civil war Crossword Puzzles

civil war 2021-09-08

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. An ankle high shoe worn by soliders
  2. The president at that time
  3. A nickname for the south
  4. A cap worn by civil war soldiers
  5. when a person is murdered
  6. a nickname for people in the south
  7. The side against slavery
  8. people who support the union
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  1. Large cailber
  2. army of citizens used during emergencies
  3. The side of an army or military unit
  4. A nickname for people in the north
  5. the war between north & south
  6. The side for slavery
  7. soldiers that fight and travel by foot

15 Clues: Large cailber • The side for slavery • A nickname for the south • The side against slavery • when a person is murdered • The president at that time • people who support the union • the war between north & south • A cap worn by civil war soldiers • A nickname for people in the north • a nickname for people in the south • An ankle high shoe worn by soliders • ...

Civil War 2021-11-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. War between the North and South.
  2. President of the United States of America during the Civil War`
  3. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
  4. When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  5. Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else.
  6. Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances
  7. General for the South; got his nickname because he refused to retreat during battle
  8. A series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states.
  9. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
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  1. ship made of iron
  2. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket.
  3. Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal
  4. people that are wounded or killed
  5. The march of an army of 62,000 men from Atlanta toward Savannah, Georgia
  6. Slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware).

15 Clues: ship made of iron • War between the North and South. • people that are wounded or killed • When a person is murdered for political reasons. • A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. • A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery. • President of the United States of America during the Civil War` • ...

Civil War 2021-11-18

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. When Missouri was equally divided between slave and free
  2. Lincoln's speech to dedicate the cemetery for fallen soldiers
  3. 50,000 casualties and the end of the South's ability to launch a major offensive
  4. First "battle" of the Civil War-- fought for two days. The Union eventually surrendered.
  5. order issued by Abraham Lincoln declaring slaves in all rebelling states were free
  6. When slave trade was abolished in Washington D.C and the fugitive slave act was strengthened in the North
  7. Final Union general that helped win the Civil War he eventually became President
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  1. When Kansas and Nebraska were allowed to decide for themselves whether they would be slave or not
  2. Confederate General throughout the entire war said to be one of the best generals in U.S history
  3. first republican president; wanted to keep the union together and end slavery eventually after the civil war he did both
  4. The central issue that sparked the Civil War
  5. When Kansas is allowed to vote on whether it's slave or free so southerners and northerners flood into Kansas to vote and eventually violence breaks out and they start fighting and killing
  6. When a northerner named John Brown broke into the Virginia armory handing slaves guns to fight back he eventually loses and is hung for treason
  7. when people should pick the kind of government they have in a certain area
  8. President of the Confederate States of America

15 Clues: The central issue that sparked the Civil War • President of the Confederate States of America • When Missouri was equally divided between slave and free • Lincoln's speech to dedicate the cemetery for fallen soldiers • when people should pick the kind of government they have in a certain area • ...

Civil War 2022-01-21

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The bloodiest battle fought in Georgia during the Civil War
  2. The most important cash crop in the South
  3. Union general that captured Atlanta
  4. This was the month that Atlanta was surrendered to the Union
  5. This was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  6. President of the North that opposed slavery
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  1. Proclamation that freed the slaves
  2. This was used to stop southern cotton from reaching European markets
  3. Sherman's army marched across Georgia from Atlanta to this city
  4. To leave the Union or to commit state suicide
  5. Soldiers from the South
  6. The capital of Georgia that got captured in 1864 by Union soldiers.
  7. Soldiers from the North
  8. This place was used as a prison for Union soldiers but many died due to poor living conditions
  9. The transportation hub of Georgia during the Civil War

15 Clues: Soldiers from the South • Soldiers from the North • Proclamation that freed the slaves • Union general that captured Atlanta • The most important cash crop in the South • President of the North that opposed slavery • To leave the Union or to commit state suicide • The transportation hub of Georgia during the Civil War • ...

CIVIL WAR 2022-02-22

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
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  1. WHERE THE FIRST SHOTS WERE FIRED TO START THE CIVIL WAR
  2. PRESIDENT OF THE U.S DURING THE CIVIL WAR
  3. GOVERNOR OF TEXAS AGAINST SECESSION
  4. POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE CONFEDERACY
  5. TO WITHDRAW FROM A LARGER UNIT ONE BELONGS TO
  6. FREE FROM OUTSIDE CONTROL; SELF GOVERNING
  7. TO THE OATH OF OFFICE AND BECAME GOVERNOR AFTER HOUSTON WAS REMOVED
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  1. A TAX ON IMPORTED GOODS TO INCREASE THE PRICE
  2. TO CANCEL - TO NOT FOLLOW A LAW
  3. FOCUS ON THE INTERESTS OF ONE'S REGION
  4. STATES EXERCISING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL POWER
  5. PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY
  6. NAME FOR THE GROUP OF SOUTHERN STATES
  7. A LOCAL LAW OR PIECE OF LEGISLATION
  8. SYSTEM Y WHICH GOODS AND SERVICES ARE PRODUCED, SOLD, AND BOUGHT IN A COUNTRY OR REGION

15 Clues: PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY • TO CANCEL - TO NOT FOLLOW A LAW • GOVERNOR OF TEXAS AGAINST SECESSION • A LOCAL LAW OR PIECE OF LEGISLATION • NAME FOR THE GROUP OF SOUTHERN STATES • POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE CONFEDERACY • FOCUS ON THE INTERESTS OF ONE'S REGION • PRESIDENT OF THE U.S DURING THE CIVIL WAR • FREE FROM OUTSIDE CONTROL; SELF GOVERNING • ...

Civil War 2022-03-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. the highest judicial court in a country or state.
  2. Enacted in 1820 to maintain the balance of power in Congress
  3. package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War.
  4. a person who dies for a cause
  5. played a significant role in United States history, even before the state of West Virginia separated from Virginia during the Civil War.
  6. Debates with Abraham Lincoln, who defeated him in the presidential race two years later.
  7. 16th President.
  8. rivalry based on the special intrest of different areas
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  1. a war between citizens of the same country.
  2. cCritical national policy change concerning the expansion of slavery into the territories, affirming the concept of popular sovereignty over congressional edict.
  3. harriet beecher wrote this
  4. Fought against standford.
  5. an American abolitionist leader. First reaching national prominence for his radical abolitionism and fighting in Bleeding Kansas
  6. This lady wrote Uncle Tom's cabin.
  7. condition in which one human being was owned by another.

15 Clues: 16th President. • Fought against standford. • harriet beecher wrote this • a person who dies for a cause • This lady wrote Uncle Tom's cabin. • a war between citizens of the same country. • the highest judicial court in a country or state. • rivalry based on the special intrest of different areas • condition in which one human being was owned by another. • ...

Civil War 2022-03-04

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  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.
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  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 2022-03-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. This battle happened to prevent the south from gaining supplies, forming a coastline blockade.
  2. The Missouri Compromise was a compromise / law made that disrupted the balance between the North and South, they admitted Missouri as a slave state.
  3. How many times did the Union control Brownsville?
  4. Focus on the interests of one's region
  5. Famous general in the Civil War in Texas
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  1. Fought under lee gave command to the Tennessee Confederate Army
  2. This battle happened as the Union forces hoped to gain control of Texas capturing the Sabine Pass near it's river.
  3. president of the Texas Secession Convention
  4. The act was passed and allowed Kansas and Nebraska settlers to vote whether they had wanted slavery.
  5. Led the Terry Texas Rangers and died in battle
  6. ships that that continued to bring much needed supplies for Texas and the confederacy into Galveston.
  7. How did most soldier die in Hoods' brigade.
  8. Free from outside control, self-governing
  9. It means to get rid / remove of a certain law.
  10. A formerly enslaved person

15 Clues: A formerly enslaved person • Focus on the interests of one's region • Famous general in the Civil War in Texas • Free from outside control, self-governing • president of the Texas Secession Convention • How did most soldier die in Hoods' brigade. • Led the Terry Texas Rangers and died in battle • It means to get rid / remove of a certain law. • ...

Civil War 2022-03-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The amount of Southern states that seceded
  2. Rabbs served this amount of time with his cavalry unit
  3. This many soldiers were in hoods brigade by the end of the war
  4. Focuses on the interests or ones religion
  5. Fought under general Robert E. Lee
  6. The medals were made of Mexican silver coins
  7. Most soldiers died of disease or infection
  8. formerly enslaved person
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  1. refused to take the new oath and got removed from his position
  2. The Emancipation Proclamation would be effective only if this would win
  3. Murder,treason, and inciting of slave rebellion
  4. Enslaves workers built the fortification along the coast
  5. Free states
  6. Free from outside control
  7. Hung unionists without a trial

15 Clues: Free states • formerly enslaved person • Free from outside control • Hung unionists without a trial • Fought under general Robert E. Lee • Focuses on the interests or ones religion • The amount of Southern states that seceded • Most soldiers died of disease or infection • The medals were made of Mexican silver coins • Murder,treason, and inciting of slave rebellion • ...

Civil War 2022-03-04

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

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 2022-03-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. To break away/Separate
  2. President for the Confederacy
  3. When people only care about what happens where they live/area
  4. One of the main causes of the Civil War
  5. People who are against slavery
  6. Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation after this battle
  7. General for the Confederacy
  8. Turning point in the war and bloodiest 3 day battle
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  1. This state was added as a free state during the Compromise of 1850
  2. This state was added as a slave state during the Missouri compromise
  3. General for the Union
  4. This state was added as a free state during the Missouri compromise
  5. President for the Union
  6. Battle where the union took control of the Mississippi River
  7. The region where most slaves were located

15 Clues: General for the Union • To break away/Separate • President for the Union • General for the Confederacy • President for the Confederacy • People who are against slavery • One of the main causes of the Civil War • The region where most slaves were located • Turning point in the war and bloodiest 3 day battle • Battle where the union took control of the Mississippi River • ...

Civil war 2019-06-11

Civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. union took too long to build bridges
  2. all slaves in the south were free
  3. first woman to be executed
  4. bloodiest one day in America
  5. Carolina first to secede
  6. the north
  7. assassinated the president
  8. first major battle of the war
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  1. president during the war
  2. the south
  3. neutral states
  4. book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  5. stonewall Jackson was killed
  6. north controlled the Mississippi River
  7. turning point of the war

15 Clues: the south • the north • neutral states • president during the war • Carolina first to secede • turning point of the war • first woman to be executed • assassinated the president • stonewall Jackson was killed • bloodiest one day in America • first major battle of the war • all slaves in the south were free • union took too long to build bridges • book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe • ...

