civil war Crossword Puzzles

Reconstruction 2013-11-06

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. Percentage of population needed to re-admit state to union (Lincoln)
  2. Lincolns VP
  3. How many thousands of Confederates were pardoned?
  4. Civil Rights Act of 1866 tried to stop ...
  5. Johnson was first to be...
  6. Freeman
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  1. War time general ended up being President
  2. Time period U.S. rebuilt after Civil War
  3. 14
  4. 15
  5. 13
  6. Johnson was not impeached by ......vote
  7. Punish
  8. Military Districts

14 Clues: 14 • 15 • 13 • Punish • Freeman • Lincolns VP • Military Districts • Johnson was first to be... • Johnson was not impeached by ......vote • Time period U.S. rebuilt after Civil War • War time general ended up being President • Civil Rights Act of 1866 tried to stop ... • How many thousands of Confederates were pardoned? • ...

Lyndon B Johnson Crossword 2024-04-16

Lyndon B Johnson Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. medical insurance created during LBJ's terms
  2. major bombing operation in Vietnam
  3. area that the civil rights act of 1968 outlawed discrimination in
  4. space program LBJ supported
  5. Program created by Johnson for civil rights
  6. What LBJ declared a war on
  7. what LBJ considered to be essential to the American dream
  8. what the Civil rights act of 1964 outlawed
  9. Theory that stated that if one Asian country fell to Communism, more would follow suit
  10. contraversial system of getting soldiers to fight in Vietnam
  11. Civil rights leader LBJ negotiated with
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  1. what two major acts passed in 1964 and 1968 were on
  2. President who Johnson followed
  3. North Vietnam's leader
  4. Act passed that prohibited discrimination in voting
  5. LBJ's political party
  6. where an incident took place that led to increased American involvement in Vietnam
  7. what war LBJ served in
  8. agency aimed at providing development assistance
  9. Vietnam operation in 1968 that people didn't like
  10. South Vietnamese capital
  11. policy aimed to prevent the spread of Communism in the world
  12. First black supreme court justice which LBJ nominated
  13. President who succeeded LBJ

24 Clues: LBJ's political party • North Vietnam's leader • what war LBJ served in • South Vietnamese capital • What LBJ declared a war on • space program LBJ supported • President who succeeded LBJ • President who Johnson followed • major bombing operation in Vietnam • Civil rights leader LBJ negotiated with • what the Civil rights act of 1964 outlawed • ...

Kloberdanz1234 2022-01-13

Kloberdanz1234 crossword puzzle
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  1. event in which workers demand better working conditions
  2. politcal figure against trotsky
  3. organizes and rules over people
  4. - political officials assigned to the military
  5. in support of capitalism in the civil war
  6. corrupt man who took advantage of the tsarina
  7. country in which a revolution led by the Bolsheviks transpired
  8. a classless society
  9. tsarina to czar Nicholas
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  1. a person appointed to lead Russia
  2. in support of communism during the civil war
  3. elite group of the proletariat
  4. a society with self-interest incentives
  5. gained power during the March Revolution
  6. politcal figure who built up the red army
  7. Russia's new name after communism was established
  8. also known as The Great War
  9. secret police force
  10. committee of workers and soldiers
  11. a oppressed group wants to change their leader's decision
  12. management of resources

21 Clues: secret police force • a classless society • management of resources • tsarina to czar Nicholas • also known as The Great War • elite group of the proletariat • politcal figure against trotsky • organizes and rules over people • a person appointed to lead Russia • committee of workers and soldiers • a society with self-interest incentives • gained power during the March Revolution • ...

Refugee By Alan Gratz 2023-02-03

Refugee By Alan Gratz crossword puzzle
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  1. Hana is a?
  2. Made in the boat for there religion
  3. Mahmouds home country
  4. Where the refugees from germany go
  5. How did mahmouds family travel to Turkey
  6. How old was mahmoud?
  7. The place Where hana went missing
  8. Who saved Josef's dad?
  9. Fleeinng Germany because of the nazis
  10. Who takes in and keeps refugees in their home from the Syrian civil war
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  1. Used to get out of cuba
  2. Where Mahmoud used to live before the bombings
  3. The boat isabel is trying to escape Cuba on
  4. Who is Trying to escape cuba
  5. Whose country is going through a civil war?
  6. Who never came back from the trip to greece?
  7. Who broke into Josefs home?
  8. What animal killed Ivan?
  9. Did they ever find Hana?
  10. Someone who has to flee their country because of a war

20 Clues: Hana is a? • How old was mahmoud? • Mahmouds home country • Who saved Josef's dad? • Used to get out of cuba • What animal killed Ivan? • Did they ever find Hana? • Who broke into Josefs home? • Who is Trying to escape cuba • The place Where hana went missing • Where the refugees from germany go • Made in the boat for there religion • Fleeinng Germany because of the nazis • ...

Cambridge American History Semester 1 Exam Part 2 2013-12-10

Cambridge American History Semester 1 Exam Part 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. The US rejected the Treaty of Versailles because they didn't want to get involved in the politics of this area
  2. These groups use collective bargaining to get better working conditions and pay
  3. Three amendments were passed after the Civil War to give this group more civil rights (2 words)
  4. The book The Jungle exposed corruption and unsanitary conditions in this industry
  5. This president created a 14-point plan for peace, including freedom of the seas, arms reduction and a league of nations
  6. The idea of Popular Sovereignty meant states would vote on the _____ of slavery
  7. The Gatling Gun, iron clad ships, torpedoes, rifles and these were used during the Civil War (2 words)
  8. The alliance system, militarism, imperialism and this were causes of the First World War
  9. This was the idea that United States will help neighboring countries have stable economies and governments (2 words)
  10. This Union General used the strategy of Total War in his March to the Sea as they burned everything in their path
  11. Bribing a government official
  12. Great Britain, France and Serbia
  13. When this happened quickly, it resulted in overcrowding in living quarters, violence in the cities and a decrease in farm production
  14. This happened to President Andrew Johnson because Congress believed he vetoed too many laws punishing the South
  15. This proclamation didn't actually free any slaves in the South but showed the president was against slavery in the Union
  16. The United States established themselves as a world power from establishing new markets and a modern one of these
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  1. This style of newspaper reporting helped get the US to go to war against Spain in the Spanish-American War (2 words)
  2. The Anaconda Plan was a Civil War strategy to divide this area
  3. Lincoln's plan for bringing the Union back together after the Civil War
  4. This movement by President Theodore Roosevelt helped to protect the natural wilderness
  5. The Kansas Nebraska Act needed this vote to expand slavery into these territories (2 words)
  6. Because of this and the publication of the book The Jungle, The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed
  7. What many Northerners wanted to do to the South after they lost the Civil War
  8. The United States annexed this area in its desire to become a world power
  9. Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe were, as they didn't believe in slavery
  10. When one business has complete control of production and prices
  11. The Ottoman Empire, Germany, and Austria-Hungary (2 words)
  12. The Roosevelt Corollary stated the government's desire to protect this area (2 words)
  13. The Compromise of 1850 allowed its spread into the territories
  14. This group wanted the government to work with farmers and workers more than with business owners
  15. This idea was used by rich people to keep the government from regulating their businesses (2 words)
  16. The weaknesses of the Treaty of Versailles caused resentment between countries, and caused the US to follow this policy
  17. There were many more of these in the late 1800s because of a rapidly growing population and natural resources

33 Clues: Bribing a government official • Great Britain, France and Serbia • The Ottoman Empire, Germany, and Austria-Hungary (2 words) • The Anaconda Plan was a Civil War strategy to divide this area • The Compromise of 1850 allowed its spread into the territories • When one business has complete control of production and prices • ...

kaylee knies 2023-03-29

kaylee knies crossword puzzle
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  1. helped capture Mexico City
  2. general in the civil war
  3. declared slaves as free
  4. commanded the union army
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  1. ended the civil war
  2. served in the house of representatives
  3. delayed federal troops
  4. governor during the civil war
  5. led a military raid

9 Clues: ended the civil war • led a military raid • delayed federal troops • declared slaves as free • general in the civil war • commanded the union army • helped capture Mexico City • governor during the civil war • served in the house of representatives

Civil War/Railroad Quiz (sheltered) 2020-11-17

Civil War/Railroad Quiz (sheltered) crossword puzzle
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  1. State that the two railroads met
  2. won the Civil War
  3. Fought to end slavery
  4. The U.S. paid for the railroad by giving land___.
  5. Former slave who became the most famous Abolitionist
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  1. The North during the Civil War
  2. Large animal that roamed the Great Plains
  3. Was famous "conductor" of the underground railroad
  4. workers for the Union Pacific Railroad
  5. Played an important role of getting the railroad through the Sierra Nevadas
  6. The South during the Civil War

11 Clues: won the Civil War • Fought to end slavery • The North during the Civil War • The South during the Civil War • State that the two railroads met • workers for the Union Pacific Railroad • Large animal that roamed the Great Plains • The U.S. paid for the railroad by giving land___. • Was famous "conductor" of the underground railroad • ...

Civil War 2019-01-24

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. TAX ON IMPORT GOODS
  2. A PERSON WHO WANTED TO END SLAVERY
  3. "THE SOUTH"; THE ELEVEN STATES THAT SECEDED
  4. TO FOCUS ON THE INTEREST OF ONES REGION
  5. TO WITHDRAW FROM A LARGER UNIT ONE BELONGS TO
  6. THE LAST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR
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  1. THE BLOODIEST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR
  2. THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR
  3. THE UNION'S THREE-FOLD STRATEGY TO BEAT THE CONFEDERACY
  4. THE BLOODIEST DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY
  5. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

11 Clues: TAX ON IMPORT GOODS • THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA • THE LAST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR • THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR • A PERSON WHO WANTED TO END SLAVERY • THE BLOODIEST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR • THE BLOODIEST DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY • TO FOCUS ON THE INTEREST OF ONES REGION • "THE SOUTH"; THE ELEVEN STATES THAT SECEDED • TO WITHDRAW FROM A LARGER UNIT ONE BELONGS TO • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2017-05-31

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. A federal outpost that was attacked by confederate troops, which sparked the civil War.
  2. A famous "conductor of the Underground Railroad that freed over 300 people.
  3. The president during the civil war.
  4. He escaped slavery and became a leading african american spokesman.
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  1. The Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which raised awareness on the cruelty of slavery.
  2. The first and only president of the Confederate States of America.
  3. A battle that resulted in the Unions victory, it was the turning point in the Civil war and turned the tide against the confederates.
  4. The bloodiest singe day battle of the Civil War.
  5. The first major battle of the Civil War which resulted in the confederate victory.
  6. A battle that resulted with the Union Army gaining control of the Mississippi river.

10 Clues: The president during the civil war. • The bloodiest singe day battle of the Civil War. • The first and only president of the Confederate States of America. • He escaped slavery and became a leading african american spokesman. • A famous "conductor of the Underground Railroad that freed over 300 people. • ...

The Civil War 2016-12-19

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Idea that anything goes; traveled from Tennessee to the Coast burning everything in their path
  2. First Major battle of the war, people picnicked to watch
  3. fired by Lincoln; ran against him in 1864
  4. Union General; future President
  5. Confederate General; led the Calvary
  6. Lincoln's address that "free's the slaves"
  7. New type of bullet
  8. Big iron ships that could ram and splinter wooded ships
  9. Turning point battle to take control of the Mississippi
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  1. Lincoln's VP
  2. Military base in Charleston that is attacked by Confederate military; first battle of war
  3. President of the Confederate States of America
  4. Turning point battle that became the most famous battle of the war
  5. Outlawed slavery in the United States
  6. Winfield Scott's plan to defeat the South; included a naval blockade of Southern ports
  7. Bloodiest Battle of the Civil War
  8. President of the United State of America during the Civil War
  9. Union General; came up with the Anaconda Plan
  10. Man who shot Lincoln
  11. Confederate General; most famous; surrounded John Brown at Harper's Ferry

20 Clues: Lincoln's VP • New type of bullet • Man who shot Lincoln • Union General; future President • Bloodiest Battle of the Civil War • Confederate General; led the Calvary • Outlawed slavery in the United States • fired by Lincoln; ran against him in 1864 • Lincoln's address that "free's the slaves" • Union General; came up with the Anaconda Plan • ...

The Civil War 2025-05-22

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. what state is the confederate capital in
  2. the state in which the union's capital is located but is also below the mason Dixon line
  3. this general had his own regiment of women always with him
  4. this general was insubordinate and too cautious
  5. the first battle of the war
  6. what is the name of the single bloodiest battle in U.S. history
  7. what river split the south down the middle
  8. another name for the union
  9. who gave the Gettysburg address speech in 1863 (first name)
  10. what is general Jaxson's nickname
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  1. the _____________ proclamation freed the slaves but only in the south
  2. this general was considered to be a drunk
  3. the president during the civil war (last name)
  4. a nickname for confederate soldiers
  5. the last town on the Mississippi before it was under union control
  6. another name for the Confederacy
  7. what was the deadliest single day battle in the war
  8. in the beginning of the war what where the goals of the north
  9. a nickname for the union soldiers
  10. the 54th ___________ was the first African-American regiment in the civil war

20 Clues: another name for the union • the first battle of the war • another name for the Confederacy • a nickname for the union soldiers • what is general Jaxson's nickname • a nickname for confederate soldiers • what state is the confederate capital in • this general was considered to be a drunk • what river split the south down the middle • ...

The Civil War 2021-11-18

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. President of the Confederate states
  2. Nurse and caregiver for the Union army, founded the American Red Cross
  3. Largest battle in the Western Hemisphere
  4. General of the Union army at the beginning of the war, too cautious
  5. Union general who replaced McClellan
  6. Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing
  7. Overall commander of the Confederacy
  8. Civilian group used to support the army in an emergency
  9. Firearm with a smooth bore and fired from the shoulder
  10. General of Confederate army, died after an incident of friendly fire
  11. Army of the Northern states, against slavery
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  1. Hard crackers made with water, flour, and salt
  2. Also known as the Battle of Manassas
  3. Announced by Lincoln that all slaves in the rebelling states would be free
  4. Army of the Southern states, for slavery
  5. Place where the war started
  6. Name of the court house where Lee surrendered
  7. A U.S. Naval officer, known for his service in the Union army during the war
  8. Cause of the Civil War
  9. President during the Civil War

20 Clues: Cause of the Civil War • Place where the war started • President during the Civil War • President of the Confederate states • Also known as the Battle of Manassas • Union general who replaced McClellan • Overall commander of the Confederacy • Army of the Southern states, for slavery • Largest battle in the Western Hemisphere • Army of the Northern states, against slavery • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-02-22

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. famous confederate general who surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
  2. the Georgian city that was destroyed by William Sherman's army
  3. the battle plan of the Confederacy (the war of ______)
  4. someone who was opposed to the practice of slavery and wanted to end it
  5. the party that was formed against the expansion of slavery
  6. the beginning of the civil war, took place in Charleston
  7. the nickname for the US, the states that did not secede
  8. the plan created by Union General Winfield Scott to "strangle" the confederacy
  9. the winner of the 1860 election
  10. leaving a government or political party
  11. location of the bloodiest battle of the civil war
  12. the president of the Confederate states
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  1. setting free (e.g. the _________ proclamation)
  2. before the war
  3. the name of the organization of states that seceded from the US (CSA)
  4. states that allowed slavery but remained in the Union
  5. the first state to secede from the US
  6. the number of states that seceded
  7. the last state to join the Union before the war
  8. A confederate battle submarine that sank in 1864

20 Clues: before the war • the winner of the 1860 election • the number of states that seceded • the first state to secede from the US • leaving a government or political party • the president of the Confederate states • setting free (e.g. the _________ proclamation) • the last state to join the Union before the war • A confederate battle submarine that sank in 1864 • ...

