civil war Crossword Puzzles

Post Civil War 2016-11-17

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

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

The Civil War 2017-09-08

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Party: a political party generally against slavery and its expansion into the territories
  2. freedom from slavery
  3. intestinal disease-causing severe diarrhea was a leading cause of death by disease
  4. a tightly bound bundle of straight sticks used to reinforce trenches
  5. a mound of earth used to protect gun positions
  6. an overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path
  7. a fortified location where powder or supplies were stored safely
  8. a branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot
  9. a ship protected by iron armor
  10. a soldier who delivered the mail to other soldiers
  11. a stretcher used to transport wounded soldiers
Down
  1. to pretend to attack in one direction while the real attack is directed somewhere else
  2. smoothbore heavy artillery which lobbed shot and shell
  3. a soldier who was appointed by an officer to be his confidential assistant
  4. escaped slaves who fled to the Union lines for protection
  5. to formally enroll in the army or to call roll
  6. a term used for 'living off the land", as well as plundering committed by soldiers
  7. a small canvas bag used to carry a soldier's food
  8. a minor fight
  9. a Northerner; someone loyal to the federal government of the United States
  10. a crushing defeat where, often, the losers run from the field.

21 Clues: a minor fight • freedom from slavery • a ship protected by iron armor • to formally enroll in the army or to call roll • a mound of earth used to protect gun positions • a stretcher used to transport wounded soldiers • a small canvas bag used to carry a soldier's food • a soldier who delivered the mail to other soldiers • ...

Civil War Crossword 2018-01-16

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Steel ship
  2. Allowed for rapid fire
  3. Davis President of CSA
  4. Battle watched by family members
  5. Contains multiple rounds of ammo
  6. Leader of the confederate military
  7. Used to transport goods
  8. Nicknamed “young Napoleon”
  9. A muzzle-loaded rifle
  10. Leader of the union
  11. Confederacy
  12. Union
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  1. Prewar disputes in a border state
  2. Bloodiest battle of the civil war
  3. Bombarded by cannons in sc
  4. Represented the south
  5. Jackson General killed by friendly fire
  6. battle Took place in Tennessee
  7. grant General who later became president
  8. First battle fought on northern soil in the war
  9. Represented the North
  10. Used to bombard fort Sumter

22 Clues: Union • Steel ship • Confederacy • Leader of the union • Represented the south • Represented the North • A muzzle-loaded rifle • Allowed for rapid fire • Davis President of CSA • Used to transport goods • Bombarded by cannons in sc • Nicknamed “young Napoleon” • Used to bombard fort Sumter • battle Took place in Tennessee • Battle watched by family members • Contains multiple rounds of ammo • ...

The Civil War 2016-05-08

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. state/ slave states that did not secede
  2. to keep going or enduring
  3. test/ a test to see if a person can read or write
  4. enslaved person who had been freed by war
  5. to make stronger
  6. term for persons killed, wounded, or missing in action
  7. baggers/ a name given by southerners to northern whites who went down south to start businesses or pursue political office
  8. the bringing of formal charges against a public official
  9. codes/ laws used by southern states to control African Americans
  10. a rise in prices
  11. the Ku Klux Klan
  12. not forced
  13. corpus/ the constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
Down
  1. Lincoln/the sixteenth resident
  2. not favoring either side
  3. tax/ a tax on the money people receive
  4. who makes judgments on the value of objects or actions
  5. to free
  6. cracker like product
  7. clads/ ships covered with iron plates
  8. enforced separation of races
  9. to order or demand
  10. whites who had opposed secession
  11. tax/ a personal tax to be paid before voting
  12. a military tactic that keeps traffic from coming or leaving an area

25 Clues: to free • not forced • to make stronger • a rise in prices • the Ku Klux Klan • to order or demand • cracker like product • not favoring either side • to keep going or enduring • enforced separation of races • Lincoln/the sixteenth resident • whites who had opposed secession • clads/ ships covered with iron plates • tax/ a tax on the money people receive • ...

The Civil War 2018-05-14

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President of the Confederate States during the Civil Wat
  2. The act of leaving a business or state
  3. The movement to abolish slavery
  4. The belief that citizens of each territory/state should decide that regions ideals.
  5. Simple biscuit made of flour and water, used as the main food source for many soldiers.
  6. Give up in defeat
  7. The forced labor of mostly African descent, who were bought and sold at auction.
Down
  1. General of the Union Army
  2. The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri. Although they did not join CSA, citizens supported them.
  3. President of the United States during the Civil War
  4. Major political party sympathetic to states' rights and slavery.
  5. The "Rebels," a group of states that were pro slavery
  6. Law sating that settlers in Kansas and Nebraska territories could decide if they wanted slavery or not.
  7. Law stating that Missori would become a slave state, while anything above the 36.5th parallel would be free, and anything below slave.
  8. Promoting the interests of a section or region instead of entire country.
  9. The free states that wanted to end slavery once and for all
  10. Political party against slavery, Lincoln's party.
  11. General of the Confederate Army
  12. (1861-1865) The war occurring between the CSA and USA, started by USA as a result of seceding states
  13. A crop such as tobacco or cotton which was grown to be sold for cash --not grown for food like corn or wheat.

20 Clues: Give up in defeat • General of the Union Army • The movement to abolish slavery • General of the Confederate Army • The act of leaving a business or state • Political party against slavery, Lincoln's party. • President of the United States during the Civil War • The "Rebels," a group of states that were pro slavery • ...

Civil War Crossword 2018-12-18

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First state to secede
  2. Conductor for the Underground Railroad
  3. of America Name of the states that seceded
  4. Last state to secede
  5. Name of the speech Lincoln gave that gave motivation to soldiers
  6. President of CSA
  7. Free states in Union territories
  8. Where the first shots of the war were fired
  9. Fired for being too cautious
  10. Cabin Anti-slavery novel written in 1852
Down
  1. First major battle of the war
  2. Draft to the military
  3. Stowe Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  4. Trail that led slaves to freedom
  5. Turning battle of the war
  6. Fourteenth president, ineffective president
  7. Amendment that freed slaves
  8. Battle with the largest amount of people wounded and dead
  9. Bloodiest day battle of the war
  10. Strategy to defeat the Confederate Army
  11. Proposed to outlaw slavery from the territory won from Mexico
  12. Robert E. Lee's right hand man
  13. Taney Chief Justice during the Dred Scott case
  14. Name given to the violence in Kansas
  15. Lead the raid on Harpers Ferry

25 Clues: President of CSA • Last state to secede • Draft to the military • First state to secede • Turning battle of the war • Amendment that freed slaves • Fired for being too cautious • First major battle of the war • Robert E. Lee's right hand man • Lead the raid on Harpers Ferry • Bloodiest day battle of the war • Trail that led slaves to freedom • Free states in Union territories • ...

