civil war Crossword Puzzles

Civil War 2024-05-21

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to stop or end
  2. famous for helping slaves escape using the underground railroad
  3. people who hid escaped slaves and helped them escape to the norther states
  4. states that were slave states by never seceded from the Union
  5. a formal speech given to a large group of people
  6. to establish something for a specific purpose
  7. a group of southern states that formed its own country
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  1. people who were in favor of stopping or ending slavery
  2. a large farm on which crops, such as sugar, cotton, or tobacco, are raised
  3. The writer of the Gettysburg Address
  4. soldiers who ride, scout, and fight on horseback
  5. The battle of ___ was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  6. the practice of owning people and forcing them to work for no pay
  7. a long fight or conflict between citizens of the same country
  8. to withdraw or break away

15 Clues: to stop or end • to withdraw or break away • The writer of the Gettysburg Address • to establish something for a specific purpose • soldiers who ride, scout, and fight on horseback • a formal speech given to a large group of people • people who were in favor of stopping or ending slavery • a group of southern states that formed its own country • ...

Civil War 2024-09-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the plan to split the confederacy
  2. was to reunite the country
  3. came from General Winfield Scott
  4. DC the Union Capital
  5. wanted support from Britain and France for
  6. was named after a small church
  7. confederate army leader
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  1. guarantees a person a hearing before jail
  2. captured New Orleans
  3. became known as "Copperheads"
  4. fought against General McDowell at the FIRST Battle of Bull run
  5. Davis Jefferson Davis
  6. The worst protest in the draft happened in
  7. the Confederate capital
  8. saw the bloodiest single day of the entire war.
  9. 2 day battle in April

16 Clues: captured New Orleans • DC the Union Capital • Davis Jefferson Davis • 2 day battle in April • the Confederate capital • confederate army leader • was to reunite the country • became known as "Copperheads" • was named after a small church • came from General Winfield Scott • the plan to split the confederacy • guarantees a person a hearing before jail • ...

Civil War 2024-04-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name of the Union's war strategy
  2. Slave states that stayed in the Union
  3. Country that declared neutrality during Civil War
  4. Tax that takes a percentage of your income
  5. attacking the enemy's society/civilians
  6. An ex-slave who rescued hundreds of slaves through the Underground Railroad
  7. Sherman led forces through the south and burned major and minor cities
  8. Residents of territories would vote to ban/allow slavery in their territory
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  1. Known as the "Angel of the Battlefield"
  2. Formally leaving the Union
  3. Lincoln's famous speech
  4. A disagreement or criticism
  5. Battle considered a turning point in the war in favor of the Union
  6. Drafting of citizens to serve in the military
  7. President during Civil War

15 Clues: Lincoln's famous speech • Formally leaving the Union • President during Civil War • A disagreement or criticism • The name of the Union's war strategy • Slave states that stayed in the Union • Known as the "Angel of the Battlefield" • attacking the enemy's society/civilians • Tax that takes a percentage of your income • Drafting of citizens to serve in the military • ...

Civil WAR 2024-11-27

Civil WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. wooden ships with metal amour
  2. states that left the union
  3. Woman who made the underground railroad
  4. carolina first state to secede
  5. commander of the conferderate army in 1862
  6. led the Union
  7. three amendments passed after the civil wqr
  8. 16th president
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  1. a declaration that freed the slaves
  2. book that sparked controversy
  3. a battle that is also called battle of sharpsburg
  4. a war between the same country
  5. the location that started the civil war
  6. a battle that took place on church grounds
  7. withdrawing from the union

15 Clues: led the Union • 16th president • states that left the union • withdrawing from the union • book that sparked controversy • wooden ships with metal amour • a war between the same country • carolina first state to secede • a declaration that freed the slaves • the location that started the civil war • Woman who made the underground railroad • ...

civil war 2025-01-28

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. 5th southern state to secede
  2. It “guaranteed” the return of any runaway slave to their owners
  3. Confederate states
  4. Led by general Sherman and his crew
  5. included California entering the Union as a free state, defining Texas's border in return for debt relief, establishing New Mexico and Utah as official territories, and finally banning the slave trade in the District of Columbia in exchange for a new fugitive slave law.
  6. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or
  7. Belief that the interests of the states were higher than the interests of the federal government!
  8. condition in which one human being was owned by another
  9. Union states
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  1. States can ignore a federal law
  2. Four candidates ran for president in 1860
  3. slaves fleeing to free states
  4. Dred Scott v. Sandford case
  5. With the nation facing the potential threat of disunion over the passage of the Compromise of 1850, Georgia, in a special state convention, adopted a proclamation called the
  6. 1st southern state to secede

15 Clues: Union states • Confederate states • Dred Scott v. Sandford case • 5th southern state to secede • 1st southern state to secede • slaves fleeing to free states • States can ignore a federal law • Led by general Sherman and his crew • Four candidates ran for president in 1860 • condition in which one human being was owned by another • ...