Battles and Wars the US Fought 2021-07-11

Battles and Wars the US Fought crossword puzzle
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  1. AKA as the Battle of Sharpsburg
  2. Decisive battle of Texas Revolution
  3. AKA Operation Desert Storm
  4. First full scale battle of the Civil War
  5. Harbor WW2 attack on US soil
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  1. Largest amphibious invasion: WW2
  2. Well known Civil War battle
  3. AKA as the French and Indian War
  4. Codenamed Operation Iceburg
  5. Largest military campaigns of Vietnam War
  6. Famous siege in San Antonio

11 Clues: AKA Operation Desert Storm • Well known Civil War battle • Codenamed Operation Iceburg • Famous siege in San Antonio • Harbor WW2 attack on US soil • AKA as the Battle of Sharpsburg • Largest amphibious invasion: WW2 • AKA as the French and Indian War • Decisive battle of Texas Revolution • First full scale battle of the Civil War • Largest military campaigns of Vietnam War

Chapter 4 A Nation on the Brink 2019-11-14

Chapter 4 A Nation on the Brink crossword puzzle
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  1. Freed the slavery
  2. New to the battlefield, caused destruction
  3. Amendment gave equality to all born citizens
  4. The South's general
  5. A Nation divided over this
  6. Act Freeing the slaves
  7. Group created after the South lost that hated Blacks and terrorized them
  8. War within a country
  9. former slave who became free and wrote an autobiography
  10. The North's general
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  1. The South created a new country
  2. The Amendment that freed the slaves
  3. this happened to Lincoln after the war
  4. President who presided over the Civil War
  5. The North called themselves which meant keep the country together
  6. Over ___ people died or wounded

16 Clues: Freed the slavery • The South's general • The North's general • War within a country • Act Freeing the slaves • A Nation divided over this • The South created a new country • Over ___ people died or wounded • The Amendment that freed the slaves • this happened to Lincoln after the war • President who presided over the Civil War • New to the battlefield, caused destruction • ...

The Civil War (English Version) 2022-01-14

The Civil War (English Version) crossword puzzle
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  1. The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
  2. An anti-slavery novel. The novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War.
  3. A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside.
  4. A plant such as tobacco or cotton which was grown to be sold for money – not grown for food, like corn or wheat
  5. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  6. The Southern economy depended on this
  7. A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare
  8. The color of the military uniforms worn by Union soldiers
  9. Any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War
  10. Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron
  11. The leader of the of the Union (northern) troops during the American Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States who served from 1869 to 1877
  12. A planned slave revolt by abolitionist John Brown in Virginia in 1859; the event was unsuccessful and led to the execution of John Brown. Brown became a martyr for the abolitionists' cause. His story became famous throughout the United States. Although many in the North didn't agree with his violent actions, they did agree with his belief that slavery should be abolished. The Civil War began less than a year later.
  13. Freedom from slavery
  14. A decision made in 1857 by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
  15. A new way of conducting war appeared during the Civil War. Instead of focusing only on military targets, armies destroyed homes and crops to demoralize and undermine the civilian base of the enemy’s war effort. (Examples: Sherman in Georgia or Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley)
  16. Cultural movement in which Southern states attempted to cope - mentally and emotionally - with devastating defeat and Northern military occupation after the Civil War. The movement idealized life in the pre-war South, loudly protested against Reconstruction policies, and exalted Confederate figures such as “Stonewall” Jackson and Robert E. Lee.
  17. The leader of the Confederate military during the Civil War
  18. A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf.
  19. A nickname for people from the North, as well as Union soldiers
  20. Something that makes a defensive position stronger, like high mounds of earth to protect cannon or spiky breastworks to slow an enemy charge.
  21. An American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, she escaped and made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people through the Underground Railroad
  22. 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.
  23. The President of the Union / USA during the Civil War, first elected in 1860
  24. A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on these large farms were enslaved people.
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  1. Impossible to split into parts
  2. Paper currency which began to circulate in the North after February 1862 with the passage of the Legal Tender Act. The bills were called “greenbacks” because of their color.
  3. Long cuts dug out of the earth with the dirt piled up into a mound in front; used for defense
  4. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port
  5. The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government; also called the North
  6. To formally approve or sanction
  7. A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
  8. A network of people, homes, and hideouts that slaves in the southern United States used to escape to freedom in the Northern United States and Canada
  9. This idea was common during the debate over slavery in the territories. The idea that people of each territory should be able to decide for themselves if slavery should be allowed in their territory when it became a state.
  10. The basic equipment and structures (such as roads and bridges) that are needed for a country, region, or organization to function properly
  11. When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country
  12. An American author and abolitionist who wrote the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans
  13. An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that slaves in the Confederate states were to be set free.
  14. A person who is drafted into the military. The military draft became a necessity on both sides of the Civil War.
  15. A person who dies for a cause they believe in
  16. A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped slaves in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  17. The color of the military uniforms worn by Confederate soldiers
  18. A political group created in the 1850s to prevent the spread of slavery to the territories. Eventually, members of this political group came to oppose the entire existence of slavery. Abraham Lincoln was the first president who was a member of this group, and very few Southerners were members of this political group.
  19. An escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War. After that conflict and the Emancipation Proclamation of 1862, he continued to push for equality and human rights until his death in 1895.
  20. This set of beliefs argued that the powers of the individual states were greater than the powers of the Federal government, and that the Federal government held its power only through the consent of the states and that any powers not specifically given to the Federal government remained in control of the states.
  21. The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  22. Putting the local or regional interests and customs ahead of the entire country
  23. Soldiers that fight and travel by foot
  24. Someone who wants to end or get rid of slavery
  25. An abolitionist who tried to lead an armed slave uprising in Virginia in 1859
  26. A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder
  27. This word means "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War
  28. Soldiers trained to fight on horseback

52 Clues: Freedom from slavery • Impossible to split into parts • To formally approve or sanction • The Southern economy depended on this • Soldiers that fight and travel by foot • Soldiers trained to fight on horseback • A person who dies for a cause they believe in • Someone who wants to end or get rid of slavery • The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War • ...

Unit 9 Vocabulary 2025-03-31

Unit 9 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. a fixed sum tax levied on all persons
  2. laws passed in the Southern United States after the Civil War to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people
  3. Act a law passed in 1867 that limited the power of the president to remove certain federal officials
  4. the rights of all people to social, economic, and political freedom and equality
  5. a system of beliefs and practices in which White people are considered to be superior to people of other racial backgrounds that is maintained through discrimination
  6. abolished slavery
  7. the right to vote
  8. the period of rebuilding social, economic, and political systems after the Civil War
  9. the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights
  10. a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
  11. the right of a citizen to be treated fairly by the government when laws are made and enforced
  12. a proposal by President Abraham Lincoln to readmit Confederate states to the Union. The plan was based on the idea that 10% of a state's 1860 voters must swear loyalty to the Union
  13. murder usually under secret attack for political reasons
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  1. a term in the 14th amendment requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protections to all people
  2. Males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans)
  3. defined U.S. citizen, which receives due process and equal protection under the law
  4. laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States from the post-Civil War era until the 1960s
  5. rising to an important position
  6. a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit
  7. agreement between southern Democrats and the Republicans to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era
  8. a system that keeps different groups separate from each other, normally through social pressures and/or laws
  9. a Republican favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the southern states in the period following the Civil War
  10. to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature

23 Clues: abolished slavery • the right to vote • rising to an important position • a fixed sum tax levied on all persons • to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature • murder usually under secret attack for political reasons • Males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans) • ...

Unit 9: Reconstruction 2025-04-24

Unit 9: Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
  2. a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit
  3. to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature
  4. rising to an important position
  5. agreement between southern Democrats and the Republicans to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era
  6. a proposal by President Abraham Lincoln to readmit Confederate states to the Union. The plan was based on the idea that 10% of a state's 1860 voters must swear loyalty to the Union
  7. the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights
  8. laws passed in the Southern United States after the Civil War to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people
  9. a term in the 14th amendment requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protections to all people
  10. laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States from the post-Civil War era until the 1960s
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  1. a law passed in 1867 that limited the power of the president to remove certain federal officials
  2. the right to vote
  3. a system of beliefs and practices in which White people are considered to be superior to people of other racial backgrounds that is maintained through discrimination
  4. abolished slavery
  5. the period of rebuilding social, economic, and political systems after the Civil War
  6. a system that keeps different groups separate from each other, normally through social pressures and/or laws
  7. a Republican favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the southern states in the period following the Civil War
  8. the rights of all people to social, economic, and political freedom and equality
  9. the right of a citizen to be treated fairly by the government when laws are made and enforced
  10. defined U.S. citizen, which receives due process and equal protection under the law
  11. a fixed sum tax levied on all persons
  12. murder usually under secret attack for political reasons
  13. Males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans)

23 Clues: the right to vote • abolished slavery • rising to an important position • a fixed sum tax levied on all persons • to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature • murder usually under secret attack for political reasons • Males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans) • ...

Famous Battles from U.S History 2013-06-09

Famous Battles from U.S History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Japanese surprise attack dragging the U.S into WW2 (2 words)
  2. One of the first conquests of Japanese soil during WW2
  3. Commonly known as “Custer’s last stand” (2 Words)
  4. General Braddock died in this battle (2 words)
  5. This invasion started in June 6th, 1944
  6. Critical battle fought during WW1 (2 words)
  7. This offensive destroyed the American belief that the Vietnam war would end quickly
  8. The Confederacy surrendered to the Union at this courthouse
  9. One of Germany’s last offensives before the fall of Berlin
  10. This was a decisive WW2 naval battle over an island in the middle of the pacific
  11. Battle of Hampton Roads featured this type of ship
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  1. Also known as Breed’s Hill (2 words)
  2. Convinced the French to join the war of Independance
  3. These two battles sparked the War of Independance (3 words)
  4. This technology made muskets and rifles much more accurate
  5. Turning point in the Civil War
  6. The general of this decisive victory in 1815 became president (2 words)
  7. Final Battle in the War of Independance
  8. Bloodiest day in American History
  9. This battle initiated the Civil War (2 words)
  10. WW2 broke out after Hitler invaded this country
  11. “Remeber the...”

22 Clues: “Remeber the...” • Turning point in the Civil War • Bloodiest day in American History • Also known as Breed’s Hill (2 words) • Final Battle in the War of Independance • This invasion started in June 6th, 1944 • Critical battle fought during WW1 (2 words) • This battle initiated the Civil War (2 words) • General Braddock died in this battle (2 words) • ...

History Crossword 2025-05-07

History Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Rise of mass consumption.
  2. Khrushchev – Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  3. Roosevelt – New Deal and WWII leadership.
  4. – Cultural impact from 1950s onward.
  5. Roosevelt – Progressive president, "Big Stick" diplomacy.
  6. Media – New form of digital communication.
  7. Obama – First Black U.S. president; Affordable Care Act.
  8. – Post-WWII residential expansion.
  9. Reagan – Conservative movement leader; Cold War rhetoric.
  10. of Berlin Wall – 1989 symbolic end of Cold War.
  11. Landing – 1969 U.S. space achievement.
  12. – Movement for protecting natural resources.
  13. on Terror – U.S.-led global effort to combat terrorism after 9/11.
  14. Carnegie – Steel industry tycoon; philanthropist.
  15. War II – 1939-1945 global war.
  16. Twenties – Nickname for the 1920s, a decade of economic prosperity and cultural change in the U.S.
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  1. – Revolutionized communication and commerce.
  2. Disobedience – Nonviolent protest strategy.
  3. Care Act – Major health reform under Obama.
  4. Ford – Assembly line innovator; Model T.
  5. Rights Movement – 1950s–60s push for racial equality.
  6. – Interconnected global economies and cultures.
  7. War – Controversial U.S. involvement in SE Asia.
  8. Line – Mass production innovation.
  9. Luther King Jr. – Civil rights leader; nonviolence.
  10. War – U.S.-USSR ideological conflict, 1947-1991.
  11. Depression – 1930s economic collapse.
  12. Truman – Dropped atomic bombs; Truman Doctrine.
  13. Wilson – WWI leadership; League of Nations.
  14. War I – 1914-1918 global conflict.

30 Clues: – Rise of mass consumption. • War II – 1939-1945 global war. • Line – Mass production innovation. • – Post-WWII residential expansion. • War I – 1914-1918 global conflict. • – Cultural impact from 1950s onward. • Depression – 1930s economic collapse. • Landing – 1969 U.S. space achievement. • Ford – Assembly line innovator; Model T. • ...

VA Studies Review #1 2023-04-26

VA Studies Review #1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. civil rights lawyer during Brown vs Board of Education
  2. father of the US Constitution
  3. wrote the VA Statue for Religious Freedom
  4. as governor of VA promoted racial equality
  5. president of the USA during the Civil War
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  1. name of the southern army during the Civil War
  2. wrote the VA Declaration of Rights
  3. first African American elected to serve as governor of a state
  4. name of the northern army during the Civil War
  5. led the Massive Resistance movement

10 Clues: father of the US Constitution • wrote the VA Declaration of Rights • led the Massive Resistance movement • wrote the VA Statue for Religious Freedom • president of the USA during the Civil War • as governor of VA promoted racial equality • name of the southern army during the Civil War • name of the northern army during the Civil War • ...

Study Guide Aid 2018-01-17

Study Guide Aid crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Transition from wartime to peacetime
  2. First state to secede from the Union
  3. Age of political corruption during the 1800s
  4. Country that gave the U.S. the Statue of Liberty
  5. First mass produced affordable car
  6. Supreme court ruled this in Plessy v. Ferguson
  7. Place where the first shots of the Civil War fired
  8. Right to vote
  9. First all-black regiment to fight in the Civil War
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  1. America's oldest terrorist Organization
  2. Someone who wanted to end slavery
  3. Time period when alcohol was illegal
  4. Railroad that extended coast-to-coast
  5. Treaty that ended World War I
  6. Dirty, cramped apartments
  7. Material used to build America's mega-cities
  8. U.S. policy of withdrawing from world affairs
  9. Agency that provided food, homes and jobs
  10. Operative word that describes Reconstruction

19 Clues: Right to vote • Dirty, cramped apartments • Treaty that ended World War I • Someone who wanted to end slavery • First mass produced affordable car • Time period when alcohol was illegal • Transition from wartime to peacetime • First state to secede from the Union • Railroad that extended coast-to-coast • America's oldest terrorist Organization • ...

English Civil War 2013-12-15

English Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Someone who supported the King during the Civil War.
  2. Someone who supported Parliament during the Civil War.
  3. A war between opposing groups within the same country.
  4. A word used to describe men who fought alongside Charles.
  5. An early type of gun used during the Civil War.
Down
  1. A word used to insult men who fought for Parliament.
  2. Something two sides reach to settle an argument.
  3. A gathering held to make laws or discuss something.
  4. A long stick with a sharp metal tip used in the Civil War.

9 Clues: An early type of gun used during the Civil War. • Something two sides reach to settle an argument. • A gathering held to make laws or discuss something. • A word used to insult men who fought for Parliament. • Someone who supported the King during the Civil War. • Someone who supported Parliament during the Civil War. • ...

Civil War to Civil Rights 2024-03-14

Civil War to Civil Rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is the war that took place starting in 1861 between the Union and the Confederacy. (2 words)
  2. One of the Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement who promoted peaceful protests was Dr. _________ ________ ______ Jr. (3 words)
  3. The Confederacy did this from the rest of the United States as they pulled away from them.
  4. This is the name of the city in South Carolina were the Battle of Fort Sumter took place.
  5. This word refers to the freedoms that people should have as citizens of the United States.(2 words)
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  1. During the Civil War, this is what the Northern States were called.
  2. During the Civil War, this is what the southern states called themselves.
  3. The period of time after the Civil War where the South's buildings and economy were built up.
  4. She was another leader in the Civil Rights Movement who did not give up her spot on the bus as a form of peaceful protest (2 words).
  5. This was the president of the United States during the Civil War who agreed with the Northern States. (2 words)
  6. A separation between multiple groups of people.

