civil war Crossword Puzzles

Civil War 2023-05-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Abolished slavery
  2. the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
  3. Loyal to the government of the United States. Also known as Union, Yankee, or Northern.
  4. ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labor.
  5. Gave citzenship to slaves
  6. A loud yell confederate soldiers would shout when attacking
  7. To practice marching, military formations and the steps in firing and handling one's weapon.
  8. a period in American history following the American Civil War and lasting until approximately the Compromise of 1877
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  1. a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory
  2. lost the case because the judge decided that slaves aren't people but property
  3. Granted african-american men rights to vote
  4. incorporated the states that seceded from the United States of America to form their own nation
  5. A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States. Also, Union, Federal, or Northern.
  6. the end (or side) of a military position, also called a “wing”
  7. laws that allowed segregation by race in many areas

15 Clues: Abolished slavery • Gave citzenship to slaves • Granted african-american men rights to vote • laws that allowed segregation by race in many areas • A loud yell confederate soldiers would shout when attacking • a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory • the end (or side) of a military position, also called a “wing” • ...

Civil War 2023-05-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Person who tried to arm slaves
  2. People that were against slavery
  3. A major general for the south
  4. A major general for the north
  5. The way Abraham Lincoln was killed
  6. a state african americans were put in which they were considered property
  7. Tobacco and cotton were (blank) crops
  8. A president that outlawed slavery
  9. A major political party which opposed the federals
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  1. When African Americans were treated differently
  2. When California admitted into the Union as a free state
  3. Where the bloodies battle of the civil war was fought
  4. Part of the US which relied heavily on agriculture
  5. Part of the US which was heavily industrialized
  6. a law passed that stated a runaway slave should be returned

15 Clues: A major general for the south • A major general for the north • Person who tried to arm slaves • People that were against slavery • A president that outlawed slavery • The way Abraham Lincoln was killed • Tobacco and cotton were (blank) crops • When African Americans were treated differently • Part of the US which was heavily industrialized • ...

Civil War 2023-01-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. decree freeing enslaved people in rebel territory
  2. backpack to carry gear
  3. nickname for Confederacy
  4. shoes that went up to the ankle
  5. president of Union
  6. capital of Confederacy
  7. first woman surgeon in war
  8. nickname for Union
  9. color the Confederate army wore
  10. war between the same country
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  1. stood like a stone wall
  2. bloodiest single-day battle
  3. president of Confederacy
  4. winner of Fort Sumter
  5. color the Union army wore

15 Clues: president of Union • nickname for Union • winner of Fort Sumter • backpack to carry gear • capital of Confederacy • stood like a stone wall • nickname for Confederacy • president of Confederacy • color the Union army wore • first woman surgeon in war • bloodiest single-day battle • war between the same country • shoes that went up to the ankle • color the Confederate army wore • ...

Civil War 2024-12-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. president in the North
  2. Lincoln's speech at Battle of Gettysburg
  3. site of Confederate surrender
  4. made up the Massachusetts 54th regiment
  5. declared slaves to be free
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  1. president in the South
  2. female spy for the Confederacy
  3. known as the "angel of the battlefield"
  4. More soldiers died from this than in battle
  5. states that suceded from the Union
  6. 3 step strategy of the Union
  7. an ironclad ship
  8. bloodiest single day of the war
  9. war a war between groups from the same country
  10. accused person to appear in court

15 Clues: an ironclad ship • president in the South • president in the North • declared slaves to be free • 3 step strategy of the Union • site of Confederate surrender • female spy for the Confederacy • bloodiest single day of the war • accused person to appear in court • states that suceded from the Union • known as the "angel of the battlefield" • made up the Massachusetts 54th regiment • ...

Civil War 2024-11-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. War A war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country
  2. The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government
  3. When a part of a country breaks off from its own country
  4. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port
  5. When a person owns another person as property
  6. A place where military supplies are stored
  7. was the 16th President of the United States, an anti-slavery Republican
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  1. Someone who wishes to get rid of slavery
  2. Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South
  3. Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron
  4. A term used to describe people who supported the Union
  5. Putting local interests ahead of national interests
  6. The fact or process of being set free
  7. A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
  8. The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people

15 Clues: The fact or process of being set free • Someone who wishes to get rid of slavery • A place where military supplies are stored • When a person owns another person as property • Putting local interests ahead of national interests • A term used to describe people who supported the Union • When a part of a country breaks off from its own country • ...

social studies 2023-04-28

social studies crossword puzzle
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  1. A devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the county as a whole
  2. the president during the civil war
  3. Slave states that lay between the north and south and didn't join the confederacy during the civil war
  4. a federal outpost in Charleston south Carolina, that was attacked by the confederates in April 1861, sparking the civil war
  5. a civil war battle in which the confederate army forced most of the union army out of Virginia
  6. A union victory in the civil war that marked the bloodiest single day battle in the U.S
  7. to formally withdraw from the union
  8. Confederate efforts to use the importance southern cotton
  9. a la that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose weather to allow slavery
  10. a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves
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  1. a warship that is heavily armored with iron
  2. The Battle of Shiloh was a crucial success for the Union Army, led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee
  3. A political party formed in 1848 by antislavery northerners
  4. a political party formed in the 1850's to stop the spread of slavery in the west

14 Clues: the president during the civil war • to formally withdraw from the union • a warship that is heavily armored with iron • a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves • Confederate efforts to use the importance southern cotton • A political party formed in 1848 by antislavery northerners • ...

