  4. A policy of U.S. opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere
  5. Prohibits the denial of voting right to people because of their race, color, or because they have been slaves
  6. Makes all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. citizens of the country and guarantees equal protection of the laws
  7. A system of routes where runaway slaves were helped to escape to Canada or to safe areas in the free states
  8. American abolitionist and author that is best known for the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
  9. Commander of the Confederate army
  10. A transaction where U.S. bought land from France for 15 million dollars
  11. First bloodshed on the battlefield during the Civil War
  12. An executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in all regions behind Confederate lines
  13. Civil War veteran who becomes the 18th President of the U.S.
  14. The 19th-century belief that the U.S. would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican territory
  15. Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
  16. The bloodiest day in American history
  17. Made California a free state and allowed popular sovereignty to take place in the New Mexico and Utah territories
  18. White Southerners who joined the Republican party after the Civil War

30 Clues: The movement to end slavery • Commander of the Confederate army • The bloodiest day in American history • Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude • Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War • First bloodshed on the battlefield during the Civil War • A system in which the residents vote to decide an issue • ...

Annika's Super Awesome Civil War Crossword Puzzle! 2022-05-05

Annika's Super Awesome Civil War Crossword Puzzle! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. general of the Army of the Potomac, disobeyed Lincolns orders and hesitated multiple times during war
  2. confederate soldiers
  3. The souths largest city, Union naval forces eventualy captured it
  4. union soldiers
  5. This was the bloodiest battle of the civil war
  6. first major battle of civil war in Virginia
  7. a general increase in the level of prices
  8. the president assassinated on April 14,1865
  9. This battle lasted two days and helped the Union gain control of Corinth
  10. a law that requires men between the ages of 18 and 35 to serve in the army for 3 years
  11. the right to a hearing before being jailed
  12. who supported slavery
  13. who won the civil war
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  1. the people who were most effected by the war
  2. payments to encourage men to join the army
  3. The ammendment abolishing slavery
  4. Abandoned union warship the south used and dressed in iron
  5. This was Lincolns VP and became president after he was assassinated
  6. The Confederate capitol
  7. General Thomas Jackson's nickname
  8. the south didn't allow slaves to fight in the war in fear of slave_______
  9. strange scream the confederates would make when marching into battle
  10. This river was vital for the south and the union wanted total control over it
  11. people who are killed or wounded in war
  12. popular spy for the North

25 Clues: union soldiers • confederate soldiers • who supported slavery • who won the civil war • The Confederate capitol • popular spy for the North • The ammendment abolishing slavery • General Thomas Jackson's nickname • people who are killed or wounded in war • a general increase in the level of prices • payments to encourage men to join the army • ...

History 2024-05-13

History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Escaped slaves
  2. provided the opportunity for African Americans to solidify their family
  3. gave union control of the mississippi river
  4. official beginning of the civil war
  5. a way to scare the population of georgia into abandoning confederate cause
  6. deadliest battle of the war up until that time. Allowed union to penetrate the confederate interior
  7. largest slave auction ever in US
  8. one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War
  9. first major battle of the war
  10. union victory which led to end of war
  11. The Union victory in the largest battle of the Atlanta Campaign
  12. band of antislavery guerrillas in Kansas and Missouri before and during the American Civil War.
  13. launch a full-scale frontal assault on confederacy
  14. ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led to the emancipation proclamation
  15. freed slaves not living in union states
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  1. helped those enslaved escape
  2. people who were anti-immigrant sentiment
  3. the failed attempt by American and French forces to retake the port city from its British occupiers
  4. limited the rights of black people many who had been enslaved
  5. military strategy proposed by Union to suppress confederacy at the beginning of the war
  6. marks beginning of the country's transition to peace and reunification
  7. farmers that did not own slaves despite being in the south

22 Clues: Escaped slaves • helped those enslaved escape • first major battle of the war • largest slave auction ever in US • official beginning of the civil war • union victory which led to end of war • freed slaves not living in union states • people who were anti-immigrant sentiment • gave union control of the mississippi river • launch a full-scale frontal assault on confederacy • ...

