civil war Crossword Puzzles
Standard 10 Vocabulary 2023-03-08
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- If 10% of voting population in each seceding state took an oath of allegiance and followed Emancipation Proclamation, they could return to the Union
- Carpetbaggers were northerners who went south after the Civil War; Scalawags were southerners who supported the policies of Reconstruction
- Ku Klux Klan created by veterans of Confederate Army; Advocated White Supremacy
- Impeached because he violated the Tenure Office Act; Removed Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War
- farm worker who pays rent with a portion of crop he raises
- First African American to serve in the US Senate (Mississippi 1870-1871)
- Founded to educate African American men in theology and education
- Federal gov’t agency that aided freed slaves during Reconstruction
- Wanted to punish the South and protect civil rights of African Americans
- workers live on the farms they work on in order to build capital
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- Civil Rights Amendments; 13th abolished slavery, 14th provided citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S., 15th amendment gave African American males right to vote
- Andrew Johnson issued pardons to Confederate leaders, returned confiscated property and undermined the Freedmen’s Bureau
- Laws passed by southern states after the Civil War to restrict African Americans’ freedom
- Awarded Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential election of 1876 on premise that he remove federal troops from the South.
- Government action to return the South back to normal as soon as possible following the end of the Civil War
15 Clues: farm worker who pays rent with a portion of crop he raises • workers live on the farms they work on in order to build capital • Founded to educate African American men in theology and education • Federal gov’t agency that aided freed slaves during Reconstruction • First African American to serve in the US Senate (Mississippi 1870-1871) • ...
Reconstruction Vocabulary 2023-02-16
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- an African American who migrated from the South to Kansas in the post-Reconstruction years
- Codes Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War
- the right to hold an office once a person is confirmed
- to execute, by hanging, without lawful approval
- tax A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote
- open to people of all races or ethnic groups without restriction; desegregated
- clauses Laws that allowed people to vote as long as their grandfather was permitted to vote prior to 1866. It targeted African Americans.
- Soldiers Nickname for African-American soldiers who fought in the wars against Native Americans living on the Great Plains during the 1870s
- rights the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law
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- Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
- A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one who tried to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states
- A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
- the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
- An office that provides specific information
- white Southerner who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction
15 Clues: An office that provides specific information • to execute, by hanging, without lawful approval • the right to hold an office once a person is confirmed • rights the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law • Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences • white Southerner who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction • ...
Civil War/Reconstruction 2017-12-17
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- An organisation that opposed civil rights and used violence and fear against mainly African Americans
- Bloodiest battle of the Civil War; fought on September 17, 1862
- Issued after the Battle of Antietam; freed all enslaved persons in the South
- First female physician who played a major role in the Civil War; created the first training program for nurses
- 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
- 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
- 17th president, took office after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
- Most notable general of the Confederate Army
- A siege that lasted for about six weeks; after the Confederate forces surrendered, the Union had gained control of the Mississippi River
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- April 12, 1861, first shots of the Civil War were fired here
- 16th president of the United States and the Union; assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
- "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
- 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.
- Place where General Lee's army surrendered to Grant's forces; this ultimately ended the war in the north region
- General of the Union army that managed to force Lee's troops to surrender in the north
- President of the Confederate States of America
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 2018-05-18
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- commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War
- first to secede from Union
- only president of the confederate states
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- pushed full equality for negro troops
- commander in chief for union during the Civil War
- most important and most famous battle in the Civil War
- first battle of the Civil War
- Issued the Emancipation Proclamation
8 Clues: first to secede from Union • first battle of the Civil War • Issued the Emancipation Proclamation • pushed full equality for negro troops • only president of the confederate states • commander in chief for union during the Civil War • most important and most famous battle in the Civil War • commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War
Reading Comprehension (Gettysburg Address) ) 2022-12-01
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- Battle that marked turning point in Civil War
- length of time that Gettysburg Address lasted
- month Battle of Gettsburg was fought in
- War 51,000 soilders were killed in 1863
- term referring to the South during Civil War
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- state Battle of Gettysburg was fought in
- term referring to the North during Civil WAr
- president that delivered Gettysburg Address
- type of presentation Gettysburg Address was
9 Clues: month Battle of Gettsburg was fought in • War 51,000 soilders were killed in 1863 • state Battle of Gettysburg was fought in • president that delivered Gettysburg Address • type of presentation Gettysburg Address was • term referring to the North during Civil WAr • term referring to the South during Civil War • Battle that marked turning point in Civil War • ...
Test 6 Review 2024-12-16
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- Confederate loss of the Mississippi River
- Trade in the East was revived by the what?
- Slavery in the United States was outlawed through which Amendment?
- Major turning point of the War for Independence Battle of what?
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- A person who risks personal loss to develop and market new products or ideas is called a what?
- The most decisive battle of the Civil War
- The first permanent English settlement in the New World was what?
- The final battle of the War for Independence?
- What Civil war Battle cleared the way for a Union invasion of Georgia?
- Bloodiest single day in the Civil War?
10 Clues: Bloodiest single day in the Civil War? • The most decisive battle of the Civil War • Confederate loss of the Mississippi River • Trade in the East was revived by the what? • The final battle of the War for Independence? • Major turning point of the War for Independence Battle of what? • The first permanent English settlement in the New World was what? • ...
Chapter 12 Cross Word Puzzle 2019-01-31
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- Landowners who gave workers land to farm, but in return they have to give back some of their yield.
- A Representative of Pennsylvania.
- Charge an official with misconduct in Office. House of Representatives can only do this.
- One of the Congressional Republicans who wanted t destroy the political power for former slave holders.
- Prohibits the denial of voting right to people who were formally slaves.
- Rebuilding the U.S. post Civil War.
- Discriminatory laws post Civil War that severely restricted African Americans.
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- A federal agency to help former slaves.
- First African American Senator
- Gave Congress control of Reconstruction.
- People who were born in the U.S. have equal rights to citizenship and protection.
- Succeeded Abraham Lincoln.
- Farm workers supply their own tool, but rent out plots of land to farm from.
- A club to gain back white supremacy.
- A Northener who moved to the South post Civil War
15 Clues: Succeeded Abraham Lincoln. • First African American Senator • A Representative of Pennsylvania. • Rebuilding the U.S. post Civil War. • A club to gain back white supremacy. • A federal agency to help former slaves. • Gave Congress control of Reconstruction. • A Northener who moved to the South post Civil War • ...
Clara Barton 2023-08-10
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- Clara Barton established and managed these for wounded soldiers.
- Clara Barton was an advocate for women's rights and _ __ rights.
- Clara Barton's early profession before her humanitarian work.
- Nickname given to Clara Barton for her work on the battlefield.
- Humanitarian organization founded by Clara Barton.
- Where Clara Barton provided aid to wounded soldiers during the Civil War.
- Clara Barton helped identify missing soldiers after this battle.
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- The group that Clara Barton provided aid to during the Civil War.
- Clara Barton's role in relation to the American Red Cross.
- The nationality of the Red Cross organization Clara Barton founded.
- Profession that Clara Barton is most famously associated with.
- Clara Barton was born in this U.S. state.
- Clara Barton's efforts during disasters were focused on providing this.
- Term describing Clara Barton's dedication to helping others in need.
- Where Clara Barton worked as a clerk before the Civil War.
15 Clues: Clara Barton was born in this U.S. state. • Humanitarian organization founded by Clara Barton. • Clara Barton's role in relation to the American Red Cross. • Where Clara Barton worked as a clerk before the Civil War. • Clara Barton's early profession before her humanitarian work. • Profession that Clara Barton is most famously associated with. • ...
US History Final Ch 16 Section 1 Vocab 2025-04-22
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- – A system of required military service.
- Plan – Union strategy to blockade the South and control the Mississippi River.
- Sumter – The site of the first shots of the Civil War.
- – The southern states that seceded from the Union.
- – An organized resistance against authority or government.
- Law – Military rule over a civilian population.
- Davis – President of the Confederate States of America.
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- – A military force made up of ordinary citizens.
- Lincoln – President of the United States during the Civil War.
- – Someone who freely offers to join the military.
- – The use of naval forces to stop goods or people from entering or leaving an area.
- – A plan of action designed to achieve a major goal.
- – The northern states during the Civil War, loyal to the U.S. government.
- – To formally withdraw from a country or organization.
- States – Slave states that remained in the Union (e.g., Kentucky, Maryland).
15 Clues: – A system of required military service. • Law – Military rule over a civilian population. • – A military force made up of ordinary citizens. • – Someone who freely offers to join the military. • – The southern states that seceded from the Union. • – A plan of action designed to achieve a major goal. • Sumter – The site of the first shots of the Civil War. • ...
Naturalization Test: last 50 2025-04-24
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- July 4
- US capital city
- the date of the Declaration of Independence in 1771
- a citizen promises to be..........
- longest river
- west coast ocean
- borders Mexico
- gun
- 9/11
- Christianty or Islam
- caused the colonists to fight the king
- war fought in 1800s
- lived in America before the colonists
- the main concern of the USA during the Cold War
- territory bought in 1803
- fought for civil rights
- where the Constitution was written
- Star Spangled Banner
- a general in World War II
- was fought in the 1900s
- to be active
- tried to end racial discrimination
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- led to the Civil War
- father of our country
- fought for women's rights
- wrote the Declaration of Independence
- was a writer of the Constitution
- the age to vote
- a US territory
- number of original states
- The colonists came to the New World for
- the month when you file taxes
- document that freed the slaves
- east coast ocean
- Africans
- was president during World War I
- citizens must.............the laws
- president who freed the slaves
- Native American tribe
- the pledge of allegiance shows loyalty to the....
- the USA fought during WWII
- was written in 1787
- borders Canada
- number of states and stars on flag
- a national holiday in December
- was president during the Great Depression
- first president
- number of colonies and stripes on flag
- a national holiday in November
- the age a man registers for the Selective Service
- first postmaster
- the location of the Statue of Liberty
52 Clues: gun • 9/11 • July 4 • Africans • to be active • longest river • a US territory • borders Mexico • borders Canada • US capital city • the age to vote • first president • west coast ocean • east coast ocean • first postmaster • war fought in 1800s • was written in 1787 • led to the Civil War • Christianty or Islam • Star Spangled Banner • father of our country • Native American tribe • fought for civil rights • ...
Civil War 2024-02-22
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- Union general who led the Army of the Potomac during the early years of the war
- President of the Confederate States of America
- Author of the Gettysburg Address
- Site of Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War
- Famous battle site in Pennsylvania
- Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
- Proclamation Legislation that declared all persons held as slaves in Confederate states to be free
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- General known for his "March to the Sea" through Georgia
- Amendment that abolished slavery in the United States
- Site of the first shots fired in the Civil War
- Bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War
11 Clues: Author of the Gettysburg Address • Famous battle site in Pennsylvania • Bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War • Site of the first shots fired in the Civil War • President of the Confederate States of America • Amendment that abolished slavery in the United States • Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia • ...
Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2018-12-18
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- Worked to propose the compromise of 1850. Proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
- A conductor on the underground railroad.
- Law that established the national bank system.
- A military draft.
- Violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters in Kansas.
- Proviso Proposed law to ban slavery on territory gained from Mexico.
- Network used to help slaves escape to freedom.
- Name adopted by the 11 seceded states.
- First commander of the Union army.
- Speech by Abraham Lincoln over the meaning of the civil war.
- Abolitionist who used violence to fight against slavery.
- 1852 Anti-Slavery novel.
- All out war strategy that affect both civilians and soldiers.
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- April 6, 186, union victory in Tennessee. Noted for the number of dead and wounded.
- Order declaring all slaves in rebelling states free.
- July 1, 1863, Union victory over a Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania.
- Amendment that abolished slavery.
- Negative term to describe Northern Democrats who supported making peace with the Confederacy during the Civil War.
- Law that let slave owners recapture runaway slaves.
- Slave states that did not secede.
- Made California enter as a free state and gave the south the fugitive slave act.
- Withdrawal of a state from a union.
- Organization that cared for the sick and wounded during the war.
- Bloodiest one day battle of the civil war.
- Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy.
- Law that gave 160 acres of land on the western frontier to citizens willing to live on the land for five years.
26 Clues: A military draft. • 1852 Anti-Slavery novel. • Amendment that abolished slavery. • Slave states that did not secede. • First commander of the Union army. • Withdrawal of a state from a union. • Name adopted by the 11 seceded states. • A conductor on the underground railroad. • Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy. • Bloodiest one day battle of the civil war. • ...
Civil War 2023-02-12
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- Lincoln suspended what during the Civil War
- leading confederate general
- successful confederate general
- turning point of the war
- lincoln claims that north & south were to blame for slavery
- led union to victory in Battle of Atlanta
- union gained control of Mississippi River & split CSA in half
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- president of the CSA(Confederate State of America)
- capital of the South
- first battle of the civil war
- leading union general
- document that freed slaves
12 Clues: capital of the South • leading union general • turning point of the war • document that freed slaves • leading confederate general • first battle of the civil war • successful confederate general • led union to victory in Battle of Atlanta • Lincoln suspended what during the Civil War • president of the CSA(Confederate State of America) • ...
The Civil War 2021-11-25
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- A slave who had lived in free territory and he tried to sue for his freedom.
- A speech given by Abraham Lincoln
- A military strategy proposed by Union general winfieldscott in the outbreak of the Civil war.
- A compromise between free and slaves states.
- A small group of sailors who sailed goods in and out of southern seaports under the guns of the union ships.
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- Break away from the union
- Against secession; becomes the VP of the Confederacy.
- The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
- A statement of a set of resolutions accepting the Compromise of 1850 in Milledgeville, GA.
- The deadliest ground in the civil war.
- A general in union army fighting in the Civil War.