Civil War Review 2024-04-12

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. the name given to the south after seceding from the United States
  2. the first state to secede
  3. The south argued that since slavery is not in the constitution it was for the states to decide if they wanted slavery
  4. this order issued by Lincoln frees the enslaved people in the confederacy
  5. the president of the US during the civil war
  6. many of the plantations in the south used slave labor for the harvesting of this crop
  7. this massive three day battle was the largest of the war
  8. the south surrendered at this location
  9. most historians agree that this man was the most talented general on either side of the war. He led the cofederacy.
  10. a civil war is when both sides are from the same ________.
  11. the president of the confederacy
  12. the confederacy hoped that they could attract a ___________ ally like France or Britain.
  13. this coned shaped bullet caused a tremendous amount of damage to the human body
  14. the biggest advantage of the confederacy were their experienced __________.
  15. this amendment ended slavery
  16. this amendment guaranteed citizenship to former enslaved people
  17. this was the plan of the union to surround and shut down access to the south so they couldnt get more supplies
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  1. the Union was able to move supplies more easily than the confederacy because they had many more of these types of transportation.
  2. by the end of the civil war it is understood that the national government is ______________ to the power of the states
  3. this union general was given the order to make the south surrender. He and his men laid waste to everything of value.
  4. the name of the first machine gun
  5. states like missouri, kentucky, delaware and maryland that had slavery but fought for the union were called __________
  6. this south used this strategy to attempt to draw in a foreign country to the side of the confederacy
  7. the Union was able to produce more goods for the war because they had more of these than the south
  8. this battle was Robert E Lee's first invasion of the north
  9. the civil war was the ______________ in US history with approximately 700,000 deaths.
  10. this amendment gave former enslaved males the right to vote
  11. the south firing on this fort marked the beginning of the civil war

28 Clues: the first state to secede • this amendment ended slavery • the president of the confederacy • the name of the first machine gun • the south surrendered at this location • the president of the US during the civil war • this massive three day battle was the largest of the war • this battle was Robert E Lee's first invasion of the north • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-12

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

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

The American Civil War 2023-05-09

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

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

Civil War 2021-04-26

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Surname of the president of the Popular Front
  2. Wasn´t powerful enough to stop the rebels
  3. It supported the Republic, but wanted to be an independent state
  4. Important figure on the rebel side who died in a plane crash
  5. Armed groups of citizens fighting to defend the Republic
  6. Was chosen leader by the provisional government in Burgos
  7. Republican-controlled area had mining and industry, but very little of it
  8. One of the cities that was sieged during the war
  9. Religion of which the nationalists were members
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  1. One of the characteristics of the Spanish Civil War
  2. Place where the uprising began
  3. City taken by Franco's side
  4. Republican mayor of Salamanca at the time of the coup d'état
  5. Place where a massacre in a bullring took place.
  6. Month in which the coup took place

15 Clues: City taken by Franco's side • Place where the uprising began • Religion of which the nationalists were members • Place where a massacre in a bullring took place. • One of the cities that was sieged during the war • Wasn´t powerful enough to stop the rebels • Republican mayor of Salamanca at the time of the coup d'état • ...

Civil War 2022-10-31

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. left slavery decision up to state
  2. the turning point for the Union
  3. guaranteed citizenship and security
  4. first president to be impeached
  5. leader of the underground railroad
  6. person who led raid at Harper's Ferry
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  1. published uncle tom's cabin
  2. where the South surrendered
  3. man who assassinated Lincoln
  4. freed slaves in seceding states
  5. the first state to secede
  6. President Of the Union
  7. 60 miles of southern land
  8. the most important political issue
  9. led the union army in the deep south

15 Clues: President Of the Union • the first state to secede • 60 miles of southern land • published uncle tom's cabin • where the South surrendered • man who assassinated Lincoln • freed slaves in seceding states • the turning point for the Union • first president to be impeached • left slavery decision up to state • the most important political issue • leader of the underground railroad • ...

civil war 2022-11-07

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. northern states
  2. person behaves poorly
  3. president
  4. 1865-1877
  5. test taken my enslaved people
  6. laws for African Americans
  7. general for north
  8. combine
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  1. a clan that hates blacks
  2. fixed amount of money
  3. southern states
  4. fought for union
  5. formerly slaved person
  6. general for south
  7. crop profit crop

15 Clues: combine • president • 1865-1877 • southern states • northern states • fought for union • crop profit crop • general for south • general for north • fixed amount of money • person behaves poorly • formerly slaved person • a clan that hates blacks • laws for African Americans • test taken my enslaved people

Civil War 2022-11-03

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The first battle of the war.
  2. The States in the north that favored a unified, central government
  3. A speech written by president Lincoln to honor the fallen soldiers.
  4. The bloodiest single-day battle.
  5. What was it called when cotton bales were converted to gun boats?
  6. What permitted slavery from going beyond the 36-30 line
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  1. A period after the Civil War where the southern states were reorganized into the Union.
  2. A southern law designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves.
  3. An act that required escaped slaves to be returned to their masters.
  4. A town under siege in 1863.
  5. The withdrawal of a state from a nation.
  6. A major Union victory in the West.
  7. An attack on Atlanta by Sherman.
  8. The first state to leave the Union in 1860.
  9. What was the name of the Civil War Campaign led by General Sherman?

15 Clues: A town under siege in 1863. • The first battle of the war. • An attack on Atlanta by Sherman. • The bloodiest single-day battle. • A major Union victory in the West. • The withdrawal of a state from a nation. • The first state to leave the Union in 1860. • What permitted slavery from going beyond the 36-30 line • ...

Civil War 2022-11-18

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Term for a Northerner who opposed the war effort.
  2. A term used to describe people who supported the Union
  3. A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
  4. The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
  5. A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States. Also, Union, Federal, or Northern.
  6. he cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people.
  7. Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
  8. The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
  9. An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path.
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  1. An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
  2. A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.
  3. A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  4. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  5. The science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming.
  6. A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.