CH 15 RECONSTRUCTION (REBUILDING AFTER CIVIL WAR) 2025-05-15

CH 15 RECONSTRUCTION (REBUILDING AFTER CIVIL WAR) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Laws passed in the Southern states after the Civil War that limited the rights of African Americans
  2. To formally accuse a public official of wrongdoing, which could lead to their removal from office
  3. A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party. They were often seen as traitors by other white Southerners
  4. The process of bringing different groups of people together, especially different races, so they have equal opportunities and are not separated
  5. The period after the Civil War (1865-1877) when the United States worked to rebuild the South and bring the Confederate states back into the Union
  6. Formerly enslaved people who were freed after the Civil War
  7. A system where a farmer rents land and pays the landowner with a share of the crops they grow. This often kept formerly enslaved people in poverty
  8. The right to vote
  9. Unfair treatment of a person or group based on things like race, religion, or gender
  10. The United States of America as one country. During the Civil War, it referred to the states that remained loyal to the federal government
  11. When the army controls an area, often used in the South during Reconstruction to enforce new laws
  12. A test of reading and writing skills that was sometimes required before people could vote. These tests were often unfairly used to prevent African Americans from voting
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  1. The act of bringing people or groups back together after a conflict
  2. A change or addition to the U.S. Constitution
  3. A Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War, sometimes to help with Reconstruction but often seen as trying to profit from the situation
  4. A federal agency created to help formerly enslaved people with things like food, housing, education, and medical care after the Civil War
  5. A secret organization that used violence and intimidation to prevent African Americans from exercising their rights
  6. The act of separating people based on race or other differences
  7. The status of being a legal member of a country, with rights and responsibilities
  8. A group of Republicans in Congress who believed the South should be punished for the Civil War and that African Americans should have full equality
  9. The group of 11 Southern states that seceded (left) the United States and formed their own government during the Civil War
  10. An official pardon (forgiveness) for people who have committed a crime, often used for large groups of people
  11. The act of ending slavery
  12. The basic rights that all citizens have under the law, such as freedom of speech and the right to vote
  13. To officially approve or accept a document, like an amendment to the Constitution
  14. A fee that people had to pay in order to vote. This was used to prevent poor African Americans from voting

26 Clues: The right to vote • The act of ending slavery • A change or addition to the U.S. Constitution • Formerly enslaved people who were freed after the Civil War • The act of separating people based on race or other differences • The act of bringing people or groups back together after a conflict • ...

Civil War Crossword 2024-12-18

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Confederates capital city
  2. The naval strategy that the North used against the South
  3. The period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the nation and the South
  4. The name of the government formed by the Southern states
  5. A agricultural system after Civil War that resembled slavery
  6. The South's main export that fueled its economy
  7. The battle that marked the turning point in the war
Down
  1. The color of the Confederate Armies uniforms
  2. The process of freeing enslaved people(---- Proclamation)
  3. The name of the Northern states government during the Civil War
  4. The color of the Union's armies uniforms
  5. The Union military general who became president after the war
  6. The economic advantage that the North had over the South
  7. the term for a force of soldiers on horseback
  8. People who advocate for the end of slavery
  9. The act that the Southern states carried out in order to leave the Union

16 Clues: The Confederates capital city • The color of the Union's armies uniforms • People who advocate for the end of slavery • The color of the Confederate Armies uniforms • the term for a force of soldiers on horseback • The South's main export that fueled its economy • The battle that marked the turning point in the war • ...

Reconstruction Crossword 2022-05-20

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The General that led the destructive march to the Atlantic Sea
  2. _______ Reconstruction
  3. The party that favored Radical Reconstruction
  4. The president who opposed Radical Reconstruction during his term from 1865 to 1869
  5. ______________ conventions
  6. The second Reconstruction act empowered the army to register more of these
  7. The states that seceded from the Union and fought against them in the Civil War formed this
  8. The first Reconstruction Act split up the 10 defiant former Confederate states into this
  9. against slavery, industry based
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  1. What the House of Representatives tried to do to President Johnson
  2. 10 of the former Confederate states would not ratify the 14th of this
  3. favored slavery, agriculture based
  4. The period of time after the Civil War
  5. The Secretary of War that President Johnson fired
  6. The war about slavery, Union vs Confederacy
  7. The states that stayed in the U.S. and fought against the Confederacy in the Civil War

16 Clues: _______ Reconstruction • ______________ conventions • against slavery, industry based • favored slavery, agriculture based • The period of time after the Civil War • The war about slavery, Union vs Confederacy • The party that favored Radical Reconstruction • The Secretary of War that President Johnson fired • The General that led the destructive march to the Atlantic Sea • ...

