civil war Crossword Puzzles

Civil war Terms 2018-12-13

Civil war Terms crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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 • ...

The Civil War 2022-01-21

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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.
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  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. • ...

Vocab #5 Crossword 2026-01-15

Vocab #5 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a town hat grows fast because of economic opportunity
  2. the process of adopting another culture
  3. law giving settlers land for free if they farm for several years
  4. the belief that America was destined to expand across North America
  5. laws enforcing racial segregation
  6. a northerner whom went to the south after the Civil War
  7. flat large region in central USA
  8. land saved by the government for Native Americans
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  1. a railroad connecting west and east coasts
  2. treating people unfairly because of differences
  3. laws that limited the rights of black people after the Civil War
  4. homes made with sod blocks in the Great Plains
  5. a farmer (often a Black after the Civil War) who worked land for someone else for rent paid by crops
  6. separation of people on race or differences
  7. test for reading or writing to prevent certain voters
  8. a fee required to vote used to stop Black people from voting

16 Clues: flat large region in central USA • laws enforcing racial segregation • the process of adopting another culture • a railroad connecting west and east coasts • separation of people on race or differences • homes made with sod blocks in the Great Plains • treating people unfairly because of differences • land saved by the government for Native Americans • ...

Civil War Crossword 2025-01-29

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  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.
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  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. • ...

History 2023-05-04

History crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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 • ...

US History Crossword 2022-05-16

US History Crossword crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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 Review 2024-10-22

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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..." • ...

US History by Dima 2021-11-24

US History by Dima crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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

Civil War Crossword 2022-01-06

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  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.
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  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 • ...

US Histroy 2022-09-02

US Histroy crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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

The Civil War Eric Aponik 2017-02-13

The Civil War Eric Aponik crossword puzzle
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  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 • ...

Harriet Tubman 2021-02-03

Harriet Tubman crossword puzzle
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  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 • ...

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. • ...

January 1st, 1863 2021-12-03

January 1st, 1863 crossword puzzle
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  1. The general of the rebels
  2. ______ Proclamation
  3. The first month of the civil war
  4. ______ Surrender; Ulysses S. Grant's alias
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  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

Historical Battles and Wars 2023-07-05

Historical Battles and Wars crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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 • ...

Jeel Soni - CWP 2021-05-03

Jeel Soni - CWP crossword puzzle
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  1. The belief that the United States should expand to the coast
  2. Time after the Civil War in which the States rejoined the US, laws were changed, slavery was abolished
  3. War between the southern and northern US states.
  4. The northern states during the Civil War
  5. Adding land into a nation
  6. Major cash crop in the south during the 1860s
  7. A spanish mission in which a battle was fought. It is located in San Antonio
  8. Location of deadliest hurricane in Texas in 1900
  9. An economic slump during the 1930s that was caused by overproduction of supplies with lack of demand
  10. River along the border of Mexico and Texas
  11. Fights between farmers and ranchers about land
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  1. Name of the ship which was coming to England and was attacked by the German people. This attack led the US to joining World War I.
  2. Oil was found at this location in 1901...it caused a great oil boom in Texas
  3. Country that borders Texas
  4. A town that rapidly grows/urbanizes due to sudden prosperity
  5. President of Mexico who was a dictator, ordered execution of soldiers at Goliad
  6. Storms of dust that caused the fleeing of the affected states -- poor farming techniques led to this
  7. The southern states during the Civil War
  8. Invention that is put around land to keep someone/something out. For example, farmers used this to keep cattle from ruining their crops.
  9. First European to map the coast of Texas

20 Clues: Adding land into a nation • Country that borders Texas • The northern states during the Civil War • The southern states during the Civil War • First European to map the coast of Texas • River along the border of Mexico and Texas • Major cash crop in the south during the 1860s • Fights between farmers and ranchers about land • ...

Impact of the Civil War Crossword 2021-12-02

Impact of the Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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 • ...

Civil War & Reconstruction Crossword 2023-05-09

Civil War & Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
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  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 • ...

Reconstruction 2024-03-18

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

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 • an official release from punishment for a crime • a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction • to record a person officially as eligible to vote • ...

Year Dates 2024-05-09

Year Dates crossword puzzle
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  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 introduction 2023-02-23

Civil war introduction crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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 vocabulary 2024-05-09

Civil war vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. a dollar bill; a dollar.
  2. a person who favors the end of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or slavery.
  3. covered or protected with iron.
  4. large-caliber guns used in warfare on land
  5. soldiers marching or fighting on foot; foot
  6. a coarse stout leather shoe reaching to the ankle
  7. the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
  8. A very important battle fought during the civil war, it determined the North’s victory
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  1. an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor. Slaves in the South used to work on these
  2. a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
  3. a person who is forced to work for and obey another and is considered to be their property
  4. the act of a state canceling out a law made by the federal government
  5. a small, sturdy bag carried on the back or over the shoulder, used especially by soldiers and hikers.
  6. What the North was called during the civil war
  7. What the South was called during the Civil War

15 Clues: a dollar bill; a dollar. • covered or protected with iron. • large-caliber guns used in warfare on land • soldiers marching or fighting on foot; foot • What the North was called during the civil war • What the South was called during the Civil War • a coarse stout leather shoe reaching to the ankle • the act of a state canceling out a law made by the federal government • ...

Civil War Famous People 2021-11-15

Civil War Famous People crossword puzzle
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  1. Confederate States of America military officer during the American Civil War and politician from South Carolina
  2. captured the electoral votes of most of the Southern states, but finished a distant second among four candidates
  3. American college professor from Maine who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army
  4. Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands
  5. military leader who served as the president of the United States
  6. Lincoln's VP nominee
  7. founded the American Red Cross
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  1. served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War
  2. The President of the United States during the Civil War
  3. he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army
  4. enslaved African-American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom
  5. American politician who served as the 18th president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865
  6. American politician, attorney, and planter who was a candidate for President of the United States in the election of 1860
  7. former slave turned abolitionist committed to helping other slaves escape
  8. American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman

15 Clues: Lincoln's VP nominee • founded the American Red Cross • The President of the United States during the Civil War • served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War • military leader who served as the president of the United States • he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army • ...

1950s crossword 2025-04-30

1950s crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Parks - civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus and got arrested for refuseing.
  2. Hop - an informal dance in school gyms that had people dance in their socks to avoid damaging the gym floor
  3. was a series of 3 Russian launches beginning in 1957 that orbited or nearly orbited Earth.
  4. - WWII general and 34th president of the United States
  5. - the primary federal agency responsible for aerospace research and the civilian space program.
  6. - the massive expansion of families post WWII meant a massive increase in the need for housing. Massive housing developments were built to meet the need.
  7. - beginning of the Red Scare and the federal government’s movement to weed out possible communists in the government
  8. Warren - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and supporter of anti segregation laws.
  9. Luther King Jr. The civil rights activist who said the i have a dream speech.
  10. Berry - father of rock and roll
  11. War - In general is a war that is not directly fought but only through what are known as proxy wars.
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  1. became the first man to enter Earth’s orbit, in a single-pilot spacecraft called Vostok I.
  2. - supreme court decision that ended separate but equal segregation of schools.
  3. - A form of civil disobedience that was popular in the civil rights movement.
  4. known as the king of rock and roll.
  5. known as the first man to break the sound barrier when flying
  6. - the president after FDR who was responsible for the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan.
  7. - An example of the proxy war happening during the Cold War with Russia. The two parts continued to fight about communism and capitalism and
  8. N Roll - a new style of music which drew inspiration from African American blues music, embraced themes popular among teenagers, such as young love and rebellion against authority.
  9. - major fighter for civil rights and the first african american supreme court justice.

20 Clues: Berry - father of rock and roll • known as the king of rock and roll. • - WWII general and 34th president of the United States • known as the first man to break the sound barrier when flying • - A form of civil disobedience that was popular in the civil rights movement. • Luther King Jr. The civil rights activist who said the i have a dream speech. • ...

Civil War Crossword puzzle 2023-01-27

Civil War Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Which state was not part of the Union?
  2. The Confederacy surrendered to the Union army at this courthouse in Virginia.
  3. The commanding general of the Confederate army was.
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  1. Who was the president of the Confederate states of America?
  2. The capital of the Confederate states of America during the Civil War
  3. Which of these was NOT a border state during the Civil War?
  4. Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
  5. Which state was not part of the Confederacy?
  6. The commanding general of the Union army was.
  7. The single bloodiest DAY in the Civil War took place here.

10 Clues: Which state was not part of the Union? • Which state was not part of the Confederacy? • The commanding general of the Union army was. • The commanding general of the Confederate army was. • The single bloodiest DAY in the Civil War took place here. • Who was the president of the Confederate states of America? • ...