15 Clues: Term for a Northerner who opposed the war effort. • A term used to describe people who supported the Union • A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery. • The science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming. • he cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people. • A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party. • ...

civil war 2023-01-10

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. 6
  2. 4
  3. 15
  4. 3
  5. 5
  6. 10
  7. 2
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  1. 13
  2. 11
  3. 9
  4. 1
  5. 8
  6. 14
  7. 7
  8. 12

15 Clues: 9 • 6 • 1 • 4 • 8 • 7 • 3 • 5 • 2 • 13 • 11 • 15 • 14 • 12 • 10

Civil War 2020-06-01

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  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 2021-03-01

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

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 2021-10-27

civil war crossword puzzle
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  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 2021-11-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. political party primarily successful in the Union
  2. Sherman's strategy for fighting throughout the south
  3. crop such as tobacco or cotton for money, not food
  4. another name for the southern section of the country
  5. The 16th president of the United States
  6. someone who opposes slavery
  7. a smooth-bore firearm fired from the shoulder
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  1. a ship protected by iron armor
  2. troops who are called out to defend the land in an emergency
  3. the action of owning Black or Native people as property
  4. political party primarily successful in the Confederacy
  5. metal blade attached to the end of a rifle for charging
  6. another name for the northern section of the country
  7. A soldier who was wounded, killed or missing in action
  8. move around the backside of an enemy for a surprise attack

15 Clues: someone who opposes slavery • a ship protected by iron armor • The 16th president of the United States • a smooth-bore firearm fired from the shoulder • political party primarily successful in the Union • crop such as tobacco or cotton for money, not food • Sherman's strategy for fighting throughout the south • another name for the northern section of the country • ...

Civil War 2023-01-30

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
  2. territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
  3. Another name for the confederate states of the south and north.
  4. was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.
  5. was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861.
  6. A name given to confederate states of America or the confederacy.
  7. American politician and lawyer from Illinois
  8. political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government
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  1. was an unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War.
  2. The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the US government.
  3. The principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political power.
  4. were slave states that did not secede from the Union.
  5. 16th president in 1861
  6. short-lived coalition political party in the United States active from 1848 to 1854
  7. Withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization

15 Clues: 16th president in 1861 • American politician and lawyer from Illinois • were slave states that did not secede from the Union. • Another name for the confederate states of the south and north. • A name given to confederate states of America or the confederacy. • The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the US government. • ...

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 2023-03-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. the growing of crops
  2. to withdraw formally from a political organization
  3. organized vote for a person for a political position
  4. people who wanted to eliminate slavery
  5. large farm in the southern USA
  6. not supporting a side
  7. manufacturing goods from raw material
  8. argues about a subject in a formal manner
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  1. place where a battle is being or has been fought
  2. people who supported the union
  3. intended physical force to hurt, damage, kill someone or somethin
  4. the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  5. a deed
  6. people who stayed loyal to the US government
  7. forced to work/obey their master and considered their property

15 Clues: a deed • the growing of crops • not supporting a side • people who supported the union • large farm in the southern USA • the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin • manufacturing goods from raw material • people who wanted to eliminate slavery • argues about a subject in a formal manner • people who stayed loyal to the US government • place where a battle is being or has been fought • ...

civil war 2023-04-07

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. The speech Lincoln gave after the Battle of Gettysburg
  2. They were democrats who were against the Civil war
  3. The bloodiest day in America
  4. marks the beginning of the country's transition into peace after the civil war
  5. an instrument or device used for observing, checking, or keeping a continuous record of a process or quantity.
  6. a fundamental right in the Constitution that protects against unlawful and indefinite imprisonment.
  7. telling people they have to be in the army
  8. A very important state during the civil war
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  1. an infantry assault ordered by General Robert E. Lee for General Ulysses S. Grant
  2. A document Lincoln made to allow slaves to be free
  3. a permanent unit of an army typically commanded by a colonel and divided into several companies
  4. the cost of stuff going up
  5. the first battle of the civil war
  6. When an army surrounds their enemy to cut off getting essential supplies
  7. The bloodiest Battle in America

15 Clues: the cost of stuff going up • The bloodiest day in America • The bloodiest Battle in America • the first battle of the civil war • telling people they have to be in the army • A very important state during the civil war • A document Lincoln made to allow slaves to be free • They were democrats who were against the Civil war • ...

civil war 2023-04-13

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

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

civil war 2023-04-28

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

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

Civil War 2023-05-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a battle during the civil war that the union won
  2. after the war ended and the gov helped rebuild the south
  3. state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation
  4. the act that said all runaway slaves had to be brought back south
  5. a man who tried to arm slaves to help get their freedom
  6. term used by Southerners to describe their rivals from the Union, or northern, side of the conflict
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  1. general for the union
  2. the president whos election helped trigger the war
  3. first major battle of the American Civil War
  4. general for the confederacy
  5. A war within a country
  6. the portion of the country that stayed loyal to the us
  7. black people who worked for white people
  8. the portion of the country that left the us
  9. a group of people who hated black people and used fear and violence to try to scare them

15 Clues: general for the union • A war within a country • general for the confederacy • black people who worked for white people • the portion of the country that left the us • first major battle of the American Civil War • a battle during the civil war that the union won • the president whos election helped trigger the war • the portion of the country that stayed loyal to the us • ...

Civil War 2023-05-18

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union General
  2. issue dividing north and south
  3. Jackson's nickname
  4. battle for control of Mississippi River
  5. middle way between two extremes
  6. Missouri was a ____ state
  7. food soldiers ate
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  1. Location of Bull Run
  2. Confederate President
  3. Turning point for the north
  4. Confederate General
  5. To leave
  6. capital of the Confederacy
  7. 16th President
  8. Started American Red Cross

15 Clues: To leave • Union General • 16th President • food soldiers ate • Jackson's nickname • Confederate General • Location of Bull Run • Confederate President • Missouri was a ____ state • capital of the Confederacy • Started American Red Cross • Turning point for the north • issue dividing north and south • middle way between two extremes • battle for control of Mississippi River

Civil War 2013-09-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The word for runaway slaves.
  2. Think Harriet Tubman & John Brown.
  3. Opposite of Yankee
  4. Down on a compass rose.
  5. Splitting into sections.
  6. What the South did that started the Civil War.
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  1. Former 'property.'
  2. 'Four score and seven years ago. . . .'
  3. Went to school with Grant.
  4. Stonewall.
  5. Murdered somone in a booth. At a theatre.
  6. Technically shouldn't've won the election.
  7. Elephant
  8. The fort where the Civil War started.
  9. Also called a 'lefty.'