Period 5 2025-04-30

Period 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Scott v Sandford - Supreme Court case stating that African Americans weren't citizens; Congress couldn't ban slavery
  2. Act - Allowed territories to decide on slavery by popular sovereignty
  3. Court House - Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War
  4. Codes - Laws passed in the South to restrict the rights of freed African Americans
  5. Proviso - Failed proposal to ban slavery in territories won over from Mexico
  6. amendment - Abolished and prohibited slavery in the US
  7. Party - Political party formed in 1850s to oppose the expansion of slavery
  8. March - Union campaign of total war through Georgia
  9. Beecher Stowe - Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book that fueled abolitionist support
  10. of 1877 - Ended Reconstruction by removing all federal troops from the South
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  1. of 1850 - Laws created to ease tensions between North and South
  2. - Civil War battle and major turning point
  3. Kansas - Violent clashes over slavery in Kansas following the Kansas-Nebraska Act
  4. Proclamation - Lincoln's order freeing slaves in the Confederate territory
  5. Destiny - Belief that Americans were destined by God to expand across North America
  6. - Withdrawal of Southern states from the Union
  7. Bureau - Society created to assist former slaves during Reconstruction
  8. Lincoln - 16th president of the US; led the Union forces during Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  9. Sumter - First shots of the Civil War occurred here in 1861
  10. Slave Act - Law requiring the return of escape slaves, even in free states

20 Clues: - Civil War battle and major turning point • - Withdrawal of Southern states from the Union • March - Union campaign of total war through Georgia • amendment - Abolished and prohibited slavery in the US • Sumter - First shots of the Civil War occurred here in 1861 • of 1850 - Laws created to ease tensions between North and South • ...

Sectionalism + civil war vocabulary 2025-03-05

Sectionalism + civil war vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. allowed Kansas settlers to vote whether or not to permit slavery in the territory; violence erupted; slavery prohibited
  2. A military tactic used to cut off supplies and reinforcements from reaching enemy ports
  3. Civil war U.S president; against secession; wanted to preserve the union
  4. Plantation system, slave labor; cotton produced and sent to northern factories
  5. North and south agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed
  6. Textile mills, trade, factories, immigrant labor, some trade-related slave labor
  7. The act of withdrawing from a federation or body
Down
  1. part of the compromise of 1850; runaway slaves and free Blacks were at risk of being captured by slave hunters
  2. region’s geography impacted its economy; North built factories, South farmed, West mined; a cause of the civil war
  3. confederacy surrendered to union in virginia; ended the civil war
  4. Mining and agriculture
  5. The first major battle of the civil war
  6. union captured mississippi river, dividing the confederacy in half
  7. more factories, railroads and money and leadership of general grant
  8. Major debate leading up to the civil war; Republican party (lincoln) against its spread into new territories

15 Clues: Mining and agriculture • The first major battle of the civil war • The act of withdrawing from a federation or body • confederacy surrendered to union in virginia; ended the civil war • union captured mississippi river, dividing the confederacy in half • more factories, railroads and money and leadership of general grant • ...

First 30 Presidents of the U.S. 2022-03-22

First 30 Presidents of the U.S. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was also a Chief Justice in the Supreme Court
  2. known for getting U.S. through the Reconstruction Era
  3. president during the events leading up to the Civil War
  4. first president to have his veto overridden by Congress
  5. first president
  6. passed the Sherman Antitrust Act
  7. assassinated in 1881, 200 days after inauguration
  8. created the League of Nations after WWI
  9. sworn into office in a Vermont cabin
  10. negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo so the U.S. gained all territory to California
  11. presidency was chosen by the H.O.R.
  12. youngest person to ever be president
  13. led Union Army to victory in Civil War before presidency
  14. died 1 month into office,1841
  15. signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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  1. first president to be impeached
  2. vetoed the U.S. Bank charter in 1832
  3. actions led to the Teapot Dome Scandal
  4. first president to live in the White House
  5. founded the democratic party
  6. war hero in the Mexican-American War
  7. author of the Declaration of Independence
  8. wrote the Constitution
  9. assassinated in 1901 during office
  10. only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms
  11. known for the Compromise of 1850
  12. ascended to presidency through vice president of garfield
  13. created first international policy for U.S.
  14. abolished slavery during the civil war

29 Clues: first president • wrote the Constitution • founded the democratic party • died 1 month into office,1841 • signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act • first president to be impeached • passed the Sherman Antitrust Act • known for the Compromise of 1850 • assassinated in 1901 during office • presidency was chosen by the H.O.R. • vetoed the U.S. Bank charter in 1832 • ...