Civil War 22 2024-06-06

Civil War 22 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Low defensive barrier.
  2. - Soldier unable to serve due to injury.
  3. - Movement of troops into position for combat.
  4. - Medical post close to a battlefield.
  5. - Temporary camp without tents.
  6. - Battle or conflict.
  7. - Strategic point where railroads or roads meet.
  8. - Inclined to argue, possibly describing relations between factions.
  9. - Vehicle used for transporting wounded soldiers.
  10. - Confederate ironclad warship.
  11. - Medical officer in the military.
Down
  1. - Died during combat.
  2. - Discussion aimed at reaching an agreement.
  3. - Line of soldiers maintaining a position.
  4. - Irregular soldier specializing in raids.
  5. - Coordination of troop movements and supplies.
  6. - Diameter of a bullet or shell.
  7. - Command center for military operations.
  8. - Military weapons, ammunition, and equipment.
  9. - Successful outcome in battle.

20 Clues: - Died during combat. • - Battle or conflict. • - Low defensive barrier. • - Temporary camp without tents. • - Successful outcome in battle. • - Confederate ironclad warship. • - Diameter of a bullet or shell. • - Medical officer in the military. • - Medical post close to a battlefield. • - Soldier unable to serve due to injury. • - Command center for military operations. • ...

Civil War 29 2024-06-06

Civil War 29 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Instructions to move troops to a new location.
  2. - Deep valley often used as a natural defense by troops.
  3. - Act of attacking or plundering.
  4. - Type of artillery piece with a short barrel.
  5. - To create or perform without preparation.
  6. - Supporter of the Union during the Civil War.
  7. - Newly enlisted soldiers.
  8. - Person who engages in sabotage activities against the enemy.
  9. - Sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
Down
  1. - Series of military operations intended to achieve a goal.
  2. - Guerrilla fighter, especially in the border states.
  3. - Temporary bridge supported by pontoons.
  4. - Rapid advance of soldiers towards the enemy.
  5. - Search for food or provisions.
  6. - To join the armed forces.
  7. - Surprise attack conducted at night.
  8. - Office of a consulate; representative of a foreign government.
  9. - Supervisor of slaves on a plantation.
  10. - Cap worn by soldiers during the Civil War.
  11. - Confederate general known as "Stonewall".
  12. - Small, armed naval vessel.

21 Clues: - Newly enlisted soldiers. • - To join the armed forces. • - Small, armed naval vessel. • - Search for food or provisions. • - Act of attacking or plundering. • - Surprise attack conducted at night. • - Supervisor of slaves on a plantation. • - Temporary bridge supported by pontoons. • - Confederate general known as "Stonewall". • - To create or perform without preparation. • ...

Civil War 32 2024-06-06

Civil War 32 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Firearms collectively, or the use of them.
  2. - Foot soldier in an army.
  3. - Movement of troops into position for combat.
  4. - Floating bridge used for river crossings.
  5. - Coordination of troop movements and supplies.
  6. - Storage facility for military weapons and ammunition.
  7. - Military post or fort.
  8. - Messenger who delivers military orders.
  9. - Sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
  10. - Defensive obstacle made of felled trees and branches.
  11. - Vehicle used for transporting wounded soldiers.
  12. - Temporary camp established by troops.
Down
  1. - Military surveying to gather information about enemy positions.
  2. - Unit of artillery pieces.
  3. - Unconventional warfare with small, mobile groups.
  4. - Nickname for a Confederate soldier.
  5. - Break in fortified defenses.
  6. - Release from an obligation, such as military service.
  7. - Person escaping capture, often a runaway slave.
  8. - Small bag carried by soldiers for food and personal items.

20 Clues: - Military post or fort. • - Foot soldier in an army. • - Unit of artillery pieces. • - Break in fortified defenses. • - Nickname for a Confederate soldier. • - Temporary camp established by troops. • - Messenger who delivers military orders. • - Floating bridge used for river crossings. • - Firearms collectively, or the use of them. • ...

Civil War 1 2024-06-05

Civil War 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Site of pre-war conflicts called "Bleeding Kansas."
  2. - Military tactic used extensively.
  3. - Movement to end slavery.
  4. - Important transportation hub.
  5. - Infamous Confederate prison camp.
  6. - State of being no longer united.
  7. - Another name for the Battle of Bull Run.
  8. - Former slaves after the war.
Down
  1. - Major battle in Georgia.
  2. - Notoriously deadly site at Antietam.
  3. - Landmark Supreme Court case involving a slave.
  4. - First president of the Confederacy.
  5. - Key issue for Reconstruction.
  6. - Supply department for soldiers.
  7. - Type of warship used in the Civil War.
  8. - Railroad of strategic importance.
  9. - Key Southern crop and economic backbone.
  10. - Union general and presidential candidate.
  11. - Early bloody battle in Tennessee.
  12. - Notable battle in Virginia.

20 Clues: - Major battle in Georgia. • - Movement to end slavery. • - Notable battle in Virginia. • - Former slaves after the war. • - Key issue for Reconstruction. • - Important transportation hub. • - Supply department for soldiers. • - State of being no longer united. • - Military tactic used extensively. • - Railroad of strategic importance. • - Early bloody battle in Tennessee. • ...

Civil War 2 2024-06-05

Civil War 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Horse-mounted military unit.
  2. - Constitutional change abolishing slavery (Thirteenth).
  3. - Proclamation issued by Lincoln.
  4. - Site of John Brown's raid.
  5. - Confederate capital.
  6. - Post-war period of rebuilding.
  7. - Siege giving the Union control of the Mississippi River.
Down
  1. - Battle also known as Sharpsburg.
  2. - Southern secessionist states.
  3. - Where the first shots were fired.
  4. - Northern states collective.
  5. - Union naval strategy against the South.
  6. - Northern general with a famous tomb.
  7. - Act of Southern states breaking away.
  8. - Surrender site ending the war.
  9. - Pivotal 1863 battle location.
  10. - "Stonewall" Confederate general.
  11. - General who led the March to the Sea.
  12. - Confederate commander.
  13. - President during the Civil War.