Civil War 2019-04-23

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender
  2. Shutting a port or roadway to prevent people or supplies from coming through
  3. Type of rule in which the military is in charge and citizens' rights are suspended
  4. Led the Most successful of the Union Armies
  5. Slave state that remained in the Union
  6. All-out attacks aimed at destroying not only an enemy's army but also its resources and its people's will to fight
  7. General rise in prices
  8. Not favorite either side in a dispute
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  1. To set free
  2. The General Lincoln put in charge after McDowell led them to a loss
  3. Military term for a person killed, wounded or missing in action
  4. The right to not be held in prison without first being charged with a specific right; constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
  5. Tax on the money people earn or receive
  6. Warship covered with protective iron plates
  7. System of required military services

15 Clues: To set free • General rise in prices • System of required military services • Not favorite either side in a dispute • Slave state that remained in the Union • Tax on the money people earn or receive • Led the Most successful of the Union Armies • Warship covered with protective iron plates • Military term for a person killed, wounded or missing in action • ...

Civil War 2014-11-25

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  2. Whig nominee in election of 1848
  3. Nickname for the American Party
  4. Thrust Lincoln into national spotlight
  5. Divided huge territory into two
  6. Stemmed from dream of transcontinental railroad
  7. Northern men who championed Southern causes
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  1. South Carolina Senator
  2. The people decide slavery's fate
  3. Series of secret stations to Canada
  4. Act that allows seizing alleged slaves
  5. Collection of bills signed by Fillmore
  6. Bar slavery in land acquired from mexico
  7. Hardworking, self-reliant men
  8. Rising Democratic star from Illinois

15 Clues: South Carolina Senator • Hardworking, self-reliant men • Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe • Nickname for the American Party • Divided huge territory into two • The people decide slavery's fate • Whig nominee in election of 1848 • Series of secret stations to Canada • Rising Democratic star from Illinois • Act that allows seizing alleged slaves • ...

Civil War 2014-04-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Senator of Michigan 1847
  2. Daughter of Senator Hart
  3. Judge who hated Republicans
  4. northerners that support south
  5. Antislavery Whig
  6. Another name For American Party
  7. Senator of South Carolina 1847
  8. Free soil settler
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  1. Sued for his freedom
  2. Part of Confederate States
  3. Constitution denounced by Douglas
  4. Democratic star from Illinois
  5. Were gold rush started
  6. Party created by Whigs
  7. Helped south's slaves

15 Clues: Antislavery Whig • Free soil settler • Sued for his freedom • Helped south's slaves • Were gold rush started • Party created by Whigs • Senator of Michigan 1847 • Daughter of Senator Hart • Part of Confederate States • Judge who hated Republicans • Democratic star from Illinois • northerners that support south • Senator of South Carolina 1847 • Another name For American Party • ...

Civil War 2014-04-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Another name for American Party
  2. Where Gold Rush stared
  3. California adventurer
  4. Free-soil settler
  5. Antislavery Whig
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  1. Mexican-American War hero
  2. Antislavery party founded 1848
  3. Sued for his freedom
  4. Senator of Michigan
  5. Democratic star from Illinois
  6. Confederate state
  7. Senator of South Carolina
  8. Northerner who supported South
  9. Supported the South's slaves
  10. Judge who hated Republicans

15 Clues: Antislavery Whig • Confederate state • Free-soil settler • Senator of Michigan • Sued for his freedom • California adventurer • Where Gold Rush stared • Mexican-American War hero • Senator of South Carolina • Judge who hated Republicans • Supported the South's slaves • Democratic star from Illinois • Antislavery party founded 1848 • Northerner who supported South • ...

Civil war 2023-10-16

Civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. a state of conflict between nations that does not involve direct military action
  2. a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
  3. engagement in or the activities involved in war or conflict.
  4. required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
  5. a state bordering on an antislavery state and favoring slavery before the Civil War.
  6. a war in which the weapons used, the nations or territory involved, or the objectives pursued are restricted in some way,
  7. a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
  8. the action of fighting; violence or conflict
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  1. the historic period in which the United States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social
  2. restriction of interest to a narrow sphere
  3. a place that is planted or under cultivation
  4. the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim.
  5. fighting between armed forces.
  6. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution
  7. having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs.

15 Clues: fighting between armed forces. • restriction of interest to a narrow sphere • a place that is planted or under cultivation • the action of fighting; violence or conflict • a league or alliance, especially of confederate states. • engagement in or the activities involved in war or conflict. • a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution • ...

Civil War 2023-10-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Territory The area that is now Oklahoma (except for the panhandle.)
  2. Barriers which were about breast-high and protected soldiers from enemy fire.
  3. To lie in wait for an unexpected attack.
  4. The lowest rank in the army.
  5. Promoting the interests of a section or region (such as the North or the South) instead of the entire country.
  6. Long, cylindrical metal rod used to push the cartridge down the barrel of a musket in preparation for firing.
  7. The long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is
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  1. To formally enroll in the army or to call roll.
  2. Round container used to carry water made of wood or tin and carried over the shoulder by a strap
  3. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  4. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
  5. To formally approve or sanction.
  6. The term used to describe new soldiers.
  7. The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people.
  8. A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored.

15 Clues: The lowest rank in the army. • To formally approve or sanction. • The term used to describe new soldiers. • To lie in wait for an unexpected attack. • To formally enroll in the army or to call roll. • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. • The long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is • ...

Civil War 2024-01-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The Southerners, or people who supported Slavery
  2. A leather shoe
  3. A political candidate who looks for election in an area where they don't know anyone
  4. A large-caliber gun used to fight in the war
  5. An area where plants, or crops are planted
  6. A nickname for U.S. dollars
  7. Someone who was against slavery, and wanted to stop it
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  1. When soldiers are marching or fighting on foot
  2. a weapon that was used in war
  3. to go back or withdraw
  4. A leather bag
  5. A group of soldiers
  6. Lincoln President during Civil War
  7. A warship coated in iron, and is used in the civil war
  8. Northern States who were against slavery

15 Clues: A leather bag • A leather shoe • A group of soldiers • to go back or withdraw • A nickname for U.S. dollars • a weapon that was used in war • Lincoln President during Civil War • Northern States who were against slavery • An area where plants, or crops are planted • A large-caliber gun used to fight in the war • When soldiers are marching or fighting on foot • ...

Civil War 2024-01-02

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Area of the U.S which abolished slavery
  2. The bloodiest battle of the war which turned the tide for the Union
  3. Famous confederate general known for commanding the Army of Northern Virginia
  4. Union action used to prevent the Southern export of cotton and war material via navy
  5. Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  6. First and only president of the Confederacy
  7. The ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labor
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  1. Area of the U.S which allowed slavery
  2. Name of Confederate general who had the nickname "Stonewall"
  3. 16th president who wrote the emancipation proclamation
  4. Commander of the Army of the Potomac; also ran against Lincoln in the 1864 election
  5. Name given to the Southern states during the War
  6. The plan that called for a naval blockade of the Confederates; also a snake
  7. Union general who was known for drinking; also became a U.S president
  8. Names of soldiers who fought for the confederates

15 Clues: Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin • Area of the U.S which allowed slavery • Area of the U.S which abolished slavery • First and only president of the Confederacy • Name given to the Southern states during the War • Names of soldiers who fought for the confederates • 16th president who wrote the emancipation proclamation • ...

Civil War 2023-03-07

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. when people are made to do things they don't want to it is
  2. When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  3. A term meaning "before war". ...
  4. The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
  5. A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.
  6. A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
  7. Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
  8. A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
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  1. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  2. A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  3. Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
  4. the U.S. is run by the
  5. Slave Law A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  6. The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
  7. When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.

15 Clues: the U.S. is run by the • A term meaning "before war". ... • When a person is murdered for political reasons. • A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery. • A term used to describe people who supported the Union. • when people are made to do things they don't want to it is • A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers. • ...

Civil war 2023-03-07

Civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. a crazy abolitionist who started bleeding kansas
  2. Ran the underground railroad
  3. Declared all slaves are property
  4. 16th president
  5. somone who was anti-slavery
  6. The number of states in the confederacy
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  1. Any slave found in the north is returned to the south
  2. Assainated Lincon
  3. Civil war ends
  4. An advantage the south had against the north
  5. the states that left the union
  6. Added California and Fugitve slave act
  7. 1st state to secceed
  8. The capital of the Confederacy
  9. A transportation advantage The north had

15 Clues: Civil war ends • 16th president • Assainated Lincon • 1st state to secceed • somone who was anti-slavery • Ran the underground railroad • the states that left the union • The capital of the Confederacy • Declared all slaves are property • Added California and Fugitve slave act • The number of states in the confederacy • A transportation advantage The north had • ...

Civil war 2023-03-10

Civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. president of the United States of America
  2. a plan that could stop the north
  3. What does the e stand for tissues
  4. what does the 3 s stand for tissues
  5. a act to get run away slave
  6. what compromise make California enters as a free sate
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  1. commander of the union
  2. what does the i stand for tissues
  3. 3 years of violence
  4. America worst crime
  5. what does the t stand for tissues
  6. a case about a free slave
  7. commander of the confederate
  8. a plan that will "strangle" the north
  9. A famous book that show the north about slavery

15 Clues: 3 years of violence • America worst crime • commander of the union • a case about a free slave • a act to get run away slave • commander of the confederate • a plan that could stop the north • what does the i stand for tissues • what does the t stand for tissues • What does the e stand for tissues • what does the 3 s stand for tissues • a plan that will "strangle" the north • ...

civil war 2023-03-10

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. the name of the anti slavery states after the secession
  2. president during the civil war
  3. political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government
  4. a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
  5. based upon farming
  6. Sectionalism is loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.
  7. the president of the confederacy
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  1. the first state to secede from the Union
  2. the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
  3. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  4. led the Union Armies to victory
  5. an operation to help escaped slaves
  6. the name of the slave states after the secession
  7. based upon factories
  8. the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labor.

15 Clues: based upon farming • based upon factories • president during the civil war • led the Union Armies to victory • the president of the confederacy • an operation to help escaped slaves • the first state to secede from the Union • the name of the slave states after the secession • A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery. • ...

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 2024-05-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a heavy large-caliber muzzle-loading usually smoothbore shoulder firearm
  2. a person who wants to stop or abolish slavery
  3. a system of cooperation among active antislavery people in the U.S. by which people escaping enslavement were secretly helped to reach the North or Canada
  4. a coarse work shoe reaching to the ankle
  5. a regiment or division
  6. Capitol or the southern states
  7. a Northerner in the South after the American Civil War usually seeking private gain under the Reconstruction governments
Down
  1. the group of states that remained part of the United States after 11 southern states seceded in 1860 and 1861
  2. an agricultural estate usually worked by resident labor
  3. a bag similar to a knapsack but worn over one shoulder
  4. an armored naval vessel especially of the mid to late 19th century
  5. the 11 southern states of the United States during their secession from the United States between 1860 and 1865
  6. Capitol of the northern states
  7. weapons (such as bows, slings, and catapults) for discharging
  8. a legal-tender note issued by the U.S. government

15 Clues: a regiment or division • Capitol of the northern states • Capitol or the southern states • a coarse work shoe reaching to the ankle • a person who wants to stop or abolish slavery • a legal-tender note issued by the U.S. government • a bag similar to a knapsack but worn over one shoulder • an agricultural estate usually worked by resident labor • ...