- A person who farms rented land
- 16th U.S. President
- Meant to ignore or cancel a law;
- Restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African American
15 Clues: 16th U.S. President • Break away from the union • A person who farms rented land • Meant to ignore or cancel a law; • A speech given by Abraham Lincoln • The deadliest ground in the civil war. • A compromise between free and slaves states. • A general in union army fighting in the Civil War. • Against secession; becomes the VP of the Confederacy. • ...
Across Five Aprils- Brayden 2021-09-27
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- Creek, was the first major engagement of the Civil war west of the Mississippi River
- Donelson, Ulysses S. Grant's first big battle he won
- bad battle that North lost
- Jethro's Dad
- Milton, rights the newspapers
- Burdow, Nobody likes him, but he is miss interpreted
- main son. Helps on farm
- brother that died in battle
- Jethro's cousin
- Jethro's mom
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- son, shot Jenny
- the State the Creighton's lived in
- fought for south. Jethro's Brother
- Bluff, fought in Virginia-South won
- got shot by Burdo's son
- Henry, first big battle won by the North
- Shad's wife
- Sumter, first shots fired that started the Civil War-South won
- school teacher
- Run, first major battle in the Civil War-South won
20 Clues: Shad's wife • Jethro's Dad • Jethro's mom • school teacher • son, shot Jenny • Jethro's cousin • got shot by Burdo's son • main son. Helps on farm • bad battle that North lost • brother that died in battle • Milton, rights the newspapers • the State the Creighton's lived in • fought for south. Jethro's Brother • Bluff, fought in Virginia-South won • ...
Vocabulary for Lessons 1, 2, and 3 2023-08-25
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- Amendment added to the Constitution in 1869 prohibiting any state from forbidding African Americans to vote because of their race.
- Amendment added to the Constitution in 1865, banning slavery throughout the US.
- A white southerner who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction.
- The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War was over.
- A pardon given by the government.
- Southern laws the limited the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.
- A secret society organized in the south after the Civil War to reinforce white supremacy through violence.
- An uncomplimentary nickname for a northerner who went to the South after the Civil War.
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- Amendment added to the Constitution in 1868 which guaranteed equal protection of the laws.
- Members of Congress during Reconstruction who wanted to break the power of wealthy plantation owners and ensure freedmen the right to vote.
- A government agency founded during the Reconstruction to help those who were formerly enslaved.
- To bring charges of grave wrongdoing against a public official.
- Men and women who had been formerly enslaved.
- Someone who rents a plot of land from someone else and farms it in exchange for a share in the crop it yields.
- 1867 law that would not allow southern states that had not ratified the Fourteenth Amendment return to the Union.
15 Clues: A pardon given by the government. • Men and women who had been formerly enslaved. • The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War was over. • To bring charges of grave wrongdoing against a public official. • A white southerner who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction. • Southern laws the limited the rights of African Americans after the Civil War. • ...
Sectionalism 2025-03-07
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- Court House- The confederacy surrendered to the Union in Virginia and ended the Civil War.
- economy- plantation system, slave labor; cotton produced and sent to Northern factories.
- region's geography impacted its economy; North built factories, South farmed, West mined; a cause of the Civil War.
- economy- mining (precious metals) and agriculture (farming and livestock)
- first inaugural address- union was forever; no one could secede
- of 1850- North and South agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed.
- Union captured the Mississippi River, dividing the confederacy in half.
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- Nebraska Act- allowed Kansas settlers to vote on whether or not to permit slavery in the territory; violence erupted; slavery was prohibited.
- advantages- more factories, railroads, money, and General Grant leadership.
- beliefs- The North wanted to abolish slavery; Missouri Compromise.
- of 1850- North and South agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed.
- economy- textile mills, trade, factories, immigrant labor, and some trade-related slave labor.
- Slave Act- part of the compromise of 1850; runaway slaves and free blacks were at risk of being captured by slave hunters.
- Lincoln- Civil War U.S. president; against secession, wanted to preserve the union.
- beliefs- the South believed in state's rights; and argued for 10 amendments
- - major debate leading up to Civil War; republican party(Lincoln) against its spread into new territories.
16 Clues: first inaugural address- union was forever; no one could secede • beliefs- The North wanted to abolish slavery; Missouri Compromise. • Union captured the Mississippi River, dividing the confederacy in half. • economy- mining (precious metals) and agriculture (farming and livestock) • advantages- more factories, railroads, money, and General Grant leadership. • ...
Presidents 2022-03-10
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- only president never elected to VP or President
- president for the least time
- first VP to take over for a president that died
- president at the beginning of the Depression
- First Tennessean to be president, trail of tears
- Dropped the Atomic bomb
- Silent Cal
- popularized trickle-down economics
- general during the Civil War became president
- “Handsome Frank”
- father of the constitution
- assassinated in Dallas in 1963
- president during the Watergate scandal
- President during WWI
- president during 9-11
- only president to serve 2 terms separated by another president
- wrote the Declaration of Independence
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- president during the Vietnam war choose not to run again
- fattest president, only president to also be on the Supreme Court
- started the interstate system
- played the saxophone, impeached for perjury
- president during the Spanish-American war
- first African American president
- second president
- slogan was "Make America Great Again"
- first modern president later ran under the Bull moose party
- president during the Civil War
- president during the Mexican American war
- ended Reconstruction when elected in 1876
- First president
- current president
31 Clues: Silent Cal • First president • second president • “Handsome Frank” • current president • President during WWI • president during 9-11 • Dropped the Atomic bomb • father of the constitution • president for the least time • started the interstate system • president during the Civil War • assassinated in Dallas in 1963 • first African American president • popularized trickle-down economics • ...
U.S. History Review 2018-05-16
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- A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
- A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
- Financial aid for European countries
- A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
- The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
- A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
- Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
- An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century
- The last major battle fought during the Civil War
- A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
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- A young trendy woman in the 1920's
- A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
- The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
- The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
- People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
- A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
- The lowest possible payment by government law
- The movement of expanding a country's available power
- Opposing armies trying to stop the war
- A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students
20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...
U.S. History Review 2018-05-16
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- The movement of expanding a country's available power
- The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
- A young trendy woman in the 1920's
- The last major battle fought during the Civil War
- A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
- Financial aid for European countries
- Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
- The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
- People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
- An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century
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- The lowest possible payment by government law
- A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
- The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
- A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
- A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
- A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
- Opposing armies trying to stop the war
- A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
- A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
- A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students
20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...
U.S. History Review 2018-05-16
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- A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
- A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
- People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
- A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
- A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
- A young trendy woman in the 1920's
- Opposing armies trying to stop the war
- Financial aid for European countries
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- The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
- The movement of expanding a country's available power
- The lowest possible payment by government law
- The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
- A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students
- The last major battle fought during the Civil War
- A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
- A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
- A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
- The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
- Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
- An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century
20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...
Civil War 2023-10-27
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- The Union ironclad warship that faced the CSS Virginia.
- The bloodiest single-day battle in American history.
- The primary cause of the American Civil War.
- The period following the Civil War aimed at rebuilding the nation.
- The notorious Confederate prison camp in Georgia.
- A pivotal battle in Pennsylvania in 1863.
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- The act that declared slaves in Confederate states to be free.
- The group of Southern states that seceded from the Union.
- The President of the United States during the Civil War.
- The leader of the Union Army.
- The Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox.
- The Union general known for his destructive "March to the Sea."
12 Clues: The leader of the Union Army. • A pivotal battle in Pennsylvania in 1863. • The primary cause of the American Civil War. • The notorious Confederate prison camp in Georgia. • The bloodiest single-day battle in American history. • The Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox. • The Union ironclad warship that faced the CSS Virginia. • ...
Us & Virginia History : Chapter 4 - Reconstruction 2013-11-17
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- Southerners who moved north after the war
- prevented denial of rights to any citizens
- starting point of the civil war
- Northerners who moved south after the war
- Period of rebuilding after the civil war
- assassinated Abraham Lincoln in ford theatre
- turning point of the war for the north
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- gave all people equal voting rights
- General Robert.E.Lee surrendered here
- Group that donated food, shelter and clothing
10 Clues: starting point of the civil war • gave all people equal voting rights • General Robert.E.Lee surrendered here • turning point of the war for the north • Period of rebuilding after the civil war • Southerners who moved north after the war • Northerners who moved south after the war • prevented denial of rights to any citizens • assassinated Abraham Lincoln in ford theatre • ...
60's vocab 2023-06-14
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- US and South Vietnamese ground forces entered eastern Cambodia to attack Communist sanctuaries.
- the evacuation of all American troops from Vietnam as the Republic of Vietnam fell
- Lead singer of the Beatles.
- An event in the Civil rights movement where protesters were attacked by police.
- President famous for leadership during Cuban Missile Crisis.
- A coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam by communist Viet Cong forces.
- An event orchestrated by MLK to support Civil Rights.
- several protests in Birmingham, Alabama that sought to end the de jure racial segregation of public facilities.
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- President famous for the desegregation of several schools.
- Peaceful leader of the Civil rights movement and speaker of the "I Have a Dream" speech.
- The writer of "Masters of War", an anti-Vietnam war song.
- Large music event with free admission and free food.
- A visual artist famous for making paints of cans of soup and Marilyn Monroe.
- A Vietnam War vet that played guitar at Woodstock.
- A somewhat hostile group in the civil rights movement wearing black leather jackets.
15 Clues: Lead singer of the Beatles. • A Vietnam War vet that played guitar at Woodstock. • Large music event with free admission and free food. • An event orchestrated by MLK to support Civil Rights. • The writer of "Masters of War", an anti-Vietnam war song. • President famous for the desegregation of several schools. • ...
13 2025-02-15
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- Treaty limiting bomb tests
- Woodstock peace theme
- Anti-war movement
- Assassinated senator
- Voting rights march
- Soviet weapons threat
- 1964 voter registration drive
- Militant equality slogan
- Violent 1968 convention protests
- Famous Beatles album
- GOP election plan
- Holiday honoring civil rights leader
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- Beatles’ signature haircuts
- James Bond film craze
- Cold War division
- First televised presidential debate
- JFK’s global volunteer program
- 1964 anti-discrimination law
- Allman Brothers hit
- Major Vietnam War battle
- Stylish London youth trend
- Beatles film
- Nixon’s conservative base
- "I Have a Dream" moment
- Vietnam War conscription
25 Clues: Beatles film • Cold War division • Anti-war movement • GOP election plan • Voting rights march • Allman Brothers hit • Assassinated senator • Famous Beatles album • James Bond film craze • Woodstock peace theme • Soviet weapons threat • "I Have a Dream" moment • Major Vietnam War battle • Militant equality slogan • Vietnam War conscription • Nixon’s conservative base • Treaty limiting bomb tests • ...
Vocab 2021-12-03
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- federal reconstruction agency; provided food; helped build schools and hospitals; created the first public school program for either African Americans or whites in Georgia
- Missouri slave who sued for his freedom because he had lived in free territory; was denied the right to sue by the United States Supreme Court
- the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the southern states returned to the Union
- battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed
- the belief that a state’s interests should take priority over the
- legislation passed by Congress in which California was admitted to the Union as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed
- a legal idea that a state has the right to cancel; any federal law which that state has considered unconstitutional
- most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter
- battle that was the largest Union defeat in the western theater of the Civil War; failure to follow up on the victory lead to Sherman’s Atlanta campaign
- one of the most important strategies during the Civil War; designed to prevent the South from shipping its cotton to England and France in return for weapons and other supplies
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- a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah
- Abraham Lincoln elected President; outcome led to southern states to secede from the Union
- proclamation that said all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 1, 1863
- of the national government
- the action of southern states to leave the Union
- established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850;kept Georgia from succeeding from the Union
16 Clues: of the national government • the action of southern states to leave the Union • a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah • the belief that a state’s interests should take priority over the • battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed • ...
Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2018-12-18
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- Made California enter as a free state and gave the south the fugitive slave act.
- All out war strategy that affect both civilians and soldiers.
- Slave states that did not secede.
- Proviso Proposed law to ban slavery on territory gained from Mexico.
- Name adopted by the 11 seceded states.
- Violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters in Kansas.
- Organization that cared for the sick and wounded during the war.
- Speech by Abraham Lincoln over the meaning of the civil war.
- Law that established the national bank system.
- Worked to propose the compromise of 1850. Proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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- Amendment that abolished slavery.
- Order declaring all slaves in rebelling states free.
- July 1, 1863, Union victory over a Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania.
- Bloodiest one day battle of the civil war.
- Law that let slave owners recapture runaway slaves.
- 1852 Anti-Slavery novel.
- April 6, 186, union victory in Tennessee. Noted for the number of dead and wounded.
- Network used to help slaves escape to freedom.
- Law that gave 160 acres of land on the western frontier to citizens willing to live on the land for five years.
- A conductor on the underground railroad.
- Abolitionist who used violence to fight against slavery.
- First commander of the Union army.
- Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy.
- A military draft.
- Withdrawal of a state from a union.
- Negative term to describe Northern Democrats who supported making peace with the Confederacy during the Civil War.
26 Clues: A military draft. • 1852 Anti-Slavery novel. • Amendment that abolished slavery. • Slave states that did not secede. • First commander of the Union army. • Withdrawal of a state from a union. • Name adopted by the 11 seceded states. • A conductor on the underground railroad. • Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy. • Bloodiest one day battle of the civil war. • ...
U.S. Extra Credit Project 2025-12-10
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- Rush – “1848–1855 migration to California for gold”
- – “Invented by Samuel Morse to send messages quickly over long distances”
- Compromise – “1820 law balancing free and slave states”
- – “Man-made waterways like the Erie Canal improved trade”
- – “Native American guide for Lewis and Clark”
- Tea Party – “Colonial protest against British taxation, 1773”
- Tubman – “Led slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad”
- of Independence – “1776 document declaring U.S. independence”
- Purchase – “1803 land deal that doubled U.S. territory”
- – “1865–1877 era rebuilding the South after the Civil War”
- War – “1861–1865 conflict between North and South”
- Railroad – “Network of secret routes helping escaped slaves”
- – “Movement to end slavery in the U.S.”