20 Clues: - Confederate capital. • - Confederate commander. • - Site of John Brown's raid. • - Northern states collective. • - Horse-mounted military unit. • - Southern secessionist states. • - Pivotal 1863 battle location. • - Surrender site ending the war. • - Post-war period of rebuilding. • - Proclamation issued by Lincoln. • - President during the Civil War. • ...

Civil War 42 2024-06-07

Civil War 42 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Junior officer in the military.
  2. - System of selecting individuals for compulsory military service.
  3. - Irregular, hit-and-run tactics used by small groups.
  4. - Prolonged military blockade and assault on a fortified place.
  5. - Surgical removal of a limb.
  6. - Small fort used for defense.
  7. - To prepare and organize troops for active service.
  8. - To penetrate enemy lines or territory.
  9. - Soldier or group of soldiers stationed on guard duty.
  10. - Massive, unstoppable force.
  11. - Command center for military operations.
  12. - Container used by soldiers to carry water.
Down
  1. - Ceremonial title of honor.
  2. - Engaging in combat.
  3. - To get away from confinement or danger.
  4. - Temporary fortifications constructed in the field.
  5. - Supervisor, especially of laborers or slaves.
  6. - Swampy ground, metaphorically a difficult situation.
  7. - Many or a large number.
  8. - Person who engages in sabotage to disrupt enemy operations.
  9. - Members of the Southern states that seceded.

21 Clues: - Engaging in combat. • - Many or a large number. • - Ceremonial title of honor. • - Surgical removal of a limb. • - Massive, unstoppable force. • - Small fort used for defense. • - Junior officer in the military. • - To penetrate enemy lines or territory. • - To get away from confinement or danger. • - Command center for military operations. • ...

Civil War 45 2024-06-07

Civil War 45 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Shelter built to protect against bombs or artillery.
  2. - Military unit consisting of several regiments.
  3. - Low defensive barrier.
  4. - Blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle.
  5. - Courage or valor, especially in battle.
  6. - Temporary promotion awarded for gallantry or meritorious service.
  7. - Attack continuously with bombs or artillery.
  8. - Location where a battle is fought.
  9. - Rear part of a firearm barrel.
Down
  1. - Musician who plays a bugle, often used for military signals.
  2. - Saboteur who destroys bridges to hinder enemy movement.
  3. - Setting up a temporary camp without tents.
  4. - Sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
  5. - Temporary camp without tents.
  6. - Unit of artillery.
  7. - Belt with loops or pockets for carrying ammunition.
  8. - Buildings for housing soldiers.
  9. - Strip of material used to bind a wound or injury.
  10. - Damaged by repeated blows or pressure.
  11. - Staff or truncheon.

20 Clues: - Unit of artillery. • - Staff or truncheon. • - Low defensive barrier. • - Temporary camp without tents. • - Rear part of a firearm barrel. • - Buildings for housing soldiers. • - Location where a battle is fought. • - Damaged by repeated blows or pressure. • - Courage or valor, especially in battle. • - Setting up a temporary camp without tents. • ...

Civil War 44 2024-06-07

Civil War 44 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Soldier who leaves military service without permission.
  2. - Official list of soldiers in a unit.
  3. - Heavy timber or other device used to break down doors or walls.
  4. - Surprise attack.
  5. - Uniform color of some Confederate units.
  6. - Coordination of troop movements and supplies.
  7. - Person who has voluntarily joined the military.
  8. - Small, often temporary, fortification.
  9. - Military weapons, ammunition, and equipment.
Down
  1. - Civilian merchant who sold provisions to soldiers.
  2. - Member of a small independent group engaging in irregular warfare.
  3. - Simultaneous discharge of weapons.
  4. - Short rifle used by cavalry.
  5. - Weapon capable of firing a projectile.
  6. - Held captive.
  7. - Supply of food or other necessities.
  8. - Evidence of bleeding, often found on battlefields.
  9. - Heated cannonball used to set enemy targets on fire.
  10. - Without injury or damage.
  11. - Cap worn by soldiers.

20 Clues: - Held captive. • - Surprise attack. • - Cap worn by soldiers. • - Without injury or damage. • - Short rifle used by cavalry. • - Simultaneous discharge of weapons. • - Official list of soldiers in a unit. • - Supply of food or other necessities. • - Weapon capable of firing a projectile. • - Small, often temporary, fortification. • - Uniform color of some Confederate units. • ...

Civil War 19 2024-06-06

Civil War 19 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Mandatory enlistment in the military.
  2. - Artillery piece that fires explosive shells.
  3. - Withdrawal from enemy forces.
  4. - Prolonged military blockade.
  5. - Citizens enrolled for military service.
  6. - Officer responsible for supplies and logistics.
  7. - Tough, dry bread eaten by soldiers.
Down
  1. - Temporary cessation of fighting.
  2. - Deliberate destruction of property to hinder the enemy.
  3. - Soldier engaged in irregular fighting.
  4. - Right side of a ship, important in naval battles.
  5. - Guard or watchman.
  6. - Floating bridge used to cross rivers.
  7. - Overall plan to achieve military objectives.
  8. - Not taking sides in the conflict.
  9. - Temporary camp without tents.
  10. - Understanding and sharing the feelings of others, important among soldiers.
  11. - Release of a prisoner with the promise not to take up arms again.
  12. - Defensive dugout used by soldiers.
  13. - Emancipated slave.

20 Clues: - Guard or watchman. • - Emancipated slave. • - Prolonged military blockade. • - Withdrawal from enemy forces. • - Temporary camp without tents. • - Temporary cessation of fighting. • - Not taking sides in the conflict. • - Defensive dugout used by soldiers. • - Tough, dry bread eaten by soldiers. • - Mandatory enlistment in the military. • ...

Civil War 20 2024-06-06

Civil War 20 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Person who joins the military willingly.
  2. - Mounted infantry soldier.
  3. - Officer ranking below lieutenant, often carries the flag.
  4. - Sword used by cavalry.
  5. - Early machine gun used in the Civil War.
  6. - Anti-slavery guerrilla fighter.
  7. - Break in fortified defenses.
  8. - Bag used by soldiers for carrying food and equipment.
  9. - Person who tends horses, especially at a military post.
Down
  1. - Active fighting in a war.
  2. - Naval mine used during the war.
  3. - Subdivision of a company of soldiers.
  4. - Open square area in a fort or military camp.
  5. - Place where sick or injured soldiers are treated.
  6. - Side of a military formation.
  7. - Standardized military clothing.
  8. - Confederate commerce raider ship.
  9. - Smoothbore firearm often used by infantry.
  10. - Backpack used by soldiers.
  11. - Food supplies given to soldiers.