Civil War 2025-04-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a North strength
  2. far more advanced than medicine
  3. the south's main general
  4. the leading cause of death in the military
  5. the south's industry
  6. a South strength
  7. metal plated ships used in warfare
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  1. a turning point in the civil War, south would not invade the north again
  2. the confederacy president
  3. the north's main general
  4. helped get people involved and supporting/opposing the war
  5. the north's industry
  6. the Union president
  7. a key invention allowing instant communication on the Battle field and D.C.
  8. battle that made both sides realize the war would be long

15 Clues: a North strength • a South strength • the Union president • the north's industry • the south's industry • the north's main general • the south's main general • the confederacy president • far more advanced than medicine • metal plated ships used in warfare • the leading cause of death in the military • battle that made both sides realize the war would be long • ...

Civil War 2025-04-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. led a march through Georgia destroying crops and property
  2. the American states called themselves this
  3. the states that wanted to keep slaves called themselves this
  4. the Amendment that freed slaves
  5. where General Lee and Grant arranged a Confederate surrender
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  1. the man who assassinated President Lincoln
  2. a draft that forced men to fight in the war
  3. law that freed all slaves in the Southern states
  4. people trying to destroy slavery are called this
  5. a new type of bullet invented in the Civil war
  6. well known general for leading the Union army
  7. taxed peoples income to help pay for the war
  8. Confederate general who earned his name from a strong defense
  9. well known general for leading the Confederate army
  10. where Lincoln gave a famous address

15 Clues: the Amendment that freed slaves • where Lincoln gave a famous address • the man who assassinated President Lincoln • the American states called themselves this • a draft that forced men to fight in the war • taxed peoples income to help pay for the war • well known general for leading the Union army • a new type of bullet invented in the Civil war • ...

Civil War 2025-05-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a famous abolitionist.
  2. the most cash crop farmed.
  3. the river the north wanted to split the south.
  4. refused to come back to the aid of the confederacy.
  5. a plan to set the slaves free.
  6. the most bloodiest battle of US history.
  7. number one killer of war.
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  1. the process of cutting off limbs.
  2. First battle of the civil war.
  3. president of south.
  4. the president elected in 1860.
  5. Soldiers had to do for hours in of practicing for the war.
  6. states that remained loyal to your region
  7. the nickname for the soldiers in north.
  8. the plan to blockade the south.

15 Clues: president of south. • a famous abolitionist. • number one killer of war. • the most cash crop farmed. • First battle of the civil war. • the president elected in 1860. • a plan to set the slaves free. • the plan to blockade the south. • the process of cutting off limbs. • the nickname for the soldiers in north. • the most bloodiest battle of US history. • ...

Civil War 2026-01-21

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a war between apozing groups
  2. a president
  3. the bloodiest war
  4. a union general
  5. free all slaves
  6. laws making segregation in the south
  7. winners of the war
  8. gave citzenship
  9. losers of the war
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  1. capital of the south
  2. a law passed to limit the rights of African americans
  3. start of the war
  4. a closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out
  5. a march that scares the south and took over towns
  6. all men of any race can vote

15 Clues: a president • a union general • free all slaves • gave citzenship • start of the war • the bloodiest war • losers of the war • winners of the war • capital of the south • a war between apozing groups • all men of any race can vote • laws making segregation in the south • a march that scares the south and took over towns • a law passed to limit the rights of African americans • ...

Civil war 2026-01-21

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the north
  2. a leader in the south
  3. a weakness in the north
  4. a battle that was a turning point in the war
  5. a positive of reconstruction
  6. What freed all slaves in the confederacy
  7. Goal of war before the Emancipation Proclamation
  8. The president of the north
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  1. the south
  2. the capital of the Confederate states before it fell
  3. the end of the war
  4. where was the battle of bull run
  5. the first battle of the civil war
  6. when was reconstruction
  7. a negative of reconstruction

15 Clues: the south • the north • the end of the war • a leader in the south • when was reconstruction • a weakness in the north • The president of the north • a positive of reconstruction • a negative of reconstruction • where was the battle of bull run • the first battle of the civil war • What freed all slaves in the confederacy • a battle that was a turning point in the war • ...