15 Clues: Elephant • Stonewall. • Former 'property.' • Opposite of Yankee • Also called a 'lefty.' • Down on a compass rose. • Splitting into sections. • Went to school with Grant. • The word for runaway slaves. • Think Harriet Tubman & John Brown. • The fort where the Civil War started. • 'Four score and seven years ago. . . .' • Murdered somone in a booth. At a theatre. • ...

Civil War 2014-05-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the leader of the Union
  2. the leader of the Confederate
  3. Withdraw from union
  4. who killed Abraham Lincoln
  5. who attacked Harper's ferry
  6. act of 1854
  7. who was attacked 1861
  8. elected president 1860
  9. who lost civil war
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  1. first state to secede
  2. what party was formed in 1854
  3. who became a state in 1845
  4. how'd Missouri john inion
  5. why does
  6. who won civil war

15 Clues: why does • act of 1854 • who won civil war • who lost civil war • Withdraw from union • first state to secede • who was attacked 1861 • elected president 1860 • the leader of the Union • how'd Missouri john inion • who became a state in 1845 • who killed Abraham Lincoln • who attacked Harper's ferry • what party was formed in 1854 • the leader of the Confederate

Civil War 2017-12-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Amendment Abolished slavery in the US
  2. Sovereignty The people of the territory could determine the issue of slavery for themselves
  3. Proviso A proposal to ban slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico
  4. Slave Act Made it harder for slaves to find freedom in Northern states.
  5. Act It gave 160 acres of public land to an citizen who agreed to live on it for five years
  6. Brown Abolitionist who led a raid to arm slaves, with the help of his sons. failed
  7. Davis Chosen to be president of the Confederate States of America
  8. Great Awakening Inspired the reform movements of the early 19th century that sought personal and social improvements
  9. Group that migrated West for religious freedom
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  1. Turner Slave preacher that lead a rebellion in the South
  2. Tubman Moses of the Underground Railroad
  3. Douglass African American Abolitionist
  4. Clay Author Of Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
  5. of 1860 Abraham Lincoln wins with no Southern vote.
  6. Lode Largest silver mine in the West Located in Nevada.

15 Clues: Amendment Abolished slavery in the US • Douglass African American Abolitionist • Tubman Moses of the Underground Railroad • Group that migrated West for religious freedom • of 1860 Abraham Lincoln wins with no Southern vote. • Lode Largest silver mine in the West Located in Nevada. • Turner Slave preacher that lead a rebellion in the South • ...

Civil War 2018-04-20

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. color for the South
  2. this means to get rid of
  3. Lincoln did not want ______ to spread
  4. U.S. ____ was the main Northern General
  5. at the start, people came and had a ____ to watch the battle
  6. color for the North
  7. ____________ Proclamation freed the slaves
  8. another word for the North
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  1. capital of the North
  2. president of the South
  3. another word for the South
  4. president of the North
  5. Robert E. _____ was the main Southern General
  6. capital of the South
  7. the Civil War lasted ______ years

15 Clues: color for the South • color for the North • capital of the North • capital of the South • president of the South • president of the North • this means to get rid of • another word for the South • another word for the North • the Civil War lasted ______ years • Lincoln did not want ______ to spread • U.S. ____ was the main Northern General • ____________ Proclamation freed the slaves • ...

civil war 2022-03-04

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state.
  2. A person who supported the union cause during the civil war.
  3. Focus on the interests of one's region.
  4. a person who legally belongs t a country and has full rights and protections of that country.
  5. commander of the volunteer forces.
  6. A formerly enslaved person.
  7. The position that the federal government should not interfere with the states exercising their constitutional powers.
  8. battle that started February 23, 1836.
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  1. President of the Confederate States during the Civil War.
  2. governor of Texas.
  3. the study of past events, particularly in human affairs.
  4. laws limiting the rights of african americans passed by southern governments after the civil war.
  5. 28th state of the U.S
  6. free from outside control; self governing.
  7. second skirmish of the Texas Revolution.

15 Clues: governor of Texas. • 28th state of the U.S • A formerly enslaved person. • commander of the volunteer forces. • battle that started February 23, 1836. • Focus on the interests of one's region. • second skirmish of the Texas Revolution. • free from outside control; self governing. • the study of past events, particularly in human affairs. • ...

Civil War 2022-01-14

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. beat Charles Sumner with a cane p.354
  2. anti-slavery Kansas town that was burned p. 353
  3. Slave from Missouri. Sued for his freedom p. 362
  4. Elected president in 1860 p.366
  5. Political party formed in July, 1854 p.358
  6. "bleeding" state - a violent battlefield p. 354
  7. famous conductor on Underground Railroad p.348
  8. Favoring native-born Americans p. 357
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  1. Abolitionist who murdered five men.354
  2. formal withdrawal of a state p.344
  3. Wrote Uncle Toms Cabin p.350
  4. picked up pro-compromise reins p.346
  5. worked night and day to shape compromise p.344
  6. Carolina first state to leave the Union p. 367
  7. Elected president in 1854 p.357

15 Clues: Wrote Uncle Toms Cabin p.350 • Elected president in 1860 p.366 • Elected president in 1854 p.357 • formal withdrawal of a state p.344 • picked up pro-compromise reins p.346 • beat Charles Sumner with a cane p.354 • Favoring native-born Americans p. 357 • Abolitionist who murdered five men.354 • Political party formed in July, 1854 p.358 • ...