- Brown – “Abolitionist who raided Harper’s Ferry”
- Franklin – “Founding Father, inventor, and diplomat”
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- Revolution – “Shift from handmade goods to mechanized production”
- Engine – “Powered factories, trains, and steamboats during Industrial Revolution”
- of 1812 – “Conflict between the U.S. and Britain over trade and territory”
- Schools – “Expansion of education for children in the 19th century”
- Proclamation – “1863 order freeing slaves in Confederate states”
- Party – “Political party founded in 1854 opposing expansion of slavery”
- Douglass – “Former slave and leading abolitionist”
- Jefferson – “Author of the Declaration of Independence”
- Washington – “First U.S. president and Revolutionary War general”
- Gin – “Eli Whitney invention that boosted Southern cotton production”
- Lincoln – “President who led the U.S. through the Civil War”
- Jackson – “7th president known for the Indian Removal Act”
- of Tears – “Forced relocation of Native Americans in the 1830s”
- Falls Convention – “1848 meeting advocating women’s rights”
- Madison – “’Father of the Constitution’”
30 Clues: – “Movement to end slavery in the U.S.” • Madison – “’Father of the Constitution’” • – “Native American guide for Lewis and Clark” • Brown – “Abolitionist who raided Harper’s Ferry” • Douglass – “Former slave and leading abolitionist” • War – “1861–1865 conflict between North and South” • Rush – “1848–1855 migration to California for gold” • ...
Ch. 13 & 14 Review 2025-12-16
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- The bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War
- The northernmost battle of the war, and later location of Lincoln's address
- Completed the burning of Atlanta and march to the sea
- An ideology that stated slavery was harmful to the poor white population and deprived them of property
- The compromise that would re-establish the Missouri Compromise line
- The state known for the Bear Flag Revolution
- The state that was an independent nation at one time
- The perpetrator of the infamous caning of Charles Sumner
- Was the president during the Mexican American war
- A territory that was claimed by many nations at once
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- The concept that states should choose to support slavery or not was called popular
- Where Robert E Lee surrendered
- The state that was brought into the Union "Bleeding"
- A state that remained with the Union but maintained slavery
- This act in 1862 encouraged development of the West
- The proclamation that freed enslaved peoples in rebellious states
- The plan to 'strangle' the South to end the Civil War
- The fort where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
- The concept that the U.S. was designed to spread across the continent
- The battle that resulted in the Union taking control of the Mississippi
- A place for men and women to educate themselves on various topics
- The enslaved man who sued for his freedom and was struck down by the Supreme Court
- The Proviso that suggested banning slavery in territories from Mexico
- The last name of the leader of the Harper's Ferry raid
24 Clues: Where Robert E Lee surrendered • The state known for the Bear Flag Revolution • The bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War • Was the president during the Mexican American war • This act in 1862 encouraged development of the West • The state that was brought into the Union "Bleeding" • The state that was an independent nation at one time • ...
Civil War Crossword Puzzle -Ahanna, Evelin, Kabura, and Heba 2023-02-23
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- How many times did the Union control Brownsville?
- The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body of a federation or body.
- Which attack did the union lose to the confederate and 350 union soldiers were captured?
- An exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.
- Who did John bell hood fight under?
- Citizens who opposed the state's secession from the union prior to and during the civil war.
- Who's unit was known as Hood's Texas Brigade?
- Which battle did a small union fleet overtook confederate defenses?
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- Which president was against slavery?
- Who won the Civil War?
- How much did the population grow between 1825-1860
- Which battle made the confederate governors intervene to stop the fighting?
- Where the last battle of Civil War took place? (State)
- How many times did the Confederacy control Brownsville?
- What were slaves considered?
15 Clues: Who won the Civil War? • What were slaves considered? • Who did John bell hood fight under? • Which president was against slavery? • Who's unit was known as Hood's Texas Brigade? • How many times did the Union control Brownsville? • How much did the population grow between 1825-1860 • Where the last battle of Civil War took place? (State) • ...
American History Crossword 2023-09-14
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- First battle in the Civil War
- Primary Author of the Declaration of Independence
- Gave the Gettysburg Address
- Bloodiest Battle in the Civil War
- Colour of confederate uniforms
- Pamphlet by Thomas Paine
- Europeans couldn't create new colonies in the western hemisphere because of the
- Review power of the courts to determine the constitutionality of acts of other branches of government and to declare unconstitutional acts null and void.
- These 85 newspaper essays, written in support of ratification of the Constitution of 1787 in New York by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay.
- Article 2 of the Constitution
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- After the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued the
- The inventor of the cotton gin,
- First successful English Colony
- The leader of efforts to reform the treatment of the mentally ill.
- 31st State
- Treaty Ending the Mexican American War
- In World War II, the alliance between the United States, Great Britain, and France.
17 Clues: 31st State • Pamphlet by Thomas Paine • Gave the Gettysburg Address • First battle in the Civil War • Article 2 of the Constitution • Colour of confederate uniforms • The inventor of the cotton gin, • First successful English Colony • Bloodiest Battle in the Civil War • Treaty Ending the Mexican American War • After the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued the • ...
Social Studies Crossword Puzzle 2021-02-09
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- A former slave that became an officer in the South Carolina militia and a state legislator
- A well known newspaper that supported the Union
- The document that officially declared any slaves in Confederate states free
- Women who would sew uniforms for the soldiers
- War A war tactic General Sherman created
- The leader of the 54th Regiment
- A well known newspaper that supported the Confederacy
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- The place where the battle of Fort Sumter occurred
- The highest military decoration there is
- A law saying that if a person who owns twenty or more slaves is drafted that they have the option of opting out of going to fight
- A Union leader
- The capitol of the Confederacy
- 16th president of the United States who is known for freeing the slaves
- A war strategy used by the Union during the Civil War
- A person who carries their units flag into battle
- The person who came up with the Anaconda Plan
- A Confederate submarine that later sank
- The first major battle of the Civil War and the battle Sullivan Ballou died during
- A war strategy that blocks off an area of enemy importance
- A wife to a Confederate soldier who kept a diary of what she witnessed during the battle of Fort Sumter
20 Clues: A Union leader • The capitol of the Confederacy • The leader of the 54th Regiment • A Confederate submarine that later sank • The highest military decoration there is • War A war tactic General Sherman created • The person who came up with the Anaconda Plan • Women who would sew uniforms for the soldiers • A well known newspaper that supported the Union • ...
Social Studies Crossword Puzzle 2021-02-09
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- A former slave that became an officer in the South Carolina militia and a state legislator
- A well known newspaper that supported the Union
- The document that officially declared any slaves in Confederate states free
- Women who would sew uniforms for the soldiers
- War A war tactic General Sherman created
- The leader of the 54th Regiment
- A well known newspaper that supported the Confederacy
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- The place where the battle of Fort Sumter occurred
- The highest military decoration there is
- A law saying that if a person who owns twenty or more slaves is drafted that they have the option of opting out of going to fight
- A Union leader
- The capitol of the Confederacy
- 16th president of the United States who is known for freeing the slaves
- A war strategy used by the Union during the Civil War
- A person who carries their units flag into battle
- The person who came up with the Anaconda Plan
- A Confederate submarine that later sank
- The first major battle of the Civil War and the battle Sullivan Ballou died during
- A war strategy that blocks off an area of enemy importance
- A wife to a Confederate soldier who kept a diary of what she witnessed during the battle of Fort Sumter
20 Clues: A Union leader • The capitol of the Confederacy • The leader of the 54th Regiment • A Confederate submarine that later sank • The highest military decoration there is • War A war tactic General Sherman created • The person who came up with the Anaconda Plan • Women who would sew uniforms for the soldiers • A well known newspaper that supported the Union • ...
Vocab 2024-05-17
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- The term originated in the mid-1860s which is a slang term for U.S. paper dollars.
- from leather, a common type of shoe in the Civil War.
- property dependent on the labor of enslaved people. Also known as a labor camp.
- Soldiers trained to fight on horseback.
- a rifle, pistol, or other portable gun.
- A vital piece of equipment carried by both Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. Was used to carry all sorts of belongings that soldiers needed to stay alive while in camp or on the march.
- Known as the North or the United States. This was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
- To leave or withdraw; Eleven Southern states did this from the Union in 1860 which sparked the Civil War.
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- A northerner who moved to the south during the period of Reconstruction (1865-1877) for economic, social, and sometimes political opportunities.
- A league or alliance of confederate states.
- The basic unit of soldiers in an artillery regiment
- A steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor.
- weapons that launch munitions.
- A person who wants to stop or abolish slavery.
- Soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot.
15 Clues: weapons that launch munitions. • Soldiers trained to fight on horseback. • a rifle, pistol, or other portable gun. • A league or alliance of confederate states. • A person who wants to stop or abolish slavery. • The basic unit of soldiers in an artillery regiment • from leather, a common type of shoe in the Civil War. • ...
Civil War & Reconstruction 2025-02-28
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- Constitutional amendment that granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all people born in the U.S.
- Religious revival movement in the early 19th century that inspired social reforms, including abolition.
- Enslaved man who sued for his freedom; the Supreme Court ruled against him in 1857, stating that African Americans were not citizens.
- 1854 law that allowed popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery in new territories, leading to violent conflict.
- Lenient approach to rebuilding the South led by Andrew Johnson after the Civil War.
- More strict approach to Reconstruction, led by Radical Republicans in Congress.
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- 1863 order by Abraham Lincoln that freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
- Political party founded in the 1850s that opposed the expansion of slavery.
- Constitutional amendment that granted African American men the right to vote.
- Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
- Movement to end slavery in the United States.
- Union strategy to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River to squeeze the Confederacy.
- Period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South and integrating formerly enslaved people into society.
- Government agency created to help formerly enslaved people by providing food, education, and assistance.
- Site of the first shots of the Civil War in April 1861.
- Courthouse where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, effectively ending the Civil War.
16 Clues: Movement to end slavery in the United States. • Site of the first shots of the Civil War in April 1861. • Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States. • Political party founded in the 1850s that opposed the expansion of slavery. • Constitutional amendment that granted African American men the right to vote. • ...
US PRESIDENTS 2024-02-29
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- Louisiana Purchase
- Alien and Sedition Acts
- Civil Rights Act
- Gulf War
- War of 1812
- "Tear down this wall"
- Interstate Highway System
- Monica Lewinsky scandal
- Atomic bombs
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- Emancipation Proclamation
- Indian Removal Act
- First POTUS
- Affordable Care Act
- New Deal
- Watergate scandal
- League of Nations
- Union general
- Camp David Accords
- Pardoned Nixon
- Cuban Missile Crisis
20 Clues: Gulf War • New Deal • First POTUS • War of 1812 • Atomic bombs • Union general • Pardoned Nixon • Civil Rights Act • Watergate scandal • League of Nations • Louisiana Purchase • Indian Removal Act • Camp David Accords • Affordable Care Act • Cuban Missile Crisis • "Tear down this wall" • Alien and Sedition Acts • Monica Lewinsky scandal • Emancipation Proclamation • Interstate Highway System
THE CIVIL WAR 2025-05-19
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- what was the newly built ship by the confederates
- the decree that freed all slaves in rebel held territory
- what was the soldier of the north called
- what was the speech Given after the Gettysburg battle
- the bloodiest war during the civil war
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- the mission to secure the Mississippi river
- a job women had during the civil war
- Nick name given to confederate general Jackson
- who was the Confederate president
- people immediately wanted to ______ as soon the war started
- a state between the north and the south
- both sides thought that the war would last ____ months
12 Clues: who was the Confederate president • a job women had during the civil war • the bloodiest war during the civil war • a state between the north and the south • what was the soldier of the north called • the mission to secure the Mississippi river • Nick name given to confederate general Jackson • what was the newly built ship by the confederates • ...
Chapter 16 Civil War/ Reconstruction 2013-12-16
10 Clues: Wanted Slavery • 17th President • 16th Presdinent • Didn't want slavery • Nickname for the North • Nickname for the South • President getting fired • Civil War General (18th president) • Against The North and liked slavery after the war • Law from Johnson that tried to clean up the civil war
Lincoln and The Civil War 2023-02-16
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- This means freedom
- The name of the territory bought from France.
- The name of the war fought between the North and the South.
- At the same time
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- President's Day is in this month.
- This part of the US won the Civil War.
- This was the problem that led to the Civil War.
- He was president during the Civil War.
8 Clues: At the same time • This means freedom • President's Day is in this month. • This part of the US won the Civil War. • He was president during the Civil War. • The name of the territory bought from France. • This was the problem that led to the Civil War. • The name of the war fought between the North and the South.
civil war matrix dydasco 2017-02-14
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- where the confederates took a risk on shoes
- where the south went to the north for the first time and last just because they needed shoes, it was a turning point for the north
- helped emphasize to bloke the confederates ports and then split the confederates in to two and the go in for the kill
- the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
- a battle that happened during the morning of April 9, 1865 it was one of the lasts battle of the civil war
- the president of the united states during the civil war
- he was the commander of the confederate army and then later became the 18th president of the untied states of america
- also known as the battle of sharpsburg on September 17, 1862
- the draft
- the amendment that abolish slavery
- the confederate general until 1862-1865 when he surrendered
- the only reason why the civil war lasted as long as it did because the south had great leaders
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- separated from a state so they would not secede from the union
- a building where goods were manufactured
- the confederate president
- January 1, 1863
- another key victory that helped the union wear down the confederates in the american civil
- withdraw formally from a membership in a federal union
- Lincoln violated the peoples rights by suspending this
- where the american union army march through Georgia
- its was a breakaway of 11 secessionist states
- founded in 1881 by Clara Barton
22 Clues: the draft • January 1, 1863 • the confederate president • founded in 1881 by Clara Barton • the amendment that abolish slavery • a building where goods were manufactured • the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln • where the confederates took a risk on shoes • its was a breakaway of 11 secessionist states • where the american union army march through Georgia • ...