Civil war introduction 2023-02-23

Civil war introduction crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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 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
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  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 2021-04-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Who won the Civil War?
  2. what color uniform did the united states soldiers wear
  3. Which side fired the first gunshots that started the Civil War(Union or Confederates?)
  4. what color was the uniforms the Confederate States wore
  5. the capital of the Confederate states in Virginia
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  1. Which United States fort was first attacked during the Civil War
  2. how many parts did the Anaconda Plan have
  3. how many confederate states were there?
  4. how many enslaved people were in the southern states at the time of the Civil War?
  5. A plan used by the United States to squeeze the Confederacy into submission

10 Clues: Who won the Civil War? • how many confederate states were there? • how many parts did the Anaconda Plan have • the capital of the Confederate states in Virginia • what color uniform did the united states soldiers wear • what color was the uniforms the Confederate States wore • Which United States fort was first attacked during the Civil War • ...

Introduction to the Civil War (Use the GoogleSlides/Notes) 2023-01-17

Introduction to the Civil War (Use the GoogleSlides/Notes) crossword puzzle
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  1. This is another name for the North's army
  2. The Union wanted the South to stay part of America, this became known as "______ the Union"
  3. This is another name for the South's army
  4. The Battle of Fort Sumter lasted from April 12th-_____13th
  5. The Battle of Fort _____ was the first battle of the Civil War
  6. South ____ was the first state to separate from the Union
  7. Someone who did not support slavery
  8. Robert E. ____ was the leader of the Confederacy
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  1. When the South left the North
  2. What caused the start of the Civil War
  3. This is the color Confederate soldiers wore
  4. Abraham ______ was President during the Civil War
  5. This is the color Union soldiers wore
  6. Did the North or South attack fort Sumter?

14 Clues: When the South left the North • Someone who did not support slavery • This is the color Union soldiers wore • What caused the start of the Civil War • This is another name for the North's army • This is another name for the South's army • Did the North or South attack fort Sumter? • This is the color Confederate soldiers wore • ...

The Civil War 2022-10-06

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. for the civil war
  2. confederate general
  3. the act that set Kansas and Nebraska as states
  4. 18th president
  5. President during the War
  6. Fort attacked by South Carolina starting the Civil War
  7. the north that was led by Abraham Lincoln
  8. first major clash of the confederate and union armies.
  9. law that provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and those who helped
  10. june 25-july 1, 1862
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  1. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  2. presdient of the confederate states of america
  3. 1863, Union gains control of Mississippi
  4. battle that made it clear that the North would win
  5. the ammendment that was passed after the War

15 Clues: 18th president • for the civil war • confederate general • june 25-july 1, 1862 • President during the War • 1863, Union gains control of Mississippi • the north that was led by Abraham Lincoln • the ammendment that was passed after the War • presdient of the confederate states of america • the act that set Kansas and Nebraska as states • ...

Texas and the Cold War 2021-05-10

Texas and the Cold War crossword puzzle
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  1. It was called the _____________ because there was no actual fighting between the US and the Soviet Union
  2. _____________ was undermining American credibility in the Cold War in regards to being a leader of the free world
  3. The Cold War had a major affect on the _____________ in America
  4. President of the US who actively supported civil rights
  5. Russian satellite launched on October 4, 1957.
  6. The ______________ is an example of a proxy war during the Cold War
  7. First man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1869
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  1. supporter of the Civil Rights Movement and signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
  2. First American sent to space.
  3. First America to orbit the Earth.
  4. Launched on July 16, 1969 to go to the moon for America
  5. Was one of the areas that US and the Soviet Union competed in regards to space technology
  6. The Soviets began a _____________ campaign undermining capitalism and positioning Communism as the answer to all problems
  7. The Cold War was between the United States and the ________________

14 Clues: First American sent to space. • First America to orbit the Earth. • Russian satellite launched on October 4, 1957. • First man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1869 • Launched on July 16, 1969 to go to the moon for America • President of the US who actively supported civil rights • The Cold War had a major affect on the _____________ in America • ...

Civil War Vocab 2015-03-29

Civil War Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. An often fatal disease of the intestines, usuallly caused by unsanitary conditions at military camps or battle sites
  2. (usually plural) a destructive action
  3. a knife on the end of a gun
  4. A deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of
  5. American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won
  6. People who are killed, wounded, captured, or missing in a war
  7. The most common meal ration during the war, along with hardtack and coffee. The pork was salted to preserve it.
  8. A group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War
  9. A ship covered with iron plates and used in the Civil War, as in the famous Merrimac Vs. Monitor, the first ever naval battle between ironclads in 1862; they revolutionized naval warfare
  10. wanted to end slavery
  11. be located at the sides of something or somebody
  12. pea a folk song popular with the confederate soldiers during the civil war
  13. A term used generally to describe the process of adding nutrients to foods, such as the addition of vitamin D to milk.
  14. formal separation from an alliance or federation
  15. Foot soldiers
  16. a person that is the head of something and or leads people
  17. Dead body
  18. type of rifle
  19. a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
  20. A quarter-inch or half-inch thick hard cracker eaten by Civil War soldiers, also known as biscuits, crackers, or army bread
  21. To leave one's military post, or to run away from battle, often punishable by death.
  22. Descent of the widest diameter of the fetal presenting part to at least a zero station (the level of the ischial spines in the maternal pelvis).
  23. A group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies
  24. kill a large number of people indiscriminately
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  1. Mutiny
  2. Name for Union paper money not backed by gold or silver. Value would fluctuate depending on status of the war (plural)
  3. (v.) to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate
  4. (n.) An imperfection, flaw, or blemish of some kind; (v.) to desert a cause or organization
  5. a barrier
  6. Soldiers on horseback
  7. belonging to a period before the war
  8. rebellion
  9. aggresive; eager to fight or quarrel
  10. An overwhelming defeat
  11. (AL) , Issued by abraham lincoln on september 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free
  12. A dead body
  13. union of 2 or more
  14. Boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that divided the Middle Colonies from the Southern Colonies
  15. A general term for the United States during the Civil War which also was used to refer to the Northern army.
  16. ` An international organization that cares for the sick or wounded or homeless in wartime *
  17. a rapid outburst barrage
  18. a northerner who went to the south after the Civil War
  19. A republic formed in February of 1861 and composed of the eleven Southern states that seceded from the United States
  20. to attack by surrounding
  21. temporary encampment
  22. structure where arms are kept
  23. a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel
  24. 1. disease due to lack of vitamin C; 2. contemptible; rascally

48 Clues: Mutiny • a barrier • rebellion • Dead body • A dead body • Foot soldiers • type of rifle • union of 2 or more • temporary encampment • Soldiers on horseback • wanted to end slavery • An overwhelming defeat • a rapid outburst barrage • to attack by surrounding • a knife on the end of a gun • structure where arms are kept • belonging to a period before the war • aggresive; eager to fight or quarrel • ...

Remembering History 2019-03-12

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

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 • 1812 hero also the 7th President • ...

Civil War & Reconstruction 2021-12-13

Civil War & Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. used by the north to cut off confederacy from trade
  2. abolitionist who helped organize underground railroad
  3. new, more accurate type of bullet
  4. first battle of u.s. civil war
  5. supreme court decision that african americans were not considered u.s. citizens
  6. rebuilding u.s.a. after the war
  7. another name for the southern states that seceded
  8. sherman's strategy to decimate the south
  9. instant communication
  10. term for ending slavery
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  1. elected u.s. president in 1860
  2. newly formed political party led by lincoln
  3. another name for northern states that remained loyal to the u.s.a.
  4. factories; foundation of northern economy
  5. one of the main cash crops in the south
  6. farming; foundation of the southern economy
  7. low income jobs offered to many freedmen during reconstruction
  8. the absolute main cause of the u.s. civil war
  9. agreement that two states (one free & one slave) would be added in order to keep balance
  10. new technology that allowed americans to see what was happening in the war

20 Clues: instant communication • term for ending slavery • elected u.s. president in 1860 • first battle of u.s. civil war • rebuilding u.s.a. after the war • new, more accurate type of bullet • one of the main cash crops in the south • sherman's strategy to decimate the south • factories; foundation of northern economy • newly formed political party led by lincoln • ...

Impact of the Civil War Crossword 2021-12-02

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

20 Clues: the 16th president • important rail hub for the south • The war fought over states rights • the county that Chickamauga is in • path of destruction across Georgia • where sherman's march to sea ended • 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 • ...

Unit 4 Review 2015-02-12

Unit 4 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War.
  2. The first and only president of the Confederacy.
  3. The first republican president who also opposed the expansion of slavery and was resented by southerners. His election caused many southern states to secede.
  4. White abolitionist who wrote the anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator.
  5. The final Confederate strong hold on the Mississippi River.
  6. Escaped slave who became a prominent speaker for abolition.
  7. The rebuilding of the South following the Civil War.
  8. To end slavery
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  1. He led a slave preacher who led a slave rebellion.
  2. First state to secede from the Union.
  3. The will of the majority.
  4. Issued by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War which freed the slaves in the states that were in rebellion.
  5. Union fort in Charleston, SC where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  6. A federal relief agency that provided clothes, education, food, medical attention, and land to free slaves. It helped slaves transition into their new lives of freedom.
  7. The Supreme court ruled that he had no right to sue for his freedom because he was a slave and not a citizen.
  8. Secretive organization that used violence to intimidate blacks and those favoring giving African Americans equal rights.