11 Clues: A separation between multiple groups of people. • During the Civil War, this is what the Northern States were called. • During the Civil War, this is what the southern states called themselves. • This is the name of the city in South Carolina were the Battle of Fort Sumter took place. • ...

civil war crossword puzzel 2023-01-27

civil war crossword puzzel crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of 1860
  2. on the water
  3. in the civil war
Down
  1. summer
  2. E Lee
  3. present of the united states
  4. major General of the union.
  5. Tubman
  6. war ship war on the water

9 Clues: E Lee • summer • Tubman • of 1860 • on the water • in the civil war • major General of the union. • present of the united states • war ship war on the water

Hitler's Foreign Policies 2023-11-01

Hitler's Foreign Policies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hitler wanted to put an end to this
  2. Signed by Britain, France and Italy
  3. Union between Germany and Austria
  4. Germany, Italy and Japan
  5. City bombarded in the Spanish Civil War
  6. Germany and Italy signed this
  7. Hitler used this in the Saar
  8. Hitler did this in secret in 1933
  9. Leader of the USSR
  10. Forced enrolment into the army
  11. Stopped Hitler from invading Austria in 1934
  12. Signed by Germany and Britain
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  1. One of Hitler's biggest enemies
  2. Living space
  3. The German air force
  4. German lightening war
  5. Was held in the Saar in 1935
  6. Rich in coal mines
  7. Was remilitarised in 1936
  8. Nationalist leader(Spanish Civil War)
  9. Hitler stopped paying this
  10. Hitler became this in 1933
  11. Pact signed by Germany and Japan
  12. Hitler was born here

24 Clues: Living space • Rich in coal mines • Leader of the USSR • The German air force • Hitler was born here • German lightening war • Germany, Italy and Japan • Was remilitarised in 1936 • Hitler stopped paying this • Hitler became this in 1933 • Was held in the Saar in 1935 • Hitler used this in the Saar • Germany and Italy signed this • Signed by Germany and Britain • ...

Kamdar1234 2022-01-13

Kamdar1234 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. counterrevolutionaries and the Duma in the civil war
  2. a Bolshevik who made the Red Army stronger
  3. legislature
  4. where people were sent if they were thought to be counter-revolutionaries
  5. committees of workers and soldiers
  6. Exiled from Russia, went to Switzerland then later returned to Russia
  7. ended Russia's involvement in war
  8. the place that funded Lenin and the Bolsheviks
  9. a Bolshevik who turned other Bolsheviks against Trotsky
  10. controlled mining, transportation, and production of oil and steel
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  1. leader of provisional government
  2. the place in Russia where Lenin return to from Switzerland
  3. communists led by Lenin in civil war
  4. political officials assigned to the military to ensure loyalty
  5. an elite group of the proletariat
  6. Step down from power
  7. "Mad Monk"
  8. another name for Russia
  9. started the revolt in Petrograd
  10. secret police

20 Clues: "Mad Monk" • legislature • secret police • Step down from power • another name for Russia • started the revolt in Petrograd • leader of provisional government • an elite group of the proletariat • ended Russia's involvement in war • committees of workers and soldiers • communists led by Lenin in civil war • a Bolshevik who made the Red Army stronger • ...

Unit 5 Part I 2022-09-08

Unit 5 Part I crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Bloodiest one day battle in American History. 23,000 Soldiers were killed after 12 hours of combat.
  2. Presidency of the Confederate States of America.
  3. People would vote to be a free/slave slave.
  4. President during the Civil War, issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared those slaves within the Confederacy forever free. Assassinated on April 14, 1865.
  5. Turning point in the Civil War. Union victory that ends Robert E Lee's second campaign into the North. Civil War's bloodiest battle.
  6. 1857 Supreme Court case that decided African slaves were not citizens under U.S. law, therefore could not bring forth a lawsuit. Also, ruled the Missouri Compromise as unconstitutional.
  7. Union victory--cut the Confederacy in half and allowed for control of the Mississippi River (part of the Anaconda Plan)
  8. America's fate to westward expand.
  9. Confederate general who commanded Pickett's Charge on the third day at Gettysburg, considered himself personally responsible for the men lost, and ultimately presented the Confederate's surrender at Appomattox.
  10. Law enacted in 1854 that established the idea of popular sovereignty in certain new territories
  11. Created after the Mexican-American War--5 laws: 1.California would enter the U.S. as a free state; 2.New Mexico & Utah territories would allow popular sovereignty; 3.New Mexico would be created out of Texas territory; 4.Fugitive Slave Act; 5.slave trade was banned in Wash D.C.
  12. April 1865--the town in VA where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War
Down
  1. Established a line at 36 30' keeping a free/slave states balance--Maine was admitted as a free state & Missouri was a slave state.
  2. Executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in all regions behind Confederate lines.
  3. Union forces commanded by Sherman used the tactic of "total war" to cause destruction through Georgia and the Carolinas--bringing the war nearly to an end.
  4. Confederate general known for his strong counterattack at the first battle of Bull Run/Manassas (hint: where he got his nickname)
  5. Violent act against a federal arsenal in 1859 which sparked further tension between the North and the South
  6. April 12, 1861 when Confederate artillery opened fire on the federal fort located in Charleston Harbor--resulted in the beginning of the Civil War
  7. 18th president of the United States- his election in 1868 showed how important the African American vote would be to the future of the Republican Party.
  8. Conflict from 1846-1848 that started with a presidential lie and border dispute.
  9. Delivered by Abraham Lincoln in November 1863 at the dedication of the first national military cemetery
  10. Union general who caused much destruction through Georgia and the Carolinas
  11. Lincoln & Davis suspended this right & jailed people without official notice of charges during the Civil War to keep order & lessen rebellions
  12. Event in November of 1860 that directly led to southern secession and creation of the Confederacy.
  13. President who instigated the beginning of the Mexican-American War.

25 Clues: America's fate to westward expand. • People would vote to be a free/slave slave. • Presidency of the Confederate States of America. • President who instigated the beginning of the Mexican-American War. • Union general who caused much destruction through Georgia and the Carolinas • Conflict from 1846-1848 that started with a presidential lie and border dispute. • ...

Civil War - Luke Ponsell 2019-12-02

Civil War - Luke Ponsell crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Reactions to unfair drafting policy, mainly white working-class.
  2. Major battle, afterwards the Union's success was considered a turning point in the war.
  3. The first shots fired by South, basically started the Civil War.
  4. This was a major advantage of the North.
  5. The type of economy the North had
  6. Slave states that remained loyal to the Union.
  7. The first state to secede.
  8. Freed slaves, and was a reason for war.
  9. Battle that was considered a diplomatic victory.
  10. Confederate Capital in Virginia.
  11. Also a Mexican War veteran, this Union General commanded all of the Union's forces.
  12. The idea of freeing slaves.
Down
  1. Single bloodiest battle of Civil War, lasted 3 days.
  2. President of Confederacy.
  3. Series of battles that happened between the Union and Confederacy in Virginia.
  4. The aim of the Union.
  5. Had terrible conditions, most famous of these is Andersonville.
  6. Mexican War veteran and Commander of Northern Virginia Army.
  7. President of the Union.
  8. The type of economy the South had.
  9. Conflict between the Union and Confederacy.
  10. Over 180,000 African Americans served in the Union, faced discrimination.
  11. Battle where the Union were surprised attacked, Union won.

23 Clues: The aim of the Union. • President of the Union. • President of Confederacy. • The first state to secede. • The idea of freeing slaves. • Confederate Capital in Virginia. • The type of economy the North had • The type of economy the South had. • Freed slaves, and was a reason for war. • This was a major advantage of the North. • Conflict between the Union and Confederacy. • ...

Impacts and the Causes of the Civil War 2024-04-09

Impacts and the Causes of the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. many kids were left without these.
  2. the sole provider of a typical family back then.
  3. what cause Confecerate money to eventually become worthless.
  4. Balence the representation between free and slave states.
  5. whether or not a slave should be free.
  6. to keep the balence of slave states and free states.
  7. Womens role in the army.
  8. the tariff would be lowered and SC would appeal its nullification.
  9. the job young kids were given when they joined the war.
  10. An entire_____________ grew up suffering the results of the Civil War.
  11. the states joined together and became more powerful than the federal government.
  12. there was a manpower __________ pushing most males in the south into war.
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  1. what women were left to look after when men fought in the war.
  2. candidates include Lincon, Douglass, and Bell.
  3. this hampered many fathers lives.
  4. the name of the Northern Army.
  5. most of the men who fought in in the Civil war recevied this from the government.
  6. To prevent slave from freedom even when they travel in free states.
  7. plantation owners became very wealthy because if this.
  8. percent of the SC men who died in the war.
  9. what slave and free children did on the farms.

21 Clues: Womens role in the army. • the name of the Northern Army. • this hampered many fathers lives. • many kids were left without these. • whether or not a slave should be free. • percent of the SC men who died in the war. • candidates include Lincon, Douglass, and Bell. • what slave and free children did on the farms. • the sole provider of a typical family back then. • ...

Crossword 15.1 A Call to Arms (pages 512-517) 2022-10-14

Crossword 15.1 A Call to Arms (pages 512-517) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. not favoring either side
  2. a slave state that did not secede
  3. a military action to prevent traffic from entering or leaving an area
  4. Union general at the battle of Bull Run
  5. border state that Lincoln placed under martial law to maintain control
Down
  1. this army had better equipment and more soldiers during the Civil War
  2. the Union was focused on seizing control of this Confederate city at the start of the Civil War
  3. first major battle of the Civil War
  4. the most famous and talented general for the Confederates during the Civil War
  5. a type of rule in which the military is in charge and citizen's rights are suspended
  6. border state that intended to remain neutral, but joined the Union when it was invaded by the Confederates
  7. Confederate general who received a famous nickname at the Battle of Bull Run

12 Clues: not favoring either side • a slave state that did not secede • first major battle of the Civil War • Union general at the battle of Bull Run • this army had better equipment and more soldiers during the Civil War • a military action to prevent traffic from entering or leaving an area • border state that Lincoln placed under martial law to maintain control • ...

Guernica-Picasso's Message against War (Part1~4) 2012-05-06

Guernica-Picasso's Message against War (Part1~4) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is your ( )
  2. It was his ( ) against the war.
  3. I want to express my ( ) with the Spanish Civil War.
  4. destroy の派生名詞
  5. Picasso created Guernica as his own ( ) for peace.
  6. He used black, white and gray tones, which give Guernica a sad ( ).
  7. Guernica ( ) 3.5 meters high and 7.8 meters wide.
  8. While he was painting the work, he mad an ( ) about the painting.
  9. Picasso completed this ( ) work in just one month.
  10. while feelings about the picture ( ) from person to person,~.
Down
  1. In 1937 Spain was in the middle of a ( ) war.
  2. meanの過去分詞
  3. ( ) the officer’s question meant, “Did you paint this picture?”
  4. In 1937 he created a ( ) painting about war.
  5. There are also ( ) who have died and other symbols of war and destruction..
  6. Picasso was already famous ( ) when he was asked to paint ~ in Paris.
  7. Someone is ( ) in the fire.
  8. Its body is in pieces, and it has a ( ) in its side.
  9. It continues to express people’s strong ( ) for peace.
  10. One view is that the horse is a symbol of how war ( ) everything.
  11. The small town of Guernica was ( ) by German planes.

21 Clues: meanの過去分詞 • destroy の派生名詞 • This is your ( ) • Someone is ( ) in the fire. • It was his ( ) against the war. • In 1937 he created a ( ) painting about war. • In 1937 Spain was in the middle of a ( ) war. • Guernica ( ) 3.5 meters high and 7.8 meters wide. • Picasso created Guernica as his own ( ) for peace. • Picasso completed this ( ) work in just one month. • ...

Guernica-Picasso's Message against War (Part1~4) 2012-05-06

Guernica-Picasso's Message against War (Part1~4) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. It continues to express people’s strong ( ) for peace.
  2. meanの過去分詞
  3. This is your ( )
  4. while feelings about the picture ( ) from person to person,~.
  5. I want to express my ( ) with the Spanish Civil War.
  6. Picasso created Guernica as his own ( ) for peace.
  7. destroy の派生名詞
  8. Picasso was already famous ( ) when he was asked to paint ~ in Paris.
  9. It was his ( ) against the war.
  10. He used black, white and gray tones, which give Guernica a sad ( ).
Down
  1. In 1937 he created a ( ) painting about war.
  2. Guernica ( ) 3.5 meters high and 7.8 meters wide.
  3. While he was painting the work, he mad an ( ) about the painting.
  4. There are also ( ) who have died and other symbols of war and destruction..
  5. Picasso completed this ( ) work in just one month.
  6. Its body is in pieces, and it has a ( ) in its side.
  7. In 1937 Spain was in the middle of a ( ) war.
  8. One view is that the horse is a symbol of how war ( ) everything.
  9. Someone is ( ) in the fire.
  10. The small town of Guernica was ( ) by German planes.
  11. ( ) the officer’s question meant, “Did you paint this picture?”

21 Clues: meanの過去分詞 • destroy の派生名詞 • This is your ( ) • Someone is ( ) in the fire. • It was his ( ) against the war. • In 1937 he created a ( ) painting about war. • In 1937 Spain was in the middle of a ( ) war. • Guernica ( ) 3.5 meters high and 7.8 meters wide. • Picasso completed this ( ) work in just one month. • Picasso created Guernica as his own ( ) for peace. • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2014-05-12

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a line that separates the territory of one group from that of another
  2. when someone has been forced into a system where he or she works for no pay and can be bought and sold as property
  3. a large farm where crops are grown and the people who tend it live on the land
  4. states that fought against the Union during the Civil War
  5. war a war fought between two groups or regions of a nation
  6. skill in growing plants for food; farming
  7. African Americans who had been enslaved before the Civil War
  8. term used to describe the Union soldiers
  9. a business that makes a product or offers a service that can be sold to other people
  10. freedom from slavery
  11. the states united under the Constitution; term associated with the Northern states during the Civil War
  12. a system in which people could be bought and sold and forced to work with no pay
  13. state a state that did not allow slavery
  14. a type of religious song made famous by the blacks of the South
Down
  1. for a state to break away from the rest of the country
  2. an attempt to stop all traffic from entering or leaving an area so goods cannot be shipped or supplies bought
  3. to murder for a political reason
  4. adding more territory to a country
  5. Railroad a secret network of men and women who led enslaved African Americans to freedom before the Civil War
  6. Republican a congressman who believed that the national government should do everything necessary to protect the rights of African Americans
  7. an agreement in which each side of an argument gives up something it wants in order to stop fighting
  8. an official announcement
  9. person who believed slavery was wrong and fought to make it illegal
  10. to fight against people in power, particularly a government
  11. state a state that permitted slavery
  12. an organization of groups that band together for a purpose
  13. the man on plantations in the South who was in charge of enslaved people working in the fields
  14. when an army surrounds a city, keeps our supplies, and tries to force the inhabitants to give up

28 Clues: freedom from slavery • an official announcement • to murder for a political reason • adding more territory to a country • state a state that permitted slavery • term used to describe the Union soldiers • state a state that did not allow slavery • skill in growing plants for food; farming • for a state to break away from the rest of the country • ...

Chapter 9 - Civil War and Reconstruction 2020-09-11

Chapter 9 - Civil War and Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – A barrier of troops or ships to keep people and supplies from moving in and out of an era.
  2. – A situation when groups on each side of an issue give in a little to reach an agreement.
  3. – The United States; also the Northern States that remained part of the nation and fought against the Confederacy in the Civil War.
  4. – The period when laws were passed that sought to rebuild and heal the northern and southern regions of the United States after the Civil War.
  5. – Together, the Southern states that left the United States and formed their own nation; the Confederate States of America.
  6. – A system in which someone who owns land lets someone else “rent” the land to farm it.
  7. – To murder someone famous or powerful, usually for political reasons.
  8. – The act of bringing charges of wrongdoing against a high government official by the House of Representatives.
  9. – To join the military.
  10. – A method of warfare that seeks to destroy civilian as well as military targets to force a surrender.
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  1. – The separation of a state from a nation.
  2. – The division of groups of people, usually by race.
  3. – A person who works to end or get rid of something, especially slavery.
  4. – The freeing of a group from slavery.
  5. – A military blockade and extended attack designed to make a city or other location surrender.
  6. – The celebration of the day when enslaved African Americans were freed during the Civil War.
  7. – Northerners who went South after the Civil War to start businesses and make money.
  8. – A group of laws passed in the late 1800s that denied African American men the right to vote, kept African Americans from owning guns or taking certain types of jobs.
  9. – Before the Civil War, a series of secret routes out of the South along which escaped slaves traveled to freedom in the North.
  10. – The right of each United States state to make its own local laws.
  11. – A large farm, especially in the southern United States, that usually grows one kind of crop.
  12. – A change or improvement.
  13. – An official announcement, usually by the government.

