civil war Crossword Puzzles

African War Terms and Definitions Charlie 2024-05-29

African War Terms and Definitions Charlie crossword puzzle
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  1. An organization that has no governmental influence
  2. Marxist-Leninist military dictatorship
  3. Citizens in Southeastern Nigeria
  4. When Somalia became involved in a conflict with Ethiopia over a border region
  5. Failed United Nations peacekeeping forces, the war came to end in 2003 because of this
  6. A Task Force provided by the US to aid humanitarian relief in Somalia which failed and instead resulted in 2 years where fighting occured
  7. Anti Imperialist leader of Congo since 1960
  8. An extremist group established after the Somalian civil War which exploited control and interpretation of islamic law
  9. A Liberation Front seeking independence in their region
  10. A recent Conflict from 2020-2022 in Northernmost Ethiopia involving Ethiopian and Eritrean governments
  11. One-Three Million people of Nigeria died to severe food shortages and famine
  12. The person who sparked the Somali Civil War
  13. One of the most long and devastating conflicts in modern African history, which affected many areas and had many causalities across East Africa
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  1. President of Uganda 1971
  2. Rebel group established in July 2009
  3. Tanzanians and Ugandan rebels defeated a combined Ugandan Libyan-Palestinian force
  4. Tutsi minority ethnic group slaughtered by Rwanda's Hutu majority in 1994 as an effect of the Civil War
  5. Lead the LRA an Christian extremist organization
  6. The leader of a repressive dictatorship in the Ethiopian Civil War
  7. Jewels mined during a war to fund conflict
  8. Uganda National Liberation Army abbrv.
  9. Ethiopian Red Terror
  10. A concert organized in 1985 to raise funds for famine relief in African Countries
  11. Led rebel forces to exile Mobutu and became the newly named Democratic Republic of Congo
  12. Ruled Uganda as a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal dictators in modern world history

25 Clues: Ethiopian Red Terror • President of Uganda 1971 • Citizens in Southeastern Nigeria • Rebel group established in July 2009 • Marxist-Leninist military dictatorship • Uganda National Liberation Army abbrv. • Jewels mined during a war to fund conflict • Anti Imperialist leader of Congo since 1960 • The person who sparked the Somali Civil War • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2024-04-12

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse
  2. A Network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States used by enslaved African-Americans to escape into free states and Canada.
  3. The forced enlistment of people into the armed forces of a country.
  4. Part of the Compromise of 1850. Made it law that escaped enslaved people had to be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
  5. The North or Northern States; States that remained loyal to the national government during the Civil War.
  6. (1863) Declared that all enslaved people in rebelling states must be set free.
  7. general of the Union Army
  8. Slave states that did not secede from the Union.
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  1. Southern States or Confederate States of America who seceded from the Union in the Civil War.
  2. To formally withdraw from something.
  3. President of the Confederate States
  4. Speech given by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg, which was a turning point in the Civil War.
  5. President of the United States during the Civil War
  6. A war between citizens of the same country
  7. Soldiers killed or wounded in battle.
  8. Involves the destruction of all enemy targets, supplies, and infrastructure.

16 Clues: general of the Union Army • President of the Confederate States • To formally withdraw from something. • Soldiers killed or wounded in battle. • A war between citizens of the same country • Slave states that did not secede from the Union. • President of the United States during the Civil War • Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse • ...

Civil war 2023-05-04

Civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. anti slavery fighter who attracted a federal armory
  2. pro slavery succession state
  3. laws allowing southerners to take slaves from the north
  4. first state to succeed from the union
  5. compromise to let states vote on slavery
  6. humans owning other people, hated by north.
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  1. anti slavery Americans during civil war.
  2. confederate president
  3. state that wanted slavery
  4. war between confederacy and union over slavery.
  5. president during civil war
  6. anti slave state.
  7. fort that confederate soldiers attacked starting war
  8. compromise delaying war between north and south.

14 Clues: anti slave state. • confederate president • state that wanted slavery • president during civil war • pro slavery succession state • first state to succeed from the union • anti slavery Americans during civil war. • compromise to let states vote on slavery • humans owning other people, hated by north. • war between confederacy and union over slavery. • ...

civil war 2025-02-07

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. president during civil war
  2. Davis confederate president during civil war
  3. Sumter battle site in civil war
  4. southern city burned
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  1. where did the civil war end
  2. site andersonville
  3. battle of civil war
  4. t. Sherman general during war

8 Clues: battle of civil war • southern city burned • site andersonville • president during civil war • where did the civil war end • t. Sherman general during war • Sumter battle site in civil war • Davis confederate president during civil war

US History Civil War & Reconstruction SSUSH8-10 2023-11-17

US History Civil War & Reconstruction SSUSH8-10 crossword puzzle
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  1. Radical Republicans Reconstruction-• Passed 14th and 15th amendments• Military reconstruction act divided the south into five military districts• New state constitutions required to guarantee voting rights• Military rule protected voting rights for African Americans• Empowered African Americans in government and supported their education
  2. John Brown's scheme to invade the South with armed slaves, backed by sponsoring, northern abolitionists; seized the federal arsenal; Brown and remnants were caught by Robert E. Lee and the US Marines; Brown was hanged
  3. the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime: Lincoln takes this away during the Civil War
  4. Allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, Maine to enter the union as a free state, prohibited slavery north of latitude 36˚ 30' within the Louisiana Territory
  5. Served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865
  6. Lincoln urged Americans not to seek revenge on slaveholders and their supporters and military after the war. Instead, he urged reconstruction of the South "with malice toward none; with charity for all."
  7. Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War
  8. Amendment that ended slavery
  9. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  10. 16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves.
  11. General Sherman and his troops set the city on fire, in order to destroy the confederate's supply lines and then Marched to the Sea, Savannah, and burnt everything along the way
  12. Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
  13. laws passed in the south just after the civil war aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit african american workers
  14. Amendment that says citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servitude
  15. Each state would use popular sovereignty to decide what to do about slavery. Led to Bleeding Kansas.
  16. Includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act, made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War
  17. view of reconstruction : all states had to end slavery, states had to declare that their secession was illegal, and a small % men had to pledge their loyalty to the U.S.
  18. a 3-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War (November 19, 1963) at the dedication of a national cemetery.
  19. an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the Civil War.
  20. federal agency set up in 1865 to provide food, schools, and medical care to freed slaves in the South
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  1. Lincoln issued it and freed all the slaves in the Confederate states, but slaves in Border States loyal to the Union remained enslaved. It only applied to states in rebellion (Confederate states). It led to slaves rebelling and joining the Union army and increased sympathy from Europe.
  2. General whose march to sea caused destruction to the south, union general, led march to destroy all supplies and resources, beginning of total warfare
  3. The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.
  4. he intentionally violates Tenure Act because it was set upt to get him impeached by firing Secretary of War Edwin Stantin, at the Trial his lawyer says his only crime is opposing Congress, 12 democrats and 7 republicans vote him "not guilty", so he escaped impeachment by one vote
  5. violent abolitionist who murdered slaveholders in Kansas and Missouri (1856-1858) before his raid at Harpers Ferry (1859), hoping to incite a slave rebellion; he failed and was executed, but his martyrdom by northern abolitionists frightened the South.
  6. Confederate general who surrendered to Grant in the Civil War.
  7. Court ruled that he was the property of Sanford and, as a slave, was prohibited from suing in court. Chief Justice Taney gives his opinion that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. Decision adds to sectionalism between North and South that will lead to the Civil War.
  8. Grant besieged the city from May 18 to July 4, 1863, until it surrendered, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union.
  9. ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, and California in exchange for $15 million
  10. The 11th U.S. President, he led the country during the Mexican War and sought to expand the United States
  11. Amendment declaring that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
  12. general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)
  13. the north/the U.S. during the Civil War
  14. the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000 casualties
  15. The most violent battle of the American Civil War that took place in PA and is frequently cited as the war's turning point, fought from July 1 - July 3, 1863.
  16. 1846 - 1848 - President Polk declared war over the dispute of land in Texas. At the end, American ended up with 55% of Mexico's land.
  17. Lincoln wins, southern states begin to secede
  18. Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river; as long as Hayes became the president
  19. the idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America.
  20. putting the country back together after the Civil War.

40 Clues: Amendment that ended slavery • the north/the U.S. during the Civil War • Lincoln wins, southern states begin to secede • putting the country back together after the Civil War. • Confederate general who surrendered to Grant in the Civil War. • the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 • ...

Civil War Crossword 2018-03-15

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. What Union general left Savannah, Georgia in flames and set out for Atlanta, Georgia?
  2. What speech did Abraham Lincoln give after the Battle of Gettysburg?
  3. What Union general's success in 1863 led Abraham Lincoln to handing overall command of the Northern armies to him?
  4. Davis Who was the first and last president of the "Confederate States of America"?
  5. On ________ 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.
  6. What amendment of the Constitution was signed by members of congress in February of 1865 ending slavery in the US?
  7. What did the Confederate states as a way to "rebel" at the beginning of the Civil War?
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  1. How many years is four score and seven years?
  2. The first battle of the Civil war was the battle of __________.
  3. Lincoln Who knew that neither the North nor the South could win the Civil War without surrender?
  4. By_________of 1864, 65,000 of Grant's men were either wounded, dead, or missing?
  5. What day of April 1865, was Abraham Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth?
  6. E. Lee What confederate general met Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia to surrender, officially ending the Civil War?
  7. Who were officially freed after the Civil War was over?
  8. The Confederate capitol was in _________, Virginia.

15 Clues: How many years is four score and seven years? • The Confederate capitol was in _________, Virginia. • Who were officially freed after the Civil War was over? • The first battle of the Civil war was the battle of __________. • What speech did Abraham Lincoln give after the Battle of Gettysburg? • ...

Civil War 2021-09-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. recruited african americans to fight in civil war
  2. organized effort to end slavery
  3. gave union control of Mississippi river
  4. first shots of the civil war took place here
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  1. balanced slave and free states
  2. the withdrawal of states from the union
  3. Robert E Lee surrendered to Union
  4. the turning point of the civil war
  5. belief ones region is superior
  6. 16th president of U.S. during civil war

10 Clues: balanced slave and free states • belief ones region is superior • organized effort to end slavery • Robert E Lee surrendered to Union • the turning point of the civil war • the withdrawal of states from the union • 16th president of U.S. during civil war • gave union control of Mississippi river • first shots of the civil war took place here • ...

Crossword 9.7 Review 2025-11-20

Crossword 9.7 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. America's first female army surgeon who eventually received a congressional medal of honor for her service
  2. an increase in overall prices caused by too much money being spent for very limited goods
  3. city where the worst draft riots of the Civil War took place
  4. civil war nurse that helped create cleanliness standards for cleaning soldiers wounds and eventually founded the American Red Cross
  5. the nickname given to Northern Democrats opposed to the Civil War
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  1. spy for the Confederates that often entertained Union leaders in her home where she gathered war information from conversations and gave it to Confederates
  2. a selection system for involuntary military service done in America during the Civil War and many other wars
  3. women that persuaded government officials to let women serve as nurses during the Civil War, she became the superintendent of nurses for the Union Army
  4. former slave turned abolitionist who served as a Union nurse during the Civil War as well as a Union spy
  5. a legal process that prohibits the government from jailing anyone without lawful grounds
  6. a person displaced by a war or natural disaster

11 Clues: a person displaced by a war or natural disaster • city where the worst draft riots of the Civil War took place • the nickname given to Northern Democrats opposed to the Civil War • a legal process that prohibits the government from jailing anyone without lawful grounds • an increase in overall prices caused by too much money being spent for very limited goods • ...

Absolute Monarchy's 2022-03-17

Absolute Monarchy's crossword puzzle
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  1. nickname for LouisXIV because he saw himself as the most powerful ruler in the world.
  2. Spanish Monarch that ushered in the "Golden Age" of Spain.
  3. Peter the Great's grand palace that he built.
  4. Monarch the was convicted and executed after the English civil war
  5. supporters of the parliament during the english civil war.
  6. Monarch that westernized Russia and made it into a modern nation.
  7. The only nation to successfully resist the power of the absolute monarchy
  8. legislative body that held the English monarch accountable
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  1. system of government characterized by a centralization of power and rule by divine right.
  2. Monarch that built the Palace of Versailles as a demonstration of wealth and power.
  3. English general that won the English civil war for the parliament and ruled England after the war.
  4. a government in which a legislative body limits the monarch’s powers.
  5. bloodless transfer of power from James II to William and Mary in England.
  6. Belief that monarchs had been given the right to rule by God.
  7. supporters of the monarchy during the english civil war.

15 Clues: Peter the Great's grand palace that he built. • supporters of the monarchy during the english civil war. • Spanish Monarch that ushered in the "Golden Age" of Spain. • supporters of the parliament during the english civil war. • legislative body that held the English monarch accountable • Belief that monarchs had been given the right to rule by God. • ...

The 1900s 2023-03-30

The 1900s crossword puzzle
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  1. Russia sold _________ to the US.
  2. The 19th amendment allowed ___________ to vote.
  3. There are twenty-seven_______________ to the Constitution.
  4. One problem that led to the Civil War was _______.
  5. The 26th amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to ________.
  6. The first thirteen states were called __________.
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  1. The US bought the ____________ territory from France.
  2. The Emancipation _________ freed the slaves in the south.
  3. The War was between the North and the South.
  4. The ________ won the Civil War.
  5. The 15th amendment gave a male citizen of any _____ the right to vote.
  6. There are fifty ________ on the U.S. flag.
  7. ____________ was the President during the Civil War
  8. There are thirteen _______ on the American flag

14 Clues: The ________ won the Civil War. • Russia sold _________ to the US. • There are fifty ________ on the U.S. flag. • The War was between the North and the South. • The 19th amendment allowed ___________ to vote. • There are thirteen _______ on the American flag • The first thirteen states were called __________. • One problem that led to the Civil War was _______. • ...

Maci's American Civil War Crossword 2024-05-02

Maci's American Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Courthouse where General Lee surrendered.
  2. Who was the President during the Civil War?
  3. City in Virginia chosen as the confederate capital in 1861.
  4. A battle that was the turning point of the war.
  5. A Fort where the first shots were fired.
  6. General for the Confederacy.
  7. Who was the nurse who founded the American Red Cross?
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  1. People who wanted to outlaw slavery.
  2. He assassinated Lincoln.
  3. A gun most soldiers used during the Civil War that fired only one shot at a time.
  4. Color that the Union soldiers wore.
  5. This killed most of the people in the Civil War.
  6. Color that the Confederate Soldiers wore.
  7. General for the Union.