Civil war 2022-01-21

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was a confederate prison camp
  2. Was Sherman's attack on Atlanta
  3. The bloodiest battle in the war
  4. years was how long the civil war lasted
  5. Was a general who marched to sea
  6. was the president of the union during the war
  7. were imprisoned at Andersonville
  8. was a bloody battle that the south won
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  1. grant was a general turned president
  2. was the confederate president
  3. how many miles did the blockade cover
  4. was Sherman's campaign through Georgia where he pillaged as he went
  5. was a famous confederate general
  6. died at Andersonville
  7. A integral win for the union

15 Clues: died at Andersonville • A integral win for the union • was a confederate prison camp • was the confederate president • Was Sherman's attack on Atlanta • The bloodiest battle in the war • was a famous confederate general • Was a general who marched to sea • were imprisoned at Andersonville • grant was a general turned president • how many miles did the blockade cover • ...

Civil war 2022-01-20

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The bloodiest battle in Georgia.
  2. Lincoln made it clear that he wanted to "preserve the ...."
  3. What type of mills were no longer located in the South due to the union blockade?
  4. These types of ships had to trade off because there’s too many small little places the blockade couldn't block.
  5. This was the most important cash crop in the confederacy.
  6. A key blockade in the anaconda plan
  7. what did lincoln write in order to free slaves in rebel states?
  8. He was arrested for, "murder in violation of the laws of war."
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  1. One of the marches sherman took after splitting his army and would have done anything to get rid of the southerns.
  2. He was a Union General and he helped end the civil war.
  3. The Confederate government could not provide adequate housing, food, clothing or medical care to their Federal captives because of deteriorating
  4. What was the capital of Georgia when the civil war was going on?
  5. This person served as the president during the civil war he also wrote the emancipation proclamation.
  6. What was an important port city at this time?
  7. This place had access to railroads and factories which imported weapons.

15 Clues: The bloodiest battle in Georgia. • A key blockade in the anaconda plan • What was an important port city at this time? • He was a Union General and he helped end the civil war. • This was the most important cash crop in the confederacy. • Lincoln made it clear that he wanted to "preserve the ...." • He was arrested for, "murder in violation of the laws of war." • ...

Civil War 2022-03-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - The Union and the Confederacy were fighting in Galveston
  2. - Someone who supported the Union cause during Civil War.
  3. - Commander of the Bayou City.
  4. - Former enslaved person.
  5. - issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy
  6. - Watched his constituents vote to secede from the Union.
  7. - Focus o the interest of one’s region.
  8. - Enforced the Conscription Act.
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  1. - Given command of the Confederate Army of Tennessee
  2. - The position that the Federal Government should not interfere with the state’s exercising their constitutional powers.
  3. - Terry's Texas Rangers​
  4. - bloodshed by pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups
  5. - Free from outside control.
  6. - Battle was close to a river.
  7. - Laws limiting the rights of African Americans.

15 Clues: - Terry's Texas Rangers​ • - Former enslaved person. • - Free from outside control. • - Commander of the Bayou City. • - Battle was close to a river. • - Enforced the Conscription Act. • - Focus o the interest of one’s region. • - Laws limiting the rights of African Americans. • - bloodshed by pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups • ...

civil war 2022-03-04

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. paper that said that the north was fighting for slavery
  2. the governor of texas
  3. a person who was against slavery
  4. the battle where the confederacy in texas defeated union ships
  5. the battle witch the confederacy took control 2 times while the union only controlled 1 time
  6. a former slave that escaped
  7. how many states seceded before texas?
  8. the book talking about how slave owners treated slaves
  9. what was texas fighting for?
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  1. the reason that texas left the union
  2. the bloodiest battle in the civil war
  3. the person who fought under robert e lee
  4. the preesident of texas at the time of the civil war
  5. free from outside control and is self governing
  6. the person who his men had to bring their own Firearms, knife, saddle, bridle, and

15 Clues: the governor of texas • a former slave that escaped • what was texas fighting for? • a person who was against slavery • the reason that texas left the union • the bloodiest battle in the civil war • how many states seceded before texas? • the person who fought under robert e lee • free from outside control and is self governing • ...

Civil War 2023-09-26

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 2023-10-11

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

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 2023-10-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To lie in wait for an unexpected attack
  2. A two-wheeled or four-wheeled wagon or cart used to transport wounded or sick soldiers.
  3. Cannon or other large caliber firearms; a branch of the army armed with cannon
  4. A soldier who was appointed by an officer to be his confidential assistant. The aide wrote and delivered orders and held a position of responsibility which required him to know troop positions and where officer quarters were located. The aide-de-camp was an officer by virtue of his position and he took orders from his commander only
  5. The science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming
  6. To rush towards the enemy
  7. Barriers which were about breast-high and protected soldiers from enemy fire
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  1. A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action
  2. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  3. The long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is fired
  4. Round container used to carry water; made of wood or tin and carried over the shoulder by a strap
  5. A series of military operations that form a distinct phase of the War
  6. A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored
  7. A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured
  8. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports

15 Clues: To rush towards the enemy • To lie in wait for an unexpected attack • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery • A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action • The science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming • A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored • ...

Civil War 2023-10-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - When a person is murdered for political reasons
  2. - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat
  3. - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  4. - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  5. - A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
  6. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
  7. - A nickname for the South.
  8. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.
  9. Scott decision - A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
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  1. - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
  2. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  3. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
  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 northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  6. states - These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.

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

civil war 2023-10-12

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. April 6-7, 1862
  2. February 6, 1862
  3. June 30, 1861
  4. July 21, 1861
  5. april 12 1861
  6. October 21, 1861
  7. February 11, 1862
  8. January 19, 1862
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  1. March 8, 1862
  2. April 10-11, 1862
  3. main war fought on april 12 1861
  4. November 7, 1861
  5. August 28-29, 1861
  6. March 23, 1862
  7. April 5, 1862

15 Clues: March 8, 1862 • June 30, 1861 • April 5, 1862 • July 21, 1861 • april 12 1861 • March 23, 1862 • April 6-7, 1862 • November 7, 1861 • February 6, 1862 • October 21, 1861 • January 19, 1862 • April 10-11, 1862 • February 11, 1862 • August 28-29, 1861 • main war fought on april 12 1861

Civil War 2024-01-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. republican society
  2. a group of soldiers
  3. a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections
  4. a small, sturdy backpack, used over the shoulder that was mostly used by soldiers or hikers
  5. a fight between citizens in the same country
  6. a person who wanted to end slavery
  7. a large farm, used to grow mostly cotton and tobacco
  8. a league or alliance in the Confederate states
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  1. covered or protected with iron
  2. another word for money
  3. the action of withdraw
  4. a leather shoe up to the ankle
  5. guns used in warfare on land
  6. president during the Civil War
  7. soldiers marching and fighting on their feet

15 Clues: republican society • a group of soldiers • another word for money • the action of withdraw • guns used in warfare on land • covered or protected with iron • a leather shoe up to the ankle • president during the Civil War • a person who wanted to end slavery • a fight between citizens in the same country • soldiers marching and fighting on their feet • ...