Reconstruction Review 2025-01-14

Reconstruction Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The period after the Civil War is known as __________.
  2. ________ were laws passed immediately after the Civil War to restrict the rights of African Americans.
  3. President _______ was a former Union general who served as president from 1869 to 1877.
  4. The 13th, 14th, and 15th __________ were ratified during Reconstruction.
  5. Poll taxes and literacy tests were used to stop African Americans from ________.
  6. Segregation laws in the South were also known as ________ laws.
  7. In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that "_________" segregation was legal.
  8. Landowners used the system of ________ to replaced slavery after the Civil War. This system led to a cycle of poverty and debt.
  9. Groups like the White League and the _______ used violence against Freedmen and Republican voters.
Down
  1. Southern Democrat Andrew ______ became president after Lincoln was assassinated.
  2. The Radical ________ in Congress wanted to punish the South after the Civil War.
  3. The _________ is considered the event that ended Reconstruction in 1877.
  4. The _________ was an organization that provided food, clothing, schools, and other resources to former slaves.
  5. President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as the ________.
  6. Former slaves were known as _________ after the Civil War.

15 Clues: The period after the Civil War is known as __________. • Former slaves were known as _________ after the Civil War. • Segregation laws in the South were also known as ________ laws. • President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as the ________. • The _________ is considered the event that ended Reconstruction in 1877. • ...

Civil War Review 2019-01-08

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. last battle of the Civil War
  2. government formed in 1861 by 11 southern states
  3. first state to secede
  4. act that prohibited slavery north of the 36,30 line
  5. Lincoln's order that freed southern slaves
  6. Confederate general who surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
  7. Union strategy to defeat the South
  8. "The North" or USA during the Civil War
  9. act that allowed territories to vote on slavery issue
  10. economy supported by cash crops and slaves
  11. commander of the Bayou City steamer at Galveston battle
  12. focus on the interests of one's region
  13. war that began in 1861
  14. slave who sued US government for his freedom
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  1. location of Lee's surrender
  2. Lincoln's assassin
  3. border separating the slave states from the free states
  4. first battle of the Civil War
  5. battle in which Union cut Confederacy in two
  6. bloodiest day in American military history
  7. Texas governor who enforced Conscription Act
  8. a person who supported the union cause during the war
  9. Republican president who won the 1860 election
  10. Confederate general who recaptured Galveston
  11. person who wanted to end slavery
  12. to withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to

26 Clues: Lincoln's assassin • first state to secede • war that began in 1861 • location of Lee's surrender • last battle of the Civil War • first battle of the Civil War • person who wanted to end slavery • Union strategy to defeat the South • focus on the interests of one's region • "The North" or USA during the Civil War • Lincoln's order that freed southern slaves • ...

Civil War 2020-12-04

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. g
  2. j
  3. l
  4. o
  5. h
  6. n
Down
  1. i
  2. e
  3. b
  4. k
  5. f
  6. m
  7. c
  8. a
  9. d
  10. p

16 Clues: i • g • e • b • k • j • l • f • o • m • c • a • d • h • p • n

Civil War 2020-03-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Proclamation that freed the slaves in the rebelling states
  2. Battle that stopped the South from gaining aid and recognition from a foreign power
  3. Elected president in 1860
  4. Capital of the Confederacy
  5. Slave states that remained in the Union
  6. Name of the Union plan to blockade southern ports
  7. Assassinated President Lincoln
  8. Union General who led the March to the Sea
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  1. Union General who led the forces at Gettysburg
  2. Another name for the North recognition from a foreign power
  3. Diplomacy used by the South
  4. Lee Confederate General who fought at Gettysburg
  5. Ironclad ship
  6. Used by both the North and the South to gain soldiers
  7. Capital of the Union
  8. A Union victory that look place between July 1-3, 1863

16 Clues: Ironclad ship • Capital of the Union • Elected president in 1860 • Capital of the Confederacy • Diplomacy used by the South • Assassinated President Lincoln • Slave states that remained in the Union • Union General who led the March to the Sea • Union General who led the forces at Gettysburg • Lee Confederate General who fought at Gettysburg • ...