14 Clues: General for the Union. • He assassinated Lincoln. • General for the Confederacy. • Color that the Union soldiers wore. • People who wanted to outlaw slavery. • A Fort where the first shots were fired. • Courthouse where General Lee surrendered. • Color that the Confederate Soldiers wore. • Who was the President during the Civil War? • ...

VS.8c Growth in Virginia After the Civil War 2024-03-15

VS.8c Growth in Virginia After the Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The village of Big Lick was renamed this when the railroad caused the population to boom.
  2. The rise of machines and factory production after Civil War is known as the ____ Revolution.
  3. Norfolk became a major port and hub for _____.
  4. Items such as cigarettes, cigars, and chewing tobacco.
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  1. This was discovered in the Appalachian Plateau.
  2. After the Civil War, Virginians needed more and better _____.
  3. Richmond was _____ after it had been destroyed in the Civil War.
  4. After the Civil War, many small towns grew into big ____.
  5. These were a key to growth after the Civil War.
  6. With their farms destroyed during the war, many Virginians went to cities to work in _____.

10 Clues: Norfolk became a major port and hub for _____. • This was discovered in the Appalachian Plateau. • These were a key to growth after the Civil War. • Items such as cigarettes, cigars, and chewing tobacco. • After the Civil War, many small towns grew into big ____. • After the Civil War, Virginians needed more and better _____. • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2024-04-26

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Union President
  2. First Used In Monitor Vs Merrimack
  3. Union General
  4. Confederate General
  5. First Battle In The Civil War
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  1. Bloodiest War During The Civil War
  2. States That Debated To Be On A Side
  3. Sherman's March To The Sea Was A:
  4. Confederate President
  5. Single Bloodiest Day In Civil War

10 Clues: Union General • Union President • Confederate General • Confederate President • First Battle In The Civil War • Sherman's March To The Sea Was A: • Single Bloodiest Day In Civil War • Bloodiest War During The Civil War • First Used In Monitor Vs Merrimack • States That Debated To Be On A Side

United States 2025-04-15

United States crossword puzzle
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  1. – The period after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt and Southern states were re-admitted.
  2. – To cancel or undo a law.
  3. – A colonist who supported independence from Britain.
  4. – The act of leaving a union, like when Southern states left the U.S. before the Civil War.
  5. – The movement to end slavery.
  6. – A member of a strict religious group that wanted to purify the Church of England.
  7. – The Northern states during the Civil War; also means a united group of states.
  8. – The Southern states that broke away from the Union during the Civil War.
  9. – A formal agreement between countries.
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  1. – To refuse to buy or use goods as a form of protest.
  2. – A large farm where crops like tobacco or cotton were grown, often using slave labor.
  3. – The act of freeing someone from slavery.
  4. – An economic policy where nations gain wealth by controlling trade.
  5. – A group of volunteer soldiers who fight in emergencies.
  6. crop – A crop grown to be sold for profit (e.g., tobacco, cotton).
  7. – A colonist who stayed loyal to Britain during the American Revolution.
  8. – A religious group known for peace, equality, and simple living.
  9. – A contract where a person agrees to work for a set time in exchange for passage to America.
  10. – A territory ruled by another country.
  11. – A nickname for British soldiers during the American Revolution.
  12. – Cruel or unfair government rule.

21 Clues: – To cancel or undo a law. • – The movement to end slavery. • – Cruel or unfair government rule. • – A territory ruled by another country. • – A formal agreement between countries. • – The act of freeing someone from slavery. • – To refuse to buy or use goods as a form of protest. • – A colonist who supported independence from Britain. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-07-31

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. bloodiest war general
  2. Civil war doctor's nickname
  3. famous nurse for the Union; last name
  4. very first battle of the Civil War
  5. railroad ties bent around tree trunks "Sherman's ____"
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  1. most troops died from
  2. another name for Civil War; "____ War"
  3. most of the government's revenue
  4. first soldier killed died by
  5. blade at the end of a rifle

10 Clues: most troops died from • bloodiest war general • Civil war doctor's nickname • blade at the end of a rifle • first soldier killed died by • most of the government's revenue • very first battle of the Civil War • famous nurse for the Union; last name • another name for Civil War; "____ War" • railroad ties bent around tree trunks "Sherman's ____"

Civil War Vocabulary 2024-04-26

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Union President
  2. First Used In Monitor Vs Merrimack
  3. Union General
  4. Confederate General
  5. First Battle In The Civil War
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  1. Bloodiest War During The Civil War
  2. States That Debated To Be On A Side
  3. Sherman's March To The Sea Was A:
  4. Confederate President
  5. Single Bloodiest Day In Civil War

10 Clues: Union General • Union President • Confederate General • Confederate President • First Battle In The Civil War • Sherman's March To The Sea Was A: • Single Bloodiest Day In Civil War • Bloodiest War During The Civil War • First Used In Monitor Vs Merrimack • States That Debated To Be On A Side

Civil War 2023-03-21

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. War North vs the South
  2. the biggest battle in the civil war
  3. the president after lincoln
  4. Wanted slavery
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  1. The rebuilding after the war
  2. Was the general for the south
  3. This helped the north win
  4. Won the civil war
  5. Was General for the North
  6. president who freed slaves

10 Clues: Wanted slavery • Won the civil war • War North vs the South • This helped the north win • Was General for the North • president who freed slaves • the president after lincoln • The rebuilding after the war • Was the general for the south • the biggest battle in the civil war

Children of the Civil War 2015-09-24

Children of the Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The official enlistment age for the U.S. Army in Civil War times
  2. The Civil War is sometime called "The ______' War."
  3. Kids liked to build forts and play war with _______ soldiers.
  4. If boys were too young to be a soldier they might become ______ boys of musicians.
  5. A game invented during the Civil War.
  6. Children still attended ______ on top of all their responsibilities.
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  1. The workload for enslaved children (increased or decreased) as the Civil War began.
  2. Children left at home when the war started took care of ______ siblings.
  3. Some children would run along with the _______ doing drills.
  4. Drummer boys relayed ______ to soldiers over the noise of the battle.
  5. Many children stepped up by taking care of the farm or ______ out at the family business.

11 Clues: A game invented during the Civil War. • The Civil War is sometime called "The ______' War." • Some children would run along with the _______ doing drills. • Kids liked to build forts and play war with _______ soldiers. • The official enlistment age for the U.S. Army in Civil War times • Children still attended ______ on top of all their responsibilities. • ...

Vicksburg Times Crossword Puzzle 2023-01-31

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

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

American Civil War Civil War Uniforms 2026-01-21

American Civil War Civil War Uniforms crossword puzzle
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  1. How did this French-style cap become the iconic headgear of the era?
  2. How did the mass production of blue cloth represent the North's industrial advantage?
  3. How did the naval blockade change the quality of cloth used in Southern uniforms?
  4. Why were these decorative shoulder pieces largely abandoned by the mid-war period?
  5. Why did the short shell jacket eventually replace the longer frock coat in the field?
  6. Why were these square-toed shoes issued without a distinction between left and right feet?
  7. What information could a soldier's brass buttons reveal about his home state?
  8. How did the heavy greatcoat protect sentries during the harsh winters of 1863?
  9. Why was this material preferred for the standard issue army shirt?
  10. How did this substitute dye help the Confederacy when indigo was unavailable?
  11. Why did the Confederacy choose this color despite its high cost and lack of durability?
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  1. What chemical process caused Confederate gray to fade into this brownish tan?
  2. How did the Union maintain a steady supply of this dye for their dark blue coats?
  3. What inspired the flamboyant North African style adopted by certain volunteer units?
  4. How did the design of this bag affect a soldier's ability to carry rations?
  5. Why was wool chosen as the primary fabric despite extreme summer temperatures?
  6. How did the complexity of sleeve braid indicate an officer's specific rank?
  7. Why was the four-button sack coat the most widely produced garment of the war?
  8. In what specific uniform components was linen used as a cooling alternative?
  9. How did the orientation of these stripes differ between the North and the South?
  10. What was the primary difference between a regulation cap and a forage cap?
  11. Why did the stiff, tall shako hat quickly disappear from active field service?
  12. What specific colors of piping represented the artillery, cavalry, and infantry?
  13. Why was "jean cloth" the most common fabric for Confederate enlisted men?
  14. Why did officers continue wearing these long-skirted coats despite their impracticality?

25 Clues: Why was this material preferred for the standard issue army shirt? • How did this French-style cap become the iconic headgear of the era? • Why was "jean cloth" the most common fabric for Confederate enlisted men? • What was the primary difference between a regulation cap and a forage cap? • ...

American History 2025-05-27

American History crossword puzzle
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  1. U.S. naval base attacked in WWII
  2. Early 20th century immigration processing center in New York
  3. Site of the 1941 surprise attack
  4. Peace agreement that ended Reconstruction
  5. The 19th Amendment gave women the right to ___
  6. 1863 proclamation freeing enslaved people
  7. Site of a famous 1848 gold discovery
  8. Scandal that led to Nixon’s resignation
  9. The battle that turned the tide of the Civil War
  10. 1963 civil rights speech: “I Have a ___”
  11. Landmark 1965 law eliminating literacy tests
  12. Court case that ended school segregation
  13. Civil War president
  14. This act provided free land to settlers in the West
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  1. Name of the U.S. program to rebuild Europe after WWII
  2. African American woman who refused to give up her seat
  3. President during the Great Depression and WWII
  4. African American leader who advocated self-defense in the 1960s
  5. 1960s domestic program for civil rights and poverty relief
  6. Massive 1930s government spending program
  7. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
  8. Nickname for the 1920s era of economic boom and jazz
  9. Movement to end slavery
  10. Cold War conflict from 1955 to 1975
  11. Industrialist who revolutionized automobile production
  12. First ten amendments to the Constitution
  13. Women's suffrage leader, Susan B. ___

27 Clues: Civil War president • Movement to end slavery • U.S. naval base attacked in WWII • Site of the 1941 surprise attack • Cold War conflict from 1955 to 1975 • Site of a famous 1848 gold discovery • Women's suffrage leader, Susan B. ___ • Scandal that led to Nixon’s resignation • 1963 civil rights speech: “I Have a ___” • Court case that ended school segregation • ...

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME: BLACK DEATH 2023-07-17

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME: BLACK DEATH crossword puzzle
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  1. King Charles I also wanted to make changes to the Church in this country.
  2. The name given to the group of strict Protestants in England
  3. King Charles was known to spend vast amount of money on this
  4. The number of years King Charles closed his Parliament for in 1629
  5. The nickname given to the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War
  6. The king increased these without asking permission from his parliament
  7. A type of war fought between two or more sides in the same country
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  1. Charles I fought an expensive war with this other European country between 1625-1630
  2. The name of the king's tax given to people who lived around the coast
  3. The name of the King of England during the English Civil War
  4. The surname of the leader of the Parliamentarians
  5. The Christian faith of King Charles's wife
  6. The name of the first battle of the English Civil War
  7. The surname of the new Archbishop of Canterbury chosen by Charles I

14 Clues: The Christian faith of King Charles's wife • The surname of the leader of the Parliamentarians • The name of the first battle of the English Civil War • The name of the King of England during the English Civil War • The name given to the group of strict Protestants in England • King Charles was known to spend vast amount of money on this • ...

Florida and the Civil War 2021-11-26

Florida and the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union ships would create this to stop the trade of goods via ships.
  2. Large farms where slaves worked.
  3. The battle that started the war.
  4. The name given to the northern states.
  5. The main issue that led to the Civil War.
  6. The term used to describe the south breaking away from the north.
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  1. The side of the war that Florida was on.
  2. Most people in Florida raised crops and this.
  3. Florida's main role in the war was to _____ Confederate troops with goods.
  4. The largest Civil War battle in Florida.
  5. The president during the Civil War.
  6. An important good because it kept the meat from spoiling.

12 Clues: Large farms where slaves worked. • The battle that started the war. • The president during the Civil War. • The name given to the northern states. • The side of the war that Florida was on. • The largest Civil War battle in Florida. • The main issue that led to the Civil War. • Most people in Florida raised crops and this. • ...

UNIT VI 2022-05-27

UNIT VI crossword puzzle
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  1. A U.S. hate organization that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda.
  2. A system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop.
  3. _____________ referred to as Republicans from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
  4. military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory
  5. An informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election; understanding the removal of federal troops from Confederate states
  6. The seventh president of the United States. He is known for founding the Democratic Party and for his support of individual liberty.
  7. intended to restrict the power of the president to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the Senate.
  8. a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 to 1877
  9. to formally accuse a public official of misconduct committed while in office. (EX. President or any government official.)
  10. The leader of the Free-Soil element among New York Democrats and supported the Union cause in the American Civil War
  11. An abolitionist who championed the rights of blacks for decades—up to, during, and after the Civil War and was also a part of the Radical Republicans
  12. The true abolition of slavery was achieved when the ______________ was ratified on December 6, 1865
  13. The first African American member of the United States Senate.
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  1. The ________________ guaranteed African-American men the right to vote.
  2. ruled that a citizen's "privileges and immunities," were limited to those spelled out in the Constitution and did not include many rights given by the individual states.
  3. The _____________ were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.
  4. The ____________ era was the period after the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877
  5. Restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War.
  6. Politicians who formed a faction within the Republican party that lasted from the Civil War into the era of Reconstruction were called __________________
  7. Fed millions of people, built hospitals and provided medical aid, negotiated labor contracts for ex-slaves and settled labor disputes.
  8. They owned the crops they planted and made their own decisions about them. After harvesting the crop, they sold it and received income from it.
  9. ____________ referred to southern-born radicals. Their purpose was to seek personal financial gain or power through political advancement.
  10. As the 19th President of the United States ____________ oversaw the end of Reconstruction, began the efforts that led to civil service reform
  11. Granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War
  12. A Bill that required that 50% of all voters in the Confederate states must pledge allegiance to the Union before reunification. This Bill would abolish slavery within the rebel states.

25 Clues: The first African American member of the United States Senate. • The ________________ guaranteed African-American men the right to vote. • The ____________ era was the period after the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877 • A U.S. hate organization that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda. • ...

