civil war Crossword Puzzles

The Civil War 2014-03-11

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Slave states that did not secede.
  2. Was an enslaved man who had been owned by a U.S. Army doctor, who was then brought to live in the Wisconsin Territory, where slavery is illegal.
  3. Another Union army General, who advanced toward Atlanta, and was a tough soldier. Believed in total war and the Confederates couldn't stop his advances(middle name too).
  4. Passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, eager to develop lands in Illionois, and debated against Abraham Lincoln.
  5. A general rise in prices.
  6. All-out attacks aimed at destroying an enemy's army, its resources, and its people's will to fight.
  7. Withdraw
  8. Runaway enslaved people.
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  1. Not favoring either side.
  2. Was put as General after the Union's defeat at Bull Run. His army trained for seven months, but didn't attack.
  3. A system of required military service.
  4. Meant that people in the territory or state would vote directly on issues, rather than having their elected representatives decide.
  5. Took over for George McClellan, and led the most successful Union armies.
  6. Northerner who was affected by the Fugitive Slave Act, who published Uncle Tom's Cabin.
  7. A tax on the money people receive.
  8. covered with protective iron plates.
  9. An attempt to capture a place by surrounding it with military forces and cutting it off until the people inside surrender.
  10. The president during the Civil War
  11. A military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it.
  12. A war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country.

20 Clues: Withdraw • Runaway enslaved people. • Not favoring either side. • A general rise in prices. • Slave states that did not secede. • A tax on the money people receive. • The president during the Civil War • covered with protective iron plates. • A system of required military service. • A war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country. • ...

The Civil War 2014-04-29

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. War on all aspects of the enemy's life
  2. The states between the north and the South that were divided over whether to stay in the union or join the Confederancy
  3. Withdrawal from he union
  4. Ship that sails into and out of a blockade area
  5. A legal for an inquiry to determine whether a person had been lawfully imprison
  6. A continuous rise in the price of goods and services
  7. Cut off an area by means of troops or warship to stop supplies or people form coming in or going out; to close off a country's ports
  8. Occupying a strong defensive position
  9. Money given as a reward, such as to encourage enlistment in the army
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  1. A piece of U.S. paper money first issued by the North during the Civil War
  2. position of attacking or the attack itself
  3. Rights and powers independent of the federal government that are reserved for the states by the Constitution; the belief that state's rights supersede federal rights and law
  4. Union Soilder
  5. Armored naval vessel
  6. To give official approval to
  7. To free from slavery
  8. Confederate soilder, so called because of opposition to the stablished government
  9. A military person killed, wounded, or captured
  10. Conflict between opposing groups of citizens of the same country
  11. The selection of persons for required military service

20 Clues: Union Soilder • Armored naval vessel • To free from slavery • Withdrawal from he union • To give official approval to • Occupying a strong defensive position • War on all aspects of the enemy's life • position of attacking or the attack itself • A military person killed, wounded, or captured • Ship that sails into and out of a blockade area • ...

Civil War Crossword 2015-02-24

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The south's capitol
  2. The famous Confederate general that won at the Second Battle of Bull Run
  3. Confederate general from Virginia
  4. A general in the war for the Union
  5. The battle in Mississippi when the North gained control of the whole river
  6. Abraham Lincoln's famous two minute speech
  7. The 16th president
  8. Wilderness When thousands of soldiers burned to death at the end of the battle
  9. The single bloodiest battle of the war
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  1. When Confederate troops marched into a hail of gunfire and less than half of the 12,000 soldiers died
  2. President of the Confederate States of America
  3. The Union general from West Point
  4. A document that freed all slaves in the Confederacy
  5. A village in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered
  6. A former slave and a strong abolitionist
  7. Where the first official Civil War battle took place
  8. Robert E. Lee's almost unbeatable army
  9. Where the North suffered a huge loss under general Burnside
  10. Founded the American Red Cross
  11. The Unions iron-clad ship

20 Clues: The 16th president • The south's capitol • The Unions iron-clad ship • Founded the American Red Cross • The Union general from West Point • Confederate general from Virginia • A general in the war for the Union • Robert E. Lee's almost unbeatable army • The single bloodiest battle of the war • A former slave and a strong abolitionist • Abraham Lincoln's famous two minute speech • ...

The Civil War 2015-11-20

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. A General of the North who became President
  2. Location of the bloodiest day during the War
  3. The name of the national currency created by an act passed by congress
  4. Soldiers who use surprise raids and hit-and-run tactics
  5. Name of the location of the first battle
  6. Document freeing all persons from slavery
  7. The South's majority population
  8. Person who said "a house dived against itself cannot stand"
  9. Who did the South seek help from during the war?
  10. A war in which one side inflicts continuous loses on the enemy to wear down its strength
  11. A form of required military service
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  1. Emergency rule by military authorities during which some Bill of Rights guarantees are suspended
  2. Amendment abolishing slavery
  3. President of the Confederate states of America
  4. Man who assassinated Lincoln
  5. A group of people who raised violent protests against the war
  6. Location of the longest battle of the war
  7. A General of the South
  8. What was a result of the War?
  9. Tactic in which an enemy is surrounded and starved in order to make it surrender

20 Clues: A General of the South • Amendment abolishing slavery • Man who assassinated Lincoln • What was a result of the War? • The South's majority population • A form of required military service • Name of the location of the first battle • Location of the longest battle of the war • Document freeing all persons from slavery • A General of the North who became President • ...

Civil War Project 2015-10-18

Civil War Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. States that kept slaves but stayed loyal to the Union
  2. Man who beat Lincoln for senate seat but later lost to Lincoln in run for president
  3. An Illinois lawyer born in Kentucky that later became president
  4. Commander of Confederate army during Civil War
  5. The forced separation of whites and blacks in all public places
  6. Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, an anti-slavery book that revealed the cruelty of slavery
  7. The idea of favoring one part over the entire country or region
  8. To formally withdraw from the Union
  9. The idea that political power belongs to the people
  10. Strategy used by William T. Sherman in which he intimidated the enemy by burning his way through things and getting in their head
  11. Laws made to enforce segregation between whites and blacks in Southern states
  12. System in which one works on piece of land for shelter and food and gives potion of crop to employer
  13. Senator who became president of CSA
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  1. Lincoln's plan for rejoining Southern states that said 10% of voters had to swear their allegiance to the Union
  2. Naval ships heavily armored with iron
  3. Agency established after war to help freed blacks and poor whites
  4. Speech made by Lincoln that told people about what was happening in the war and honored all of the soldiers that died fighting for their country
  5. Proclamation issued by Lincoln that said all slaves in Southern states were free
  6. Commander of Union army during Civil War
  7. Nurse during war that later founded the American Red Cross
  8. Abbreviation for name of country that left the Union
  9. Presidential election in which the Republican's name didn't even appear on the ballot in the South, yet he won
  10. Laws that were made to restrict AA freedom
  11. The period after the war in which the whole country united and worked to rebuild the South
  12. Union general who is known for burning through Atlanta and capturing port in Savannah for Lincoln
  13. Tax where you had to pay to vote
  14. Abolitionist who believed violence was the way to solve the problem of slavery

27 Clues: Tax where you had to pay to vote • To formally withdraw from the Union • Senator who became president of CSA • Naval ships heavily armored with iron • Commander of Union army during Civil War • Laws that were made to restrict AA freedom • Commander of Confederate army during Civil War • The idea that political power belongs to the people • ...

The Civil War 2016-10-08

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A group of people led by Missouri state senator David Atchison, crossed into Kansas w/weapons and voted pro-slavery.
  2. Slave from Missouri whose owner took him north of the Missouri Compromise Line in 1834.
  3. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  4. Provided for the return of slaves that ran from one state/territory to another.
  5. Won the presidential election of 1860.
  6. Ammunition that changed the tide of war.
  7. Led 21 men into Harpers Ferry, VA to help slaves start an uprising.
  8. Bloodiest single-day battle in American history. 26,000 died.
  9. President who supported California admission as a free state.
  10. Modest and great battle strategist; opposed succession.
  11. Thomas Jackson's nickname.
  12. The name of the Union's war plan.
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  1. "Slave hunter".
  2. Another word for taxes.
  3. Appointed by Lincoln to lead Union Army (Coach Boyd doesn't like him).
  4. A very back and forth battle between inexperienced Union and Confederate soldiers
  5. Proposed an amendment to a military spending bill.
  6. Network of people who would aid fugitive slaves in their escape.
  7. Senator who proposed the Compromise of 1850.
  8. The placing of the needs of one section of the nation over the needs of the nation as a whole.

20 Clues: "Slave hunter". • Another word for taxes. • Thomas Jackson's nickname. • The name of the Union's war plan. • Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. • Won the presidential election of 1860. • Ammunition that changed the tide of war. • Senator who proposed the Compromise of 1850. • Proposed an amendment to a military spending bill. • ...

Post Civil War 2016-11-16

Post Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Thousands of people raced into the Oklahoma territories and laid claims to land for a small sum.
  2. This was set up to provide 160 acres to Indian Families so they could become self sufficient.
  3. What is it called when a production increases the cost of each item produced is lower (buying things in bulk)?
  4. This is where Custer underestimated the number indians and Custer and all his men died here.
  5. Happened in the summer of 1892, Andrew Carnegie's partner Henry Frick cut worker's wages at Carnegie Steel.
  6. What was the railroad called that connected the east to the west?
  7. Who was called "America's greatest inventor"? Invented the phonograph.
  8. What is called when they burned the impurities out of iron?
  9. People who cheated and went into the Oklahoma territory early and claimed some of the best land.
  10. These were federal lands that were set aside specifically for Native Americans to live on.
  11. These people were praised for creating jobs and giving to charities.
  12. This symbol was proof that the US had taken it's place as one of the world powers.
  13. Black Kettle was the leader of the Cheyenne made a treaty with Colorado's governor and took his people to Sand Creek, where up to 500 Cheyenne people were killed because Chivington wanted a victory over the indians.
  14. These people were expected to work long hours for little pay. Worked in horrible conditions. Woman and children would work in horrible conditions and long hours for less pay.
  15. This was an attempt of the government to turn NA into the rest of the society. They tried to educate, dress, and teach job skills.
  16. What helped speed up the process of everyday life, and created new jobs in the US?
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  1. These people stripped the world of its natural resources and treated their workers horribly along with putting other business out.
  2. Who invented the telephone?
  3. What is it called when a company would drop its prices to a very low level, thus driving the competition out of business?
  4. What is it called when you would gain control of the many different businesses that make up all the phases of a product's development?
  5. These people brought larger areas of land in the hopes of selling is later for a profit.
  6. This was another labor union but they only allowed membership to skilled workers, lead by Samuel Gompers
  7. These were land parcels that were measured registered, and deeded so you knew exactly what you owned and what you could do with it.
  8. This was signed by President Lincoln, for a small fee a person could obtain 160 acres of land if they met certain conditions.
  9. A philosophy that suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth created by those business.
  10. George Pullman created towns for sleeping cars for railroads. People got angry with his rules, and then cut wages later on.
  11. This strike happened in May of 1886 when the workers went out on strike in support of the eight hour work days.
  12. This changed when the boss no longer worked by the employees side.
  13. One of the first labor unions, it was lead by Terence Powderly, and it accepted woman, blacks, and unskilled workers.
  14. This was the philosophy of beliefs in the survival of the fittest in the workworld. Should have taken the Laissez-faire approach
  15. This strike happened in 1877 during a depression when the companies decided to cut the wages by 10%
  16. This is a company that is in complete control of a product or service.

32 Clues: Who invented the telephone? • What is called when they burned the impurities out of iron? • What was the railroad called that connected the east to the west? • This changed when the boss no longer worked by the employees side. • These people were praised for creating jobs and giving to charities. • ...

Post Civil War 2016-11-16

Post Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of the first labor unions, it was led by Terrence Powderly, and it tried to organize all workers into unions.
  2. George Custer went to Montana to place the Siox indians on reservations and underestimated the amount of indians he was fighting and fought 2000 indians with 200 US soldiers, he and all his men died.
  3. When col. John Chivington and his men killed 500 helpless cheyanne indians
  4. Land parcels were measured, registered, and deeded so you knew exactly what you owned and what you could do with it.
  5. invented Morse code
  6. A way of taking the impurities out of iron thus producing lighter, stronger, and more flexable steel.
  7. A departmentof the govt. that made sure indians got the critical supplies they needed. This department was full of corruption.
  8. On April 22, 1889, thousands of raced into Oklahoma land to claim land parcels for a very small sum
  9. A philosophy that promoted equal wealth distribution and government owned businesses.
  10. An approach that encouraged little government intervention. This was promoted by Darwinism.
  11. Came up with the idea of central power sources that provided electricity, also invented the phonograph.
  12. Federal lands that were set aside for native americans to live on
  13. When a company is in complete control of a product or service
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  1. The inventor of the Telegram in 1876.
  2. For a small fee, a land owner could own 160 acres of land if they followed certain conditions. Signed by Lincoln
  3. As production of a product increases, the cost of each item produced is lower
  4. People who cheated and went into Oklahoma early and claimed some of the best parcels of land
  5. A unoin that only allowed skilled workers to join
  6. When a company would drop its prices to a very low level thus driving their competetors out of business. They then would buy out their competition for a very low price. This was away to make a monopoly.
  7. Where the golden spike was put in the ground to connect the two places together.
  8. A way around getting anti monopoly laws.
  9. Gaining control of many different businesses that make up all phases of a products development. Carnagie steel used this to become the leader is Steel production
  10. A philosophy that believes in survival of the fittest
  11. After protesting about being placed on reservations, the officers were disarming the indians when one fired a shot and the officers openedfire on the defensless indians and killed 200 of them.
  12. People who bought areas of land in hope of selling it later for profit
  13. A place where America proved that it was a world power in hard work and industry
  14. In a loose assosiation of businesses who produce the same good
  15. An attempt by the govt. to get indians to fit into society better by dressing them and educating them.
  16. It was set up to provide 160 acres to indian families to make them self sufficient. it failed for many reasons
  17. When Union workers went on strike to promote the 8 hour work day

30 Clues: invented Morse code • The inventor of the Telegram in 1876. • A way around getting anti monopoly laws. • A unoin that only allowed skilled workers to join • A philosophy that believes in survival of the fittest • When a company is in complete control of a product or service • In a loose assosiation of businesses who produce the same good • ...

Post Civil War 2016-11-17

Post Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Signed by Lincoln in 1862, person could get 160 acres of land if they met certain conditions
  2. New way of burning impurities from iron
  3. Railroad developed the connected the east and the west
  4. Invented telephone in 1876
  5. Philosophy the believes in survival of the fittest
  6. Invented Morse code
  7. People who raced into Oklahoma to lay claim to land for a small fee
  8. As production increases the cost of each item produced is lower
  9. Workers lived in towns created by George Pullman and had lots of control over workers lives, after he had to lay off workers they tried to negotiate but went on strike
  10. This factor was caused by people losing everything during the civil war and looking for a new start, land in the east was becoming more expensive
  11. People who bought lots of land hoping to sell it later for a profit
  12. Gaining control of different businesses involved with a product's development
  13. Philosophy that suggested government ownership of businesses and equal distribution of wealth
  14. Union called a strike in summer of 1892 after Henry Frick cut wages at Carnegie steel
Down
  1. When a company is in complete control of product or service
  2. Leader of the American Railway Union, helped 260,000 workers go on strike in support of the Pullman workers
  3. Land was measured, registered, and deeded so you knew exactly what you owned and could do with it
  4. When company drops prices to a low level to drive out competitors, then buy the competition and raise prices
  5. Loose association of businesses producing same product with limited production
  6. Workers went on strike in May 1886 to support the 8 hour work day, police broke up fights at the factory
  7. Industrialists seen as cruel and heartless
  8. This factor was caused by the dream of owning land, cheap land out west, people looking for gold
  9. Industrialists seen as helping economy
  10. Lead the Knights of Labor, which allowed anyone
  11. Leader of the American Federation of labor, which only allowed skilled workers
  12. Golden spike for transcontinental railroad was driven in here
  13. Hands off or non interference
  14. People that cheated and went into Oklahoma early to claim the best land
  15. Worker trained to do one step, then product moved on to someone else
  16. Way of getting around anti monopoly laws, controlled but not owned by one company

30 Clues: Invented Morse code • Invented telephone in 1876 • Hands off or non interference • Industrialists seen as helping economy • New way of burning impurities from iron • Industrialists seen as cruel and heartless • Lead the Knights of Labor, which allowed anyone • Philosophy the believes in survival of the fittest • Railroad developed the connected the east and the west • ...

Post Civil War 2016-11-17

Post Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Land--people's dream was to own land
  2. Workers went out on strike in support of 8 hour work days
  3. An that gave indian families 160 acres of land
  4. When Colonel John Chivington, attacked with 700 men against the helpless Cheyenne, he killed 500 women and children
  5. When custer and 200 men took on a force of 2000 indians at a river
  6. The new process of burning out impurities to make better metal
  7. when a company is in complete control of a service or product
  8. Two engines put in the front of a train
  9. Survival of the fittest in business
  10. An anarchist who tried to assassinate Henry Frick
  11. People who bought large areas of land in hope of selling in later for a profit
  12. As production increases the cost of each item produced is lower
  13. Company drops prices to drive other out of business, then buys them out
  14. In loose association of businesses
  15. Owner of Carnegie steel
  16. Pullman A man who was successful in producing sleeping cars
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  1. One of the 1st labor unions, worked towards reforms of equal pay,no child labor etc.
  2. A symbol of America's power and progress
  3. Non-Interference by the government
  4. Indians on reservation performed a sacred dance, the soldiers thought it was an uprising so they shot and killed 200 defenseless indians
  5. Land was measured so you knew exactly what you owned
  6. A man who tried to obtain better wages, working hours etc.
  7. Make more stuff and sell if really cheap to gain control of a product
  8. 260,000 railroad workers went on strike to protest the wage cuts
  9. People who lost everything during the civil war and were forced to move
  10. A big labor union at the time
  11. Signed by Lincoln in 1862, for a small fee a person could obtain 160 acres if they met certain conditions
  12. Henry Frick cut wages at Carnegie steel, then their was a strike
  13. Equal distribution of wealth
  14. People who stripped the world of its natural resources
  15. A way of getting around monopoly laws, owning 51% of a business

31 Clues: Owner of Carnegie steel • Equal distribution of wealth • A big labor union at the time • Non-Interference by the government • In loose association of businesses • Survival of the fittest in business • Land--people's dream was to own land • Two engines put in the front of a train • A symbol of America's power and progress • An that gave indian families 160 acres of land • ...

Post Civil War 2016-11-17

Post Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. laid track westward
  2. invented talking telegram
  3. suggested government ownership of business and the distribution of wealth
  4. lead American Federation of Labor that tried to obtain better wages
  5. a battle happened at this river and General underestimated the number of Indians he was facing
  6. as production increases the cost of each item produced is lower
  7. Irish and Chinese were these
  8. system of long and short pulses that represent letters
  9. a way of getting around monopoly laws
  10. expected to work long hours for very little pay
  11. a loose association of businesses who produce the same product
  12. railroad across the country
  13. laid track eastward
  14. assembly line
  15. where the golden spike was driven
  16. when people who bought large areas of land in the hope of selling it later for a profit
  17. a set standard that people follow
Down
  1. when companies drop their prices to drive out their competitors out of business
  2. praised for creating jobs and helping economy grow
  3. gaining control of many different businesses
  4. perfected the idea of morse code
  5. small battle between Cheyenne tribe and Colorado's governor
  6. used verical consolidation to become a leader in steel production
  7. rules to own land and to build a home on and also signed by Lincoln in 1862
  8. survival of the fittest
  9. seen as stripping the world of its natural resources
  10. lead by Terence Powderly
  11. process new way of burning impurities out of iron
  12. how wide a track is
  13. when a company is in complete control of a product or service

30 Clues: assembly line • laid track westward • laid track eastward • how wide a track is • survival of the fittest • lead by Terence Powderly • invented talking telegram • railroad across the country • Irish and Chinese were these • perfected the idea of morse code • where the golden spike was driven • a set standard that people follow • a way of getting around monopoly laws • ...