16 Clues: To end slavery • The will of the majority. • First state to secede from the Union. • Bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War. • The first and only president of the Confederacy. • He led a slave preacher who led a slave rebellion. • The rebuilding of the South following the Civil War. • The final Confederate strong hold on the Mississippi River. • ...

civil war(Devlin) spaces are periods 2023-04-14

civil war(Devlin) spaces are periods crossword puzzle
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  1. This battle lasted 47 days ends in a union victory.
  2. Bloodiest battle of civil war. lee stoped trying to invade north after this.
  3. Bloodiest 1 day battle on american soil. Stops the confederacy from moving north.
  4. Bloodiest battle on american soil at this point.Big Union Victory
  5. Strong american president that wanted to stop slavery
  6. Confederate president during the civil war. Fought for states right to keep slavery. Owned many slaves.
  7. The union burns sothern land and houses.
  8. Gave the south hope to win the war. Nick named the "Picnic War" because they thought it would be exiting realy it was violent.
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  1. General lee surrendered to General grant here.
  2. Main commander of the confederate army.Fought for virginia.
  3. The Norths plan to trap/blockade the confederacy,general scotts plan.
  4. A confederate admiral that has a town named after him in Tennessee.
  5. Main Union army commander.Led the union to victory in civil war.
  6. Confederates capture this union fort in SC,34 hour battle.
  7. Got his nickname for holding his ground in the battle of bull run.

15 Clues: The union burns sothern land and houses. • General lee surrendered to General grant here. • This battle lasted 47 days ends in a union victory. • Strong american president that wanted to stop slavery • Confederates capture this union fort in SC,34 hour battle. • Main commander of the confederate army.Fought for virginia. • ...

Reconstruction Part 2 no space between words 2023-10-01

Reconstruction Part 2 no space between words crossword puzzle
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  1. people who live in the Sea Islands of the Low Country with close roots to their African heritage
  2. an official pardon for people who had committed political offences. These were granted by the president to white southerners after the Civil War.
  3. He assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  4. During Reconstruction this famous formerly enslaved orator became the highest-ranking Black official of his time and advocated for full civil rights for Black people as well as for women
  5. a law that said you could only vote if your grandfather could vote before the Civil War
  6. One of the first Freedman's Schools, located on St. Helena Island and continued to serve as a Center for Civil Rights. Martin Luther King, Jr. drafted his "I Have A Dream" speech here.
  7. Union troops took over here early in the Civil War, November, 1861 and freed all of the enslaved people in this area.
  8. Supreme Court case which ruled that schools could be "separate but equal"
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  1. these Republicans took control of Congress during Johnson's presidency
  2. former Union general who was elected president in 1868
  3. This experiment tried to figure out how to help the formerly enslaved people here in Beaufort, SC
  4. the use of laborers bound in servitude because of debt. Former enslavers kept the formerly enslaved in bondage this way even after the 13th Amendment.
  5. laws that forced segregation
  6. tests designed to stop illiterate Black Americans from being able to vote.
  7. Born enslaved in Beaufort, he stole a Confederate ship during the Civil War and went on to become a Captain in the Union Navy and later a member of Congress
  8. the process of charging a public official with a crime

16 Clues: laws that forced segregation • He assassinated Abraham Lincoln • former Union general who was elected president in 1868 • the process of charging a public official with a crime • these Republicans took control of Congress during Johnson's presidency • Supreme Court case which ruled that schools could be "separate but equal" • ...

The Civil War (Kiya Persinger) 2017-02-13

The Civil War (Kiya Persinger) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization
  2. battle fought on September 17, 1862
  3. president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War
  4. most famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War
  5. compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.
  6. march to sea
  7. 16th president of the United States
  8. June 20, 1863 the day it became state
  9. mississippi, United States
  10. one of the last battles of the American Civil War
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  1. presidential proclamation and executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863
  2. the action of leading a group of people or an organization
  3. American general known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
  4. an establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country.
  5. military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott
  6. fought for the south
  7. speech by Abraham Lincoln
  8. a writ requiring a person uder arrest to be brought before a judge or into court
  9. 18th president of the United States

19 Clues: march to sea • fought for the south • speech by Abraham Lincoln • mississippi, United States • battle fought on September 17, 1862 • 18th president of the United States • 16th president of the United States • June 20, 1863 the day it became state • one of the last battles of the American Civil War • the action of leading a group of people or an organization • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-05-10

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This person was the president of the confederacy
  2. This is one of the main generals for the confederates, he was in charge of the gettysburg campaign
  3. This is the first Battle that kicked off the civil war
  4. These laws were created to keep black people in a slave like state
  5. This amendment grants citizenship to all people born in the US
  6. This battle was a major turning point in the civil war
  7. This person was the president of the union
  8. This amendment says that all men can vote no matter race color or background of servitude
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  1. This was the governments plan to rebuild the south
  2. This was the first major battle in the civil war, people came to have a picknick and watch the battle.
  3. This was one of the main generals for the union, he was in charge of the overland campaign
  4. This side had more industry and railroads, they also have a larger population
  5. This side was more agriculturally based and they had a smaller poplulation than the other side
  6. This is the amendment that set the slaves free(you have to spell the number out)
  7. These laws made it legal for segregation to take place
  8. This was one of the dividing issues that caused the civil war

16 Clues: This person was the president of the union • This person was the president of the confederacy • This was the governments plan to rebuild the south • This is the first Battle that kicked off the civil war • These laws made it legal for segregation to take place • This battle was a major turning point in the civil war • ...

Reconstruction Crossword 2021-09-29

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A bill that attempted to restrict the right of the president to remove certain officials from office without permission from the Senate
  2. An amendment to the Constitution that granted all races equal protection under the law
  3. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body
  4. An amendment to the Constitution that ended slavery
  5. Laws passed in the Confederate South that restricted the rights of African Americans
  6. An amendment to the Constitution that granted African American men the right to vote
  7. Part of the Republican Party during the Civil War and Reconstruction
  8. A hate group that acted in violence against African Americans mostly around the time of the Civil War
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  1. A bill that stated how the Southern States were to be readmitted to the United States after the Civil War
  2. The Radical Republican's reconstruction plan
  3. A federal law that stated that all those born in America are citizens
  4. to formally accuse a government official of wrongdoing
  5. An agency focused on helping African American's after the Civil War
  6. Lincoln's reconstruction plan

14 Clues: Lincoln's reconstruction plan • The Radical Republican's reconstruction plan • An amendment to the Constitution that ended slavery • to formally accuse a government official of wrongdoing • An agency focused on helping African American's after the Civil War • Part of the Republican Party during the Civil War and Reconstruction • ...

Unit 8 Crossword Puzzle 2025-05-07

Unit 8 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Laws in the South that limited the rights of freed slaves after the Civil War.
  2. African American leaders who served in Georgia’s government during Reconstruction but were later removed.
  3. To officially cancel or take back a law.
  4. Amendment that ended slavery
  5. When the U.S. military oversaw the rebuilding of the South and divided it into military districts.
  6. A farming system where workers rented land and usually had their own tools, giving a share of crops as rent.
  7. A government group that helped freed slaves after the Civil War.
Down
  1. When Congress took control of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
  2. The time after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt and rejoined the United States.
  3. The forced separation of people by race, often in public places like schools and transportation.
  4. A violent group that tried to stop African Americans and Republicans from having power in the South.
  5. A farming system where workers used someone else’s land and gave part of the crops to the landowner.
  6. Amendment that gave African American and Black men the right to vote
  7. To officially approve something.
  8. Amendment that gave citizenship to African Americans and Black people

15 Clues: Amendment that ended slavery • To officially approve something. • To officially cancel or take back a law. • A government group that helped freed slaves after the Civil War. • Amendment that gave African American and Black men the right to vote • Amendment that gave citizenship to African Americans and Black people • ...

American Civil War 2019-10-16

American Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel plates used in the early part of the second half of the 19th century
  2. African-American abolitionist and women's right activist
  3. General in the Union Army during the American Civil War
  4. Author of of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  5. Escaped slavery in Maryland and became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York
  6. 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865
  7. 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
  8. The art or practice of communicating news by photographs, especially in magazines
  9. Also known as the draft, the enlistment of people into the military
  10. American abolitionist who advocated the use of armed insurrection to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States
  11. Also known as the first battle of Manassas, was the first battle of the American Civil War
  12. Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, was fought September 17, 1862
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  1. Type of muzzle-loading spin-stabilized bullet for rifled muskets
  2. Side known as the North in the American Civil War
  3. Pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross
  4. Largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States
  5. One of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee
  6. Commander of the Confederate States Army
  7. Town in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is known for Gettysburg National Battlefield
  8. Only President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865
  9. An American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician.
  10. Made 13 missions to rescue around 70 enslaved people
  11. Another term for Confederate States of America
  12. City in western Mississippi, known as the site of the key Civil War battle
  13. Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was fought April 6-7 1862

25 Clues: Author of of Uncle Tom's Cabin • Commander of the Confederate States Army • Another term for Confederate States of America • Side known as the North in the American Civil War • Pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross • Made 13 missions to rescue around 70 enslaved people • 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 • ...