Civil War 2024-05-14

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865
  2. A speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
  3. An executive order issued on January 1, 1863, by President Lincoln freeing slaves in all portions of the United States not then under Union control
  4. A term meaning "before war"
  5. The President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil Wa
  6. An American soldier best known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865
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  1. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
  2. Another name for the North during the Civil War
  3. Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South
  4. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port
  5. The bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War
  6. The withdrawal of a group from a larger entity, especially a political entity, but also any organization, union or military alliance
  7. The nation being divided by its interests, attitudes, and overall lifestyles
  8. Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware
  9. A commanding general that worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War

15 Clues: A term meaning "before war" • Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware • A speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln • The bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War • Another name for the North during the Civil War • A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery • Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-02-28

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. This day celebrates the freedom of slaves
  2. This battle is known as the turning point of the war
  3. This individual sued for his freedom but lost
  4. This was the first southern state to secede
  5. This is the location of Robert E. Lee's surrender
  6. President of the Union during the Civil War
  7. This is the last name of the Confederate general
  8. This amendment granted citizenship to all born in the U.S.
  9. This was the location of the first battle
  10. These were passed by southern states to make life difficult for freed slaves
  11. This amendment allowed black men the right to vote
  12. The United States during the Civil War
  13. This group helped freed slaves after the war
  14. When a state leaves a union this is known as _______________
  15. These were Southerners who wanted to help freed slaves after the war
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  1. Lincoln passed this to free the slaves
  2. The union captured the Mississippi River at this battle
  3. This is the last name of the Union general
  4. The South used this argument to keep slavery
  5. This group wanted slavery to be abolished
  6. These were Northerners who moved to the South to help freed slaves after the war
  7. When one region cares more about its interests this is known as _______________
  8. This amendment abolished slavery
  9. The southern states who fought for slavery were know as the __________
  10. the President of the Confederacy
  11. This was a major cause of the Civil War

26 Clues: This amendment abolished slavery • the President of the Confederacy • Lincoln passed this to free the slaves • The United States during the Civil War • This was a major cause of the Civil War • This day celebrates the freedom of slaves • This group wanted slavery to be abolished • This was the location of the first battle • This is the last name of the Union general • ...

Civil War 2022-09-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. last name of author of Uncle Tom's cabin
  2. The Moses of her people
  3. deadliest war in American History
  4. escaped slave, gave speeches, inspired people to free slaves
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  1. where the Civil War began
  2. President of the United States during the Civil War
  3. The first full scale battle of the Civil War, July 21, 1861; Southerners called it Battle of Manassas
  4. Union commanding general
  5. Jefferson ___ president of the Confederate States of America
  6. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War

10 Clues: The Moses of her people • Union commanding general • where the Civil War began • deadliest war in American History • The bloodiest battle of the Civil War • last name of author of Uncle Tom's cabin • President of the United States during the Civil War • Jefferson ___ president of the Confederate States of America • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-07-31

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. most of the government's revenue
  2. railroad ties bent around tree trunks "Sherman's ____"
  3. another name for Civil War; "____ War"
  4. bloodiest war general
  5. Civil war doctor's nickname
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  1. blade at the end of a rifle
  2. most troops died from
  3. first soldier killed died by
  4. very first battle of the Civil War
  5. famous nurse for the Union; last name

10 Clues: most troops died from • bloodiest war general • blade at the end of a rifle • Civil war doctor's nickname • first soldier killed died by • most of the government's revenue • very first battle of the Civil War • famous nurse for the Union; last name • another name for Civil War; "____ War" • railroad ties bent around tree trunks "Sherman's ____"

Civil War 2023-04-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Capital of the C.S.A.
  2. Document written by Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863 on a train.
  3. What document did Abraham Lincoln write to abolish slavery?
  4. 1st battle fought in the North.
  5. Does the North have slaves?
  6. The plan the South had in the Civil War.
  7. Nickname for the North.
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  1. Capital of the U.S.A.
  2. President of the Confederate States of America(Confederacy).
  3. President of the United States(Union).
  4. The plan the North had in the Civil War.
  5. 1st battle of the civil war.
  6. Nickname for the South.
  7. Does the South have slaves?

14 Clues: Capital of the U.S.A. • Capital of the C.S.A. • Nickname for the South. • Nickname for the North. • Does the North have slaves? • Does the South have slaves? • 1st battle of the civil war. • 1st battle fought in the North. • President of the United States(Union). • The plan the North had in the Civil War. • The plan the South had in the Civil War. • ...

Civil War and Post-Civil War 2024-03-07

Civil War and Post-Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Site of Lee's surrender
  2. Grant's stategic retreat angainst a surprise attack
  3. The new southern capitol
  4. to separate from a larger organization or entity
  5. Lee's greatest victory
  6. Came right after the Battle of Gettysburg
  7. Believed in popular sovereignty
  8. Turning point of the Civil War
  9. The bloodiest single day in American history
  10. General for the north
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  1. the master plan of the north
  2. Heroic defense at Little Round Top
  3. Union general known for "total war"
  4. Grant's siege success on the Mississippi
  5. Where it all started
  6. king of the south
  7. Confederate soldier on picket duty
  8. States that had slaves but still fought for the north
  9. Killed by friendly fire
  10. Got a job offer from both sides

20 Clues: king of the south • Where it all started • General for the north • Lee's greatest victory • Site of Lee's surrender • Killed by friendly fire • The new southern capitol • the master plan of the north • Turning point of the Civil War • Believed in popular sovereignty • Got a job offer from both sides • Heroic defense at Little Round Top • Confederate soldier on picket duty • ...

Presidents 2023-09-19

Presidents crossword puzzle
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  1. Declaration of Independence writer
  2. Creator of the Navy (XYZ Affair)
  3. Compromise of 1850
  4. Owned silk worms
  5. Rough Riders & Trust buster
  6. Father of the Constitution
  7. Drone strike
  8. Americans with Disabilities Act
  9. "We will build a great wall on our southern border"
  10. Reaganomics
  11. Supreme Allied Commander of NATO
  12. Young Hickory
  13. Gained hate from the continuing war in Vietnam
  14. Great Emancipator
  15. Union Major General of the Civil War
  16. Only president to not be elected
  17. Watergate Scandal
  18. Last Civil War veteran to be elected president
  19. Panic of 1837
  20. Compromise of 1877
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  1. Wife and son died while he was in office
  2. Wallstreet Crash of 1929
  3. Two non-consecutive terms
  4. Precedent president
  5. Chinese Exclusion Act
  6. Mexican-American War hero
  7. Sworn in to office by his father
  8. Weapons of Mass Destruction
  9. Cuban Missile Crisis
  10. Sleepy Joe
  11. First to be impeached
  12. President during WWII
  13. Did not attempt to prevent the Civil War
  14. Fat Man & Little Boy + Japan
  15. Iran Hostage Crisis
  16. Longest inaugural speech
  17. Grandson of the 9th president
  18. 1st to ascent to the presidency after his predecessor's death
  19. Monroe Doctrine
  20. 2nd president to be assassinated
  21. President during WWI
  22. Got stuck in a bathtub
  23. Teapot-Dome Scandal
  24. War on the Bank & Nullification Crisis
  25. Monica

45 Clues: Monica • Sleepy Joe • Reaganomics • Drone strike • Young Hickory • Panic of 1837 • Monroe Doctrine • Owned silk worms • Great Emancipator • Watergate Scandal • Compromise of 1850 • Compromise of 1877 • Precedent president • Iran Hostage Crisis • Teapot-Dome Scandal • Cuban Missile Crisis • President during WWI • Chinese Exclusion Act • First to be impeached • President during WWII • Got stuck in a bathtub • ...

1800's 2023-05-03

1800's crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This country lost Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippine Islands, Guam, and other islands as a result of the Spanish-American War.
  2. Also known as the Confederates during the Civil War.
  3. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free whom?
  4. The President of the US during the Civil war. (Two Words)
  5. The US fought this country again in the War of 1812.
  6. What did Abraham Lincoln save or preserved by the leading the North to victory.
  7. The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the _________________.
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  1. Territory the US purchased under President Jefferson in 1803 from France. (Two Words)
  2. Also known as the Union during the Civil War.
  3. She fought for Women's rights and civil rights. (No period after her middle initial)
  4. The US gained California and the New Mexico Territory from this country after winning the Mexican-American War.
  5. War fought that result in the end of Slavery in the US. (Two Words)

12 Clues: Also known as the Union during the Civil War. • Also known as the Confederates during the Civil War. • The US fought this country again in the War of 1812. • The President of the US during the Civil war. (Two Words) • Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free whom? • War fought that result in the end of Slavery in the US. (Two Words) • ...

Civil War/ Reconstruction Crossword 2022-10-31

Civil War/ Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a Document that officially ended slavery in the United States
  2. Forcing people to work for no pay
  3. A large farm in the South
  4. Organization to help freed slaves find homes jobs and get an education
  5. When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  6. Having many factories or businesses
  7. A term meaning “before the war”
  8. the Time after the Civil War
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  1. Farmer that works someone else's land or a small part of crops
  2. Another name for the South during the Civil War
  3. To block someone's way or materials getting to them
  4. To withdraw or pull out because of a difference
  5. A person who wanted to eliminate or abolish slavery
  6. was Another name for the North during the Civil War
  7. A change

15 Clues: A change • A large farm in the South • the Time after the Civil War • A term meaning “before the war” • Forcing people to work for no pay • Having many factories or businesses • Another name for the South during the Civil War • To withdraw or pull out because of a difference • When a person is murdered for political reasons. • ...

enlightened time 2023-09-26

enlightened time crossword puzzle
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  1. sun centered theory
  2. the thing was ushered in to try to learn more about the world
  3. the taking and exploiting of land by colonial powers
  4. time where people decided to rethink old ideas use underscores instead of spaces
  5. French academy made to study stuff use underscores not spaces
  6. the time where the church was being questioned and reason overtook superstition
  7. British loyalists during the civil war
  8. Earth in the middle of the universe was the theory believed before the age of enlightenment
  9. perfected the telescope and showed the earth had craters
  10. Went through a civil war and was the first constitutional monarchy
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  1. heliocentric theory's designer
  2. "I think therefore I am"
  3. 3 scientists that made the scientific theory
  4. had an apple fall on his head:(
  5. a unjust thing being abolished at the time in Europe
  6. British dictator after the king was relived of his head
  7. ruler of unmatched power
  8. the economic system that was created during the age
  9. used a microscope to look at bacteria for the first time
  10. a group of people that were very mad at this time
  11. Cromwell's solders during the civil war(Not very civil)

21 Clues: sun centered theory • "I think therefore I am" • ruler of unmatched power • heliocentric theory's designer • had an apple fall on his head:( • British loyalists during the civil war • 3 scientists that made the scientific theory • a group of people that were very mad at this time • the economic system that was created during the age • ...

enlightened time 2023-09-26

enlightened time crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sun centered theory
  2. the thing was ushered in to try to learn more about the world
  3. the taking and exploiting of land by colonial powers
  4. time where people decided to rethink old ideas use underscores instead of spaces
  5. French academy made to study stuff use underscores not spaces
  6. the time where the church was being questioned and reason overtook superstition
  7. British loyalists during the civil war
  8. Earth in the middle of the universe was the theory believed before the age of enlightenment
  9. perfected the telescope and showed the earth had craters
  10. Went through a civil war and was the first constitutional monarchy
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  1. heliocentric theory's designer
  2. "I think therefore I am"
  3. 3 scientists that made the scientific theory
  4. had an apple fall on his head:(
  5. a unjust thing being abolished at the time in Europe
  6. British dictator after the king was relived of his head
  7. ruler of unmatched power
  8. the economic system that was created during the age
  9. used a microscope to look at bacteria for the first time
  10. a group of people that were very mad at this time
  11. Cromwell's solders during the civil war(Not very civil)

21 Clues: sun centered theory • "I think therefore I am" • ruler of unmatched power • heliocentric theory's designer • had an apple fall on his head:( • British loyalists during the civil war • 3 scientists that made the scientific theory • a group of people that were very mad at this time • the economic system that was created during the age • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-04-12

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the power to reduce a fine or the length of a sentence imposed by a court
  2. someone who wanted to end slavery in the US
  3. a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon
  4. a loose union of independent states; name of government used by the southern states that seceded during the Civil War
  5. warship covered with protective iron plates
  6. cannons and large guns
  7. when the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the countrybrogan an ankle-high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War
  8. a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
  9. putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country
  10. soldiers that travel by foot
  11. a term used to describe people who supported the Union
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  1. a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies
  2. a soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle
  3. a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel
  4. a nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing
  5. murder of a public figure, usually for political reasons
  6. belongs to a period before the American Civil War
  7. a northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the Union
  8. a Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War

19 Clues: cannons and large guns • soldiers that travel by foot • someone who wanted to end slavery in the US • warship covered with protective iron plates • a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel • belongs to a period before the American Civil War • a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies • a term used to describe people who supported the Union • ...

Unit 9: Reconstitution 2025-04-25

Unit 9: Reconstitution crossword puzzle
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  1. process the right to be treated fairly
  2. rising to an important position
  3. tax a fixed sum tax levied on all persons
  4. rights the rights all people have
  5. a person sent to the south to profit form the civil war
  6. a system that separates groups of people from one another
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  1. The period of rebuilding after the Civil War
  2. Murder usually under secret attack for political reasons
  3. to reject
  4. the right to vote
  5. Status of being a legal citizen
  6. southerners who worked with northern republicains during the civil war

12 Clues: to reject • the right to vote • Status of being a legal citizen • rising to an important position • rights the rights all people have • process the right to be treated fairly • The period of rebuilding after the Civil War • tax a fixed sum tax levied on all persons • a person sent to the south to profit form the civil war • ...

Civil War 2021-05-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Run, first battle of the Civil War
  2. people opposed to slavery
  3. General of the Confederate army
  4. the days the Battle of Gettysburg lasted
  5. winner of Civil War
  6. almost __________ were maimed or died in Gettysburg
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  1. pox, Lincoln received this disease after his Gettysburg Address
  2. bloodiest battle during the war
  3. General of the Union during the Battle of Gettysburg
  4. president during the Civil War
  5. address that started with, "Four score..."