Civil War 2024-05-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South
  2. Term for those who support the union
  3. Where a battle took place
  4. Large caliber weapons
  5. The bloodiest single day battle in american history
  6. the name given for the state that remained loyal to the U.S
  7. term used to describe soldiers who died in battle
  8. Term used to mean "before war"
  9. the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
Down
  1. African Americans are enslaved for labor
  2. Legal document that freed slaves
  3. Murder for political reasons
  4. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  5. Shut off the confederacy from the outside world
  6. Devotion to the interests of a nation

15 Clues: Large caliber weapons • Where a battle took place • Murder for political reasons • Term used to mean "before war" • Legal document that freed slaves • Term for those who support the union • Devotion to the interests of a nation • African Americans are enslaved for labor • Shut off the confederacy from the outside world • term used to describe soldiers who died in battle • ...

Civil War 2024-05-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to favor slavery
  2. To join
  3. Slang for money
  4. Somebody injured
  5. To withdraw from something
  6. To be a slave
  7. pretending to be an insider
Down
  1. Type of shoe
  2. Small sturdy bag
  3. Soldiers marching
  4. Crops are cultivated
  5. Sealing off a place
  6. Weapons
  7. a league/alliance
  8. Warship

15 Clues: To join • Weapons • Warship • Type of shoe • To be a slave • Slang for money • Small sturdy bag • to favor slavery • Somebody injured • Soldiers marching • a league/alliance • Sealing off a place • Crops are cultivated • To withdraw from something • pretending to be an insider

Civil war 2023-05-03

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Which side suffered the most casualties?
  2. What month did the war end and start in?
  3. Who was the first to lead the Union?
  4. What was the name of the court house Lee surrendered in?
  5. What was the bloodiest battle?
  6. Who lost the war?
  7. What was Lincoln's famous address called?
Down
  1. What type of war ignores all rules and laws of war and uses up resources to defeat the enemy no matter what the cost is?
  2. What was the first name of the president who was elected by the Southern states?
  3. Fill in the blank: ______ E. Lee (Commander of the CSA)
  4. what was the first name of Abraham Lincoln's killer?
  5. How many confederate states were there?
  6. The largest group of soldiers were from what occupation?
  7. What kind of states were Delaware, Missouri, Maryland, and Kentucky called?
  8. Where did the bloodiest battle occur?

15 Clues: Who lost the war? • What was the bloodiest battle? • Who was the first to lead the Union? • Where did the bloodiest battle occur? • How many confederate states were there? • Which side suffered the most casualties? • What month did the war end and start in? • What was Lincoln's famous address called? • what was the first name of Abraham Lincoln's killer? • ...

Civil War 2023-05-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a withdrawal of 11 slave states (states in which slaveholding was legal) from the Union during 1860–61 following the election of Abraham Lincoln as president
  2. A place where fighting happens, during a war
  3. the fighting force made up of two or more corps and was commanded by a general
  4. the term used by Southerners to describe their rivals from the Union, or northern, side of the conflict
  5. a small town in S Pennsylvania, southwest of Harrisburg:
  6. a war within a country
Down
  1. the government of the 11 southern states that seceded from the union
  2. exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole
  3. selective omission or presentation of facts
  4. a stream running through the battlefield
  5. three additions to the United States Constitution that abolished slavery, granted equal rights to formerly enslaved people, and enshrined the right to vote for people of all races
  6. agricultural and industrial labor, constructed fortifications, repaired railroads, and freed up white men to serve as soldiers
  7. strong military building for defence
  8. the portion of the country that remained loyal to the federal government
  9. an exceptionally active commander in chief of the army and navy

15 Clues: a war within a country • strong military building for defence • a stream running through the battlefield • selective omission or presentation of facts • A place where fighting happens, during a war • a small town in S Pennsylvania, southwest of Harrisburg: • an exceptionally active commander in chief of the army and navy • ...

Civil War 2023-05-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Side of the country that was mostly pro slavery
  2. to control african american communities
  3. first battle of the civil war
  4. A fight between pro and anti slavery people in kansas
  5. what the country has to do after the war
  6. citizenship to slaves
  7. name given to unfair laws in the south
  8. separating issues in different parts of congress
  9. act that stated that all fugitive slaves must be returned to their master
  10. bloodiest battle of the war
Down
  1. where general robert e lee finally surrendered
  2. abraham lincoln made this for slaves to be free
  3. Side of the country that was mostly anti slavery
  4. Person who shot Abraham Lincoln
  5. Won the election of 1860

15 Clues: citizenship to slaves • Won the election of 1860 • bloodiest battle of the war • first battle of the civil war • Person who shot Abraham Lincoln • name given to unfair laws in the south • to control african american communities • what the country has to do after the war • where general robert e lee finally surrendered • Side of the country that was mostly pro slavery • ...

Civil war 2023-01-09

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. paying instead of being drafted
  2. soldier wounded or killed during battle
  3. name for northerners against the civil war
  4. meaning "before war"
  5. murdered for political reasons
  6. ankle high shoe worn by soldiers
  7. name for the south
  8. northerner moved to south for money
Down
  1. didn't leave union but supported confed.
  2. Name for Confed. states of America
  3. stop people/supplies from going somewhere
  4. want to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
  5. large firearms
  6. knife attached to gun
  7. name for people who supported the union

15 Clues: large firearms • name for the south • meaning "before war" • knife attached to gun • murdered for political reasons • paying instead of being drafted • ankle high shoe worn by soldiers • Name for Confed. states of America • northerner moved to south for money • want to eliminate or "abolish" slavery • soldier wounded or killed during battle • ...

Civil War 2022-05-04

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who assassinated Lincoln?
  2. Bloodiest battle of the war
  3. Union general
  4. Confederate president
  5. Southern states
  6. First state to secede
  7. Union president
  8. Confederate general
Down
  1. People opposed to slavery
  2. First all black regiment
  3. Northern states
  4. Battle that started the war
  5. Union war strategy
  6. Confederate war strategy
  7. Lincoln's famous speech

15 Clues: Union general • Northern states • Southern states • Union president • Union war strategy • Confederate general • Confederate president • First state to secede • Lincoln's famous speech • First all black regiment • Confederate war strategy • People opposed to slavery • Who assassinated Lincoln? • Battle that started the war • Bloodiest battle of the war

Civil War 2023-10-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a series of trails with stops that slaves would use to escape to the north
  2. His case determined that slaves were property and can never be citizens
  3. nickname for Union soldiers
  4. The territories of Utah and New Mexico were under _________ in regards to slavery
  5. a group of states that left the Union; the other side of the Civil War
  6. she is one of the most famous conductors that led 300 slaves to freedom
  7. freedom from slavery; ___________ Proclamation
  8. a person who wished to get rid of slavery
Down
  1. a time period where brutal violence occurred in the state of Kansas
  2. to separate from the Union
  3. Led the Pottawatonie Massacre
  4. a large farm in the southern United States; during the Civil War, many of their works were slaves.
  5. to put one’s interest over those of others
  6. name given to those is the South/sympathetic to the Confederacy
  7. a state of bondage where African-Americans were forced into a life of labor on behalf of their “owners”

15 Clues: to separate from the Union • nickname for Union soldiers • Led the Pottawatonie Massacre • a person who wished to get rid of slavery • to put one’s interest over those of others • freedom from slavery; ___________ Proclamation • name given to those is the South/sympathetic to the Confederacy • a time period where brutal violence occurred in the state of Kansas • ...

Civil war 2025-03-11

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What violent action did John Brown lead against a federal armory in 1859?
  2. What political party was formed in the 1850s to oppose the spread of slavery?
  3. What proclamation freed enslaved people in Confederate states?
  4. What heavily armored warships changed naval warfare during the Civil War?
  5. What event in 1860 caused Southern states to secede from the Union?
  6. means to officially end something, like slavery?
Down
  1. What act let new territories decide for themselves whether to allow slavery?
  2. What was the Union’s plan to surround and squeeze the Confederacy like a snake?
  3. What 1850 agreement admitted California as a free state and strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act?
  4. What strategy did the Union use to cut off Confederate trade by sea?
  5. What is the term for large military units made up of soldiers?
  6. What was the name of the Northern states that fought against the Confederacy?
  7. What word means to leave or withdraw from a country?
  8. What was the name of the group of Southern states that seceded from the U.S.?
  9. What type of warship used cotton bales for protection during battle?

15 Clues: means to officially end something, like slavery? • What word means to leave or withdraw from a country? • What is the term for large military units made up of soldiers? • What proclamation freed enslaved people in Confederate states? • What event in 1860 caused Southern states to secede from the Union? • ...

Civil War 2024-09-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. named after a church
  2. reunite the country
  3. confederate president
  4. woman served as ______
  5. Mary Edwards______.
  6. closing ports
  7. emancipation proclamation
  8. was union capital
Down
  1. confederate capital
  2. Protest against draft
  3. guarantees before going to jail
  4. saw the bloodiest single day war
  5. the North's genral's plan
  6. 2 day battle in april
  7. copper heads
  8. split the confederacy

16 Clues: copper heads • closing ports • was union capital • confederate capital • reunite the country • Mary Edwards______. • named after a church • Protest against draft • confederate president • 2 day battle in april • split the confederacy • woman served as ______ • the North's genral's plan • emancipation proclamation • guarantees before going to jail • saw the bloodiest single day war

civil war 2025-05-08

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tubman
  2. sumter
  3. S grant
  4. Davis
  5. proclamation
  6. of gettysburg
  7. adress
Down
  1. compromise
  2. E lee
  3. assassination
  4. economy
  5. of secession
  6. Nebraska act
  7. Lincoln I
  8. amendment

15 Clues: E lee • Davis • Tubman • sumter • adress • economy • S grant • amendment • compromise • Lincoln I • of secession • Nebraska act • proclamation • assassination • of gettysburg

Civil War 2025-01-02

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Conductor of the Underground Railroad and Union spy.
  2. – Site where the Confederate Army surrendered to the Union Army.
  3. – General of the Confederate Army.
  4. – Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
  5. – Nurse during the Civil War and founder of the American Red Cross.
  6. – Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
  7. – Location where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  8. – General of the Union Army who later became President.
Down
  1. – Executive order by Lincoln freeing slaves in Confederate states.
  2. – The 11 southern states that seceded from the Union.
  3. – The northern states that opposed the Confederacy.
  4. – President of the Union during the Civil War.
  5. – Famous 1863 battle and site of Lincoln’s address.
  6. – President of the Confederate States of America.
  7. – Bloodiest single-day battle in American history.