Millie's Russian Revolution Crossword 2016-02-22
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- like parliament but only lasted 10 weeks
- influenced Czar Nicholas II's wife
- headed the provisional government
- last Czar of Russia
- leader of bolsheviks
- emergency government
- humiliated Russia greatly against Japan
- army only unified though being against communism during Russia's civil war
- palace guards shoot into crowd during a petition for better working conditions
- classless society
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- army unified under Lenin and Bolsheviks during Russia's civil war
- brought an end to Russian monarchy
- less radical marxists
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
- more radical marxists
- leader of the USSR and Russia after Lenin
- father of communism
- people of lower class
- Lenin's small version of capitalism to fix economy
19 Clues: classless society • last Czar of Russia • father of communism • leader of bolsheviks • emergency government • less radical marxists • more radical marxists • people of lower class • headed the provisional government • brought an end to Russian monarchy • influenced Czar Nicholas II's wife • Union of Soviet Socialist Republic • humiliated Russia greatly against Japan • ...
Civil War Crossword 2024-05-14
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- a skilled Confederate general from Virginia who dies after being accidentally shot by Confederate soldiers
- President of the Confederate States of America
- turning point of the Civil War, Union forces repel Lee's invasion of the North in this small town in southern Pennsylvania, after gaining control of the high ground of the battlefield
- Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, offered command of Union forces at the beginning of the war, but chose not to fight against Virginia, urged Southerners to accept defeat at the end of the war and reunite as Americans
- the first major battle of the Civil War
- general of the Union forces who defeated Robert E. Lee's confederate army
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- consisted of slave states that remained in the Union
- by taking this city in southern Mississippi, the Union gained control of the Mississippi River and divided the Confederacy
- The BLANK consisted of 11 states that supported states' rights and the practice of slavery and seceded from the United States
- The BLANK consisted of 23 states located mostly to the north and west that opposed secession from the United States
- new state formed from the western counties of Virginia that refused to secede from the Union
- Lee's surrender to Grant here in 1865, marking the end of the Civil War
- President of the United States who opposed the spread of slavery and was determined to preserve the Union, by force is necessary
- to withdraw or separate from a political state
- First shots fired to start the Civil War
15 Clues: the first major battle of the Civil War • First shots fired to start the Civil War • President of the Confederate States of America • to withdraw or separate from a political state • consisted of slave states that remained in the Union • Lee's surrender to Grant here in 1865, marking the end of the Civil War • ...
A Trip Down Memory Lane 2024-03-16
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- The country where Fidel Castro led a revolution in 1959.
- - Pertaining to the moon.
- - Race between the US and USSR to explore outer space.
- - Type of weapon developed during the Cold War.
- - The killing of a prominent figure, like JFK in 1963.
- - Movement for equal rights regardless of race.
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- - Missile crisis occurred here in 1962.
- - Peninsula divided into two nations after World War II.
- Civil rights leader assassinated in 1968.
- - Country divided into North and South during the Cold War.
- - Demonstrations against social injustices.
- "King of Rock and Roll" who rose to fame in the 1950s.
- First human to orbit the Earth, in 1961.
- - Symbol of the Cold War, torn down in 1989.
14 Clues: - Pertaining to the moon. • - Missile crisis occurred here in 1962. • First human to orbit the Earth, in 1961. • Civil rights leader assassinated in 1968. • - Demonstrations against social injustices. • - Symbol of the Cold War, torn down in 1989. • - Type of weapon developed during the Cold War. • - Movement for equal rights regardless of race. • ...
A fun Civil war game 2021-04-29
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- First big war in the Civil War.
- Generals used _____ to be able to get to their enemies territories without being in danger.
- About _____ soldiers died the day of the first battle hint: there is a comma between the 3 numbers.
- ___________ beat Union in war of Bull Run.
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- Where the first war of the Civil war was.
- How far west the Civil war went.
- Where most of the fighting was hint: it is above Mississippi on a map.
- How far north the Civil war went.
8 Clues: First big war in the Civil War. • How far west the Civil war went. • How far north the Civil war went. • Where the first war of the Civil war was. • ___________ beat Union in war of Bull Run. • Where most of the fighting was hint: it is above Mississippi on a map. • Generals used _____ to be able to get to their enemies territories without being in danger. • ...
U.S. History Review 2018-05-16
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- The lowest possible payment by government law
- The last major battle fought during the Civil War
- A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
- A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students
- People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
- The movement of expanding a country's available power
- A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
- A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
- A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
- A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
- The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
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- The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
- A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
- Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
- Financial aid for European countries
- The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
- A young trendy woman in the 1920's
- Opposing armies trying to stop the war
- A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
- An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century
20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...
U.S. History Review 2018-05-16
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- An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century
- The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
- A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
- A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
- The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
- The lowest possible payment by government law
- Financial aid for European countries
- A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
- A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
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- Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
- A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
- A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students
- People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
- A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
- The last major battle fought during the Civil War
- A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
- The movement of expanding a country's available power
- The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
- Opposing armies trying to stop the war
- A young trendy woman in the 1920's
20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...
Q4 Test Review - Civil War and Reconstruction 2024-05-29
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- He was chosen to be the President of the Confederacy
- capital of the Confederacy
- he became President after the assassination of Lincoln
- time period after the Civil War, 1865-77
- law requiring northerners to help catch runaway slaves
- system of renting land to farmers in exchange for a portion of their harvest
- created an imaginary line to determine if a new state would allow slavery
- law that pardoned all former Confederates
- capital of the United States
- this agreement made by Congress ended the military occupation of the Southern states and brought Reconstruction to an end
- location of the bloodiest day in American history
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- declared that slaves in the Confederate states were free
- Union general who waged total war across Georgia
- the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
- Union victory was the turning point in the eastern U.S.
- Union victory was the turning point in the western U.S.
- town in Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant
- government agency created to support former slaves
- laws that limited the freedom of African Americans after the Civil War
- waging war on your enemy's ability to wage war
- he was the first President from the Republican Party
21 Clues: capital of the Confederacy • capital of the United States • time period after the Civil War, 1865-77 • law that pardoned all former Confederates • waging war on your enemy's ability to wage war • town in Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant • Union general who waged total war across Georgia • location of the bloodiest day in American history • ...
U.S. History Review 2018-05-16
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- Opposing armies trying to stop the war
- A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
- A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
- The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
- A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
- People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
- A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
- A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
- Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
- A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
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- The lowest possible payment by government law
- A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students
- The last major battle fought during the Civil War
- A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
- The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
- An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century
- Financial aid for European countries
- A young trendy woman in the 1920's
- The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
- The movement of expanding a country's available power
20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...
U.S. History Review 2018-05-16
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- A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
- A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
- A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
- The last major battle fought during the Civil War
- The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
- Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
- The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
- A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
- Opposing armies trying to stop the war
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- A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
- The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
- A young trendy woman in the 1920's
- The movement of expanding a country's available power
- A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
- People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
- A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
- The lowest possible payment by government law
- A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students
- Financial aid for European countries
- An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century
20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...
U.S. History Review 2018-05-16
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- A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
- The movement of expanding a country's available power
- The last major battle fought during the Civil War
- Opposing armies trying to stop the war
- Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
- A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
- The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
- A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
- People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
- The lowest possible payment by government law
- The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
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- A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
- Financial aid for European countries
- A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
- A young trendy woman in the 1920's
- The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
- A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
- An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century
- A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
- A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students
20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...
U.S. History Review 2018-05-16
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- Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
- The movement of expanding a country's available power
- The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
- A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
- The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
- A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
- A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
- A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
- People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
- Financial aid for European countries
- A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
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- A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
- A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students
- A young trendy woman in the 1920's
- An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century
- The last major battle fought during the Civil War
- The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
- Opposing armies trying to stop the war
- A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
- The lowest possible payment by government law
20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...
U.S. History Review 2018-05-16
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- The movement of expanding a country's available power
- A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students
- A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
- A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
- Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
- A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
- The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
- A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
- Financial aid for European countries
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- The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
- People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
- A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
- A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
- The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
- Opposing armies trying to stop the war
- A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
- The last major battle fought during the Civil War
- An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century
- The lowest possible payment by government law
- A young trendy woman in the 1920's
20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...
Civil War Vocabulary 2024-05-10
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- Soldiers trained to fight on horseback.
- Made from leather, a common type of shoe in the Civil War.
- The term originated in the mid-1860s which is a slang term for U.S. paper dollars.
- A person who wants to stop or abolish slavery.
- A steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor.
- A vital piece of equipment carried by both Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. Was used to carry all sorts of belongings that soldiers needed to stay alive while in camp or on the march.
- Ranged weapons that launch munitions.
- Soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot.
- A league or alliance of confederate states.
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- A northerner who moved to the south during the period of Reconstruction (1865-1877) for economic, social, and sometimes political opportunities.
- The basic unit of soldiers in an artillery regiment
- Large property dependent on the labor of enslaved people. Also known as a labor camp.
- To leave or withdraw; Eleven Southern states did this from the Union in 1860 which sparked the Civil War.
- Known as the North or the United States. This was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
- a rifle, pistol, or other portable gun.
15 Clues: Ranged weapons that launch munitions. • Soldiers trained to fight on horseback. • a rifle, pistol, or other portable gun. • A league or alliance of confederate states. • A person who wants to stop or abolish slavery. • The basic unit of soldiers in an artillery regiment • Soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot. • ...
Civil War: Sect 1-3 - Sheldon 2025-11-13
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- A siege lead by Grant that would cut off this city's resources.
- Confederate general who earned his nickname for "standing like a stone wall".
- The idea that Great Britain would support the Confederacy because they needed the South's raw cotton.
- A Union general who devised what is now known as the "Anaconda Plan".
- A series of clashes from Lee that forced the Union army to retreat from Richmond.
- A Civil War battle notorious for being the single bloodiest day in American history.
- The ______ Battle of Bull Run was the first major battle of the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
- A Confederate general willing to take risks and unpredictable moves.
- The ______ Battle of Bull Run saw Jackson's troops meeting Pope's troops for a three day skirmish.
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- Ships heavily armored with iron.
- A Civil War battle which saw the Union army gain great control of the Mississippi River valley.
- A Union general well known for being disliked by Lincoln because of his hesitation to attack.
- A Union admiral well known for racing past southern defenses in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Slave states that did not join the Confederacy.
- A federal outpost in Charleston that was attacked and sparked the Civil War.
- A Union General initially stationed out west; he grew impatient when Lincoln asked him to lead a defensive front.
16 Clues: Ships heavily armored with iron. • Slave states that did not join the Confederacy. • A siege lead by Grant that would cut off this city's resources. • A Confederate general willing to take risks and unpredictable moves. • A Union general who devised what is now known as the "Anaconda Plan". • ...
Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-21
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- anaconda plan was a part of this
- The South ___ in 1865
- was the main general in this blockade
- Jefferson ___ feared Atlanta would be given up without a fight
- the proclamation ended diplomatic ___ of the confederacy of great Britain
- ___ cause reason for the northerners to fight the south
- Chickamauga was an extremely ___ battle for both sides of the war
- Atlantans feared the ___ of their city was inevitable
- this was the bloodiest engagement in the civil war
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- the north cut this off from the south
- Blackshear had 333 ___ at the outbreak of the war
- Chickamauga was the ___ battle fought in georgia
- this was written by president lincoln
- Sherman's march was a path of ___
- Men also went to the 4th Georgian ___ regiment
- Men went to the 50th Georgia ___ regiment
- ___ Campaign is the name given to the military operations that took place in Georgia during the civil war
17 Clues: The South ___ in 1865 • anaconda plan was a part of this • Sherman's march was a path of ___ • the north cut this off from the south • this was written by president lincoln • was the main general in this blockade • Men went to the 50th Georgia ___ regiment • Men also went to the 4th Georgian ___ regiment • Chickamauga was the ___ battle fought in georgia • ...
history crossword final 2025-04-23
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- the unions ironclad
- Confederate general and military leader of the defeated Confederacy during the American Civil War.
- created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed residents to decide whether to permit slavery through popular sovereignty.
- the successful party that came from the whigs
- two federal laws, passed in 1793 and 1850, designed to compel the return of escaped enslaved people to their owners
- This siege, which took place from May 18 to July 4, 1863, resulted in a key Union victory that gave them control of the Mississippi River and effectively split the Confederacy.
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- 16th U.S. President
- the union general and military leader
- a historical sea fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, and is renowned as the site where the first shots of the American Civil War were fired.
- is considered a turning point in the war, marking the high-water mark of the Confederate invasion of the North.
- the principle that the legitimacy of a government and its leaders comes from the consent of the people they govern
- withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
- Abraham Lincoln's shortest speech during the war.
- first metal boat
- the Union's early war strategy to defeat the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
15 Clues: first metal boat • 16th U.S. President • the unions ironclad • the union general and military leader • the successful party that came from the whigs • Abraham Lincoln's shortest speech during the war. • the Union's early war strategy to defeat the Confederacy during the American Civil War. • ...