11 Clues: winner of Civil War • people opposed to slavery • president during the Civil War • bloodiest battle during the war • General of the Confederate army • Run, first battle of the Civil War • the days the Battle of Gettysburg lasted • address that started with, "Four score..." • almost __________ were maimed or died in Gettysburg • ...

The Civil War 2015-04-30

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Weapon with long metal blade.
  2. of Gettysburg A union Civil War victory that turned the tide against the confederates at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
  3. Battle of Bull Run The first major battle of the Civil War, and the confederates' victory. The battle is also known as the First Battle of of Manassas.
  4. Farragut First commissioned American admiral. He captured New Orleans and maintained a blockade along the Gulf Coast against Confederate forces.
  5. Ships heavily armored with iron.
  6. Large- caliber guns used in warfare on land.
  7. S. Grant He accepted General Lee's surrender of Confederate forces at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War.
  8. McClellan American army general put in charge of union troops and later removed by Lincoln for failure to press Lee's Confederate troops in Richmond.
  9. to destroy the South's economy with a naval blockade.
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  1. An infantryman's light gun with a long barrel, typically smooth-bored, muzzle loading, and fired from the shoulder.
  2. Scott American general, he served as commander in the Mexican War and used a two-part strategy against the South in the Civil War; he
  3. Proclamation The order to free Confederate slaves.
  4. An analgesic and narcotic drug obtained opium and used to relieve pain.
  5. of Fort Sumner A federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by Confederate troops, beginning the Civil War.
  6. A reddish- brown heavy-scented addictive drug prepared of the opium poppy, used as a narcotic and in medicine as an analgesic.
  7. Barton Founder of the American Red Cross, she obtained and administrated supplies and care to the Union soldiers during the American Civil War.
  8. Jackson American confederate general, he led the Shenandoah Valley campaign and fought with Lee in the Seven Days' Battles.
  9. E. Lee He led major battles until his defeat at Gettysburg, and he surrendered to the union's commander General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.
  10. Battle of Bull Run Jackson's troops met Pope's union forces on the battlefield in August in 1862. Three-day battle.
  11. Days' Battle On June 26, Lee attacked, launching a series of clashes.

20 Clues: Weapon with long metal blade. • Ships heavily armored with iron. • Large- caliber guns used in warfare on land. • Proclamation The order to free Confederate slaves. • to destroy the South's economy with a naval blockade. • Days' Battle On June 26, Lee attacked, launching a series of clashes. • An analgesic and narcotic drug obtained opium and used to relieve pain. • ...

BA Civil War Review Crossword 2025-01-27

BA Civil War Review Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Lincoln's first commanding general, fired in 1862 for failing to chase Confederate Gen. Lee after Antietam; ran against Lincoln in the 1864 election
  2. _____ Plan, Lincoln's strategy of blockading Southern ports and trying to take the Mississippi River to surround the Confederacy with Union troops
  3. Capital city of the Confederacy, nearly captured by Union Gen. McClellan during the Peninsula Campaign
  4. Site of the first battle of the Civil War, in which Confederate forces bombarded a Union fort for almost 36 hours
  5. During Reconstruction, members of this political party wanted to go easiest on the former Confederates, including paying them for lost or destroyed property
  6. _____ Republicans; during Reconstruction, this group's top priority was guaranteeing African Americans civil rights
  7. The writ of ______, suspended by Lincoln in the border states after war broke out to prevent those states from seceding
  8. Site of the first major battle of the Civil War, won by the Confederacy, which illustrated to the Union that it would not be a short war
  9. ______ Amendment, which outlawed slavery in the United States
  10. Issued January 1, 1863, this act of President Lincoln's declared free all slaves living in the Confederate States
  11. Site of the deadliest single-day battle in American history, the British decided not to ally with the Confederacy after the Union victory here
  12. _____ Courthouse, site of Gen. Lee’s surrender to Gen. Grant on April 9, 1865, ending the Civil War
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  1. Site of a three-day battle, the deadliest in American history, in which the Union army under General Meade successfully turned back Confederate Gen. Lee’s invasion of the North
  2. Commanding general of the Union forces later in the war
  3. Lincoln's assassin, a famous actor who sympathized with the Confederacy
  4. ______ Amendment, which guaranteed citizenship for African Americans, required states to respect the constitutional rights of all Americans, and prohibited former Confederates from holding office without a 2/3rds vote of Congress
  5. Site of a 47-day siege by the Union army, and the final Confederate city to fall on the Mississippi, cutting the Confederacy in two
  6. President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  7. ______ Amendment, which prohibited preventing someone voting based on their race
  8. Union Gen. Sherman’s victory here began his infamous march to the sea, during which his army looted and burned Confederate farms, homes, and infrastructure
  9. Commanding general of the Confederate forces during the war

21 Clues: President of the Confederacy during the Civil War • Commanding general of the Union forces later in the war • Commanding general of the Confederate forces during the war • ______ Amendment, which outlawed slavery in the United States • Lincoln's assassin, a famous actor who sympathized with the Confederacy • ...

Civil War crossword. 2023-04-14

Civil War crossword. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where the Official beginning of the Civil war
  2. Union had a lot of these for manufacturing
  3. Strategy used by the Union
  4. Military leader for Confederacy
  5. Confederates farmed a lot of this
  6. The war between the Confederate states of America and the United states of America
  7. Picnic Battle
  8. Commander of the Union Army(Last name)
  9. Confederate General(First name)
  10. Confederate President(last name)
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  1. Where the confederates surrendered
  2. Confederacy wanted to keep this
  3. Union had these to take supplies,and had more than the confederates
  4. People who tried to get rid of slavery
  5. Union Admiral in Navy
  6. Union won massively-turning point in the war
  7. Led the ¨March to Sea¨
  8. Union President During Civil war
  9. Where Union Officially takes Mississippi River
  10. Started the KKK(Last name)

20 Clues: Picnic Battle • Union Admiral in Navy • Led the ¨March to Sea¨ • Strategy used by the Union • Started the KKK(Last name) • Confederacy wanted to keep this • Military leader for Confederacy • Confederate General(First name) • Union President During Civil war • Confederate President(last name) • Confederates farmed a lot of this • Where the confederates surrendered • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-05-10

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. southern economy is based on ______________
  2. run, Name of the battle that occurred in Manasses, Virginia
  3. To leave
  4. Someone who is against slavery
  5. Davis, Confederate President
  6. To join the military
  7. Lincoln, Union President
  8. Part of the nation that supported slavery
  9. Carolina, First state to secede
  10. Amount of people who died in the Civil War
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  1. Part of the nation that was against slavery
  2. Amount of people who died, were injured or were captured.
  3. Last name of the person Lincoln debated with to gain popularity
  4. Last name of major Confederate general
  5. Used to justify secession
  6. Bloodiest battle of the war
  7. Last name of a slave who sued for his freedom
  8. Turning point of the war
  9. Last name of major union general
  10. The side that won the civil war

20 Clues: To leave • To join the military • Turning point of the war • Lincoln, Union President • Used to justify secession • Bloodiest battle of the war • Davis, Confederate President • Someone who is against slavery • The side that won the civil war • Carolina, First state to secede • Last name of major union general • Last name of major Confederate general • ...

Gettysburg Address 2022-09-19

Gettysburg Address crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the act of leaving the union
  2. Tallest president
  3. devoted to a task or purpose
  4. the side that won the war
  5. bloodiest battle and civil war
  6. suffer
  7. it was the _____ war
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  1. all humans are created ____
  2. the main speaker
  3. make or declare
  4. place of burial
  5. honor as holy
  6. being the same in quantity
  7. the side that tried to leave

14 Clues: suffer • honor as holy • make or declare • place of burial • the main speaker • Tallest president • it was the _____ war • the side that won the war • being the same in quantity • all humans are created ____ • the act of leaving the union • devoted to a task or purpose • the side that tried to leave • bloodiest battle and civil war

Wars 2023-05-05

Wars crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - pearl harbour was bombed
  2. - civil war ended
  3. - civil war started
  4. - battle of the bulge
Down
  1. - world war 2 ended
  2. - battle of somme
  3. - world war 1 started
  4. - world war 2 started
  5. - battle of gettysburg
  6. - world war 1 ended

10 Clues: - battle of somme • - civil war ended • - world war 2 ended • - civil war started • - world war 1 ended • - world war 1 started • - world war 2 started • - battle of the bulge • - battle of gettysburg • - pearl harbour was bombed

Chapter 17 Crossword Puzzle 2023-12-05

Chapter 17 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Fourteenth Amendment- an amendment to the U.S Constitution ratified in 1868 that granted citizenship to all citizens to all born in the united states this broad language included former slaves
  2. tenant farming- an agricultural system common after the civil war where a farmer worked the land of a landowner in exchange for cash or an agreed upon share of the harvest tenant farmers usually owned some agricultural equipment and farm animals
  3. negative nickname given to northerners who moved to the south after the civil war
  4. Klux Klan- a secret racist organization formed in 1866 that work to keep the freedmen voting after the civil war
  5. supremacy- white control of government and society based on the belief that the white race is a superior to any other race
  6. James Johnson- president johnson appointed columbus attorney and unionist james johnson as provisional
  7. crop lien- a system of credit which allowed farmers to receive commodities such as food , supplies and seeds on loan or credit and pay this debt back after their crop was harvested and sold therefore there was a lien against the crop the amount of credit that was received was based on the estimated value of the crop
  8. Colquitt - three men controlled the governor office and the senate seats of georgia
  9. - unfair treatment of a person or group because or prejudice
  10. sharecropping - agricultural system common after the civil war where land less farmers worked the land of a landowner who also supplied a house farming tools and animals seed and fertilizer in return for a share of the crop harvested
  11. Amendment - an amendment to the U.S constitution ratified in 1865 that made slavery
  12. to separate by race
  13. O. Howard - the bureau was led by oliver
  14. the period immediately after the civil war when the south rebuilt and the southern states returned to the union
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  1. McNeal Turner- a minister at the african methodist episcopal
  2. codes- a set of laws passed by georgia and most southern states after the civil war to restrict the rights to freedmen
  3. georgia democrats who in the period immediately following reconstruction worked save the state from the north reconstruction policies
  4. Felton, - The independent leader was U.S Congressman Dr.william felton a planter and medical doctor representing north america
  5. scalawag, - negative nickname given to southerners who supported the republicans during reconstruction
  6. Bureau- a federal government organization established in 1865 that helped a newly freed slaves after the civil war
  7. Andrew Johnson- vice president Andrew Johnson became president.
  8. lease system -a system in georgia after the civil war in which prisoners were leased to companies were supposed to provide housing and food
  9. Johnson- a former confederate senator
  10. tax- a tax paid to be able to vote
  11. Jones Jenkins- of richmond county as governor and elected new general assembly
  12. Fifteenth Amendment- an amendment to the U.S Constitution ratified in 1870 which said race could not be used to deny voting rights
  13. a newly freed slaves

27 Clues: to separate by race • a newly freed slaves • tax- a tax paid to be able to vote • Johnson- a former confederate senator • O. Howard - the bureau was led by oliver • McNeal Turner- a minister at the african methodist episcopal • - unfair treatment of a person or group because or prejudice • Andrew Johnson- vice president Andrew Johnson became president. • ...

:D 2024-04-23

:D crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President during Civil War
  2. Confederate general
  3. Most people who fought in the war were ___________.
  4. __________ Address
  5. ________'s ______ hoped to bring the Confederate morale down.
  6. A dramatic increase in price
  7. 13th amendment banned this.
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  1. The _________ Days' Battle
  2. Women took roles as _______ and cared for wounded soldiers
  3. Slave states that remained in the Union
  4. Biscuits eaten by soldiers
  5. The Civil war started here.
  6. ________ National Cemetery
  7. The __________ States of America
  8. The Bloody Battle of _________

15 Clues: __________ Address • Confederate general • The _________ Days' Battle • President during Civil War • Biscuits eaten by soldiers • ________ National Cemetery • The Civil war started here. • 13th amendment banned this. • A dramatic increase in price • The Bloody Battle of _________ • The __________ States of America • Slave states that remained in the Union • ...

Civil War 2022-03-04

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Upset that his home state Kentucky had not joined the Confederacy.
  2. the position that the federal government should not interfere with the states exercising their constitutional powers
  3. The Union assault which began on September 8, 1863, included 4,000 soldiers and four gunboats.
  4. President of the Confederate States during the Civil War.
  5. not Kanas and Nebraska would be a free or
  6. President of the union during the Civil War.
  7. The city that Union captured in November of 1863
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  1. state.
  2. a person who supported the Union cause during the Civil War
  3. Union fleet sailed in the harbor and easily overcame the Confederate defenses there. The city of Galveston was forced to surrender.
  4. laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War.
  5. Was taken out of office because he refused to take an oath
  6. Said that the people will choose whether
  7. focus on the interests of one’s region
  8. a formerly enslaved person

15 Clues: state. • a formerly enslaved person • focus on the interests of one’s region • Said that the people will choose whether • not Kanas and Nebraska would be a free or • President of the union during the Civil War. • The city that Union captured in November of 1863 • President of the Confederate States during the Civil War. • ...

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 2024-04-23

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
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  1. USED IN AIRIAL SURVEILANCE ON THE ENEMY
  2. ANOTHER NAME FOR THE NORTH
  3. FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
  4. FORT THAT WAS BOMBED BY THE SOUTH
  5. MAIN ISSUE OF THE CIVIL WAR
  6. LEAD GENERAL FOR SOUTH
  7. A CONDUCTOR ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
  8. A PLANT USED TO THICKEN SOUPS
  9. SUED IN COURT FOR HIS FREEDOM
  10. SOUTH'S IRONCLAD SHIP
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  1. PRESIDENT OF THE US DURING THE CIVIL WAR
  2. RELIGIOUS GROUP THAT WAS OPPOSED TO SLAVERY
  3. NORTH'S IRONCLAD SHIP
  4. FAMOUS WRITER WHO WORKED AS A NURSE DURING THE WAR
  5. A PERSON WHO ACTIVELY WANTS TO END SLAVERY
  6. USED BY BOTH SIDES TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE WAR
  7. A CRAKER-LIKE BISCUIT THAT SOLDIERS ATE
  8. A DESSERT FILLED WITH FRUIT
  9. NICKNAME USED TO IDENTIFY A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER

19 Clues: NORTH'S IRONCLAD SHIP • SOUTH'S IRONCLAD SHIP • LEAD GENERAL FOR SOUTH • ANOTHER NAME FOR THE NORTH • MAIN ISSUE OF THE CIVIL WAR • A DESSERT FILLED WITH FRUIT • A PLANT USED TO THICKEN SOUPS • SUED IN COURT FOR HIS FREEDOM • FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS • FORT THAT WAS BOMBED BY THE SOUTH • USED IN AIRIAL SURVEILANCE ON THE ENEMY • A CRAKER-LIKE BISCUIT THAT SOLDIERS ATE • ...

CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION ERA 2022-12-31

CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION ERA crossword puzzle
Across
  1. CONDITION IN WHICH ONE PERSON WAS OWNED BY ANOTHER ONE
  2. SOUTHERN STATE THAT WAS PART OF THE CONFEDERATES
  3. FIRST STATE TO ABOLISH SLAVERY
  4. BATTLE OF... MOST FAMOUS BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR
  5. PERSON WHO IS NOT MEMBER OF THE ARMY OR POLICE
  6. WAS CONSIDERED THE CAPITAL OF THE SOUTH
  7. PRESIDENT DURING THE CIVIL WAR
  8. MAJOR PLANT THAT WAS COLLECTED BY SLAVES
  9. SOUTHER ALLIES WHO WERE IN FAVOUR OF SLAVERY
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  1. THE ACTION OR STATE OF SETTING SOMEONE APART FROM OTHERS
  2. THE ACTIVITY OF RENTING LAND AND GIVING PART OF THE CROP YOU PRODUCE ON IT AS A RENT
  3. ROBERT E. ... CONFEDERATE GENERAL DURING THE WAR
  4. NORTHERN ALLIES WHO WERE AGAINST SLAVERY
  5. THE LEGISLATURE OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
  6. PERIOD AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

15 Clues: PERIOD AFTER THE CIVIL WAR • FIRST STATE TO ABOLISH SLAVERY • PRESIDENT DURING THE CIVIL WAR • WAS CONSIDERED THE CAPITAL OF THE SOUTH • NORTHERN ALLIES WHO WERE AGAINST SLAVERY • MAJOR PLANT THAT WAS COLLECTED BY SLAVES • SOUTHER ALLIES WHO WERE IN FAVOUR OF SLAVERY • PERSON WHO IS NOT MEMBER OF THE ARMY OR POLICE • SOUTHERN STATE THAT WAS PART OF THE CONFEDERATES • ...

American Civil War 2023-02-22

American Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. If the union took Fort Griffin, where would they be able to attack
  2. The battle in which the confederates gunned down union boats, and captured 350 union soldiers
  3. The side of the civil war fighting to abolish slavery
  4. What month did a small fleet of Union ships force Galveston to surrender
  5. How many years did the Civil War last?
  6. ships that continued to send and receive supplies from Texas while the blockade was formed
  7. people enslaved
  8. What freed slaves were called
  9. The General who commanded all confederate forces west of the Mississippi river
  10. The last battle of the American Civil War
Down
  1. The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
  2. Who led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War
  3. The General who surrendered to Union forces on April 9th, 1865
  4. manual work done by slaves
  5. the name of the celebration of emancipation proclamation

15 Clues: people enslaved • manual work done by slaves • What freed slaves were called • How many years did the Civil War last? • The last battle of the American Civil War • The side of the civil war fighting to abolish slavery • the name of the celebration of emancipation proclamation • The General who surrendered to Union forces on April 9th, 1865 • ...

Chapter 18 Reconstruction Jonathan P. 2026-02-26

Chapter 18 Reconstruction Jonathan P. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a fee or tax people had to pay in order to vote
  2. period when the south was reintegrated after civil war 1865-1877
  3. for,er confederate whites who supported republican reconstruction
  4. a policy or separating groups of people from one another, often on the basis of race.
  5. laws that said you could only vote if your father and grandfather had voted
  6. farming system in which land is rented for a portion of crops
  7. freed African Americans who joined the army after the civil war
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  1. northerners with luggage made of carpet, who came south after the civil war
  2. laws passed in the southern states right after the civil war designed to control freed African Americans
  3. opened up to all or admitted equally
  4. legal, social, and economic rights that guarantee freedom and equality for all citizens
  5. to kill a person, often by hanging, without a trial
  6. act of holding onto something as in a job
  7. an office that provides specific information
  8. African Americans who fled to Kansas in the 1880s

15 Clues: opened up to all or admitted equally • act of holding onto something as in a job • an office that provides specific information • a fee or tax people had to pay in order to vote • African Americans who fled to Kansas in the 1880s • to kill a person, often by hanging, without a trial • farming system in which land is rented for a portion of crops • ...

Civil War Reconstruction 2023-05-17

Civil War Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Enslaved african american man who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom the case went to the supreme court
  2. 16th president and was president during the civil war
  3. Referred to as the confederacy maned of the unrecognized country temporarily created by the southern states which seceded from the union
  4. An action of formality withdrawing from a federation
  5. prohibited the denial of the vote bc of race, color or previous servitudeBlackcodes Numerous laws enacted in the former confederate states after the civil war which limited the rights and liberties of african americans
  6. Required all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters and that citizens of free states must cooperate
  7. Abolitionist led attacks in kansas during bleeding kansas planned to arm slaves in revolt
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  1. Secret society that used violence against freedman and their white supporters they practiced violence to intimidate newly freed african americans
  2. abolished slavery
  3. A war between citizens in the same country
  4. The owner of a plot of land lets someone work the land in exchange for ½ or more of the crop it was used to keep newly freed slaves in a cycle
  5. An anti slavery novel, harriet beecher stowe, helped spread the abolishment movement throughout north
  6. Law allowed territories to decide for themselves weather or not to allow slavery by utilizing popular sovereignty
  7. California wanted to join the union as a free state which caused conflict between the north and the south
  8. granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the us
  9. Slave states that stayed with the union during the civil war
  10. To be set free, set free all slaves in the confederacy only- abraham lincoln
  11. Numerous laws enacted in the former confederate states after the civil war which limited the rights and liberties of african americans
  12. Division of power between state and federal gov. Civil war started over a fight over these states rights the southern states believed they had the right to decide to keep slavery and not pay tariffs
  13. An action of formality withdrawing from a federation

20 Clues: abolished slavery • A war between citizens in the same country • An action of formality withdrawing from a federation • An action of formality withdrawing from a federation • 16th president and was president during the civil war • Slave states that stayed with the union during the civil war • granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the us • ...

Civil War and Reconstruction 2021-02-08

Civil War and Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The era following the Civil War (1865-1877)
  2. Laws passed during Reconstruction to restrict the freedoms of freed slaves
  3. President during the Civil War
  4. Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky and Missouri were slave states that did not join the Confederacy
  5. the term for Republicans in Congress who favored civil rights for freedmen
  6. This right was granted to freed men under the 15th Amendment
  7. Given to all persons born on US soil
  8. The withdrawal of U.S. military ..... marked the end of the Reconstruction era
Down
  1. The party of the "Solid South"
  2. Lincoln's original goal for fighting the Civil War was to preserve the ....
  3. The Freedmen's Bureau provided food, medicine and ...
  4. Banned by the Thirteenth Amendment
  5. the labor system that replaced slavery for cotton production
  6. South Carolina was the first state to do this following Lincoln's election
  7. Disagreements between Radical Republicans and President Johnson led the House to .... the president
  8. this kind of test was used to restrict voting rights
  9. The site of Lincoln's famous address

17 Clues: The party of the "Solid South" • President during the Civil War • Banned by the Thirteenth Amendment • The site of Lincoln's famous address • Given to all persons born on US soil • The era following the Civil War (1865-1877) • this kind of test was used to restrict voting rights • The Freedmen's Bureau provided food, medicine and ... • ...

War Communism and the N.E.P. 2017-02-23

War Communism and the N.E.P. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The moderate communist faction beaten by the radicals
  2. The revolution in which the Bolsheviks seized power
  3. The faction most opposed to the N.E.P.
  4. A capable and energetic leader of the Bolshevik movement
  5. The Bolsheviks were in a virtual war with these
  6. Killed, along with his family, by the Bolsheviks
  7. A popular revolution sweeping the Tsar from office
  8. The event that triggered the N.E.P.
  9. The term applied to the Bolsheviks during the civil war
  10. The name given to traders active after the Civil War
  11. The forced collection of peasant grain
  12. A series of radical economic measures to win the war
  13. A faction, consisting of peasants, fighting the Bolsheviks
  14. Argued with Lenin over the future of republics within Russia
  15. Was forced to justify a "retreat" to limited capitalism
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  1. A faction, led by generals, fighting against the Bolsheviks
  2. The second-to-last stage of social and economic development
  3. The most popular left-wing group in 1918
  4. The end point of social\economic development
  5. The rejection of all forms of coercive government
  6. Introduced in 1921, a new economic initiative
  7. During the civil war all forms of this were abolished
  8. What the Bolsheviks did to banks and major industry
  9. The basic belief system of the Bolsheviks

24 Clues: The event that triggered the N.E.P. • The faction most opposed to the N.E.P. • The forced collection of peasant grain • The most popular left-wing group in 1918 • The basic belief system of the Bolsheviks • The end point of social\economic development • Introduced in 1921, a new economic initiative • The Bolsheviks were in a virtual war with these • ...

War Communism and the N.E.P. 2017-02-23

War Communism and the N.E.P. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Introduced in 1921, a new economic initiative
  2. A popular revolution sweeping the Tsar from office
  3. What the Bolsheviks did to banks and major industry
  4. The forced collection of peasant grain
  5. A capable and energetic leader of the Bolshevik movement
  6. Was forced to justify a "retreat" to limited capitalism
  7. A series of radical economic measures to win the war
  8. Killed, along with his family, by the Bolsheviks
  9. The faction most opposed to the N.E.P.
  10. The revolution in which the Bolsheviks seized power
  11. The name given to traders active after the Civil War
  12. A faction, consisting of peasants, fighting the Bolsheviks
  13. A faction, led by generals, fighting against the Bolsheviks
  14. The second-to-last stage of social and economic development
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  1. The event that triggered the N.E.P.
  2. The most popular left-wing group in 1918
  3. The end point of social\economic development
  4. The basic belief system of the Bolsheviks
  5. The Bolsheviks were in a virtual war with these
  6. During the civil war all forms of this were abolished
  7. The rejection of all forms of coercive government
  8. The moderate communist faction beaten by the radicals
  9. Argued with Lenin over the future of republics within Russia
  10. The term applied to the Bolsheviks during the civil war

24 Clues: The event that triggered the N.E.P. • The forced collection of peasant grain • The faction most opposed to the N.E.P. • The most popular left-wing group in 1918 • The basic belief system of the Bolsheviks • The end point of social\economic development • Introduced in 1921, a new economic initiative • The Bolsheviks were in a virtual war with these • ...

US History Review Part 2 2023-03-28

US History Review Part 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Destroy everything, including will to fight
  2. Obvious Fate
  3. Not a citizen = can't sue for freedom
  4. Break away, leave
  5. Participation
  6. Protection
  7. Good jobs, good land
  8. HoR accuses president of improper conduct
  9. Women's Grievances
  10. Message to Europe: leave the Americas alone
  11. Turning Point of Civil War
  12. Factories
  13. To add
  14. Right to vote
  15. Battle in Texas; Texans v. Mexicans
  16. Native Americans, death
  17. US Gov't war on southern enemy
  18. Upset Southern States
  19. Halt on trade with foreign countries
  20. 10th Amendment
  21. Gold diggers
  22. Freedom
  23. Return runaways
  24. Louisiana Purchase; flat land
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  1. From France; a bargain
  2. Attempted to assimilate
  3. Illegally invaded Florida, moved Indians
  4. President during most contentious time in US History
  5. Freedom
  6. No involvement with other countries' affiars
  7. Added Cali, Utah, and Fugitive Slave Law
  8. Attempt to control newly freedmen
  9. Legalized segregation
  10. 1st president goodbye
  11. Wants to end slavery
  12. Reason to leave
  13. Pre Civil War Era
  14. Attached US Merchant Ships on African Coast
  15. Trail of Tears
  16. 36'30
  17. 3 steps to stop the South
  18. Assistance for freedmen
  19. Post Civil War
  20. First explorers
  21. Farming economy
  22. Freedoms for all citizens
  23. 2nd War with Britain
  24. Women's Rights Event

48 Clues: 36'30 • To add • Freedom • Freedom • Factories • Protection • Obvious Fate • Gold diggers • Participation • Right to vote • Trail of Tears • Post Civil War • 10th Amendment • Reason to leave • First explorers • Farming economy • Return runaways • Break away, leave • Pre Civil War Era • Women's Grievances • Good jobs, good land • Wants to end slavery • 2nd War with Britain • Women's Rights Event • Legalized segregation • ...