23 Clues: – To join the military. • – A change or improvement. • – The freeing of a group from slavery. • – The separation of a state from a nation. • – The division of groups of people, usually by race. • – An official announcement, usually by the government. • – The right of each United States state to make its own local laws. • ...

U.S. History Midterm Exam Review 2023-06-01

U.S. History Midterm Exam Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ____ assassinated President Lincoln.
  2. After the Civil War, ____ dealth with integrating African Americans into society.
  3. A New Deal program that provided young men with jobs relating to environmental conservation.
  4. The ___ was part of the Compromise of 1850 that required all citizens to return runaway slaves.
  5. The bloodiest single day battle in the Civil War was the _____.
  6. The ___ was the final push for the U.S. to formally enter WWI.
  7. Theodore Roosevelt's ___ wanted to keep wealthy, large businesses from taking advantage of smaller businesses.
  8. ____ was the term for towns set up by the homeless population during the Great Depression.
  9. Over-farming and over-grazing of land, along with severe drought led to the _____ in the Great Plains during the 1930s.
  10. ____ was the landing point for immigrants on the East coast during the 1900s.
Down
  1. ____ led to bootleggers and organized crime, including the infamous Al Capone.
  2. Theodore Roosevelt wanted to end Euorpe's ____ so he could freely trade with China.
  3. Henry Ford introduced the concept of ____ to make his cars more widely available and affordable.
  4. Feelings of _____ led to violence against immigrants in the late 1800s.
  5. During the Civil War, one Northern strategy was called the ____ which called for blocking sea ports and controlling the Mississippi River.
  6. ____ was one cause of WWI, which led to Germany having the largest military of the time.
  7. The ___ powers of WWII included Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union.
  8. By the end of the Civil War, General Grant introduced ____ where his army would attack not only enemy troops but also economic and civilian targets as well.
  9. ___ was a former slave who sued for his freedom in federal court.
  10. When some of his New Deal programs were deemed unconstitutional, FDR considered a ____ plan to add Justices to the Supreme Court.
  11. South Carolina was the first state to ____ from the Union.
  12. The fight over whether to allow slavery led to conflicts such as _____.
  13. The first shots of the Civil War were fired at ____.
  14. ____ was when the stock market crashed on October 29, 1929.

24 Clues: ____ assassinated President Lincoln. • The first shots of the Civil War were fired at ____. • South Carolina was the first state to ____ from the Union. • ____ was when the stock market crashed on October 29, 1929. • The ___ was the final push for the U.S. to formally enter WWI. • The bloodiest single day battle in the Civil War was the _____. • ...

unit 9: reconstruction 2025-04-24

unit 9: reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. murder usually under secret attack for politcal reasons
  2. the period of rebuilding social economic, and political systems after the civil war
  3. males could vote regardless of color( gave suffrage to African Americans
  4. a proposal by President abraham Lincoln to readmit confederate states to the Union. the plan was based on the idea that 10 % of a state's 1860 voters must swear loyalty to the Union
  5. Republican a republican favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the southern states in the period following the civil war
  6. a person from the northern states who went to the south after the Civil war to profit from the reconstruction
  7. the right of a citizen to be treated fairly by the government when laws are made and enforced
  8. the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights
Down
  1. the rights of all people to social, economic and political freedom and equality
  2. defined us citizen which receives due process and equal protection under the law
  3. a law passed in 1867 that limited the power of the president to remove certain federal officials
  4. agreement between southern democrats and the republicans to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the reconstruction era
  5. abolished slavery
  6. the right to vote
  7. a system that keeps different groups seperate from each other, normally through social pressures and/or laws
  8. a system of beliefs and practices in which white people are considered to be superior to people of other racial backgrounds that is maintained through discrimination
  9. a white southerner who collaborated with northern republicans during reconstruction, often for personal profit
  10. to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature
  11. a term in the 14th amendment requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protections to all people
  12. laws passed in the southern states that enforce racial segregation on the United States after the civil war to limit the rights of former
  13. rising to an important position
  14. a fixed sum tax levied on all persons
  15. laws that enforced racial segregation in the US from the post civil war era until the 1960's

23 Clues: abolished slavery • the right to vote • rising to an important position • a fixed sum tax levied on all persons • to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature • murder usually under secret attack for politcal reasons • males could vote regardless of color( gave suffrage to African Americans • ...

Unit 9 2025-04-24

Unit 9 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the right to vote
  2. abolished slavery
  3. the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights
  4. a term in the 14th amendment requiring that states guarantee the same rights,privileges, and protections to all people
  5. a white southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit
  6. a person from the northern states who went to the South after the civil war to profit from the Reconstruction
  7. a law passed in 1867 that limited the power of the president to remove certain federal officials
  8. rising to an important position
  9. agreement between southern Democrats and the Republicans to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era
  10. Males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans)
  11. a system that keeps different groups separate from each other, normally through social pressure and/or laws
Down
  1. a proposal by President Abraham Lincoln to readmit Confederate states to the Union. The plan was based on the idea that 10% of a state's 1860 must swear loyalty to the Union.
  2. laws passed in the Southern United States after the Civil War to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people
  3. laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States from the post- Civil War era until the 1960s
  4. a Republican favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the Southern States in the period following the civil war
  5. defined U.S. citizen,which receives due process and equal protection under the law
  6. a fixed sum tax levied on all persons
  7. the rights of all people to social,economic,and political freedom and equality
  8. the period of rebuilding social,economic,and political systems after the Civil war
  9. a system of beliefs and practices in which White people are considered to be superior to people of other racial backgrounds that is maintained through discrimination
  10. the right of a citizen to be treated fairly by the government when laws are made and enforced
  11. to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature
  12. murder usually under secret attack for political reasons

23 Clues: the right to vote • abolished slavery • rising to an important position • a fixed sum tax levied on all persons • to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature • murder usually under secret attack for political reasons • Males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans) • ...

Unit 9:Reconstruction 2025-04-24

Unit 9:Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. laws that enforced racial segregation in the untied states from the post-civil war era until the 1960s.
  2. a white southerner who collaborated with the northern Republicans during reconstruction,often for personal profit.
  3. a person from the northern states who went to the south after the civil war to profit from the reconstruction.
  4. the rights of a citizen to be treated fairly by the government when laws are made and enforced.
  5. a law passed in 1867 that limited the power of the president to remove certain federal officials.
  6. laws passed in the southern united states after the civil war to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people.
  7. Males could vote regardless of color(gave Suffrage to African Americans).
  8. to reject;to refuse a law made by the legislature.
  9. the rights of all people to social,economic,and political freedom and equality.
  10. a Republican favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the southern states in the period following the civil war.
  11. the right to vote.
Down
  1. a fixed sum levied on all persons.
  2. a system of beliefs and practices in which white people are considered to be superior to people of other racial backgrounds that is maintained through discrimination.
  3. a system that keeps different groups separate from each other,normally through social pressures and/or laws.
  4. a proposal by president Abraham lincoln to readmit confedrate states to the union.the plan was based on the idea that 10% of a state's 1860 voters must swear loyalty to the union.
  5. agreement between southern Democrats and the reppublicans to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the reconstruction era.
  6. rising to an important position.
  7. murder usually under secret attack for political reasons.
  8. abolished slavery.
  9. a term in the 14th amendment requiring that states guarantee the same rights,privileges, and protections to all people.
  10. the period of rebuilding social, economic, and political systems after the civil war.
  11. the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights.
  12. defined U.S.citizen,which receives due process and equal protection under the law.

23 Clues: abolished slavery. • the right to vote. • rising to an important position. • a fixed sum levied on all persons. • to reject;to refuse a law made by the legislature. • murder usually under secret attack for political reasons. • Males could vote regardless of color(gave Suffrage to African Americans). • ...

Unit 9: Reconstruction 2025-05-02

Unit 9: Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans)
  2. To reject; to refuse a law made by legislature
  3. The rights of all people to social, economic , and political freedom and equality
  4. A system of beliefs and practices in which white people are considered to be superior to people of other racial backgrounds that is maintained through discrimination
  5. codes laws passed in the southern united states after the civil war to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people
  6. The right to vote
  7. The status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights
  8. The right of a citizen to be treated fairly by the government when laws are made and enforced
  9. Agreement between southern democrats and the republicans to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era
  10. a republican favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the southern states in the period following the civil war
  11. murder usually under secret attack for political reasons
  12. defined U.S citizen, which receives due process and equal protection under the law
Down
  1. a fixed sum tax levied on all persons
  2. abolished slavery
  3. rising to an important position
  4. A person from the northern states who went to the south after the civil war to profit from the Reconstruction
  5. A white southerner who collaborated with northern republicans during reconstruction, often for personal profit
  6. A term in the 14th amendment requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protections to all people
  7. a law passed in 1867 that limited the power of the president to remove certain federal officials
  8. A system that keeps different groups separate from each other, normally through social pressures and/or laws
  9. the period of rebuilding social, economic, and political systems after the civil war
  10. laws that enforced racial segregation in the united states from the post-civil war era until the 1960s
  11. a proposal by president Abraham Lincoln to readmit confederate states to the union. The plan was based on the idea that 10% of a state's 1860 voters must swear loyalty to the union

23 Clues: abolished slavery • The right to vote • rising to an important position • a fixed sum tax levied on all persons • To reject; to refuse a law made by legislature • murder usually under secret attack for political reasons • Males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans) • ...

Antebellum 2023-01-19

Antebellum crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first fight off american soil
  2. this also formed the Union side of the civil war
  3. a disageement between free states and slave states
  4. changed the course of slavery throught u.s
  5. led by Lincoln
  6. reason for the civil war
Down
  1. this showed the north a lot of the treatment of slaves and lead to the abolitionist movement
  2. this event lead to the mexican war
  3. a beginning move to the civil war
  4. Popular abolitionist

10 Clues: led by Lincoln • Popular abolitionist • reason for the civil war • first fight off american soil • a beginning move to the civil war • this event lead to the mexican war • changed the course of slavery throught u.s • this also formed the Union side of the civil war • a disageement between free states and slave states • ...

Civil War crossword 2023-05-12

Civil War crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. codes that controlled African Americans
  2. Union General
  3. One main cause of the civil war
  4. Union General
  5. Era following the civil war
  6. Slaves were considered property
  7. CSA general
Down
  1. 10% of the population had to pledge loyalty
  2. Robert E Lees best man
  3. 16th President
  4. CSA general
  5. Amendmant that abolished slavery
  6. the Confederacy
  7. Union General later became president
  8. The union

15 Clues: The union • CSA general • CSA general • Union General • Union General • 16th President • the Confederacy • Robert E Lees best man • Era following the civil war • One main cause of the civil war • Slaves were considered property • Amendmant that abolished slavery • Union General later became president • codes that controlled African Americans • 10% of the population had to pledge loyalty

crossword 2014-08-21

crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Proclamation-issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.
  2. of 1850-agreement between the federal government and the southern states
  3. S. Grant-union general who served under president Lincoln
  4. Davis-president of the Confederate States of America
  5. eliminate slavery
  6. location of a major Civil War battle in Maryland
  7. Party-new political party that emerged in the North
  8. Compromise-to appease slave state concerns over a federal abolition
Down
  1. Wilkes Booth-was a Confederate sympathizer and professional actor
  2. Address-a speech that was given by President Abraham Lincoln
  3. E. Lee-general of the Confederate troops during the Civil War
  4. act of a state to leave the nation under
  5. Sumter-Union stronghold in South Carolina
  6. Party-Southern political party that favored slavery
  7. Lincoln-was the 16th President of the United States and served from 1860 until his death
  8. for Gettysburg-largest battle of the American Civil War

16 Clues: eliminate slavery • act of a state to leave the nation under • Sumter-Union stronghold in South Carolina • location of a major Civil War battle in Maryland • Party-Southern political party that favored slavery • Party-new political party that emerged in the North • Davis-president of the Confederate States of America • ...

Texas History Chapter 17 Crossword 2025-01-15

Texas History Chapter 17 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to record a person officially as eligible to vote
  2. a secret organization of White men formed after the Civil War that used violence and terror against African Americans
  3. an official release from punishment for a crime
  4. required
  5. to end; to stop doing an action
  6. a Northerner in the South working for a Reconstruction government
  7. laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War
  8. a temporary government
  9. to cancel
  10. to show, prove, or make clear
Down
  1. a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction
  2. the effort, after the Civil War, to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back into the Union
  3. a person who believed that Congress should direct Reconstruction
  4. to place a limit on a person or action
  5. a formerly enslaved person
  6. June 19th, the date celebrated as the anniversary of Emancipation Day for enslaved people in Texas

16 Clues: required • to cancel • a temporary government • a formerly enslaved person • to show, prove, or make clear • to end; to stop doing an action • to place a limit on a person or action • a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction • an official release from punishment for a crime • to record a person officially as eligible to vote • ...

U.S. Presidents 2024-02-24

U.S. Presidents crossword puzzle
Across
  1. He can play the saxophone
  2. The first President
  3. Secretly purchased enslaved children
  4. Last Whig President
  5. First known left-handed President
  6. Responsible for the Indian Removal Act
  7. First African-American President
  8. Had the most children of any President
  9. First President to have a telephone in the White House
  10. The shortest President
Down
  1. Oldest President
  2. President during the Civil War
  3. Shortest time in office of any President
  4. He was the richest President before taking office
  5. His assassination was caught on camera
  6. Youngest President
  7. He was an actor, lifeguard, and sportscaster.
  8. Main author of The Declaration of Independence
  9. He was a famous college football player before taking office
  10. President during World War 2
  11. Second President
  12. He was a Civil War General before a President
  13. Only President from New Hampshire

23 Clues: Oldest President • Second President • Youngest President • The first President • Last Whig President • The shortest President • He can play the saxophone • President during World War 2 • President during the Civil War • First African-American President • First known left-handed President • Only President from New Hampshire • Secretly purchased enslaved children • ...

History Review 2024-05-22

History Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fought a war for independence against Mexico
  2. first president
  3. place where the Mormons settled
  4. final battle of the american revolution
  5. led the Union army during the Civil War
  6. people move from rural areas to cities
  7. president who gave the Gettysburg address
  8. the gold rush happened in this state
  9. supported the Constitution
  10. first permanent English settlement in North America
Down
  1. claimed land in the new world to profit from fur trading and fishin
  2. defines the principal organs of government and their jurisdictions and the basic rights of citizens.
  3. claimed Florida, Texas, and California
  4. turning point
  5. first anti slavery group
  6. people who worked to end slavery
  7. invention to communicate rapidly over long distances
  8. our nations third president
  9. a place for Catholics to live peacefully
  10. led the Southern Army during the Civil War

20 Clues: turning point • first president • first anti slavery group • supported the Constitution • our nations third president • place where the Mormons settled • people who worked to end slavery • the gold rush happened in this state • claimed Florida, Texas, and California • people move from rural areas to cities • final battle of the american revolution • ...