20 Clues: - Sword used by cavalry. • - Active fighting in a war. • - Mounted infantry soldier. • - Backpack used by soldiers. • - Break in fortified defenses. • - Side of a military formation. • - Naval mine used during the war. • - Standardized military clothing. • - Anti-slavery guerrilla fighter. • - Food supplies given to soldiers. • - Confederate commerce raider ship. • ...

Civil War 4 2024-06-06

Civil War 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Northern Democrats who opposed the war.
  2. - Regiment of free men of color who served in the Union Army.
  3. - Faction that wanted to negotiate with the South for peace.
  4. - Lincoln's Secretary of State who survived an assassination attempt.
  5. - McClellan's unsuccessful campaign.
  6. - First Union officer killed
  7. - Notorious Confederate spy.
  8. - Name associated with a pre-war Supreme Court case
  9. - State that remained in the Union, despite being a slave state.
  10. - Last name of Confederate General Field.
  11. - Another name for the Battle of Bull Run.
Down
  1. - Soldiers known for their bright uniforms and precision drills.
  2. - Organized system of relief for soldiers.
  3. - Site of intense fighting in Virginia.
  4. - Another name for a Confederate soldier.
  5. - Act that required return of escaped slaves.
  6. - Inlet captured by Union forces in 1861.
  7. - First name of Confederate General Early.
  8. - Long-lasting military blockade, as seen at Petersburg.
  9. - Site of a controversial massacre by Confederate forces.
  10. - Union general known for his distinctive facial hair.
  11. - Union cavalry officer and Indian fighter.
  12. - Act providing land to settlers.
  13. - The U.S. President who led the nation during the Civil War.

24 Clues: - First Union officer killed • - Notorious Confederate spy. • - Act providing land to settlers. • - McClellan's unsuccessful campaign. • - Site of intense fighting in Virginia. • - Northern Democrats who opposed the war. • - Another name for a Confederate soldier. • - Inlet captured by Union forces in 1861. • - Last name of Confederate General Field. • ...

Civil War 7 2024-06-06

Civil War 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Sherman's famous campaign to the sea.
  2. - Devotion and support for one's country.
  3. - Major battle in Georgia in 1863.
  4. - Soldier skilled in precision shooting.
  5. - Union general in the Western Theater.
  6. - Formal approval, often used in the context of amendments.
  7. - Administrates military affairs.
  8. - Banker who funded Union war costs.
  9. - Young soldiers who played the drums in battle.
  10. - Political faction opposing radical changes.
  11. TOMB - Famous resting place in New York City.
Down
  1. - Major Mississippi River port captured by the Union.
  2. - Confederate general and former U.S. Vice President.
  3. - Military decoration.
  4. - Confederate ironclad.
  5. - Military draft.
  6. - Large agricultural estate typical in the South.
  7. - Massachusetts senator and Radical Republican.
  8. - Release of prisoners under the condition they do not take up arms again.
  9. - Covert operative during the war.

20 Clues: - Military draft. • - Military decoration. • - Confederate ironclad. • - Administrates military affairs. • - Major battle in Georgia in 1863. • - Covert operative during the war. • - Banker who funded Union war costs. • - Sherman's famous campaign to the sea. • - Union general in the Western Theater. • - Soldier skilled in precision shooting. • ...

Civil War 15 2024-06-06

Civil War 15 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Taking control of enemy forces or territory.
  2. - Small, armed naval vessel.
  3. - Place where weapons are stored.
  4. - Vessel loaded with combustibles to set an enemy fleet aflame.
  5. - Holiday commemorating the end of slavery in Texas.
  6. - Low defensive barriers built by troops.
  7. - Temporary camp without tents.
  8. - Repeating rifle used by some Union troops.
  9. - Intense fire, often describing battlefield scenes.
Down
  1. - Soldiers on horseback.
  2. - Warhorse.
  3. - Duty shift for soldiers during nighttime.
  4. - Instructions given by superiors in the military.
  5. - Secret system of communication often used in wartime.
  6. - Highest military decoration awarded for valor.
  7. - Military unit typically composed of two or more squads.
  8. - To get away from captivity or danger.
  9. - Communication link between different units.
  10. - Young soldier who played the drum.
  11. - Suicide mission consisting of volunteers.

20 Clues: - Warhorse. • - Soldiers on horseback. • - Small, armed naval vessel. • - Temporary camp without tents. • - Place where weapons are stored. • - Young soldier who played the drum. • - To get away from captivity or danger. • - Low defensive barriers built by troops. • - Duty shift for soldiers during nighttime. • - Suicide mission consisting of volunteers. • ...

The Civil War 2023-09-17

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the republican party
  2. conflict between nations or states in this case
  3. not under the control or power of another.
  4. what state became free in december of 1860?
  5. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or formerly slavery.
  6. led 21 white and black into harpers ferry VA.
  7. what was the war that fought over the moral issue of slavery?
  8. party that emerged in the 19th century.
  9. favoring slavery
  10. the side that was more flourished.
  11. opposed to slavery
  12. work that is done by enslaved people or by people who are treated though they are enslaved.
  13. who won the 1860 presidental election.
  14. the brawl in kansas between pro and anti slavery.
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  1. a formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward.
  2. what were african amercans once called?
  3. to remove or takeaway.
  4. large property or land holding dependent on the labor of enslaved people.
  5. served as a significant stop in Atlantic trading routes, supporting an empire that trafficked enslaved individuals and traded goods consumed and produced by enslaved labor
  6. the rights of a state.
  7. freeing slavery on foot at night.
  8. people who did runaway slaves
  9. helped the slaves escape.
  10. he worked a compromise
  11. what is the abbreviation for fugitive slave law?

25 Clues: favoring slavery • opposed to slavery • the republican party • to remove or takeaway. • the rights of a state. • he worked a compromise • helped the slaves escape. • people who did runaway slaves • freeing slavery on foot at night. • the side that was more flourished. • who won the 1860 presidental election. • what were african amercans once called? • ...