Civil War 2020-09-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tecumseh Sherman Union army officer, his famous March to the Sea captured Atlanta, Georgia, an important turning point in the war
  2. Proclamation an executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in all regions behind Confederate lines
  3. Amendment an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1865, that has abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
  4. Sumter the location in Charleston, South Caroline where the Confederate army seized on April 12, 1861, prompting more unity and volunteers in the North
  5. Wilkes Booth actor and Confederate supporter who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  6. S. Grant American general; he received a field promotion to lieutenant general in charge of all Union forces during the Civil War and later accepted General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, ending the civil war
  7. the Mississippi location where, in 1863, Ulysses S. Grant fought to control water traffic, and his victory led to the Union finally cutting the Confederacy in two
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  1. Court House town near Appomattox, Virginia, where Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War
  2. the drafting of citizens for military service
  3. the holiday celebrating the day Union general Granger arrived in Texas and announced the freedom of slaves
  4. the location of a bloody battle in Tennessee where Ulysses S. Grant led the Union against the Confederacy; nearly 25,000 men were either killed, injured, or captured
  5. Jackson American Confederate general; he earned a reputation for bravery at Bull Run and was one of the South's most successful generals before he was killed at Chancellorsville
  6. E. Lee American Confederate general; he successfully led several major battles until his defeat at Gettysburg, and he surrendered to the Union's Commander General Grant at Appomattox Court House
  7. the creek near which McClellan and Lee led their troops to fight in the bloodiest single-day battle in American history
  8. the Pennsylvania location of the most decisive battle of the Civil War, fought July 1-3, 1863
  9. tax a tax on earnings

16 Clues: tax a tax on earnings • the drafting of citizens for military service • Wilkes Booth actor and Confederate supporter who assassinated Abraham Lincoln • the Pennsylvania location of the most decisive battle of the Civil War, fought July 1-3, 1863 • the holiday celebrating the day Union general Granger arrived in Texas and announced the freedom of slaves • ...

Civil war 2022-01-24

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. declared all slaves in rebel states were free
  2. fought to take over Chattanooga, TN
  3. start of sherman's march
  4. leader of those that opposed to secession in at the Georgia secessionist convention in 1861
  5. blocked the confederates from trading with foreign nations
  6. pow camp in andersonville
  7. the most devastating overall battle of the Civil War
Down
  1. the month the emancipation proclamation became a law
  2. wrote the emaciation proclamation
  3. speech given by lincoln
  4. president of the south/ confederates
  5. william t. sherman began this
  6. end of Sherman's march
  7. most important cash crop in for confederates
  8. the month that atlanta surrender to the union
  9. from the south fighting to keep slavery

16 Clues: end of Sherman's march • speech given by lincoln • start of sherman's march • pow camp in andersonville • william t. sherman began this • wrote the emaciation proclamation • fought to take over Chattanooga, TN • president of the south/ confederates • from the south fighting to keep slavery • most important cash crop in for confederates • ...

Civil War 2022-02-25

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  2. An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  3. A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  4. passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free-Soilers.
  5. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  6. states These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates
  7. Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
  8. When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
  9. The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government.
  10. Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South.
  11. A large farm in the southern United States.
  12. Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
Down
  1. an enslaved African-American man who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for freedom for themselves and their two daughters
  2. an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
  3. The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
  4. Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.

16 Clues: Soldiers that fight and travel by foot. • A large farm in the southern United States. • An army of citizens used during emergencies. • Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery. • A term used to describe people who supported the Union. • Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. • ...

Civil War 2017-05-17

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two battles were fought here; also known as the Battle of Manassas
  2. Commander General for the Union
  3. The first shots of the Civil War were fired here
  4. Where Pres. Lincoln gave his address
  5. Union general who was too cautious
  6. An iron-clad ship that battled the Merrimack
  7. Started to raise money for the war
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  1. Led a march to the sea
  2. Nickname for the Confederate soldiers
  3. President of the Union
  4. Where Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses S Grant
  5. President of the Confederacy
  6. Commander General for the Confederacy
  7. Nickname for the Union soldiers
  8. Men 18-35 had to serve 3 years in the military
  9. Single bloodiest day of the war

16 Clues: Led a march to the sea • President of the Union • President of the Confederacy • Commander General for the Union • Nickname for the Union soldiers • Single bloodiest day of the war • Union general who was too cautious • Started to raise money for the war • Where Pres. Lincoln gave his address • Nickname for the Confederate soldiers • Commander General for the Confederacy • ...

CIVIL WAR 2016-02-18

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of the population died in it
  2. a military person lost through death, wounds
  3. first black man ever elected to the U.S. Senate
  4. the first paper currency
  5. place more Americans fell than in all previous American wars combined
  6. 7,000 Americans fell in 20 minutes
  7. double the casualties of D-Day
  8. first appeared on a U.S. coin in 1864
  9. He said he could recognize only two tunes
  10. Bedford Forrest personally killed 31 men in hand-to-hand combat
Down
  1. 3 million men fought in the war.
  2. bloodiest battle
  3. had 30 horses shot from under him
  4. least bloody battle
  5. witch side one
  6. Wilkes Booth who said "an excellent chance to kill the President, if I had wished."