Matthew English- Absolute Monarchs 2024-11-14
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- and Mary- House Of Hanover
- the Great- A great Person
- monarchy-
- XIV- A king
- Civil War-
- right-
- of Versailles-
- Something That Happens
- Country
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- Cromwell- Rules Army
- the Great-
- Revolution- Type Of Something
- Years’ War-
- monarch-
- II - A king
- I- Executed for treason
- A thing
- Years’ War-
- Theresa-
- the Terrible- A person
20 Clues: right- • A thing • Country • monarch- • Theresa- • monarchy- • the Great- • Civil War- • Years’ War- • XIV- A king • II - A king • Years’ War- • of Versailles- • Cromwell- Rules Army • Something That Happens • the Terrible- A person • I- Executed for treason • the Great- A great Person • and Mary- House Of Hanover • Revolution- Type Of Something
Unit Review Crossword 2022-04-04
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- Northern states during the Civil War
- Acquisition of land in 1803 that resulted in doubling the size of the U.S.
- combination of the House of Representatives and Senate
- people who believed slavery should be abolished, or ended
- Southern states during the Civil War
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- president whose decision it was to purchase the Lousiana territory
- elected as president at the very beginning of the Civil War
- the branch of the U.S. government that contains the president and vice president
- the branch of the U.S. government that contains the U.S. Supreme Court
- special word for the president's advisors
- the country who sold the Louisiana territory to the U.S.
- to leave
12 Clues: to leave • Northern states during the Civil War • Southern states during the Civil War • special word for the president's advisors • combination of the House of Representatives and Senate • the country who sold the Louisiana territory to the U.S. • people who believed slavery should be abolished, or ended • elected as president at the very beginning of the Civil War • ...
Civil War 2023-10-27
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- The Union ironclad warship that faced the CSS Virginia.
- The bloodiest single-day battle in American history.
- The primary cause of the American Civil War.
- The period following the Civil War aimed at rebuilding the nation.
- The notorious Confederate prison camp in Georgia.
- A pivotal battle in Pennsylvania in 1863.
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- The act that declared slaves in Confederate states to be free.
- The group of Southern states that seceded from the Union.
- The President of the United States during the Civil War.
- The leader of the Union Army.
- The Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox.
- The Union general known for his destructive "March to the Sea."
12 Clues: The leader of the Union Army. • A pivotal battle in Pennsylvania in 1863. • The primary cause of the American Civil War. • The notorious Confederate prison camp in Georgia. • The bloodiest single-day battle in American history. • The Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox. • The Union ironclad warship that faced the CSS Virginia. • ...
US President Word Puzzle 2022-03-22
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- Major US general in WW2.
- Successor of Theodore Roosevelt.
- Fought in the American Revolutionary War.
- Negotiated a peaceful end with the Soviet Union to take down the border wall.
- Raised taxes to new high, which contributed to the Stock Market Crash.
- Responsible for the Watergate Scandal.
- Helped formulate the Monroe Doctrine.
- Brought US troops back home, ending the Afghanistan War.
- longest economic expansion in US history.
- Leading member of the Continental Congress.
- Partake in the Vietnam War.
- Co-founder of the Democratic -Republican party.
- responsible for initiating the invasion of Afghanistan after 9/11.
- Created the Bull Moose Party.
- Served his presidency during WW2.
- Main founder of the Democratic Party.
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- Served in the first World War.
- Took office right before the Great Depression.
- Granted citizenship to Native Americans.
- Contributed in freeing the black slaves after the Civil War.
- Took office after Franklin Roosevelt's death.
- First US president to cross the demilitarized zone in the Korea peninsula.
- Served during the Gulf War.
- Only president to serve two non-consecutive terms.
- Eliminated the Guinea worm disease.
- Succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt after his assassination.
- Ended the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- Wrote the Declaration of Independence
- Major US general of the Civil War.
- Created the Affordable Care act.
30 Clues: Major US general in WW2. • Served during the Gulf War. • Partake in the Vietnam War. • Created the Bull Moose Party. • Served in the first World War. • Ended the Cuban Missile Crisis. • Successor of Theodore Roosevelt. • Created the Affordable Care act. • Served his presidency during WW2. • Major US general of the Civil War. • Eliminated the Guinea worm disease. • ...
Ch. 17 Reconstruction Vocabulary Crossword 2016-04-18
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- A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
- granted citizenship and the same rights enjoyed by white citizens to all male persons in the United States
- Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or previous condition of servitude
- Any code of law that defined and especially limited the rights of former slaves after the Civil War.
- After the disputed Presidential Election of 1876, Congress declared Republican Rutherford B. Hayes the winner, but Republicans promised to withdraw remaining troops from Southern states & no longer attempt to reshape Southern states; marked the end of Reconstruction as Democrats regained control of the South
- A secret society organized in the South after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of violence.
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- first African American senator
- Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites
- the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
- Civil War general who became president in 1869
- 17th president of the United States, came to office after Lincoln's assassination and opposed Radical Republicans; he was impeached
- 26 year old actor and Southern sympathizer, assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- Federal agency set up in 1865 to provide food, schools, and medical care to freed slaves in the South
- declared that all persons born in the US were citizenship, that all citizens were entitled to equal rights and their rights were protected by due process
- officially made slavery illegal in all of the United States
15 Clues: first African American senator • Civil War general who became president in 1869 • Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites • officially made slavery illegal in all of the United States • 26 year old actor and Southern sympathizer, assassination of Abraham Lincoln • ...
Union Puzzles 2024-12-03
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- Three day battle during the civil war and was a huge turning point
- People who believe in the abolishment of slavery
- The release of slaves in the south
- Escaped slaves
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- A person wounded, killed, missing or captured during war
- First battle in the civil war
- A large Combat between two armed forces
- Union General during the surrender
- President of the U.S.A. during the civil war
9 Clues: Escaped slaves • First battle in the civil war • Union General during the surrender • The release of slaves in the south • A large Combat between two armed forces • President of the U.S.A. during the civil war • People who believe in the abolishment of slavery • A person wounded, killed, missing or captured during war • ...
Presidents 2021-10-15
Across
- ended Reconstruction when elected in 1876
- fattest president, only president to also be on the Supreme Court
- president at the beginning of the Depression
- only president never elected to VP or President
- father of the constitution
- popularized trickle down economics
- president during the Vietnam war choose not to run again
- assassinated in Dallas in 1963
- Dropped the Atomic bomb
- first president impeached
- second president
- president during the Watergate scandal
- president during the Civil War
- started the interstate system
- first VP to take over for a president that died
- played the saxophone, impeached for perjury
- president during 9-11
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- wrote the Declaration of Independence
- president for the least time
- first African American president
- First president
- general during the Civil War became president
- president during the Mexican American war
- only president to serve 2 terms separated by another president
- First Tennessean to be president, trail of tears
- first modern president later ran under the Bull moose party
- Silent Cal
- President during WWI
- president during the Spanish-American war
- current president
- slogan was "Make America Great Again"
31 Clues: Silent Cal • First president • second president • current president • President during WWI • president during 9-11 • Dropped the Atomic bomb • first president impeached • father of the constitution • president for the least time • started the interstate system • assassinated in Dallas in 1963 • president during the Civil War • first African American president • ...
American History : Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-04
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- The first High School Massacre was located in this city.
- The first colonialists did this in the 1600s.
- A space shuttle resulting in disaster.
- The USA became this after winning the war.
- The city of Florida known for its theme parks.
- Founder of terrorist group Al-Qaeda
- He was the first African-American president.
- War that separated this North And South Asia country.
- A war lasting 42 days.
- The capital and title of the wall in Germany.
Down
- American Revolution was centered around them.
- A pacifist assassinated for his Civil Rights beliefs.
- The towers that were hit during 9/11.
- Occurs during a significant economic decline.
- A terrorist truck bombing.
- A war to try and prevent communist in the USA.
- A revolution sparked by access to computers.
- Gay people had access to this on 06/25/15.
- The most costliest hurricane in the USA.
- The Afghanistan and Iraq war is a...
- The rights that protect individuals' freedom.
- A marathon shooting occurred in this city.
- An elementary school shooting.
- Astronauts landed on this solar object in 1969.
- President who was assassinated in his car.
25 Clues: A war lasting 42 days. • A terrorist truck bombing. • An elementary school shooting. • Founder of terrorist group Al-Qaeda • The Afghanistan and Iraq war is a... • The towers that were hit during 9/11. • A space shuttle resulting in disaster. • The most costliest hurricane in the USA. • Gay people had access to this on 06/25/15. • A marathon shooting occurred in this city. • ...
Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-18
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- highly photographed and neither side had a clear win
- Lee surrenders and the Civil War ends
- this is what happened to Lincoln
- political party that supported slavery
- general of the Union army
- what southerners called Bull Run
- civilians did this because they thought the first battle would be entertaining and quick
- southern states that seceded and formed their own nation
- the confidence, enthusiasm, and discipline of a person or group at a particular time.
- president that caused southern states secede
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- a person who wants to stop slavery
- Proclamation Lincoln signed that freed all enslaved people
- bloodiest battle in American history and turning point in the war
- political party that didn't support slavery
- nickname given to General Jackson because he led Confederates to victory in the battle of Bull Run
- northern states in the war, didn't support slavery
- formally withdraw from the Union
- the first official battle of the war
- was not widely believed in during the time so medical tools weren't cleaned, leading to infection
- fort in South Carolina where the Civil War first started
- first state to secede
21 Clues: first state to secede • general of the Union army • this is what happened to Lincoln • formally withdraw from the Union • what southerners called Bull Run • a person who wants to stop slavery • the first official battle of the war • Lee surrenders and the Civil War ends • political party that supported slavery • political party that didn't support slavery • ...
U.S. History Review 2018-05-16
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- A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
- A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
- The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
- The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
- Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
- The movement of expanding a country's available power
- The lowest possible payment by government law
- A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
- A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
- Opposing armies trying to stop the war
Down
- The last major battle fought during the Civil War
- Financial aid for European countries
- People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
- A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
- A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
- A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
- A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students
- An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century
- A young trendy woman in the 1920's
- The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...
U.S. History Review 2018-05-16
Across
- A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
- The movement of expanding a country's available power
- Opposing armies trying to stop the war
- The last major battle fought during the Civil War
- A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
- The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
- Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
- The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
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- A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students
- A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
- A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
- A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
- A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
- People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
- Financial aid for European countries
- An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century
- The lowest possible payment by government law
- A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
- The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
- A young trendy woman in the 1920's
20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...
U.S. History Review 2018-05-16
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- Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
- A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
- A young trendy woman in the 1920's
- A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
- People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
- Financial aid for European countries
- A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
- The last major battle fought during the Civil War
Down
- A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
- Opposing armies trying to stop the war
- The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
- An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century
- The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
- A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
- A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students
- The lowest possible payment by government law
- A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
- The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
- The movement of expanding a country's available power
- A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...
U.S. History Review 2018-05-16
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- The last major battle fought during the Civil War
- A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
- A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
- The lowest possible payment by government law
- A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
- A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
- People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
- A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students
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- Financial aid for European countries
- A young trendy woman in the 1920's
- The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
- An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century
- Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
- A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
- A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
- Opposing armies trying to stop the war
- The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
- A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
- The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
- The movement of expanding a country's available power
20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...
Civil War Crossword 2012-02-26
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- the south's nickname
- forced unpaid labor
- system to help free slaves
- the south
- 16th president of u.s.
- advocated the abolition of slavery
- commander of the confederate army
- the north
- lincoln's famous speech
- northerner's nickname
- law that said runaway slaves must be returned to owners
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- founder of american red cross
- pride in one's section
- american abolitionist, author, statesman, reformer, ex-slave, etc.
- slave who sued unsuccessfully for his freedom
- proclamation that freed slaves
- missouri, kentucky, west virginia, maryland, and delaware
- prevention of troops to exit
- the man who assassinated president lincoln
- plans for war
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 • ...
Civil War Crossword 2013-03-27
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- A large earthen mound used to shield the inside of a fortified position from artillery fire and infantry assault.
- A hollow projectile, shot from a cannon.
- Fortified structures designed to strengthen a position in battle. This includes earthworks, fieldworks, entrenchments, siege lines, etc.
- The term used for military supplies, such as weaponry and ammunition.
- An unrifled artillery gun designed to launch shells over walls and enemy fortifications.
- A mounted sentry stationed in advance of a picket line.
- Long, cylindrical metal rod used to push the cartridge down the barrel of a musket in preparation for firing.
- The crude shelters Civil War prisoners of war built to protect themselves from the sun and rain.
- A leave from duty, granted by a superior officer.
- To make an artillery piece unusable so that it could not be used by the enemy if captured.
- Smoothbore heavy artillery which lobbed shot and shell; used in coastal fortifications.
- A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action.
- Temporary soldier encampment in which soldiers were provided no shelter other than what could be assembled quickly.
- A sturdily-built, arched masonry chamber enclosed by a fortification's ramparts or walls.
- 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.
- An honorary promotion in rank, usually for merit.
- To formally enroll in the army or to call roll.
- Bacterial disease causing fever, diarrhea, headache, enlargement of the spleen, and extreme physical exhaustion and collapse.
- A term often used to describe the United States of America before the outbreak of the Civil War.
- A two-wheeled cart that carried two ammunition chests, tools, and a spare wheel for artillery pieces.
- Roller A very large, bullet resistant gabion which was used to protect soldiers from enemy fire as they constructed trenches.
- A structure built to hold either natural or man-made embankments in position.
- Long cuts dug out of the earth with the dirt piled up into a mound in front; used for defense.
- A condition known today as edema. Fluid builds up in the tissues and causes limbs to swell up horribly.
- A fortification shaped roughly like a half-moon.
- Roll A long, continuous drum call.
- Term for a Northerner who opposed the war effort.
- A part of a defensive line of works or a fortification that juts out from the main line towards the enemy.
- The basic unit of the Civil War soldiers, usually made up of 1,000 to 1,500 men.
- Term for cheap, poorly made cloth which was used early in the war to make Federal uniforms. The cloth fell apart very quickly.
- The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people.
- A line of trees, chopped down and placed with their branches facing the enemy, used to strengthen fortifications.