Civil war crossword 2024-05-15

Civil war crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. where Lee surrendered to Grant, thus ending the Civil War.
  2. the order to free the Confederate slaves.
  3. or the Second Battle of Manassas.
  4. slave states that did not join the Confederacy.
  5. also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, was the bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War—and of U.S. history.
  6. the Union army gained greater control of the Mississippi River valley.
  7. starved the city into surrender
  8. a unit that consisted mostly of free African Americans.
  9. destroying civilian and economic resources. Sherman believed that total war would ruin the South’s economy and its ability to fight.
  10. For one mile the Confederates marched slowly up toward Cemetery Ridge.
  11. his nickname was "stone wall"
  12. President Lincoln gave a speech called
  13. commanded the largest unit.
  14. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, had served in the Mexican War and had led federal troops at Harpers Ferry.
  15. escaped slaves.
  16. it forced the Union army to retreat from near Richmond.
  17. This was the idea that Great Britain would support the Confederacy because it needed the South’s raw cotton to supply its booming textile industry.
  18. is a constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment.
  19. a series of battles designed to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia.
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  1. a key battle that finally turned the tide against the Confederates. The battle
  2. ships heavily armored with iron.
  3. approached the two forts that guarded the entrance to New Orleans from the Gulf of Mexico. Unable to destroy the forts, Farragut decided to race past them.
  4. were midwesterners who sympathized with the South and opposed abolition.
  5. carried out the Union plan to destroy southern railroads and industries.
  6. developed a two-part strategy: (1) destroy the South’s economy with a naval blockade of southern ports; (2) gain control of the Mississippi River to divide the South.
  7. the first major battle of the Civil War and the Confederates’victory.
  8. He wanted to be on the attack. As a commander of forces in the Union’s western campaign, he would get his wish.
  9. organized the collection of medicine and supplies for delivery to the battlefield.
  10. a federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by
  11. the freeing of slaves
  12. The general assembled a highly disciplined force of 100,000 soldiers called the Army of the Potomac.

31 Clues: escaped slaves. • the freeing of slaves • commanded the largest unit. • his nickname was "stone wall" • starved the city into surrender • ships heavily armored with iron. • or the Second Battle of Manassas. • President Lincoln gave a speech called • the order to free the Confederate slaves. • slave states that did not join the Confederacy. • ...

civil war crossword 2024-05-15

civil war crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. fort in SC built to defend against navy
  2. slaves used to communicate with
  3. also known as battle of Pittsburg landing
  4. first bull run/battle
  5. illegal goods from war
  6. rebuilding after war
  7. deadliest one day battle in American history
  8. main path of escape for slaves
  9. battle that was a turning point in war
  10. policy of protecting Natives
  11. plunderers/militant abolitionists
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  1. battle in Ga in with a city named after it
  2. massive battle 200,000 participants
  3. military campaign in GA
  4. historical building in Virginia
  5. final major battle in civil war campaign
  6. plan for naval blockade
  7. time auction largest sale of humans
  8. big city in GA
  9. battle in GA fought on a mountain
  10. proclomation for slaves to have freedom
  11. someone who cultivates land

22 Clues: big city in GA • rebuilding after war • first bull run/battle • illegal goods from war • military campaign in GA • plan for naval blockade • someone who cultivates land • policy of protecting Natives • main path of escape for slaves • historical building in Virginia • slaves used to communicate with • battle in GA fought on a mountain • plunderers/militant abolitionists • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-02-22

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The idea that the South had the authority to nullify tariffs placed on goods.
  2. The south had to fight a _________ war to win.
  3. Who won the election of 1860?
  4. Mainly the northern states, fighting to keep the Union together and to make slavery illegal.
  5. Strategy used by the Union to try and take over the South; take control of mississippi river and split the South in two.
  6. Abraham Lincoln said that he would stop the ______ of slavery.
  7. The speach preformed by Abraham Lincoln stating that in order to end the war, slavery must be abolished.
  8. Used to blockade and stop union ships from entering or leaving.
  9. A person who flees or tries to escape.
  10. The __________ __________ states that all slaves would be free as of January 1, 1863.
  11. The man who created a march that burned and demolished many southern towns and cities.
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  1. The compromise that banned slavery north of the 36° 30' line.
  2. When starting the war the Union already had an ____ and a ____.
  3. The act that allowed Kansas and Nebraska to choose if they wanted to be a free or slave state.
  4. The decision to consider slaves as "property" and they would not be free, even in states that didn't allow slavery.
  5. Most people died because of ________ during the Civil War.
  6. The bloodiest battle in American history.
  7. To formally break away in a political state.
  8. Mainly the southern states, fighting for the right to keep slavery legal.
  9. The states that allowed slavery but refused to leave the Union.

20 Clues: Who won the election of 1860? • A person who flees or tries to escape. • The bloodiest battle in American history. • To formally break away in a political state. • The south had to fight a _________ war to win. • Most people died because of ________ during the Civil War. • The compromise that banned slavery north of the 36° 30' line. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-02-22

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The idea that the South had the authority to nullify tariffs placed on goods.
  2. The south had to fight a _________ war to win.
  3. Who won the election of 1860?
  4. Mainly the northern states, fighting to keep the Union together and to make slavery illegal.
  5. Strategy used by the Union to try and take over the South; take control of mississippi river and split the South in two.
  6. Abraham Lincoln said that he would stop the ______ of slavery.
  7. The speach preformed by Abraham Lincoln stating that in order to end the war, slavery must be abolished.
  8. Used to blockade and stop union ships from entering or leaving.
  9. A person who flees or tries to escape.
  10. The __________ __________ states that all slaves would be free as of January 1, 1863.
  11. The man who created a march that burned and demolished many southern towns and cities.
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  1. The compromise that banned slavery north of the 36° 30' line.
  2. When starting the war the Union already had an ____ and a ____.
  3. The act that allowed Kansas and Nebraska to choose if they wanted to be a free or slave state.
  4. The decision to consider slaves as "property" and they would not be free, even in states that didn't allow slavery.
  5. Most people died because of ________ during the Civil War.
  6. The bloodiest battle in American history.
  7. To formally break away in a political state.
  8. Mainly the southern states, fighting for the right to keep slavery legal.
  9. The states that allowed slavery but refused to leave the Union.