Reconstruction Crossword 2023-10-12

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This word was used to describe opportunistic Northerners who came to the south for financial and/or political gain
  2. This ended in 1877 as a result of a compromise over the outcome of the election of 1876
  3. This is a word to describe republicans who were more extreme in their views
  4. The amendment that granted citizenship to all people born in the US
  5. This person was the president of the Union during the Civil War
  6. The belief that everyone is created equally
  7. Separating people based on the color of their skin
  8. The amendment that gave African American men the right to vote
  9. The Bureau that was created to aid former slaves in the south
  10. This man was a powerful voice for human and civil liberties for All until his death in 1895
  11. Robert Lee became the symbol of this movement which celebrated the leaders of the confederacy as fighters for a just cause
  12. These laws restricted the rights of African Americans and segregated black and white southerners
  13. The amendment that banned slavery except if you are convicted of a felony
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  1. The era of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
  2. What percentage of voters in the south had to accept the end of slavery?
  3. Someone who wanted to abolish slavery
  4. He was a confederate general and wanted to reunite Americans following the civil war
  5. During reconstruction, Southern stated created more public _____ and new state institutions
  6. These troops supervised the South during Reconstruction
  7. The political party that Lincoln was a part of
  8. Southern Stated adopted Black ______ to limit the economic and physical freedom of former slaves
  9. Lincoln was _________ at Fords Theatre immediately following the end of the Civil War
  10. Souther states had to rewrite their ________ that adopted the 14th amendment
  11. Slavery is illegal except if you have been convicted of a _____
  12. The political party of the south and racism

25 Clues: Someone who wanted to abolish slavery • The belief that everyone is created equally • The political party of the south and racism • The political party that Lincoln was a part of • Separating people based on the color of their skin • The era of rebuilding the South after the Civil War • These troops supervised the South during Reconstruction • ...

African Americans 2013-01-28

African Americans crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What are the initials of the African-American leader of the civil rights movement?
  2. What was the name for the separation of black and whites in public places? (ex: drinking fountains, public parks)
  3. What was the job title of the first Africans brought to America in 1619?
  4. What are the initials of the largest African-American civil rights organization in the United States?
  5. Who was the African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist accused of preaching black supremacy?
  6. Who is the president most often associated with the civil rights moment?
  7. What was the name of the high school that the Governor of Arkansas called the National Guard to to prevent entry of African-American students?
Down
  1. What was the name of the line that separated the slave states from the free states before the civil war?
  2. Did Martin Luther King Jr. encourage violent or non-violent displays of protest?
  3. What was the name of the rides taken by civil rights activists on interstate busses into the South in the 60’s?
  4. What was the name of the army in the civil war that was totally against granting African-Americans any rights?
  5. What type of Nobel Prize was Martin Luther King Jr. awarded?
  6. What is the term for the act of mixing groups that were previously segregated?
  7. What was the name of the black boy who was recently murdered by a white man who walked free?
  8. Who was the woman who refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger?
  9. What town was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in?
  10. What amendment was gave African Americans the right to vote?
  11. What was the name of the army in the civil war that in favor of granting African-Americans rights?
  12. What are the initials of the best known white supremacy group of its time?

19 Clues: What town was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in? • What type of Nobel Prize was Martin Luther King Jr. awarded? • What amendment was gave African Americans the right to vote? • What was the job title of the first Africans brought to America in 1619? • Who is the president most often associated with the civil rights moment? • ...

Civil War Crossword puzzle 2023-01-27

Civil War Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Which state was not part of the Union?
  2. The Confederacy surrendered to the Union army at this courthouse in Virginia.
  3. The commanding general of the Confederate army was.
Down
  1. Who was the president of the Confederate states of America?
  2. The capital of the Confederate states of America during the Civil War
  3. Which of these was NOT a border state during the Civil War?
  4. Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
  5. Which state was not part of the Confederacy?
  6. The commanding general of the Union army was.
  7. The single bloodiest DAY in the Civil War took place here.

10 Clues: Which state was not part of the Union? • Which state was not part of the Confederacy? • The commanding general of the Union army was. • The commanding general of the Confederate army was. • The single bloodiest DAY in the Civil War took place here. • Who was the president of the Confederate states of America? • ...

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 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 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 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 • ...

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 • ...

Hailey Palmer 2025-05-13

Hailey Palmer crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Someone against slavery
  2. War between north and south American over slavery
  3. law abolishing slavery
  4. First iron warships
  5. Law recognizing anyone born in America a citizen
  6. Where president Lincoln was assassinated
  7. Where the civil war began
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  1. Machine used to make clothes
  2. Moved to American during and after the Great Famine
  3. Period of rebuilding after civil war
  4. Law allowing all males regardless of color the right to vote
  5. Organization helping recently freed slaves
  6. Illegal racist laws
  7. 7th president of the United States
  8. When part of a country separates from the country

15 Clues: Illegal racist laws • First iron warships • law abolishing slavery • Someone against slavery • Where the civil war began • Machine used to make clothes • 7th president of the United States • Period of rebuilding after civil war • Where president Lincoln was assassinated • Organization helping recently freed slaves • Law recognizing anyone born in America a citizen • ...

1950s 2025-05-01

1950s crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and supporter of anti segregation laws.
  2. N Roll - a new style of music which drew inspiration from African American blues music, embraced themes popular among teenagers, such as young love and rebellion against authority.
  3. - the massive expansion of families post WWII meant a massive increase in the need for housing. Massive housing developments were built to meet the need.
  4. - A form of civil disobedience that was popular in the civil rights movement.
  5. - the primary federal agency responsible for aerospace research and the civilian space program.
  6. Hop - an informal dance in school gyms that had people dance in their socks to avoid damaging the gym floor
  7. - the president after FDR who was responsible for the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan.
  8. was a series of 3 Russian launches beginning in 1957 that orbited or nearly orbited Earth.
  9. - WWII general and 34th president of the United States
  10. Parks - civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus and got arrested for refuseing.
Down
  1. became the first man to enter Earth’s orbit, in a single-pilot spacecraft called Vostok I.
  2. - beginning of the Red Scare and the federal government’s movement to weed out possible communists in the government
  3. - major fighter for civil rights and the first african american supreme court justice.
  4. War - In general is a war that is not directly fought but only through what are known as proxy wars.
  5. - supreme court decision that ended separate but equal segregation of schools.
  6. Luther King Jr. The civil rights activist who said the i have a dream speech.
  7. Berry - father of rock and roll
  8. - An example of the proxy war happening during the Cold War with Russia. The two parts continued to fight about communism and capitalism and
  9. known as the king of rock and roll.
  10. known as the first man to break the sound barrier when flying

20 Clues: Berry - father of rock and roll • known as the king of rock and roll. • - WWII general and 34th president of the United States • known as the first man to break the sound barrier when flying • - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and supporter of anti segregation laws. • - A form of civil disobedience that was popular in the civil rights movement. • ...

History of the USA 2019-10-10

History of the USA crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first name of the leader of the Civil Rights Movement
  2. someone who works for free
  3. city in which tea was wasted
  4. arriving to and taking over a land (noun)
  5. the name of the prosperous era in 20th century (twenties)
  6. first US president
  7. the laws which legalised racism (Jim)
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  1. cancellation (e.g. of slavery)
  2. celebration day in the USA (with turkey)
  3. one of the Japanese cities destroyed by an atom bomb
  4. country southern states created during Civil War
  5. attack which happened on 9/11
  6. colonizer who arrived to North America in 1492
  7. US president during Civil War (Abraham)
  8. ocean in which USA fought during WWII

15 Clues: first US president • someone who works for free • city in which tea was wasted • attack which happened on 9/11 • cancellation (e.g. of slavery) • ocean in which USA fought during WWII • the laws which legalised racism (Jim) • US president during Civil War (Abraham) • celebration day in the USA (with turkey) • arriving to and taking over a land (noun) • ...

The English Civil War and its Aftermath 2021-11-13

The English Civil War and its Aftermath crossword puzzle
Across
  1. MPs.
  2. This term was used by Charles to describe himself in a short speech he made just before he was beheaded.
  3. This group were loyal to Charles I and lost the English Civil War.
  4. The amount of money paid to the executioners to behead Charles.
  5. A major victory for Parliament in the English Civil War.
Down
  1. Charles I's trial was held here.
  2. Oliver Cromwell's description of Charles' launching of the Second Civil War.
  3. This group of people were victorious in the English Civil War.
  4. Parliament's professional army.
  5. Oliver Cromwell defeated the King in this battle in August 1648.