Civil War 2026-01-20

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The march to the sea
  2. all black regiment that fought showed
  3. Start of the civil war
  4. wanted land,voting rights,political power, and education
  5. rebuild the south and assist freed peoples and poor white
  6. gave citizenship rights
  7. South was going to put up a fight. It was going to be a long war
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  1. the end of the war
  2. right to vote was not based on race
  3. Bloodiest day of the war
  4. abolished slavery
  5. Wanted to punish the south.Congress controls Reconstruction and gives power to African Americans
  6. reassert white supremacy and control Reconstruction
  7. Union Control of Mississippi
  8. turning point of the war

15 Clues: abolished slavery • the end of the war • The march to the sea • Start of the civil war • gave citizenship rights • Bloodiest day of the war • turning point of the war • Union Control of Mississippi • right to vote was not based on race • all black regiment that fought showed • reassert white supremacy and control Reconstruction • ...

Civil War 2026-01-20

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What the Ku Klux Klan, Black Codes, and Jim Crow Laws were ;(bad)
  2. A closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out
  3. The leader of the South
  4. President of the South
  5. Laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the south after the Civil War
  6. The period of time after the Civil War in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union
  7. Issued by Lincoln in 1863 to honor and remember the soldiers that fought at Gettysburg. He refers back to the year 1776 and the Declaration of Independence
  8. President of the North
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  1. Issued by Lincoln and it freed all slaves in the Confederacy (States in rebellion), Issued after the Battle of Antietam.
  2. The rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people as citizens, especially equal treatment under the law
  3. Bloodiest day of war and the Emancipation Proclamation
  4. Laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former Confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans
  5. An agency established by congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed black Americans
  6. Another name for the Confederate States of America, made up of 11 states that seceded from the Union
  7. Lincoln's Goal of the war before the Emancipation Proclamation

15 Clues: President of the South • President of the North • The leader of the South • Bloodiest day of war and the Emancipation Proclamation • Lincoln's Goal of the war before the Emancipation Proclamation • What the Ku Klux Klan, Black Codes, and Jim Crow Laws were ;(bad) • A closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out • ...

Civil War Tic-Tac-Toe 2021-10-04

Civil War Tic-Tac-Toe crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the North
  2. who owned no land but got the best they could
  3. Civil War started when?
  4. of the United States during the Civil War
  5. that started the war
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  1. Civil War ended when?
  2. Davis was president of this southern government
  3. to slavery
  4. did the Civil War began?
  5. country did the warhawks want to take over?
  6. person was the shortest president
  7. series of economic sanctions taken by the British and French against the US
  8. person had the shortest term

13 Clues: the North • to slavery • that started the war • Civil War ended when? • Civil War started when? • did the Civil War began? • person had the shortest term • person was the shortest president • of the United States during the Civil War • country did the warhawks want to take over? • who owned no land but got the best they could • Davis was president of this southern government • ...

Civil War 2021-03-01

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

15 Clues: A bookbag • An alliance formed • an appointed governer • 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 2020-06-01

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

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

Civil War 2020-06-01

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

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

Civil War 2020-09-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A draft that forced men to serve in the army
  2. Proclamation all slaves in areas currently under rebellion would be freed immediately
  3. Amendment this amendment was ratified at the end of 1865
  4. S. Grant General that invaded western Tennessee in 1862
  5. Booth The assassin that killed Lincoln
  6. ball a soft lead bullet that was more destructive than earlier bullets
  7. ship could splinter wooden ships by ramming them, withstand cannon fire, and resist burning
  8. Tecumseh Sherman commander of the military division of the Mississippi
  9. most decisive battle of the war was fought near blank in southern Pennsylvania, beginning on July 1
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  1. Sumter Start of Civil War
  2. breakaway state(s) that fought against the U.S. or against slavery
  3. people that fought to end slavery
  4. Jackson Earned nickname for his strong defense
  5. tax A tax that takes a percentage of an individual’s income, to help pay for the war
  6. E. Lee Command was passed to him after Johnston was wounded after a number of battles