Civil War 2024-01-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Withdrawing
  2. Robert E Lee A Confederate general
  3. Large Caliber guns used during the war
  4. A person from the northern states who went to the south to make a profit off of the Reconstruction after the War
  5. A group of people from the South that believed in slaves
  6. A person who wanted to end slavery
  7. Soldiers fighting or marching on foot
  8. The Northern states, that believed in abolishing slavery
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  1. A land dedicated to growing crops
  2. A small, sturdy bag
  3. A warship covered by iron
  4. A person who was working, in harsh conditions, for no profit
  5. The president during the Civil War
  6. A steel toe-boot
  7. Emergency paper money that was issued during the Civil War

15 Clues: Withdrawing • A steel toe-boot • A small, sturdy bag • A warship covered by iron • A land dedicated to growing crops • The president during the Civil War • A person who wanted to end slavery • Robert E Lee A Confederate general • Soldiers fighting or marching on foot • Large Caliber guns used during the war • A group of people from the South that believed in slaves • ...

Civil war 2024-04-07

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

15 Clues: Increase in prices • The Union's first Ironclad • Robert E. Lee's birth place • 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 • A famous speech given to honor fallen soldiers • ...

Civil War 2024-05-14

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A large land gun
  2. An unexpected attack
  3. Covered in iron
  4. Opportunistic Northerners who went to the south after the civil war.
  5. Slang for US dollars
  6. The Northern States fighting against the South
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  1. A one strap bag
  2. Bedding that is carried on a soldiers shoulder
  3. A plant that is grown for money not food
  4. A fortification made of earth or dirt
  5. A type of leather shoe
  6. The group of Southern states fighting against the Union.
  7. Someone who supports slavery
  8. A large farm
  9. Ground soldiers

15 Clues: A large farm • A one strap bag • Covered in iron • Ground soldiers • A large land gun • An unexpected attack • Slang for US dollars • A type of leather shoe • Someone who supports slavery • A fortification made of earth or dirt • A plant that is grown for money not food • Bedding that is carried on a soldiers shoulder • The Northern States fighting against the South • ...

Civil war 2025-02-21

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. president of south
  2. the most respected commander in the Confederacy Army
  3. what did the S stand for in Ulysses S Grant
  4. _____Lincoln
  5. what was the turning point of the civil war
  6. What court was where the south surrendered
  7. the biggest border state
Down
  1. A war between citizens in the same country
  2. what state was the last to free slaves
  3. what the south was called
  4. bleeding_______
  5. the first state to secede in civil war
  6. Where did the Battle of GettysBurg take place
  7. last name of the general who led the union army
  8. _______Jackson

15 Clues: _____Lincoln • _______Jackson • bleeding_______ • president of south • the biggest border state • what the south was called • what state was the last to free slaves • the first state to secede in civil war • A war between citizens in the same country • What court was where the south surrendered • what did the S stand for in Ulysses S Grant • ...

Civil War 2025-05-01

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mandated the immediate return of escaped slaves including those in free territories
  2. Allowed an official vote for states to vote if they would permit slavery
  3. Federal agency that provided school, food, medicine and clothes to freed slaves in the south
  4. Supreme court case that ruled African Americans were not citizens and could not sue for rights or freedom
  5. Tells the story of a wrongly kidnapped free African American man, Solomon Northup sent to live on a plantation
  6. the last former confederate state to be readmitted into the union in 1870
  7. A book that was banned in the south that detailed the horrors and brutality of slavery
  8. This person became president after abraham lincoln was assassinated after the civil war
  9. A law passed to keep the balance between free and slave states stating one free state must enter the union the same time as a free state
Down
  1. Famous speech delivered by President Abraham Lincoln in memory of the soldiers who died protecting the nation’s founding principles
  2. The location of the official surrender of confederate states to end the civil war
  3. Supreme court case that ruled racial segregation was legal as long as it was separate but equal
  4. The first southern state to leave the union and form the Confederacy
  5. A series of laws passed meant to tackle issues of slavery, introduced the 36 30 line to divide slave and free states
  6. the main cause of the civil war

15 Clues: the main cause of the civil war • The first southern state to leave the union and form the Confederacy • Allowed an official vote for states to vote if they would permit slavery • the last former confederate state to be readmitted into the union in 1870 • The location of the official surrender of confederate states to end the civil war • ...

Civil war 2024-10-08

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. forced northerners to return runaways
  2. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Literature)
  3. Lincoln's speech to dedicate the cemetery (Literature)
  4. Who was elected president for the confederate states of america (Important persons)
  5. March from atlanta to savannah, GA (Battle)
  6. Opening confrontation of the war (Battle)
  7. Who wanted to preserve the union and later end slavery (Important persons)
  8. Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses S Grant (Battle)
Down
  1. Lincoln won the electoral majority but only 40% popular vote (Government/Politics)
  2. Lincoln ordered all slaves in the rebelling states be set free on Jan. 1, 1863 (Goverment/politics/Literature)
  3. Popular sovereignty there was a race by slave owners and abolitionist to populate Kansas(Government/politic)
  4. Abolished the Missouri compromise (Government/politics)
  5. Turning point of the war (Battle)
  6. Gold Was discovered where in 1849 (Gold)
  7. Sued for his freedom because he had lived in a free state (important persons)

15 Clues: Turning point of the war (Battle) • forced northerners to return runaways • Gold Was discovered where in 1849 (Gold) • Opening confrontation of the war (Battle) • March from atlanta to savannah, GA (Battle) • Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Literature) • Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses S Grant (Battle) • Lincoln's speech to dedicate the cemetery (Literature) • ...