AfricanWarsCrosswordEhsanS 2024-05-16

AfricanWarsCrosswordEhsanS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Civil War, one of the most lengthy modern African conflicts, started after the overthrow of Siad Barre, which resulted in various groups attempting to obtain power.
  2. Without Borders, NGO that provided critical medical support to the Biafrians, still around today.
  3. Aid, a concert with global superstars aimed to raise money and awareness for the Ethiopian Famine of 1983-1985.
  4. International non-government organizations, provide aid and humanitarian support to countries.
  5. A group of people from Southeastern Nigeria, mostly represented Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War, are a marginalized community in Nigeria today.
  6. Genocide, the slaughter of the Tutsi Minority by the Hutu majority in 1994 in Rwanda, caused by the Rwandan Civil War.
  7. Linda Nchi, when Kenyan troops entered Somalia to fight Al-Shabaab and install a buffer zone in Somalia.
  8. Shibir, a technique used by the Derg to stifle opposition, involving scorched-earth tactics.
  9. Civil War of 1974-1991, an impactful time period in Ethiopia’s history, involving rebel groups challenging the rule of the Derg government that had recently taken power.
  10. War of 1978-1979, President Nyere declared war on Uganda after they invaded Tanzania. Tanzania was supported by Ugandan rebels who were armed by Tanzania as well as other anti-Amin leaders.
  11. Resistance Army, a Christian Extremist Organization in Africa, led by Joseph Kony. Aim to establish a Christian state based on the Ten Commandments and have been accused of extensive human rights violations.
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  1. Diamonds, diamonds mined in warzones that are sold to fund conflicts.
  2. Haram, a military Islamist and jihadist group that fought against the Nigerian central government in 2009. They aim to establish an Islamic state in the region.
  3. Syndrome, the US’ reluctance to engage with and aid Somalia and other regions due to fear of a repeat of the aftermath of the Battle of Mogadishu, which involved dead American soldiers being dragged through the street.
  4. War of 1977–1978, Ethiopian conflict with Somalia fought over a dispute about Ogaden, Derg were victorious and its Soviet allies were victorious.
  5. City Agreement, the document that ended the Second Congo War in 2003. Sporadic fighting continued after the wars termination.
  6. Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army.
  7. A communist military dictatorship that emerged after the downfall of Emperor Haile Sellasie’s government.
  8. Haile Selassie, an emperor of Ethiopia. Citizens disliked the dictatorial rule, corruption, economic issues and societal divides under his rule.
  9. Amin, ruled as a military dictator of Uganda after Obote’s overthrow. Considered to be one of the most brutal dictators in modern history.
  10. Gaddafi, Libyan leader and ally of Amin. Aided Uganda in the Uganda-Tanzania War.
  11. US led United Task Force aimed to provide humanitarian support and order, lasted two years, fought with local militias in Somalia.
  12. War of Independence, a war in which the Eritrean people fought for their independence, was rooted in the decline of Western imperialism, and encouraged other movements.
  13. An anti-Amin group comprised of Ugandans exiled by Amin.
  14. Yakubu Gowon, the leader of Nigeria’s central government during the Nigeria Civil War.
  15. Civil War of 1967-197, a war that greatly impacted Nigerian politics and society, caused by tensions between the Igbo people and the Nigerian federal government, ended in 1970 and resulted in a reunification of Nigeria.
  16. Nyerere, Tanzania’s president who was anti-Idi Amin.

27 Clues: Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. • Nyerere, Tanzania’s president who was anti-Idi Amin. • An anti-Amin group comprised of Ugandans exiled by Amin. • Diamonds, diamonds mined in warzones that are sold to fund conflicts. • Gaddafi, Libyan leader and ally of Amin. Aided Uganda in the Uganda-Tanzania War. • ...

US History Homework 2 2022-09-10

US History Homework 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Confederate general who served in the civil war.
  2. The 16th president of the united states.
  3. party that belived in a strong federal government.
  4. War between mexico and america.
  5. network of clandestine routes and houses in the united states.
  6. battle that brought the civil war to an end.
Down
  1. Period after the American civil war from 1896 to 1877
  2. Withdrawing from a former nation or state.
  3. Kansas engaged in a guerilla war between pro slavery and anti slavery forces.
  4. A home on a farm.
  5. The 7th President of the united states.
  6. The acquisition of the territory of Louisiana.

12 Clues: A home on a farm. • War between mexico and america. • The 7th President of the united states. • The 16th president of the united states. • Withdrawing from a former nation or state. • battle that brought the civil war to an end. • The acquisition of the territory of Louisiana. • Confederate general who served in the civil war. • ...

Civil War Vocab 2025-03-02

Civil War Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rights not listed in the constitution.
  2. When the south decided to leave the union, the committed this action.
  3. Upon election, the President often gives an ______ address.
  4. The action of freeing slaves toward the end of the war.
  5. People with EXTREME takes or views.
Down
  1. the north; the south; & the west.
  2. the action of ENDING slavery.
  3. side of the civil war located in the south
  4. an offie or department responsible for conducting a particular business
  5. being separated from others. Ex: water fountains post war.
  6. main cause of the civil war
  7. side of the civil war located in the north

12 Clues: main cause of the civil war • the action of ENDING slavery. • the north; the south; & the west. • People with EXTREME takes or views. • rights not listed in the constitution. • side of the civil war located in the south • side of the civil war located in the north • The action of freeing slaves toward the end of the war. • ...

Civil War Review 2023-01-18

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Keeping people as property
  2. The campaign where Sherman destroyed Atlanta
  3. An organized arguement
  4. The north during the civil war
  5. When sherman marched from Atlanta to Savannah during the civil war
  6. A black man sued for his freedom
Down
  1. Georgia's stance on the predicament
  2. When two sides come to an agreement or middle ground
  3. the document that freed slaves Chickamauga Site of a battle
  4. State priorities over federal
  5. the act of making something not true
  6. A tactical blockage
  7. Also known as fort Sumter, civil war prison
  8. How presidents are chosen in the US

14 Clues: A tactical blockage • An organized arguement • Keeping people as property • State priorities over federal • The north during the civil war • A black man sued for his freedom • Georgia's stance on the predicament • How presidents are chosen in the US • the act of making something not true • Also known as fort Sumter, civil war prison • ...

Civil War Crossword 2025-02-27

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Side of the Civil War that was pro-slavery
  2. The act of owning people
  3. Area of the U.S. a part of the Confederacy
  4. The North's main way of profiting
  5. Side of the Civil War that was anti-slavery
  6. Area of the U.S. a part of the Union
  7. Confederate General Robert E.
Down
  1. Last name of the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  2. President of the U.S. during the Civil War
  3. The South's main way of profiting
  4. The act of leaving a country
  5. Taxes on imported goods
  6. Number of states in the Confederacy
  7. Union General Ulysses S.

14 Clues: Taxes on imported goods • The act of owning people • Union General Ulysses S. • The act of leaving a country • Confederate General Robert E. • The South's main way of profiting • The North's main way of profiting • Number of states in the Confederacy • Area of the U.S. a part of the Union • President of the U.S. during the Civil War • Side of the Civil War that was pro-slavery • ...

Madison Cintron- APUSH Civil War Project 2022-02-06

Madison Cintron- APUSH Civil War Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. political party that formed due to sectionalism
  2. Type of economy in the North
  3. President of the Confederate states during the war
  4. _____ Compromise; admitted new states above the 36°30’ line as free states and all new states below the line as slave states
  5. The first state to secede from the Union
  6. Confederate general
  7. The Union's plan to cause a naval blockade on the southern coast
  8. Invention of Eli Whitney that spurred the growth of slavery
  9. Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  10. 16th President of the United States
  11. Stated that the people had the right to decide if their state should allow slavery or not
  12. Helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad
Down
  1. Laws made after the Civil War to control the affairs of freedmen
  2. Location of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  3. Provided food, clothing,and education to newly freed African Americans
  4. Led an attack on Harper's Ferry in an attempt to start a slave uprising
  5. ______ Proclamation; Declared that all slaves in the Confederate states to be free
  6. The battle that turned the war in favor of the Union
  7. Confederate troops attacked this South Carolina location and started the Civil War
  8. Type of economy in the South

20 Clues: Confederate general • Type of economy in the North • Type of economy in the South • Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe • 16th President of the United States • The first state to secede from the Union • political party that formed due to sectionalism • Location of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War • President of the Confederate states during the war • ...

Civil war Crossword 2017-05-07

Civil war Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. State Act
  2. Supreme Court decision which determined that slaves (Dred Scott) could not sue in federal court because they did not have the rights of citizenship.
  3. freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states.
  4. S. Grant
  5. of the Confederacy considered to be one of the greatest generals of all time.
  6. Amendment
  7. act
  8. of Gettysburg
  9. Union general who attended West Point Military Academy; against slavery.
  10. Sumter
  11. military service.
  12. who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
  13. written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the horrors of slavery to Northerners.
  14. between the North and South.
Down
  1. for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them.
  2. War
  3. of the United States of America during the Civil War.
  4. point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win.
  5. side
  6. Tom's Cabin
  7. Proclamation
  8. Address
  9. given by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
  10. series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states.
  11. E. Lee
  12. slavery everywhere in the U.S.
  13. southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
  14. Lincoln
  15. side
  16. Scott decision
  17. wounded, killed , or missing in action during a war.
  18. Compromise
  19. law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery or not.

33 Clues: War • act • side • side • E. Lee • Sumter • Address • Lincoln • S. Grant • State Act • Amendment • Compromise • Tom's Cabin • Proclamation • of Gettysburg • Scott decision • military service. • between the North and South. • slavery everywhere in the U.S. • who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. • wounded, killed , or missing in action during a war. • of the United States of America during the Civil War. • ...

civil war 2022-01-11

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. State of sherman's campaign
  2. the act of being set free
  3. started in september
  4. Georgian city Sherman did burn
  5. made Georgia suffer
  6. One of Georgia's crops affected in the Blockade
  7. northern soldier
Down
  1. Lincoln would let the South keep their slaves If not, he would free them.
  2. couldn't get supplies
  3. georgian city sherman didn't burn
  4. Another term for the South
  5. One of the largest civil war prison camps
  6. The president during the Civil War
  7. Union plan to squeeze the south
  8. Stopping goods from entering or leaving an area

15 Clues: northern soldier • made Georgia suffer • started in september • couldn't get supplies • the act of being set free • Another term for the South • State of sherman's campaign • Georgian city Sherman did burn • Union plan to squeeze the south • georgian city sherman didn't burn • The president during the Civil War • One of the largest civil war prison camps • ...

Civil War 2020-06-01

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the first large repeating gun
  2. Lincoln's assassin
  3. the action of setting something free
  4. what was a defensive general's nickname?
  5. the president of the U.S during most of the civil war
  6. the code which is a series of short and long dots
  7. the Southern states
  8. a formal announcement of something
Down
  1. the announcement of all slaves as free
  2. a ship covered in iron armor
  3. the northern states
  4. what the war was fought over
  5. the inventor of morse code
  6. to leave a group
  7. the main confederate general

15 Clues: to leave a group • Lincoln's assassin • the northern states • the Southern states • the inventor of morse code • a ship covered in iron armor • what the war was fought over • the main confederate general • the first large repeating gun • a formal announcement of something • the action of setting something free • the announcement of all slaves as free • ...

Civil War 2020-06-01

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the first large repeating gun
  2. Lincoln's assassin
  3. the action of setting something free
  4. what was a defensive general's nickname?
  5. the president of the U.S during most of the civil war
  6. the code which is a series of short and long dots
  7. the Southern states
  8. a formal announcement of something
Down
  1. the announcement of all slaves as free
  2. a ship covered in iron armor
  3. the northern states
  4. what the war was fought over
  5. the inventor of morse code
  6. to leave a group
  7. the main confederate general

15 Clues: to leave a group • Lincoln's assassin • the northern states • the Southern states • the inventor of morse code • a ship covered in iron armor • what the war was fought over • the main confederate general • the first large repeating gun • a formal announcement of something • the action of setting something free • the announcement of all slaves as free • ...

Civil War 2022-03-04

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A battle where the Union forces hoped to gain access to Texas by invading it during the Civil War.
  2. To withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to.
  3. Died in battle but his unit continued to fight in battles from Tennessee to Georgia.
  4. they controlled Brownsville once.
  5. they controlled Brownsville 2 times.
  6. A formerly enslaved person.
  7. What were slaves considered?
  8. How many battles happened in Texas during the Civil War?
Down
  1. Became a Texan because Kentucky wasn't a Confederate State.
  2. What would end if the North had a victory.
  3. laws that limit the rights of African Americans.
  4. Who fought for the Union because they were bitter about their loss of lands to and treatment by Texans?
  5. Enforced the Conscription Act.
  6. The battle where a small union fleet sailed in the harbor and easily overcame the confederate defenses there, causing the city to surrender.
  7. Which army did over 2,000 Texans join?

15 Clues: A formerly enslaved person. • What were slaves considered? • Enforced the Conscription Act. • they controlled Brownsville once. • they controlled Brownsville 2 times. • Which army did over 2,000 Texans join? • What would end if the North had a victory. • To withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to. • laws that limit the rights of African Americans. • ...

Civil War 2022-03-04

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A battle where the Union forces hoped to gain access to Texas by invading it during the Civil War.
  2. To withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to.
  3. Died in battle but his unit continued to fight in battles from Tennessee to Georgia.
  4. they controlled Brownsville once.
  5. they controlled Brownsville 2 times.
  6. A formerly enslaved person.
  7. What were slaves considered?
  8. How many battles happened in Texas during the Civil War?
Down
  1. Became a Texan because Kentucky wasn't a Confederate State.
  2. What would end if the North had a victory.
  3. laws that limit the rights of African Americans.
  4. Who fought for the Union because they were bitter about their loss of lands to and treatment by Texans?
  5. Enforced the Conscription Act.
  6. The battle where a small union fleet sailed in the harbor and easily overcame the confederate defenses there, causing the city to surrender.
  7. Which army did over 2,000 Texans join?

15 Clues: A formerly enslaved person. • What were slaves considered? • Enforced the Conscription Act. • they controlled Brownsville once. • they controlled Brownsville 2 times. • Which army did over 2,000 Texans join? • What would end if the North had a victory. • To withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to. • laws that limit the rights of African Americans. • ...

Civil War 2022-03-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Enslaved workers were an important part of the economy and plantations.
  2. (Two words without space)Ships that go through the blocks in ports to give supplies for the Confederacy
  3. Those who supported the Union cause
  4. Those who desired an end for slavery
  5. Free from outside control; self-governing
Down
  1. (last name) Texas governor who was forced to resign as he supported the Union instead of Confederate
  2. A reason the South feared the loss of slavery.
  3. (Two words without space)Union needed Fort Grriffin for success, however the Confederate captured the Union soldiers and won as they retreated.
  4. Focus on the interests of own region
  5. Economy was based on based on small farms and, increasingly industry.
  6. The Confederate won although they were outnumbered.
  7. Those who take the law into their own hands
  8. (last name) He was a Confederate soldier who fought under General Robert E. Lee
  9. A tax imposed by the government.
  10. (last name) Created the Emancipation Proclamation (supported Union cause)

15 Clues: A tax imposed by the government. • Those who supported the Union cause • Focus on the interests of own region • Those who desired an end for slavery • Free from outside control; self-governing • Those who take the law into their own hands • A reason the South feared the loss of slavery. • The Confederate won although they were outnumbered. • ...