20 Clues: Who won the election of 1860? • A person who flees or tries to escape. • The bloodiest battle in American history. • To formally break away in a political state. • The south had to fight a _________ war to win. • Most people died because of ________ during the Civil War. • The compromise that banned slavery north of the 36° 30' line. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-03-06

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the enlisting of persons for required service in the armed forces
  2. rule by an army instead of the usual civil authorities
  3. part of a state or other area marked off for a special purpose
  4. action to stop transportation of goods or people into or out of an area
  5. where the last land battle of the Civil War was
  6. a change made to a law, bill, or document
  7. what Texans used as medicines
  8. a person who has been freed from slavery
  9. an official order
  10. what Texas did on March 2, 1861
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  1. rights belonging to all citizens
  2. a tax placed on imported or exported goods
  3. Confederate general who surrendered
  4. a person who punishes criminals or takes control without authority to do so
  5. sixteenth president of the United States
  6. a slave who fled her family's plantation in Louisiana
  7. main goal to stop the western spread of slavery
  8. refusal by a head government to sign a bill passed by the legislature
  9. a secret society formed by Union supporters in 1862
  10. opposed the Republican Party

20 Clues: an official order • opposed the Republican Party • what Texans used as medicines • what Texas did on March 2, 1861 • rights belonging to all citizens • Confederate general who surrendered • sixteenth president of the United States • a person who has been freed from slavery • a change made to a law, bill, or document • a tax placed on imported or exported goods • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2023-04-20

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. African American religious folk song
  2. device using electric signals to send messages
  3. unfair treatment based on prejudice
  4. ability to read and write
  5. plantation manager
  6. trade of enslaved people within the United States
  7. extreme shortage of food
  8. system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who escaped
  9. to formally join the military
  10. person who is running away from legal authority
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  1. system of sending messages using dots and dashes
  2. unfair opinion not based on facts
  3. strategy of bringing war to the entire society
  4. work stoppage by employees as a form of protest
  5. system of selecting people for military service
  6. rules focusing on behavior or punishment of enslaved people
  7. reward or payment
  8. farmer who owns a small farm
  9. paper money from northern states
  10. person opposed to immigration
  11. conflict between citizens of the same country
  12. soldier who is killed, wounded, or missing in battle
  13. place to store weapons and military equipment
  14. states between the north and south
  15. to withdraw/break away from a nation

25 Clues: reward or payment • plantation manager • extreme shortage of food • ability to read and write • farmer who owns a small farm • person opposed to immigration • to formally join the military • paper money from northern states • unfair opinion not based on facts • states between the north and south • unfair treatment based on prejudice • African American religious folk song • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-04-28

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A Confederate General who got command of the army after General Joseph E. Johnston was wounded
  2. A small Tennessee church that was close to the Mississippi border
  3. South's ironclad ship
  4. Union General who led the new Union army, encamped near Washington and became his army known as the Army of the Potomac
  5. Commander of the military division of the Mississippi appointed by Grant
  6. Plan The Union's plan to conquer the South
  7. North's ironclad ship
  8. Little Creek where Union soldiers came upon the Confederate army while traveling to the Confederate capital (Richmond)
  9. A Union nurse that cared for the sick and wounded at the front lines
  10. Place where South defeated North in the first four days of May
  11. Location of a 3-day battle which many people consider the turning point of the war
  12. Union general who seized New Orleans with ease
  13. Location of a Confederate surrender on April 9th 1865
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  1. Northern Democrats who advocated peace with the South
  2. Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson got the nickname by standing "like a stone wall"
  3. A Proclamation that didn't free all slaves but freed many slaves
  4. Union General who captured two Confederate forts that helped strategic positions on important rivers
  5. A tax that takes a specified percentage of an individual’s income
  6. Fort that was where an attack occurred that sparked the war
  7. Location of the worst Confederate prison in Georgia
  8. A draft that would force certain members of the population to serve in the army
  9. One of only two Confederate holdouts preventing the Union from taking complete control of the Mississippi River
  10. Location of a gruesome massacre in Tennessee in 1864
  11. Lincoln's two-minute speech that "remade America"
  12. A court order that requires authorities to bring a person who is held in jail before the court to determine why he or she is being jailed
  13. A creek that held the war's single bloodiest day

26 Clues: South's ironclad ship • North's ironclad ship • Union general who seized New Orleans with ease • Plan The Union's plan to conquer the South • A creek that held the war's single bloodiest day • Lincoln's two-minute speech that "remade America" • Location of the worst Confederate prison in Georgia • Location of a gruesome massacre in Tennessee in 1864 • ...

Civil War 101 2023-04-27

Civil War 101 crossword puzzle
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  1. removed after the battle of antietam
  2. nickname for the north
  3. state where the capital city of the south was located
  4. President of the confederacy
  5. Site of the first battle of the civil war
  6. came up with the anaconda plan
  7. won many battles and died in 1863
  8. became general of the union army in 1864
  9. the color of uniforms worn by northern soldiers
  10. state where martial law was declared keep under federal control
  11. Platform included no expansion of slavery
  12. best known for leading the union to victory at Gettysburg
  13. also known as the battle of manassas
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  1. platform included the annexation of cuba
  2. number of states in the confederacy
  3. the color of uniforms worn by southern soldiers
  4. commander of the confederate army of northern Virginia
  5. one of two states to join the union during the war
  6. the north had an extensive network of these
  7. first state to secede from the union
  8. pivotal nurse during the war
  9. Proposed a compromise to keep the nation together
  10. nickname for the south
  11. credited with inventing a popular facial hair style
  12. Platform included enforcing the fugitive slave act
  13. Candidate for the constitutional union party

26 Clues: nickname for the north • nickname for the south • President of the confederacy • pivotal nurse during the war • came up with the anaconda plan • won many battles and died in 1863 • number of states in the confederacy • removed after the battle of antietam • first state to secede from the union • also known as the battle of manassas • platform included the annexation of cuba • ...