Civil War 2024-04-30

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where lincoln started his carier
  2. showed that the war was gonna be long
  3. confederate president
  4. confederate prez
  5. first state to secede
Down
  1. capital of the union
  2. first battle of the civil war
  3. union prez
  4. turning point in the war
  5. president and general during the civil war

10 Clues: union prez • confederate prez • capital of the union • confederate president • first state to secede • turning point in the war • first battle of the civil war • where lincoln started his carier • showed that the war was gonna be long • president and general during the civil war

American History 2025-09-13

American History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President who purchased Alaska
  2. Ship that brought the Pilgrims to America
  3. 1773 protest against British tea tax
  4. First ten amendments to the Constitution
  5. President during the Civil War
  6. President assassinated in Dallas, 1963
  7. President who served four terms
  8. War hawk President during War of 1812
  9. First President of the United States
  10. President known as "Old Hickory"
  11. Document signed on July 4, 1776
  12. Amendment that ended slavery
  13. Harbor attacked on December 7, 1941
  14. New York island that processed immigrants
Down
  1. Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark
  2. Abolitionist who led raids in Kansas
  3. Period of westward expansion seeking gold
  4. Battle that ended the Revolutionary War
  5. Author of the Declaration of Independence
  6. First African American Supreme Court Justice
  7. Constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote
  8. Purchase that doubled the size of the US in 1803
  9. Trail used by pioneers moving west
  10. President during World War II
  11. First permanent English settlement in America
  12. California city where gold was first discovered
  13. General who led Union forces in the Civil War
  14. War fought from 1861–1865
  15. Constitutional Convention city
  16. First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic

30 Clues: War fought from 1861–1865 • Amendment that ended slavery • President during World War II • President who purchased Alaska • President during the Civil War • Constitutional Convention city • President who served four terms • Document signed on July 4, 1776 • President known as "Old Hickory" • Trail used by pioneers moving west • Harbor attacked on December 7, 1941 • ...

Antelbellum America, the Civil War, and Recanstruction Vocabulary 2013-05-16

Antelbellum America, the Civil War, and Recanstruction Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. gin Used to seperate the seeds from the cotton fiber
  2. of chickamauga Union general led his troops seven miles south of chattanooga at chickamauga Creek
  3. bureau A federal government organization etsablished in 1865 that helped the newly freed slaves after the Civil War
  4. proclamation A document issueed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862 that freed the slaves in the confedereacy
  5. Unfair treatment of a person or group because of prejudice
  6. Amendment An amendment to the U.S. Constitution ratified in 1865, that made slavery illegal
  7. of 1850 Legislation passed by Congress by which California entered the Union as a free state
  8. The ability to buy something now and pay for it later over a period of time
  9. farming Owned some agricultural equipment
  10. amendment Granted citizensship to the former slaves and forbade the states from denying anyone the "equal protection of the law"
  11. klux klan Worked to keep the freedmen from voting after the Civil War
  12. amendment Extended the right to vote to all males
  13. lincoln Elected in 1860
  14. states A state that allowed slavery
Down
  1. codes set of laws passed by Georgia , and most outhern states after the Civil War to restrict the rights of the freedman
  2. To declare invalid
  3. sovereighty The ability if the residnets of an area to decide upon an issue, such as whether they would allow slavery
  4. compromise Legislation passed by congress in 1820 by which Maine entered the Union as a free state, Missouri entered the Union as a slave state, slavery was prohibited north of the southern border of Missouri
  5. and antebellum The period before the Civil War
  6. runners Mostly private ships that slipped around the blockade
  7. The act of pulling out of the Union
  8. Landowners provided land, houses, farming tools, and fertilizer
  9. The period immediately after the Civil War when the south rebulit and the southern states returned to the Union
  10. Confederate prison for Union soldiers
  11. states A state that did not allow slavery
  12. to abolish slavery
  13. The right to vote
  14. rights The belief that states interest should precedence over the interest of the national government

28 Clues: The right to vote • To declare invalid • to abolish slavery • lincoln Elected in 1860 • The act of pulling out of the Union • states A state that allowed slavery • Confederate prison for Union soldiers • states A state that did not allow slavery • farming Owned some agricultural equipment • and antebellum The period before the Civil War • ...

Unit 9: Reconstruction 2025-04-29

Unit 9: Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. defined U.S. citizen, which receives due process and equal protection under the law
  2. agreement between southern democrats and the Republicans to settle the results of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era
  3. laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States from the post-civil war to profit from the reconstruction
  4. males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americas)
  5. a white southern who collaborated with northern republicans during reconstruction, often for personal profit
  6. the right of a citizen to be treated fairly by the government when laws are made and enforced
  7. the rights of all people to social, economic, and political freedom equality
  8. a system that keeps different groups separate from each other, normally through social pressures and/or laws
  9. murder usually under secret attack for political reasons
  10. a proposal by President Abraham Lincoln to readmit Confederate States to the Union. The plan was based on the idea that 10% of a state's 1860 voters must swear loyalty to the Union
  11. laws passed in the southern united states after the civil war to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people
Down
  1. a system of beliefs and practices in which white people are considered to be superior to people of other racial backgrounds that is maintained through discrimination
  2. a law passed in 1867 that limited the power of the president to remove certain federal officials
  3. a person from the northern states who went to the South after the civil war to profit from the reconstruction
  4. abolished slavery
  5. a fixed sum tax levied on all persons
  6. rising to an important position
  7. to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature
  8. the right to vote
  9. the period of rebuilding social, economic, and political systems after the Civil War
  10. a republican favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the southern states in the period following the Civil War
  11. a term in the 14th amendment requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protections to all people
  12. the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights

23 Clues: abolished slavery • the right to vote • rising to an important position • a fixed sum tax levied on all persons • to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature • murder usually under secret attack for political reasons • males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americas) • ...

Unit 9 Vocabulary Test 2025-05-21

Unit 9 Vocabulary Test crossword puzzle
Across
  1. defined US citizen, which receives due process and equal protection under the law
  2. to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature
  3. laws passed in the Southern United States after the Civil War to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people
  4. the right of a citizen to be treated fairly by the government when laws are made and enforced
  5. a proposal by President Abraham Lincoln to readmit Confederate states to the Union. The plan was based on the idea that 10% of a state's 1860 voters must wear loyalty to the Union
  6. a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from Reconstruction
  7. laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States from the post-Civil War era until the 1960s
  8. a system that keeps different groups separate from each other, normally through social pressures and/or laws
  9. abolished slavery
  10. the period of rebuilding social, economic, and political systems after the Civil War
  11. a term in the 14th amendment requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protection to all people
Down
  1. the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights
  2. a Republican favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the southern states in the period following the Civil War
  3. males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans)
  4. rising to an importation position
  5. a law passed in 1867 that limited the power fo the president to remove certain federal officials
  6. the right to vote
  7. a system of beliefs and practices in which white people are considered to be superior people of other racial backgrounds that is maintained through discrimination
  8. a fixed sum tax levied on all persons
  9. murder usually under secret attack for political reasons
  10. agreement between southern Democrats and the Republicans to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era
  11. the rights of all people to social, economic, and political freedom and equality
  12. a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit

23 Clues: the right to vote • abolished slavery • rising to an importation position • a fixed sum tax levied on all persons • to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature • murder usually under secret attack for political reasons • males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans) • ...

Famous People 2023-01-04

Famous People crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Shot Abraham Lincoln
  2. A lecturer for the American Anti-Slavery Society
  3. Prominent activist, author and public speaker
  4. Union general who played a crucial role in the victory over the confederate states
  5. Dred Scott's wife
  6. Leader of a slave rebelion
  7. Known for the bloody Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg
  8. Served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829
  9. Army officer who had the first Union
  10. Led the raid on Harpers Ferry
  11. Lincolns wife
  12. Union army officer
  13. Helped guide a fragile Union through several critical impasses
Down
  1. A printer, newspaper publisher, radical abolitionist, suffragist, civil rights activist
  2. Promoted the Kansas-Nebraska Act
  3. Noted for his leadership in the Mexican-American War
  4. Played an instrumental role in the founding or expansion of more than 30 hospitals for the treatment of the mentally ill
  5. Led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War
  6. Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  7. A carpenter and formerly enslaved person, allegedly planned an enslaved insurrection to coincide with Bastille Day in Charleston, South Carolina in 1822
  8. of the civil war
  9. Risked her life to bring supplies and support to soldiers in the field during the Civil War
  10. Commanded the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Chickamauga and the Battles for Chattanooga
  11. He and his troops played key roles at the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, and the Battle of Chancellorsville
  12. Outspoken advocate for abolition, temperance,and womens rights
  13. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863
  14. Led the South's attempt at secession during the Civil War
  15. Established his oratorical reputation in the famous 1830 debate with South Carolina senator Robert Hayne over the issue of states' rights and nullification
  16. His defeat of the second Battle of Bull Run
  17. The first and only president of the confederate states of America
  18. Dred Scott decision

31 Clues: Lincolns wife • of the civil war • Dred Scott's wife • Union army officer • Dred Scott decision • Shot Abraham Lincoln • Leader of a slave rebelion • Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin • Led the raid on Harpers Ferry • Promoted the Kansas-Nebraska Act • Army officer who had the first Union • His defeat of the second Battle of Bull Run • Prominent activist, author and public speaker • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-26

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First to Secede
  2. Start of the Civil War
  3. Turing point of the war
  4. Abolitionist who lead underground railroad
  5. First battle of the civil war
  6. A battle that ended without a clear victor
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  1. Lead a raid on Harpers Ferry
  2. Second to secede
  3. Major confederate general
  4. General who lead a victorious battle at Vicksburg,MS
  5. Where Grant defeated Robert E. Lee
  6. A Slave who sued for his rights
  7. Who made the emancipation Proclamation
  8. broke from Virginia and became a border state
  9. Young Napoleon of the West
  10. The states who seceded form the union and formed their own country

16 Clues: First to Secede • Second to secede • Start of the Civil War • Turing point of the war • Major confederate general • Young Napoleon of the West • Lead a raid on Harpers Ferry • First battle of the civil war • A Slave who sued for his rights • Where Grant defeated Robert E. Lee • Who made the emancipation Proclamation • Abolitionist who lead underground railroad • ...

The Civil War 2013-05-22

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. people fighting to free slaves
  2. president for the Union
  3. to keep things equal
  4. process of restoring national unity
  5. knives at the end of guns
  6. first battle of the Civil War
  7. president for the Confederacy
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  1. all the weaponry
  2. people fighting to keep slaves
  3. turning point of The Civil War in Pennsylvania
  4. people who are against slavery

11 Clues: all the weaponry • to keep things equal • president for the Union • knives at the end of guns • first battle of the Civil War • president for the Confederacy • people fighting to keep slaves • people fighting to free slaves • people who are against slavery • process of restoring national unity • turning point of The Civil War in Pennsylvania

Civil War Facts 2015-04-22

Civil War Facts crossword puzzle
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  1. What your government party believes in
  2. The new type of boat used to fight in the war, made of metal
  3. Soldiers who fought on horseback
  4. The complex version of black codes
  5. The Union general that General Robert E. Lee surrendered to
  6. The Northerners had more of these in the government, while the South had Democrats.
  7. A new law that required the North to help the South recapture runaway slaves
  8. The inspiring woman who founded the American Red Cross in 1881
  9. The proclamation that attempted to free the slaves in Southern territory as a military action
  10. The states that were slave and joined the Union, instead of leaving with the Conferderates
  11. The Amendment that gave voting rights to all adult males
  12. The man who assassinated President Lincoln
  13. The Union plan to blockade the Mississippi River from Confederate usage
  14. Civil War president
  15. New money that came from the Civil War time period
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  1. The consent of the people
  2. The South was being forgiven during this era of time
  3. The racist group that supported segregation and wanted to restore the Democratic strength in the South
  4. The South's main source of money on other countries
  5. New system of farming for blacks or people who lost their land to the war
  6. A snake that represents Northern sympathizers
  7. The new deadly weapon that killed the most during the Civil War
  8. Important Confederate General
  9. Because blacks were segregated, this happened.
  10. To leave

25 Clues: To leave • Civil War president • The consent of the people • Important Confederate General • Soldiers who fought on horseback • The complex version of black codes • What your government party believes in • The man who assassinated President Lincoln • A snake that represents Northern sympathizers • Because blacks were segregated, this happened. • ...

Extra Credit Crossword 2024-05-28

Extra Credit Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This region of the country was where Jim Crow Laws were in effect
  2. 49ers went west to search for this
  3. The type of bomb the USA dropped on Japan to end WWII
  4. Immigrants from this country were rounded up into Internment Camps during WWII
  5. The month when Presidential elections happen
  6. Many European immigrants came through this center in NY when they entered the country
  7. This President was impeached for spying on his opponents
  8. The main issue during the US Civil War
  9. During the Great Migration, many Black Americans moved to this region of the country
  10. This country fought for independence from Spain
  11. Most of WWI was fought in these ditches in the ground
  12. The unpopular war in this country was the last time the USA used the draft
  13. The Great _______ was a time period when people experienced high unemployment, starvation, etc.
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  1. Number amendment that abolished slavery
  2. A current US territory that we gained during the Spanish-American War
  3. System of government where people elect their leaders
  4. The Senate and the House of Representatives together are known as this
  5. In the late 1900s, one of the main goals of the USA was to stop the spread of this
  6. The state where the Gold Rush started
  7. The time period directly after the Civil War
  8. President during the Civil War
  9. An enemy of the USA during both World Wars
  10. The automaker known for creating the assembly line

23 Clues: President during the Civil War • 49ers went west to search for this • The state where the Gold Rush started • The main issue during the US Civil War • Number amendment that abolished slavery • An enemy of the USA during both World Wars • The month when Presidential elections happen • The time period directly after the Civil War • ...

American History Final Review (2) 2022-05-16

American History Final Review (2) crossword puzzle
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  1. City where a white mob attacked a convention on black voting rights.
  2. The two sides lost a combined 50,000 troops at this battle in Pennsylvania.
  3. Laws which forced African Americans into labor contracts and apprenticeships.
  4. This battle gave the Union control of the entire Mississippi River.
  5. Nickname for Union war plans devised by Winfield Scott.
  6. Pardon for former Confederates who pledged an oath of loyalty to the Union.
  7. New political party formed in 1854.
  8. Deal through which the United States bought a piece of Mexico for $10 million.
  9. President of the Confederacy.
  10. First state to secede from the Union.
  11. The process of rebuilding the Union after the Civil War.
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  1. Number of states that seceded from the Union.
  2. Where President Lincoln was assassinated.
  3. Drafting eligible men for military service.
  4. Only former Confederate state that was not part of military Reconstruction.
  5. Northern Democrats who opposed the war and wanted peace.
  6. Southerners who worked with northern Republicans during Reconstruction.
  7. Winner of the 1860 election and 16th President of the United States.
  8. Bloodiest one day battle of the Civil War.
  9. The most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
  10. 20,000 troops died at this battle in northern Mississippi.
  11. Biscuit made with wheat flour.
  12. Where the first shots were fired in the Civil War.
  13. Man who led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
  14. Missouri slave who sued for his freedom.

25 Clues: President of the Confederacy. • Biscuit made with wheat flour. • New political party formed in 1854. • First state to secede from the Union. • Missouri slave who sued for his freedom. • Where President Lincoln was assassinated. • Bloodiest one day battle of the Civil War. • Drafting eligible men for military service. • Number of states that seceded from the Union. • ...

American History Crossword Puzzle 2025-06-05

American History Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. A person that wanted to end slavery.
  2. The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
  3. Lewis and ______ were sent to explore the Louisiana Territory.
  4. ___________ of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States.
  5. These were imposed on the colonies to pay war debts from the French and Indian War.
  6. __________ Act required colonists to house British soldiers in their homes.
  7. ________ Railroad was a series of secret networks runaways took to try to escape slavery.
  8. This was one of the largest battle and turning point of the Civil War.
  9. A group of people ruled or governed by another country.
  10. This was the event that started the Civil War.
  11. The period after the Civil War that was about rebuilding the country.
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  1. To refuse to use or by as an act of protest.
  2. The leader of the Patriot army.
  3. The fist shots of the American Revolution were fired here.
  4. This group wanted to remain under British control.
  5. A document that grants permission to start a colony.
  6. This group was in favor of independence from Britain.
  7. This person served as a guide and translator for the Corps of Discovery.
  8. This holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the US.
  9. New Jersey, New York, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
  10. ___________ Destiny was the believe that America was meant to expand across the continent.
  11. This person was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
  12. The election of this person led to Southern states seceding.