- A fortification with two parapets or low walls whose faces unite to form a salient angle towards the enemy
- A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare.
- A flag identifying a regiment or army.
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- The basic unit of soldiers in an artillery regiment.
- To lie in wait for an unexpected attack.
- Army regiments composed of African-American soldiers.
- A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot.
- The distance around the inside of a gun barrel measured in thousands of an inch.
- A crushing defeat where, often, the losers run from the field.
- A fortified location where powder or supplies were stored.
- To arrange walls, embankments and other features of a fortification or field work so that the enemy cannot make an accurate shot inside.
- A group of 50 to 100 soldiers led by a captain.
- Bridge A floating bridge which was constructed by anchoring a series of large, flat-bottomed boats across a waterway and then laying wooden planks across them.
- A flag or banner carried into battle on a pole.
- Cap worn by Civil War soldiers; more prevalent among Union soldiers.
- A soldier who served the officers of his regiment by carrying mail or messages.
- Small sewing kit soldiers used to repair their garments.
- The officer who was responsible for supplying clothing, supplies and food for the troops.
- Someone who does something because they want to, not because they need to.
- Raised platform or mound allowing an artillery piece to be fired over a fortification's walls without exposing the gun crew to enemy fire.
- A group of soldiers stationed at a military post.
- A military draftee.
- Small canvas bag, about one foot square, used to carry a soldier's food.
- 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.
- To practice marching, military formations and the steps in firing and handling one's weapon.
- A field fortification made of earth.
- A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured.
- A region or area where fighting takes place.
- Guns Large logs painted to look like cannons; used to fool the enemy into thinking a position was stronger than it really was.
- To fire along the length of an enemy's battle line.
- Cutter This term applies to fast ships that were used to patrol the seas and Great Lakes to prevent smuggling and impose importation and custom fees.
- Sovereignty Stated that the people of each territory should be able to decide for themselves if slavery should be allowed in their territory when it became a state.
- A term used to describe the hard crackers often issued to soldiers of both sides during the Civil War.
- A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored.
- A leather shoe, similar to an ankle-high boot, issued to soldiers during the Civil War.
- The lowest rank in the army.
- A minor fight.
- A pledge by a prisoner of war or a defeated soldier not to bear arms.
70 Clues: A minor fight. • A military draftee. • The lowest rank in the army. • Roll A long, continuous drum call. • A field fortification made of earth. • A flag identifying a regiment or army. • To lie in wait for an unexpected attack. • A hollow projectile, shot from a cannon. • A region or area where fighting takes place. • A group of 50 to 100 soldiers led by a captain. • ...
English Civil War 2013-03-12
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- A country without a monarch.
- To give up or renounce
- People that belong to the Christen congregation that separated the RCC
- a medieval association of craftsmen or tradesmen witch upheld standards and protected its members.
- an order requiring that a prisoner be taken to the court to decide if he or she is being imprisoned lawfully.
- To differ in opinion, disagree;refuse to conform to the established church.
- A government that is controlled by the people who lived under it
- An act forbidding anyone except members of the Church of England from holding political office or entering the professions.
- A German religious reformer
- A great religious movement in the 16th century to reform RCC
- A king,queen,emperor or empress with unlimited appearance.
- The action of killing a king.
- A follower of the teachings of John Calvin, a leader of the protestant reformation
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- The belief that powers as ruler come directly from God, and that they are God’s representative here on earth.
- A very large and powerful group among the dissenting Protestant. They were totally opposed to the ceremonies and decoration of the Anglican Churches.
- To settle in and control the lands of others
- A war between citizens of the same country.
- a monarchy in witch the monarch rules according to the constitution and the laws of the nation.
- The rights of a citizen.
- A cruel and unjust ruler or person.
- False and malicious statement against the monarch,which are treasonous.
- A Protestant church governed by presbyters.
- A rebirth or revival
- Citizens who are not regular soldiers, but who are trained to act as soldiers in times of emergency.
- in earlier times, coastal towns had to supply the king with ships, or the value in money.
- The crime of betraying one's country, esp. by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.
- The great guaranteed the english people certain civil rights
- Strict laws
- To combine with for a special purpose.
- A king or queen
30 Clues: Strict laws • A king or queen • A rebirth or revival • To give up or renounce • The rights of a citizen. • A German religious reformer • A country without a monarch. • The action of killing a king. • A cruel and unjust ruler or person. • To combine with for a special purpose. • A war between citizens of the same country. • A Protestant church governed by presbyters. • ...
Civil War Crossword 2013-04-11
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- :former general and candidate for the presidency in 1864
- :fortress that's capture split the South in two
- :responsible for the assassination of Lincoln
- :plan designed to smother the South's economy
- :southern general killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville "Stonewall"
- :southern general at the Battle of Fort Henry
- :northern Democrats that opposed war and sympathized with the South
- :one of the three rivers that Sherman damaged that was crucial to the South
- :site where Lee's last attempt to an invasion of the North was turned back
- :A coalition of Republicans and War Democrats that helped Lincoln's re-election
- Lincoln's vice president and running mate in the election of 1864
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- :Georgian city given to Lincoln as a Christmas present by Sherman
- :fort in Mississippi where black soldiers were massacred after surrender.
- :anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported
- a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid used in medicine as a pain reliever
- :warships covered in iron
- :freeing someone from the control of another
- :capital of the Confederacy
- :confederate general at the Battle of Shiloh
- :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 • ...
The Civil War 2014-03-09
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- What started the Civil War?
- Which was the bloodiest one day battle?
- What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write about slavery?
- Who was the South's best general?
- Who invented the cotton gin?
- What was the first battle?
- Which general was very cautious?
- What Union general captured Atlanta?
- Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
- What did the 13th amendment abolish?
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- Who was the President of the South?
- Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
- What is the name of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech?
- What was the capitol of the Confederacy?
- What were the northern states called?
- What were the southern states called?
- Who made the first factory?
- Which side had better generals like Lee?
- Who was President during the Civil War?
- What was the South's main source of income?
20 Clues: What was the first battle? • What started the Civil War? • Who made the first factory? • Who invented the cotton gin? • Which general was very cautious? • Who was the South's best general? • Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln? • Who was the President of the South? • What Union general captured Atlanta? • What did the 13th amendment abolish? • What were the northern states called? • ...
The Civil War 2014-03-09
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- Who was President during the Civil War?
- What was the first battle?
- What started the Civil War?
- Who made the first factory?
- Who invented the cotton gin?
- Which was the bloodiest one day battle?
- What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write about slavery?
- Who was the South's best general?
- What was the capitol of the Confederacy?
- Who was the President of the South?
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- What did the 13th amendment abolish?
- What were the southern states called?
- Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
- What is the name of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech?
- What Union general captured Atlanta?
- Which general was very cautious?
- Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
- What were the northern states called?
- What was the South's main source of income?
- Which side had better generals like Lee?
20 Clues: What was the first battle? • What started the Civil War? • Who made the first factory? • Who invented the cotton gin? • Which general was very cautious? • Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln? • Who was the South's best general? • Who was the President of the South? • What did the 13th amendment abolish? • What Union general captured Atlanta? • What were the southern states called? • ...
The Civil War 2014-03-09
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- What was the capitol of the Confederacy?
- Who was President during the Civil War?
- Who was the South's best general?
- What is the name of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech?
- What Union general captured Atlanta?
- Who was the President of the South?
- What were the southern states called?
- What did the 13th amendment abolish?
- Who made the first factory?
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- What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write about slavery?
- Who invented the cotton gin?
- What started the Civil War?
- Which general was very cautious?
- Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
- What was the South's main source of income?
- Which side had better generals like Lee?
- Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
- What were the northern states called?
- Which was the bloodiest one day battle?
- What was the first battle?
20 Clues: What was the first battle? • What started the Civil War? • Who made the first factory? • Who invented the cotton gin? • Which general was very cautious? • Who was the South's best general? • Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln? • Who was the President of the South? • What Union general captured Atlanta? • What did the 13th amendment abolish? • What were the northern states called? • ...
Civil War Crossword 2014-03-10
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- the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- A member of an American political party in the 19th century, succeeded by the Republicans.
- ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader and a government
- A Union soldier during the Civil War
- To remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of a person
- to free a slave from bondage.
- A person killed or injured in a war or accident
- Withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization
- Enlist someone for military service.
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- not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others
- an inhabitant of a particular town, city, or country
- The action or an act of getting rid of system, practice, or institution
- A person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding to avoid arrest or persecution
- A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside
- A person advocating or supporting republican government.
- A supporter of the Confederate States of America
- Soldiers who fought on horseback
- An advocate or supporter of the democratic party.
- The state of being a slave
- Compulsory recruitment for military service
20 Clues: The state of being a slave • to free a slave from bondage. • Soldiers who fought on horseback • A Union soldier during the Civil War • Enlist someone for military service. • Compulsory recruitment for military service • A person killed or injured in a war or accident • A supporter of the Confederate States of America • An advocate or supporter of the democratic party. • ...
Civil War Causes 2013-12-11
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- CA wants to become a free state
- 1st major battle of the war
- Stop the spread of slavery,high tarrifs,transcontinental RR
- Constructed to hold northern prisoneers
- will not free slaves
- Controlled by the union
- stonewall jackson is shot and killed by his own people in the hope great britain will help the blockade
- Stop slavery in territories
- Bloodiest one day battle of the cw
- President of Confederate
- union general
- Protect slavery in the territories
- Make laws for the nation(opposite of the south)
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- blockade northern plan
- mo applies for statehood as a slave states
- Was shot and killed by his own men at Chancellorsville
- In charge of the prison
- w/hold cotton to great britain, southern plan
- Sherman tries to take the mountain-defeated
- gives them popular sovereighty
- helps union stop supplies for csa
- Wanted GA to stay in the union, Vice President
- Belief that the way one group does things or thinks is better than another person
- If they're considered a law to so aganist their sovereighty(as a state) they do not have to follow
- Election of 1860
25 Clues: union general • Election of 1860 • will not free slaves • blockade northern plan • In charge of the prison • Controlled by the union • President of Confederate • 1st major battle of the war • Stop slavery in territories • gives them popular sovereighty • CA wants to become a free state • helps union stop supplies for csa • Bloodiest one day battle of the cw • ...
Early Civil War 2013-12-05
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- Union ironclad
- battle where the Union gained more control of the Mississippi Valley
- site of seven-week siege in 1863
- location of Glorieta Pass
- Native American tribe which aided the Confederates
- the south believed this country would rely on them for cotton
- railroad junction where the first major battle occurred
- popular type of rifle used during the war
- freeing of slaves
- commanded the Army of the Tennessee
- President of the U.S. during the war
- Clara Barton's work formed the basis for this
- Army unit devoted to communication
- Confederate Vice-President
- defeated by Lincoln in 1864 election
- border state which separated Washington D.C.from the north
- Confederate capital
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- McClellan was the commander of the Army of the _____________
- Confederate general at Bull Run
- border state west of the Mississippi River
- Confederate President
- prison camp in Georgia
- first woman to receive a license to practice medicine
- original name of the Virginia
- largest city of the Confederacy
- site of the bloodiest single day in U.S. history
- midwesterners who sympathized with the south
- location of Confederate defeat at Pichaco Pass
- fort which the 54th Massachusetts attacked
- forced military service
- creek where the first major battle occurred
- Union general at Bull Run
- victors at Antietam
- site of the war's first shots
- nickname of Thomas Jackson
35 Clues: Union ironclad • freeing of slaves • victors at Antietam • Confederate capital • Confederate President • prison camp in Georgia • forced military service • location of Glorieta Pass • Union general at Bull Run • nickname of Thomas Jackson • Confederate Vice-President • original name of the Virginia • site of the war's first shots • Confederate general at Bull Run • ...
Civil War Puzzle 2014-03-20
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- The Confederate's head general
- The Union's head general
- The gun mainly used in the war
- A general for the South, had a nice beard
- Month and day that the war ended
- The place where the war ended (Hint: _________ Courthouse)
- Main food the soldiers ate (Hint: Cracker)
- What the war was mainly about
- Capital city of the South
- The knife on the end of a musket
- The two things fighting against each other in a war
- Army that won the war
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- One of the most pivotal battles in the war, the name of a city
- The first battle of the war
- President for the North
- Higher ranked soldiers on horseback
- Many soldiers on foot
- The most famous battle of the war
- Led a famous charge against the North in the Battle of Gettysburg
- President for the South
- Month and day that the war began
21 Clues: Many soldiers on foot • Army that won the war • President for the North • President for the South • The Union's head general • Capital city of the South • The first battle of the war • What the war was mainly about • The Confederate's head general • The gun mainly used in the war • Month and day that the war ended • The knife on the end of a musket • Month and day that the war began • ...
The Civil War 2014-03-11
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- 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.
- 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).
- Meant that people in the territory or state would vote directly on issues, rather than having their elected representatives decide.
- A tax on the money people receive.
- Was put as General after the Union's defeat at Bull Run. His army trained for seven months, but didn't attack.
- A military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it.
- Passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, eager to develop lands in Illionois, and debated against Abraham Lincoln.
- A general rise in prices.
- covered with protective iron plates.
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- Took over for George McClellan, and led the most successful Union armies.
- Runaway enslaved people.
- A system of required military service.
- Northerner who was affected by the Fugitive Slave Act, who published Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The president during the Civil War
- Withdraw
- Slave states that did not secede.
- Not favoring either side.
- All-out attacks aimed at destroying an enemy's army, its resources, and its people's will to fight.
- A war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country.
- An attempt to capture a place by surrounding it with military forces and cutting it off until the people inside surrender.
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. • ...