10 Clues: MPs. • Parliament's professional army. • Charles I's trial was held here. • A major victory for Parliament in the English Civil War. • This group of people were victorious in the English Civil War. • The amount of money paid to the executioners to behead Charles. • Oliver Cromwell defeated the King in this battle in August 1648. • ...

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 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 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 2023-05-13

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Important general in many of the Confederacy's battles
  2. President of the Union during the Civil War
  3. This man's case would cause the Supreme Court to declare all African-Americans subhuman and rightless, even those who were not enslaved
  4. Deadliest battle in Civil War
  5. Gave Lincoln the green light for the Emancipation Proclamation
  6. Important abolitionist book, second best selling of the century after the Bible
Down
  1. Location of the first Civil War battle
  2. President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  3. Location of John Brown's famous raid
  4. Decided that Kansas and Nebraska would independently decide whether slavery was legal in their states

10 Clues: Deadliest battle in Civil War • Location of John Brown's famous raid • Location of the first Civil War battle • President of the Union during the Civil War • President of the Confederacy during the Civil War • Important general in many of the Confederacy's battles • Gave Lincoln the green light for the Emancipation Proclamation • ...

United State History unit 1 2022-08-16

United State History unit 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the idea that the US had a divine right to spread democracy and capitalism
  2. concerning past events
  3. the name the southern states used to identify their own nation.
  4. seeing things in a one sided manner
  5. a person who fought to get rid of slavery in the 1800's
  6. the title used by the north during the civil war
Down
  1. what the black codes led to after the civil war.
  2. what the period after the civil war was over is referred as.
  3. the war between the Confederacy and Union
  4. the supreme law of the land in the US
  5. a first hand account of an event/occurrence
  6. a chronological tracking of time

12 Clues: concerning past events • a chronological tracking of time • seeing things in a one sided manner • the supreme law of the land in the US • the war between the Confederacy and Union • a first hand account of an event/occurrence • what the black codes led to after the civil war. • the title used by the north during the civil war • ...

Unit 7 Vocabulary Crossword 2026-02-19

Unit 7 Vocabulary Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Peacefully refusing to obey laws that are considered unjust.
  2. A political party formed to stop the spread of slavery into new territories.
  3. The right to vote in elections.
  4. A belief that people should follow their conscience and that nature and individual thinking are more important than material things.
  5. A secret network of routes and safehouses that helped enslaved people escape to freedom in the North or Canada.
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  1. Constitutional amendments passed after the Civil War that ended slavery (13th), granted citizenship & equal protection under the law (14th), and gave black men the right to vote (15th).
  2. The Period after the Civil War when the United States worked to rebuild the South and bring Southern states back into the Union.
  3. A movement that tried to reduce or ban the use of alcohol.
  4. Slave states that did not leave the Union during the Civil War (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, & Delaware).
  5. When a state formally withdraws from the United States.
  6. A short speech given by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that honored fallen soldiers and emphasized equality and preserving the Union.
  7. The 11 Southern states that left the Union and formed their own government during the Civil War.
  8. An 1857 Supreme Court ruling that said enslaved people were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
  9. An order issued by President Lincoln in 1863 that declared enslaved people in Confederate states free.
  10. A group of laws passed to settle the issue of slavery in new territories, including admitting California as a free state and creating a stricter Fugitive Slave Act.
  11. The Northern states of the United States during the Civil War.

16 Clues: The right to vote in elections. • When a state formally withdraws from the United States. • A movement that tried to reduce or ban the use of alcohol. • Peacefully refusing to obey laws that are considered unjust. • The Northern states of the United States during the Civil War. • A political party formed to stop the spread of slavery into new territories. • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-26

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. General ______ replaces General Hooker after the battle of Chancellorsville and led the Union Army to victory at Gettysburg
  2. She was a Civil War nurse that later founded the American Red Cross
  3. He was the Union General that served under Ulysses S. Grant and is most known for his march using "total warfare"
  4. The Battle of _____ resulted in the Union gaining control of the Mississippi River, cutting the Confederacy in half
  5. He was the actor and Southern sympathizer who assassinated the President
  6. Union Commander ______ was the commander of the First Manassas and later the Army of the Potomac; "sideburns" were named after him
  7. The Battle of _____ is considered the turning point in the war that caused Lee's army to retreat and start fighting defensively
  8. The Battle of _______ is considered the bloodiest battle in U.S. history up to that point
  9. General _____ became head of the Northern Virginian Army that caused him to become the most famous and beloved of all the Confederate Generals
  10. He was Abraham Lincoln's Vice President that succeeded him after the assassination
  11. He was the Civil War General that developed the Anaconda Plan
  12. Joshua ________ was the famous Union general who received a Medal of Honor for his command at Little Round Top
  13. He was the President of the Confederacy
  14. Union Navy Admiral _______ is famous for winning the Battle of Mobile Bay
  15. She was an educator and social reformer who served as the Superintendent of Army Nurses during the Civil War
  16. This was considered one of the greatest "what ifs" in American History
  17. Union Commander ______ was relieved of duty after being defeated at Chancellorsville and was known to have liked the "ladies" of the South
Down
  1. The Battle of ______ is considered General Lee's greatest triumph
  2. He was the American president during the Civil War
  3. The Battle of _____ secured Tennessee for the Union and opened the doors to the Deep South
  4. This is the declaration that made slaves "forever free" in the states that were rebelling against the Union
  5. The First Battle of Bull Run is also sometimes called this
  6. The Battle of _______ hurt the Union attempts to capture the Confederate Capital
  7. This is forced military service that caused riots in many cities
  8. The famous speech giving by President Lincoln that begins "Four score and Seven years ago..."
  9. ______ Battle of Bull Run was fought on Sept. 28-30, 1862
  10. He was the Commander in Chief of the Union armies in the latter part of the war
  11. He was one of the first men in history to be tried and executed for "war crimes"
  12. This allowed the government to issue paper money to finance the war, causing fears of inflation amongst banks and creditors
  13. _____ Democrats supported the war to bring seceding states back into the Union but opposed the ending of slavery
  14. This was the nickname for one of the most famous Confederate Generals who was considered Lee's "Right Arm"
  15. He was removed by Lincoln as the General in Chief of the Union Armies and later ran against Lincoln for President
  16. This is a style of warfare used by William Tecumseh Sherman that goes beyond combat between opposing military forces to attack both civilians and non-military targets
  17. ________ Courthouse signals the unofficial end of the Civil War
  18. _____ Democrats wanted to reunited the North and South through negotiation; also known as Copperheads
  19. This is the constitutional right of not being imprisoned unless charged with a crime and tried; Lincoln suspended this during the war
  20. The Battle of _______ should be considered the most important battle of the civil war as it resulted in the Emancipation Proclamation

37 Clues: He was the President of the Confederacy • He was the American president during the Civil War • ______ Battle of Bull Run was fought on Sept. 28-30, 1862 • The First Battle of Bull Run is also sometimes called this • He was the Civil War General that developed the Anaconda Plan • ________ Courthouse signals the unofficial end of the Civil War • ...

Reconstruction Crossword 2025-09-24

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this amendment granted voting rights to African American males
  2. a test designed to prevent African Americans from exercising their ability to vote
  3. someone who worked the land for the landowner in exchange for a share of the value of the crop
  4. laws that established segregation in public facilities
  5. set limits on who could vote if their grandfather had voted in previous elections
  6. this amendment abolished slavery
  7. a payment designed to restrict African Americans from voting
  8. time period following the Civil War that focused on rebuilding the South
Down
  1. organization designed to help former slaves (education, employment, healthcare, legal assistance) following the Civil War
  2. 17th President of the United States; offered full pardons to Confederate soldiers; did not support rights for African Americans
  3. a Supreme Court case that ruled "separate but equal was equal"; made segregation legal
  4. this amendment granted citizenship to former slaves
  5. wanted harsh punishments for the South following the Civil War; supported rights for African Americans
  6. 16th President of the United States; wanted to reunite the South quickly following the Civil War

14 Clues: this amendment abolished slavery • this amendment granted citizenship to former slaves • laws that established segregation in public facilities • a payment designed to restrict African Americans from voting • this amendment granted voting rights to African American males • time period following the Civil War that focused on rebuilding the South • ...

Civil War 2019-09-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. American General who was Commander of the Virginian Confederate Army from 1862 until its surrender in 1865
  2. The first battle of the Civil War.
  3. A former slave, Douglass became a leading figurehead in the anti-slavery movement
  4. escaped from slavery but returned on many dangerous missions to Maryland where she helped lead slaves to freedom.
  5. he assassinated Abraham Lincoln at the Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865.
  6. The 16th president
Down
  1. was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri
  2. was a senator from Mississippi. During the Civil War, he was the President of the Southern Confederate States
  3. American writer and humorist, considered the ‘father of American literature’. Famous works include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)
  4. Commander of the Confederate States Army.
  5. also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, occurred September 17, 1862
  6. Wife of Abraham Lincoln and First Lady during the Civil War.
  7. American poet. At the start of the Civil War, he wrote “Beat! Beat! Drums!”