16 Clues: witch side one • bloodiest battle • least bloody battle • the first paper currency • of the population died in it • double the casualties of D-Day • 3 million men fought in the war. • had 30 horses shot from under him • 7,000 Americans fell in 20 minutes • first appeared on a U.S. coin in 1864 • He said he could recognize only two tunes • ...

Civil war 2013-01-31

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lee ends Union threat in Va.
  2. A tax on earnings
  3. A draft
  4. The president for the North at the time
  5. July 21, 1861, South shocks the North
  6. The president for the South at the time
  7. North wins, completes Anaconda plan, South is split in two.
  8. Bloodiest day in American History
  9. Famous commander of the South
  10. April 12, 1861, The event that begins the Civil war
Down
  1. Turning point of war
  2. The place where the Confederate surrender took place.
  3. 1st Bloody battle of the war
  4. The North
  5. A ship protected by iron armor
  6. The South

16 Clues: A draft • The North • The South • A tax on earnings • Turning point of war • Lee ends Union threat in Va. • 1st Bloody battle of the war • Famous commander of the South • A ship protected by iron armor • Bloodiest day in American History • July 21, 1861, South shocks the North • The president for the North at the time • The president for the South at the time • ...

Civil War 2023-11-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The state capital of Alabama
  2. the confederates General in the army
  3. when a state leaves from country
  4. money in the form as coins
  5. person who favors abolition
  6. the commander of the confederates
  7. a leader in the american abolitionists
Down
  1. is a side during the civil war
  2. when a human is owned by a person
  3. president of confederate party
  4. tax on imported goods
  5. to reconstruct again
  6. a African american who was enslaved
  7. A war ship
  8. States that succeeded
  9. machine used to pull cotton fibers

16 Clues: A war ship • to reconstruct again • tax on imported goods • States that succeeded • money in the form as coins • person who favors abolition • The state capital of Alabama • is a side during the civil war • president of confederate party • when a state leaves from country • when a human is owned by a person • the commander of the confederates • machine used to pull cotton fibers • ...

Civil War 2023-05-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This amendment states that no citizen is to be denied their rights because of their race,
  2. The battle where the North attempted to secure the Confederacy's capital.
  3. The Commanding General who later became the Secretary of War for the U.S.
  4. Near the end of the Civil War, he became the official commander of the confed. army.
  5. The rules that forced African Americans to sharcrop.
  6. The president who's main mission was to abolish slavery.
  7. The deadliest one day battle in military history.
  8. The first major battle
Down
  1. This amendment abolished the slavery in the U.S
  2. The Confed. General who lead the brigade in the First Battle of Manassas
  3. The bloodiest battle
  4. The laws that were used to segregate African Americans.
  5. previous condition of servitude.
  6. This amendment gave citizenship to former slaves who were born or raised in U.S
  7. A secret society that used violence and fear to try and deny African Americans their rights.
  8. His early wins allowed him to become Commander of Army of the Potomac and later General in Chief

16 Clues: The bloodiest battle • The first major battle • previous condition of servitude. • This amendment abolished the slavery in the U.S • The deadliest one day battle in military history. • The rules that forced African Americans to sharcrop. • The laws that were used to segregate African Americans. • The president who's main mission was to abolish slavery. • ...

Civil war 2023-05-15

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a forcible overthrow also known as a rebellion
  2. the 16th president from 1861 to his assassination
  3. an act passed in 1872 to allow southerners to vote
  4. region of US that wanted to continue slavery
  5. where an important battle took place with 3 hills
  6. something that took place all throughout the war
  7. region of US that had lots of railroad systems
  8. a problem the south faced at the end of the civil war
  9. side the north took during the war
  10. a nickname for president Andrew Johnson
Down
  1. a person who isn't against abolition
  2. side the south took during the war
  3. a battle that was a critical win for both Union and Confederacy
  4. reconstructing the US after civil war
  5. the state of being a slave
  6. a general of the union

16 Clues: a general of the union • the state of being a slave • side the south took during the war • side the north took during the war • a person who isn't against abolition • reconstructing the US after civil war • a nickname for president Andrew Johnson • region of US that wanted to continue slavery • a forcible overthrow also known as a rebellion • ...