The Civil War 2014-09-17
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- a state that didn't allow slavery
- secret routes that led to free lands
- she was a conductor of the Underground Railroad
- a state that allowed slavery
- sets of laws
- states that permitted slavery but had not seceded
- regional loyalty
- a tax
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- to leave
- it was in the South but it was controlled by the North
- he seized a weapons storehouse at Harpers Ferry
- he was elected president of the Confederacy
- an agreement in which both sides give something up
- he led an attack that killed more than 50 people
- people who worked to end slavery
- to end
- southern states who formed their own nation
- the Chief Justice who ruled against Dred Scott
- a war between the same country
- land that belongs to a nation but is not a state
20 Clues: a tax • to end • to leave • sets of laws • regional loyalty • a state that allowed slavery • a war between the same country • people who worked to end slavery • a state that didn't allow slavery • secret routes that led to free lands • he was elected president of the Confederacy • southern states who formed their own nation • the Chief Justice who ruled against Dred Scott • ...
The Civil War. 2013-04-09
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- Most bloodiest war in the U.S. history, was also an important victory for the Union.
- Confederate used this to win Britain's support because of it's cotton's importance to Britain's textile industry.
- This battle occurred because South wanted to defeat North. Union forces controlled key stretches of Tennessee & Kentucky.
- she established a small hospital that grew into a major army hospital
- Two wars broke out in this place and named it the Battle of _________. It was the first battles in the civil war.
- South wanted to break North's will to fight and seize supplies for their army. This became the Battle of __________
- He opposed to abolition and sympathized with south, he also said the war was unjustified.
- she organized and gathered medicine and supplies to deliver them to the Union troops.
- most famous speech of Lincoln in American history.
- constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
- Mainly of free African Americans trying to capture of Fort Wagner. Called the _____ Massachusetts Infantry. *hint: number
- escaped slaves
- carried out a Union strategy to destroy southern railroads and industries
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- freeing of slaves
- The Union wanted to capture Mississippi River by capturing New Orleans first.
- using military resources to destroy an opponent's economy and the will to fight
- any northern democrats who opposed the war
- served in the Mexican war but resigned from the army. He soon volunteered with the Union Army.
- Task of charging the center of the Union line under command of George Pickett.
- Mainly Cherokee fought in this war for the Confederacy's side. This battle became known as Battle of ___________
20 Clues: escaped slaves • freeing of slaves • any northern democrats who opposed the war • most famous speech of Lincoln in American history. • constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment • she established a small hospital that grew into a major army hospital • carried out a Union strategy to destroy southern railroads and industries • ...
Civil War Crossword 2018-04-30
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- Armed forces that prevent the transportation of goods or people into or out of an area.
- What did the 13th Amendment abolish?
- What right did the 15th Amendment grant to African Americans?
- Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy, using a blockade to keep supplies away from the south
- Gun with a grooved barrel that causes a bullet to spin through the air.
- Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites.
- Proclamation issued by Lincoln as a military tactic, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.
- tax on earnings
- Conditions and practices that promote health.
- Warships covered with iron.
- Slave states that bordered states in which slavery was illegal.
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- Lincoln's main opponents
- Talented Military Leader
- Lincoln's first goal as president was to
- Lee and McClellan's army clashed for a week.
- What does the 14th Amendment define?
- Bloodiest day in all of American History
- Bullet with a hollow base.
- Soldiers on horseback.
- Cash payments
- Who assassinated President Lincoln?
- Abolitionist who killed pro slavery settlers in Kansas and was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia
22 Clues: Cash payments • tax on earnings • Soldiers on horseback. • Lincoln's main opponents • Talented Military Leader • Bullet with a hollow base. • Warships covered with iron. • Who assassinated President Lincoln? • What did the 13th Amendment abolish? • What does the 14th Amendment define? • Lincoln's first goal as president was to • Bloodiest day in all of American History • ...
English Civil War 2020-01-17
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- this house was abolished (destroyed)
- I very important thing in the English Civil War
- was supported by all the Kings
- This year was when the fight between and the puritans exploded
- In this year Cromwell's forces defeated Charles cavaliers
- His supporters were know as Cavaliers
- Money that goes to the government
- People virtue in England
- A religious group who wanted to purify the church of England
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- this year king Charles I called the parliament into session. He needed money for war against Scotland
- Monarchy Most English people prefer this type of government before republic
- Supporters of Oliver Cromwell
- Leader of the puritans
- this house was allowed to remain (Parliament)
- In this year Cromwell dismissed a Military Dictatorship he ruled alone with support of the army
- Came into power when his dad dies
- In this year Charles I surrendered and was tried, convicted and beheaded as a traitor
- Dies and his son comes into power
- Many monarchs in Europe believe they were ruled by this
- This word is the type of government England change into
20 Clues: Leader of the puritans • People virtue in England • Supporters of Oliver Cromwell • was supported by all the Kings • Came into power when his dad dies • Dies and his son comes into power • Money that goes to the government • this house was abolished (destroyed) • His supporters were know as Cavaliers • this house was allowed to remain (Parliament) • ...
Civil War - Jada 2019-12-02
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- Lincoln was morally opposed to:
- Union general that burned Atlanta
- Bloodiest single-day of fighting in the war
- Lincoln's assassinator
- President of the Union
- Most notorious Prisoner of War Camp; located in Georgia
- Provided exemption from draft for owners of 20 or more slaves
- Confederate general; shot by own troops
- Much of the _____ was destroyed
- Lee surrendered at:
- Fell to Union troops following a siege
- Union troops defended Cemetery Ridge; Pickett attacked Union center
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- President of the Confederacy
- Freed slaves living in states against the Union
- first battle of the Civil War
- Conflict between the Union and Confederacy
- Southern cotton was traded to European nations
- Commanded Army of Northern Virginia
- Sherman's troops cut a path of destruction 60 miles wide
- Slave states that remained loyal to the Union
- Led Union forces at Shiloh
- North fought to preserve the:
22 Clues: Lee surrendered at: • Lincoln's assassinator • President of the Union • Led Union forces at Shiloh • President of the Confederacy • first battle of the Civil War • North fought to preserve the: • Lincoln was morally opposed to: • Much of the _____ was destroyed • Union general that burned Atlanta • Commanded Army of Northern Virginia • Fell to Union troops following a siege • ...
civil war vocab 2021-02-19
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- a person that wants to end slavery
- a nickname for the south
- a nickname for money
- a northerner who moved to the south to become rich
- an army of citizens
- war between 1861-1865
- southern whites that supported republican party
- when southern states leave the US
- north side of the war
- people from the north and union soldiers
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- crackers ate by soldiers
- states in the north
- south side of the war
- a shoe worn by soldiers
- a large farm in the south
- when a famous person is murdered
- soldiers that travel by feet
- a term for people that supported the Union
- a long gun for soldiers
- states in the south
- a name for people in the south supporting the confederacy
- a cap worn by soldiers
- used to describe the US before war
23 Clues: states in the north • an army of citizens • states in the south • a nickname for money • south side of the war • war between 1861-1865 • north side of the war • a cap worn by soldiers • a shoe worn by soldiers • a long gun for soldiers • crackers ate by soldiers • a nickname for the south • a large farm in the south • soldiers that travel by feet • when a famous person is murdered • ...
Civil War Crossword 2020-12-17
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- This was not a document that directly freed all slaves, but rather, said that all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 01, 1863
- The Georgia General Assembly met in 1861 to discuss seceding from the Union
- Because of the horrible conditions in the camp, disease spread throughout the camp and many prisoners died
- The South hoped for this to spread into the new territories, while the North wanted at very least, for it to be contained to where it already existed.
- ,an act or instance of seceding.
- This was designed to cut off the souths transportation and supply routes and in effect “choke” them to death by “squeezing”
- This battle last 3 days, September 18-20th. Known as the 2nd bloodiest battle of the Civil War; there were over 34,000 casualties
- Led by Alexander Stephens, Robert Toombs, and the promise of the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
- This campaign last nearly 4 and a half months
- A Supreme Court case that resulted in the court favoring the southern view of slavery and lead to a greater ideological divide between the North and the South
- election 1860, The final event that led to the Civil War was the election of 1860
- He was an American inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army, officer. He gained fame for his role as a Union general during the American Civil War.
- This crisis came about because of a dispute over tariffs, and then widely grew from there
- was a U.S. Army officer who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War
- Due to the gold rush of 1849, California had enough people to apply for statehood (they wanted to join the Union)
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- The Missouri territory wanted to join the Union (become a state); they wanted to enter the Union as a slave state.
- This blockade was not successful, only nine out of every ten blockade runners made it successful to England.
- A march from Atlanta to Savannah that began on November 15, 1864 and ended on December 21, 1864
- was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Hood had a reputation for bravery and aggressiveness that sometimes bordered on recklessness.
- One of the major conflicts in the history of the United States
20 Clues: ,an act or instance of seceding. • This campaign last nearly 4 and a half months • One of the major conflicts in the history of the United States • The Georgia General Assembly met in 1861 to discuss seceding from the Union • was a U.S. Army officer who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War • ...
Civil War Puzzle 2020-12-03
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- Something that slaves fought for.
- a companion and a friend.
- an officer of high rank that is second in command.
- to kill a person secretively.
- a nation’s armed services that conducts of military operations on land.
- an area of land that is claimed by someone or state.
- When soldiers win in a battle.
- in the _____ people wanted to help end slavery.
- women that helped during the war were.
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- battles and conflict between different nations.
- When soldiers lose in a battle.
- the state of being a slave.
- a system of government.
- soldiers will _____ their enemies when in combat.
- soldiers would wear clothing worn by members of the same organization.
- soldiers are part of the _____ in the U.S.
- being united or joined in a political context.
- A person who serves in an army.
- soldiers used these weapons to help win against their enemies.
- someone who gives commands to soldiers.
- something that caused people to permanently not come back to life.
- Lincoln, he was the 16th president of the united states.
- something soldiers go into when they're fighting for something.
- something that soldier put at risk when entering war or battle.
- in the ____ people supported slavery and wanted to keep it.
- relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns.
26 Clues: a system of government. • a companion and a friend. • the state of being a slave. • to kill a person secretively. • When soldiers win in a battle. • When soldiers lose in a battle. • A person who serves in an army. • Something that slaves fought for. • women that helped during the war were. • someone who gives commands to soldiers. • soldiers are part of the _____ in the U.S. • ...
Civil War Crossword 2021-02-25
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- Novel posted on the reality of slavery
- Important river without the river part
- south
- another word for confederates
- The war for freedom
- who won the battle of bull run
- what were the type of people that own slaves
- The south used this mostly to get around
- Name of the person who march on the sea
- Was the north or the south fighting to free slavery
- what was the procces of being owned
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- leader of the union army
- effort to try and stop slavery
- Where robert e. lee surrendered
- The address that free slaves from the south
- first name of the leader of confederate army
- north
- What did the north have as a good transportation
- 16 president first name
- ulysses s. grant was not only a soldier but a
20 Clues: south • north • The war for freedom • 16 president first name • leader of the union army • another word for confederates • effort to try and stop slavery • who won the battle of bull run • Where robert e. lee surrendered • what was the procces of being owned • Novel posted on the reality of slavery • Important river without the river part • Name of the person who march on the sea • ...
Post Civil war 2016-11-17
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- Competed ruthlessly to put others out of business
- System of long and short pulses that represented letters
- Helped extend the life of food and communication
- Government stays out of businesses
- _________ point, Utah, where the golden spike was driven.
- Custers last stand, 200 of Custers lost against 2000
- Railroad that connected east to west
- Helped create an economic boom
- Carnegie steel cut wages
- Survival of the fittest in the Business world
- Created Jobs and helped economy grow
- Standard that is set
- For a small fee a person could obtain 160 acres of land
- Company has complete control of product or service
- People who bought land in hope of selling it later
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- Gaining control of different businesses
- Someone who raced into Oklahoma looking for land
- Federal lands set aside specifically for Native Americans
- workers went on strike for 8 hour workday
- Soldiers killed 200 defenseless indians
- Company drops prices to put others out
- People who cheated and went into Oklahoma early to get land
- Leader of the American Federation of Labor
- A philosophy that suggested Gov't ownership of businesses
- A way of getting around anti-monopoly laws
- 700 men attacked the cheyenne woman and children
- Symbol of American Success
- Workers had no control and went on strike
- Man who was named Americas greatest inventor
- A way of burning impurities out of Iron
- Loose association of businesses who produce the same product
- Assured people it was worth the risk to move west
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 • Gaining control of different businesses • Soldiers killed 200 defenseless indians • ...
Post Civil War 2016-11-17
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- An attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society
- Workers went on strike in support of the eight hour workdays
- This was set up to provide 160 acres to Native American families so they could become self sufficient
- Land parcels were measured, registered, and deeded so you knew exactly what you owned and what you could do with it
- Symbol of American success
- Survival of the Fittest
- Leader of the Cheyenne made a treaty with Colorado's governor and took his people to Sand Creek
- People who bought large areas of land in hopes to sell it in the future
- New way of burning impurities out of iron
- A group of people who didn't feel that the two main political parties were doing good enough to protect their interests
- Association of businesses who produce the same product
- When a company drops their prices to a very low level to put other companies out of business
- Railroad companies cut wages by 10%
- Invented talking telegram
- Negative view of industrialist
- America's greatest inventor
- Way of getting around antimonopoly laws
- People who raced to claim land parcels for a small sum
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- As production increases, the cost of each item produced is lower
- Signed by President Lincoln in 1862
- George Custer split his men because he underestimated the number of Natives. All his men were killed
- Positive view of industrialist
- People who cheated and claimed land early
- Government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth
- Gaining control of different businesses that make up all phases of a product's development
- One of the first labor unions
- When a company is in complete control of a product or service
- Federal land that was set aside specifically for Native Americans to live on
- Led the American Federation of Labor
- Helped speed up normal process of daily life and created new jobs
- Natives were being disarmed when a shot was fired. Soldiers opened fire and massacred about 200 people
31 Clues: Survival of the Fittest • Invented talking telegram • Symbol of American success • America's greatest inventor • One of the first labor unions • Positive view of industrialist • Negative view of industrialist • Signed by President Lincoln in 1862 • Railroad companies cut wages by 10% • Led the American Federation of Labor • Way of getting around antimonopoly laws • ...