13 Clues: The 16th president • The first battle of the Civil War. • Commander of the Confederate States Army. • Wife of Abraham Lincoln and First Lady during the Civil War. • also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, occurred September 17, 1862 • American poet. At the start of the Civil War, he wrote “Beat! Beat! Drums!” • ...

Divided America 2022-04-21

Divided America crossword puzzle
Across
  1. they won the civil war
  2. a conflict to solve things
  3. one of the poles does have penguins fun :D
  4. the people who work for newspapers, magazines, etc.
  5. they lost the civil war
  6. unalive aka people/animals consciousness slipping away
  7. The golden state and also know for it's many earthquakes
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  1. "Tornado Alley" also lots of people rushed here to win the votes to what it became slave or no slave
  2. one of the poles does not have penguins
  3. you live here maybe the place with lots of guns for freedom!!!!!!!!
  4. one of the things that power america freedom also the things that was used in the conflict in the civil war
  5. someone that works and does not get payed
  6. an organized military force equipped for fighting on land
  7. Both people/civilizations get bad things but also get what they want

14 Clues: they won the civil war • they lost the civil war • a conflict to solve things • one of the poles does not have penguins • someone that works and does not get payed • one of the poles does have penguins fun :D • the people who work for newspapers, magazines, etc. • unalive aka people/animals consciousness slipping away • ...

1950 2025-05-01

1950 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - A form of civil disobedience that was popular in the civil rights movement.
  2. - the president after FDR who was responsible for the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan.
  3. was known as the first man to break the sound barrier when flying
  4. - WWII general and 34th president of the United States
  5. - beginning of the Red Scare and the federal government’s movement to weed out possible communists in the government
  6. Warren - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and supporter of anti segregation laws.
  7. - the massive expansion of families post WWII meant a massive increase in the need for housing. Massive housing developments were built to meet the need.
  8. - supreme court decision that ended separate but equal segregation of schools.
Down
  1. known as the king of rock and roll.
  2. The civil rights activist who said the i have a dream speech.
  3. - a new style of music which drew inspiration from African American blues music, embraced themes popular among teenagers, such as young love and rebellion against authority.
  4. Parks - civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus and got arrested for refuseing.
  5. War - In general is a war that is not directly fought but only through what are known as proxy wars.
  6. - An example of the proxy war happening during the Cold War with Russia. The two parts continued to fight about communism and capitalism and
  7. - the primary federal agency responsible for aerospace research and the civilian space program.
  8. - major fighter for civil rights and the first african american supreme court justice.
  9. - father of rock and roll
  10. was a series of 3 Russian launches beginning in 1957 that orbited or nearly orbited Earth.
  11. became the first man to enter Earth’s orbit, in a single-pilot spacecraft called Vostok I.
  12. - an informal dance in school gyms that had people dance in their socks to avoid damaging the gym floor

20 Clues: - father of rock and roll • known as the king of rock and roll. • - WWII general and 34th president of the United States • The civil rights activist who said the i have a dream speech. • was known as the first man to break the sound barrier when flying • - A form of civil disobedience that was popular in the civil rights movement. • ...

Civil War 2019-09-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. American poet. At the start of the Civil War, he wrote “Beat! Beat! Drums!”
  2. The 16th president
  3. was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri
  4. Commander of the Confederate States Army.
  5. also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, occurred September 17, 1862
  6. he assassinated Abraham Lincoln at the Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865.
  7. A former slave, Douglass became a leading figurehead in the anti-slavery movement
Down
  1. escaped from slavery but returned on many dangerous missions to Maryland where she helped lead slaves to freedom.
  2. The first battle of the Civil War.
  3. was a senator from Mississippi. During the Civil War, he was the President of the Southern Confederate States
  4. American writer and humorist, considered the ‘father of American literature’. Famous works include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)
  5. Wife of Abraham Lincoln and First Lady during the Civil War.
  6. American General who was Commander of the Virginian Confederate Army from 1862 until its surrender in 1865

13 Clues: The 16th president • The first battle of the Civil War. • Commander of the Confederate States Army. • Wife of Abraham Lincoln and First Lady during the Civil War. • also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, occurred September 17, 1862 • American poet. At the start of the Civil War, he wrote “Beat! Beat! Drums!” • ...

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 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 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 2013-03-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. civil war saw use in this
  2. the strategy during the civil war to blockade goods to the south
  3. blockage of a harbor by an enemy to prevent transportation of solders and supplies
  4. small and fast, intercepted union trading ships and took their cargo
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  1. brought back essentials such as cloth, bacon, and guns
  2. simple ships played important roles in coastal waterways, which were dugouts made of cypress logs
  3. bringing a group of people under the control of another
  4. strategy during civil war for the north
  5. south of Wilmington, mounted argh and sand
  6. civil war invention, major advantage over wooden ships

10 Clues: civil war saw use in this • strategy during civil war for the north • south of Wilmington, mounted argh and sand • brought back essentials such as cloth, bacon, and guns • civil war invention, major advantage over wooden ships • bringing a group of people under the control of another • the strategy during the civil war to blockade goods to the south • ...

Unit 7b 2016-11-15

Unit 7b crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lease system a system in Georgia after the Civil War in which prisoners were leased to companies for their labor; companies were supposed to provide housing and food
  2. Codes a set of laws passed by Georgia, and most southern states, after the Civil War to restrict the rights of the freedmen
  3. Amendment an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1865, that made slavery illegal
  4. tax a tax paid to be able to vote
  5. a negative nickname given to northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War
  6. Amendment an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, that granted citizenship to all born in the United States; this broad language included former slaves
  7. the newly freed slaves
  8. Proclamation a document issued by President Lincoln in 1862 that declared freedom for slaves in states “in rebellion”; that made it possible to free slaves as the Union army took control of areas in the Confederate States
  9. to separate by race
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  1. Amendment an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1870, which said race could not be used to deny voting rights
  2. an agricultural system common after the Civil War where landless farmers worked the land of a landowner who also supplied a house, farming tools and animals, seed, and fertilizer in return for a share of the crop harvested
  3. Bureau a federal government organization established in 1865 that helped the newly freed slaves after the Civil War
  4. to obstruct or prevent access to
  5. Georgia Democrats who, in the period immediately following Reconstruction, worked to “save” the state from the North’s Reconstruction policies
  6. lien a system of credit which allowed farmers to receive commodities such as food, supplies, and seeds, on loan (or credit) and pay this debt back after their crop was harvested and sold. Therefore, there was a lien against the crop. The amount of credit that was received was based on the estimated value of the crop.
  7. farming an agricultural system common after the Civil War where a farmer worked the land of a landowner in exchange for cash or an agreed-upon share of the harvest; tenant farmers usually owned some agricultural equipment and farm animals

16 Clues: to separate by race • the newly freed slaves • to obstruct or prevent access to • tax a tax paid to be able to vote • a negative nickname given to northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War • Amendment an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1865, that made slavery illegal • ...

ss civil war 2023-02-15

ss civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who argued that secession away was the only answer, with or without other states?
  2. How many women served incognito during the Civil War?
  3. What did the Union use to cut off the confederate's imports and exports?
  4. What states did the Union want to gain support of?
  5. What color was the Union Soldiers uniforms?
  6. Who had more railroads?
  7. who argued that secession was too dangerous?
  8. What support did the Confederates need?
  9. Who was the most famous Civil War Nurse?
  10. Who had more disadvantages?
  11. Who was anti-slavery?
Down
  1. Who argued that the need to secede only if other slaveholding states cooperated?
  2. What rank were most soldiers considered?
  3. How did the Confederates get past the Union's blockade?
  4. Who assassinated President Lincoln?
  5. Where was the battel that was considered to be the "turning point in the war"?
  6. Who liked slavery?
  7. What type of war was the south fighting?
  8. What plan did the Union use?
  9. What was Grant's punishment towards Lee's army?

20 Clues: Who liked slavery? • Who was anti-slavery? • Who had more railroads? • Who had more disadvantages? • What plan did the Union use? • Who assassinated President Lincoln? • What support did the Confederates need? • What rank were most soldiers considered? • What type of war was the south fighting? • Who was the most famous Civil War Nurse? • ...

American History Crossword 2021-10-14

American History Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a person who has been freed from slavery
  2. process in which citizens put a proposed new law directly on the ballot
  3. writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in government or business
  4. oppossed the expantion of the us
  5. a soldier killed, wounded, or missing
  6. laws that restricted African american rights and opportunities
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  1. "separate but equal"
  2. blew up in 1898, 266 soldiers killed
  3. a forced separation, often by race
  4. new york banker, he gave major loans for big buildings
  5. general of the civil war, was scared for his men
  6. group of merchant ships sailing together, protected by war ships
  7. payment for war damage
  8. held the largest battle of the civil war, lasted from July 1st to July 3rd
  9. rebellion
  10. murdered in Alton, Illinois by a pro-slavery mob
  11. glorification of the military
  12. killed lincoln, was an actor

18 Clues: rebellion • "separate but equal" • payment for war damage • killed lincoln, was an actor • glorification of the military • oppossed the expantion of the us • a forced separation, often by race • blew up in 1898, 266 soldiers killed • a soldier killed, wounded, or missing • a person who has been freed from slavery • general of the civil war, was scared for his men • ...