23 Clues: The leader of the Patriot army. • A person that wanted to end slavery. • To refuse to use or by as an act of protest. • The first ten amendments to the Constitution. • This was the event that started the Civil War. • New Jersey, New York, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. • This group wanted to remain under British control. • ...

unit 9 Reconstruction 2025-04-24

unit 9 Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. the right of a citizen to be treated fairly by the government when laws are made and enforced.
  2. laws passed in the southern united states after the civil war to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people.
  3. the period of rebuilding social,economic,and political systems after the civil war.
  4. a system of beliefs and practices in which white people are considered to be superior to people of other racial backgrounds that is maintained through discrimination.
  5. a proposal by president Abraham Lincoln to readmit confederate states to the union.the plan was based on the idea that 10% of a states 1860 voters must swear loyalty to the union.
  6. to reject;to refuse a law made by legislature.
  7. murder usually under secret attack for political reasons.
  8. a fixed sum tax levied on all people.
  9. the right to vote.
  10. the rights of all people to social,economic, and political freedom and equality.
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  1. a system that keeps different groups separate from each other,normally through social pressures and/or laws.
  2. defined u.s. citizen,which receives due process and equal protection under the law.
  3. the status of being a legal citizen of a county and entitled to certain rights.
  4. a term in the 14th amendment requiring that states guarantee the same rights,privileges,and protections to all people.
  5. a person from the northern states who went to the south after the civil war to profit from the reconstruction.
  6. a law passed in 1867 that limited the power of the president to remove certain federal officials.
  7. abolished slavery.
  8. a republican favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the southern states in the period following the civil war.
  9. males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans.)
  10. rising to an important position.
  11. agreement between southern democrats and the republicans to settle the results of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the reconstruction era.
  12. a white southern who collaborated with northern republicans during reconstruction,often for personal profit.
  13. laws that enforced racial segregation in the united states from the post-civil war era until the 1960s.

23 Clues: abolished slavery. • the right to vote. • rising to an important position. • a fixed sum tax levied on all people. • to reject;to refuse a law made by legislature. • murder usually under secret attack for political reasons. • males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans.) • ...

The Civil War 2022-09-22

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This conductor of the Underground Railroad was known as "Moses" because she led her people to the "Promised Land."
  2. He served as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia throughout most of the war.
  3. The Confederates attacked this fort on March 4, 1861, beginning the Civil War.
  4. This general is remembered for his long "March to the Sea."
  5. This amendment ended slavery.
  6. He was the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
  7. John Brown attacked this federal arsenal in hopes of beginning a slave revolt.
  8. This term describes the formal withdrawal from a state or a country.
  9. Grant gained control of the Mississippi when he took this Confederate stronghold.
  10. He was the president of the Confederacy.
  11. This was period of rebuilding after the Civil War.
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  1. This chief justice of the Supreme Court authored the infamous decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford
  2. This was the opening battle of the Civil War.
  3. This is a military draft.
  4. Lee surrendered to Grant here.
  5. He was the first African American senator.
  6. With this executive order, Lincoln announced the freedom of the slaves in the rebelling states.
  7. Lincoln gave a famous address here while dedicating a cemetery.

18 Clues: This is a military draft. • This amendment ended slavery. • Lee surrendered to Grant here. • He was the assassin of Abraham Lincoln. • He was the president of the Confederacy. • He was the first African American senator. • This was the opening battle of the Civil War. • This was period of rebuilding after the Civil War. • ...

Clara Barton Crossword 2019-05-18

Clara Barton Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the citizens who fought for their country on the battlefield
  2. where the soldiers fight the battle
  3. what was Clara’s dad’s name
  4. an office which patents are issued
  5. a person who makes hand written documents
  6. who was the president of the USA during the civil
  7. how many siblings did Clara have
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  1. a person who helped wounded soldiers or patients during war
  2. a War between citizens of the same country
  3. where was Clara born?
  4. founded the Red Cross, nurse during civil war
  5. what was Clara’s duty in American Red Cross
  6. how many years did Clara teach
  7. cares for sick and wounded during war
  8. doctors/nurses who used this to wrap broken bones

15 Clues: where was Clara born? • what was Clara’s dad’s name • how many years did Clara teach • how many siblings did Clara have • an office which patents are issued • where the soldiers fight the battle • cares for sick and wounded during war • a person who makes hand written documents • a War between citizens of the same country • what was Clara’s duty in American Red Cross • ...

civil war crossword puzzel 2023-01-27

civil war crossword puzzel crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of 1860
  2. on the water
  3. in the civil war
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  1. summer
  2. E Lee
  3. present of the united states
  4. major General of the union.
  5. Tubman
  6. war ship war on the water

9 Clues: E Lee • summer • Tubman • of 1860 • on the water • in the civil war • major General of the union. • present of the united states • war ship war on the water

Civil War crossword puzzle 2024-06-11

Civil War crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The act of withdrawing from an organization or alliance.
  2. A significant battle in Virginia, known for its Confederate victory.
  3. Last name of the Union general who later became the 18th President.
  4. Last name of the President of the Confederate States of America.
  5. The bloodiest single-day battle in American history.
  6. A major battle won by the Confederates in Virginia.
  7. The northern states during the Civil War.
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  1. The southern states that seceded from the Union.
  2. The movement to end slavery.
  3. The act of freeing enslaved people.
  4. Site where General Lee surrendered to General Grant.
  5. A major turning point in the Civil War, fought in Pennsylvania.
  6. Last name of the leading general of the Confederate Army.
  7. The siege that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
  8. Last name of the Union general known for his "March to the Sea."
  9. The President of the United States during the Civil War.

16 Clues: The movement to end slavery. • The act of freeing enslaved people. • The northern states during the Civil War. • The southern states that seceded from the Union. • A major battle won by the Confederates in Virginia. • Site where General Lee surrendered to General Grant. • The bloodiest single-day battle in American history. • ...

Civil War / Antebellum Era 2023-02-22

Civil War / Antebellum Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The belief that america was meant to expand as far westward as possible
  2. to withdraw formally from membership of a nation
  3. Was the president of the confederate states
  4. This is the one of the causes of the civil war
  5. Was the president of the union during the civil war
  6. The first successful submarine attack that sank afterwards
  7. Came up with the anaconda plan
  8. The intense focus on local or regional issues; the restriction of interest from a national to regional sphere
  9. Four score and seven years ago(Abe Lincoln)
  10. A person who wishes to get rid of slavery
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  1. Wanted to settle matters with popular sovreignty
  2. This Era is the time before the civil war
  3. The battle of the ironclads off the coast of Hampton roads virginia
  4. The event where the ___ sue for their freedom
  5. There were this many confederate states
  6. ____ was the event where fighting broke out due to popular sovereignty
  7. one of south carolina's excuses for leaving the union
  8. Were the party against slavery
  9. The one thing the south focused on

19 Clues: Were the party against slavery • Came up with the anaconda plan • The one thing the south focused on • There were this many confederate states • This Era is the time before the civil war • A person who wishes to get rid of slavery • Was the president of the confederate states • Four score and seven years ago(Abe Lincoln) • The event where the ___ sue for their freedom • ...

9.1 World War II Review 2023-03-28

9.1 World War II Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. invasion of this country started WWII
  2. widespread opposition to war
  3. policy of giving in to aggressors
  4. Germany used this town as target practice during Sp Civil W
  5. The Rome-Berlin-Tokyo ?
  6. What Germany expected to conquer in Eastern Europe
  7. this was the official US policy
  8. Japanese militarists started WWII in Asia where?
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  1. part of Czechoslovakia demanded by hitler
  2. Fascist Italy first invaded ?
  3. France & Britain saw Hitler as a defense against ?
  4. Illegal union with Austria
  5. (3) this made world war II possible
  6. Spanish fascist who started civil war
  7. British leader who refused to negotiate with hitler
  8. What hitler remilitarized in defiance of the TOV

16 Clues: The Rome-Berlin-Tokyo ? • Illegal union with Austria • widespread opposition to war • Fascist Italy first invaded ? • this was the official US policy • policy of giving in to aggressors • (3) this made world war II possible • invasion of this country started WWII • Spanish fascist who started civil war • part of Czechoslovakia demanded by hitler • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2017-05-31

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The president during the civil war.
  2. A famous "conductor of the Underground Railroad that freed over 300 people.
  3. The first and only president of the Confederate States of America.
  4. He escaped slavery and became a leading african american spokesman.
  5. A battle that resulted in the Unions victory, it was the turning point in the Civil war and turned the tide against the confederates.
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  1. The bloodiest singe day battle of the Civil War.
  2. The Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which raised awareness on the cruelty of slavery.
  3. The first major battle of the Civil War which resulted in the confederate victory.
  4. A federal outpost that was attacked by confederate troops, which sparked the civil War.
  5. A battle that resulted with the Union Army gaining control of the Mississippi river.

10 Clues: The president during the civil war. • The bloodiest singe day battle of the Civil War. • The first and only president of the Confederate States of America. • He escaped slavery and became a leading african american spokesman. • A famous "conductor of the Underground Railroad that freed over 300 people. • ...

Understanding Civil War Vaocabulary 2023-10-27

Understanding Civil War Vaocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A person who fought to end slavery in the United States.
  2. The group of Southern states that wanted to break away from the United States during the Civil War.
  3. A famous Civil War battle that took place in Pennsylvania.
  4. of Antietam, A significant battle during the Civil War in Maryland, with a very high number of casualties.
  5. When breakaways decide to leave or break away from a larger country.
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  1. The side that wanted to keep the United States together during the Civil War.
  2. The time after the Civil War when the country was being rebuilt.
  3. When people are owed by other people and forced to work without pay.
  4. Railroad, A secret system to help enslaved people escape to freedom.
  5. The act of setting enslaved people free.

10 Clues: The act of setting enslaved people free. • A person who fought to end slavery in the United States. • A famous Civil War battle that took place in Pennsylvania. • The time after the Civil War when the country was being rebuilt. • When people are owed by other people and forced to work without pay. • ...

Civil Crossword Project 2023-02-15

Civil Crossword Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A large hole in a fortification's walls or embankments caused by artillery or mines was called a?
  2. What was the name of the general that marched the the state of Georgia and basically killed everyone in his path?
  3. A Proclamation that stated that all slaves in confederate states would be free was called?
  4. What was the name of the 1st all-black regiment?
  5. The north was known as the?
  6. What was the term that referred to slaves that escaped to Union forces?
  7. The place where general Lee surrendered in was where?
  8. The battle of(blank)was the largest battle of the civil war.
  9. Robert E. Lee did what when Ulysses S. Grant had the advantage?
  10. The war between the union and confederates?
  11. A crop grown to make money was called a?
  12. What was the civil war slang that meant money?
  13. The Term usually shouted by the general to rush toward the enemy forces.
Down
  1. something to block/prevent the trade of supplies between the confederate and other nation.
  2. President Lincoln was (blank), on April 9, 1865.
  3. an (blank) was a person that wanted to abolish slavery.
  4. The battle that was considered as a turning point in american history took place at what fort?
  5. For a state to leave/separate from the union they are?
  6. The president during the civil war was?
  7. The soldiers that were 70% of the people in the war, were the age of?(EX: Age(number)-(number))

20 Clues: The north was known as the? • The president during the civil war was? • A crop grown to make money was called a? • The war between the union and confederates? • What was the civil war slang that meant money? • President Lincoln was (blank), on April 9, 1865. • What was the name of the 1st all-black regiment? • The place where general Lee surrendered in was where? • ...

US History Crossword 2022-05-16

US History Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This compromise set up the bicameral legislature of the United States government
  2. President when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed
  3. President most well-known for his assassination in Dallas and his rugged good looks
  4. President during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  5. The sinking of this British ship was considered to be the cause of US involvement in World War I
  6. ban of of the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages
  7. 22nd and 24th President who won non-consecutive elections
  8. Architect of the Declaration of independence and orchestrator of the Louisiana Purchase
  9. The victory in this battle against the British sealed the colonies’ victory in the Revolutionary War
  10. Architect of the New Deal
  11. Chief justice that established judicial review
  12. First African-American president of the US and signed the Affordable Care Act into law
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  1. Implemented just after the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, these laws were designed to restrict African Americans rights
  2. Supreme Law of the United States, successor to the Articles of Confederation
  3. delivered a “killer” inaugural speech and died 32 days into term
  4. Signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830
  5. Bombing of this military base caused the United States to join World War II
  6. Period after the Civil War during which the slaves were freed and former slaves were granted citizenship and given more rights
  7. Implemented the assembly line in automobile manufacturing
  8. President known for his economic policies that advocated tax reduction and les government spending

20 Clues: Architect of the New Deal • Signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 • Chief justice that established judicial review • President when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed • 22nd and 24th President who won non-consecutive elections • Implemented the assembly line in automobile manufacturing • ban of of the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages • ...

US History Crossword 2022-05-16

US History Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This compromise set up the bicameral legislature of the United States government
  2. President when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed
  3. President most well-known for his assassination in Dallas and his rugged good looks
  4. President during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  5. The sinking of this British ship was considered to be the cause of US involvement in World War I
  6. ban of of the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages
  7. 22nd and 24th President who won non-consecutive elections
  8. Architect of the Declaration of independence and orchestrator of the Louisiana Purchase
  9. The victory in this battle against the British sealed the colonies’ victory in the Revolutionary War
  10. Architect of the New Deal
  11. Chief justice that established judicial review
  12. First African-American president of the US and signed the Affordable Care Act into law
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  1. Implemented just after the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, these laws were designed to restrict African Americans rights
  2. Supreme Law of the United States, successor to the Articles of Confederation
  3. delivered a “killer” inaugural speech and died 32 days into term
  4. Signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830
  5. Bombing of this military base caused the United States to join World War II
  6. Period after the Civil War during which the slaves were freed and former slaves were granted citizenship and given more rights
  7. Implemented the assembly line in automobile manufacturing
  8. President known for his economic policies that advocated tax reduction and les government spending

20 Clues: Architect of the New Deal • Signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 • Chief justice that established judicial review • President when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed • 22nd and 24th President who won non-consecutive elections • Implemented the assembly line in automobile manufacturing • ban of of the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2021-11-19

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. battle that was the largest Union defeat in the western theater of the Civil War; failure to follow up on the victory lead to Sherman’s Atlanta campaign
  2. of the national government
  3. battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely
  4. a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah
  5. one of the most important strategies during the Civil War; designed to prevent the South from shipping its cotton to England and France in return for weapons and other supplies
  6. take priority over the
  7. Missouri slave who sued for his freedom because he had lived in free territory; was denied the right to sue by the United States Supreme Court
  8. the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the southern states returned to the Union
  9. Abraham Lincoln elected President; outcome led to southern states to secede from the Union
  10. established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850; kept Georgia from succeeding from the Union
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  1. federal reconstruction agency; provided food; helped build schools and hospitals; created the first public school program for either African Americans or whites in Georgia
  2. proclamation that said all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 1, 1863
  3. the belief that a state’s interests
  4. a legal idea that a state has the right to cancel; any federal law which that state has considered unconstitutional
  5. legislation passed by Congress in which California was admitted to the Union as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed
  6. the action of southern states to leave the Union
  7. most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter”

17 Clues: take priority over the • of the national government • the belief that a state’s interests • the action of southern states to leave the Union • a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah • battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely • most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter” • ...

8 2024-08-24

8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mexican War hero
  2. Spanish-American War
  3. Opened China relations
  4. Manifest Destiny supporter
  5. War of 1812 leader
  6. Died in office 1923
  7. Panama Canal project
  8. Civil service reformer
  9. Reconstruction era leader
  10. Supported Kansas-Nebraska
  11. President before Lincoln
  12. Fifth president
  13. Hoovervilles named after him
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  1. Cuban Missile Crisis
  2. Opened Japan to trade
  3. World War I leader
  4. Laissez-faire policies
  5. Affordable Care Act
  6. Honest Abe
  7. Disputed 1876 election
  8. Grandfather was president
  9. Annexed Texas
  10. Marshall Plan
  11. Battle of New Orleans
  12. Little Magician

25 Clues: Honest Abe • Annexed Texas • Marshall Plan • Little Magician • Fifth president • Mexican War hero • World War I leader • War of 1812 leader • Affordable Care Act • Died in office 1923 • Cuban Missile Crisis • Spanish-American War • Panama Canal project • Opened Japan to trade • Battle of New Orleans • Laissez-faire policies • Opened China relations • Disputed 1876 election • Civil service reformer • ...