Post Civil War 2016-11-17

Post Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. land parcels were measured, registered, and deeded so you knew exactly what you owned and what you could do with it
  2. a strike protesting the cut wages at Carnegie steel where the Pinkerton police were called
  3. central railroad company and Union pacific started on opposite ends of the country and met in the middle to create this
  4. the setup to provide 160 acres to Indian families so they could become self sufficient
  5. as production increases the cost of each item produced is lower
  6. suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth created by those businesses
  7. each worker does one step of the production and then the product would move on to the next person
  8. when a company would drop its prices to a very low level thus driving their competitors out of businesses. Then they would by their competition for a very low price and then raise prices to make a lot of money
  9. he led the American Federation of labor that only allows skilled workers to join
  10. a new way of burning the impurities out of iron producing a lighrer, stronger, more flexible steel
  11. government should not interfere with businesses
  12. a way of getting around anti monopoly laws, businesses were controlled but not owned by one company
  13. a strike against Pullman because he exerted too much control over the lives of his workers
  14. He tried to organize all workers into unions
Down
  1. a strike in support of the eight hour work day
  2. industrialists who were seen as stripping the world of its natural resources and treating workings poor
  3. a philosophy that believes in the survival of the fittest
  4. industrialists who were praised for creating jobs, helping the economy to grow and giving generously
  5. a group of people who did not feel that the two main political parties were doing enough to protect their interests
  6. a department of the government who was in charge of making sure that reservations had enough of all critical supplies so native americans would be taken care of
  7. when a company is in complete control of a product or service
  8. people who cheated and went into Oklahoma early and claimed some of the best parcels of land
  9. an attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society
  10. gaining control of the many different businesses that make up all phases of a product's development
  11. a system of long and short pulses that represented letters of the alphabet
  12. federal lands that were set aside specifically for native americans to live on
  13. people who bought large areas of land in the hope of selling it later for a profit
  14. For a small fee a person could obtain 160 acres of land if they met certain conditions
  15. April 22,1889 thousands of people raced into the Oklahoma territories and laid claim to land parcels for a very small sum
  16. how wide a track is (this became standard)
  17. a loose association of businesses who produce the same product

31 Clues: how wide a track is (this became standard) • He tried to organize all workers into unions • a strike in support of the eight hour work day • government should not interfere with businesses • a philosophy that believes in the survival of the fittest • when a company is in complete control of a product or service • ...

Post Civil war 2016-11-17

Post Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Company has complete control of product or service
  2. Soldiers killed 200 defenseless indians
  3. Competed ruthlessly to put others out of business
  4. Helped extend the life of food and communication
  5. Government stays out of businesses
  6. System of long and short pulses that represented letters
  7. 700 men attacked the cheyenne woman and children
  8. Loose association of businesses who produce the same product
  9. Federal lands set aside specifically for Native Americans
  10. Survival of the fittest in the Business world
  11. A way of getting around anti-monopoly laws
  12. Company drops prices to put others out
  13. workers went on strike for 8 hour workday
  14. Symbol of American Success
  15. People who cheated and went into Oklahoma early to get land
  16. Created Jobs and helped economy grow
  17. People who bought land in hope of selling it later
  18. A philosophy that suggested Gov't ownership of businesses
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  1. Standard that is set
  2. Carnegie steel cut wages
  3. Someone who raced into Oklahoma looking for land
  4. A way of burning impurities out of Iron
  5. _________ point, Utah, where the golden spike was driven.
  6. Gaining control of different businesses
  7. Railroad that connected east to west
  8. Workers had no control and went on strike
  9. Assured people it was worth the risk to move west
  10. For a small fee a person could obtain 160 acres of land
  11. Custers last stand, 200 of Custers lost against 2000
  12. Man who was named Americas greatest inventor
  13. Leader of the American Federation of Labor
  14. Helped create an economic boom

32 Clues: Standard that is set • Carnegie steel cut wages • Symbol of American Success • Helped create an economic boom • Government stays out of businesses • Railroad that connected east to west • Created Jobs and helped economy grow • Company drops prices to put others out • Soldiers killed 200 defenseless indians • A way of burning impurities out of Iron • ...

Post Civil War 2016-11-17

Post Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth created by those businesses
  2. workers went out on strike in support of the eight our work day
  3. a source of communication using short and long pulses
  4. accepted woman, blacks and even unskilled workers
  5. was proof that the U.S. had taken it's place as one of the world's powers
  6. an anarchist who tried to assassinate Frick but failed
  7. lead one of the first unions called Knights of Labor
  8. where the golden spike was driven in connecting the two sides together
  9. produced sleeping cars for railroads
  10. where the police broke up fights between striking workers and scab workers
  11. people who bought large areas of land in the hope of selling it later for a profit
  12. was a way of getting around anti monopoly laws and businesses were controlled but not owned
  13. people that raced into the Oklahoma territories and claimed land parcels for a very small sum
  14. invented the talking telegram in 1876 and could talk from miles away
  15. gaining control of many different businesses that make up all phases of production's development
  16. when a company is in complete control of a product or service and have eliminated all of their competition
  17. a new way of burning the impurities out of iron thus producing a lighter, stronger, and more flexible steel
Down
  1. Custer went to go move the Sioux nation on reservations but underestimated how many people there was, Custer and all his men died
  2. quit his job and became a full time inventor
  3. only allowed membership to skilled workers and tried to obtain better wages and working hours
  4. a person could pay a small fee to gain about 160 acres of land if they met certain conditions
  5. helped speed up the normal processes of everyday life
  6. in a loose association of businesses who produce the same product and they agree to limit production thus driving up prices
  7. when a company drops their prices really low running the other businesses out of business and then raise their prices back up
  8. land parcels were measured, registered, and deeded so you knew exactly what you owned and what you could do with it
  9. Black Kettle signed a treaty with Colorado's governor. Chivington's 700 men attacked the helpless cheyenne and killed 500 people
  10. as production increases, the cost of each item in lowered
  11. expected to work long hours with very little pay
  12. when your trained to do one step of the production
  13. a market structure where only a few large profitable companies control most of the production of a certain product

30 Clues: produced sleeping cars for railroads • quit his job and became a full time inventor • expected to work long hours with very little pay • accepted woman, blacks and even unskilled workers • when your trained to do one step of the production • lead one of the first unions called Knights of Labor • a source of communication using short and long pulses • ...

Post Civil War 2016-11-17

Post Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Symbol of American success and that they had taken their place in the world
  2. Tax on imported goods
  3. You could know exactly what you owned and what you could do with it
  4. Partner of Andrew Carnegie who cut wages at Carnegie Steel
  5. Group who felt the two political parties didn't represent them well so started their own
  6. Name of the railroad stretching from Sacramento to Omaha
  7. Called america's greatest inventor, improved the electric light
  8. Positive name for industrialists
  9. People who bought large areas of land to sell for profit
  10. Natives performed ghost dances to bring back their old way of life and were disarmed and shot at by officials
  11. Businesses controlled but not owned by one company
  12. Negative name for industrialists
  13. Thousands of people raced into the Oklahoma territories to lay claim to land
  14. People who went into Oklahoma early and claimed the best land
Down
  1. People who met certain conditions could get 160 acres for a small price
  2. New method of burning the impurities out of iron to make steel
  3. Loose association of businesses with the same product
  4. Workers trained in a specific step in the production process
  5. Owner of a railroad car company who cut wages and caused a strike
  6. President who sent troops to end the Pullman strike
  7. Leader of the Knights of Labor labor union
  8. Leader of the American Federation of Labor
  9. Federal lands set aside specifically for natives to live on
  10. Attacked Sioux natives and underestimated their numbers
  11. Colonel who forced his men to attack the Cheyenne at Sand Creek
  12. Act to provide Indian families with 160 acres to become self sufficient
  13. Government ownership of business and equal distribution of wealth
  14. System of long and short pulses used to communicate, invented by Samuel Morse
  15. Workers who stayed or worked at a company during a strike, making the strike ineffective
  16. Attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society
  17. When a company is in complete control of a product or service

31 Clues: Tax on imported goods • Positive name for industrialists • Negative name for industrialists • Leader of the Knights of Labor labor union • Leader of the American Federation of Labor • Businesses controlled but not owned by one company • President who sent troops to end the Pullman strike • Loose association of businesses with the same product • ...

Post Civil War 2016-11-18

Post Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one thing that helped with the economy boom
  2. a kind of Tax
  3. These were made to preserve sunlight for the different regions
  4. Was the general at Big Horn
  5. The leader of American federation of Labor
  6. What is a person who went into oklahoma before the race?
  7. Bell created this along with the telephone
  8. When a company drops its prices driving out competition
  9. A person who wanted land in the oklahoma territory
  10. Where the two railroads meet
  11. Where the Union Pacific railroad company started building
  12. Who was america's greatest inventor
  13. Samuel Morse invented what
Down
  1. did the tough work of busting through the Sierra Nevada with the Railroad
  2. Battle where america underestemated the number of indians an got beat
  3. Lose alliance
  4. people who bought land hopeing to sell it for more later
  5. Gaining control of many different businesses
  6. Completion of this helped america get recognition
  7. What state was the land rush in
  8. A place where Indians were placed
  9. Who was the leader of Knights of Labor
  10. The people who were moved to reservations by the white people
  11. Where the Central Railroad company started building
  12. When a company is the only one
  13. What they called it when all the people raced for land in oklahoma
  14. Way of getting around monopoly rules
  15. Only a few companyies of same product
  16. New kind of these helped the railroads work better
  17. When workers protest something and stop working

30 Clues: Lose alliance • a kind of Tax • Samuel Morse invented what • Was the general at Big Horn • Where the two railroads meet • When a company is the only one • What state was the land rush in • A place where Indians were placed • Who was america's greatest inventor • Way of getting around monopoly rules • Only a few companyies of same product • Who was the leader of Knights of Labor • ...

Post Civil War 2016-11-18

Post Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the government tried to turn native americans
  2. Signed by Lincoln
  3. Provide 160 acres to indian families
  4. A group of people who did not feel that the two political parties were doing enough
  5. Came up with morse code
  6. Gaining control of many different businesses
  7. Production increases the cost is lowered
  8. people who cheated and went into Oklahoma early
  9. Survival of the fittest
  10. a loose association who produces the same product
  11. lead the knights of labor
  12. A company is in complete control of a product or service
  13. They performed ghost dances here
  14. Kept money supplies tight because it had to be backed by gold
Down
  1. Federal lands set aside for native americans
  2. Invented the talking telegram
  3. Bought large areas of land to sell for profit
  4. tried to assassinate Frick but failed
  5. Dropping prices very low
  6. Leader of american railway union
  7. Leader of cheyenne made a treaty with colorado's governor
  8. Government ownership of businesses
  9. lead the american federation of labor
  10. Governement who was in charge of reservations and making sure they had everything
  11. Fought in Little big horn
  12. Greatest inventor
  13. one of the first labor unions
  14. a way of getting around anti monopoly laws
  15. produced sleeping cars for railroads
  16. taxes put on imported goods

30 Clues: Signed by Lincoln • Greatest inventor • Came up with morse code • Survival of the fittest • Dropping prices very low • Fought in Little big horn • lead the knights of labor • taxes put on imported goods • Invented the talking telegram • one of the first labor unions • Leader of american railway union • They performed ghost dances here • Government ownership of businesses • ...

post civil war 2016-11-18

post civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a tax on imported goods
  2. a group of people who did not feel that the two main political parties were doing enough to protect their interests
  3. signed by the president in 1862
  4. helps speed up normal day process
  5. set up to provide 160 acres to indian families so they could become self efficient
  6. Americas greatest inventor, small inventions every 10 days and major invention every 6 months
  7. Land parcels that were measured and knew exactly what you owned.
  8. for most people their life dream was to own land.
  9. process new way of burning the impurities out of the iron.
  10. when a company would drop its prices to a very low level
  11. one of the first labor unions, led by Terence Powderly
  12. as production increases, the cost of each item is lower
  13. when a company is in complete control of a product or service
  14. a loose association of businesses who produce the same product
Down
  1. an attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society
  2. People who cheated and went to Oklahoma early to claim their land.
  3. Federal lands that were set aside for the Native americans.
  4. people had lost everything during the civil war.
  5. a philosophy that suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth created by those businesses
  6. When people raced into the Oklahoma territories to lay their claims on their land.
  7. indians had been rounded up and put in reservations
  8. People who bought large areas of land
  9. connnecting from east to west
  10. a way of getting around antimonopoly laws
  11. gaining control of many different businesses
  12. Splitting up troops to try and find the indians.
  13. expected to work long hours for very little pay
  14. gaining control of the many different businesses that make up all of a products development
  15. proof that the US had taken its place as one of the world powers when it came to hard work and inventiveness
  16. Black kettle and his force of 700 men killed up to 500 people. Mostly women and children
  17. a philosphy that believes in the survival of the fittest

31 Clues: a tax on imported goods • connnecting from east to west • signed by the president in 1862 • helps speed up normal day process • People who bought large areas of land • a way of getting around antimonopoly laws • gaining control of many different businesses • expected to work long hours for very little pay • people had lost everything during the civil war. • ...

Post Civil War 2016-11-18

Post Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Signed by Lincoln
  2. lead the american federation of labor
  3. one of the first labor unions
  4. They performed ghost dances here
  5. the government tried to turn native americans
  6. Dropping prices very low
  7. people who cheated and went into Oklahoma early
  8. tried to assassinate Frick but failed
  9. Bought large areas of land to sell for profit
  10. Leader of cheyenne made a treaty with colorado's governor
  11. Federal lands set aside for native americans
  12. Leader of american railway union
  13. Government ownership of businesses
Down
  1. a way of getting around anti monopoly laws
  2. Governement who was in charge of reservations and making sure they had everything
  3. Gaining control of many different businesses
  4. Kept money supplies tight because it had to be backed by gold
  5. taxes put on imported goods
  6. A company is in complete control of a product or service
  7. produced sleeping cars for railroads
  8. Invented the talking telegram
  9. Provide 160 acres to indian families
  10. Survival of the fittest
  11. Came up with morse code
  12. Production increases the cost is lowered
  13. lead the knights of labor
  14. Fought in Little big horn
  15. Greatest inventor
  16. A group of people who did not feel that the two political parties were doing enough
  17. a loose association who produces the same product

30 Clues: Signed by Lincoln • Greatest inventor • Survival of the fittest • Came up with morse code • Dropping prices very low • lead the knights of labor • Fought in Little big horn • taxes put on imported goods • one of the first labor unions • Invented the talking telegram • They performed ghost dances here • Leader of american railway union • Government ownership of businesses • ...

English Civil War 2016-02-25

English Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to settle a dispute, with both sides giving up a part of what they demand
  2. a ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly
  3. a king, queen, emperor, or empress with unlimited power
  4. to give up or renounce
  5. a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state, but his or her powers are limited by a constitution
  6. wagons of supplies, as well as people, needed to support an army
  7. jewellery used but not personally owned by the royal family
  8. settlement and control of the lands of other for the purpose of extracting resources
  9. a payment of one-tenth of a person's earnings
  10. a government where there is no king or queen; power rests with the citizens who vote to elect their leaders
  11. a series of wars fought between catholics and protestants in Europe
  12. a government that is controlled by the people who live under it
  13. legal and military customs that ordered society in medieval Europe
  14. to take goods by force
  15. a document affirming specific rights for English citizens
  16. a fleet of ships sent by Spain in 1588 to invade England
  17. a person given vspecial treatment
  18. born of parents not married to each other; not recognized by law as an heir
Down
  1. a king or queen
  2. to plunge suddenly under water and out again
  3. false and malicious statements against the monarch, which are considered treason
  4. the legislative body in England
  5. the Great Charter, which guaranteed the English people certain civil rights and limited the powers of the monarch
  6. the rights of a citizen, such as safety, protection from discrimination, and the right to vote
  7. any Christian not belonging to the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Church
  8. a royal court where sessions were held in secret
  9. a ruler with unrestricted authority
  10. a supporter of Charles I; derived from the French word chevalier, meaning "horseman"
  11. an act forbidding anyone except members of the Church of England from holding political office or entering the professions
  12. the official church in England, headed by the monarch
  13. when two or more groups in a country fight each other for control of that country
  14. strict laws, often printed on blue paper
  15. careless and lavish spending, wastefulness
  16. a follower of the teachings of John Calvin, a leader of the Protestant Reformation
  17. criminal court sessions
  18. a device consisting of a wooden board with holes for the head and arms, in which offenders were exposed to public scorn
  19. a literaly work in which corruption, foolishness, or abuses are held up to ridicule and contempt

37 Clues: a king or queen • to give up or renounce • to take goods by force • criminal court sessions • the legislative body in England • a person given vspecial treatment • a ruler with unrestricted authority • strict laws, often printed on blue paper • careless and lavish spending, wastefulness • to plunge suddenly under water and out again • ...

English Civil War 2016-04-28

English Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. wagons of supplies, as well as people, needed to support an army.
  2. to plunge suddenly under water and out again
  3. a fleet of ships sent by Spain in 1588 to invade English
  4. a literary workin which corruption, foolishness, or abuses are held up to ridicule and contempt
  5. Jewellery used but not personally owned by the royal family.
  6. a series of wars fought between Catholics and Protestants in Europe
  7. a person given special treatment
  8. A royal court where sessions were held in secret.
  9. a device consisting of wooden board with holes for head and arms, in which offenders were exposed to public scorn
  10. A ruler with unrestricted authority.
  11. to settle a dispute, with both sides giving up a part of what they demand
  12. the rights of a citizen, such as safety, protection from discrimination, and the right to vote
  13. Strict laws, often printed on blue paper.
  14. the great Charter, which guaranteed the English people certain civil rights and limited the powers of the monarch
  15. a king or queen
  16. settlement and control of the land of others for the purpose of extracting resources
  17. any Christian not belonging to the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Church
Down
  1. a follower of the teachings of John Calvin, a leader of the Protestant Reformation
  2. A supporter of Charles 1; derived from the french word chevalier, meaning "horseman".
  3. a king, queen, emperor, or empress with unlimited power
  4. a government that is controlled by the people who live under it
  5. false and malicious statements against the monarch, which are considered treason
  6. A document affirming specific rights for English citizens.
  7. legal and military customs that ordered society in medieval Europe
  8. a ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly
  9. the legislative body in England
  10. A government where there is no king or queen; power rest with the citizens who vote to elect their leaders.
  11. careless and lavish spending, wastefulness
  12. to take goods by force.
  13. a payment of one-tenth of a person's earnings

30 Clues: a king or queen • to take goods by force. • the legislative body in England • a person given special treatment • A ruler with unrestricted authority. • Strict laws, often printed on blue paper. • careless and lavish spending, wastefulness • to plunge suddenly under water and out again • a payment of one-tenth of a person's earnings • ...

Civil War Days 2016-04-11

Civil War Days crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a two-wheeled or four-wheeled wagon or cart used to transport wounded or sick soldiers. See image »
  2. the long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is fired.
  3. to practice marching, military formations and the steps in firing and handling one's weapon.
  4. a place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured.
  5. freedom from slavery.
  6. round container used to carry water; made of wood or tin and carried over the shoulder by a strap.
  7. escaped slaves who fled to the Union lines for protection.
  8. someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
  9. a place where weapons and other military supplies are stored.
  10. loyal to the Confederacy. Also Southern or Rebel.
  11. the cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people.
  12. to rush towards the enemy.
Down
  1. a soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action.
  2. blanket or other bedding rolled up and carried over the shoulder by a soldier. Sometimes soldiers would include personal belongings in their bedroll.
  3. roll of thin paper which held a small amount of gun powder in the bottom and a ball or bullet in the top.
  4. small sewing kit soldiers used to repair their garments.
  5. the effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports.
  6. to lie in wait for an unexpected attack.
  7. a soldier who was appointed by an officer to be his confidential assistant. The aide wrote and delivered orders and held a position of responsibility which required him to know troop positions and where officer quarters were located. The aide-de-camp was an officer by virtue of his position and he took orders from his commander only.
  8. A system where several horse-drawn cannons would ride along the battle front, stop and set up the guns, fire, limber up, and ride to another position.
  9. The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri. Although these states did not officially join the Confederacy, many of their citizens supported the South.
  10. resisting or protecting against attack from someone.
  11. barriers which were about breast-high and protected soldiers from enemy fire.
  12. loyal to the government of the United States.
  13. a stretcher which was carried by two people and used to transport wounded soldiers.