Civil War & Realism 2023-05-09

Civil War & Realism crossword puzzle
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  1. Author of a letter to Sarah
  2. What Douglass does, that makes him no longer feel like a slave.
  3. A kind of writing that aims to be true to life
  4. Collins' main goal in the story
  5. Author of "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass"
  6. State featured in most of Willa Cather's stories.
  7. Author of "Mystery of Heroism"
  8. Main character in "Mystery of Heroism"
  9. (no space) What Mark Twain actually means.
  10. A kind of writing that emphasizes the local geograpy or people
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  1. Author of "A Wagner Matinee"
  2. First name of a slave whose letter to his former master we read
  3. Author of the Gettysburg Address.
  4. Opera composer featured in Willa Cather's story.
  5. A kind of writing in which nature often overpowers humanity.
  6. The large vessel that Twain was a pilot of.
  7. The reference in the Gettysburg Address to the Declaration of Independence is this form of literary device.
  8. Author of "Life on the Mississippi"
  9. Type of ceremony where the Gettysburg Address was spoken.
  10. Man Douglass was sent to work for to "break him"
  11. Town on the Mississippi where Twain grew up

21 Clues: Author of a letter to Sarah • Author of "A Wagner Matinee" • Author of "Mystery of Heroism" • Collins' main goal in the story • Author of the Gettysburg Address. • Author of "Life on the Mississippi" • Main character in "Mystery of Heroism" • (no space) What Mark Twain actually means. • The large vessel that Twain was a pilot of. • Town on the Mississippi where Twain grew up • ...

Civil War Review 2023-05-11

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. South _________ was the first state to leave the Union.
  2. ________ farmers were self-sufficient before the Civil War
  3. Lincoln passed the __________ Proclamation to attempt to free enslaved people in the South.
  4. African Americans in the South were _______.
  5. This word was repeated in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and is a synonym for "dedicate"
  6. This battle had the highest overall casualties in the Civil War.
  7. This presidential candidate was an advocate for Southern rights, including slavery (last name only).
  8. last name of the president of the Confederacy
  9. The Confederacy had more __________ colleges.
  10. This amendment made slavery illegal.
  11. The 12 years focused on rebuilding the United States was known as _________.
  12. The ________ Slave act required people in the Union to return runaway enslaved people to the confederacy.
  13. This presidential candidate didn't have many actual opinions, but was a member of the Constitutional Union party (last name only).
  14. The Union had a much larger __________ during the war.
  15. This battle was a Union victory and resulted in 23,746 casualties.
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  1. The Confederacy surrendered the war at the ________ Court House.
  2. Last name of a prominent Union general that later became president.
  3. John ___________ , a white man, tried to lead a slave revolt at Harper's Ferry
  4. Last name of the president who took over after Lincoln was killed.
  5. One way that enslaved people resisted was by ___________ their tools.
  6. Slavery existed _____________ at one point in time.
  7. Lincoln was assassinated while watching a ______.
  8. Known as "Freedom Day" to many black Americans, as it was when many found out slavery was illegal.
  9. These types of Democrats took over power in the South after the war and passed black codes in states.
  10. A "mini-civil" war erupted in this US state over disputes of voting on slavery.
  11. The Battle of Gettysburg was a Union ___________.
  12. One purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation was to encourage free black people to join the _______ army
  13. Harriet Beecher ___________ wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to advocate against slavery.
  14. Presidential candidate of 1860 Stephen ________ advocated for state's choosing whether they had slavery or not.
  15. The Compromise of 1850 added ____________ as a free state to the Union
  16. last name of the president of the Union during the civil war
  17. Last name of the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
  18. The Dred ______ case in the Supreme Court ruled that black people are not citizens.

33 Clues: This amendment made slavery illegal. • African Americans in the South were _______. • last name of the president of the Confederacy • The Confederacy had more __________ colleges. • Lincoln was assassinated while watching a ______. • The Battle of Gettysburg was a Union ___________. • Slavery existed _____________ at one point in time. • ...

Civil War Era 2023-05-16

Civil War Era crossword puzzle
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  1. the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, was a Southern planter, Democratic politician and hero of the Mexican-American War who represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate
  2. a Confederate general who led the South’s attempt at secession
  3. 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia,to frighten Georgia’s civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause
  4. Lincoln would be speaking not only as the new president but also as the leader of a nation in crisis.
  5. the first battle of the civil war
  6. a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery
  7. a Union general,an American soldier,served as a general in the Union Army
  8. a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
  9. one of two major political parties in the United States
  10. an American abolitionist and social activist.
  11. day lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth
  12. a decade-long fight for freedom by a Black enslaved man
  13. one of the South’s most successful generals
  14. Union captured Mississippi River dividing the Confederacy in half
  15. 16th president of the United States
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  1. the bloodiest battle ever fought on American soil
  2. Confederacy surrenders to Union,ending civil war
  3. the first major opposed river crossing,one of the largest and deadliest battle
  4. an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States
  5. the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
  6. more factories = more weapons
  7. Lincoln freed slaves in Confederacy
  8. author of the Declaration of Independence and the 3rd U.S. president
  9. the 18th president of the United States
  10. the deadliest one-day battle in all of American military history.

25 Clues: more factories = more weapons • the first battle of the civil war • Lincoln freed slaves in Confederacy • 16th president of the United States • the 18th president of the United States • day lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth • one of the South’s most successful generals • an American abolitionist and social activist. • Confederacy surrenders to Union,ending civil war • ...

Civil War Era 2023-05-16

Civil War Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, was a Southern planter, Democratic politician and hero of the Mexican-American War who represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate
  2. a Confederate general who led the South’s attempt at secession
  3. 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia,to frighten Georgia’s civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause
  4. Lincoln would be speaking not only as the new president but also as the leader of a nation in crisis.
  5. the first battle of the civil war
  6. a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery
  7. a Union general,an American soldier,served as a general in the Union Army
  8. a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
  9. one of two major political parties in the United States
  10. an American abolitionist and social activist.
  11. day lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth
  12. a decade-long fight for freedom by a Black enslaved man
  13. one of the South’s most successful generals
  14. Union captured Mississippi River dividing the Confederacy in half
  15. 16th president of the United States
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  1. the bloodiest battle ever fought on American soil
  2. Confederacy surrenders to Union,ending civil war
  3. the first major opposed river crossing,one of the largest and deadliest battle
  4. an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States
  5. the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
  6. more factories = more weapons
  7. Lincoln freed slaves in Confederacy
  8. author of the Declaration of Independence and the 3rd U.S. president
  9. the 18th president of the United States
  10. the deadliest one-day battle in all of American military history.

25 Clues: more factories = more weapons • the first battle of the civil war • Lincoln freed slaves in Confederacy • 16th president of the United States • the 18th president of the United States • day lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth • one of the South’s most successful generals • an American abolitionist and social activist. • Confederacy surrenders to Union,ending civil war • ...