Civil War 2022-03-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Economy was based on based on small farms and, increasingly industry.
  2. Those who desired an end for slavery
  3. A reason the South feared the loss of slavery.
  4. (last name) Created the Emancipation Proclamation (supported Union cause)
  5. Focus on the interests of own region
  6. The Confederate won although they were outnumbered.
Down
  1. (Two words without space)Ships that go through the blocks in ports to give supplies for the Confederacy
  2. Free from outside control; self-governing
  3. Those who supported the Union cause
  4. Those who take the law into their own hands
  5. (Two words without space)Union needed Fort Grriffin for success, however the Confederate captured the Union soldiers and won as they retreated.
  6. (last name) Texas governor who was forced to resign as he supported the Union instead of Confederate
  7. Enslaved workers were an important part of the economy and plantations.
  8. A tax imposed by the government.
  9. (last name) He was a Confederate soldier who fought under General Robert E. Lee

15 Clues: A tax imposed by the government. • Those who supported the Union cause • Those who desired an end for slavery • Focus on the interests of own region • Free from outside control; self-governing • Those who take the law into their own hands • A reason the South feared the loss of slavery. • The Confederate won although they were outnumbered. • ...

Civil War 2022-03-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Economy was based on based on small farms and, increasingly industry.
  2. Those who desired an end for slavery
  3. A reason the South feared the loss of slavery.
  4. (last name) Created the Emancipation Proclamation (supported Union cause)
  5. Focus on the interests of own region
  6. The Confederate won although they were outnumbered.
Down
  1. (Two words without space)Ships that go through the blocks in ports to give supplies for the Confederacy
  2. Free from outside control; self-governing
  3. Those who supported the Union cause
  4. Those who take the law into their own hands
  5. (Two words without space)Union needed Fort Grriffin for success, however the Confederate captured the Union soldiers and won as they retreated.
  6. (last name) Texas governor who was forced to resign as he supported the Union instead of Confederate
  7. Enslaved workers were an important part of the economy and plantations.
  8. A tax imposed by the government.
  9. (last name) He was a Confederate soldier who fought under General Robert E. Lee

15 Clues: A tax imposed by the government. • Those who supported the Union cause • Those who desired an end for slavery • Focus on the interests of own region • Free from outside control; self-governing • Those who take the law into their own hands • A reason the South feared the loss of slavery. • The Confederate won although they were outnumbered. • ...

Civil War 2022-03-04

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A person who supported the Confederacy during the Civil War.
  2. A war between the Union and Confederacy.
  3. When the Union tried to capture Fort Griffin but was unsuccessful.
  4. Gave command of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. Fort Hood is named after him.
  5. When the Union attacked Galveston to capture Texas and succeeded.
  6. The number of states that seceded from the Union.
Down
  1. Separating people based on their race or ethnic group in everyday life.
  2. Ninth governor of Texas.
  3. Led Terry's Texas Rangers.
  4. A formerly enslaved person.
  5. A confederate state that was the seventh to secede from the Union.
  6. Free from outside control; self-governing.
  7. A person who supported the Union cause during the Civil War.
  8. Withdrawing formally from a federation of body
  9. The state of being a slave.

15 Clues: Ninth governor of Texas. • Led Terry's Texas Rangers. • A formerly enslaved person. • The state of being a slave. • A war between the Union and Confederacy. • Free from outside control; self-governing. • Withdrawing formally from a federation of body • The number of states that seceded from the Union. • A person who supported the Confederacy during the Civil War. • ...

Civil War 2021-11-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a book written about injustices of slavery
  2. made Missouri slave state & Maine free
  3. the 1824 presidential election started this
  4. abolitionist leader
  5. native Americans were forced to move
  6. Thomas Jefferson purchases lots of land
Down
  1. laws allowed for return of runaway slaves
  2. 16th president the US
  3. fought between British army and US Army
  4. 5 bills passed by congress in 1850
  5. battle in the civil war
  6. confederate general
  7. fought between union and confederates
  8. most pivotal elections in American history
  9. a territorial organic act

15 Clues: abolitionist leader • confederate general • 16th president the US • battle in the civil war • a territorial organic act • 5 bills passed by congress in 1850 • native Americans were forced to move • fought between union and confederates • made Missouri slave state & Maine free • fought between British army and US Army • Thomas Jefferson purchases lots of land • ...

Civil War 2021-11-27

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Laws that limited African American freedom
  2. Bills passed to eliminate conflict between slaves and free states
  3. The act of removing a state law
  4. Rights and powers held by each state
  5. 16th president of the United States
  6. A speech by Abraham Lincoln on equality
  7. A military strategy involving blockades
  8. Georgia's approval of the Compromise of 1850
  9. Location of a prisoner-of-war camp
Down
  1. Separation of state from a union
  2. Ships used to go through blockades
  3. An enslaved man who sued for his freedom
  4. Leader of the famous "march to the sea"
  5. VP of Confederacy from 1861-1865
  6. Allowed land use in exchange for crops

15 Clues: The act of removing a state law • Separation of state from a union • VP of Confederacy from 1861-1865 • Ships used to go through blockades • Location of a prisoner-of-war camp • 16th president of the United States • Rights and powers held by each state • Allowed land use in exchange for crops • Leader of the famous "march to the sea" • A speech by Abraham Lincoln on equality • ...

Civil War 2013-04-25

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ferry 1859/Abolitionists JOHN BROWN led an attack on the US weapons arsenal at Harper Ferry, Virgina to spark a slave revolt
  2. Right/ The Constitution, with federalism, split power between the national and the state governments
  3. 1860/When Lincoln was elected, seven states left, the United States
  4. Party 1854-1856/A party formed after the Kansas-Nebraska act that stood against slavery and for the "free, white working man"
  5. loyalty to one's own region is stronger than loyalty to one's country
  6. Truth/She was an former slave who became an abolitionist, speaking and writing against slavery
Down
  1. wanted to end the practice of slavery because they believed it was morally wrong
  2. Tubman/She was an escaped slave who dedicated her life to ending slavery
  3. practice of forcing another person to work without pay
  4. Nebraska Act -- 1854/This law replaced the compromise of 1850 with popular sovereignty, in which citizens would vote to decide on slavery
  5. of 1850/After defeating Mexico in 1848, another compromise was made on slavery
  6. Douglass/He was an escaped slave who became an abolitionist, speaking and writing against slavery
  7. Lincoln/He was a lawyer from Illinois, who was elected president in 1860 and led the nation through the Civil War
  8. Compromise/Missouri became a slave state and Maine became as a free state
  9. Davis/A plantation owner from Mississippi, he was elected President of the Confederacy, and led the south during the Civil War

15 Clues: practice of forcing another person to work without pay • 1860/When Lincoln was elected, seven states left, the United States • loyalty to one's own region is stronger than loyalty to one's country • Tubman/She was an escaped slave who dedicated her life to ending slavery • Compromise/Missouri became a slave state and Maine became as a free state • ...

Civil War 2013-04-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Slave who filed and lost a law suite for his freedom.
  2. battle that supposedly started the Civil War
  3. battle in __________ Pennsylvania resulting in 51000 casualties.
  4. 16th US president who was not for slavery.
  5. Leading American politician who attended Yale and is from South Carolina
  6. the number of lives lost in the Civil
  7. the number of years the Civil War lasted.
  8. Lincoln's killer.
Down
  1. Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
  2. the first state to secede from the union.
  3. Represented Kentucky in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives.
  4. Abolitionist who believed the only way to abolish slavery was by force.
  5. Escaped slave who returned to help others escape.
  6. the practice of owning another person.
  7. Lincoln was elected in this month.

15 Clues: Lincoln's killer. • Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" • Lincoln was elected in this month. • the number of lives lost in the Civil • the practice of owning another person. • the first state to secede from the union. • the number of years the Civil War lasted. • 16th US president who was not for slavery. • battle that supposedly started the Civil War • ...

Civil War 2014-08-21

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. E. Lee general of the Confederate troops.
  2. Lincoln the 16th President.
  3. Party Southern political party.
  4. for Gettysburg the largest battle of the American Civil War.
  5. S. Grant served under President Lincoln.
  6. eliminate slavery.
  7. Davis president of the Confederate States of America.
  8. of 1850 an agreement between southern states.
Down
  1. Address a speech that was given by President Abraham Lincoln.
  2. Proclamation issued on January 1, 1863.
  3. location of a major Civil War battle.
  4. state to leave the nation.
  5. Compromise enacted in 1820 to appease slave state.
  6. Wilkes Booth Confederate sympathizer and professional actor.
  7. Sumter Union stronghold in South Carolina.

15 Clues: eliminate slavery. • state to leave the nation. • Lincoln the 16th President. • Party Southern political party. • location of a major Civil War battle. • Proclamation issued on January 1, 1863. • S. Grant served under President Lincoln. • E. Lee general of the Confederate troops. • Sumter Union stronghold in South Carolina. • of 1850 an agreement between southern states. • ...

Civil War 2023-03-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. north
  2. balancing
  3. confederacy
  4. cotton
  5. union
  6. upset
  7. family
  8. plan
Down
  1. home
  2. railroads
  3. sides
  4. south
  5. book
  6. election
  7. rights

15 Clues: home • book • plan • north • sides • south • union • upset • rights • cotton • family • election • railroads • balancing • confederacy

Civil War 2023-03-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. north
  2. balancing
  3. confederacy
  4. cotton
  5. union
  6. upset
  7. family
  8. plan
Down
  1. home
  2. railroads
  3. sides
  4. south
  5. book
  6. election
  7. rights

15 Clues: home • book • plan • north • sides • south • union • upset • rights • cotton • family • election • railroads • balancing • confederacy

civil war 2023-04-13

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who had the best officers?
  2. what color was the north?
  3. what did the north want to conquer?
  4. What did Ulysses S. Grant not fail at?
  5. What was the confederates main focus in the war?
  6. One word that describes George McCellan?
  7. Who was predicted to win the civil war?
  8. what theature had the Mississippi river valley?
  9. One word that describes Winfield Scott?
Down
  1. what were the people in the south called?
  2. the north had 22 _____ people
  3. What color were the south?
  4. what theature had the east coast?
  5. One word that describes George Halleck?
  6. what were the people in the north called?

15 Clues: what color was the north? • Who had the best officers? • What color were the south? • the north had 22 _____ people • what theature had the east coast? • what did the north want to conquer? • What did Ulysses S. Grant not fail at? • One word that describes George Halleck? • Who was predicted to win the civil war? • One word that describes Winfield Scott? • ...

civil war 2023-04-13

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who had the best officers?
  2. what color was the north?
  3. what did the north want to conquer?
  4. What did Ulysses S. Grant not fail at?
  5. What was the confederates main focus in the war?
  6. One word that describes George McCellan?
  7. Who was predicted to win the civil war?
  8. what theature had the Mississippi river valley?
  9. One word that describes Winfield Scott?
Down
  1. what were the people in the south called?
  2. the north had 22 _____ people
  3. What color were the south?
  4. what theature had the east coast?
  5. One word that describes George Halleck?
  6. what were the people in the north called?

15 Clues: what color was the north? • Who had the best officers? • What color were the south? • the north had 22 _____ people • what theature had the east coast? • what did the north want to conquer? • What did Ulysses S. Grant not fail at? • One word that describes George Halleck? • Who was predicted to win the civil war? • One word that describes Winfield Scott? • ...

Civil War 2023-04-21

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Connecticut,Illinois,Indiana,Iowa,Kansas,Maine,Massachusetts,Michigan,Nevada,New Jersey,New York,Pennsylvania were..
  2. Fighting against slavery
  3. The gender who stayed home and kept the house afloat
  4. Something the South had, and wanted to keep
  5. Someone fighting against slavery
  6. When people voted for who they wanted in office
  7. The general who surrendered to end the war
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  1. Northern supporter who ran the entire country
  2. Alabama,Arkansas,Florida,Georgia,Louisiana,Mississippi,North Carolina,South Carolina,Tennessee,Texas,Virginia were..
  3. How goods were transported from one side of the country
  4. The gender who did all the warfare fighting
  5. Fighting for Slavery
  6. what Maryland was during the civil war
  7. where the union resides
  8. where the Confederates were from

15 Clues: Fighting for Slavery • where the union resides • Fighting against slavery • Someone fighting against slavery • where the Confederates were from • what Maryland was during the civil war • The general who surrendered to end the war • The gender who did all the warfare fighting • Something the South had, and wanted to keep • Northern supporter who ran the entire country • ...

Civil War 2021-03-01

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
  2. unity agree in referring to a oneness, either created by putting together, or by being undivided.
  3. Is a person who sought to abolish slavery during the 19th century
  4. The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
  5. A bookbag
  6. What we call money today
  7. An alliance formed
  8. An ankle shoe made out of leather
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  1. a blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle and used to stab an opponent in hand-to-hand fighting.
  2. Soldiers ready to fight on the spot
  3. Large guns used in warfare for the land.
  4. When a candidate goes to other states where they have no connections with to get votes
  5. A ship made with armor to make it stronger
  6. air balloon a brightly colored rubber sac inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a children's toy or a decoration.
  7. a gun, especially one fired from shoulder level having a long spirally grooved barrel intended to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance

15 Clues: A bookbag • An alliance formed • What we call money today • An ankle shoe made out of leather • Soldiers ready to fight on the spot • Large guns used in warfare for the land. • A ship made with armor to make it stronger • Is a person who sought to abolish slavery during the 19th century • ...

Civil War 2021-04-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Most ____ Virginians supported the Confederacy
  2. Most ____ African Americans supported the Confederacy
  3. The first Battle of Bull Run, or ______, was the first major clash of the Civil War
  4. Most of this group did not take sides during the Civil War
  5. Lee Surrendered to Grant at this court house
  6. This was the capital of the Confederacy
  7. This state seceded in 1863 from Virginia
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  1. This was the name for the person from the South
  2. Last name of the Union president
  3. Many _____ African Americans fled to the Union Army and fought for freedom
  4. The Confederate ironclad
  5. The Union ironclad
  6. Enslaved African Americans provided ____ for the army
  7. This was the name for the North
  8. The Civil War ended in this month in 1865

15 Clues: The Union ironclad • The Confederate ironclad • This was the name for the North • Last name of the Union president • This was the capital of the Confederacy • This state seceded in 1863 from Virginia • The Civil War ended in this month in 1865 • Lee Surrendered to Grant at this court house • Most ____ Virginians supported the Confederacy • ...