CIVIL WAR 2023-01-06

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. someone who wants to get rid of
  2. the side that won and wore blue
  3. a colored person who worked under somebody not getting any money and getting treated poorly
  4. a warship with metal armor
  5. A dollar bill
  6. it is something that the troops would wear and carry things in
  7. Where are the slaves worked in the south
  8. large-caliber guns used in warfare on land.
Down
  1. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket.
  2. When a person is murdering someone for a political
  3. is a military specialization that engages in ground combat on foot.
  4. Wore grey and lost the war
  5. the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
  6. a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
  7. a coarse stout leather shoe reaching to the ankle
  8. the war that was going on 1861-1865

16 Clues: A dollar bill • Wore grey and lost the war • a warship with metal armor • someone who wants to get rid of • the side that won and wore blue • the war that was going on 1861-1865 • Where are the slaves worked in the south • large-caliber guns used in warfare on land. • a coarse stout leather shoe reaching to the ankle • When a person is murdering someone for a political • ...

Civil War 2023-01-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. seceded from the union
  2. where U.S. government is located
  3. an agreement
  4. armed conflict between countries or states
  5. temporary place one lives
  6. principals of freedom
  7. relating to soldiers or armed forces
  8. withdraw formally from political organization
  9. led Underground Railroad
Down
  1. 16 president
  2. taxes
  3. wanted slavery to end
  4. escaped slavery
  5. state of being a slave
  6. first battle of Civil War
  7. organized choice by vote

16 Clues: taxes • 16 president • an agreement • escaped slavery • wanted slavery to end • principals of freedom • seceded from the union • state of being a slave • organized choice by vote • led Underground Railroad • temporary place one lives • first battle of Civil War • where U.S. government is located • relating to soldiers or armed forces • armed conflict between countries or states • ...

Civil War 2022-05-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who was president after Lincoln Assasinated?
  2. Advantages in the___ better leaders, better soldiers, expert shooter, expert horseback riders.
  3. The___strategy wanted to fight defensively and uses natural barriers such as rivers and mountains.
  4. Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox courthouse in what state
  5. The____Proclamation said slaves would be freed if the confederates didn't rejoin the US
  6. The Emancipation Proclamation did what for the slaves?
  7. The confederate strategy was to have Britain and France do what?
  8. The union tried surround the south by doing what to its coats and blocking its trade?
  9. which side accomplished their strategy?
Down
  1. The___strategy was the Anaconda Plan
  2. Abraham Lincoln ran for this again to unite the country
  3. The battle of___ was the first Union Victory tie.
  4. Advantages in the___ was they had more money, people, factories, weapons, immigrants, railroads, land, and schools
  5. what was won by the republicans, Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin
  6. The battle of____ was in Pennsylvania when E. Lee invaded the North.
  7. Abraham Lincoln was___ by John Wikes booth
  8. how many states left after the election?

17 Clues: The___strategy was the Anaconda Plan • which side accomplished their strategy? • how many states left after the election? • Abraham Lincoln was___ by John Wikes booth • Who was president after Lincoln Assasinated? • The battle of___ was the first Union Victory tie. • The Emancipation Proclamation did what for the slaves? • ...

Civil War 2025-04-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. president of the union
  2. President of the confederacy
  3. main economic of the north
  4. main conflict of the civil war
  5. main economic of the south
  6. what was the main cause of deaths during the civil war
  7. who wrote the North Star
  8. which amendment abolished slavery
  9. what year was the first battle
Down
  1. allowed black men to vote
  2. main cashcrop in he south
  3. advantage of the Union
  4. How long was the war
  5. General of the union
  6. General of the confederacy
  7. when did Abraham Lincoln get elected

16 Clues: How long was the war • General of the union • advantage of the Union • president of the union • who wrote the North Star • allowed black men to vote • main cashcrop in he south • main economic of the north • General of the confederacy • main economic of the south • President of the confederacy • main conflict of the civil war • what year was the first battle • ...

Week 20 2024-02-09

Week 20 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Former president of Texas who opposed secession
  2. Soldiers who fought on horseback
  3. Soldiers who fight on foot
  4. Name for the South during the Civil War
  5. General of the First Texas Cavalry who fought for the Union
  6. leaving the Union of the United States
Down
  1. President of the United States during the Civil War
  2. A war where citizens within a country fight against eachother
  3. General of the Texas Brigade who fought for the Confederacy
  4. Union location in the harbor of Charleston where the Civil War began
  5. Name for the North during the Civil War

11 Clues: Soldiers who fight on foot • Soldiers who fought on horseback • leaving the Union of the United States • Name for the South during the Civil War • Name for the North during the Civil War • Former president of Texas who opposed secession • President of the United States during the Civil War • General of the Texas Brigade who fought for the Confederacy • ...