25 Clues: freedom from slavery. • to rush towards the enemy. • to lie in wait for an unexpected attack. • loyal to the government of the United States. • loyal to the Confederacy. Also Southern or Rebel. • someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. • resisting or protecting against attack from someone. • a soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action. • ...

Toward Civil War 2016-03-21

Toward Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A person who is running away from legal authority.
  2. Virginian who expressed concerns about secession. (full name)
  3. The issue of slavery split this party.
  4. Where delegates met to form Confederate states.
  5. Preserved the balance between slave and free states. (2 words)
  6. Theory that individual states are independent and have the right to control their most important affairs. (2 words)
  7. Commander who ordered the first attack of the Civil War.
  8. To control.
  9. claimed he was free since he lived in areas where slavery was illegal.
  10. a person who dies for a great cause.
  11. A proposal that would ban slavery in any land acquired from Mexico. (2 words)
  12. __________ guns opened fire on April 12, 1861.
  13. In 1844, Democrats nominated _________ for president.
  14. Slavery supporters attacked this town in May 1856.
Down
  1. To refuse to accept.
  2. The place where the first shots of the Civil War where fired.(2 Words)
  3. California's candidate for president in 1856.
  4. a particular method for deciding the question of slavery in a place. (2 words)
  5. First state to secede from the union.
  6. Know-Nothings nomination for president in 1856.
  7. Part of the compromise of 1850. (3 words)
  8. Democratic nomination for president in 1856.
  9. wanted African Americans to be fully equal to whites.
  10. John Brown led a group on a raid to this town in VA. (2 words)
  11. War between citizens of the same country.
  12. ruled against the slaves case, said he was an enslaved person.

26 Clues: To control. • To refuse to accept. • a person who dies for a great cause. • First state to secede from the union. • The issue of slavery split this party. • Part of the compromise of 1850. (3 words) • War between citizens of the same country. • Democratic nomination for president in 1856. • California's candidate for president in 1856. • ...

Civil War: Weaponry 2016-05-12

Civil War: Weaponry crossword puzzle
Across
  1. cheaper and less effective than riffles
  2. a hollow object shot from a cannon
  3. military supplies, such as weaponry and ammunition
  4. a wounded, killed, or missing solider
  5. to practice military formations
  6. when artillery ran out, people...
  7. A musket that requires a cap to fire.
  8. popular for personal defense.
  9. the long metal tube on a gun
  10. an object shot from a cannon
  11. place where weapons and military supplies are stored.
  12. used for rare hand to hand combat.
Down
  1. killed more men than guns.
  2. a firearm with a chamber to hold multiple bullets
  3. float below the water and explode when a ship pass
  4. fires with one hand and repeats 10x
  5. a branch of the military mounted on horseback.
  6. riffled firearms are also called
  7. gun named after their designer, Robert Parrott
  8. cannon or other large firearms

20 Clues: killed more men than guns. • the long metal tube on a gun • an object shot from a cannon • popular for personal defense. • to practice military formations • cannon or other large firearms • riffled firearms are also called • when artillery ran out, people... • a hollow object shot from a cannon • used for rare hand to hand combat. • fires with one hand and repeats 10x • ...

Civil War: Weaponry 2016-05-12

Civil War: Weaponry crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a branch of the military mounted on horseback.
  2. place where weapons and military supplies are stored.
  3. fires with one hand and repeats 10x
  4. used for rare hand to hand combat.
  5. popular for personal defense.
  6. float below the water and explode when a ship pass
  7. an object shot from a cannon
  8. when artillery ran out, people...
  9. the long metal tube on a gun
  10. riffled firearms are also called
Down
  1. a firearm with a chamber to hold multiple bullets
  2. military supplies, such as weaponry and ammunition
  3. cheaper and less effective than riffles
  4. killed more men than guns.
  5. to practice military formations
  6. A musket that requires a cap to fire.
  7. gun named after their designer, Robert Parrott
  8. a wounded, killed, or missing solider
  9. a hollow object shot from a cannon
  10. cannon or other large firearms

20 Clues: killed more men than guns. • an object shot from a cannon • the long metal tube on a gun • popular for personal defense. • to practice military formations • cannon or other large firearms • riffled firearms are also called • when artillery ran out, people... • used for rare hand to hand combat. • a hollow object shot from a cannon • fires with one hand and repeats 10x • ...

Civil War: People 2016-05-13

Civil War: People crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Unsuccessfully tried to become president three times
  2. Sued for his freedom
  3. Worked on behalf of the mentally ill and being a nurse
  4. First President during Civil War
  5. Toured the nation to speak out for the preservation of the Union
  6. Nicknamed "Angle of the Battlefield"
  7. Strong defender of slavery
  8. Saved hundreds of slaves through the Underground Railroad
  9. Escaped the north knowing how to read and write
  10. Nicknamed Stonewall Jackson
  11. Creator many famous Civil War photos
  12. Wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
  13. Seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry
Down
  1. Lead the most violent slave revolt in history
  2. Spoke to advance women rights
  3. Millions of Africans who died at the hands of plantation owners
  4. Second in command at the battle of Bull Run and Shiloh
  5. assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  6. The first president to be impeached
  7. Commanded the most famous Confederate army

20 Clues: Sued for his freedom • Wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" • Strong defender of slavery • Nicknamed Stonewall Jackson • assassinated Abraham Lincoln • Spoke to advance women rights • First President during Civil War • The first president to be impeached • Nicknamed "Angle of the Battlefield" • Creator many famous Civil War photos • Commanded the most famous Confederate army • ...

England Civil War 2017-02-28

England Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A supporter of Charles I; derived from the French word chevalier, meaning "horseman"
  2. A literary work in which corruption, foolishness or abuses are held up to ridicule and contempt
  3. The legislative body in England
  4. A person given special treatment
  5. False and malicious statements against the monarch, which are considered treason
  6. A government that is controlled by the people who live under it
  7. Strict laws, often printed on blue paper
  8. The Great Charter, which guaranteed the English people certain civil rights and limited the powers of the monarch
  9. A government where there is no king or queen; power rest with the citizens who vote to elect their leaders
  10. Careless and lavish spending, wastefulness
  11. A king, queen, emperor, or empress with unlimited power
  12. Wagons of supplies, as well as people, needed to support an army
  13. The rights of a citizen, such as safety, protection from discrimination and the right to vote
  14. A form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state, but his or her powers are limited by a constitution
  15. To take goods by force
  16. The official church in England. headed by the monarch
  17. A ruler with unrestricted authority
Down
  1. Legal and military customs that ordered society in medieval Europe
  2. A follower of John Calvin, a leader of the Protestant Reformation
  3. Any Christian not belonging to the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Church
  4. To settle a dispute, with both sides giving up a part of what they demand
  5. A device consisting of a wooden board with holes for the head and arms, in which offenders were exposed to public scorn
  6. A series of wars fought between Catholics and Protestants in Europe
  7. To give up or renounce
  8. A ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly
  9. A king or queen
  10. A royal court where sessions were held in secret
  11. A payment of one-tenth of a person's earnings
  12. An act forbidding anyone except members of the Church of England from holding political office or entering the professions
  13. Criminal court sessions
  14. When two or more groups in a country fight each other for control of the country
  15. A document affirming specific rights for English citizens
  16. A fleet of ships sent by Spain in 1588 to invade England
  17. Jewelry used, but not personally owned by the royal family.
  18. To plunge suddenly under water and out again
  19. Born of parents not married to each other; not recognized by law as an heir
  20. Settlement and control of the lands of others for the purpose of extracting resources

37 Clues: A king or queen • To give up or renounce • To take goods by force • Criminal court sessions • The legislative body in England • A person given special treatment • A ruler with unrestricted authority • Strict laws, often printed on blue paper • Careless and lavish spending, wastefulness • To plunge suddenly under water and out again • ...

England Civil War 2017-02-28

England Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A ruler with unrestricted authority
  2. Jewelry used, but not personally owned by the royal family.
  3. Careless and lavish spending, wastefulness
  4. A follower of John Calvin, a leader of the Protestant Reformation
  5. A document affirming specific rights for English citizens
  6. A royal court where sessions were held in secret
  7. A king, queen, emperor, or empress with unlimited power
  8. A fleet of ships sent by Spain in 1588 to invade England
  9. Settlement and control of the lands of others for the purpose of extracting resources
  10. The legislative body in England
  11. Wagons of supplies, as well as people, needed to support an army
  12. To settle a dispute, with both sides giving up a part of what they demand
  13. To take goods by force
  14. The Great Charter, which guaranteed the English people certain civil rights and limited the powers of the monarch
  15. A government that is controlled by the people who live under it
  16. A person given special treatment
  17. When two or more groups in a country fight each other for control of the country
Down
  1. A government where there is no king or queen; power rest with the citizens who vote to elect their leaders
  2. A series of wars fought between Catholics and Protestants in Europe
  3. A form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state, but his or her powers are limited by a constitution
  4. False and malicious statements against the monarch, which are considered treason
  5. The official church in England. headed by the monarch
  6. A literary work in which corruption, foolishness or abuses are held up to ridicule and contempt
  7. A payment of one-tenth of a person's earnings
  8. An act forbidding anyone except members of the Church of England from holding political office or entering the professions
  9. The rights of a citizen, such as safety, protection from discrimination and the right to vote
  10. Born of parents not married to each other; not recognized by law as an heir
  11. A device consisting of a wooden board with holes for the head and arms, in which offenders were exposed to public scorn
  12. Any Christian not belonging to the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Church
  13. To give up or renounce
  14. A king or queen
  15. Legal and military customs that ordered society in medieval Europe
  16. Strict laws, often printed on blue paper
  17. A ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly
  18. Criminal court sessions
  19. A supporter of Charles I; derived from the French word chevalier, meaning "horseman"
  20. To plunge suddenly under water and out again

37 Clues: A king or queen • To give up or renounce • To take goods by force • Criminal court sessions • The legislative body in England • A person given special treatment • A ruler with unrestricted authority • Strict laws, often printed on blue paper • Careless and lavish spending, wastefulness • To plunge suddenly under water and out again • ...

Civil War Crossword 2018-03-31

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A military blockade of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender
  2. In the Clay vs. Calhoun debate, one of John Calhoun's demands was for _______ slaves to be returned to their owner
  3. A legal case brought by as person or group against another to settle a dispute between them
  4. The belief that one race is superior to another
  5. A person who dies for his or her beliefs
  6. A person who takes advantage of a crisis to make a profit is called a ________
  7. A policy or attitude that denies equal rights and treatment to certain groups of people
  8. People who were not int the war, worked on farms and labored in factories to support the war effort
  9. An all-out war that affects civilians at home as well as soldiers in combat
  10. In John Brown's raid he planned to raid a Federal ________
  11. Lincoln wanted to stop the riots and other "disloyal practices", so one way he did so was by denying _____________
  12. A war between people of the same country
  13. In 1861, to pay for the war, Congress established the nation's first __________ on people's earnings
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  1. To withdraw from membership in a group
  2. In 1863, Congress passed a ______ law that required all able-bodied males between the age of 20-45 to serve in the military if they were called
  3. Loyalty to a state or section rather than to the whole country
  4. A rise in prices and decrease in the value of money
  5. At Pottawatomie Creek both North and South engaged in ___________
  6. Abraham Lincoln decided to _________ enslaved African Americans in the Confederacy
  7. A rule by the army instead of the elected government

20 Clues: To withdraw from membership in a group • A person who dies for his or her beliefs • A war between people of the same country • The belief that one race is superior to another • A rise in prices and decrease in the value of money • A rule by the army instead of the elected government • In John Brown's raid he planned to raid a Federal ________ • ...

Civil War crossword 2018-04-22

Civil War crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To admit defeat and give up in the face of overwhelming odds
  2. Loyal to the Confederacy. Also Southern or Rebel
  3. A military movement which is used to draw the enemy's attention, distracting the enemy so that an attack can be made in another location.
  4. The term used to describe new soldiers
  5. A ship protected by iron armor
  6. A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare
  7. A minor fight
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  1. To lie in wait for an unexpected attack
  2. A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder
  3. Small sewing kit soldiers used to repair their garments
  4. The long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is fired
  5. A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action
  6. Phrase used to describe soldiers who were either new to the military or had never fought in a battle before.
  7. Temporary fortifications put up by an army in the field
  8. Freedom from slavery
  9. A Northerner
  10. Loyal to the government of the United States
  11. A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured
  12. The lowest rank in the army
  13. The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people.

20 Clues: A Northerner • A minor fight • Freedom from slavery • The lowest rank in the army • A ship protected by iron armor • The term used to describe new soldiers • To lie in wait for an unexpected attack • A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder • Loyal to the government of the United States • Loyal to the Confederacy. Also Southern or Rebel • ...

Civil War Crossword 2018-05-04

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a gun with a grooved barrel that causes a bullet to spin through the air
  2. a bullet with a hollow base
  3. The South's strategy to win over foreign aid.
  4. a turning point in the war for the Union
  5. fought during a terrible thunderstorm
  6. the place where Lee surendered
  7. a tax on earnings
  8. soldiers on horseback
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  1. armed forces the prevent the transportation of goods or people into or out of an area
  2. the 16th president
  3. fulfilled a major part of the Anaconda plan
  4. laws that required men to serve in the military
  5. Northern democrats who favored peace with the South
  6. cash payments to men who volunteered to serve
  7. slave states that bordered states in which slavery was illegal
  8. warships covered in iron
  9. the president of the Confederacy
  10. the bloodiest day in American history
  11. a union general in the west
  12. conditions and practices that promote health

20 Clues: a tax on earnings • the 16th president • soldiers on horseback • warships covered in iron • a bullet with a hollow base • a union general in the west • the place where Lee surendered • the president of the Confederacy • fought during a terrible thunderstorm • the bloodiest day in American history • a turning point in the war for the Union • ...

Civil War Crossword 2018-05-04

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a bullet with a hollow base
  2. a gun with a grooved barrel that causes a bullet to spin through the air
  3. laws that required men to serve in the military
  4. armed forces the prevent the transportation of goods or people into or out of an area
  5. the 16th president
  6. slave states that bordered states in which slavery was illegal
  7. fulfilled a major part of the Anaconda plan
  8. The South's strategy to win over foreign aid.
  9. cash payments to men who volunteered to serve
  10. a union general in the west
Down
  1. conditions and practices that promote health
  2. the place where Lee surendered
  3. Northern democrats who favored peace with the South
  4. a tax on earnings
  5. fought during a terrible thunderstorm
  6. warships covered in iron
  7. the president of the Confederacy
  8. soldiers on horseback
  9. a turning point in the war for the Union
  10. the bloodiest day in American history

20 Clues: a tax on earnings • the 16th president • soldiers on horseback • warships covered in iron • a bullet with a hollow base • a union general in the west • the place where Lee surendered • the president of the Confederacy • fought during a terrible thunderstorm • the bloodiest day in American history • a turning point in the war for the Union • ...

The Civil War 2021-12-07

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. successful leader of the Confederate Army
  2. led troops to destroy Georgia
  3. citizens called to serve in the military
  4. May 1863 Union attacks Lee
  5. three step plan to force Confederate defeat
  6. first major bloodshed of Civil War
  7. president and head of the Union forces
  8. people who are treated as property
  9. Successful commander of the Union Army
  10. confederate surrender after 47 of siege
  11. successful leader on the underground railroad
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  1. attacking enemies society
  2. when slaves were liberated from slavery
  3. Lincoln was murdered by Booth
  4. was a cemetery and home to 40,000 deaths
  5. southern states/slave states
  6. free states and border states
  7. the fort in which commander Anderson was asked to surrender
  8. The North separating from the South
  9. bloodiest single day of battle

20 Clues: attacking enemies society • May 1863 Union attacks Lee • southern states/slave states • led troops to destroy Georgia • Lincoln was murdered by Booth • free states and border states • bloodiest single day of battle • first major bloodshed of Civil War • people who are treated as property • The North separating from the South • president and head of the Union forces • ...

Civil War Crossword 2021-12-07

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. party a political party formed in 1854 majority supported the end to slavery they also replaced the free soil and whig parties
  2. a draft requiring people to serve in the military
  3. Stevens vice president of the south
  4. Sumter, a federal fort located in the harbor of Charleston South Carolina the attack on this place was the official start of the Civil War
  5. Ferry a united states weapon arsenal in Virginia
  6. Davis president of the confederate states
  7. Lincoln became president became president in march of 1861 and previously ran for the Illinois senate seat but lost to Douglas
  8. another name for the union army
  9. warships covered in iron plates to protect it
  10. of Bull Run first major battle of the Civil War fought near Washington DC confederate victory
  11. when armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into or out of an area
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  1. man who led a rebellion in 1831 that killed 55 white folks
  2. states the union states that still have Slavery
  3. soldiers on horseback
  4. of Antietam bloodiest day in American history
  5. uniform color of the confederate army
  6. one of the reasons men joined the army
  7. Brown Plan failed plan to capture the arsenal and then help revolting slaves gain their freedom,
  8. number of confederate states
  9. C Freemont explorer national hero first presidential nominee for the republican party 1856
  10. an African American who had been a slave and moved by his master to a state where slavery was illegal
  11. another name for the confederate army
  12. plan the union plan to shut off all southern trade and ruin their economy introduced by Winfield Scott
  13. uniform color of the union army

24 Clues: soldiers on horseback • number of confederate states • another name for the union army • uniform color of the union army • uniform color of the confederate army • another name for the confederate army • one of the reasons men joined the army • Stevens vice president of the south • Davis president of the confederate states • ...

Civil War Crossword 2021-12-16

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the action of assassinating someone
  2. Harriet's husband
  3. a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850
  4. 1863 gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in the American Civil War.
  5. passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
  6. network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States.
  7. He led a daring raid from Kansas across the border into Missouri, where he killed one slave owner and freed 11 slaves.
  8. Midwestern state that starts with a K
  9. also known as ¨The Great Compromiser¨
  10. derogatory name for proslavery raiders from the slave state of Missouri.
  11. the deadliest one-day battle in American military history
  12. provided for the seizure and return of runaway slaves who escaped from one state into another or into a federal territory.
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  1. a controversial political doctrine according to which the people of federal territories should decide for themselves whether their territories would enter the Union as free or slave states.
  2. an attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery
  3. the site of the first shots of the Civil War
  4. became the foremost advocate of popular sovereignty.
  5. shared ideas about the injustices of slavery
  6. Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia.
  7. regarded as one of America's greatest heroes due to his role as savior of the Union and emancipator of enslaved people.
  8. occurred on the night of May 24–25, 1856, in the Kansas Territory.
  9. also called for government support of business through tariffs.
  10. American abolitionists who freed approximately 70 enslaved people.