Civil War 2025-01-17

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the enemy’s war effort.
  2. reasons.
  3. sold for cash --not grown for food like corn or
  4. A branch of the military mounted on horseback.
  5. A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in
  6. Cannon or other large caliber firearms
  7. Armies conducting total war destroyed homes and
  8. A crop such as tobacco or cotton which was grown to
  9. States The Southern states that did not secede from the
Down
  1. A Northerner who fought for the Union
  2. Each state should decide for themselves through
  3. to join the Confederacy.
  4. The act of killing an important person for political or
  5. To draft someone into military service.
  6. to demoralize and undermine the civilian base

15 Clues: reasons. • the enemy’s war effort. • to join the Confederacy. • A Northerner who fought for the Union • Cannon or other large caliber firearms • To draft someone into military service. • to demoralize and undermine the civilian base • A branch of the military mounted on horseback. • Each state should decide for themselves through • ...

Civil War 2025-05-20

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The to cautious general
  2. Northern Soldiers
  3. the general of the north
  4. The guy who was to fat to mount a horse
  5. the general of the south
  6. the side that was known as the Confederates
  7. president of the confederates.
Down
  1. Southern Soldiers
  2. the bloodiest battle in American History
  3. Lincoln issues the order to emancipate enslaved blacks
  4. elected in 1860.
  5. the first state to secede from the Union
  6. the turning point of the war
  7. The speech Lincoln gave after the battle of Gettysburg
  8. the side that was known as the Union

15 Clues: elected in 1860. • Southern Soldiers • Northern Soldiers • The to cautious general • the general of the north • the general of the south • the turning point of the war • president of the confederates. • the side that was known as the Union • The guy who was to fat to mount a horse • the bloodiest battle in American History • the first state to secede from the Union • ...

Free State of Jones Crossword Puzzle 2023-03-06

Free State of Jones Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The region of MS that Jones County is located in
  2. If you owned 20 slaves, you did not have to fight in the war
  3. Finally put down the Jones County defiance
  4. Newt Knight's great-grandson who went to court for interracial marriage
  5. Newt Knight's first wife
  6. Knight's escaped slave friend from the movie
  7. Who Jones County was named after
  8. Jones County's temporary name after the Civil War
  9. What Captain Wirt Thomson reported flew over the Ellisville courthouse
  10. The county that Jones County separated from
  11. The home McLemore was shot in
  12. Confederate tax that allowed the Army to take what they wanted from families
Down
  1. Newt Knight's denomination
  2. Jones County's nickname
  3. Ellisville's temporary name after the Civil War
  4. Rounded up Confederate deserters
  5. Percent of enslaved population in Jones County at the time of the Civil War
  6. Location of Newt Knight's swamp hangout
  7. The city won by the Free State of Jones from the Confederates
  8. Where Newt Knight settled with his family after the war
  9. Knight's second wife
  10. Ran Jones County soldiers out of the swamps
  11. John Paul Jones claim to fame
  12. Believed to have shot McLemore
  13. Horn The object that the women used to notify Knight that the Confederates had come to take their food

25 Clues: Knight's second wife • Jones County's nickname • Newt Knight's first wife • Newt Knight's denomination • John Paul Jones claim to fame • The home McLemore was shot in • Believed to have shot McLemore • Rounded up Confederate deserters • Who Jones County was named after • Location of Newt Knight's swamp hangout • Finally put down the Jones County defiance • ...

History Unit 1 Crossword 2023-04-03

History Unit 1 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. philosopher who believed in life, liberty, and property
  2. the deciding battle of the Civil War
  3. an Asian victim of European imperialism, and also American imperialism
  4. victory for the temperance movement
  5. weak system of government that was overhauled by the early US
  6. Southern attempt to keep Black Americans seperate
  7. president who saved the country from itself
  8. Southern attempt to undermine the Civil War amendments
  9. scapegoat for the US to start a war of aggression against Spain
  10. designed by the British to help pay off war debt
  11. a leader in the fight that eventually led to the 19th amendment
Down
  1. an early attempt to end slavery during the Civil War
  2. oil baron who became extremely wealthy
  3. a negative effect of an unrestricted economy
  4. defeat for the temperance movement
  5. Southern success at keeping Black Americans seperate
  6. Thomas Paine's crowning work, very popular
  7. shift of America to a "modern" country
  8. the movement to solve America's political/economic/social problems through reform
  9. the main achievement of the Anti-Federalists
  10. a continental victim of European imperialism
  11. the movement to solve America's moral degradation by banning immoral substances
  12. an act of defiance against British tax policy; made quite a splash
  13. Confederate general who had much wartime success
  14. someone who dislikes immigrants

25 Clues: someone who dislikes immigrants • defeat for the temperance movement • victory for the temperance movement • the deciding battle of the Civil War • oil baron who became extremely wealthy • shift of America to a "modern" country • Thomas Paine's crowning work, very popular • president who saved the country from itself • a negative effect of an unrestricted economy • ...

The Civil War 2016-03-30

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What Robert E. Lee did to end the war.
  2. act that made anyone between 20 and 45 be drafted.
  3. What happened to Abraham Lincoln after Sherman's victory in Atlanta.
  4. Place where, on April 6, 1862 nearly 40,000 confederate soldiers struck Union soldiers from the woods.
  5. The battle considered the first real battle of the civil war.
  6. Commanding General of the United States Army, who helped lead the Union to victory over the confederacy in the civil war.
  7. Commander of the Confederate Army of North Virginia.
  8. the capital of the confederacy.
Down
  1. The first battle on northern soil, and up to that point, was the bloodiest battle in the civil war.
  2. An executive order Abraham Lincoln signed, that proclaimed freedom of more than 3.1 million slaves.
  3. Where the first battle in the civil war occurred.
  4. person elected for president of the union, and was a supporter of freedom for slaves
  5. Battle with over 46,000 casualties, and was a turning point in the war.