15 Clues: – General of the Confederate Army. • – Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. • – President of the Union during the Civil War. • – President of the Confederate States of America. • – Bloodiest single-day battle in American history. • – The northern states that opposed the Confederacy. • – Famous 1863 battle and site of Lincoln’s address. • ...

Civil War 2025-05-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A confederate soldier
  2. Had excellent military leaders
  3. Union general that secured Vicksburg
  4. Sumter Place first battle of the war happened
  5. What the war eventually was fought about
  6. Last name of Confederate President
  7. Last name of US President
  8. Fought for the country to be whole again
Down
  1. What the south was known for other than slavery
  2. Sealing off a place to prevent goods/people leaving
  3. Process where someone removes a body part
  4. Nickname of famous Confederate general
  5. Prices going up over time
  6. The bloodiest battle of the civil war
  7. A union soldier

15 Clues: A union soldier • A confederate soldier • Prices going up over time • Last name of US President • Had excellent military leaders • Last name of Confederate President • Union general that secured Vicksburg • The bloodiest battle of the civil war • Nickname of famous Confederate general • What the war eventually was fought about • Fought for the country to be whole again • ...

Civil war 2025-05-19

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the plan they used against the south the ______ Plan
  2. what was the name of the guy that went to bed with Lincoln in his living room
  3. what percent of people were black in the union army
  4. what was the biggest killer of the war
  5. People had _______ fantasy's about the war
  6. The name of the general that walked around the camp with a group of women
  7. What Abraham Lincoln tried to repair
  8. famous abolitionist Fredrick
Down
  1. first major battle
  2. The North continuously failed to capture the _____ of the north
  3. the president during the civil war
  4. In 1863 what town on the Mississippi did General Grant capture
  5. The turning point and bloodiest battle of the war
  6. What did Lincoln make the war about to stop the France and Britain from joining the war
  7. Lincolns favorite general

15 Clues: first major battle • Lincolns favorite general • famous abolitionist Fredrick • the president during the civil war • What Abraham Lincoln tried to repair • what was the biggest killer of the war • People had _______ fantasy's about the war • The turning point and bloodiest battle of the war • what percent of people were black in the union army • ...

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.
Down
  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. • ...

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

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-12

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The amendment that defined United States citizenship
  2. The group that the seceded states started
  3. Violence broke out after this state became a free state
  4. A person who sought to abolish slavery
  5. Bringing the Southern states back into the Union
  6. The amendment that abolished slavery
Down
  1. Last name of the USA's president during the Civil War
  2. Last name of the general that led the winning side to victory
  3. The ____ Compromise was an act that made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state
  4. The amendment that granted African American men the to vote
  5. Civil War's bloodiest battle
  6. After the election of 1860, South ____ seceded from the Union
  7. The side that won the Civil War
  8. Last name of the Confederate general that served throughout the Civil War
  9. The ownership of a person as property

15 Clues: Civil War's bloodiest battle • The side that won the Civil War • The amendment that abolished slavery • The ownership of a person as property • A person who sought to abolish slavery • The group that the seceded states started • Bringing the Southern states back into the Union • The amendment that defined United States citizenship • ...

US civil war 2024-05-16

US civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. how did people talk over long distances during the civil war
  2. Which president had the nickname honest abe
  3. how did colonel shaw die
  4. what bullet made reloading easier.
  5. what was the civil war fought over
Down
  1. what explosive weapon was invented in 1861
  2. what did US civil war soldiers use before dog tags?
  3. what movement abolished slavery
  4. which US colonel led the 54th Massachusetts regiment
  5. who won the civil war?

10 Clues: who won the civil war? • how did colonel shaw die • what movement abolished slavery • what bullet made reloading easier. • what was the civil war fought over • what explosive weapon was invented in 1861 • Which president had the nickname honest abe • what did US civil war soldiers use before dog tags? • which US colonel led the 54th Massachusetts regiment • ...

The Civil War 2025-05-15

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is one thing that slaves were forced to do?
  2. what month did the civil war end?
  3. who wanted to have a fight?
  4. Why did the Civil war even happen?
  5. what is one thing that slaves fought with?
Down
  1. Who stopped slavery?
  2. what were people wearing during the Civil war?
  3. What race was all the slaves?
  4. how many people died during the civil war?
  5. How many slaves were there?

10 Clues: Who stopped slavery? • How many slaves were there? • who wanted to have a fight? • What race was all the slaves? • what month did the civil war end? • Why did the Civil war even happen? • what is one thing that slaves fought with? • how many people died during the civil war? • what were people wearing during the Civil war? • What is one thing that slaves were forced to do?

Civil War Crossword 2021-12-01

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Group of civilians used to support the regular army in an emergency
  2. To lie in wait for an unexpected attack
  3. Military strategy in which everything is destroyed on the enemy's side
  4. Hard crackers made of water, salt, and flour
  5. Loyal to the south
  6. Soldiers who are wounded, killed, or MIA
  7. The name for the north
  8. State of bondage of African Americans
  9. Efforts of the north to stop ships in southern ports
  10. Union fort that was attacked by the south, starting the Civil War
Down
  1. An organized group of soldiers, made of multiple corps
  2. Smooth bore firearm fired from the shoulder
  3. Large earthen mound used to shield artillery or infantry
  4. A wall of post used to keep enemies out
  5. Branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare
  6. Someone who wants to get rid of slavery
  7. President of the Union during the Civil War
  8. Military mounted on horseback
  9. The period before the outbreak of the Civil War
  10. President of the Confederate States of America

20 Clues: Loyal to the south • The name for the north • Military mounted on horseback • State of bondage of African Americans • A wall of post used to keep enemies out • To lie in wait for an unexpected attack • Someone who wants to get rid of slavery • Soldiers who are wounded, killed, or MIA • Smooth bore firearm fired from the shoulder • President of the Union during the Civil War • ...

The American Civil War by Oliver Zamarripa 2016-04-22

The American Civil War by Oliver Zamarripa crossword puzzle
Across
  1. these soldiers wear blue blue uniforms
  2. these are escaped slaves
  3. a constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
  4. the Union army gained more control of the Mississippi River in battle
  5. these ships are named after the heavily armored with iron they carry
  6. a bullet used both by north and south
  7. these soldiers wear apricotish uniforms
  8. he developed a two-part strategy
  9. the first major battle of the civil war
  10. a key battle that finally turned the tide against the confederates
Down
  1. the freeing of slaves
  2. This was the first battle of the Civil War
  3. his nickname is stonewall after what he did
  4. these were Midwesterners that sympathized the south
  5. a idea by Great Britain
  6. Lincoln asked him to him to lead the Union army
  7. General Grant's troops began this in mid-May 1863
  8. the battle is also known as battle of Sharpsburg
  9. this battle made the Union army retreat from near Richmond
  10. This was the Union president during the Civil War (last name)

20 Clues: the freeing of slaves • a idea by Great Britain • these are escaped slaves • he developed a two-part strategy • a bullet used both by north and south • these soldiers wear blue blue uniforms • these soldiers wear apricotish uniforms • the first major battle of the civil war • This was the first battle of the Civil War • his nickname is stonewall after what he did • ...

The American Civil War 2023-05-09

The American Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union general who later became president
  2. Battle of Bull ___
  3. Abraham Lincoln grew up in a ___ cabin
  4. color of union unirforms
  5. Union general at the Battle of Gettysburg
  6. vice president to Lincoln
  7. Color of confederate uniforms
  8. bloodiest one day battle of the civil war
  9. this state was home to richmond, and was the capitial of the confederacy
  10. The North was also called the _____
  11. to leave or withdraw
  12. first state to secede from the Union
  13. The first battle of the civil war was fought here
Down
  1. President Licoln delivered the __________ to honor soldiers who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg
  2. Who assassinated Lincoln?
  3. another name for a big farm
  4. General Sherman destroyed which state?
  5. Jefferson Davis was president of the _______
  6. president during the civil war
  7. first name of Lincoln's wife
  8. _____ were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation
  9. ____clads were made to destroy woodenships
  10. he led the "March to the Sea"
  11. this theater where Lincoln was shot
  12. opposition of the North

25 Clues: Battle of Bull ___ • to leave or withdraw • opposition of the North • color of union unirforms • Who assassinated Lincoln? • vice president to Lincoln • another name for a big farm • first name of Lincoln's wife • he led the "March to the Sea" • Color of confederate uniforms • president during the civil war • this theater where Lincoln was shot • The North was also called the _____ • ...

Civil War crossword 2024-11-19

Civil War crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This state seceded first
  2. Last name of a presidential assassin
  3. This polticial party wanted to get rid of slavery
  4. This is where women protested the government over lack of food
  5. Popular passtime during the civil war
  6. Doctors were refered to as this
  7. Republicans were refered to as this
  8. President of the Confederacy
  9. To build after being destroyed
  10. Bleeding _______, this violent uprising occured because of voting
  11. To get rid of, in this case slavery
  12. To excuse for a crime
  13. This compromise established the 36,30 parrallel
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  1. Based on farming
  2. Northern part of the US
  3. Where Lincoln said "of the people, by the people and for the people"
  4. Worthless after the civil war
  5. President after Lincoln died
  6. People identified more with thier region than thier country
  7. Southern states that seceded
  8. Leader of the union army
  9. Based on industry
  10. Leader of the confedrate army
  11. To leave
  12. To free
  13. President during the civil war

26 Clues: To free • To leave • Based on farming • Based on industry • To excuse for a crime • Northern part of the US • This state seceded first • Leader of the union army • President after Lincoln died • Southern states that seceded • President of the Confederacy • Worthless after the civil war • Leader of the confedrate army • To build after being destroyed • President during the civil war • ...

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
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  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.
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  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. • ...

Fort Sumter 2025-03-07

Fort Sumter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. U.S. president during the Civil War
  2. The first major battle of the Civil War (also called First Manassas)
  3. The general who led the Confederate army
  4. The fort in South Carolina where the Civil War began
  5. The war ended when General Lee surrendered at this location
  6. The army that fought for the North
  7. The Union general in charge at Fort Sumter when it was attacked
  8. The battle that was the turning point of the war, fought in Pennsylvania
  9. The first state to secede from the Union
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  1. The President of the Confederate States
  2. The document that freed enslaved people in Confederate states
  3. The Union general who led the March to the Sea
  4. The Confederate general who commanded the attack on Fort Sumter
  5. The famous address given by Lincoln at the site of a major battle
  6. The army that fought for the South

15 Clues: The army that fought for the North • The army that fought for the South • U.S. president during the Civil War • The President of the Confederate States • The general who led the Confederate army • The first state to secede from the Union • The Union general who led the March to the Sea • The fort in South Carolina where the Civil War began • ...