Year Dates 2024-05-09

Year Dates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The start date of the Crimean War
  2. The year the Persian Gulf War began
  3. The start date of the War of Independence for India
  4. The year the Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred, leading to increased U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
  5. The end date of the American Civil War
  6. The start date of World War I
  7. The year World War II began
  8. The year the Iraq War began
  9. The end date of the Napoleonic Wars
  10. The year the Korean War began
Down
  1. The start date of the Seven Years' War
  2. The end date of the Persian Gulf War
  3. The start date of the Vietnam War
  4. The year the American Revolutionary War began
  5. The year the War of the Roses began
  6. The start date of the War of 1812
  7. The year the Falklands War began
  8. The end date of the Gulf War
  9. The end date of the Vietnam War
  10. The end date of the Spanish-American War

20 Clues: The year World War II began • The year the Iraq War began • The end date of the Gulf War • The start date of World War I • The year the Korean War began • The end date of the Vietnam War • The year the Falklands War began • The start date of the Crimean War • The start date of the Vietnam War • The start date of the War of 1812 • The year the Persian Gulf War began • ...

The Civil War 2022-01-21

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what did Lincoln issue to keep southerners from exporting cotton?
  2. what was the bloodiest battle that was fought in Georgia in the Civil War
  3. Atlanta was vital in the Civil War because of this mean of transportation
  4. what was the most important cash crop in the south
  5. the president of the Union
  6. he was sued for his freedom but was still a slave
  7. what month did the emancipation proclamation become law
  8. this freed some slaves(only a selective amount though)
  9. vice president of the confederacy
Down
  1. what political party was split between north and south
  2. what plan was the Union blockade a part of?
  3. the capital of Georgia during the Civil War
  4. Sherman marched from Atlanta to this city.
  5. these were the ships that would break through the blockades
  6. the troops in Andersonville were this
  7. the president of the Confederacy

16 Clues: the president of the Union • the president of the Confederacy • vice president of the confederacy • the troops in Andersonville were this • Sherman marched from Atlanta to this city. • what plan was the Union blockade a part of? • the capital of Georgia during the Civil War • he was sued for his freedom but was still a slave • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-23

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The bloodiest battle in U.S. history, over 22000 dead.
  2. The number of border states.
  3. The states that stayed loyal to the federal government.
  4. The states that succeeded from the federal government.
  5. The President of the Union during the Civil War.
  6. The battle that the Union Troops won and cut off the south's supplies through the Mississippi River.
  7. The most famous battle in Pennsylvania.
  8. How President Lincoln killed by John W. Boothe.
  9. A proclamation that Abraham Lincoln signed to abolish slavery.
Down
  1. The fort that the south attacked, and started the Civil War.
  2. The state Abraham Lincoln was born in.
  3. Union's lead general in 1862.
  4. The significant inscription on William Johnson's tombstone.
  5. North used it to communicate with each other and used it as an advantage against the south.
  6. Union's lead general in 1864.
  7. The cause the north and south were fighting for and started the Civil War.

16 Clues: The number of border states. • Union's lead general in 1862. • Union's lead general in 1864. • The state Abraham Lincoln was born in. • The most famous battle in Pennsylvania. • How President Lincoln killed by John W. Boothe. • The President of the Union during the Civil War. • The bloodiest battle in U.S. history, over 22000 dead. • ...

US History by Dima 2021-11-24

US History by Dima crossword puzzle
Across
  1. "R" in FDR
  2. First President of the USA
  3. Second "Titanic" sunk by the Germans
  4. future rocket-making champion of Russia
  5. Name of ship sunk at Pearl Harbor
  6. Man who wrote a "letter" to King George
Down
  1. A nice place for a "tea party"
  2. President shot in 1963
  3. "Reason" for Civil War
  4. Declaration of _________
  5. General who called for "Total War"
  6. President during the Civil War

12 Clues: "R" in FDR • President shot in 1963 • "Reason" for Civil War • Declaration of _________ • First President of the USA • A nice place for a "tea party" • President during the Civil War • Name of ship sunk at Pearl Harbor • General who called for "Total War" • Second "Titanic" sunk by the Germans • future rocket-making champion of Russia • Man who wrote a "letter" to King George

History 2023-05-04

History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this state decided in the civil war
  2. the devide between slave states and Free states
  3. these leaders sold their enemies for weaponry
  4. This shaped Americas economy
  5. These states wanted to abolish slavery
  6. this was a war that ended slavery
  7. this invention raised slavery rates
  8. These people wanted slavery
Down
  1. This book influenced the civil war
  2. these people wanted to abolish slavery
  3. Many Slaves Used The ______ to Escape
  4. these debates led towards the Lincoln stopping slavery
  5. slaves were mainly taken from this country
  6. this president abolished slavery
  7. These states wanted slavery

15 Clues: These states wanted slavery • These people wanted slavery • This shaped Americas economy • this president abolished slavery • this was a war that ended slavery • This book influenced the civil war • this state decided in the civil war • this invention raised slavery rates • Many Slaves Used The ______ to Escape • these people wanted to abolish slavery • ...

Reconstruction 2023-10-09

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. impeached president
  2. a single crop grown by farmers
  3. was a champion of political reform
  4. a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction
  5. overrode Johnsons Veto of the civil rights act
  6. secretary of war
  7. War hero, president
  8. was new industry in the south
Down
  1. was offered by Lincoln to white southerners
  2. First african american senetor
  3. radical republican
  4. shot Lincon
  5. a person from the north who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
  6. gave all men born in the US citizenship
  7. was a black Senator

15 Clues: shot Lincon • secretary of war • radical republican • impeached president • was a black Senator • War hero, president • was new industry in the south • First african american senetor • a single crop grown by farmers • was a champion of political reform • gave all men born in the US citizenship • was offered by Lincoln to white southerners • ...

Reconstruction 2016-02-01

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. southerners who favored northerners
  2. designed to reduce African American votes
  3. supported the Shell Manifesto
  4. referred to the Civil War by the South
  5. cause of rivalry between Timmanites and Conservatives
  6. gave blacks rights to vote
  7. new plan for the South
  8. Governor in 1876
  9. northerners who took assisted or took advantage of southerners
  10. terrorists of African Americans
  11. positive African American outcome of Civil War
Down
  1. gave blacks citizenship
  2. redeemed the SC
  3. getting paid with crops
  4. government agency that assisted in the Reconstruction
  5. laws that enforced segregation
  6. freed the slaves
  7. same as Jim Crow laws

18 Clues: redeemed the SC • freed the slaves • Governor in 1876 • same as Jim Crow laws • new plan for the South • gave blacks citizenship • getting paid with crops • gave blacks rights to vote • supported the Shell Manifesto • laws that enforced segregation • terrorists of African Americans • southerners who favored northerners • referred to the Civil War by the South • ...

29 2024-06-23

29 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 1985 concert event that raised funds for famine relief.
  2. Space telescope launched in 1990, revolutionizing astronomy.
  3. Massive oil spill in 1989.
  4. Operation from 19481949 supplying West Berlin.
  5. Era of anticommunist witch hunts in the early '50s.
  6. 1972 visit that opened diplomatic relations.
  7. Landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision on abortion.
  8. Conflict involving Cold War superpowers starting in 1975.
Down
  1. 1975 accords aiming to improve East-West relations.
  2. Nigerian civil war from 1967 to 1970 over secession.
  3. Assassinated civil rights leader in 1965.
  4. Equal Rights Amendment proposed but not ratified by all states.
  5. Site of a tragic shooting during a protest in 1970.
  6. First U.S. space station launched in 1973.
  7. Olympics where Israeli athletes were taken hostage.
  8. Conflict from 19501953, sometimes called "The Forgotten War."
  9. Epidemic first recognized in the early 1980s.
  10. Turn of the millennium bug that caused global concern.
  11. 1973 agreement intended to end the Vietnam War.
  12. Famous "Houston, we have a problem" space mission.

20 Clues: Massive oil spill in 1989. • Assassinated civil rights leader in 1965. • First U.S. space station launched in 1973. • 1972 visit that opened diplomatic relations. • Epidemic first recognized in the early 1980s. • Operation from 19481949 supplying West Berlin. • 1973 agreement intended to end the Vietnam War. • Landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision on abortion. • ...

US History 2014-08-21

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. eliminate slavery
  2. agreement between the federal government and the southern states to keep the South from seceding.
  3. a largely southern political party that favored slavery.
  4. a confederate sympathizer and professional actor.
  5. largest battle of the American Civil War.
  6. location of a major civil war battle in Maryland.
  7. a speech that was given by president Abraham Lincoln.
  8. 1820 to appease slave state concerns over a federal abolition of slavery.
  9. a union stronghold in South Carolina.
  10. a union general who served under President Lincoln.
  11. the 16th president
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  1. issued on January 1, 1863.
  2. a new political party that emerged in the North in the mid 1800's.
  3. is the act of a state to leave the nation under which it belongs and become a sovereign nation of its own.
  4. president of the Confederate states of America.
  5. general of the confederate troops during the Civil War.

16 Clues: eliminate slavery • the 16th president • issued on January 1, 1863. • a union stronghold in South Carolina. • largest battle of the American Civil War. • president of the Confederate states of America. • a confederate sympathizer and professional actor. • location of a major civil war battle in Maryland. • a union general who served under President Lincoln. • ...

January 1st, 1863 2021-12-03

January 1st, 1863 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The general of the rebels
  2. ______ Proclamation
  3. The first month of the civil war
  4. ______ Surrender; Ulysses S. Grant's alias
Down
  1. An offensive attitude of superiority
  2. The leader of the rebels in the South
  3. The bloodiest day of the Civil War
  4. Abraham Lincoln's political party
  5. "The Angel of the Battlefield"
  6. The location of the first formal act of the Civil War

10 Clues: ______ Proclamation • The general of the rebels • "The Angel of the Battlefield" • The first month of the civil war • Abraham Lincoln's political party • The bloodiest day of the Civil War • An offensive attitude of superiority • The leader of the rebels in the South • ______ Surrender; Ulysses S. Grant's alias • The location of the first formal act of the Civil War

US History Crossword 2022-05-16

US History Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President most well-known for his assassination in Dallas and his rugged good looks
  2. President known for his economic policies that advocated tax reduction and les government spending
  3. Implemented the assembly line in automobile manufacturing
  4. Implemented just after the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, these laws were designed to restrict African Americans rights
  5. ban of of the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages
  6. President during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  7. Supreme law of the United States, successor to the Articles of Confederation
  8. delivered a “killer” inaugural speech and died 32 days into office
  9. 22nd and 24th President who won non-consecutive elections
Down
  1. Bombing of this military base caused the United States to join World War II
  2. Architect of the New Deal
  3. First African-American president of the US and signed the Affordable Care Act into law
  4. Architect of the Declaration of independence and orchestrator of the Louisiana Purchase
  5. Signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830
  6. This compromise set up the bicameral legislature of the United States government
  7. President when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed
  8. Period after the Civil War during which the slaves were freed and former slaves were granted citizenship and given more rights
  9. The sinking of this British ship was considered to be the cause of US involvement in World War I
  10. The victory in this battle against the British sealed the colonies’ victory in the Revolutionary War
  11. Chief justice that established judicial review

20 Clues: Architect of the New Deal • Signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 • Chief justice that established judicial review • President when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed • Implemented the assembly line in automobile manufacturing • 22nd and 24th President who won non-consecutive elections • ban of of the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2017-01-17

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. More than 200,000 blacks in Union army and navy.
  2. Issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22,1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free.
  3. Site of Robert E. Lee's final surrender of the Army of Virginia to Ulsses S. Grant.
  4. Act of 1862 that transferred substantial public acreage to the state governments, which were to sell the land and use the proceeds to finance public education.
  5. A series of violent disturbances in New York City that were the culmination of discontent with new laws passed by Congress to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War.
  6. all black regiment
  7. Widespread destruction and devastation of southern economy because of the total war and inflation.
  8. There were four slave states that stayed in the Union because of the assurances that the war was being fought to preserve the Union.
  9. The Emancipation Proclamation freed four million.
  10. proposed by general-in-chief Winfield Scott, which emphasized the blockade of Southern ports and called for an advance down the Mississippi River.
  11. Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War.
Down
  1. Democrats who opposed the Civil War.
  2. Act of 1862 that permitted any citizen or prospective citizen to claim 160 acres of public land and to purchase it for a small fee after living on it for five years.
  3. (aka Manassas) McDowell was almost able to disperse the Confederate forces, but the Southerners were able to stop a last strong Union assault and began a counterattack.
  4. Civil War transformed America into a complex modern industrial society of capital, technology, national organizations, and large corporations.
  5. abolishes slavery in the United States.
  6. The right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime.
  7. ("March to the Sea") This was Sherman's destructive route from Atlanta to Savannah in Georgia. Sherman practiced Total War in this move, and destroyed anything and everything, hoping to demoralize the south.
  8. men left for war so women ran businesses, homes, and farms in their absence. Even factory jobs, nurses, and war volunteers.
  9. (aka Stonewall Jackson) A confederate general who defeated two seperate Union forces in the Shenandoah Valley then slipped away before McDowell could get to him.
  10. laws passed by the U.S. government during the Civil war with the intention of freeing the slaves still held by the Confederate forces in the South.
  11. An American stage actor who killed Abraham Lincoln
  12. U.S. treasury money; could not be redeemed in gold, a fact that contributed to inflation.
  13. ships with iron rams that the confederacy had arranged to purchase from Britain to use against the U.S. naval blockade.
  14. 1861; USS San Jacinto intercepted the British mail steamer Trent. U.S. removed 2 confederate diplomats who were bound for Britain and France.

25 Clues: all black regiment • Democrats who opposed the Civil War. • abolishes slavery in the United States. • More than 200,000 blacks in Union army and navy. • The Emancipation Proclamation freed four million. • An American stage actor who killed Abraham Lincoln • Site of Robert E. Lee's final surrender of the Army of Virginia to Ulsses S. Grant. • ...

US Histroy 2022-09-02

US Histroy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Term for the south leaving the union
  2. Deadliest battle in the Civil War
  3. First major battle of the Civil War
  4. main reason the Civil War was fought
Down
  1. President of the Confederacy
  2. President of the Union
  3. North gains control of Mississippi river
  4. Term for freeing all slaves
  5. Main source of money for the south
  6. name of the movie we watched in class

10 Clues: President of the Union • Term for freeing all slaves • President of the Confederacy • Deadliest battle in the Civil War • Main source of money for the south • First major battle of the Civil War • Term for the south leaving the union • main reason the Civil War was fought • name of the movie we watched in class • North gains control of Mississippi river

Civil War Review 2024-10-22

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who gave the Gettysburg address?
  2. The first shots fired in the Civil War happened here
  3. This amendment is what actually ended slavery
  4. Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 18__
  5. This claimed to free slaves in the south, but couldn't actually free them
  6. "Four _____ and seven years ago our fathers..."
  7. To withdraw from, or remove
  8. The period after the civil war that tried to reshape the south
Down
  1. a person who wanted to end slavery
  2. The _________ states were the Southern States that fought to keep slavery
  3. This compromise established the
  4. This was the first state to secede from the United States
  5. This was the deadliest battle of the civil war
  6. Robert E. _____ was the general of the Confederate Army

14 Clues: To withdraw from, or remove • This compromise established the • Who gave the Gettysburg address? • a person who wanted to end slavery • This amendment is what actually ended slavery • Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 18__ • This was the deadliest battle of the civil war • "Four _____ and seven years ago our fathers..." • ...