13 Clues: the capital of the confederacy. • What Robert E. Lee did to end the war. • Where the first battle in the civil war occurred. • act that made anyone between 20 and 45 be drafted. • Commander of the Confederate Army of North Virginia. • The battle considered the first real battle of the civil war. • What happened to Abraham Lincoln after Sherman's victory in Atlanta. • ...

The Civil War 2016-03-30

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Place where, on April 6, 1862 nearly 40,000 confederate soldiers struck Union soldiers from the woods.
  2. What Robert E. Lee did to end the war.
  3. the capital of the confederacy.
  4. Battle with over 46,000 casualties, and was a turning point in the war.
  5. person elected for president of the union, and was a supporter of freedom for slaves
  6. act that made anyone between 20 and 45 be drafted.
  7. Commanding General of the United States Army, who helped lead the Union to victory over the confederacy in the civil war.
  8. The first battle on northern soil, and up to that point, was the bloodiest battle in the civil war.
Down
  1. An executive order Abraham Lincoln signed, that proclaimed freedom of more than 3.1 million slaves.
  2. The battle considered the first real battle of the civil war.
  3. What happened to Abraham Lincoln after Sherman's victory in Atlanta.
  4. Where the first battle in the civil war occurred.
  5. Commander of the Confederate Army of North Virginia.

13 Clues: the capital of the confederacy. • What Robert E. Lee did to end the war. • Where the first battle in the civil war occurred. • act that made anyone between 20 and 45 be drafted. • Commander of the Confederate Army of North Virginia. • The battle considered the first real battle of the civil war. • What happened to Abraham Lincoln after Sherman's victory in Atlanta. • ...

Civil War and Reconstruction Vocabulary 2021-04-06

Civil War and Reconstruction Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the United States of America; the Northern states during the Civil War
  2. the Southern states during the Civil War
  3. constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery
  4. a series of laws passed in the South during Reconstruction to keep Freedmen from voting
  5. the reorganization and rebuilding of the South after the Civil War
  6. constitutional amendment that gave citizenship to all former slaves and established how a person becomes a naturalized citizen
  7. an immigrant that becomes a citizen of a country
Down
  1. series of laws that separated whites and blacks in society; segregation
  2. the people rule; Kansas Nebraska Act used this so that settlers could determine if Kansas would be a slave or free state
  3. to free from slavery
  4. naval vessels made with iron sides instead of wood
  5. constitutional amendment that gave all male citizens the right to vote
  6. a strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of to the whole country
  7. to withdrawal from the Union
  8. name given by former Confederates to Southerners that supported Reconstruction
  9. name given to Northerners who moved South after the Civil War to support Reconstruction\

16 Clues: to free from slavery • to withdrawal from the Union • the Southern states during the Civil War • constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery • an immigrant that becomes a citizen of a country • naval vessels made with iron sides instead of wood • the reorganization and rebuilding of the South after the Civil War • ...

Absolutism 2023-10-24

Absolutism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Royal officers appointed by the French king to administer provinces.
  2. A sudden and often violent change in the government or social order.
  3. King who fought English Civil War against parliament
  4. Document that established certain rights and liberties for English citizens in 1689.
  5. A social class composed of wealthy landowners and high-ranking individuals.
  6. Process of adopting or imitating Western European customs and practices.
  7. King of France known as the "Sun King" who personified absolutism.
  8. A conflict between the monarchy and Parliament in England from 1642 to 1651.
Down
  1. Document that limited the power of the English monarchy and affirmed the rights of the people.
  2. Russian czar who modernized Russia and expanded its territories.
  3. Supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War.
  4. English military and political leader who led the Parliamentarian forces during the English Civil War.
  5. A written set of fundamental principles or laws that govern a nation.
  6. Supporters of the English monarchy during the English Civil War.
  7. Belief that a monarch's authority to rule comes directly from God.
  8. The legislative body in England that often clashed with monarchs.

16 Clues: King who fought English Civil War against parliament • Supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War. • Russian czar who modernized Russia and expanded its territories. • Supporters of the English monarchy during the English Civil War. • The legislative body in England that often clashed with monarchs. • ...

civil war 2022-01-11

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

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

Civil War 2020-06-01

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

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

Civil War 2020-06-01

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

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

Civil War 2022-03-04

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

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

Civil War 2022-03-04

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

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

Civil War 2022-03-05

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

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

Civil War 2022-03-05

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

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

Civil War 2022-03-05

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

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

Civil War 2022-03-04

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

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

Civil War 2021-11-15

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

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

Civil War 2021-11-27

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

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

Civil War 2013-04-25

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

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

Civil War 2013-04-15

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

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

Civil War 2014-08-21

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

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

Civil War 2023-03-10

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

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

Civil War 2023-03-10

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

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

civil war 2023-04-13

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

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

civil war 2023-04-13

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

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

Civil War 2023-04-21

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

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

Civil War 2021-03-01

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

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

Civil War 2021-04-12

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

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

Civil War 2022-05-03

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

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

civil war 2022-05-03

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

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

Civil war 2022-05-17

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

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

Civil War 2022-11-02

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

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

Civil War 2022-11-10

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

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

Civil War 2022-10-26

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

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

Civil War 2017-12-17

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

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

Civil War 2017-12-12

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

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

Civil War 2019-04-22

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

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

Civil War 2023-05-10

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

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

civil war 2023-05-12

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

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

Civil War 2024-05-14

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

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

civil war 2024-04-23

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

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

Civil War 2024-04-15

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

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

Civil War 2024-03-14

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

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

Civil War 2023-10-12

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

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

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
Down
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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
Across
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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 • ...