Vocab Us History 2014-08-21

Vocab Us History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A confederate sympathizer and professional actor
  2. A Largely Southern political party that favored slavery
  3. the act of a state to leave the nation under which it belongs and become a sovereign nation
  4. Saw the largest battle of American civil war
  5. A union general who served under president Lincoln
  6. the location of a major civil war battle in Maryland
  7. happened in 1850 and is an agreement between the federal government and Southern states.
  8. Their goal was to eliminate slavery and see equal treatment of all people
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  1. President of the confederate states of America during the civil war
  2. Was enacted in 1820 to appease slave sate concerns over federal aboliation of slavery
  3. General of the confederate troops during the civil war
  4. A union stronghold in south Carolina
  5. 16th president
  6. New political party that emerged in the north in the mid 1800's

14 Clues: 16th president • A union stronghold in south Carolina • Saw the largest battle of American civil war • A confederate sympathizer and professional actor • A union general who served under president Lincoln • the location of a major civil war battle in Maryland • General of the confederate troops during the 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

Civil War 2016-03-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. stop shipping
  2. the North
  3. president during the Civil War
  4. turning point of the Civil War
  5. ships made of metal
  6. came from the North to the South
  7. Southern states
  8. withdraw from the Union
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  1. Southern Soldiers
  2. Northern General
  3. ignore a Federal law
  4. Lee surrendered at Appomattox ___
  5. one who supported the North in the South
  6. Northerners
  7. Southern General

15 Clues: the North • Northerners • stop shipping • Southern states • Northern General • Southern General • Southern Soldiers • ships made of metal • ignore a Federal law • withdraw from the Union • president during the Civil War • turning point of the Civil War • came from the North to the South • Lee surrendered at Appomattox ___ • one who supported the North in the South

Civil War 2013-02-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the ending of a practice
  2. welfare of others through generous donations of time and money.
  3. custom of having slaves
  4. with draw
  5. the legume of the 11 southern states
  6. a soldier armed with a sword
  7. heavy large gun used in 16 hundreds
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  1. against having slaves
  2. inhabit of the United States
  3. Union
  4. Line to withdraw from an organization
  5. describing people of African culture
  6. citizens of or belonging to citizens
  7. confederate
  8. the act of joining together of two or more groups

15 Clues: Union • with draw • confederate • against having slaves • custom of having slaves • the ending of a practice • inhabit of the United States • a soldier armed with a sword • heavy large gun used in 16 hundreds • describing people of African culture • the legume of the 11 southern states • citizens of or belonging to citizens • Line to withdraw from an organization • ...

Civil War 2014-11-24

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Separate Kansas and Nebraska
  2. Labor workers weren't slaves
  3. Secrete routes and safe houses
  4. People would decide slavery themselves
  5. Emphasized dangers of delay
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  1. Men are champion southern causes
  2. Party provoked Kansas Nebraska Act
  3. Wrote a novel on slavery
  4. Seized alleged slaves
  5. Free soil, speech, labor, man
  6. Train to California through Mexico
  7. Law passed between slavery groups
  8. An amendment to fund new territories
  9. Roman Catholics wouldn't reveal secrets
  10. A novel that aroused passion

15 Clues: Seized alleged slaves • Wrote a novel on slavery • Emphasized dangers of delay • Separate Kansas and Nebraska • Labor workers weren't slaves • A novel that aroused passion • Free soil, speech, labor, man • Secrete routes and safe houses • Men are champion southern causes • Law passed between slavery groups • Party provoked Kansas Nebraska Act • Train to California through Mexico • ...

Civil War 2014-11-24

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Provide Unionist choice
  2. Divided Nebraska and Kansas
  3. thrust Lincoln into national spotlight
  4. Antislavery Whigs and Democrats
  5. Daughter of Thomas Hart Benton
  6. 1857 Chief Justice
  7. Pathfinder of the West
  8. Mexican-American War hero
  9. Republican Party's free ammunition
  10. Not a true compromise
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  1. Said "I know nothing"
  2. Novel
  3. Created by seceded states
  4. Series of secret stations
  5. Free-soil settler

15 Clues: Novel • Free-soil settler • 1857 Chief Justice • Said "I know nothing" • Not a true compromise • Pathfinder of the West • Provide Unionist choice • Created by seceded states • Series of secret stations • Mexican-American War hero • Divided Nebraska and Kansas • Daughter of Thomas Hart Benton • Antislavery Whigs and Democrats • Republican Party's free ammunition • ...

Civil War 2014-11-24

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Daughter of Senator of Missouri
  2. Offered compromise through popular sovereignty
  3. Antislavery Whigs and Democrats founded
  4. Divided territory into Kansas, Nebraska
  5. Many secret slavery stations
  6. Catholic candidates of American Party
  7. White nothern writer
  8. Called for major political realignment
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  1. A free-soil settler
  2. Novel that discusses slavery
  3. South route through Mexican territory
  4. Provide voters with Unionist choice
  5. Hated Republicans, detested racial equality
  6. Gave Republican Party fresh ammunition
  7. Soldier and California adventurer

15 Clues: A free-soil settler • White nothern writer • Novel that discusses slavery • Many secret slavery stations • Daughter of Senator of Missouri • Soldier and California adventurer • Provide voters with Unionist choice • South route through Mexican territory • Catholic candidates of American Party • Gave Republican Party fresh ammunition • Called for major political realignment • ...

Civil War 2014-11-25

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Member of famous clans
  2. Recruits who never revealed information
  3. Series of secret stations
  4. Sixteenth president
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  1. Organization provoked by Kansas Nebraska Act
  2. Famous novel
  3. Called for major political realignment
  4. Thrust Lincoln into national spotlight
  5. Divided huge territory into two
  6. Not a true compromise
  7. Democratic star from Illinois
  8. Free soil, speech, labor, men
  9. Law to seize alleged slaves
  10. Pathfinder of the West
  11. Argued for joint and common property

15 Clues: Famous novel • Sixteenth president • Not a true compromise • Member of famous clans • Pathfinder of the West • Series of secret stations • Law to seize alleged slaves • Democratic star from Illinois • Free soil, speech, labor, men • Divided huge territory into two • Argued for joint and common property • Called for major political realignment • Thrust Lincoln into national spotlight • ...

Civil war 2021-10-05

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the action or fact of joining or being joined, especially in a political context.
  2. the theory or practice of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports.
  3. the crisis based on territory
  4. a sustained fight between large organized armed forces.
  5. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
  6. president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War
  7. a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
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  1. American president in the civil war
  2. an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole
  3. states in north
  4. a native or citizen of the United States
  5. a state of the US in which slavery was illegal
  6. states in south
  7. the state of being a slave
  8. the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.

15 Clues: states in north • states in south • the state of being a slave • the crisis based on territory • American president in the civil war • a native or citizen of the United States • a state of the US in which slavery was illegal • a sustained fight between large organized armed forces. • a league or alliance, especially of confederate states. • ...

Civil War 2021-03-01

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Large guns used in warfare for the land.
  2. The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
  3. a blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle and used to stab an opponent in hand-to-hand fighting.
  4. Is a person who sought to abolish slavery during the 19th century
  5. 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.
  6. What we call money today
  7. An alliance formed
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  1. Soldiers ready to fight on the spot
  2. A bookbag
  3. an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
  4. 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
  5. When a candidate goes to other states where they have no connections with to get votes
  6. An ankle shoe made out of leather
  7. A ship made with armor to make it stronger
  8. unity agree in referring to a oneness, either created by putting together, or by being undivided.

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 2021-10-20

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to end something
  2. the south's main source of income
  3. 1st state to secede from the union
  4. battle with no clear winner
  5. general in the west, defeated lee
  6. in charge of the army of the potomac
  7. main reason for the war
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  1. blockade the west
  2. turning point of the war
  3. north
  4. south
  5. president of confederacy during the war
  6. 1st battle of civil war
  7. president of union during the war
  8. last name of the general in the south

15 Clues: north • south • to end something • blockade the west • 1st battle of civil war • main reason for the war • turning point of the war • battle with no clear winner • the south's main source of income • general in the west, defeated lee • president of union during the war • 1st state to secede from the union • in charge of the army of the potomac • last name of the general in the south • ...

civil war 2021-10-27

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a forgoten place of the civil war
  2. governed by the U.S. federal government led by President
  3. one of the fastest ways to travel
  4. first big battle of the civil war
  5. States fought between the Union states and the Confederate states.
  6. the speaker for the north and the union
  7. economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.
  8. focus was not to end slavery but to preserve the union.
  9. ways to trade and move goods
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  1. revolutionized long-distance communication.
  2. Union forces halted the northern invasion of Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army.
  3. central factor in what people were fighting for to free
  4. successfully prosecuted the Civil War to preserve the nation.
  5. plan called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral, a thrust down the Mississippi, and the strangulation of the South by Union land and naval forces.
  6. fought to defend slavery

15 Clues: fought to defend slavery • ways to trade and move goods • a forgoten place of the civil war • one of the fastest ways to travel • first big battle of the civil war • the speaker for the north and the union • revolutionized long-distance communication. • central factor in what people were fighting for to free • focus was not to end slavery but to preserve the union. • ...

civil war 2021-11-10

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to draw away or leave
  2. name for north persons
  3. most often a plantation of cotton containing many slaves
  4. the act of actively closing/sealing something off
  5. the name for the north
  6. exsiting/occuring before the civil war
  7. what the confederates would say they are and were often called such
  8. hard bread used for military rations
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  1. a person who favors the abolition of something
  2. a league or a group
  3. states on the edge/middle of south and north sides
  4. the encaction from Lincoln abolishing slavery
  5. boundary between maryland and Pennsylvania
  6. covered or protected by iron
  7. loyalty to your section more than the whole

15 Clues: a league or a group • to draw away or leave • name for north persons • the name for the north • covered or protected by iron • hard bread used for military rations • exsiting/occuring before the civil war • boundary between maryland and Pennsylvania • loyalty to your section more than the whole • the encaction from Lincoln abolishing slavery • ...

Civil War 2022-03-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. commanded the army of northern virginia
  2. His unit was known as Hood's Texas Virgina
  3. when someone is free
  4. free from outside control; self governing
  5. This battle happened September 8, 1863
  6. a person who supported the union during the civil war
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  1. This battle happened October 4, 1862
  2. 16th president of the US
  3. commander of the bayou city during the battle of Galveston
  4. The position that the federal government should not interfere with the states exercising their constitional powers
  5. laws limiting the rights of african americans passed by southern governments after the civil war
  6. a formerly enslaved person
  7. people who wanted to end slavery
  8. Texas Governor from 1861-1863
  9. focus on the interests of one region

15 Clues: when someone is free • 16th president of the US • a formerly enslaved person • Texas Governor from 1861-1863 • people who wanted to end slavery • This battle happened October 4, 1862 • focus on the interests of one region • This battle happened September 8, 1863 • commanded the army of northern virginia • free from outside control; self governing • ...