Civil War Era 2016-11-18
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- The Mexican American Civil Rights Movement that fought for restoration of land grants, to farm workers rights, enhanced education, and voting and political rights.
- An African American leader who articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism in the 1950s and ‘60s.
- Citizens no longer have to pay a fee to vote. If they are a Citizen then they are eligible to vote and have vote rights
- Grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,” thereby granting citizenship to former slaves.”
- This trial wanted to treat African Americans like they are “Separate but equal.”
- Movement where African Americans rode interstate buses to test the enforcement of the Supreme Court's decision to outlaw segregation at interstate level.
- Played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens in the South and the creation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
- Movement where 4 African-American students went into a whites only diner and asked politely for a cup of coffee. When denied service, they would not engage in violence but would sit quietly and wait to be served.
- The mass march from Selma to Montgomery to protest for the black voter registration in Dallas county, where protesters were brutally attacked by state troopers and mounted patrolmen.
- An Indian leadership movement that transformed policy making into programs and organizations that served many Indian communities.
- Grant African American men the right to vote
- Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a public bus spurred a citywide boycott and helped launch nationwide efforts to end segregation of public facilities
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- It was for women’s suffrage and the right for a women to have equal voting rights as her male counterparts. Finalized in 1919
- “The segregation and disenfranchisement laws...codified system of racial apartheid that dominated the American South for three quarters of a century beginning in the 1890’s”
- Abolished slavery within the United States.
- This case dealt with the segregation of public schools on the basis of race.
- Civil rights activist who fought for better working conditions for farmers.
- The massive boycott that lasted 13 months, resulting in the ruling that bus segregation between whites and blacks was unconstitutional.
- January 22, 1973 Supreme court overturned decision on the abortion law, meaning that women and their doctor can choose abortion of pregnancy without legal restriction.
- Signed on July 2, 1964, prohibited any discrimination in a public place and allowed integration in school. This was signed by President Lyndon Johnson.
- Movement to win dignity and respect for America’s farm workers through better working conditions and a living wage.
- A charismatic Oglala Sioux who helped revive image of the American Indian.
22 Clues: Abolished slavery within the United States. • Grant African American men the right to vote • A charismatic Oglala Sioux who helped revive image of the American Indian. • Civil rights activist who fought for better working conditions for farmers. • This case dealt with the segregation of public schools on the basis of race. • ...
Civil war crossword 2017-04-24
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- soldiers who ride horses
- Troops sent to strengthen a fighting force by adding an additional number of fresh soldiers
- The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
- Union general who believed in total war
- President of the United States of America during the Civil War
- confederate general
- Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant
- Law the provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them
- killed most of solders during the holocaust
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- Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal
- withdrawal from enemy forces and territory
- Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States
- freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
- Slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware)
- Loyal to the Confederacy ,Also Southern or Rebel
- Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
- To leave or withdraw
- laws passed to restrict African Americans
- A ship protected by iron armor
- Paper currency which began to circulate in the North
20 Clues: confederate general • To leave or withdraw • soldiers who ride horses • A ship protected by iron armor • Union general who believed in total war • laws passed to restrict African Americans • withdrawal from enemy forces and territory • killed most of solders during the holocaust • Loyal to the Confederacy ,Also Southern or Rebel • ...
Civil war crossword 2017-04-24
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- Union general who believed in total war
- Law the provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them
- Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant
- Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal
- Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States
- confederate general
- Loyal to the Confederacy ,Also Southern or Rebel
- Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
- withdrawal from enemy forces and territory
- killed most of solders during the holocaust
- President of the United States of America during the Civil War
- Paper currency which began to circulate in the North
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- freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
- Slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware)
- Troops sent to strengthen a fighting force by adding an additional number of fresh soldiers
- The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
- To leave or withdraw
- soldiers who ride horses
- A ship protected by iron armor
- laws passed to restrict African Americans
20 Clues: confederate general • To leave or withdraw • soldiers who ride horses • A ship protected by iron armor • Union general who believed in total war • laws passed to restrict African Americans • withdrawal from enemy forces and territory • killed most of solders during the holocaust • Loyal to the Confederacy ,Also Southern or Rebel • ...
The Civil War! 2017-05-13
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- The president during the time of the Civil War
- letting the people decide, would have ended slavery, created by Stephen Douglas
- The side of the country the Union was on
- Freedom from slavery. Abraham Lincoln wrote the __________ Proclamation
- Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron. The north had a big clothing and machinery _________
- To practice marching
- The distance around the inside of a gun barrel (measured in thousands of an inch.) Bullets are labeled by what caliber gun they fit.
- A military made up from the community for an emergency
- A branch of the military that mostly uses ships
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- A cap worn by the civil war soldiers
- The War Between the States
- A southern term for peanuts
- Also called the South or the Confederate States of America, the __________ incorporated the states that seceded from the United States of America to form their own nation.
- Someone who wants slavery abolished or gone
- A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States. ____ doodle is a song written. The New York ______ baseball team
- A metal blade, like a short sword, that could be attached to the end of a musket or rifle-musket and used as a spear in hand-to-hand combat.
- A ship protected by metal armor
- The side of the country supporting Confederacy
- A mass killing of people
- A group of soldiers fighting on foot
- The portion of the country that stayed loyal to the federal government
21 Clues: To practice marching • A mass killing of people • The War Between the States • A southern term for peanuts • A ship protected by metal armor • A cap worn by the civil war soldiers • A group of soldiers fighting on foot • The side of the country the Union was on • Someone who wants slavery abolished or gone • The president during the time of the Civil War • ...
Post Civil War 2016-11-18
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- A group of similar companies that agree to limit production to cause raised prices.
- Was in Europe when his partner Henry Frick proposed wage cuts at Carnegie Steel, causing a massive strike and violent protests.
- A process to produce advanced steel by burning more impurities from iron.
- The philosophy of government owned business to distribute wealth equally.
- This type of consolidation is when a large company buys up all the smaller ones to control the industry.
- Wanted to buy large areas of land and sell them later to make a profit
- Invented a code of electrical pulses to communicate messages over wires.
- ____ of Labor was the first labor union, lead by Terence Powderly.
- A symbol of American success, showed that the US was a serious world power.
- Now that working required less physical labor, more of this demographic was encouraged to join the workforce.
- Cheaters who jumped the gun on the Oklahoma land rush.
- Economies of ______, when produced in bulk, products become cheaper.
- The negative term for rich people, because they were cruel to others to get richer.
- _____ Square, fighting broke out at McCormick reaper factory. A strike rally was later held. There was a bomb that killed a police officer.
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- _____ of Industry, the positive term for rich people because they stimulated the economy.
- This type of consolidation is when a company buys up other companies involved in development of their product so they control the whole process.
- Called America's greatest inventor, invented light bulb that run without burning up.
- When the US government tried to get rid of Native American traditions and make them behave like the rest of American Society.
- Split his troops to find the Indian camp, underestimated their numbers, him and all his men died.
- Government land given to the Native Americans when they were kicked off their homelands.
- One company controls an entire industry.
- They were used in the most dangerous places of factories because they could fit in tight places and reach inside machinery.
- The location where the two sides of the Transcontinental Railroad were connected.
- Westernmost point on the Transcontinental Railroad.
- A group of companies controlled by one, but individually owned, thus getting around anti-monopoly laws.
- In general, people who rushed to Oklahoma to get land for cheap, specifically the people who played fairly and did not start early.
26 Clues: One company controls an entire industry. • Westernmost point on the Transcontinental Railroad. • Cheaters who jumped the gun on the Oklahoma land rush. • ____ of Labor was the first labor union, lead by Terence Powderly. • Economies of ______, when produced in bulk, products become cheaper. • Wanted to buy large areas of land and sell them later to make a profit • ...
Post Civil War 2016-11-18
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- A philosophy that suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth created by those businesses
- A philosophy that believes in survival of the fittest
- A refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest
- People who bought large areas of land in the hopes of selling it later for a profit
- Leader of The American Federation of Labor, another labor union at this time
- ________ immigrants did the work for the railroad in the west
- Industrialists seen as stripping the world of its natural resources, competing ruthlessly for business, and treating their workers cruelly
- _______ immigrants contributed greatly to building the railroad in the east
- An attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society
- He and his 200 troops were killed at the Little Big Horn River when they tried to take on 2000 Native Americans and force them into reservations
- When a company is in complete control of a product or service
- The leader of the Knights of Labor, one of the first labor unions
- Federal lands that were set aside specifically for Native Americans to live on
- Thousands of people who raced into the Oklahoma Territories to claim parcels of land
- A non interference approach
- A loose association of businesses who produce the same product and agree to limit production thus driving up prices
- __________ consolidation is when a company buys out their competition to create a monopoly
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- Kept money supplies tight because it had to be backed by gold
- A way of getting around anti-monopoly laws. Businesses were controlled but not owned by one company thus not seen as a monopoly
- Invented the "Talking Telegram"
- People who cheated and went into Oklahoma early and claimed some of the best parcels of land
- Called America's greatest inventor
- Industrialists praised for creating jobs, helping the economy, and giving to charities and other causes
- The _________ Railroad connected the east and the west
- The _________ Bridge was a symbol of American success
- The _________ Process was a new way of burning impurities out of iron
- This political party was a group of people who didn't feel the two main political parties were doing enough to protect their interests
- Created Morse Code
- __________ consolidation is when a company gains control of all the businesses that make up the phases of production for their product
- Taxes put on imported goods
30 Clues: Created Morse Code • A non interference approach • Taxes put on imported goods • Invented the "Talking Telegram" • Called America's greatest inventor • A philosophy that believes in survival of the fittest • The _________ Bridge was a symbol of American success • The _________ Railroad connected the east and the west • ...
Post Civil War 2016-11-18
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- An act that was set up to provide land to indian families so they could become self sufficient. It was not a success. Much land was not good for farming.
- When something happens once, it is most likely to happen again
- An attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society.
- Who worked from the west on the transcontinental railroad?
- Who had it worse working in miserable conditions?
- Land was measured so you know what you owned and what you could do with it.
- As productino increases the cost of each item produced is lower
- Alexander Graham Bell
- When a company would drop it's price to very low level to dive their competitors out of business then would buy them out
- When a company is in complete control of a product or service
- Federal lands that were set aside for Native Americans to live on.
- A philosophy that believes in the survival of the fittest
- A loose association of businesses who produce the same product.
- People had lost everything during the civil war and were looking for a new start in a new place. People looked for a new place to hide from persecution for religious beliefs. Ones who committed a crime would flee.
- Who worked from the east on the transcontinental railroad?
- A way of getting around anti monopoly laws
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- Industrialists were seen as __ because they were seen as stripping the world of its natural resources
- Who worked in dangerous conditions due to size?
- A philosophy that suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth
- Samuel Morse
- A department of the government who was in charge of making sure that reservations had enough so Native Americans would be taken care of.
- Gaining control of the many different businesses that make up all phases of a product's development
- People who bought large areas of land in the hope of selling it for profit
- One of the first labor unions
- Lead one of the first labor unions
- Industrialists were seen as __ because they were praised for many things
- America's greatest inventor
- Thousands of people raced into Oklahoma territories and laid claim to land parcels for very little
- People who cheated and went into Oklahoma territories early and claimed a few of the best land parcels
- For most people, their dream was to own land. Thousands of acres were for sale for very cheap. Gold was on people's minds to get rich.
- A person who rebels against authority and hates big governments and businesses
31 Clues: Samuel Morse • Alexander Graham Bell • America's greatest inventor • One of the first labor unions • Lead one of the first labor unions • A way of getting around anti monopoly laws • Who worked in dangerous conditions due to size? • Who had it worse working in miserable conditions? • A philosophy that believes in the survival of the fittest • ...
Post Civil War 2016-11-17
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- People who cheated and went into Oklahoma early
- Place where officials disarmed Indians and someone fired a shot and there was a 200 person massacre
- A loose association of business who produce the same product
- The bridge that was a symbol of American success
- Leader of the American Federation of Labor (last name only)
- Leader of the Cheyenne who made a treaty with Colorado's governor.
- Land that was measured, registered and deeded so you knew exactly what was yours
- A philosophy that suggested government ownership of businesses
- An Act that was set up to provide 160 acres to Indian families
- Federal lands that were set aside specifically for Indians
- When a company is in complete control of a product or service
- Type of consolidation when a company would drop its prices to a very low level
- Came up with the idea of using pulses to communicate.
- Industrialists that were seen as stripping the world of natural resources
- one of the first labor unions that was lead by Terrence Powderly
- Type of workers that were willing to go against a strike and work
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- People who bought a lot of land in hope of selling it later for a profit
- A way of getting around anti-monopoly laws
- Type of factor that led many people toward the West.
- An Act that allowed people to obtain 160 acres of land if they met certain conditions.
- People who raced into Oklahoma territory to claim land for a very small price
- Who invented the talking telegram?
- An attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society
- Railroad that went across the continent
- The strike that happened because people were angry that wages were cut, but the cost of living stayed the same
- Type of factor that led many people out of the East.
- Type of consolidation where you get control of all the parts of production
- Who quit his job and became a full time inventor?
- Taxes on imported goods
29 Clues: Taxes on imported goods • Who invented the talking telegram? • Railroad that went across the continent • A way of getting around anti-monopoly laws • People who cheated and went into Oklahoma early • The bridge that was a symbol of American success • Who quit his job and became a full time inventor? • Type of factor that led many people toward the West. • ...