Civil War 2022-05-03

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First state to leave the Union
  2. Lincoln's assassinator
  3. The reason the South fought the North.
  4. A struggle between two sides of a country
  5. Highest rank achievable in the US Armed Forces
  6. Another name for the South
  7. The main reason for soldier's deaths
  8. Capital of the Confederate States of America
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  1. Union general after George B. McClellan
  2. Another name for the North
  3. A type of sea ship that helped the Confederacy
  4. President of the Confederate States of America
  5. A new kind of weapon that changed warfare
  6. The act of leaving one's country, a reason for the Civil War
  7. 16th president of the United States

15 Clues: Lincoln's assassinator • Another name for the North • Another name for the South • First state to leave the Union • 16th president of the United States • The main reason for soldier's deaths • The reason the South fought the North. • Union general after George B. McClellan • A new kind of weapon that changed warfare • A struggle between two sides of a country • ...

civil war 2022-05-03

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a battle in 1862 with many Union casualties and encouraged the Confederates
  2. a declaration and executive order by lincoln that freed all slaves in the rebelling states
  3. famous commanding Union general and later on, president
  4. location of the first major land battle of the war, also known as the battle of bull run
  5. important Confederate general
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  1. where the most significant and bloodiest battle of the war took place
  2. the southern part of the US that seceded from the nation
  3. important Union general
  4. famous commanding Confederate general
  5. bloodiest single day battle that happened
  6. american president during the war
  7. the fort that marked the beginning of the civil war
  8. the northern part of the US opposed to secession
  9. where the Confederates surrendered and the war ended
  10. a labor institution that was the main cause of the war

15 Clues: important Union general • important Confederate general • american president during the war • famous commanding Confederate general • bloodiest single day battle that happened • the northern part of the US opposed to secession • the fort that marked the beginning of the civil war • where the Confederates surrendered and the war ended • ...

Civil war 2022-05-17

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. assassin of Lincoln
  2. Civil____
  3. where did the Civil War began
  4. Type of cabin where Lincoln grew up
  5. The North was also called by this "uniting" name
  6. This state was home to Richmond, one of the capitals of the Confederacy
  7. Color of the confederate uniforms
  8. Another name for a big farm in the south
  9. short and famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln
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  1. Word for when a state left the union
  2. vice President to Lincoln
  3. first state to leave the union
  4. Jefferson Davis was president of this southern government
  5. Theater where Lincoln was shot
  6. Color of the Union uniforms
  7. Fought the North

16 Clues: Civil____ • Fought the North • assassin of Lincoln • vice President to Lincoln • Color of the Union uniforms • where did the Civil War began • first state to leave the union • Theater where Lincoln was shot • Color of the confederate uniforms • Type of cabin where Lincoln grew up • Word for when a state left the union • Another name for a big farm in the south • ...

Civil War 2022-11-02

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A large farm in the southern United States.
  2. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  3. a person killed or injured in a war or accident.
  4. attempting to prevent the operation and enforcement within its territory of a law.
  5. refers to a group of people whose practices, race, religion, ethnicity, or other characteristics are fewer in numbers than the main groups.
  6. southern states chose to leave.
  7. also called the "Union"
  8. a person against you
  9. a heated argument or disagreement.
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  1. a person who secretly collects and reports information.
  2. A person who wanted to eliminate slavery.
  3. A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
  4. cease resistance to an enemy.
  5. before war
  6. the aim of an attack.

15 Clues: before war • a person against you • the aim of an attack. • also called the "Union" • cease resistance to an enemy. • southern states chose to leave. • a heated argument or disagreement. • A person who wanted to eliminate slavery. • A large farm in the southern United States. • a person killed or injured in a war or accident. • ...

Civil War 2022-11-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. strong defensive position
  2. holding out heroically''like a stone wall''
  3. urged to make a fight to end slavery
  4. to sell goods abroad
  5. an opposing force
  6. famous for her work with wounded soldiers
  7. military blockade
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  1. rise in the price of goods and services
  2. established a hospital for soldiers
  3. Army General
  4. cut off an area with troops
  5. highest ranking officer in the Union Navy
  6. river that flows into a larger river
  7. worked to keep the border states in the Union
  8. to explain the meaning of

15 Clues: Army General • an opposing force • military blockade • to sell goods abroad • strong defensive position • to explain the meaning of • cut off an area with troops • established a hospital for soldiers • urged to make a fight to end slavery • river that flows into a larger river • rise in the price of goods and services • highest ranking officer in the Union Navy • ...

Civil War 2022-10-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the election where Abraham Lincoln was elected president
  2. The period before a war
  3. Slave who led a rebellion of slaves in Virgina
  4. abolitionist who escaped from slavery
  5. An agreement between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups discussing the extension of slavery in the new territories
  6. A movement that led to the imperialism of all land from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean
  7. The act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
  8. admitted californa to the US as a free state
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  1. Famous book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  2. The law that was outlawed all slaves from the Mexican Cession
  3. the repeated outbreaks of violence between anti-slavery and pro-slavery
  4. the first female American advocates of womens rights and the abolition of slavery
  5. Abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal
  6. President during the annexation of california
  7. A political party that was formed to oppose the extension of slavery

15 Clues: The period before a war • abolitionist who escaped from slavery • Famous book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe • admitted californa to the US as a free state • President during the annexation of california • Slave who led a rebellion of slaves in Virgina • Abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal • the election where Abraham Lincoln was elected president • ...

Civil War 2017-12-17

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. general of union states
  2. Bloodiest battle of all
  3. frees confederate slaves
  4. to break or leave a union
  5. helped former black slaves and poor white southerners
  6. ended reconstruction plans
  7. bloodiest 2 day battle
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  1. 24 total states
  2. white southerners who supported reconstruction and the republicans party
  3. restrict the freedom of black labor after the civil war
  4. gave citizen rights
  5. which confederate state was further west
  6. typically wore grey
  7. assassinated president Abraham Lincoln
  8. served as soldiers, messengers, spies and cooks

15 Clues: 24 total states • gave citizen rights • typically wore grey • bloodiest 2 day battle • general of union states • Bloodiest battle of all • frees confederate slaves • to break or leave a union • ended reconstruction plans • assassinated president Abraham Lincoln • which confederate state was further west • served as soldiers, messengers, spies and cooks • ...

Civil War 2017-12-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. He told his soldiers to destroy anything in there sight to crush any fighting spirt left
  2. First major battle on Northern soil
  3. The battle that started the Civil War
  4. The second bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  5. Northern Democrat who tried to become president
  6. Vice President of the CSA
  7. President of the CSA
  8. The name of the 16th president
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  1. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  2. Southern Democrat who tried to become president
  3. ____________ Proclamation was issued to try and free slaves but it didn't work
  4. Where Robert E. Lee surrendered
  5. State that threatened to secede from the Union due to taxes
  6. Blockaded Southern coasts to kill soldiers by preventing them from getting supplies
  7. The center of the South's industries and transportation

15 Clues: President of the CSA • Vice President of the CSA • The name of the 16th president • Where Robert E. Lee surrendered • Bloodiest battle of the Civil War • First major battle on Northern soil • The battle that started the Civil War • The second bloodiest battle of the Civil War • Southern Democrat who tried to become president • Northern Democrat who tried to become president • ...

Civil War 2019-04-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. NORTHERN ADVANTAGE
  2. PRESIDENT OF THE US
  3. PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY
  4. REGIONAL INTERESTS
  5. SUPREME COURT DECISION
  6. ABOLITIONIST WOMEN'S SUFFERAGE
  7. BURNED ATLANTA
  8. CONFEDERATE GENERAL
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  1. FOUNDED THE RED CROSS
  2. UNION GENERAL
  3. TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
  4. NORTHERN ADVANTAGE
  5. ANTI ABOLITION AND ABOLITION CLASHES
  6. NORTHERN ADVANTAGE
  7. CIVIL WAR SPY
  8. SOUTHERN ADVANTAGE
  9. ABOLITIONIST AND AUTHOR

17 Clues: UNION GENERAL • CIVIL WAR SPY • BURNED ATLANTA • NORTHERN ADVANTAGE • NORTHERN ADVANTAGE • NORTHERN ADVANTAGE • REGIONAL INTERESTS • SOUTHERN ADVANTAGE • PRESIDENT OF THE US • CONFEDERATE GENERAL • FOUNDED THE RED CROSS • TERRORIST ORGANIZATION • SUPREME COURT DECISION • ABOLITIONIST AND AUTHOR • PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY • ABOLITIONIST WOMEN'S SUFFERAGE • ANTI ABOLITION AND ABOLITION CLASHES

Civil War 2023-05-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the end of the war was in...
  2. big farm in the south which often had slaves
  3. pro-slavery
  4. side that stayed loyal to the U.S govt.
  5. where the war began
  6. color of the union uniforms
  7. side that went against the U.S govt.
  8. the president when the war ended
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  1. the bloodiest battle
  2. theater where lincoln was shot
  3. one of the most important battles
  4. anti-slavery
  5. run
  6. assassin of lincoln
  7. a stubborn, courageous commander

15 Clues: run • pro-slavery • anti-slavery • assassin of lincoln • where the war began • the bloodiest battle • color of the union uniforms • the end of the war was in... • theater where lincoln was shot • the president when the war ended • one of the most important battles • a stubborn, courageous commander • side that went against the U.S govt. • side that stayed loyal to the U.S govt. • ...

civil war 2023-05-12

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. battle fought in pensylvania
  2. the decision that decided once a slave always a slave
  3. act that made north have to return slaves even if it isn't theirs.
  4. Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States
  5. the compromise that made northern states free states and southern slave states
  6. northern side
  7. fight in kansas between pro & anti slavery groups
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  1. amendment that abolished slavery
  2. restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.
  3. general for the north
  4. general for the south
  5. race won't affect your right to vote
  6. laws to keep african americans in slavery
  7. president elected in 1860
  8. southern side

15 Clues: southern side • northern side • general for the north • general for the south • president elected in 1860 • battle fought in pensylvania • amendment that abolished slavery • race won't affect your right to vote • laws to keep african americans in slavery • fight in kansas between pro & anti slavery groups • the decision that decided once a slave always a slave • ...

Civil War 2024-05-14

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. battle fought in Maryland. A Union victory that is the bloodiest single day of the Civil War
  2. African-American unit in the Union army
  3. The courthouse in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederacy to Union General U.S. Grant
  4. The right to have a hearing and know the charges before being imprisoned or put in custody
  5. A slave state that remained in the Union after Southern States had seceded. Four: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri.
  6. Northerners who opposed using force to keep the Southern states in the union.
  7. President of the US during the Civil War. He was determined to preserve the Union of North and South
  8. the 19th-century idea in America that Americans were destined to expand the country from coast to coast. European-Americans were chosen to conquer this continent and to exploit the resources here.
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  1. Lincoln's 1863 declaration that freed slaves in all those states in rebellion against the Union (those states in the Confederacy).
  2. ironclad warship of the Confederacy that battled with the Moniter. The ship was first called the Merrimack and later called the Virginia
  3. Fort in Charleston, SC where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. The Confederates captured the fort from the Union
  4. law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
  5. Also known as First Battle of Manassas. First major battle of the CivilWar. This battle was fought in Virginia and was a Confederate victory.
  6. The term to refer to bloody events in Kansas as the state decided the issue of slavery. Border ruffians were responsible for bloodshed and voter fraud during this time
  7. to set free

15 Clues: to set free • African-American unit in the Union army • law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military • Northerners who opposed using force to keep the Southern states in the union. • The right to have a hearing and know the charges before being imprisoned or put in custody • ...

civil war 2024-04-23

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the battle that ensured the south's defeat
  2. president of the united states
  3. general of the north and later president
  4. the name of the union's military strategy
  5. the name of the south's military strategy
  6. the amendment that abolished the practice of slavery
  7. often the women of the war would work as this
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  1. the south's main source of labor
  2. the name of robert e lee's land that turned into a cemetary
  3. what was the south's economy based on
  4. the rich would often hire these to take their place in the war
  5. another name for the north/united states of america
  6. where robert e lee surrendered
  7. main confederate general
  8. the last name of a famed abolitionist and author

15 Clues: main confederate general • president of the united states • where robert e lee surrendered • the south's main source of labor • what was the south's economy based on • general of the north and later president • the name of the union's military strategy • the name of the south's military strategy • the battle that ensured the south's defeat • ...

Civil War 2024-04-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name of the Southern army
  2. General for the North
  3. The President of the United States during the war
  4. The name of the Northern army
  5. A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people
  6. A term used to describe people who supported the Union
  7. States like Virginia, the Carolinas, and Texas, where where?
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  1. Declared freedom to the slaves
  2. General for the Confederates
  3. Land within the mainland boundaries of the country that had not yet become a state
  4. A new way of conducting war appeared during the Civil War that involved destroying everything in sight
  5. A man who fought in war
  6. What the South had to do after the loss to the North
  7. The turning point of the war
  8. A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare

15 Clues: General for the North • A man who fought in war • General for the Confederates • The turning point of the war • The name of the Southern army • The name of the Northern army • Declared freedom to the slaves • The President of the United States during the war • What the South had to do after the loss to the North • A term used to describe people who supported the Union • ...

Civil War 2024-03-14

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Group of Northern states loyal to the Union
  2. Pride and devotions to one's nation
  3. Federal outpost in South Carolina which was fired upon by the Confederates; starting the Civil War
  4. Law in which makes it illegal to help runaway slaves
  5. Act of formally withdrawing from the Union
  6. 11 southern states that seceded from the Union
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  1. Statement issued by Abraham Lincoln that freed slaves in rebellious territories
  2. Routes and network of people helping slaves to freedom
  3. The prohibition of slavery
  4. Created by Henry Clay to make the US self-sufficient; new taxes to be used for roads and waterways
  5. Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
  6. upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional
  7. Devotion to the interests of of one geographic region
  8. Missouri was entered as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and the 36 parallel was drawn
  9. California entered as free state and territories from Mexico decide on slavery

15 Clues: The prohibition of slavery • Pride and devotions to one's nation • Act of formally withdrawing from the Union • Group of Northern states loyal to the Union • 11 southern states that seceded from the Union • Law in which makes it illegal to help runaway slaves • Devotion to the interests of of one geographic region • ...

Civil War 2023-10-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  2. - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South.
  3. - The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
  4. - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  5. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  6. - A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
  7. - When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  8. Slave Law - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
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  1. - A nickname for the South.
  2. - A term meaning "before war"
  3. - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  4. - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket.
  5. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
  6. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.
  7. - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union

15 Clues: - A nickname for the South. • - A term meaning "before war" • - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • - When a person is murdered for political reasons. • - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery • - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. • - A term used to describe people who supported the Union. • ...