22 Clues: Harriet's husband • the action of assassinating someone • Midwestern state that starts with a K • also known as ¨The Great Compromiser¨ • the site of the first shots of the Civil War • shared ideas about the injustices of slavery • became the foremost advocate of popular sovereignty. • Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia. • ...

civil war causes 2021-12-09

civil war causes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Repealed the Missouri Compromise - allowing popular sovereignty.
  2. Movement to get rid of slavery
  3. 1787 law that kept slavery out of the territories
  4. Tried to arm slaves for a uprising against their masters - Harper’s Ferry
  5. Leave - The south began this after Lincoln’s election
  6. Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  7. The Liberator publisher
  8. The Great Compromiser
  9. His cabin is the setting of a book about the horrors of slavery
  10. Compromise that make the 36º30’ slavery line
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  1. Kansas nickname due to fighting over slavery.
  2. Political party started to stop the spread of slavery
  3. Slave Law (Act) to return runaway slaves to their owners.
  4. John Brown’s raid of this arsenal (gun storage) was to start a slave uprising.
  5. Newspaper for immediate abolition
  6. Free state according to the Compromise of 1850.
  7. Self rule - squatters/popular--- means voting on slavery
  8. servants who worked for 5-7 years for a trip to America
  9. “A nation divided cannot stand” statement in debate
  10. Debate view supported voting over slavery (squatter sovereignty)

20 Clues: The Great Compromiser • The Liberator publisher • Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Movement to get rid of slavery • Newspaper for immediate abolition • Compromise that make the 36º30’ slavery line • Kansas nickname due to fighting over slavery. • Free state according to the Compromise of 1850. • 1787 law that kept slavery out of the territories • ...

civil war causes 2021-12-09

civil war causes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Repealed the Missouri Compromise - allowing popular sovereignty.
  2. Movement to get rid of slavery
  3. 1787 law that kept slavery out of the territories
  4. Tried to arm slaves for a uprising against their masters - Harper’s Ferry
  5. Leave - The south began this after Lincoln’s election
  6. Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  7. The Liberator publisher
  8. The Great Compromiser
  9. His cabin is the setting of a book about the horrors of slavery
  10. Compromise that make the 36º30’ slavery line
Down
  1. Kansas nickname due to fighting over slavery.
  2. Political party started to stop the spread of slavery
  3. Slave Law (Act) to return runaway slaves to their owners.
  4. John Brown’s raid of this arsenal (gun storage) was to start a slave uprising.
  5. Newspaper for immediate abolition
  6. Free state according to the Compromise of 1850.
  7. Self rule - squatters/popular--- means voting on slavery
  8. servants who worked for 5-7 years for a trip to America
  9. “A nation divided cannot stand” statement in debate
  10. Debate view supported voting over slavery (squatter sovereignty)

20 Clues: The Great Compromiser • The Liberator publisher • Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Movement to get rid of slavery • Newspaper for immediate abolition • Compromise that make the 36º30’ slavery line • Kansas nickname due to fighting over slavery. • Free state according to the Compromise of 1850. • 1787 law that kept slavery out of the territories • ...

civil war causes 2021-12-09

civil war causes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Repealed the Missouri Compromise - allowing popular sovereignty.
  2. Movement to get rid of slavery
  3. 1787 law that kept slavery out of the territories
  4. Tried to arm slaves for a uprising against their masters - Harper’s Ferry
  5. Leave - The south began this after Lincoln’s election
  6. Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  7. The Liberator publisher
  8. The Great Compromiser
  9. His cabin is the setting of a book about the horrors of slavery
  10. Compromise that make the 36º30’ slavery line
Down
  1. Kansas nickname due to fighting over slavery.
  2. Political party started to stop the spread of slavery
  3. Slave Law (Act) to return runaway slaves to their owners.
  4. John Brown’s raid of this arsenal (gun storage) was to start a slave uprising.
  5. Newspaper for immediate abolition
  6. Free state according to the Compromise of 1850.
  7. Self rule - squatters/popular--- means voting on slavery
  8. servants who worked for 5-7 years for a trip to America
  9. “A nation divided cannot stand” statement in debate
  10. Debate view supported voting over slavery (squatter sovereignty)

20 Clues: The Great Compromiser • The Liberator publisher • Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Movement to get rid of slavery • Newspaper for immediate abolition • Compromise that make the 36º30’ slavery line • Kansas nickname due to fighting over slavery. • Free state according to the Compromise of 1850. • 1787 law that kept slavery out of the territories • ...

civil war causes 2021-12-10

civil war causes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Repealed the Missouri Compromise - allowing popular sovereignty.
  2. Movement to get rid of slavery
  3. 1787 law that kept slavery out of the territories
  4. Tried to arm slaves for a uprising against their masters - Harper’s Ferry
  5. Leave - The south began this after Lincoln’s election
  6. Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  7. The Liberator publisher
  8. The Great Compromiser
  9. His cabin is the setting of a book about the horrors of slavery
  10. Compromise that make the 36º30’ slavery line
Down
  1. Kansas nickname due to fighting over slavery.
  2. Political party started to stop the spread of slavery
  3. Slave Law (Act) to return runaway slaves to their owners.
  4. John Brown’s raid of this arsenal (gun storage) was to start a slave uprising.
  5. Newspaper for immediate abolition
  6. Free state according to the Compromise of 1850.
  7. Self rule - squatters/popular--- means voting on slavery
  8. servants who worked for 5-7 years for a trip to America
  9. “A nation divided cannot stand” statement in debate
  10. Debate view supported voting over slavery (squatter sovereignty)

20 Clues: The Great Compromiser • The Liberator publisher • Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Movement to get rid of slavery • Newspaper for immediate abolition • Compromise that make the 36º30’ slavery line • Kansas nickname due to fighting over slavery. • Free state according to the Compromise of 1850. • 1787 law that kept slavery out of the territories • ...

The Civil War 2022-02-23

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Courthouse where war was ended
  2. What Lincoln did not want people to have towards the South
  3. Union military strategy
  4. Southern states that stayed in the Union
  5. Bloodiest single day of the war
  6. Turning point in the war for the Union
  7. This allowed the Union to transport
  8. This started the war
  9. Led by Sherman to break the South
  10. Confederate Constitution protected this
  11. Confederate military strategy
  12. Led the siege on Vicksburg (full name)
  13. His election led to the South leaving
  14. First battle of the Civil War
  15. This amendment freed the slaves
  16. Northern advantage-more troops b/c of it
  17. First machine gun
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  1. Hugh victory that took out major RR terminal
  2. What Grant & Sherman led against the South
  3. This seige gave the Union the Mississippi
  4. They didn't leave the Union at first
  5. The South had the best of these
  6. North had this & could supply its soldiers
  7. What the Southern states were known as
  8. First state to secede
  9. Actor who killed Lincoln
  10. President of the Confederacy (full name)
  11. Lincoln suspended these rights
  12. The Confederate Constitution outlawed this
  13. South hoped to get this country behind them
  14. Confederate printing $ led to massive _______
  15. This means to drag out the war
  16. Proclamation that "freed" the slaves
  17. Formal name for the draft

34 Clues: First machine gun • This started the war • First state to secede • Union military strategy • Actor who killed Lincoln • Formal name for the draft • Confederate military strategy • First battle of the Civil War • Courthouse where war was ended • Lincoln suspended these rights • This means to drag out the war • The South had the best of these • Bloodiest single day of the war • ...

The Civil War 2022-01-13

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the month in which the fighting began
  2. Lincoln was assassinated _____days after war ended
  3. The Civil War was America's _________ war.
  4. number of states that stayed in Union
  5. This was wrecked by the war.
  6. military branch that was located at Ft.Sumter
  7. The season in which the turning point happened.
  8. states that stayed with the U.S.
  9. number of states that left the Union
  10. 1863, The ___________Proclamation
  11. place where Lincoln gave a speech.
  12. Robert E. _____ was the leader of the South
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  1. state where Lee surrendered
  2. This state held slaves after they were set free.
  3. Union president
  4. Union general: Ulysses S. __________
  5. two border states were Kentucky and _____
  6. Lincoln thought the war would last ____ days
  7. state in which Ft.Sumter was located
  8. General in charge of Total War November, 1864
  9. early southern victory: Battle of ___ _____
  10. Confederate president
  11. In 1865, slavery was ____________.
  12. Battle of __________ (April, 1862)

24 Clues: Union president • Confederate president • state where Lee surrendered • This was wrecked by the war. • states that stayed with the U.S. • 1863, The ___________Proclamation • In 1865, slavery was ____________. • place where Lincoln gave a speech. • Battle of __________ (April, 1862) • state in which Ft.Sumter was located • number of states that left the Union • ...

Civil War Review 2022-02-15

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This person worked alongside Abraham Lincoln and gave advice to him
  2. This woman helped free over 500 enslaved people, and was also a spy for the Union
  3. Acting quickly without thinking
  4. This side wanted to keep America together, and was against slavery
  5. This is the color uniform that the Confederates would wear
  6. This person led the Union Army
  7. This was the 16th President of the United States
  8. This is the color uniform that the Union would wear
  9. This is part of the army that fights on foot
  10. This Proclamation was created by Abraham Lincoln with the intention of freeing all enslaved people in the South (however, it did not end up freeing any enslaved people)
Down
  1. This person was the President of the Confederate States (the South)
  2. This was the first documented African-American woman to disguise herself as a male soldier
  3. This side wanted to form their own country where slavery was legal
  4. This is when the South wanted to leave the North
  5. This means without a doubt
  6. This person led the Confederate Army, and surrendered to the Union
  7. This was a group of African-American regiments in the US army
  8. This is someone who wanted to end slavery
  9. This Courthouse is where Lee surrendered to Grant
  10. This means to give up
  11. This crop was important to the South's economy

21 Clues: This means to give up • This means without a doubt • This person led the Union Army • Acting quickly without thinking • This is someone who wanted to end slavery • This is part of the army that fights on foot • This crop was important to the South's economy • This is when the South wanted to leave the North • This was the 16th President of the United States • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-02-07

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This battle allowed President Aberham Lincoln an opportunity to announce the Emancipation Proclamation.
  2. This event was the first maior land battle of the Civil War.
  3. The commanding general for the Union Army from 1861-1862.
  4. This was huge battle in Pennsylvania in 1863.
  5. This person commanded the calvary wing of Robert E. Lee's army.
  6. Who introduced Abraham Lincoln as President Elect in 1861?
  7. His nickname was Stonewall.
  8. President Lincoln's executive order to free enslaved African Americans.
  9. The first battle of the Civil War occurred at this Naval fort on April 12-13 1861.
  10. This Union general lost to Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.
  11. What Union General received Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattix?
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  1. This event gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in the Civil War.
  2. This person was successful with a Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
  3. This campaign marked the final battles of the Civil War.
  4. The ironclad warship of the Confederacy, aka CSS Virgina.
  5. This person is very famous for his command at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg.
  6. The Cherokee general who was the last Confederate general to surrender.
  7. The site of a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp.
  8. He was Robert E Lee's second in command during the battle of Gettysburg.
  9. the 16th president of the United States.
  10. This person led Union forces in chrushing campaigns.
  11. This city is the capital of Georgia and was the major railroad hub of the South.
  12. This Confederate general led a disastrous infantry charge on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
  13. Union General defeated at the Battle of Fredericksburg famous for his facial hair.
  14. the president of the Confederate States.
  15. The Union's plan to "coil" the South by blockading Southern ports and controlling the Mississippi River.
  16. What Confedrate general reclase commands lost the battle of Gettysburg?
  17. This battle was a crucial success for the Union Army led by Ulysses S. Grant
  18. The ironclad warship of the Union Navy.
  19. The Union admiral who captured New Orleans in April 1862.

30 Clues: His nickname was Stonewall. • The ironclad warship of the Union Navy. • the 16th president of the United States. • the president of the Confederate States. • This was huge battle in Pennsylvania in 1863. • The site of a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp. • This person led Union forces in chrushing campaigns. • This campaign marked the final battles of the Civil War. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-02-14

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. nickname "Rock of Chickamauga"
  2. famous for having large sideburns
  3. the union's best general
  4. first confederate ironclad gunboats
  5. 16th president of the U.S.
  6. first American Admiral
  7. initials J.E.B.
  8. nickname "Lion of the Round Top"
  9. the fort where the fighting started
  10. first major battle of the civil war
  11. cherokee politician and general
  12. month long siege on the Mississippi river
  13. governor of Oregon in 1860
  14. where Lee surrendered
  15. president of the Confederate States
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  1. month-long siege in Maryland
  2. Lee's number two man
  3. a naval blockade named after a snake
  4. capital of modern day Georgia
  5. first union ironclad gunboats
  6. middle name "Tecumseh"
  7. former governor of New Jersey and General
  8. though of as the bloodiest battle ever
  9. the famous POW camp in the civil war
  10. one day battle fought in Tennessee
  11. nickname "Stonewall"
  12. a famous charge is named after him
  13. nickname "Fightin Phil"
  14. commander of the north Virginian army
  15. a proclamation linoln made
  16. nickname "Fightin' Joe"

31 Clues: initials J.E.B. • Lee's number two man • nickname "Stonewall" • where Lee surrendered • middle name "Tecumseh" • first American Admiral • nickname "Fightin Phil" • nickname "Fightin' Joe" • the union's best general • 16th president of the U.S. • a proclamation linoln made • governor of Oregon in 1860 • month-long siege in Maryland • capital of modern day Georgia • ...

The Civil War 2022-02-16

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This man was a Union army general, and the
  2. This general was removed from command in January 1863 after the devastating Union defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg
  3. This was a steam frigate, destroyed by fire, and one of the main themes in the movie "Sahara"
  4. What battle provided President Lincoln the opportunity to announce the Emancipation Proclamation?
  5. This battle was at one point the bloodiest battle in American history
  6. This was a fort famouse for the site of the first shots of the Civil War
  7. This battle gave the Union control over the missisipi river
  8. Who was the president of the confederate states from 1861 to 1865?
  9. Who was the 16th U.S. President?
  10. Who got his name by the way he stood?
  11. This place was used for military operations and for supplies, and there was also a battle here
  12. governor of new jersey
  13. This man was a Union general known for being very agressive leader
  14. What was the first full scale battle of the civil war?
  15. Who is most famous for his command at Little Round Top during the battle of Gettysburg?
  16. This man had a charge/attack named after him
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  1. This man was a navel officer and helped capture the Confederate city of New Orleans and provided support for General Ulysses S
  2. Who served as the eyes and ears for the confederate army?
  3. What proclomation declared that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free?
  4. Who was known as known as the Rock of Chickamauga?
  5. This battle was known for having the deadliest landscape of the Civil War
  6. He was a chereokee politician who served as the second principal chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1862 to 1866
  7. Who was most famouse for lieutenant general for the confederate army, and who later became the U.S. ambassador to turkey?
  8. This was a major 3 day battle that the Union army won
  9. Who died at the battle of ball's bluff leading the Union army regiment?
  10. Who was known as a major architect for modern warfare?
  11. What plan called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral?
  12. This was the Union navy's first ironclad warship
  13. Who was the 18th U.S. President and Union army commander?
  14. Who was known for his destruction of the Shenandoah Valley in 1864?
  15. Who was appointed overall commander of the Confederate army?
  16. This battle led to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant

32 Clues: governor of new jersey • Who was the 16th U.S. President? • Who got his name by the way he stood? • This man was a Union army general, and the • This man had a charge/attack named after him • This was the Union navy's first ironclad warship • Who was known as known as the Rock of Chickamauga? • This was a major 3 day battle that the Union army won • ...

The Civil War 2022-02-07

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Originally a Union ship, the Confederates captured, set fire to, and rebuilt as their own
  2. "In great deeds something abides."
  3. The confederates surrendered at a courthouse in this county
  4. The Union's plan to cut off southern ports and gain control of the Mississippi River
  5. This South Carolina fort is where the first shots of the civil war were fired
  6. An Illinois senator who was friends with Lincoln
  7. The first major battle fought in the Civil War
  8. A southerner who became a general for the Union
  9. Known as the most fatal American battle that happened in one day
  10. He destroyed the Shenandoah Valley
  11. "Nailhead that holds the South's two halves together."
  12. The capital city of the state of Georgia
  13. A Cherokee leader who gave up his people's land and joined the Confederacy.
  14. Commander of the Amry of Northern Virginia's cavalry wing
  15. A Confederate general who was wounded at age 39 in 1863
  16. This Major General's defeat at the Battle of Five Forks lead to the surrender of the Confederates.
  17. A judge's son who led the Union through Georgia and North and South Carolina
Down
  1. 13,000 Union men died in this prison during the Civil War
  2. Commander of the Army of the Potomac
  3. A Union general who lost the Battle of Chancellorsville
  4. Robert E. Lee called him "old war horse"
  5. The 16th US president
  6. A 173-foot ironclad ship that fought for the Union in the Battle of Hampton Roads
  7. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia
  8. This proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln and states that all slaves would be free
  9. President of the Confederate states
  10. When it came to blockading the southern ports, this Union Naval officer contributed greatly
  11. US President from 1869-1977
  12. If the Confederates won the battle that took place here, they could've taken over Washington, D.C.
  13. In 1861, he helped make Rhode Island a regiment of militiamen
  14. This battle began after the Confederates surprised attacked Union forces in 1862

31 Clues: The 16th US president • US President from 1869-1977 • "In great deeds something abides." • He destroyed the Shenandoah Valley • President of the Confederate states • Commander of the Army of the Potomac • Robert E. Lee called him "old war horse" • The capital city of the state of Georgia • He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-10-11

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The 16th president of the US (before was just the Union president) from 1861 to 1865
  2. One of the first major battles of the Civil War. It took place in Virginia and both sides lacked battle experience.
  3. This decree freed all enslaved people in rebel-held territory on January 1, 1863
  4. General Robert E. Lee, commander of all Confederate forces, surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.
  5. Founded in 1863 and was under the command of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.
  6. Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia
  7. The lead general of the Confederate army
Down
  1. The main waterways of the war, Mississippi River.
  2. Referred to as money
  3. Near Sharpsburg, Maryland. This was a key victory for the Union. 6,000 died while 17,000 were wounded during the battle.
  4. helped persuade officials to let women work as nurses
  5. Boats covered with iron instead of wood.
  6. Located in Mississippi, fell under the control of the Union Army ran by Ulysses S. Grant.
  7. The lead general of the Union army
  8. One of the most decisive battles of the Civil War. By the end of it, the confederates lost hope of gaining help from Britain and France.
  9. The southern part of the US
  10. A surprise attack from the confederates led by generals Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T Beauregard and it lasted for 2 days.
  11. President of the Confederate States
  12. The northern part of the US
  13. A hospital nurse in the Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk
  14. The end or side of a military position

21 Clues: Referred to as money • The southern part of the US • The northern part of the US • The lead general of the Union army • President of the Confederate States • The end or side of a military position • Boats covered with iron instead of wood. • The lead general of the Confederate army • The main waterways of the war, Mississippi River. • ...

Civil War Battles 2023-10-11

Civil War Battles crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union General who was relieved after Antietam
  2. Deadliest single day in American history
  3. The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia
  4. New deadly bullet
  5. Accepted surrender of Lee
  6. President of the Confederacy
  7. speech given at Gettysburg
  8. Commanding General of the Confederacy
  9. Major Confederate win due to Lee's superior tactics
  10. Siege that gave the Union control of the Mississippi
  11. Major Union win in Tennessee
  12. Union General who resigned after Fredricksburg
Down
  1. Turning point of the war
  2. President of the USA during the war
  3. to set free
  4. Location of surrender
  5. First major battle of the war
  6. City burned as part of the Anaconda plan
  7. Largest battle of the war
  8. General Jackson's nickname

20 Clues: to set free • New deadly bullet • Location of surrender • Turning point of the war • Accepted surrender of Lee • Largest battle of the war • speech given at Gettysburg • General Jackson's nickname • President of the Confederacy • Major Union win in Tennessee • First major battle of the war • The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia • President of the USA during the war • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-11-29

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port
  2. elected in 1860
  3. A nickname used to describe people that supported the Union
  4. A nickname for Southerners who were against the war
  5. Both South and North had these military leader titles
  6. A person who worked to abolish slavery
  7. An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War
  8. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket
  9. A nickname for the South
  10. The Southern states that seceded in 1861
Down
  1. A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding
  2. A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  3. An American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  4. An American abolitionist trying to help slaves achieve freedom
  5. The ownership of a person as property
  6. A farm located in Southern states that held slaves
  7. Crackers made from flour, water, and salt
  8. to leave a federation
  9. The action of assassinating someone
  10. A war between the Northern and Southern states of the USA
  11. The Northern states during the war

21 Clues: elected in 1860 • to leave a federation • A nickname for the South • The Northern states during the war • The action of assassinating someone • The ownership of a person as property • A person who worked to abolish slavery • The Southern states that seceded in 1861 • Crackers made from flour, water, and salt • A farm located in Southern states that held slaves • ...