Civil War 2022-02-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The act of a state leaving the country of which it belongs
  2. Nickname for northern soldiers.
  3. Nickname for the bullet pouch
  4. Nickname for bullets
  5. A draining type of battle
  6. Union president in north
  7. Nickname for southern soldiers
  8. The south
  9. Rifle used in the war
  10. Fight between two sides
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  1. Most known battle
  2. Act of owning another person
  3. Freed slaves in the south
  4. Voting violence during 1860 election
  5. The north

15 Clues: The north • The south • Most known battle • Nickname for bullets • Rifle used in the war • Fight between two sides • Union president in north • Freed slaves in the south • A draining type of battle • Act of owning another person • Nickname for the bullet pouch • Nickname for southern soldiers • Nickname for northern soldiers. • Voting violence during 1860 election • ...

Civil war 2022-05-17

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Andrew Jackson was an ___
  2. is A hate group in Tennessee
  3. what people who fought were called
  4. what state left the USA when lincoln was elected
  5. These were passed to prevent or allow people do to certain things
  6. was the primary weapon used in the civil war
  7. another weapon used in war
  8. An southern war leader
Down
  1. who was elected in 1860
  2. Jackson was Lincoln's ____
  3. what happened to Lincoln on April 15
  4. the ___ Of Gettysburg and Antietam
  5. what was the war was primarily fought over
  6. what kind of house did Lee surrender in front of
  7. ___ strategy

15 Clues: ___ strategy • An southern war leader • who was elected in 1860 • Andrew Jackson was an ___ • Jackson was Lincoln's ____ • another weapon used in war • is A hate group in Tennessee • the ___ Of Gettysburg and Antietam • what people who fought were called • what happened to Lincoln on April 15 • what was the war was primarily fought over • ...

Civil war 2022-05-17

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Andrew Jackson was an ___
  2. is A hate group in Tennessee
  3. what people who fought were called
  4. what state left the USA when lincoln was elected
  5. These were passed to prevent or allow people do to certain things
  6. was the primary weapon used in the civil war
  7. another weapon used in war
  8. An southern war leader
Down
  1. who was elected in 1860
  2. Jackson was Lincoln's ____
  3. what happened to Lincoln on April 15
  4. the ___ Of Gettysburg and Antietam
  5. what was the war was primarily fought over
  6. what kind of house did Lee surrender in front of
  7. The ___ strategy

15 Clues: The ___ strategy • An southern war leader • who was elected in 1860 • Andrew Jackson was an ___ • Jackson was Lincoln's ____ • another weapon used in war • is A hate group in Tennessee • the ___ Of Gettysburg and Antietam • what people who fought were called • what happened to Lincoln on April 15 • what was the war was primarily fought over • ...

civil war 2022-05-16

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is paper money issued by the government called?
  2. what was it called when people are trying to fix everything after war?
  3. what is it called when people are forced to work for a person?
  4. what is it called when african americans are treated diffrently than white americans?
  5. what is a stream or river that feeds into a larger river called?
  6. what is it called when you formally join a war?
  7. what is it called when you refuse to give in?
Down
  1. what is the side of a miliary formation called?
  2. what was a warship equipped with plating for pretection called?
  3. what is it called when a soldier dies?
  4. what is a reward or payment called?
  5. a system of selecting people for required military service?
  6. what was the south called during the civil war?
  7. what was the north called during the civil war?
  8. what is it called when you are put into a trench for defense?

15 Clues: what is a reward or payment called? • what is it called when a soldier dies? • what is it called when you refuse to give in? • what is the side of a miliary formation called? • what was the south called during the civil war? • what was the north called during the civil war? • what is it called when you formally join a war? • ...

Civil War 2022-01-31

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The south tied to sell this during the Union blockade
  2. was moved from the prison in andersonville to this place.
  3. this march was 300 miles long and 60 miles wide
  4. another word for state suicide
  5. The president of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  6. was signed by Abraham Lincoln after the war in 1862
  7. this prison killed many men
  8. what month was the battle of chickamauga fought
  9. the emancipation proclamation became a law on the first day of this month in 1863
  10. was known as the bloodiest battle of georgia history
Down
  1. The leader of those opposed to secession at the Georgia Secessionist Convention in 1861
  2. was in the Union anaconda plan and had a negative impact on the economies of other countries
  3. This was an attempt to get to Atlanta, Georgia and was done by sherman
  4. this plan was to squeeze and starve the south to death
  5. The capital of Georgia captured by Union troops in 1864

15 Clues: this prison killed many men • another word for state suicide • this march was 300 miles long and 60 miles wide • what month was the battle of chickamauga fought • was signed by Abraham Lincoln after the war in 1862 • was known as the bloodiest battle of georgia history • The south tied to sell this during the Union blockade • ...

Civil War 2022-01-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Emancipation Proclamation gave the northerners this as a reason to fight the war
  2. The Battle of Chickamauga was the first major battle fought during the war in?
  3. Hood created the battle of?
  4. freedom
  5. deadliest landscape of the war
  6. who was known as the “Great Emancipator?”
  7. what battle was the largest union defeat?
  8. What did the confederacy take over to hold prisoners of war?
  9. what was one thing the union blockade locked the south from getting?
Down
  1. the goal of the battle of chickamauga was to capture the city of?
  2. the goal of the union blockade was to weaken the?
  3. soldiers from southern slave states that fought in the Civil War
  4. Sherman split his troops in half, and one half went to force who away from the railroad?
  5. looting and burning of a city
  6. blockade part of the anaconda plan

15 Clues: freedom • Hood created the battle of? • looting and burning of a city • deadliest landscape of the war • blockade part of the anaconda plan • who was known as the “Great Emancipator?” • what battle was the largest union defeat? • the goal of the union blockade was to weaken the? • What did the confederacy take over to hold prisoners of war? • ...

Civil war 2021-12-02

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What the north called themselves
  2. The prison notorious for being misstreating to their prisoners
  3. President that said he would end slavery
  4. Cut off the south's supplies
  5. General with the scorched earth policy
  6. The guy who ran the Andersonville prison
  7. the south's general that was greatly outnumbered by the north during the Atlanta campaign
  8. The plan that took Atlanta for the north
  9. The general that failed to bring his troops back to Chattanooga
Down
  1. They were private citizens who sailed past union ships to get cotton to England
  2. A Christmas gift for Abraham Lincon
  3. Document that said all slaves in rebellious states will be freed
  4. 2nd bloodiest battle
  5. A path of destruction that went all throughout the south
  6. The president of the south that failed in slowing down Sherman's army

15 Clues: 2nd bloodiest battle • Cut off the south's supplies • What the north called themselves • A Christmas gift for Abraham Lincon • General with the scorched earth policy • President that said he would end slavery • The guy who ran the Andersonville prison • The plan that took Atlanta for the north • A path of destruction that went all throughout the south • ...

Civil War 2022-02-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. "four score and seven years ago" was the opening of a speech given by Abraham Lincoln and is one of the most important speeches in history
  2. a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent
  3. the period immediately following the civil war in which the United States administration sough to re build society in the formerly confederate states
  4. political debates sparked over the legality of slavery that created violent civil confrontations in Kansas
  5. southerners who supported reconstruction policies and efforts after the war
  6. government agency crated by presidnt lincon to aid the freedmen of the south
  7. the site of the first shots of the civil war
  8. a historic movement that sought to end slavery and free the enslaved people
  9. peoples power: the government gets it's right to rule from the consent of the people
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  1. laws passed to restrict the freedom of Blacks in the south
  2. an executive order of President Lincoln that freed all slaves in rebellious states against the federal government
  3. an extremists group that reappeared in three different eras and originally acted as a vigilante group that targeted newly freed black populations and Republican politicians in the Reconstruction governments of the former Confederacy
  4. northers who moved to the south after the war
  5. attacked Harper's Ferry and was a prominent abolitionist
  6. 16th president and first republican elected, ten percent plan

15 Clues: the site of the first shots of the civil war • northers who moved to the south after the war • a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent • attacked Harper's Ferry and was a prominent abolitionist • laws passed to restrict the freedom of Blacks in the south • 16th president and first republican elected, ten percent plan • ...

Civil War 2022-11-18

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. commanded the US Army garrison of Fort Sumter
  2. trained and commanded the First New Jersey Brig
  3. he escaped and helped others gain their freedom as a conductor of the Underground Railroad
  4. wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.
  5. led a revolt against his enslavers.
  6. led the South's attempt at secession during the Civil War.
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  1. an abolitionist who had fought against slave-owners in Kansas
  2. built the Republican Party, and served as the sixteenth president of the United States
  3. assisted and advised anti-slavery members of the United States Congress.
  4. requested that he be declared a free man
  5. served as the sixth president of the United States
  6. United States Armor Officer and was appointed on June 14, 1861 to brigadier general of volunteers by President Abraham Lincoln
  7. participation in the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863
  8. he forged the Compromise of 1850 to maintain the Union
  9. led Union forces in crushing campaigns through the South, marching through Georgia and the Carolinas

15 Clues: led a revolt against his enslavers. • requested that he be declared a free man • commanded the US Army garrison of Fort Sumter • trained and commanded the First New Jersey Brig • served as the sixth president of the United States • participation in the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 • he forged the Compromise of 1850 to maintain the Union • ...

Civil War 2021-05-07

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. side with advantages of population, navy, industry, and wealth, and disadvantage of divided support
  2. first major setback for Confederates, near Charleston, remained in Union possession for the rest of the war
  3. their strategy was to just sit and wait out the war
  4. name of Confederate general who surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, at the Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War
  5. side with advantages of being on the defensive, motivation, and local support, and disadvantages of a weak government and poor transportation
  6. union strategy to surround the South from all sides and squeeze them
  7. slave who gathered information and delivered a Confederate ship to the Union blockade in order to escape Charleston with his family
  8. strategy employed by William Sherman during his march to the sea, saying if you support the war, you can be harmed
  9. first submarine, developed by Confederacy to stop the siege of Charleston, sank three times
Down
  1. federal outpost, first battle of civil war
  2. a war fought internally between differing factions, religious groups, or powers
  3. issued by Lincoln, said that any states that continued to rebel would have their slaves freed, and allowed African Americans to serve in the army
  4. the use of naval forces to stop shipping
  5. In 1863, this Confederate city was besieged from Port Royal
  6. capital of the Confederacy

15 Clues: capital of the Confederacy • the use of naval forces to stop shipping • federal outpost, first battle of civil war • their strategy was to just sit and wait out the war • In 1863, this Confederate city was besieged from Port Royal • union strategy to surround the South from all sides and squeeze them • ...