Civil War Crossword 2013-07-11

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Robert E. _____, the Confederate Army's General during the Civil War.
  2. A woman could contribute to the War by serving as a _____.
  3. Jefferson ______, President of the Confederate States during the Civil War.
  4. The _____ Amendment to the Constitution outlawed slavery in the United States.
  5. Abraham ______, President of the United States during the Civil War.
Down
  1. The first battle of the Civil War was on the island of ______ outside Charleston, South Carolina.
  2. The ______ Proclomation freed slaves in Southern states, written by Abraham Lincoln.
  3. The last state to leave the United States and join the Confederacy. Also the first state to leave the Confederacy and rejoin the Union.
  4. Ulysses S. ______, The Union Army's General during the Civil War.

9 Clues: A woman could contribute to the War by serving as a _____. • Ulysses S. ______, The Union Army's General during the Civil War. • Abraham ______, President of the United States during the Civil War. • Robert E. _____, the Confederate Army's General during the Civil War. • Jefferson ______, President of the Confederate States during the Civil War. • ...

civil war 2018-05-24

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. only president of the confederate states of america.
  2. law that provided harsh treatment for escaped slaves and the people that helped them.
  3. people hold the final authority in all matters of government (they can vote)
  4. each state would use popularity to decide what to do with slavery.
  5. general of confederate states
  6. an abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt by capturing armories in southern territories.
  7. the first real battle of the civil war.
  8. isolates somearea of importance to the enemy.
  9. in 1852 she wrote a novel called uncle toms cabin
Down
  1. the southern states that suceeded from the united states
  2. to break away
  3. slave who sued his slave owner for making ahim a slave where having slaves was iligal.
  4. anti slavery novel

13 Clues: to break away • anti slavery novel • general of confederate states • the first real battle of the civil war. • isolates somearea of importance to the enemy. • in 1852 she wrote a novel called uncle toms cabin • only president of the confederate states of america. • the southern states that suceeded from the united states • ...

Civil War 2017-05-02

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pertaining to a central government
  2. fallen soldiers
  3. freedom fighter
  4. withdraw from the group
  5. agree to disagree
  6. protect from harm
Down
  1. soldier selection
  2. obstructing ships
  3. musket blade
  4. powers retained by the states
  5. not in the military
  6. set free
  7. surround and capture a city

13 Clues: set free • musket blade • fallen soldiers • freedom fighter • soldier selection • obstructing ships • agree to disagree • protect from harm • not in the military • withdraw from the group • surround and capture a city • powers retained by the states • pertaining to a central government

Civil War 2021-12-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Dependent on agriculture and slaver
  2. in act by a state that cancels a federal law
  3. to leave or with draft
  4. A person who wanted to end slavery
  5. A place where the weapons and ammunition I stored
  6. servants I want to receive free passage to the north
  7. to do away with
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  1. rights The rights and powers held by individual U.S. states
  2. To settle differences
  3. loyalty to a region
  4. loyalty to a region
  5. state act A law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves
  6. codes laws to control slaves
  7. Union
  8. someone who is running away or escaping

15 Clues: Union • to do away with • loyalty to a region • loyalty to a region • To settle differences • to leave or with draft • codes laws to control slaves • A person who wanted to end slavery • Dependent on agriculture and slaver • someone who is running away or escaping • in act by a state that cancels a federal law • A place where the weapons and ammunition I stored • ...

Civil War 2022-12-01

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Soldiers who fought on horseback
  2. Heavy military ranged weapons
  3. A strategy or action planned out to achieve a specific end
  4. Military specialization which engages in
  5. A sum paid for killing a certain person
  6. Sealing of a place for people not to leave or enter
  7. A sustained fight of large organized forces
  8. State slaves that did not secede from the union
Down
  1. Law temporary substitution of military authority
  2. an organized course of action to achieve a goal
  3. combat on foot
  4. Enlistment for state service
  5. A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building

13 Clues: combat on foot • Enlistment for state service • Heavy military ranged weapons • Soldiers who fought on horseback • A sum paid for killing a certain person • Military specialization which engages in • A sustained fight of large organized forces • State slaves that did not secede from the union • Law temporary substitution of military authority • ...

Civil War 2023-01-30

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. part 2
  2. a group of pathways made to help Enslaved people escape from their slave masters
  3. another political alignment
  4. part 1
  5. Legal anarchy
  6. president man
Down
  1. part 3
  2. a law that was past allowing slave masters to capture escaped slaves
  3. a book written to point out the atrocities of slavery
  4. part 4
  5. Think slavery
  6. a political alignment
  7. unpaid labor

13 Clues: part 3 • part 4 • part 2 • part 1 • unpaid labor • Think slavery • Legal anarchy • president man • a political alignment • another political alignment • a book written to point out the atrocities of slavery • a law that was past allowing slave masters to capture escaped slaves • a group of pathways made to help Enslaved people escape from their slave masters

Civil war 2023-01-18

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. enslavement
  2. autonomy of a state
  3. when the union blocked cotton trade
  4. when Lincoln was elected
  5. union defeat
  6. California free state,fugitive slave
  7. the act of nullifying
Down
  1. destruction of Atlanta
  2. march from Atlanta to Savannah
  3. slaves in confederacy freed
  4. prison camp
  5. no further assault on southern slave
  6. slave suing for freedom

13 Clues: enslavement • prison camp • union defeat • autonomy of a state • the act of nullifying • destruction of Atlanta • slave suing for freedom • when Lincoln was elected • slaves in confederacy freed • march from Atlanta to Savannah • when the union blocked cotton trade • no further assault on southern slave • California free state,fugitive slave

Civil War 2021-03-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. close friend to Charles
  2. MP who called for a fair trial
  3. tried to catholicise the Church again
  4. deeply rooted in the ground to attack the enemy
  5. coastal regions of England weren't the only ones affected
  6. opposed the cavaliers
  7. Sold Charles for £400,000
Down
  1. Catholic princess
  2. Father to Charles
  3. God given powers
  4. Family line after Tudors
  5. Led the Parliamentarians to victory and became Lord Protector
  6. Battlefield where Parliamentarians won

13 Clues: God given powers • Catholic princess • Father to Charles • opposed the cavaliers • close friend to Charles • Family line after Tudors • Sold Charles for £400,000 • MP who called for a fair trial • tried to catholicise the Church again • Battlefield where Parliamentarians won • deeply rooted in the ground to attack the enemy • ...

Civil War 2021-05-30

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What former slaves gained in the 1868
  2. Occupation of the man who killed Lincoln
  3. Laws and regulations passed by Southern States to maintain White Supremacy
  4. A Major Battle of the 19th Century.
  5. One of the most important and intelligent generals of his time who excelled in Horsemanship while in college.
  6. The broad name of the events that took place after the Civil War
Down
  1. The location in which President Lincoln was assassinated
  2. A very important battle regarding the outcome of the war.
  3. 16th President of the United States.
  4. A Famous Union General who was named after a Native American Chief and Peacekeeper
  5. Often regarded as the Confederacy's greatest general.
  6. What the 13th Amendment banned
  7. Man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln

13 Clues: What the 13th Amendment banned • A Major Battle of the 19th Century. • 16th President of the United States. • Man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln • What former slaves gained in the 1868 • Occupation of the man who killed Lincoln • Often regarded as the Confederacy's greatest general. • The location in which President Lincoln was assassinated • ...

Civil War 2021-05-30

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Number of days that the first Union troops were volunteers for.
  2. Name of the very first battle of the American Civil War
  3. Side that performed better in the first year of the war.
  4. What was the very important document that President Lincoln released regarding Slaves.
  5. The new and best guns of the Civil War era.
Down
  1. The name of a failed attack by Confederate troops on the last day at Gettysburg
  2. Former President of the CSA (Confederate States of America)
  3. First state to secede from the Union.
  4. Did the South get involved with the war?
  5. Year and month in which Lincoln is elected.
  6. Side that one at Gettysburg
  7. Hook, The shape of the defense line that General Meade and his troops took on Day 2 at Gettysburg
  8. General that was cautious with his troops.

13 Clues: Side that one at Gettysburg • First state to secede from the Union. • Did the South get involved with the war? • General that was cautious with his troops. • Year and month in which Lincoln is elected. • The new and best guns of the Civil War era. • Name of the very first battle of the American Civil War • Side that performed better in the first year of the war. • ...