15 Clues: Sumter Start of Civil War • people that fought to end slavery • Booth The assassin that killed Lincoln • A draft that forced men to serve in the army • Jackson Earned nickname for his strong defense • S. Grant General that invaded western Tennessee in 1862 • Amendment this amendment was ratified at the end of 1865 • ...

civil war 2020-09-24

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - cannot quit their service to another person and is treated like property
  2. - an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1865, that has abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
  3. - war fought between 1861–1865
  4. - american confederate general: he earned a reputation for bravery at bull run and was one of the south's most successful generals before he was killed at chancellorsville
  5. - town near Appomattox, Verginia, where lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War
  6. - actor and Confederate supporter who assassinated Lincoln
  7. - american confederate general; he successfully led several major battles until his defeat at gettysburg, and he surrendered to the unions Commander General Grant at Appomattox Court House
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  1. - a draft that forced men to serve in the army
  2. - union army officer; his famous March to the sea captured Atlanta, Georgia, an important turning point in the war
  3. Proclamation - an executive order issued by lincoln on january 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in all regions behind confederate lines
  4. - a tax that takes a percentage of an individual’s income
  5. - the pennsylvania location of the most decisive battle of the civil war, fought July 1-3, 1863
  6. - northern states that wanted slavery, a confederation formed in 1861 by the southern states after their succession from the union
  7. - the southern states, wanted to get rid of slavery
  8. - american general: he received a field promotion to lieutenant general in charge of all union forces during the Civil war and later accepted General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, ending the Civil War

15 Clues: - war fought between 1861–1865 • - a draft that forced men to serve in the army • - the southern states, wanted to get rid of slavery • - a tax that takes a percentage of an individual’s income • - actor and Confederate supporter who assassinated Lincoln • - cannot quit their service to another person and is treated like property • ...

Civil War 2021-03-25

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. commanding general of union army
  2. north wore this color
  3. commander of confederate army
  4. president of confederate states
  5. won the election of 1860
  6. plan to barricade the south
  7. deleware maryland kentuck and missouri
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  1. capital of union
  2. seceeded from us
  3. south wore this color
  4. war between groups in the same country
  5. capital of confederates
  6. south
  7. woman nurse
  8. north

15 Clues: south • north • woman nurse • capital of union • seceeded from us • south wore this color • north wore this color • capital of confederates • won the election of 1860 • plan to barricade the south • commander of confederate army • president of confederate states • commanding general of union army • war between groups in the same country • deleware maryland kentuck and missouri

civil war 2021-03-26

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. deleware maryland kentucky and missouri
  2. north wore this color
  3. south
  4. seceeded from us
  5. plan to barricade the south
  6. war between groups in the same country
  7. south wore this color
  8. north
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  1. commanding general of union army
  2. won the election of 1860
  3. presdient of confedrate states
  4. commander of confederate army
  5. capital of union
  6. woman nurse
  7. capital of confederate

15 Clues: south • north • woman nurse • capital of union • seceeded from us • north wore this color • south wore this color • capital of confederate • won the election of 1860 • plan to barricade the south • commander of confederate army • presdient of confedrate states • commanding general of union army • war between groups in the same country • deleware maryland kentucky and missouri

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 2021-10-27

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 2021-10-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Slave states that didn't secede
  2. Split the Confederacy in half
  3. President of the confederacy
  4. Assassinated Lincoln
  5. Confederate invasion of the north
  6. Speech by Lincoln in Gettysburg
  7. President of the Union
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  1. Union strategy
  2. Major railroad city in the south
  3. Last battle of the civil war
  4. first battle of the civil war
  5. Lees right hand general
  6. General that marched to the sea
  7. Union general
  8. Surrendering Confederate general

15 Clues: Union general • Union strategy • Assassinated Lincoln • President of the Union • Lees right hand general • President of the confederacy • Last battle of the civil war • Split the Confederacy in half • first battle of the civil war • Slave states that didn't secede • General that marched to the sea • Speech by Lincoln in Gettysburg • Major railroad city in the south • ...

civil war 2021-09-08

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  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
Across
  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
Across
  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
Across
  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
Across
  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
Across
  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
Across
  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
Across
  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
Across
  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
Across
  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
Across
  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
Across
  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
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  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
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  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
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  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 • ...