Civil War 2024-01-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a person from the Northern states who went to the South to profit from reconstruction
  2. soldiers marching or fighting on foot
  3. warship with iron plating
  4. the northern states
  5. small sturdy sack carried on the back or over the shoulder
  6. a colony
  7. weapons
  8. turning point
  9. the confederate states
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  1. withdraw formally
  2. slang term for US dollar
  3. Sumter the beginning of the war
  4. a person who wanted to end slavery
  5. the president during the war
  6. leather shoe reaching the ankle

15 Clues: weapons • a colony • turning point • withdraw formally • the northern states • the confederate states • slang term for US dollar • warship with iron plating • the president during the war • Sumter the beginning of the war • leather shoe reaching the ankle • a person who wanted to end slavery • soldiers marching or fighting on foot • ...

Civil War 2023-09-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The act of setting someone free from slavery or oppression.
  2. A person who works to end slavery.
  3. The period after the Civil War when the United States was rebuilding and reuniting.
  4. Address A famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln about the principles of democracy and equality.
  5. The state of being free from oppression or slavery.
  6. A group of states or territories that join together for a common goal.
  7. The practice of owning and controlling people as property.
  8. A struggle or disagreement between groups or individuals.
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  1. People who are trained and fight in a country's army.
  2. A group of states or people united for a common purpose.
  3. A fight or combat between armed forces.
  4. Large farms where crops like cotton were grown, often using slave labor.
  5. The area where a battle takes place.
  6. High-ranking military officers who lead armies into battle.
  7. The act of withdrawing or breaking away from a larger group or organization.

15 Clues: A person who works to end slavery. • The area where a battle takes place. • A fight or combat between armed forces. • The state of being free from oppression or slavery. • People who are trained and fight in a country's army. • A group of states or people united for a common purpose. • A struggle or disagreement between groups or individuals. • ...

Civil War 2023-09-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A struggle or disagreement between groups or individuals.
  2. The act of withdrawing or breaking away from a larger group or organization.
  3. The area where a battle takes place.
  4. A group of states or territories that join together for a common goal.
  5. A person who works to end slavery.
  6. A group of states or people united for a common purpose.
  7. A fight or combat between armed forces.
Down
  1. Large farms where crops like cotton were grown, often using slave labor.
  2. The period after the Civil War when the United States was rebuilding and reuniting.
  3. High-ranking military officers who lead armies into battle.
  4. The practice of owning and controlling people as property.
  5. The state of being free from oppression or slavery.
  6. The act of setting someone free from slavery or oppression.
  7. Address A famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln about the principles of democracy and equality.
  8. People who are trained and fight in a country's army.

15 Clues: A person who works to end slavery. • The area where a battle takes place. • A fight or combat between armed forces. • The state of being free from oppression or slavery. • People who are trained and fight in a country's army. • A group of states or people united for a common purpose. • A struggle or disagreement between groups or individuals. • ...

Civil War 2023-10-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
  2. - A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
  3. - A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
  4. - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
  5. - An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  6. - A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
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  1. - A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
  2. - The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
  3. - The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
  4. - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
  5. - A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
  6. - Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
  7. - When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
  8. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  9. - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.

15 Clues: - An army of citizens used during emergencies. • - A term used to describe people who supported the Union. • - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War. • - A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers. • - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union. • ...

civil war 2023-10-12

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A free man that spoke of the horrors of slavery
  2. an event that caused unrest against the south of north
  3. Regions outside of major cities
  4. Mechanical tools
  5. is the 16th presidential election
  6. the fort attacked by the south
  7. An important member of the underground railroad
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  1. general for the confederate army
  2. The compromise for what states should be slave or free
  3. One of the many reasons for the start of the civil war
  4. Synonymous with farming
  5. The act of holding someone as property
  6. The group that elects the president
  7. used to free slaves
  8. A machine that makes picking cotton faster

15 Clues: Mechanical tools • used to free slaves • Synonymous with farming • the fort attacked by the south • Regions outside of major cities • general for the confederate army • is the 16th presidential election • The group that elects the president • The act of holding someone as property • A machine that makes picking cotton faster • A free man that spoke of the horrors of slavery • ...

Civil War 2023-10-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a series of trails with stops that slaves would use to escape to the north
  2. His case determined that slaves were property and can never be citizens
  3. nickname for Union soldiers
  4. The territories of Utah and New Mexico were under _________ in regards to slavery
  5. a group of states that left the Union; the other side of the Civil War
  6. she is one of the most famous conductors that led 300 slaves to freedom
  7. freedom from slavery; ___________ Proclamation
  8. a person who wished to get rid of slavery
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  1. a time period where brutal violence occurred in the state of Kansas
  2. to separate from the Union
  3. Led the Pottawatonie Massacre
  4. a large farm in the southern United States; during the Civil War, many of their works were slaves.
  5. to put one’s interest over those of others
  6. name given to those is the South/sympathetic to the Confederacy
  7. a state of bondage where African-Americans were forced into a life of labor on behalf of their “owners”

15 Clues: to separate from the Union • nickname for Union soldiers • Led the Pottawatonie Massacre • a person who wished to get rid of slavery • to put one’s interest over those of others • freedom from slavery; ___________ Proclamation • name given to those is the South/sympathetic to the Confederacy • a time period where brutal violence occurred in the state of Kansas • ...

Civil War 2019-06-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Maryland was a ______ state.
  2. Bloodiest 1 day in American history.
  3. States that were not pro or anti slavery.
  4. Stone-Wall Jackson died here.
  5. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
  6. What was the South know as?
  7. The name for the Northern army.
  8. First major battle.
  9. Battle of 7 days.
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  1. The North was waiting for _______ at Fredericksburg.
  2. First state to secede from the union.
  3. New York was a _______ state.
  4. The Northern leader who was too cautious.
  5. Most well-known Southern general.
  6. Turning point of the war.

15 Clues: Battle of 7 days. • First major battle. • Turning point of the war. • What was the South know as? • Maryland was a ______ state. • New York was a _______ state. • Stone-Wall Jackson died here. • The name for the Northern army. • Most well-known Southern general. • Bloodiest 1 day in American history. • First state to secede from the union. • ...

Civil war 2024-04-07

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The right to having a hearing before jail is suspended
  2. Battle near Chancellorsvile in May 1863
  3. The Confederates biggest loss in America
  4. A famous speech given to honor fallen soldiers
  5. The Union's first Ironclad
  6. Robert E. Lee's birth place
  7. Northerners who opposed the war and wanted peace
  8. First major Battle of the Civil War
  9. Increase in prices
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  1. One of the Union's worst defeats in December 1862
  2. More American casualties than any other battle
  3. One of the most famous African American units
  4. Document released on January 1st, 1863
  5. The 54th's attack on July 18, 1863
  6. Result of Battle let the Union capture a crucial railroad

15 Clues: Increase in prices • The Union's first Ironclad • Robert E. Lee's birth place • The 54th's attack on July 18, 1863 • First major Battle of the Civil War • Document released on January 1st, 1863 • Battle near Chancellorsvile in May 1863 • The Confederates biggest loss in America • One of the most famous African American units • More American casualties than any other battle • ...

Civil war 2024-05-09

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a coarse stout leather shoe reaching to the ankle
  2. used or intended to defend or protect.
  3. a dead soldier
  4. an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
  5. a doctor on the battle field
  6. a collective of workers who organize to improve their workplace
  7. a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
  8. a single-strapped bag worn over one shoulder and used for carrying supplies
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  1. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or slavery.
  2. a league or alliance, especially of confederate states
  3. crop
  4. large-caliber guns used in warfare on land.
  5. covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated
  6. a person who is forced to work for and obey another and is considered to be their property
  7. a dollar bill

15 Clues: crop • a dollar bill • a dead soldier • a doctor on the battle field • used or intended to defend or protect. • large-caliber guns used in warfare on land. • a coarse stout leather shoe reaching to the ankle • a league or alliance, especially of confederate states • a collective of workers who organize to improve their workplace • ...

Civil War 2024-03-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A legal writ, or order, that guarantees a prisoner the right to be heard in court.
  2. Armed pro-slavery supporter who crossed the border from Missour to vote in Kansas
  3. A place to store weapons and military equipment
  4. A person who dies for a cause
  5. Decree issued by President Lincoln freeing enslaved people in those parts of the confederacy still in rebellion on January 1, 1863.
  6. withdrawal
  7. A system of selecting people for required military service.
  8. Person who is running away from legal authority
  9. To officially leave an organization
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  1. A strategy of bringing war to the entire society not just the military.
  2. State on the border between the North and South: Delaware, maryland, kentucky, and Missouri
  3. soldier who is killed wounded, captured or missing in a battle
  4. A warship equipped with iron plating for protection
  5. To formally join a military force
  6. Stream or smaller river that feed into a larger river

15 Clues: withdrawal • A person who dies for a cause • To formally join a military force • To officially leave an organization • A place to store weapons and military equipment • Person who is running away from legal authority • A warship equipped with iron plating for protection • Stream or smaller river that feed into a larger river • ...

Civil War 2023-02-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A group that doesn’t support slavery.
  2. The amendment that protected the rights of the formerly enslaved people.
  3. Jobs that African American generally held after the war.
  4. The amount of times the Confederacy controlled Brownsville.
  5. His unit was Hood’s Texas Brigade.
  6. The amendment that outlawed of slavery.
  7. One commander of the Union- Lee surrendered to this person.
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  1. Year that General Lee surrendered to General Grant.
  2. A group that supported slavery.
  3. Oct 4, 1862- Union took over and overcame Confederate defenses.
  4. Confederates won- the last battle of the Civil War took place here.
  5. The celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation (the day).
  6. 16th US president- supported the Union.
  7. The amount of times the Union controlled Brownsville.
  8. When someone works for you without pay.

15 Clues: A group that supported slavery. • His unit was Hood’s Texas Brigade. • A group that doesn’t support slavery. • 16th US president- supported the Union. • When someone works for you without pay. • The amendment that outlawed of slavery. • Year that General Lee surrendered to General Grant. • The amount of times the Union controlled Brownsville. • ...

Civil War 2023-02-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A person working to end slavery
  2. Leader of Confederate Army
  3. President of the North/Union
  4. After attempts to block the last remaining port
  5. President of the Confederate States of America
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  1. Refused to take oath of confederacy from Texas
  2. A large farm in the southern United States.
  3. Texas lawmaker and congressman Andrew Hamilton was nominated by Lincoln as military governor of Texas following the war
  4. Bloodiest battle in the Civil War
  5. the final battle of the American Civil War
  6. The act of being a slave
  7. a district judge who organized and commanded the First Texas Cavalry Regiment
  8. Abraham Lincoln Assassin
  9. The act of leaving a whole.
  10. Leader of Union Army

15 Clues: Leader of Union Army • The act of being a slave • Abraham Lincoln Assassin • Leader of Confederate Army • The act of leaving a whole. • President of the North/Union • A person working to end slavery • Bloodiest battle in the Civil War • the final battle of the American Civil War • A large farm in the southern United States. • Refused to take oath of confederacy from Texas • ...