Civil War Crossword 2025-01-29

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – The Vice President of the Confederacy and a supporter of the Georgia Platform.
  2. – A law requiring that runaway slaves be returned to their owners, even if they had escaped to free states.
  3. – The act of formally withdrawing from a nation, as the Southern states did from the Union.
  4. – A major Civil War battle fought in Georgia, resulting in a Confederate victory but ultimately benefiting the Union.
  5. – The idea that states can ignore or invalidate federal laws they believe are unconstitutional.
  6. – A Union general known for his "March to the Sea," which devastated Georgia.
  7. – Loyalty to one’s own region rather than to the country as a whole, a major cause of the Civil War.
Down
  1. – A notorious Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia known for its harsh conditions and high death rate.
  2. – The official approval or confirmation of a law, treaty, or constitutional amendment.
  3. – General Sherman’s destructive campaign from Atlanta to Savannah, aimed at crippling the Confederacy.
  4. – The President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
  5. – A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and individual states.
  6. – A Supreme Court case ruling that African Americans were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
  7. – The idea that people in a territory should decide for themselves whether to allow slavery.
  8. – The period before the Civil War, particularly in the South.
  9. – A set of laws designed to ease tensions between free and slave states, including the Fugitive Slave Act and California’s admission as a free state.
  10. – An 1820 agreement that allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state while banning slavery north of the 36°30′ latitude.
  11. – The election in which Abraham Lincoln became president, leading to the secession of Southern states.
  12. – The Northern states that fought to preserve the United States during the Civil War.
  13. – The belief that individual states have the power to govern themselves with minimal federal interference.
  14. – The Union’s naval strategy to prevent the Confederacy from trading goods and receiving supplies.
  15. – A tax on imported goods, often used to protect domestic industries.
  16. – A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States.

23 Clues: – A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States. • – The period before the Civil War, particularly in the South. • – A tax on imported goods, often used to protect domestic industries. • – The President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. • – A Union general known for his "March to the Sea," which devastated Georgia. • ...

Civil war Terms 2018-12-13

Civil war Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The military campaign that left a 300 mile-long destructive path between the Georgian cities of Atlanta and Savannah was known as Sherman's ___________ to the sea
  2. The ________ of 1850 accepted California as a free state of the Union
  3. The ___________ compromise accepted both Maine and Missouri as states in the United States
  4. The union blockade of 1861 was also known as the _________ plan
  5. The Emancipation _________ stated that all slaves in rebellious states (Confederacy) would be freed on January 1, 1863
  6. The bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil war
  7. The ______ Scott case ended with a verdict that stated it was impossible for a slave to sue, as they were not a citizen
Down
  1. The union acquired most of the controversial land in the 1850's and 60's through the __________ purchase
  2. The number of states in the Confederacy.
  3. The second bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  4. Jefferson ________ was the president of the Confederate States of America
  5. The union prison that was led by Captain Henry Wirz
  6. A state's ___________ of succession is an official document stating why they have left the nation or entity it belonged to
  7. The main controversy surrounding the Civil war
  8. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War

15 Clues: The bloodiest battle of the Civil War • The number of states in the Confederacy. • The second bloodiest battle of the Civil War • The bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil war • The main controversy surrounding the Civil war • The union prison that was led by Captain Henry Wirz • The union blockade of 1861 was also known as the _________ plan • ...

Civil war Terms 2018-12-13

Civil war Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The number of states in the Confederacy.
  2. The ________ of 1850 accepted California as a free state of the Union
  3. The second bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  4. The union blockade of 1861 was also known as the _________ plan
  5. The ______ Scott case ended with a verdict that stated it was impossible for a slave to sue, as they were not a citizen
  6. The union prison that was led by Captain Henry Wirz
Down
  1. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  2. The ___________ compromise accepted both Maine and Missouri as states in the United States
  3. The bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil war
  4. The military campaign that left a 300 mile-long destructive path between the Georgian cities of Atlanta and Savannah was known as Sherman's ___________ to the sea
  5. The Emancipation _________ stated that all slaves in rebellious states (Confederacy) would be freed on January 1, 1863
  6. A state's ___________ of succession is an official document stating why they have left the nation or entity it belonged to
  7. The union acquired most of the controversial land in the 1850's and 60's through the __________ purchase
  8. The main controversy surrounding the Civil war
  9. Jefferson ________ was the president of the Confederate States of America

15 Clues: The bloodiest battle of the Civil War • The number of states in the Confederacy. • The second bloodiest battle of the Civil War • The bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil war • The main controversy surrounding the Civil war • The union prison that was led by Captain Henry Wirz • The union blockade of 1861 was also known as the _________ plan • ...

Unit 9: Sectionalism and Civil War 2021-04-08

Unit 9: Sectionalism and Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Northern states during the Civil War
  2. 1861 - 1865, North vs. South, slavery was a major issue
  3. The Southern states during the Civil War
  4. Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
  5. This law required that northern states forcibly returned escaped slaves to their owners.
  6. The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
  7. (1863) a speech given by Abraham Lincoln; praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War
  8. Famous as the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant
Down
  1. A system of secret routes used by escaping slaves to reach freedom in the North or in Canada
  2. 1863. Declared all slaves in rebelling states to be free but did not affect slavery in non-rebelling Border States.
  3. A system of enforced servitude in which some people are owned by other people
  4. 1861; First battle of the Civil War
  5. Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
  6. Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights.
  7. The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union

15 Clues: 1861; First battle of the Civil War • The Northern states during the Civil War • The Southern states during the Civil War • The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union • 1861 - 1865, North vs. South, slavery was a major issue • Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment • A system of enforced servitude in which some people are owned by other people • ...

Historical Battles and Wars 2023-07-05

Historical Battles and Wars crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of the bloodiest battles in human history, WWI
  2. Turning point of the American Revolutionary War
  3. Longest battle of WWI, in France
  4. Major turning point in the American Civil War
  5. Major Pacific campaign of WWII
  6. WWI battle, in Belgium
  7. Battle that changed the course of English history in 1066
Down
  1. Decisive naval battle in the Pacific during WWII
  2. Early battle in the American Revolutionary War
  3. Major WWII battle on the Eastern Front
  4. Battle involving 300 Spartans against the Persian army
  5. Location of the D-Day invasion during WWII
  6. Naval battle that established British naval supremacy
  7. Battle that ended Napoleon's rule as French emperor
  8. Bloodiest single-day battle in the American Civil War

15 Clues: WWI battle, in Belgium • Major Pacific campaign of WWII • Longest battle of WWI, in France • Major WWII battle on the Eastern Front • Location of the D-Day invasion during WWII • Major turning point in the American Civil War • Early battle in the American Revolutionary War • Turning point of the American Revolutionary War • Decisive naval battle in the Pacific during WWII • ...

Civil war introduction 2023-02-23

Civil war introduction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Was sentenced to death after raiding the southern states
  2. The issue that divided the nation during the civil war
  3. Southern states that left the US during the civil war
  4. president of the US during the civil war
  5. A machine that was used to speed up cotton production
  6. Troops from the north during the US civil war
Down
  1. A plant used to make clothes
  2. An era of kanas that involved lots of violence
  3. The belief that the needs of one's own region outweighs the nation as a whole
  4. The act of breaking apart from a group

10 Clues: A plant used to make clothes • The act of breaking apart from a group • president of the US during the civil war • Troops from the north during the US civil war • An era of kanas that involved lots of violence • Southern states that left the US during the civil war • A machine that was used to speed up cotton production • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-01-06

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. withdraw or separate from
  2. a person who sought to abolish slavery during the 19th century
  3. dollar bill
  4. a small back carried on the back of shoulder of soldiers
  5. an agricultural estate
  6. heavy,leather, ankle-high shoe or boot
  7. a person from the North who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
Down
  1. a hat worn by soldiers during the Civil War
  2. a 19th-century warship
  3. a league or alliance
  4. joining or merging
  5. a soldier killed or wounded at battle
  6. soldiers who march and fight on foot
  7. before war
  8. Large-caliber weapons

15 Clues: before war • dollar bill • joining or merging • a league or alliance • Large-caliber weapons • a 19th-century warship • an agricultural estate • withdraw or separate from • soldiers who march and fight on foot • a soldier killed or wounded at battle • heavy,leather, ankle-high shoe or boot • a hat worn by soldiers during the Civil War • ...

Impact of the Civil War Crossword 2021-12-02

Impact of the Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where sherman's march to sea ended
  2. sherman's plan to lay waste and destroy anything the enemy could use in war
  3. the 16th president
  4. The war fought over states rights
  5. General Sherman's plan to capture Atlanta
  6. Where Sherman's March to the Sea started
  7. part of the Union Blockade choking the south's supply routes
  8. 2nd bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  9. overcrowded prison that treated prisoners very poorly
  10. preventing the south from shipping supplies
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  1. would free the slaves in slave states if the south didn't surrender
  2. ships used to prevent blockade runners from getting to england
  3. Prison housing enemy soldiers in the civil war
  4. path of destruction across Georgia
  5. The man who owned Andersonville Prison
  6. The one who led the march to the sea
  7. important rail hub for the south
  8. the county that Chickamauga is in
  9. the destruction of this fort made the Union Blockade more successful
  10. a citizen who tried to evade the union's blockades to import and export

20 Clues: the 16th president • important rail hub for the south • The war fought over states rights • the county that Chickamauga is in • where sherman's march to sea ended • path of destruction across Georgia • The one who led the march to the sea • 2nd bloodiest battle of the Civil War • The man who owned Andersonville Prison • Where Sherman's March to the Sea started • ...

Remembering History 2019-03-12

Remembering History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Pulled by dogs and horses
  2. Another name for steam train
  3. Many tribes say there are 13 of these in a year
  4. 1800's war lasting four years
  5. First to walk the Sauk Trail
  6. Powhatan call this a tamahaac
  7. Indian Marker Tree Location
  8. Used on drums and rattles
  9. Cowboy field kitchen
  10. Weapon of the European armies between 1660 and 1840
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  1. Something Given, also a General in the Civil War
  2. Native American Civil War General
  3. Cone shaped houses of the plains Tribes
  4. President who hung 38 Native Americans
  5. A type of jerky
  6. Another name for the Sumac Tree
  7. A dome-shaped hut or home of the Woodlands People
  8. Bunny in a blanket, can’t breath
  9. French Canadians who transported furs by canoe
  10. 1900's war lasting seventeen years
  11. 1812 hero also the 7th President
  12. Native American Sharp Shooters
  13. Used for food, water and bird houses
  14. Green, mush or meal I’m a staple to most Tribes
  15. Black powder weapon

25 Clues: A type of jerky • Black powder weapon • Cowboy field kitchen • Pulled by dogs and horses • Used on drums and rattles • Indian Marker Tree Location • Another name for steam train • First to walk the Sauk Trail • 1800's war lasting four years • Powhatan call this a tamahaac • Native American Sharp Shooters • Another name for the Sumac Tree • Bunny in a blanket, can’t breath • ...

The Civil War Eric Aponik 2017-02-13

The Civil War Eric Aponik crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A general in the Confederate
  2. What Lincoln suspended because of soldiers leaving the army
  3. A draft of civilians to serve
  4. The people of the south
  5. Something Lincoln promise
  6. The amendment that abolished slavery from all states in April of 1864
  7. Was fought in September of 1862
  8. Where the war began
  9. A Union General
  10. Was a retired stage actor who assassinated Ab Lincoln on April 14, 1865
  11. One of the advantages in the North during the Civil War
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  1. Was started to support the injured for the Civil War.
  2. Withdraw from a Union or a group
  3. Marched 60000 Soldiers 285 miles
  4. A union victory in Mississippi
  5. Wanted to stay with the Union, wanted to Abolish Slavery.
  6. A 3-part plan by the Union
  7. President of the Confederate States
  8. The 16th president
  9. Was a battle where the Confederates surrendered
  10. Most Decisive battle of the war
  11. Lead your man to battle

22 Clues: A Union General • The 16th president • Where the war began • The people of the south • Lead your man to battle • Something Lincoln promise • A 3-part plan by the Union • A general in the Confederate • A draft of civilians to serve • A union victory in Mississippi • Most Decisive battle of the war • Was fought in September of 1862 • Withdraw from a Union or a group • ...

Sectionalism Vocabulary 2023-12-12

Sectionalism Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War
  2. A loose union of independent states; name of government used by the southern states that seceded during the Civil War
  3. forces Northern troops
  4. Sovereignty A government in which the people rule by their own consent.
  5. A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States
  6. Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation
  7. Compromise ¨Compromise of 1820" over the issue of slavery in Missouri. It was decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.
  8. Act 1854 - Created Nebraska and Kansas as states and gave the people in those territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through popular sovereignty.
  9. Scott United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state
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  1. War (1846-1848) The war between the United States and Mexico in which the United States acquired one half of the Mexican territory.
  2. Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
  3. of 1850 Agreement designed to ease tensions caused by the expansion of slavery into western territories
  4. Brown's Raid Began when he and his men took over the arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in hopes of starting a slave rebellion.
  5. Civil War The violent conflict between Union and confederate forces over states rights and slavery between 1861-1865.
  6. Tom's Cabin A novel published by harriet beecher stowe in 1852 which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral
  7. Lincoln 16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)

16 Clues: forces Northern troops • Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation • A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States • Belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War • Sovereignty A government in which the people rule by their own consent. • ...

Harriet Tubman 2021-02-03

Harriet Tubman crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Helped slaves escape to the North
  2. Another job she had during the Civil War
  3. Approximate number of slaves she helped escape to freedom
  4. Night she typically helped slaves escape
  5. Railroad
  6. State she was born in
  7. Her nickname
  8. Her mother's name
  9. One of her jobs during the Civil War
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  1. City she first escaped to
  2. What she used to guide her to the North
  3. Someone against slavery
  4. Year she died
  5. Year she was born
  6. Her role in the Underground Railroard
  7. The name she was given at birth
  8. The right to vote
  9. to fight against

18 Clues: Railroad • Her nickname • Year she died • to fight against • Year she was born • The right to vote • Her mother's name • State she was born in • Someone against slavery • City she first escaped to • The name she was given at birth • Helped slaves escape to the North • One of her jobs during the Civil War • Her role in the Underground Railroard • What she used to guide her to the North • ...

Year Dates 2024-05-09

Year Dates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The start date of the Crimean War
  2. The year the Persian Gulf War began
  3. The start date of the War of Independence for India
  4. The year the Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred, leading to increased U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
  5. The end date of the American Civil War
  6. The start date of World War I
  7. The year World War II began
  8. The year the Iraq War began
  9. The end date of the Napoleonic Wars
  10. The year the Korean War began
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  1. The start date of the Seven Years' War
  2. The end date of the Persian Gulf War
  3. The start date of the Vietnam War
  4. The year the American Revolutionary War began
  5. The year the War of the Roses began
  6. The start date of the War of 1812
  7. The year the Falklands War began
  8. The end date of the Gulf War
  9. The end date of the Vietnam War
  10. The end date of the Spanish-American War

20 Clues: The year World War II began • The year the Iraq War began • The end date of the Gulf War • The start date of World War I • The year the Korean War began • The end date of the Vietnam War • The year the Falklands War began • The start date of the Crimean War • The start date of the Vietnam War • The start date of the War of 1812 • The year the Persian Gulf War began • ...

Civil War & Reconstruction Crossword 2023-05-09

Civil War & Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The southern states that seceded from the United States during the Civil War
  2. The laws that were passed after the Civil War to help rebuild the United States
  3. A large farm that usually grows a cash crop
  4. The right of each state to make its own laws
  5. The separation of a state from a nation
  6. The separation of people by race
  7. A conflict between the North & South
  8. To murder someone powerful for political reasons
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  1. A person working to end slavery
  2. The right to vote
  3. The freeing of a group from slavery
  4. Bringing charges of wrongdoing against a government official
  5. Concern for regional needs and interests
  6. The northern states of the United States during the Civil War
  7. A set of laws that kept African Americans from voting, owning guns, or taking certain jobs
  8. An area of land granted to an American Indian tribe

16 Clues: The right to vote • A person working to end slavery • The separation of people by race • The freeing of a group from slavery • A conflict between the North & South • The separation of a state from a nation • Concern for regional needs and interests • A large farm that usually grows a cash crop • The right of each state to make its own laws • ...