Civil war Puzzle 2023-09-06

Civil war Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. number of north states
  2. this was the union's war strategy
  3. can cut off a limb in just ten minutes
  4. established a network of union spies made up of former slaves
  5. Known as union, federals, Yankees
  6. Sumter
  7. Large number of women signed up for this
  8. was dispatched to lead troops in the west against the native americans
  9. number of south states
  10. America's first tool of mass communication
  11. this caused gory images of the battle field to reach every home
  12. this general is where the term sideburns came from number of South states
Down
  1. Won the Election of 1860
  2. this became rare by the end of the war
  3. Lincolns hidden weapon in the war
  4. Known as confederacy or rebels
  5. this keeps body's free from any signs of decomposition
  6. War did not end between this group of people just because there was a war going on
  7. this nation sided with the confederates
  8. became military targets
  9. he was sent to the west to command Union forces in the 1862 dakota war
  10. If a bullet doesn't kill you this will

22 Clues: Sumter • number of north states • number of south states • became military targets • Won the Election of 1860 • Known as confederacy or rebels • this was the union's war strategy • Lincolns hidden weapon in the war • Known as union, federals, Yankees • this became rare by the end of the war • can cut off a limb in just ten minutes • If a bullet doesn't kill you this will • ...

Civil War Causes 2024-04-03

Civil War Causes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Kentucky senator who drafted multiple compromises regarding slavery in new states
  2. State that entered the Union as free as a result of the Missouri Compromise
  3. Important figure who led many people to freedom in the North prior to The Civil War
  4. First compromise drafted by Henry Clay that allowed one free state, and one slave state into the Union in 1820
  5. Novel that was said to have contributed to the start of The Civil War
  6. Bills that were passed to prevent enslaved people from learning to read or write
  7. A person who believes they were chosen by God for a specific action
  8. Former slave who became an abolitionist and women's rights activist (she wrote "Ain't I a Woman")
  9. A person who wants to abolish (end) slavery
  10. A plan to end slavery over time
  11. Abolitionist who transcribed (wrote) the stories of those who escaped slavery through Philadelphia
  12. The belief that the expansion of the nation across the West was inevitable and justified
  13. Act passed that allows suspected fugitive slaves to be arrested and resold into slavery
Down
  1. The contested land in the West that was won in the Mexican-American War and desired by multiple parties
  2. Enslaved man who carried out a rebellion against his owner and their community
  3. Place where weapons and tools were kept in a community
  4. Abolitionist who wrote a novel that morally divided the North and South
  5. Government function made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate
  6. Amount that an owner would pay for the return of their runaway slave
  7. Residents voting among themselves to make decisions for their territory
  8. Nickname for the United States prior to The Civil War
  9. A state's power to create and enforce laws

22 Clues: A plan to end slavery over time • A state's power to create and enforce laws • A person who wants to abolish (end) slavery • Nickname for the United States prior to The Civil War • Place where weapons and tools were kept in a community • A person who believes they were chosen by God for a specific action • ...

Civil war crossword 2024-04-04

Civil war crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The thing that the Civil War was fought to end
  2. President that made Texas a slave state and part of the union.
  3. Texas was a state that broke off from Mexico and was added to the union as a slave state by James K Polk
  4. A leader in the Bleeding Kansas act
  5. Wrote the Liberator article.
  6. This man lived on free land so he sued his slave owner for his freedom. The congress told this man that he was not free and had to right to sue.
  7. Made the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
  8. Domestic slave trade was taken away from this place in the Compromise of 1850
Down
  1. People came to Kansas to vote on whether it should be a slave states or free state. It was voted a slave state, but anti-slavery activists did not follow these laws and rebelled killing 5 pro-slavery people.
  2. Two territories that were open to slavery in the Compromise of 1850
  3. This woman talked about her experience with slavery.
  4. UT territories and NM territories were open to slavery. California is a free state, Wasington D.C is no longer part of the domestic slave trade, and new fugitive slave laws were put in place.
  5. A person who is against slavery and wants it to be gone.
  6. Changed her name to Sojourner Truth and delivered speeches about slavery.
  7. Law that made enslaved people be returned back to their owners if they escaped.
  8. Was a free state as of the Compromise of 1850
  9. Their family had a lot of slaves and made money from them. These people freed their families slaves using their money.
  10. Led the underground railroad where slaves could escape
  11. Kansas and Nebraska were new territories in the United States, Stephen Douglass wanted the people to vote if it should be a free state or a slave state.
  12. A line was created below Missouri and any states under the line were free states and any states above were slave states

20 Clues: Wrote the Liberator article. • A leader in the Bleeding Kansas act • Was a free state as of the Compromise of 1850 • The thing that the Civil War was fought to end • This woman talked about her experience with slavery. • Led the underground railroad where slaves could escape • Made the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 • ...

Roman Civil War 2023-11-01

Roman Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Capital city of the Empire
  2. The number of legions Caesar had with him when he marched on Rome
  3. Conservative firebrand in the Senate, sides with Pompey
  4. The central public space in Rome, used for judicial and other types of gatherings.
  5. Julius Caesar is named this for life
  6. Type of government after Caesar's rebellion
  7. Roman soldier and one of the two central characters in the series.
  8. Region where Caesar achieved much of his fame
  9. Caesar's friend who is torn between his loyalty and his republican ideals.
  10. Medical condition many fictional accounts (mistakenly) think Caesar had
  11. The manipulative and ambitious mother of Octavian.
  12. The other central character, a strict and honorable legionary.
  13. Main god of the Roman pantheon, known as Optimus Maximus (the all-seeing)
  14. Name of Caesar's daughter, Pompey's late wife
  15. Military unit that Pullo and Vorenus belong to
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  1. Consul of Rome, Caesar's main rival in the Civil War
  2. Caesar's loyal general and friend, known for his hedonistic lifestyle.
  3. Julius Caesar's first name
  4. River crossed by Caesar, signifying the point of no return in his conflict with Pompey
  5. Atia's daughter and Octavian's sister, who has a complex love life.
  6. Type of government before Caesar's rebellion
  7. Distinctive garment worn by Roman citizens.
  8. The standard of the legion, which Pullo and Vorenus recover in the series' beginning.
  9. Nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar, later known as Augustus.
  10. River that flows through the center of Rome
  11. Warrior who fought in the arena for other people's entertainment
  12. Brutus's mother and Caesar's jilted lover.
  13. The famous speaker and senator who navigates the dangerous political waters of Rome.
  14. Vorenus's wife who holds a dark secret.
  15. The political arena of power struggles depicted in the series.
  16. Octavia's husband, murdered by Atia

31 Clues: Capital city of the Empire • Julius Caesar's first name • Octavia's husband, murdered by Atia • Julius Caesar is named this for life • Vorenus's wife who holds a dark secret. • Brutus's mother and Caesar's jilted lover. • Distinctive garment worn by Roman citizens. • Type of government after Caesar's rebellion • River that flows through the center of Rome • ...

The Civil War 2023-10-30

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Thousands of people rushed into Kansas to vote, lots of violence and death followed
  2. Plan made by Henry Clay after California applied as a free state and southern states threatened to secede, was passed into a law by Millard Fillmore
  3. The ceremony at which someone is sworn into office
  4. When Lincoln was sworn into office, he made a speech about the difference between legal Redress and revolutionary actions, the CSA not actually existing, Federal property in the South remaining federal property, war being unreasonable, and other subjects.
  5. A tough, lawless person/bully
  6. Releif from an injury or wrongdoing
  7. An essay written by Henry David Thorean on the idea that people should refuse to follow the laws or commands of a government when they seem unjust.
  8. A series of debates held between Senator Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln during which Lincoln gave his famous "House Divided" speech
  9. The Free-Soil party was formed and they nominated Martin Van Buren, who lost against the Whig candidate Zachary Taylor
Down
  1. To pillage and to plunder
  2. Proposition made by Stephen A. Douglas that would allow popular sovereignty to determine if Kansas and Nebraska would enter as free or slave states.
  3. Rule requiring Northerners to return runaway slaves
  4. David Wilmot proposed that slavery be banned in any territory acquired through the Mexican Cession
  5. Election in which Northern Democrats nominated Stephen Douglas, the Southern Democrats chose John Breckinridge, a new party called the Constitutional Union Party nominated John Bell, and Lincoln was nominated by the Republican Party and won the election.
  6. In the senate, Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner with a cane after his criticism of pro-slavery people
  7. Raid led by John Brown to arm slaves, but he was caught and hanged
  8. The antislavery Whigs, Free-Soiler, and Northern Democrats combined to create the Republican Party. They nominated John C. Freemont against the democrats' James Buchanan, who ended up winning, and the Know-Nothing party nominated Millard Fillmore.
  9. Slave who sued for his freedom after living in a free state
  10. South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia left the nation and formed their own government led by Jefferson Davis
  11. After ideas voiced by Lincoln, South Carolina left the nation

20 Clues: To pillage and to plunder • A tough, lawless person/bully • Releif from an injury or wrongdoing • The ceremony at which someone is sworn into office • Rule requiring Northerners to return runaway slaves • Slave who sued for his freedom after living in a free state • After ideas voiced by Lincoln, South Carolina left the nation • ...

Civil War Crossword 2024-09-24

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Allowed each territory to decide to have slaves
  2. Robert E. Lee's "perfect battle"
  3. Social reform effort to end slavery in the US
  4. Side with better supplies and navy
  5. Idea that Americans control coast to coast
  6. slave that sued for freedom
  7. Battle where civilians brought picnics to watch
  8. President of Confederacy
  9. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
  10. Battle that was the bloodiest day in US history
  11. Thomas Jackson's nickname
Down
  1. 16th president of US(Union)
  2. General of confederate army
  3. Machine that increased demand for slaves
  4. Added Missouri to the Union as a slave state
  5. Overly cautious general
  6. 18th president
  7. Side that had more motivation and excellent military leadership
  8. Turning point in the war
  9. When a state leaves and becomes their own

20 Clues: 18th president • Overly cautious general • Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin • Turning point in the war • President of Confederacy • Thomas Jackson's nickname • 16th president of US(Union) • General of confederate army • slave that sued for freedom • Robert E. Lee's "perfect battle" • Side with better supplies and navy • Machine that increased demand for slaves • ...

Civil War 39 2024-06-07

Civil War 39 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Increase in the intensity or seriousness.
  2. - Withdrawal of troops to a safer position.
  3. - Storage for ammunition and explosives.
  4. - Soldier sent ahead to gather information.
  5. - Floating platform used to support a temporary bridge.
  6. - Create spontaneously without preparation.
  7. - Small farmer who cultivates their own land.
  8. - Temporary camp without tents or cover.
  9. - The act of searching for food or provisions.
Down
  1. - Officer responsible for military supplies and logistics.
  2. - Units of soldiers on horseback.
  3. - Directives issued by a superior officer.
  4. - Prepared for combat.
  5. - Communication or cooperation that facilitates a close working relationship.
  6. - Cannon ammunition consisting of small iron balls.
  7. - Remove military forces from an area.
  8. - Office or position of a consul.
  9. - Backpack used by soldiers for carrying supplies.
  10. - Vehicle for transporting the wounded.
  11. - Anti-slavery guerrilla fighter.

20 Clues: - Prepared for combat. • - Units of soldiers on horseback. • - Office or position of a consul. • - Anti-slavery guerrilla fighter. • - Remove military forces from an area. • - Vehicle for transporting the wounded. • - Storage for ammunition and explosives. • - Temporary camp without tents or cover. • - Directives issued by a superior officer. • ...

Civil War 5 2024-06-06

Civil War 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Term for Confederates who joined the Union Army.
  2. - Last major Confederate port open at war’s end.
  3. - General pardon granted after the war.
  4. - Trade restriction used as a wartime strategy.
  5. - Union General at Gettysburg.
  6. - Border state that stayed in the Union.
  7. - Rank held by Anderson at Fort Sumter.
  8. - Common surgical procedure for injured soldiers.
  9. - Prominent Copperhead politician.
  10. - Term for armed mounted troops engaging in raids.
Down
  1. - Southern Unionists.
  2. - Early significant battle in the Western Theater.
  3. - Member of the Southern army.
  4. - Principal industrial city of the Confederacy.
  5. - Term for mixed-race individuals used during the era.
  6. - Doctrine expanded West and led to sectional tensions.
  7. - Typical behavior in Pickett’s famous 1863 maneuver.
  8. - Soldier who uses precision to target enemies from a distance.
  9. - Common means of army transportation.
  10. - Union General known as the "Rock of Chickamauga."

20 Clues: - Southern Unionists. • - Member of the Southern army. • - Union General at Gettysburg. • - Prominent Copperhead politician. • - Common means of army transportation. • - General pardon granted after the war. • - Rank held by Anderson at Fort Sumter. • - Border state that stayed in the Union. • - Trade restriction used as a wartime strategy. • ...

Civil War 9 2024-06-06

Civil War 9 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Objective or aim in a military operation.
  2. - Confederate general at Fort Sumter.
  3. - Confederate ironclad, also known as the CSS Virginia.
  4. - Act of seizing property from the enemy.
  5. - Female attendant who accompanied troops, often providing supplies.
  6. - Union general notable for his role at Stones River and Chickamauga.
  7. - Border state with internal conflict over loyalty.
  8. - Public event held to raise funds for the United States Sanitary Commission.
  9. - A soldier sent to gather information on enemy positions.
  10. - Popular recruiting catchphrase referring to the 1861 Army Regulars.
  11. - Euphemistic term for provisional Confederate state governments during Reconstruction.
Down
  1. - To assemble troops for inspection.
  2. - Acts perpetrated in violation of the laws of war.
  3. - Symbol of rebirth, representing the South's reconstruction.
  4. - Vehicle used for transporting wounded soldiers.
  5. - Confederate general killed at the Battle of Mill Springs.
  6. - Dummy wooden cannon used to deceive the enemy.
  7. - Violent protests against conscription in New York City.
  8. - Battle in the Vicksburg Campaign.
  9. - Battle where Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart was mortally wounded.

20 Clues: - Battle in the Vicksburg Campaign. • - To assemble troops for inspection. • - Confederate general at Fort Sumter. • - Act of seizing property from the enemy. • - Objective or aim in a military operation. • - Dummy wooden cannon used to deceive the enemy. • - Vehicle used for transporting wounded soldiers. • - Acts perpetrated in violation of the laws of war. • ...

Civil War 10 2024-06-06

Civil War 10 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Confederate general known for his service in many battles.
  2. - Confederate general known for his role in the Western Theater.
  3. - Battle that was a Confederate victory in Florida.
  4. - Confederate ironclad ship.
  5. - Long, narrow ditch used in fortification.
  6. - Temporary camp without tents.
  7. - Organization that provided medical supplies and support to the Union Army.
  8. - Sudden attack behind enemy lines.
  9. - Wagon used by civilian merchants selling goods to soldiers.
  10. - Experienced soldier.
  11. - Large-caliber guns used in warfare.
Down
  1. - Command center for military operations.
  2. - First name of Union General Burnside.
  3. - Celebration, often after a victory.
  4. - Bag carried by soldiers for rations and personal items.
  5. - Floating bridge used for military crossings.
  6. - Describing an event in parts or installments.
  7. - Part of a gun through which the bullet travels.
  8. - Messenger who delivers military orders.
  9. - Harsh season that affected troop movement and living conditions.

20 Clues: - Experienced soldier. • - Confederate ironclad ship. • - Temporary camp without tents. • - Sudden attack behind enemy lines. • - Celebration, often after a victory. • - Large-caliber guns used in warfare. • - First name of Union General Burnside. • - Command center for military operations. • - Messenger who delivers military orders. • ...

Civil War 11 2024-06-06

Civil War 11 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Supporter or member of a military or political faction.
  2. - Confederate partisan ranger famous for his raids.
  3. - Military supplies, especially weapons and ammunition.
  4. - Popular rifle used during the war.
  5. - Common medical procedure for severe limb injuries.
  6. - Capital of Louisiana, captured by the Union in 1862.
  7. - Makeshift mess tables for soldiers.
  8. - President of the United States during the Civil War.
  9. - Temporary promotion in rank during wartime.
  10. - To invalidate or void, often used in legal contexts.
Down
  1. - Troops trained to fight on horseback.
  2. - Young boys who beat the drum to communicate orders.
  3. - Advocate for the ending of slavery.
  4. - Confederate general known as “Stonewall.”
  5. - Another name for the Battle of Antietam.
  6. - Displaced persons fleeing the war.
  7. - Eleven Southern states that seceded.
  8. - Foot soldiers in an army.
  9. - Medical personnel on the battlefield.
  10. - Union general who died at the Battle of Chantilly.

20 Clues: - Foot soldiers in an army. • - Displaced persons fleeing the war. • - Popular rifle used during the war. • - Advocate for the ending of slavery. • - Makeshift mess tables for soldiers. • - Eleven Southern states that seceded. • - Troops trained to fight on horseback. • - Medical personnel on the battlefield. • - Another name for the Battle of Antietam. • ...

Civil War 18 2024-06-06

Civil War 18 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - A win for the Northern forces.
  2. - Injured in a way that leads to death.
  3. - A temporary camp established by troops.
  4. - Restricting maritime access to limit the enemy’s resources.
  5. - Light, fast-moving artillery often used with cavalry.
  6. - Legal tender used during and after the war, often referring to greenbacks.
  7. - Hospital ship used during the Civil War.
  8. - Military unit composed of multiple battalions.
  9. - Living accommodations for soldiers or officers.
  10. - Confinement of soldiers or civilians, often in POW camps.
Down
  1. - Low-ranking officer, such as a lieutenant.
  2. - Strategist skilled in planning military movements.
  3. - Sudden failure, often used in the context of military lines.
  4. - To move around and gain a strategic advantage over the enemy's side.
  5. - Troops stationed at a specific location to defend it.
  6. - Exchange of gunfire between opposing forces.
  7. - Refers to John Wilkes Booth.
  8. - An official public announcement, notably the Emancipation Proclamation.
  9. - Term for veterans who served in the armed forces during the Civil War period.
  10. - To position troops or equipment in a formation.

20 Clues: - Refers to John Wilkes Booth. • - A win for the Northern forces. • - Injured in a way that leads to death. • - A temporary camp established by troops. • - Hospital ship used during the Civil War. • - Low-ranking officer, such as a lieutenant. • - Exchange of gunfire between opposing forces. • - Military unit composed of multiple battalions. • ...

Civil War 8 2024-06-06

Civil War 8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Key transportation network during the war.
  2. - Traditional type of frontier home, Lincoln's birthplace.
  3. - Civilian merchant who sold provisions to soldiers.
  4. - Notable battle in 1864.
  5. - Series of military operations.
  6. - Major city burned during Sherman's campaign.
  7. - Site of a major Confederate victory.
  8. - Durable but hard biscuit eaten by soldiers.
Down
  1. - Lincoln's first Secretary of War.
  2. - Artillery unit.
  3. - Official order for supplies.
  4. - Confederate general known for his charge at Gettysburg.
  5. - Floating bridge used during military operations.
  6. - Union general known for his service at Gettysburg.
  7. - Last capital of the Confederacy after Richmond fell.
  8. - Site of a decisive Union victory in Tennessee.
  9. - Location of a prolonged siege.
  10. - Abolitionist who led a raid on Harpers Ferry.
  11. - State of being divided or separated, a key theme of the war.
  12. - First name of Secretary of War Stanton.