Civil war 2026-02-26

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When enslaved people were running away
  2. abolitionists before the civil war and had pushed lincoln to make emancipation a goal of the war
  3. The African Americans should receive thi
  4. an earlier occurrence of something that may serve as a model for similar occurrences in the future
  5. They were enslaved
  6. When the president is sworn into presidency
  7. President after Abraham Lincoln died
Down
  1. the act of formally charging a public official with misconduct in office
  2. abandoned land
  3. The fight between north and south over slavery
  4. laws passed in the south just after the civil war aimed at controlling freedmen
  5. The act of granting a pardon to a large group of people
  6. the presidents indirect veto of a bill by letting a session of Congress expire
  7. a necessity or condition that must be met
  8. The president of the union at the time

15 Clues: abandoned land • They were enslaved • President after Abraham Lincoln died • When enslaved people were running away • The president of the union at the time • The African Americans should receive thi • a necessity or condition that must be met • When the president is sworn into presidency • The fight between north and south over slavery • ...

Civil War 2026-01-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A nickname given to southern Republicans.
  2. This battle was the turning point for the War.
  3. The first Major battle of the Revolutionary War.
  4. The result of this battle was the Confederacy was divided into two land masses.
  5. Lincoln's VP-became President when Lincoln was assassinated.
  6. If 10% of a stat's voters in the 1860 election swore loyalty to the Union, that state could form a new government.
  7. General of the Confederate Army.
  8. Felt the southern states never left the Union.
Down
  1. Northerners who moved south after the War.
  2. This battle led to the Emancipation Proclamation.
  3. April 12, 1861, at 4:30 in the morning the Confederate forces fired on _______.
  4. The bloodiest battle over 23,500 men were killed or missing.
  5. Pardoned most Confederates, allowing them to regain political power.
  6. Over four million ________, men and women who had been slaves.
  7. Divided the south into military districts, required states to ratify the 14th and 15 Amendments.

15 Clues: General of the Confederate Army. • A nickname given to southern Republicans. • Northerners who moved south after the War. • This battle was the turning point for the War. • Felt the southern states never left the Union. • The first Major battle of the Revolutionary War. • This battle led to the Emancipation Proclamation. • ...

CIVIL WAR 2026-01-21

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country.
  2. African American soldiers had poor equipment and training, poorer conditions, they could not join the military until after the emancipation proclamation, if caught they could be put back into slavery.
  3. North claimed victory but there were no real winners
  4. a closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out.
  5. issued by Lincoln and it freed all slaves in the confederacy (states in rebellion). After the battle of antietam.
  6. the battle that the Union seized control of the Mississippi.
  7. issued by Lincoln in 1863 to honor and remember the soldiers that fought in Gettysburg. He refers back to the year 1776 and the Declaration of Independence.
Down
  1. Jefferson davis.
  2. war on the enemy;s will to fight and support their army.
  3. keep the union together, pit changed after the emancipation proclamation to freeing slaves.
  4. abolished slavery
  5. the plan to seize the Mississippi river.
  6. laws past in 1865 and 1866 to segregate Black Americans;
  7. The North had the high ground
  8. Abe Lincoln

15 Clues: Abe Lincoln • Jefferson davis. • abolished slavery • The North had the high ground • the plan to seize the Mississippi river. • North claimed victory but there were no real winners • war on the enemy;s will to fight and support their army. • laws past in 1865 and 1866 to segregate Black Americans; • the battle that the Union seized control of the Mississippi. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2025-04-15

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President of the Union
  2. Nickname for Northern soldiers
  3. Capital of the Confederacy
  4. Abbreviation for the Southern side
  5. A famous speech by Lincoln
  6. Bloodiest single-day battle
  7. Famous Confederate general
  8. Slaves were freed by this
Down
  1. Southern states formed this
  2. State where war began
  3. First battle of the Civil War
  4. Civil War nurse, founded Red Cross
  5. Famous Union general, later president
  6. Union general who led March to the Sea
  7. Nickname for Southern soldiers

15 Clues: State where war began • President of the Union • Slaves were freed by this • Capital of the Confederacy • A famous speech by Lincoln • Famous Confederate general • Southern states formed this • Bloodiest single-day battle • First battle of the Civil War • Nickname for Northern soldiers • Nickname for Southern soldiers • Abbreviation for the Southern side • ...

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
Down
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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.
Down
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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?
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  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
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  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
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  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?
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  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
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  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
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  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.
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  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. • ...