Civil War 2023-01-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. southern, pro-slavery states
  2. the primary reason that caused the civil war
  3. southern colors
  4. union president whose election caused South Carolina to secede
  5. name of the fort that was attacked that started the civil war
  6. name of the plan which would block southern trade, from the atlantic to the mississippi river
  7. the most important item in the civil war
Down
  1. first major battle fought in the civil war at DC
  2. northern colors
  3. what the southern states wanted, away from the federal government
  4. other name for the battle of bull run
  5. northern, anti-slavery states

12 Clues: northern colors • southern colors • southern, pro-slavery states • northern, anti-slavery states • other name for the battle of bull run • the most important item in the civil war • the primary reason that caused the civil war • first major battle fought in the civil war at DC • name of the fort that was attacked that started the civil war • ...

How Well do you Know the Civil War 2023-11-29

How Well do you Know the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The fort that was attacked and the start of the civil war.
  2. The first governor of Minnesota.
  3. A major battle in the civil war that the North won.
  4. The president during the civil war.
Down
  1. A group of over 1,000 soldiers that came from Minnesota.
  2. The bullet that was used often during the civil war.
  3. A form of transportation that played an important role for the North during the civil war.
  4. Owning a person and making them do work for you.
  5. The first name of the president of the confederacy.
  6. The first form of long distance communication that played an important role during the civil war.

10 Clues: The first governor of Minnesota. • The president during the civil war. • Owning a person and making them do work for you. • The first name of the president of the confederacy. • A major battle in the civil war that the North won. • The bullet that was used often during the civil war. • A group of over 1,000 soldiers that came from Minnesota. • ...

Marisa´s Crossword 2021-12-06

Marisa´s Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mountainous region that broke away from Virginia in 1861 to from its own state after Virginia seceded from the union. Most of the residents from west Virginia were independent farmers and miners who did not own slaves and thus oppose the confederate cause.
  2. Paper currency issued by the union treasury during the civil war. Inadequately supported by gold, greenbacks fluctuated in value throughout the war, reaching a low of 39 cents on the dollar.
  3. Network of member banks that could issue currency against purchased government bonds. Created during the civil war to establish a national currency and stimulate the sale of war bonds
  4. Unified Canadian government created by Britain to bolster Canadians against potential attacks or overturns from the United States.
  5. Five slave states Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia- that did not secede during the civil war. To keep the states in the union Abraham Lincoln insisted that the war was not about abolishing slavery but about protecting the union
  6. Government agency founded with the help of Elizabeth Blackwell that trained nurses, collected medical supplies, and equipped hospitals in an effort to help the Union army. The commission helped professionalize nursing and gave many women the confidence and organizational skills to propel the women's movement in the postwar years.
  7. A federal law that sold settlers 160 acres of land for about $30 if they lived on it for 5 years and improved it by, for instance, building a house on it. The act helped make land accessible to hundreds of thousands of westward-moving settlers.
  8. British built and manned Confederate worship that raided Union shipping during the Civil War. One of many built by the British for the Confederacy, despite Union protests
Down
  1. Uprising, Mostly of working-class Irish Americans, in protest of the draft. Rioters were particularly incensed by the ability of the rich to hire substitutes or purchase exemptions.
  2. South Carolina Location where confederate forces fired the first shots of the civil war in April of 1861 after union forces attempted to provision the fort
  3. Two well-armed Ironclad warships constructed for the Confederacy by a British firm. Seeking to avoid war with the United States, the British government purchased the two ships for the Royal Navy instead
  4. Napoleon III was the first President of France from 1848 to 1852 and the Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew of Napoleon I, he was the last monarch to rule over France.
  5. Union General George B. McClellan's failed effort to seize Richmond, the Confederate capital. Had McClellan taken Richmond and toppled the confederacy, slavery would have most likely survived in the south for some time.
  6. First major battle of the civil war and a victory for the south, it dispelled northern illusions of a swift victory
  7. Increased duties back up to 1846 levels to raise revenue for the civil war
  8. Petition requiring law enforcement officers to present detained individuals before the court to examine the legality of the arrest. Protects individuals from arbitrary state action. Suspended by Lincoln during the civil war.
  9. Diplomatic row that threatened to bring the British into the civil war on the side of the Confederacy, after a union warship stoped a British steamer and arrested two Confederate diplomats on board

17 Clues: Increased duties back up to 1846 levels to raise revenue for the civil war • First major battle of the civil war and a victory for the south, it dispelled northern illusions of a swift victory • Unified Canadian government created by Britain to bolster Canadians against potential attacks or overturns from the United States. • ...