20 Clues: - Artillery unit. • - Notable battle in 1864. • - Official order for supplies. • - Location of a prolonged siege. • - Series of military operations. • - Lincoln's first Secretary of War. • - Site of a major Confederate victory. • - First name of Secretary of War Stanton. • - Key transportation network during the war. • - Durable but hard biscuit eaten by soldiers. • ...

Civil War 21 2024-06-06

Civil War 21 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - State of being uniform, especially in clothing.
  2. - City in Ohio that supported the Union.
  3. - List of soldiers in a unit.
  4. - Arrangement of troops for battle.
  5. - Storage box used by soldiers.
  6. - Communication between military units.
  7. - Heroic bravery in battle.
  8. - Confederate ship that continued fighting after the war’s end.
  9. - An alternative spelling sometimes used in period writings.
  10. - Type of cannon used by the Confederacy.
  11. - Loyal, reliable soldier.
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  1. - Type of rifle capable of multiple shots.
  2. - A battle or conflict.
  3. - Fearless and adventurous.
  4. - Term used to describe horses during the war.
  5. - Having won a battle.
  6. - Device for joining a pair of draft animals or bondage.
  7. - Relating to "Stonewall" Jackson.
  8. - Class of small freeholders, often serving in local militia
  9. - Military supplies, especially ammunition.

20 Clues: - Having won a battle. • - A battle or conflict. • - Loyal, reliable soldier. • - Fearless and adventurous. • - Heroic bravery in battle. • - List of soldiers in a unit. • - Storage box used by soldiers. • - Relating to "Stonewall" Jackson. • - Arrangement of troops for battle. • - Communication between military units. • - City in Ohio that supported the Union. • ...

Civil War 24 2024-06-06

Civil War 24 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Communication and cooperation between units.
  2. - Stronghold used for defense.
  3. - Nickname for the Southern United States.
  4. - Cavalryman.
  5. - Group of senior officials advising the president.
  6. - Unable to be appeased or pacified.
  7. - Early type of machine gun.
  8. - Person with strong, fanatical views.
  9. - Movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.
  10. - Military branch responsible for supply of weapons.
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  1. - Not conquered or defeated.
  2. - Term for a Union soldier.
  3. - Released with promise not to fight again.
  4. - Slave state that remained in the Union.
  5. - Great joy, especially after a victory.
  6. - Relating to actions carefully planned to gain a specific end.
  7. - Foremost part of an advancing army.
  8. - Deliberate destruction to hinder enemy.
  9. - Type of cannon used during the Civil War.
  10. - To survey or explore an area.

20 Clues: - Cavalryman. • - Term for a Union soldier. • - Not conquered or defeated. • - Early type of machine gun. • - Stronghold used for defense. • - To survey or explore an area. • - Unable to be appeased or pacified. • - Foremost part of an advancing army. • - Person with strong, fanatical views. • - Great joy, especially after a victory. • - Slave state that remained in the Union. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2024-12-10

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Turning point of war
  2. divided south into two parts
  3. capital of virginia
  4. south surrenders
  5. Where Lincoln Died
  6. first real battle of war
  7. Cherokee General
  8. issued September 22, 1862
  9. start of civil war
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  1. fewer than 275 words
  2. Seceded in 1861
  3. Where Stonewall Jackson dies
  4. communications in U.S.
  5. Union general
  6. bloodiest single-day battle
  7. happend in new york
  8. revolutionized naval warfare
  9. Union states with slaves
  10. Marched to the sea
  11. murdered lincoln
  12. Elected in 1861
  13. first state to succede
  14. Founded Red cross
  15. confederate general

24 Clues: Union general • Seceded in 1861 • Elected in 1861 • south surrenders • murdered lincoln • Cherokee General • Founded Red cross • Marched to the sea • Where Lincoln Died • start of civil war • capital of virginia • happend in new york • confederate general • fewer than 275 words • Turning point of war • communications in U.S. • first state to succede • Union states with slaves • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2024-04-24

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle
  2. proclamation in Jan 1, 1863
  3. state a state on the border between the N and S
  4. to formally join a military force
  5. a warship equipped with iron plating on outside
  6. war a strategy of bringing war to the entire society, not just the military
  7. paper money issued by the U.S.
  8. person living in the Confederacy territory
  9. a stream that feeds into a larger river
  10. States who seceded from the Union
  11. a system of selecting people for required military service
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  1. withdrawal
  2. person living in the Union territory
  3. the refusal to give in
  4. States in the North
  5. war war between citizens of the same country
  6. the side or edge of a military formation
  7. to place within a trench or ditch for defense
  8. a reward or payment
  9. corpus a legal order that guarantees a prisoner the right to be heard in court

20 Clues: withdrawal • States in the North • a reward or payment • the refusal to give in • proclamation in Jan 1, 1863 • paper money issued by the U.S. • to formally join a military force • States who seceded from the Union • person living in the Union territory • a stream that feeds into a larger river • the side or edge of a military formation • person living in the Confederacy territory • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2025-04-07

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. long blade attached to a musket
  2. military leader who holds a commission
  3. armed conflict between different nations or people
  4. not an active member of the military
  5. important location defended by soldiers
  6. army unit in the Civil War; usually 1,000 soldiers
  7. soldiers stop fighting and are captured by the enemy
  8. large, heavy sword with a curved blade
  9. soldiers on horseback; the eyes and ears of an army
  10. payment to volunteers who enlist in the army
  11. law that required men to serve in the army
  12. separate from a country
  13. Corpus right to a court hearing before being jailed
  14. Northern paper money (US dollars)
  15. Civil War soldier’s main weapon, similar to a rifle
  16. soldier training, including marching
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  1. soldiers firing cannons
  2. military leader who carries out officers’ orders
  3. the 11 Southern states that rebelled
  4. member of a navy
  5. a smaller part of a war
  6. military force that fights at sea
  7. soldiers who move on foot and fight on land
  8. packaged or fresh food
  9. civilians who sell food to soldiers at high prices
  10. military force that fights on land
  11. member of an army
  12. devotion to your homeland or country
  13. Sumter site of the first battle of the Civil War.
  14. violently oppose a government
  15. lowest ranking soldiers and majority of an army
  16. device that sent messages with electric signals by wire
  17. increase in prices for most goods
  18. soldiers who organize food and supplies
  19. sealing off a place to stop trade

35 Clues: member of a navy • member of an army • packaged or fresh food • soldiers firing cannons • a smaller part of a war • separate from a country • violently oppose a government • long blade attached to a musket • military force that fights at sea • increase in prices for most goods • Northern paper money (US dollars) • sealing off a place to stop trade • military force that fights on land • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2025-04-07

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. long blade attached to a musket
  2. military leader who holds a commission
  3. armed conflict between different nations or people
  4. not an active member of the military
  5. important location defended by soldiers
  6. army unit in the Civil War; usually 1,000 soldiers
  7. soldiers stop fighting and are captured by the enemy
  8. large, heavy sword with a curved blade
  9. soldiers on horseback; the eyes and ears of an army
  10. payment to volunteers who enlist in the army
  11. law that required men to serve in the army
  12. separate from a country
  13. Corpus right to a court hearing before being jailed
  14. Northern paper money (US dollars)
  15. Civil War soldier’s main weapon, similar to a rifle
  16. soldier training, including marching
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  1. soldiers firing cannons
  2. military leader who carries out officers’ orders
  3. the 11 Southern states that rebelled
  4. member of a navy
  5. a smaller part of a war
  6. military force that fights at sea
  7. soldiers who move on foot and fight on land
  8. packaged or fresh food
  9. civilians who sell food to soldiers at high prices
  10. military force that fights on land
  11. member of an army
  12. devotion to your homeland or country
  13. Sumter site of the first battle of the Civil War.
  14. violently oppose a government
  15. lowest ranking soldiers and majority of an army
  16. device that sent messages with electric signals by wire
  17. increase in prices for most goods
  18. soldiers who organize food and supplies
  19. sealing off a place to stop trade

35 Clues: member of a navy • member of an army • packaged or fresh food • soldiers firing cannons • a smaller part of a war • separate from a country • violently oppose a government • long blade attached to a musket • military force that fights at sea • increase in prices for most goods • Northern paper money (US dollars) • sealing off a place to stop trade • military force that fights on land • ...

Civil War Vocab 2025-04-11

Civil War Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a Northerner or someone loyal to the Federal government
  2. a ship protected by iron armor
  3. loyal to the confederacy or Southern
  4. a political party generally against slavery and its expansion
  5. the political party most sympathetic to states rights and willing to tolerate the spread of slavery
  6. the North
  7. a crop that was grown to be sold for cash like tobacco or cotton
  8. farming
  9. manufacturing goods from raw materials
  10. a new way of conducting war that destroyed homes and crops to demoralize and undermine the civilian base
  11. a boundary that became a symbolic division between free states and slave states
  12. a term used to describe the time in American history directly after the Civil War
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  1. a political party created to prevent the spread of slavery
  2. promoting the interests of a section or region instead of the whole country
  3. the Confederacy or states that seceded from the United States
  4. freedom from slavery
  5. the Union or the part of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government
  6. land within the mainland boundaries of the country that had not yet become a state
  7. withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States
  8. the South
  9. someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery

21 Clues: farming • the North • the South • freedom from slavery • a ship protected by iron armor • loyal to the confederacy or Southern • manufacturing goods from raw materials • someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery • a Northerner or someone loyal to the Federal government • a political party created to prevent the spread of slavery • ...

Civil War Test 2024-09-13

Civil War Test crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mary Edward Walker was first female one of these
  2. Was the Confederate president
  3. said if Europe thought the war was against slavery they wouldn't want to help much
  4. Was the Union Capital
  5. The worst protest against the draft
  6. The Confederate capital
  7. The plan to split the confederacy
  8. 2 day battle in April
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  1. was closing of ports
  2. Shiloh was named after this
  3. Peace Democrats became known as these
  4. Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation proclamation on this day
  5. Were the Monitor and the Merrimack
  6. thousands of women served as these
  7. guarantees a person a hearing before jail
  8. Beauregard fought for them
  9. captured New Orleans
  10. the bloodiest single day of the war
  11. Came from General Winfield Scott
  12. their main goal was to reunite the country
  13. They wanted support from Britain and France for supplies

21 Clues: was closing of ports • captured New Orleans • Was the Union Capital • 2 day battle in April • The Confederate capital • Beauregard fought for them • Shiloh was named after this • Was the Confederate president • Came from General Winfield Scott • The plan to split the confederacy • Were the Monitor and the Merrimack • thousands of women served as these • ...

Civil War Test 2024-09-13

Civil War Test crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Licoln On January 1, 1963 _____ signed the Emancipation Proclamation
  2. was the Confederate capital
  3. The South wanted support from ______
  4. a _____ was closing of ports
  5. the _____ war plan came from General Winfield Scott.
  6. ____ was a 2 day battle in April.
  7. ______ said if Europe thought the war was against Slavery, they wouldn't want to help as much
  8. The worst protest against the draft happened in ____ .
  9. saw the bloodiest single day of the entire war.
  10. Mary Edwards Walker was the first female ______
  11. Beauregard fought for them of women served as _____
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  1. was the Union capital
  2. was named after a small church
  3. guarantees a person a hearing before jail
  4. Peace Democrats became known as ______
  5. class comment…
  6. captured New Orleans
  7. The first _____ were the Monitor and the Merrimack
  8. Davis was the Confederate President
  9. the _____ Plan was the plan to split the confederacy.
  10. The main goal of the north was to _____ the country.

21 Clues: class comment… • captured New Orleans • was the Union capital • was the Confederate capital • a _____ was closing of ports • was named after a small church • ____ was a 2 day battle in April. • Davis was the Confederate President • The South wanted support from ______ • Peace Democrats became known as ______ • guarantees a person a hearing before jail • ...

Civil War Events 2024-11-12

Civil War Events crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 1st state to secede from the Union
  2. 16th president of the United States; helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederacy; an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery.
  3. Many factories, industrial, bigger cities, many immigrants, and didn't support slavery.
  4. Power comes from the people who rule by majority and their own consent.
  5. A novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral and caused many northerns to oppose slavery.
  6. Issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union. It also said that black men could join the Union army.
  7. A group tried to seize the federal arsenal and armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia to give weapons to slaves who could use them to fight for freedom. The plan failed, and the leader was tried, convicted, and hanged for treason.
  8. A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States
  9. Famous as the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant
  10. (1863) a speech given by Abraham Lincoln in which he praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War; supported the ideals of self-government and democratic government
  11. Lincoln, the Republican candidate, won because the Democratic party was split over slavery. As a result, the South no longer felt like it has a voice in politics and a number of states seceded from the Union.
  12. 1863, Union gains control of Mississippi River and Grant takes lead of Union armies, total war begins
  13. Slave sued for his freedom after living in a free state for a short time. Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not viewed as citizens but as property.
  14. A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory. The dispute further strained the relations of the North and South, making civil war imminent.
  15. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
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  1. Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
  2. The president was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., April 14, 1865Missouri Compromise Created to keep the balance of power of free states and slave states. 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.
  3. Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation
  4. (1) California admitted as free state, (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) slave trade abolished in DC, and (4) new fugitive slave law; strengthened South's support advocated by Henry Clay and Stephen Douglas
  5. Area that relied on agriculture, plantations, cotton, crops. few factories, and had slaves.
  6. 1854 A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery
  7. A law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders
  8. 1863, this three day battle was the bloodiest of the entire Civil War, ended in a Union victory, and is considered the turning point of the war because the South would never invade the North again.
  9. A system of secret routes used by escaping slaves to reach freedom in the North or in Canada
  10. Created to keep the balance of power of free states and slave states. 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.
  11. American abolitionist. Born a slave on a Maryland plantation, she escaped to the North in 1849 and became the most renowned conductor on the Underground Railroad, leading more than 300 slaves to freedom.
  12. Union fort attacked by Confederates in South Carolina 1861 sparking the start of the Civil War

27 Clues: 1st state to secede from the Union • Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation • A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States • The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 • Power comes from the people who rule by majority and their own consent. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2025-01-30

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – The principle that allowed residents of territories to decide whether to permit slavery.
  2. – An agreement that temporarily eased tensions by setting a boundary for the expansion of slavery.
  3. – The Union general known for his destructive march through Georgia.
  4. – A Supreme Court case that ruled enslaved individuals were not citizens and had no legal standing.
  5. – A strong loyalty to a particular region of the country rather than to the nation as a whole.
  6. – A legislative agreement that attempted to balance free and slave states while intensifying sectional tensions.
  7. – The president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
  8. – A law requiring that escaped enslaved people be returned to their owners, even from free states.
  9. – A notorious Confederate prison camp known for its overcrowding and harsh conditions.
  10. – A political statement in Georgia supporting the Compromise of 1850 while warning that further restrictions on slavery could lead to secession.
  11. – The act of formally withdrawing from a political union, as Southern states did before the Civil War.
  12. – The belief that individual states have the authority to govern themselves without interference from the federal government.
  13. – A military strategy used to cut off supplies and trade to a region, as the Union did to Southern ports.
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  1. – A government-imposed tax on imported goods, often leading to economic disputes between different regions.
  2. – The commanding general of the Confederate Army, known for his strategic military leadership.
  3. – A campaign by Union forces that devastated Georgia’s infrastructure and economy.
  4. – The site of a major Civil War battle in Georgia that resulted in high casualties.
  5. – The group of states that remained loyal to the federal government during the Civil War.
  6. – The idea that states can refuse to enforce federal laws they deem unconstitutional.
  7. – A person who actively worked to end slavery in the United States.
  8. – The historical period in the Southern United States before the outbreak of a devastating national conflict.
  9. – The Union’s military strategy to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River, effectively strangling the Confederacy’s economy and supply lines.
  10. – The system of government in which power is shared between a national authority and individual states.
  11. – The presidential contest that led to the secession of Southern states after Abraham Lincoln's victory.
  12. – The vice president of the Confederacy who initially opposed secession but later supported it.
  13. – The official approval of laws, amendments, or treaties.

26 Clues: – The official approval of laws, amendments, or treaties. • – A person who actively worked to end slavery in the United States. • – The Union general known for his destructive march through Georgia. • – The president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. • – A campaign by Union forces that devastated Georgia’s infrastructure and economy. • ...

Civil War Review 2025-05-08

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the bloodiest day in US History (9/17/1862)
  2. the failed charge on day 3 @ Gettysburg
  3. a Tennessee bloodbath, Grant had way into Mississippi now
  4. Monitor v. Merrimac, early submarine warfare
  5. the Union color
  6. the Confederate color
  7. Lee's home was in this city, now it's a cemetery
  8. Lee surrendered at _______ Court House
  9. Lincoln was assassinated at _______ Theater in D.C.
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  1. this South Carolina fort was bombed -- poor horse
  2. Gettysburg Address: "a new _____ of freedom"
  3. the Battle that gave Grant the Miss. River
  4. "With _______ toward none, with charity for all"
  5. McClellan's first name
  6. cause of the Civil War
  7. the first major battle of the war
  8. the Union line shape @ Gettysburg
  9. president of the United States
  10. Lincoln issued the ______ Proclamation
  11. Union strategy for the war: the ____ plan
  12. president of the Confederate States

21 Clues: the Union color • the Confederate color • McClellan's first name • cause of the Civil War • president of the United States • the first major battle of the war • the Union line shape @ Gettysburg • president of the Confederate States • Lincoln issued the ______ Proclamation • Lee surrendered at _______ Court House • the failed charge on day 3 @ Gettysburg • ...

Civil War Era 2025-12-09

Civil War Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Made freedman go into debt
  2. escaped slaves must be returned even if the state is free
  3. Had his own era named after him
  4. 6th U.S. President
  5. "March to the Sea" war strategy
  6. Strengthened Supreme court
  7. Religious ideas to help expand westward
  8. Rebuilding rights after Civil War
  9. Created Emancipation Proclamation
  10. communication by Morse code
  11. Confederate General of North Virginia
  12. act Offered land to people moving West
  13. Author of the Declaration of Independence
  14. railroad system that helped slaves escape from their plantation
  15. line between free and slave sates
  16. Battle that helped the Union win
  17. Abolished Slavery
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  1. Helped cotton collection
  2. Movement from rural to cities, affected by Industrial Revolution
  3. Spread machines and factories to America
  4. Doubled the U.S. land territory
  5. "The Great Compromise" of the Missouri Compromise of 1850
  6. Union general who won the Civil War,18th President
  7. First Battle of Bull Run
  8. Voting rights to African American men
  9. Supported by Jackson and relocated Native tribes
  10. Split between Union and Confederacy
  11. Division of all U.S. regions
  12. Fight between pro or anti slavery in the Midwest
  13. A water way made early 1800's

30 Clues: Abolished Slavery • 6th U.S. President • Helped cotton collection • First Battle of Bull Run • Made freedman go into debt • Strengthened Supreme court • communication by Morse code • Division of all U.S. regions • A water way made early 1800's • Had his own era named after him • "March to the Sea" war strategy • Doubled the U.S. land territory • Battle that helped the Union win • ...

American Civil War 2025-09-29

American Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. someone willing to work hard for a cause to bring about change
  2. dispute; argument
  3. when two sides give a little in order to reach an agreement
  4. attempting to remove a state or region from its mother country
  5. the act of removing a state or region from its mother country
  6. has a big impact on a decision or action
  7. belonging to or part of the national government
  8. the work to end slavery in the 1800s
  9. having to do with borders and boundaries
  10. acting against your government or country
  11. a war between two or more groups within a country
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  1. someone who gives up their life for a cause
  2. a source of information that comes directly from the person, event, or time period
  3. a term referring to the people's right to vote on a decision
  4. rising up to overthrow or destroy the government and/or the country it represents
  5. a building that holds weapons and ammunition
  6. something that causes public disagreement
  7. in America, the reform movement to outlaw alcoholic beverages
  8. the highest court in the United States
  9. declared guilty in a court of law
  10. based on personal beliefs and values
  11. to make someone or something out to be bad or evil
  12. to make a change for the better
  13. a run away (from prison or from slavery)
  14. made illegal
  15. behaving like a gentlemen of old English times

26 Clues: made illegal • dispute; argument • to make a change for the better • declared guilty in a court of law • based on personal beliefs and values • the work to end slavery in the 1800s • the highest court in the United States • has a big impact on a decision or action • a run away (from prison or from slavery) • having to do with borders and boundaries • ...