Civil War 2022-05-23

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a blockage around the southern coast to ruin the confederate economy
  2. a battle strategy that uses a system of ditches
  3. army troops who fight on horseback
  4. to leave a location, usually for one's own protection
  5. someone who actively promotes human welfare
  6. a portable, cylindrical float used to build a temporary bridge
Down
  1. a person who is not in the military
  2. the death rate
  3. a state that bordered both the union and confederate states
  4. foot soldiers
  5. a ship armored with iron plates to protect it from cannon fire
  6. to organize and prepare troops for war
  7. a small, fast ship carrying mounted guns

13 Clues: foot soldiers • the death rate • army troops who fight on horseback • a person who is not in the military • to organize and prepare troops for war • a small, fast ship carrying mounted guns • someone who actively promotes human welfare • a battle strategy that uses a system of ditches • to leave a location, usually for one's own protection • ...

Civil War 2022-11-23

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Northern part of the U.S during the civil war
  2. used a center of military operations, and supply for the confederate army
  3. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution
  4. where the confederate got there first and last win
  5. The act of withdrawing
  6. A camp that was made when union soldiers were captured
  7. a networking system used to resupply both the union and the confederate states
Down
  1. Sherman gave this piece of land to Lincoln as a Christmas gift
  2. a document made by Lincoln to abolish slavery
  3. constitutional theory that individual states can invalidate federal laws
  4. The Southern part of the U.S during the
  5. war
  6. an act or means of sealing off

13 Clues: war • The act of withdrawing • an act or means of sealing off • The Southern part of the U.S during the • a document made by Lincoln to abolish slavery • The Northern part of the U.S during the civil war • where the confederate got there first and last win • A camp that was made when union soldiers were captured • ...

civil war 2017-02-12

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. difficulties problem
  2. a war between parts of the same country
  3. led an army into a land to take it over
  4. ran away from
  5. fierce like an animal
  6. declare that the enemy has won and the fighting can stop
  7. injured
  8. what is left after buildings fall to pieces or are blasted
Down
  1. the strongest places
  2. set to fight
  3. beat
  4. events that change the way things are going
  5. deaths

13 Clues: beat • deaths • injured • set to fight • ran away from • difficulties problem • the strongest places • fierce like an animal • a war between parts of the same country • led an army into a land to take it over • events that change the way things are going • declare that the enemy has won and the fighting can stop • what is left after buildings fall to pieces or are blasted

Civil War 2017-02-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. beat
  2. a war between parts of the same country
  3. injured or hurt
  4. events that change the way things are going
  5. led an army into a land to take it over
  6. deaths
  7. difficulties, problems
  8. ran away from
Down
  1. the strongest places
  2. fierc, like an animal
  3. declare that the enemy has won and the fighting can stop
  4. what is left after buildings fall to pieces or are blasted
  5. set to fight

13 Clues: beat • deaths • set to fight • ran away from • injured or hurt • the strongest places • fierc, like an animal • difficulties, problems • a war between parts of the same country • led an army into a land to take it over • events that change the way things are going • declare that the enemy has won and the fighting can stop • what is left after buildings fall to pieces or are blasted

civil war 2017-02-12

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. deaths
  2. led an army into a land to take it over
  3. the strongest places
  4. a war between parts of the same country
  5. difficulties problem
Down
  1. set to fight
  2. beat
  3. events that change the way things are going
  4. fierce like an animal
  5. injured
  6. what is left after buildings fall to pieces or are blasted
  7. declare that the enemy has won and the fighting can stop
  8. ran away from

13 Clues: beat • deaths • injured • set to fight • ran away from • the strongest places • difficulties problem • fierce like an animal • led an army into a land to take it over • a war between parts of the same country • events that change the way things are going • declare that the enemy has won and the fighting can stop • what is left after buildings fall to pieces or are blasted

Civil war 2023-05-05

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Civil______
  2. The northern side of the war
  3. 16th president
  4. Separate from union
  5. ___ of Gettysburg
  6. Guerrilla ______
  7. Heavy military
Down
  1. A person who worked to end slavery
  2. Southern side of the war
  3. Before the war
  4. Treating a person like property/ forcing them to work
  5. loyalty to ones country
  6. preventing a country from getting or sending supplies

13 Clues: Civil______ • Before the war • 16th president • Heavy military • Guerrilla ______ • ___ of Gettysburg • Separate from union • loyalty to ones country • Southern side of the war • The northern side of the war • A person who worked to end slavery • Treating a person like property/ forcing them to work • preventing a country from getting or sending supplies

Civil War 2023-05-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The communication device which used Morse Code.
  2. The south created the _________ States of America.
  3. The _________________ Proclamation freed slaves in the Confederate States.
  4. The _____________Revolution inspired the North to rely heavily on manufacturing.
  5. Those wanting to end slavery in the United States.
Down
  1. Types of squares used to communicate on the Underground Railroad.
  2. The _____________ Slave Act made it legal for slave catchers to pursue runaways into the free states.
  3. This land was referred to by runaway slaves as the "Promised land."
  4. The plan used by Lincoln to cut off the supplies of the south.
  5. John___________ and his five sons tried to stage a slave rebellion in Virginia.
  6. The last name of Lincoln's assassin.
  7. Conductors used the underground ___________ to guide fugitive slaves to freedom.
  8. The name that referred to the North during the Civil War.

13 Clues: The last name of Lincoln's assassin. • The communication device which used Morse Code. • The south created the _________ States of America. • Those wanting to end slavery in the United States. • The name that referred to the North during the Civil War. • The plan used by Lincoln to cut off the supplies of the south. • ...

civil war 2024-05-24

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. last name of the union general who destroyed land across the south
  2. location of an important battle in Mississippi
  3. the north wanted to blockade the ___
  4. confederate general
  5. most deaths other than getting shot
  6. initials of the most important union general
  7. first battle of the civil war
  8. first day of the battle of Gettysburg
Down
  1. another word for cutting off limbs
  2. the capital of the confederacy
  3. Lincoln's goal
  4. initials of the first state to secede
  5. woman made ____ for men during the war

13 Clues: Lincoln's goal • confederate general • first battle of the civil war • the capital of the confederacy • another word for cutting off limbs • most deaths other than getting shot • the north wanted to blockade the ___ • initials of the first state to secede • first day of the battle of Gettysburg • woman made ____ for men during the war • ...

Civil War 2023-10-23

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. State that seceded by repealing the ratification of constitution
  2. A state leaving the union
  3. first shots of the civil war were fired here
  4. Ferry Raid on a this virginia city in 1859
  5. Senator from Michigan
Down
  1. a theory or position on an issue
  2. Part of an alliance or confederacy
  3. someone who dies for his or her beliefs
  4. Buchanan Democratic Party nominee for the election of 1856
  5. Act that required northern citizens to assist slave catchers
  6. the ceremony at which someone is sworn into office
  7. relief from an injury or wrongdoing
  8. Freed slave that was denied by the supreme court

13 Clues: Senator from Michigan • A state leaving the union • a theory or position on an issue • Part of an alliance or confederacy • relief from an injury or wrongdoing • someone who dies for his or her beliefs • Ferry Raid on a this virginia city in 1859 • first shots of the civil war were fired here • Freed slave that was denied by the supreme court • ...

Civil War 2023-10-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. People who were forced to work on plantations.
  2. the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
  3. the act of increasing the strength of something
  4. Northern side of the war
  5. Used to fire a projectile normally a bullet
  6. Typer of gun using gunpowder
Down
  1. a weapon that is forcibly propelled toward a targetcannon
  2. excessive devotion to the interests of a particular region
  3. `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
  4. Southern side of the war
  5. cause to start burning
  6. belonging to a period before a warMasonDixonline
  7. make strong or stronger

13 Clues: cause to start burning • make strong or stronger • Southern side of the war • Northern side of the war • Typer of gun using gunpowder • Used to fire a projectile normally a bullet • People who were forced to work on plantations. • the act of increasing the strength of something • belonging to a period before a warMasonDixonline • ...

CIVIL WAR 2024-09-13

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Admiral Farragut (Union) captured _____
  2. January 1, 1963 Abraham Lincoln signed the ____
  3. Thousands of women served as_____
Down
  1. General Beauregard was an ______
  2. the_____was the plan to split the confederacy.
  3. _____ was the Union Capital
  4. the first ironclads were the Monitor and ____
  5. ____ saw the bloodiest single day of the entire war.
  6. Shiloh was a ____ day battle in April
  7. The main goal of the_____North was to reunite the country.
  8. the____ guarantees a person a hearing before jail
  9. Peace Democrats became known as the _____
  10. Mary Edwards Walker was the first female _____

13 Clues: _____ was the Union Capital • General Beauregard was an ______ • Thousands of women served as_____ • Shiloh was a ____ day battle in April • Admiral Farragut (Union) captured _____ • Peace Democrats became known as the _____ • the first ironclads were the Monitor and ____ • the_____was the plan to split the confederacy. • Mary Edwards Walker was the first female _____ • ...