CIVIL WAR 2023-02-06

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  2. A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
  3. Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  4. A nickname for the South.
  5. When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  6. A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
  7. A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
Down
  1. Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
  2. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  3. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  4. These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
  5. A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  6. A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
  7. An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.
  8. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.

15 Clues: A nickname for the South. • Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • When a person is murdered for political reasons. • A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery. • An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War. • A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War. • ...

Civil War 2023-06-02

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Powerful artillery used in battle
  2. Southern states that seceded from the Union
  3. Brave individuals on the front lines
  4. point Crucial moment that shifted the course of the war
  5. Location where a major Civil War clash occurred
  6. Guidance and direction from commanding officers
  7. Military strategies employed during the conflict
  8. Address Famous speech given by President Lincoln
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  1. Northern states fighting against the Confederacy
  2. Site where a famous address was delivered
  3. Injured or killed individuals during the battle
  4. Heavy guns used in warfare
  5. Military leaders commanding troops
  6. Foot soldiers on the battlefield
  7. Charge Infamous Confederate assault on Union lines

15 Clues: Heavy guns used in warfare • Foot soldiers on the battlefield • Powerful artillery used in battle • Military leaders commanding troops • Brave individuals on the front lines • Site where a famous address was delivered • Southern states that seceded from the Union • Injured or killed individuals during the battle • Location where a major Civil War clash occurred • ...

civil war 2023-03-10

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. arguilculture
  2. pro slavery
  3. the case that stated slaves are property
  4. a northern book about slavery
  5. got rid of slavery
  6. people forced to do stuff
  7. another version of a tax
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  1. urbanization
  2. slave owners and abolsnist fought
  3. power to states
  4. pride in ones country
  5. indivaul rights for people
  6. con slavery
  7. the first ferry to travel up stream
  8. to leave your country

15 Clues: pro slavery • con slavery • urbanization • arguilculture • power to states • got rid of slavery • pride in ones country • to leave your country • another version of a tax • people forced to do stuff • indivaul rights for people • a northern book about slavery • slave owners and abolsnist fought • the first ferry to travel up stream • the case that stated slaves are property

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 2023-04-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sovereignty the idea that political
  2. a devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole a devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole
  3. Proviso a proposal to outlaw slavery in the territory added to the United States by the Mexican Cession;passed in the House of Representatives but was defeated in the Senate
  4. to formally withdraw from the Union
  5. sumter a federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by the Confederates in April 1861, sparking the Civil War
  6. Tom’s Cabin an antislavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed northerners the violent reality of slavery and drew many people to the abolitionists’ cause
  7. burn Enslaved African American, he ran away and was arrested in Boston. His arrest became the center of violent protests by northern opponents of the Fugitive Slave Act.
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  1. Slave Act a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal, and required their return to slaveholders
  2. Harriet Beecher American author and daughter of Lyman Beecher, she was an abolitionist and author of the famous antislavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
  3. party a political party formed in 1848 by antislavery northerners who left the Whig and Democratic parties because neither addressed the slavery issue
  4. Winfield American general, he served as commander in the Mexican War and used a two-part strategy against the South in the Civil War; he wanted to destroy the South’s economy with a naval blockade and gain control of the Mississippi River.
  5. state Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri; slave states that lay between the North and the South and did not join the Confederacy during the Civil War
  6. of 1850 Henry Clay’s proposed agreement that allowed California to enter the Union as a free state and divided the rest of the Mexican Cession into two territories where slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty
  7. belong to the people
  8. diplomacy Confederate efforts to use the importance of southern cotton to Britain’s textile industry to persuade the British to support the Confederacy in the Civil War

15 Clues: belong to the people • sovereignty the idea that political • to formally withdraw from the Union • sumter a federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by the Confederates in April 1861, sparking the Civil War • ...

civil war 2023-04-28

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Henry clay's proposed agreement that allowed California to enter the union as a free state and divided the rest of the Mexican Cession into two territories where slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty?
  2. the idea that political authority belongs to the people?
  3. An antislavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed northerners the violent reality if slavery and drew many people to the abolitionists' cause?
  4. who won the war?
  5. Confederate efforts to use the importance of southern cotton to Britains textile industry to persuade the British to support the confederacy in the civil war?
  6. a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders?
  7. A devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole?
  8. A political party formed in 1848 by antislavery northerners who left the Whig and democratic parties because neither addressed the slavery issue?
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  1. American author and daughter of Lyman Beecher he was
  2. A federal outpost in Charleston South Carolina that was attacked bu the confederates in April 1861 sparking the civil war?
  3. Enslaved African american he ran away and was arrested in Boston. his arrest became the center of violent protests by northern opponents of the fugitive slave act?
  4. American general he served as a commander in the Mexican war and used a two part strategy against the south in the civil war he wanted to destroy the South's economy with a naval blockade and gain control of the Mississippi river?.
  5. TO formally withdraw from the union?
  6. A proposal to outlaw slavery in the territory added to the united states by the Mexican Cession;passed in the house of representatives but was defeated in the senate?
  7. a slave state that lay between the north and the south and did not join the confederacy during the civil war Delaware Kentucky Maryland and Missouri were border states?

15 Clues: who won the war? • TO formally withdraw from the union? • American author and daughter of Lyman Beecher he was • the idea that political authority belongs to the people? • A devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole? • ...

Civil War 2025-03-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a person who worked to end slavery during the 1700s and 1800s
  2. to end something, such as an organization
  3. a person who runs away or hides to avoid capture
  4. relating to the 11 states that seceded from the Union to form a new and separate republic
  5. to return to a friendly relationship after a conflict
  6. a part of the government who is responsible for making laws
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  1. moral or virtuous
  2. Rights the rights that all citizens are supposed to have according to the Constitution’s amendments
  3. the states that made up the United States; during the Civil War, that states that supported the US government
  4. to make a statement or provide evidence
  5. to reject or refuse to approve a law
  6. the act of setting someone or something free
  7. Court the highest court in America
  8. a group of government officials who advise the president
  9. a system in which people are legally owned by another or forced to work without pay

15 Clues: moral or virtuous • to reject or refuse to approve a law • Court the highest court in America • to make a statement or provide evidence • to end something, such as an organization • the act of setting someone or something free • a person who runs away or hides to avoid capture • to return to a friendly relationship after a conflict • ...

civil war 2025-04-18

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 18th U.S president
  2. Captial of the Confederate States of America
  3. Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg
  4. Capital of the United States of America
  5. Confederate General who was forced to surrender
  6. War between the Union and the Confederacy
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  1. the Union War strategy
  2. the court house where General Lee surrendered
  3. killer of Abraham Lincoln
  4. the 16th U.S president
  5. Union General who led Sherman's march
  6. famous battle in pennsylvania
  7. Also known as the north
  8. Also known as the south
  9. also known as the Battle of Hampton Roads

15 Clues: 18th U.S president • the Union War strategy • the 16th U.S president • Also known as the north • Also known as the south • killer of Abraham Lincoln • famous battle in pennsylvania • Union General who led Sherman's march • Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg • Capital of the United States of America • also known as the Battle of Hampton Roads • ...

civil war 2025-04-18

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Also known as the 1st battle of Bull Run
  2. the Union War strategy
  3. killer of Abraham Lincoln
  4. famous battle in pennsylvania
  5. Captial of the Confederate States of America
  6. Confederate General who was forced to surrender
  7. the 16th U.S president
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  1. the court house where General Lee surrendered
  2. Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg
  3. Capital of the United States of America
  4. War between the Union and the Confederacy
  5. Also known as the south
  6. Union General who led Sherman's march
  7. Also known as the north
  8. 18th U.S president

15 Clues: 18th U.S president • the Union War strategy • the 16th U.S president • Also known as the south • Also known as the north • killer of Abraham Lincoln • famous battle in pennsylvania • Union General who led Sherman's march • Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg • Capital of the United States of America • Also known as the 1st battle of Bull Run • ...

Civil War 2025-05-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A name for democrats that wanted war to end
  2. The northern name for one of the first actual battles of the civil war
  3. People who were running from the law
  4. This was a section of the union army that was only made of African Americans
  5. A lack of these in the south caused an outbreak of riots among the people
  6. Many churches and schools were turned into these
  7. Abraham put this document in place to end slavery in the confederate states
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  1. This woman worked as a spy for the union during the war
  2. When shot or wounded, this often had to be performed
  3. A process that said the government had the right to keep someone in jail for rebellion and invasion without a trial
  4. The most violent war in American history
  5. Most soldiers died from this
  6. This battle was the bloodiest single day of American history
  7. Soldiers spent most of their time doing this at camp
  8. These people,alongside women took up the jobs in the factories

15 Clues: Most soldiers died from this • People who were running from the law • The most violent war in American history • A name for democrats that wanted war to end • Many churches and schools were turned into these • When shot or wounded, this often had to be performed • Soldiers spent most of their time doing this at camp • ...

Civil War 2025-05-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A name for democrats that wanted war to end
  2. The northern name for one of the first actual battles of the civil war
  3. People who were running from the law
  4. This was a section of the union army that was only made of African Americans
  5. A lack of these in the south caused an outbreak of riots among the people
  6. Many churches and schools were turned into these
  7. Abraham put this document in place to end slavery in the confederate states
Down
  1. This woman worked as a spy for the union during the war
  2. When shot or wounded, this often had to be performed
  3. A process that said the government had the right to keep someone in jail for rebellion and invasion without a trial
  4. The most violent war in American history
  5. Most soldiers died from this
  6. This battle was the bloodiest single day of American history
  7. Soldiers spent most of their time doing this at camp
  8. These people,alongside women took up the jobs in the factories

15 Clues: Most soldiers died from this • People who were running from the law • The most violent war in American history • A name for democrats that wanted war to end • Many churches and schools were turned into these • When shot or wounded, this often had to be performed • Soldiers spent most of their time doing this at camp • ...

Civil War 2023-01-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Weapons for firing missiles.
  2. Military that specializes in fighting on foot.
  3. Sout had many of those where slaves were forced to work.
  4. The deadliest single-day battle.
  5. Southern states
  6. Was President during the Civil War
  7. Lincoln's famous speech.
  8. A person from the north that went to the south after Civil War to earn profit from the reconstruction.
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  1. Ship protected by iron and steel.
  2. Emergency paper currency.
  3. Person who wants to get rid of slavery.
  4. Northern states.
  5. Bag used by soldiers and hikers.
  6. Heavy coursework shoe.
  7. When Southern states left the Union.

15 Clues: Southern states • Northern states. • Heavy coursework shoe. • Lincoln's famous speech. • Emergency paper currency. • Weapons for firing missiles. • The deadliest single-day battle. • Bag used by soldiers and hikers. • Ship protected by iron and steel. • Was President during the Civil War • When Southern states left the Union. • Person who wants to get rid of slavery. • ...