Civil war Terms 2025-10-20

Civil war Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a book about the brutal realities of slavery through the parallel stories of two enslaved people
  2. the withdraw of 11 southern states from the union, leading to the civil war
  3. made main and Missouri a free and slaves states
  4. u.s foreign policy that warned European powers against interfering in the affairs in the western hemisphere
  5. a movement to end slavery
  6. the act of freeing enslaved people
  7. the organization of the territories Kansas and Nebraska
  8. a movement to end slavery
  9. a machine that separated seeds from cotton fibers
  10. a war that was an invasion of Mexico by the united states
  11. the most wanted good that lead to the spread of slavery
  12. a conflict between the united states and america
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  1. an escaped slaved that became a abolitionist and a writer who campaigned against slavery
  2. declared that African Americans couldn't be u.s citizens and had no right to sue in federal court
  3. a American abolitionist that was know for leading the 1859 raid oh harpers ferry
  4. the decision declared enslaved or free peoplecompromiseof1850 5 laws that were passed to release the tensions between the north and south
  5. the most wanted good that lead to slavery
  6. a american aboultionist who was known for his anti-slavery newspaper
  7. this act allowed enslavers to pursue and capture fugitives in free states
  8. American abolitionist and activist for african-american rights, and womens rights
  9. a system where enslaved people were treated like property, sold, and traded
  10. organization the territories between kansas and Nebraska
  11. a organized event where enslaved people were bought and sold as property
  12. secret routes and safe houses that were used by enslaved people to escape from the south to the north
  13. a American abolitionist who was enslaved, but escaped and traveled back 13 times to rescue roughly 70 people from enslavement

25 Clues: a movement to end slavery • a movement to end slavery • the act of freeing enslaved people • the most wanted good that lead to slavery • made main and Missouri a free and slaves states • a conflict between the united states and america • a machine that separated seeds from cotton fibers • the organization of the territories Kansas and Nebraska • ...

Civil War Crossword 2025-09-30

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union General afraid to lose troops
  2. Bloodiest day in American history: Battle of ________
  3. Virginian and General of the Confederate army
  4. One of the South's advantages: Excellent military __________
  5. Battle that was fought at the same time as Gettysburg and split the Confederates in two
  6. 16th president of the United States
  7. Lt. General of the Confederate army; AKA Stonewall
  8. Union slave state that surrounds D.C.
  9. carolina, First state to secede
  10. Last General of the Union army
  11. Battle between General Burnside and Jackson that ended in a Confederate victory
  12. Withdraw from a federal union
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  1. Robert E. Lee's "perfect battle"
  2. President of the Confederate States of America
  3. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  4. freed the slaves: Emancipation ____________
  5. First major battle of the Civil War
  6. First skirmish between the Confederate and Union soldiers: Battle of Fort ______
  7. Plan used by the Union to blockade Southern ports
  8. Battle where the Union advanced into the Mississippi River Valley

20 Clues: Withdraw from a federal union • Last General of the Union army • carolina, First state to secede • Robert E. Lee's "perfect battle" • Bloodiest battle of the Civil War • Union General afraid to lose troops • First major battle of the Civil War • 16th president of the United States • Union slave state that surrounds D.C. • freed the slaves: Emancipation ____________ • ...

Pre-Civil War 2025-12-16

Pre-Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. wrote very influential novel
  2. target of nativists
  3. attempted insurrection here
  4. Lincoln considered secession ________
  5. party of nativists
  6. last ditch attempt at compromise put forth by him
  7. angered abolitionists
  8. expansionists wanted to annex this island
  9. Lincoln and Douglas ran for this in 1858
  10. handed down controversial decision in 1857
  11. radical abolitionist; published "The Liberator"
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  1. attempt to prevent slavery in Mexican Cession
  2. radical and violent abolitionist
  3. party formed after KN Act
  4. 4th of July speech called attention to hypocrisy of republic
  5. entered Union in 1850
  6. cost Douglas southern support in election of 1860
  7. Supreme Court ruled enslaved ppl were this
  8. southerners pushing for secession
  9. seceded on December 20, 1860

20 Clues: party of nativists • target of nativists • entered Union in 1850 • angered abolitionists • party formed after KN Act • attempted insurrection here • wrote very influential novel • seceded on December 20, 1860 • radical and violent abolitionist • southerners pushing for secession • Lincoln considered secession ________ • Lincoln and Douglas ran for this in 1858 • ...

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

Guernica-Picasso's Message against War (Part1~4) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. It was his ( ) against the war.
  2. Its body is in pieces, and it has a ( ) in its side.
  3. There are also ( ) who have died and other symbols of war and destruction..
  4. Picasso was already famous ( ) when he was asked to paint ~ in Paris.
  5. meanの過去分詞
  6. It continues to express people’s strong ( ) for peace.
  7. destroy の派生名詞
  8. while feelings about the picture ( ) from person to person,~.
  9. ( ) the officer’s question meant, “Did you paint this picture?”
  10. The small town of Guernica was ( ) by German planes.
Down
  1. Someone is ( ) in the fire.
  2. In 1937 he created a ( ) painting about war.
  3. I want to express my ( ) with the Spanish Civil War.
  4. ( ) 15 days of the attack, Picasso started to paint Guernica.
  5. Picasso completed this ( ) work in just one month.
  6. While he was painting the work, he mad an ( ) about the painting.
  7. Guernica ( ) 3.5 meters high and 7.8 meters wide.
  8. One view is that the horse is a symbol of how war ( ) everything.
  9. This is your ( )
  10. In 1937 Spain was in the middle of a ( ) war.
  11. Picasso created Guernica as his own ( ) for peace.
  12. He used black, white and gray tones, which give Guernica a sad ( ).

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

Civil War/Reconstruction 2017-12-17

Civil War/Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A siege that lasted for about six weeks; after the Confederate forces surrendered, the Union had gained control of the Mississippi River
  2. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War; fought on September 17, 1862
  3. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
  4. Most notable general of the Confederate Army
  5. Considered the turning point of the war; after this battle Lincoln gave an address to honour those who had fallen and implored citizens to continue the war effort
  6. 16th president of the United States and the Union; assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
  7. Issued after the Battle of Antietam; freed all enslaved persons in the South
  8. A strategy practised by William T. Sherman which involved the destruction of both military and civilian property in hopes of destroying the South's economy and morale
  9. An organisation that opposed civil rights and used violence and fear against mainly African Americans
  10. General of the Union army that managed to force Lee's troops to surrender in the north
Down
  1. First female physician who played a major role in the Civil War; created the first training program for nurses
  2. April 12, 1861, first shots of the Civil War were fired here
  3. Place where General Lee's army surrendered to Grant's forces; this ultimately ended the war in the north region
  4. President of the Confederate States of America
  5. 17th president, took office after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
  6. Compared to the Anaconda snake who strangles it prey and kills it slowly, this plan was formulated to defeat the south with as little casualties as possible, though this plan would take time.

16 Clues: Most notable general of the Confederate Army • President of the Confederate States of America • April 12, 1861, first shots of the Civil War were fired here • Bloodiest battle of the Civil War; fought on September 17, 1862 • 17th president, took office after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. • ...

Civil War Georgia 2019-01-14

Civil War Georgia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of 1850 Allowed California to enter as free and divided territories won in the Mexican War to Utah and New Mexico. No decision on slavery
  2. War the social economic and constitutional disagreement between the North and the South
  3. Plan The Northern plan that was meant to strangle the South and cut off trade with other countries
  4. The blocking of Southern ports from trading
  5. Davis President of the Confederacy
  6. Person who supports abolition
  7. Brown Northern abolitionist who led the raid on Harpers Ferry
  8. to end slavery
  9. Lincoln 16th President of the United States. His election in 1860 caused the Southern States to secede from Union
  10. Platform stated that Georgia would remain in the Union as long as the Fugitive Slave Act would be enforced
  11. before war
  12. Slave Act stated that any slave escaping from slavery had to be returned to its owner
  13. Ferry located in Virginia, Brown hoped attack would rally slaves to revolte against their masters
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  1. Sovereignty Allowed people in certain areas to decide whether they wanted slavery or not
  2. States of America The country that the succeeding states formed
  3. Proclamation Document that Lincoln used to free the slaves in the Southern states
  4. Compromise The agreement that allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It was meant to keep the balance of free and slave state
  5. Rights Where the state has the right to decide on a particular issue
  6. Proviso Law that would forbid the expansion of slavery in western territories won from Mexico
  7. gold rush gold discovery in 1849. Prompting the debate of slavery in Union
  8. loyal to a certain part or region of the country
  9. To break away from the Union
  10. Stephens popular polition from Georgia, became the Vice President of the Confederacy.
  11. to say its not valid

24 Clues: before war • to end slavery • to say its not valid • To break away from the Union • Person who supports abolition • Davis President of the Confederacy • The blocking of Southern ports from trading • loyal to a certain part or region of the country • Brown Northern abolitionist who led the raid on Harpers Ferry • ...

Civil War/Slavery 2018-05-20

Civil War/Slavery crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What was the name of the tool that removed seeds from raw cotton that also increased the want for slaves?
  2. 16th President of the United States and known for getting emancipation for slaves in the US.
  3. Name of the side that was fighting for the right to own slaves
  4. The idea of being more loyal to towards one's state than their own country.
  5. Person who escaped slavery and became a conductor for the Underground Railroad
  6. Ordered by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1st 1863 that called for the freedom of all slaves
  7. Required all escaped slaves to return to their masters after captured. Citizens of Free States were required to help in the capturing of the slaves.
  8. Who was the man that assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865?
  9. What is the name of the battle known as the “bloodiest battle”?
  10. First state to secede from the Union after the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1848.
Down
  1. What was the name of the man who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom from slavery in 1857?
  2. On April 12, 1861 the first battle of the Civil War took place, where did it occur?
  3. Known for leading a charge on Harper's Ferry to take their weapons and arm a slave rebellion in 1859
  4. What was the name of the general of the Union who won the battle of Gettysburg?
  5. Proposed by Henry Clay that would not allow slavery over the 36°30 parallel line.
  6. Means the freeing of someone of slavery. What the Union was fighting for the slaves to get.
  7. Name of the Confederate general who surrendered at the Appomattox Court house in 1865?
  8. Repealed the Missouri Compromise and would allow the people of Kansas and Nebraska to do decide if they would be pro or anti slavery.
  9. Who was the President of the newly configured South government?
  10. People who fought for the emancipation of slaves were known as…
  11. Who was the man that invented a machine that that removed seeds from raw cotton, and greatly increased the want for slaves and slave labor?
  12. New political party that emerged in the 1848 presidential election that had a main goal to keep slavery out of the newly acquired western territories
  13. African American abolitionist and former slave who wrote about the true horrors of slavery in his newspaper called the “North Star”.
  14. Amendment that was ratified in December of 1865 that banned all slavery
  15. Proposed by David Wilmot and would not allow slavery in the newly acquired western territory from Mexico.
  16. What was the name of the side that was fighting for the preservation of the country, and to end slavery?

26 Clues: Name of the side that was fighting for the right to own slaves • Who was the President of the newly configured South government? • People who fought for the emancipation of slaves were known as… • What is the name of the battle known as the “bloodiest battle”? • Who was the man that assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865? • ...

Civil War Crossword 2017-04-06

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fought 5 separate times in the summer of 1862
  2. had a path of destruction to completely destroy both civilian and military resources
  3. the general of the Union Army
  4. states that were against secession, but allowed slavery; with the Union
  5. Union general who created the military's strategy
  6. 1st major battle that happened in July 1861
  7. states that separated after Lincoln took office
  8. battle that decided who had greater control of the Mississippi River Valley
  9. a short, moving speech delivered on November 19, 1863
  10. Lee's forces pushed the Union out of Virginia
Down
  1. wanted high taxes
  2. bloodiest single day battle in U.S. history; Union victory
  3. freed all slaves in the Confederacy on January 1, 1863
  4. warship created by the Confederacy
  5. battle that started the Civil War on April 12, 1861
  6. 16th President
  7. President of the Confederate States
  8. nickname for Thomas Jackson
  9. the general of the Confederate Army
  10. North made one on the Mississippi and cut off the South's trading

20 Clues: 16th President • wanted high taxes • nickname for Thomas Jackson • the general of the Union Army • warship created by the Confederacy • President of the Confederate States • the general of the Confederate Army • 1st major battle that happened in July 1861 • fought 5 separate times in the summer of 1862 • Lee's forces pushed the Union out of Virginia • ...

civil war causes 2021-12-09

civil war causes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Repealed the Missouri Compromise - allowing popular sovereignty.
  2. Movement to get rid of slavery
  3. 1787 law that kept slavery out of the territories
  4. Tried to arm slaves for a uprising against their masters - Harper’s Ferry
  5. Leave - The south began this after Lincoln’s election
  6. Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  7. The Liberator publisher
  8. The Great Compromiser
  9. His cabin is the setting of a book about the horrors of slavery
  10. Compromise that make the 36º30’ slavery line
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  1. Kansas nickname due to fighting over slavery.
  2. Political party started to stop the spread of slavery
  3. Slave Law (Act) to return runaway slaves to their owners.
  4. John Brown’s raid of this arsenal (gun storage) was to start a slave uprising.
  5. Newspaper for immediate abolition
  6. Free state according to the Compromise of 1850.
  7. Self rule - squatters/popular--- means voting on slavery
  8. servants who worked for 5-7 years for a trip to America
  9. “A nation divided cannot stand” statement in debate
  10. Debate view supported voting over slavery (squatter sovereignty)

20 Clues: The Great Compromiser • The Liberator publisher • Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Movement to get rid of slavery • Newspaper for immediate abolition • Compromise that make the 36º30’ slavery line • Kansas nickname due to fighting over slavery. • Free state according to the Compromise of 1850. • 1787 law that kept slavery out of the territories • ...

Civil War Crossword 2020-06-04

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. military supplies
  2. a states withdrawal from the Union
  3. a guard placed in advance of a military outpost
  4. a group of soldiers stationed at a military post
  5. a political party generally against slavery, became defunct by the time of the Civil War
  6. blade or knife attached to the end of a rifle
  7. made of 1,000 to 1,500 men
  8. a bottle for carrying water, used by soldiers
  9. fortified structures meant to strengthen a position in battle
  10. northerner, someone loyal to the union
  11. a regiment known for its bright and colorful uniforms, found both in Union and Confederate armies
  12. fortification with walls jutting towards the enemy
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  1. effort by union to keep ships from leaving southern ports
  2. a tightly bound bundle of sticks used to reinforce structures
  3. disease that caused fever, prevalent during the civil war
  4. freedom from slavery
  5. border between Pennsylvania and Maryland, originally a line determining if a state was free or not, like the Missouri Compromise
  6. groups of soldiers stationed in advance of a main force
  7. branch of military using ships to battle
  8. used to protect army positions from explosion and gunfire
  9. branch of military made up of foot soldiers
  10. hard biscuit made of flour
  11. to make a fortification so that the enemy can't make an accurate shot inside
  12. a site where a miltary operation and battles are active
  13. a sack used by soldiers to carry rations or food

25 Clues: military supplies • freedom from slavery • hard biscuit made of flour • made of 1,000 to 1,500 men • a states withdrawal from the Union • northerner, someone loyal to the union • branch of military using ships to battle • branch of military made up of foot soldiers • blade or knife attached to the end of a rifle • a bottle for carrying water, used by soldiers • ...

Civil War Unit 2021-11-29

Civil War Unit crossword puzzle
Across
  1. person whose wealth comes from the ownership of industrial businesses and who favors government policies that support industry
  2. an agreement made by Congress in 1820 under which Missouri was admitted to the Union as a state with slavery and Maine was admitted as a state without slavery
  3. Proviso a proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War
  4. person who favors an agricultural way of life and government policies that support agricultural interests
  5. the dramatic change in economies and cultures brought about by the use of machines to do work formerly done by hand
  6. laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former Confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans
  7. a person who flees or tries to escape (for example, from slavery)
  8. the right of an accused person to appear in court so a judge can determine whether he or she is being imprisoned lawfully
  9. laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the South after the Civil War
  10. a village in Virginia that was the site of the Confederate surrender to Union forces under the command of General Ulysses S. Grant
  11. a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country
  12. a series of political debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, who were candidates in the Illinois race for U.S. senator, in which slavery was the main issue
  13. a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1870, declaring that states cannot deny anyone the right to vote because of race or color or because the person was once enslaved
  14. a speech by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg in memory of the Union soldiers who had died trying to protect the ideals of freedom upon which the nation was founded
  15. a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guaranteeing all individuals equal protection of the law
Down
  1. a Supreme Court decision in 1857 that held that African Americans could never be citizens of the United States and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
  2. the dramatic change in economies and cultures brought about by the use of machines to do work formerly done by hand
  3. a hand-operated machine that cleans seeds and other unwanted material from cotton
  4. laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the South after the Civil War
  5. an influence that draws someone to a new location
  6. the agreements made in order to admit California into the Union as a state without slavery. These agreements included allowing the New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether to allow slavery, outlawing the trade of enslaved people in Washington, D.C., and creating a stronger fugitive slave law.
  7. the rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people as citizens, especially equal treatment under the law
  8. an act passed in 1854 that created the Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to determine whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories
  9. the clearing away of forests
  10. an order issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declaring people enslaved in the Confederate states to be free
  11. an influence that drives someone away from a location
  12. the United States as one nation united under a single government. During the Civil War, “the Union” came to mean the government and armies of the North.
  13. an agency established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed black Americans
  14. a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolishing slavery in the United States
  15. another name for the Confederate States of America, made up of the 11 states that seceded from the Union

30 Clues: the clearing away of forests • an influence that draws someone to a new location • an influence that drives someone away from a location • a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country • a person who flees or tries to escape (for example, from slavery) • laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the South after the Civil War • ...

Civil War Review 2022-02-15

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is when the South wanted to leave the North
  2. This side wanted to keep America together, and was against slavery
  3. This means without a doubt
  4. This person worked alongside Abraham Lincoln and gave advice to him
  5. This person was the President of the Confederate States (the South)
  6. This is the color uniform that the Union would wear
  7. This was the 16th President of the United States
  8. This is the beginning of an essay--a "sneak peak" into what your essay is discussing
  9. This is someone who wanted to end slavery
  10. This means to give up
  11. This woman helped free over 500 enslaved people, and was also a spy for the Union
  12. This Courthouse is where Lee surrendered to Grant
  13. This side wanted to form their own country where slavery was legal
Down
  1. This summarizes your entire essay, and is the final paragraph
  2. This is part of the army that fights on foot
  3. This Proclamation was created by Abraham Lincoln with the intention of freeing all enslaved people in the South (however, it did not end up freeing any enslaved people)
  4. This crop was important to the South's economy
  5. This was the first documented African-American woman to disguise herself as a male soldier
  6. This is the color uniform that the Confederates would wear
  7. This was a group of African-American regiments in the US army
  8. Acting quickly without thinking
  9. This person led the Union Army
  10. This person led the Confederate Army, and surrendered to the Union

23 Clues: This means to give up • This means without a doubt • This person led the Union Army • Acting quickly without thinking • This is someone who wanted to end slavery • This is part of the army that fights on foot • This crop was important to the South's economy • This is when the South wanted to leave the North • This was the 16th President of the United States • ...

Pre Civil War 2022-03-29

Pre Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First state to secede
  2. Anti-slavery party that formed in the 1850's
  3. Proposed Kansas-Nebraska Act
  4. Missouri slave who sued for his freedom
  5. Pro-slavery candidate in election of 1860
  6. People who wanted to end slavery
  7. Abolitionist who led massacre in Kansas
  8. Won 1856 presidential election
  9. _________ Sovereignty means the people get to vote.
  10. Republican presidential candidate in 1856
  11. Charles ________ was beaten with a cane.
  12. _________ Slave Act forced the return of runaway slaves
  13. Proposed Compromise of 1850
Down
  1. Became free state as part of Compromise of 1850
  2. Sojourner ________ was a famous abolitionist.
  3. ___________ Railroad helped slave escape the South
  4. This is what southern states did after Lincoln's election.
  5. Won presidential election of 1860
  6. Fighting over slavery led to Bleeding _______.
  7. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case
  8. John Brown stole from US arsenal at _______ Ferry.
  9. Government of the South after they seceded
  10. Conductor of the Underground Railroad

23 Clues: First state to secede • Proposed Compromise of 1850 • Proposed Kansas-Nebraska Act • Won 1856 presidential election • People who wanted to end slavery • Won presidential election of 1860 • Conductor of the Underground Railroad • Missouri slave who sued for his freedom • Abolitionist who led massacre in Kansas • Charles ________ was beaten with a cane. • ...

Civil War Era 2013-05-28

Civil War Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union's war strategy to defeat the South using blockades
  2. Confederate economic problem during the war that made its money practically worthless
  3. person who wanted emancipation for slaves at once
  4. Confederate general from Virginia who was the commander of the army
  5. first federal fort the South attacked
  6. leader of the Confederacy
  7. nurse during the war who founded the American Red Cross
  8. place where Lee surrendered to Grant
  9. Northern Democratic candidate of 1860
  10. first major battle in which the South's win shocked the North
  11. black abolitionist who published the North Star
  12. Constitutional Amendment prohibiting slavery
  13. name for military draft
  14. Republican president who won the election of 1860
  15. name of General Sherman's destruction of Atlanta to the sea
Down
  1. woman who helped slaves escape using the Underground Railroad
  2. person against slavery
  3. battle that the North won, turning the tide in the war
  4. Southern farmer who owned a little land and few slaves
  5. name for slave states that fought for the Union
  6. belief that blacks couldn't care for themselves with whites' guidance
  7. abolitionist who published the Liberator newspaper
  8. last attempt by Southern leaders to negotiate before the war
  9. antislavery novel that played on people's sympathies
  10. Constitutional Union Party candidate during 1860 election
  11. people who criticized Lincoln for destroying the South during the war
  12. writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  13. name of Confederate general who was successful in the early parts of the war
  14. law about escaped slaves that many abolitionists refused to follow
  15. organization to help blacks find work, shelter, and education
  16. when businesses charged the government extra for war products
  17. Southern Democratic candidate of 1860

32 Clues: person against slavery • name for military draft • leader of the Confederacy • writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin • place where Lee surrendered to Grant • first federal fort the South attacked • Northern Democratic candidate of 1860 • Southern Democratic candidate of 1860 • Constitutional Amendment prohibiting slavery • name for slave states that fought for the Union • ...

civil war crossword 2013-05-23

civil war crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Term for a Northerner who opposed the war effort.
  2. Party/ The major political party in America most sympathetic to states rights and willing to tolerate the spread of slavery to the territories. Democrats opposed a strong Federal government. Most Southern men were Democrats before the War.
  3. Loyal to the government of the United States. Also known as Union, Yankee, or Northern.
  4. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
  5. Freedom from slavery
  6. A metal blade, like a long knife or short sword, that could be attached to the end of a musket or rifle-musket and used as a spear or pike in hand-to-hand combat.
  7. Long, cylindrical metal rod used to push the cartridge down the barrel of a musket in preparation for firing.
  8. Also called the South or the Confederate States of America, the Confederacy incorporated the states that seceded from the United States of America to form their own nation. Confederate states were: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
  9. To formally approve or sanction.
  10. Loyal to the Confederate States. Also Southern or Confederate.
  11. Actively attacking someone
  12. A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action.
  13. To practice marching, military formations and the steps in firing and handling one's weapon
  14. A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare. During the Civil War, “blue water” ships cruised the oceans and “brown water” boats floated up and down the rivers
  15. Monkey/ A sailor (sometimes a child) who carried explosives from the ship's magazine to the ship's guns
  16. A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored.
Down
  1. Troops, like the National Guard, who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency.
  2. The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people.
  3. Crop/ A crop such as tobacco or cotton which was grown to be sold for cash --not grown for food like corn or wheat
  4. A ship protected by iron armor.
  5. Gunboats using stacked cotton bales to protect themselves from enemy fire.
  6. Also called the Union or the United States the North was the part of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War. Northern states were: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. West Virginia became a Northern state in 1863 and California and Oregon were also officially Northern but they had little direct involvement in the War.
  7. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
  8. Also called the North or the United States, the Union was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War
  9. The science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming
  10. The long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is fired
  11. Resisting or protecting against attack from someone
  12. Yell/ A high-pitched cry that Confederate soldiers would shout when attacking. First heard at First Manassas (First Bull Run) Union troops found the eerie noise unnerving.
  13. Loyal to the Confederacy. Also Southern or Rebel.
  14. To lie in wait for an unexpected attack
  15. States/ The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri. Although these states did not officially join the Confederacy, many of their citizens supported the South.
  16. To rush towards the enemy.

32 Clues: Freedom from slavery • To rush towards the enemy. • Actively attacking someone • A ship protected by iron armor. • To formally approve or sanction. • To lie in wait for an unexpected attack • Term for a Northerner who opposed the war effort. • Loyal to the Confederacy. Also Southern or Rebel. • Resisting or protecting against attack from someone • ...

Civil War Review 2013-12-09

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Missouri entered U.S. as slave state and Maine as a free state
  2. Harriet Beacher Stowe's novel
  3. gave 2 states popular soverignty
  4. first battle
  5. noths advantage
  6. was in charge of andersonville
  7. turning point in war
  8. tax on goods
  9. against slavery
  10. battle in GA, CSA victory
  11. very unsanitary prison in GA
  12. CSA general who surrendered
  13. case taken to supreme court about a slave
  14. the plan for the noth
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  1. elected in 1864
  2. will not free the slaves
  3. refers to the 10th amen.
  4. ran the Noths economy
  5. "began" civil war
  6. loyalty to the interests to one's own region or section of the country
  7. style of the south
  8. souths main advantage
  9. Souths economy based on
  10. union general
  11. style of the north

25 Clues: first battle • tax on goods • union general • elected in 1864 • noths advantage • against slavery • "began" civil war • style of the south • style of the north • turning point in war • ran the Noths economy • souths main advantage • the plan for the noth • Souths economy based on • will not free the slaves • refers to the 10th amen. • battle in GA, CSA victory • CSA general who surrendered • ...

Civil War Review 2014-05-21

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. After Lincoln issued this, Britain and France decided to withhold recognition of the Confederacy.
  2. Idea the the system should let the people decide on an issue.
  3. Wisconsin birthplace of the Republican party.
  4. Place where Lee surrendered to Grant.
  5. Invented the cotton gin.
  6. Ordered all citizens of the U.S. assist in the return of escaped enslaved people.
  7. Assassinated President Lincoln
  8. Law that was meant to preserve the balance of power in the Senate.
  9. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court that ruled on the Dred Scott v. Sanford case.
  10. Also known as conscription, law that required men between certain ages to serve in the army for three years.
  11. North's plan or strategy to "starve" out the south.
  12. Loyalty given to interests of a region or section of the country.
  13. Considered a border state.
  14. William Tecomseh Sherman began a "March to the Sea" heading to this Georgia town.
  15. September 17, 1862, bloodiest day of the entire Civil War.
  16. Southerners justified this with a theory that states' rights trumped Federal laws.
Down
  1. The first state to vote to secede.
  2. First battle of the Civil War.
  3. Former slave that spoke out against slavery.
  4. Merrimac and Monitor was significant because it was this.
  5. New nation created by those states that seceded from the Union following Lincoln's election.
  6. The Dred Scott decision made the Missouri Compromise this.
  7. People who worked to get rid of slavery in the U.S.
  8. Meant to be temporary this tax was created to help pay for the Civil War.
  9. Confederate capital 100 miles from Washington, D.C.
  10. Pro-Slavery Missouri voters moved into this state to take part in deciding slavery laws in this state.
  11. After the battle of Antietam, Lincoln took action against this.
  12. First president of the Confederate States of America.
  13. Missouri Compromise 36°-30°
  14. Confederate and Union soldiers came mostly from these.
  15. Won the election of 1860.
  16. Led an attack at Harpers Ferry intended to get enslaved people to rebel.
  17. Invention that increased the costs of growing cotton.
  18. of Columbia Where was slavery prohibited in the Compromise of 1850?

34 Clues: Invented the cotton gin. • Won the election of 1860. • Considered a border state. • Missouri Compromise 36°-30° • First battle of the Civil War. • Assassinated President Lincoln • The first state to vote to secede. • Place where Lee surrendered to Grant. • Former slave that spoke out against slavery. • Wisconsin birthplace of the Republican party. • ...

The Civil War 2014-03-11

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To formally approve or sanction.
  2. Roll of thin paper which held a small amount of gun powder in the bottom and a ball or bullet in the top. A soldier needed to tear off the top of the cartridge in order to fire his weapon - part of the nine steps to fire a muzzle loading gun (or five to fire a breech loading gun).
  3. hard crackers often issued to soldiers of both sides during the Civil War.
  4. A term often used to describe the United States of America before the outbreak of the Civil War.
  5. A group of soldiers stationed at a military post.
  6. A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured.
  7. A group of 50 to 100 soldiers led by a captain. 10 companies = 1 regiment, about 4 regiments = 1 brigade, 2 to 5 brigades = 1 division, 2 or more divisions = 1 corps, 1 or more corps = 1 army.
  8. Mason-Dixon Line: A boundary surveyed in the 1760s that ran between Pennsylvania to the North and Delaware, Maryland and (West) Virginia to the South. It became a symbolic division between free states and slave states.
  9. A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot.
  10. Blanket or other bedding rolled up and carried over the shoulder by a soldier. Sometimes soldiers would include personal belongings in their bedroll.
  11. The lowest rank in the army.
Down
  1. A term used for “living off the land,” as well as plundering committed by soldiers.
  2. A ship protected by iron armor.
  3. Freedom from slavery.
  4. A two-wheeled or four-wheeled wagon or cart used to transport wounded or sick soldiers
  5. The term used for military supplies, such as weaponry and ammunition.
  6. Raised platform or mound allowing an artillery piece to be fired over a fortification's walls without exposing the gun crew to enemy fire.
  7. Pea A common southern term for "peanut".
  8. A leather shoe, similar to an ankle-high boot, issued to soldiers during the Civil War. Brogans were also popular amongst civilians during the time period
  9. To practice marching, military formations and the steps in firing and handling one's weapon.

20 Clues: Freedom from slavery. • The lowest rank in the army. • A ship protected by iron armor. • To formally approve or sanction. • Pea A common southern term for "peanut". • A group of soldiers stationed at a military post. • A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured. • The term used for military supplies, such as weaponry and ammunition. • ...

The Civil War 2014-03-11

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A group of 50 to 100 soldiers led by a captain. 10 companies = 1 regiment, about 4 regiments = 1 brigade, 2 to 5 brigades = 1 division, 2 or more divisions = 1 corps, 1 or more corps = 1 army.
  2. Mason-Dixon Line: A boundary surveyed in the 1760s that ran between Pennsylvania to the North and Delaware, Maryland and (West) Virginia to the South. It became a symbolic division between free states and slave states.
  3. A term often used to describe the United States of America before the outbreak of the Civil War.
  4. Roll of thin paper which held a small amount of gun powder in the bottom and a ball or bullet in the top. A soldier needed to tear off the top of the cartridge in order to fire his weapon - part of the nine steps to fire a muzzle loading gun (or five to fire a breech loading gun).
  5. A ship protected by iron armor.
  6. Raised platform or mound allowing an artillery piece to be fired over a fortification's walls without exposing the gun crew to enemy fire.
  7. A leather shoe, similar to an ankle-high boot, issued to soldiers during the Civil War.
  8. A group of soldiers stationed at a military post.
  9. To practice marching, military formations and the steps in firing and handling one's weapon.
  10. To formally approve or sanction.
Down
  1. A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot.
  2. A two-wheeled or four-wheeled wagon or cart used to transport wounded or sick soldiers
  3. Freedom from slavery.
  4. hard crackers often issued to soldiers of both sides during the Civil War.
  5. Pea A common southern term for "peanut".
  6. A term used for “living off the land,” as well as plundering committed by soldiers.
  7. Blanket or other bedding rolled up and carried over the shoulder by a soldier. Sometimes soldiers would include personal belongings in their bedroll.
  8. A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured.
  9. The lowest rank in the army.
  10. The term used for military supplies, such as weaponry and ammunition.

20 Clues: Freedom from slavery. • The lowest rank in the army. • A ship protected by iron armor. • To formally approve or sanction. • Pea A common southern term for "peanut". • A group of soldiers stationed at a military post. • A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured. • The term used for military supplies, such as weaponry and ammunition. • ...

The Civil War 2014-03-11

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The president during the Civil War
  2. A general rise in prices.
  3. Was an enslaved man who had been owned by a U.S. Army doctor, who was then brought to live in the Wisconsin Territory, where slavery is illegal.
  4. Meant that people in the territory or state would vote directly on issues, rather than having their elected representatives decide.
  5. Withdraw
  6. Was put as General after the Union's defeat at Bull Run. His army trained for seven months, but didn't attack.
  7. covered with protective iron plates.
  8. Took over for George McClellan, and led the most successful Union armies.
  9. Passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, eager to develop lands in Illionois, and debated against Abraham Lincoln.
  10. Another Union army General, who advanced toward Atlanta, and was a tough soldier. Believed in total war and the Confederates couldn't stop his advances (middle name too).
Down
  1. Runaway enslaved people.
  2. Northerner who was affected by the Fugitive Slave Act, who published Uncle Tom's Cabin.
  3. Slave states that did not secede.
  4. A system of required military service.
  5. A military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it.
  6. A tax on the money people receive.
  7. All-out attacks aimed at destroying an enemy's army, its resources, and its people's will to fight.
  8. A war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country.
  9. An attempt to capture a place by surrounding it with military forces and cutting it off until the people inside surrender.
  10. Not favoring either side.

20 Clues: Withdraw • Runaway enslaved people. • A general rise in prices. • Not favoring either side. • Slave states that did not secede. • The president during the Civil War • A tax on the money people receive. • covered with protective iron plates. • A system of required military service. • A war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2012-02-26

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. commander of the confederate army
  2. the south
  3. northerner's nickname
  4. advocated the abolition of slavery
  5. slave who sued unsuccessfully for his freedom
  6. missouri, kentucky, west virginia, maryland, and delaware
  7. american abolitionist, author, statesman, reformer, ex-slave, etc.
  8. law that said runaway slaves must be returned to owners
  9. lincoln's famous speech
  10. system to help free slaves
Down
  1. founder of american red cross
  2. the south's nickname
  3. forced unpaid labor
  4. the north
  5. 16th president of u.s.
  6. proclamation that freed slaves
  7. prevention of troops to exit
  8. plans for war
  9. pride in one's section
  10. the man who assassinated president lincoln

20 Clues: the north • the south • plans for war • forced unpaid labor • the south's nickname • northerner's nickname • 16th president of u.s. • pride in one's section • lincoln's famous speech • system to help free slaves • prevention of troops to exit • founder of american red cross • proclamation that freed slaves • commander of the confederate army • advocated the abolition of slavery • ...

Civil War Crossword 2012-02-26

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. commander of the confederate army
  2. proclamation that freed slaves
  3. the south's nickname
  4. the north
  5. lincoln's famous speech
  6. founder of american red cross
  7. northerner's nickname
Down
  1. law that said runaway slaves must be returned to owners
  2. pride in one's section
  3. advocated the abolition of slavery
  4. plans for war
  5. prevention of troops to exit
  6. the south
  7. system to help free slaves
  8. american abolitionist, author, statesman, reformer, ex-slave, etc.
  9. missouri, kentucky, west virginia, maryland, and delaware
  10. slave who sued unsuccessfully for his freedom
  11. 16th president of u.s.
  12. forced unpaid labor
  13. the man who assassinated president lincoln

20 Clues: the south • the north • plans for war • forced unpaid labor • the south's nickname • northerner's nickname • pride in one's section • 16th president of u.s. • lincoln's famous speech • system to help free slaves • prevention of troops to exit • founder of american red cross • proclamation that freed slaves • commander of the confederate army • advocated the abolition of slavery • ...

The Civil War 2013-04-08

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. True or False, The Confederate States of America was viewed as their own country since they succeeded from the Union?
  2. Emancipation Proclamation What did Lincoln call his “greatest and most endearing contribution to the history of the war?”
  3. Davis Who was the President of the Confederacy?
  4. Sumter Where were the first shots of the war fired?
  5. When states succeeded from the Union, they would go on to create a Union of their own. What was the new Union's name?
  6. What was the most common disease among southern soldiers?
  7. Where was the battle of Olustee?
  8. Who won the American Civil War?
  9. Theatre Where was Lincoln assassinated?
  10. True or False, African-Americans were allowed to fight in the American Civil War?
Down
  1. What was the name of the play President Lincoln attended at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865?
  2. How many days after Robert E. Lee's surrender was Abraham Lincoln shot and killed?
  3. What city was chosen as the Confederate capital in 1861?
  4. On May 4, 1865, Lincoln was buried in ____________, Illinois.
  5. Lincoln wrote the _________ Address.
  6. Wade Who was the only civilian killed at Gettysburg?
  7. How many states eventually ended up succeeding from the Union?
  8. What Northern state first called for the enlistment of Black troops in the Civil War?
  9. Which General led the March to the Sea?
  10. Lincoln Who was elected U.S. President in 1860?
  11. How many states had succeeded when Lincoln took office?
  12. Wilkes Booth Who assassinated Lincoln?
  13. Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
  14. Which side was against high tariffs?

24 Clues: Who won the American Civil War? • Where was the battle of Olustee? • Lincoln wrote the _________ Address. • Which side was against high tariffs? • Wilkes Booth Who assassinated Lincoln? • Which General led the March to the Sea? • Theatre Where was Lincoln assassinated? • Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation? • Davis Who was the President of the Confederacy? • ...

Civil War Crossword 2013-04-11

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. :former general and candidate for the presidency in 1864
  2. :fortress that's capture split the South in two
  3. :responsible for the assassination of Lincoln
  4. :plan designed to smother the South's economy
  5. :southern general killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville "Stonewall"
  6. :southern general at the Battle of Fort Henry
  7. :northern Democrats that opposed war and sympathized with the South
  8. :one of the three rivers that Sherman damaged that was crucial to the South
  9. :site where Lee's last attempt to an invasion of the North was turned back
  10. :A coalition of Republicans and War Democrats that helped Lincoln's re-election
  11. Lincoln's vice president and running mate in the election of 1864
Down
  1. :Georgian city given to Lincoln as a Christmas present by Sherman
  2. :fort in Mississippi where black soldiers were massacred after surrender.
  3. :anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported
  4. a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid used in medicine as a pain reliever
  5. :warships covered in iron
  6. :freeing someone from the control of another
  7. :capital of the Confederacy
  8. :confederate general at the Battle of Shiloh
  9. :armed forces that prevent the transportation of goods and people of an area

20 Clues: :warships covered in iron • :capital of the Confederacy • :freeing someone from the control of another • :confederate general at the Battle of Shiloh • :responsible for the assassination of Lincoln • :plan designed to smother the South's economy • :southern general at the Battle of Fort Henry • :fortress that's capture split the South in two • ...