Civil War Review 2023-08-30

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. He carried out the midnight execution in Kansas and failed to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry.
  2. During the war, the North was called this.
  3. During the war, the South was called this.
  4. The Union's war strategy, which included blockading southern ports and controlling the Mississippi River.
  5. Which side had a larger population, more money, an existing navy, and more transportation?
  6. The Confederacy shocked the world when they won this first battle of the war.
  7. The ___ Compromise banned slavery north of the 36-30 line of latitude.
  8. The siege at this location started the Civil War.
  9. He was an escaped slave whose autobiography and public speeches convinced many to support abolitionism.
  10. The name for the "mini civil war" that broke out as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
  11. The Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in ___ states ONLY.
  12. He won the election of 1860 without a single southern vote.
  13. Lincoln lost a series of public debates to this man, but did make a name for himself in the new Republican Party.
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  1. This state entered the Union as a free state after the Compromise of 1850.
  2. This President removed Native Americans from southern lands to make room for more plantations.
  3. The idea that the people should vote whether to have slavery in new states.
  4. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book, which opened many people's eyes to the horrors of slavery.
  5. This battle was the final turning point, and make it clear the Union would win the war.
  6. The idea that states could determine that federal laws were illegal and not follow them.
  7. She was known as the "Black Moses" of the Underground Railroad.
  8. Sherman's March to the Sea is an example of THIS, which means to crush the enemy by any means necessary.
  9. The victory here gave the Union control over the Mississippi River.
  10. Which side had the advantage of fighting on their own soil?
  11. In this case, SCOTUS ruled that enslaved people were not citizens and could not sue in a court of law.
  12. When a state formally withdraws from our country.

25 Clues: During the war, the North was called this. • During the war, the South was called this. • The siege at this location started the Civil War. • When a state formally withdraws from our country. • Which side had the advantage of fighting on their own soil? • He won the election of 1860 without a single southern vote. • ...

The Civil War 2021-10-12

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. First modern general to understand total war
  2. Control of this river would split the Confederacy in half
  3. A person without freedom
  4. Author of popular novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'
  5. The first state to leave the Union in 1860
  6. First battle of the war
  7. The 11 states that seceded from the Union following the election of President Abraham Lincoln
  8. The battle where the Union army gained greater control of the Mississippi River valley
  9. An enslaved man who tried to win his freedom in court
  10. Large farms in the South that use slaves to harvest goods
  11. The state were a violent crisis occurred after Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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  1. Leaving or withdrawing from the Union
  2. The President during the war
  3. This provided a fast and cheap way to remove seeds from cotton
  4. The compromise that stated slavery could not extend to states above the 36, 30 line
  5. The bloodiest battle in the war
  6. A person opposed to slavery
  7. General in the Union army
  8. President of the Confederacy
  9. Courthouse where Lee surrendered
  10. Famous hospital field nurse
  11. General in the Confederate army

22 Clues: First battle of the war • A person without freedom • General in the Union army • A person opposed to slavery • Famous hospital field nurse • The President during the war • President of the Confederacy • The bloodiest battle in the war • General in the Confederate army • Courthouse where Lee surrendered • Leaving or withdrawing from the Union • ...

Civil War Terms 2021-09-17

Civil War Terms crossword puzzle
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  1. A firearm fired from the shoulder
  2. to rush towards the enemy
  3. The term used for military supplies
  4. a soldier who was wounded or killed
  5. to practice marching
  6. a group of 50 to 100 soldiers
  7. Loyal to the Confederate States
  8. Troops called to defend in an emergency
  9. The cruel killing of helpless people
  10. Large logs painted to look like cannons
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  1. A person who wanted to eliminate slavery
  2. disease causing severe diarrhea
  3. Freedom from slavery
  4. A gun that shot 7 shots per 30 seconds
  5. Actively attacking someone
  6. A ship protected by iron armor
  7. to line in wait for an unexpected attack
  8. To formally enroll in the army
  9. To formally approve or sanction
  10. military using ships to conduct warfare

20 Clues: Freedom from slavery • to practice marching • to rush towards the enemy • Actively attacking someone • a group of 50 to 100 soldiers • A ship protected by iron armor • To formally enroll in the army • disease causing severe diarrhea • Loyal to the Confederate States • To formally approve or sanction • A firearm fired from the shoulder • The term used for military supplies • ...

The Civil War 2021-12-07

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union general in charge
  2. Jefferson ______was the Confederate President
  3. New ________was the South's most important port
  4. submarine commanded by Lt George Dixon that sank the Union ship
  5. River of strategic importance to the South
  6. armored ships and gun boats used in the war
  7. using ships to block the harbor of your enemy.
  8. cash crop for the south
  9. The North had more ______then the South which would prove to decide the outcome of the war
  10. The ________ proclamation brought and end to slavery in the southern states.
  11. drove the economy in the South
  12. Affair on the high seas that almost brought England into the war.
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  1. Union ironclad that faced the CSS Virginia in Hampton Roads Harbor
  2. __________Nebraska act was of concern to the North because of the spread of slavery
  3. ________was president during the Civil War
  4. was head of the Confederate Army
  5. southern port on the east coast in South Carolina
  6. a private merchant hired to smuggle
  7. The admiral that defeated the souther forces at New Orleans causing the city to surrender to the Northern fleet
  8. Fort ________took the first opening shots of the Civil War
  9. a feature on the Monitor that allowed for a gun to be rotated in a circle

21 Clues: Union general in charge • cash crop for the south • drove the economy in the South • was head of the Confederate Army • a private merchant hired to smuggle • ________was president during the Civil War • River of strategic importance to the South • armored ships and gun boats used in the war • Jefferson ______was the Confederate President • ...

civil war causes 2021-12-10

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

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

The Civil War 2022-05-18

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. a conflict between two peoples in one country
  2. the right to a trial before being jailed
  3. Confederate war ship
  4. killed more soldiers than battles
  5. color of Union Army uniforms
  6. famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln
  7. freed all slaves
  8. Union war ship
  9. 3 day battle killing or wounding nearly 40,500 men
  10. the act of leaving an organization or alliance
  11. the Commander of the Confederate army
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  1. the last city on the Mississippi to surrender to the Union
  2. a system for requiring citizen to join the armed forces
  3. President of the Confederate States of America
  4. Capital city of the Confederacy
  5. the first state to leave the Union
  6. first Confederate victory
  7. President of the United States during the war
  8. bloodiest battle in the war
  9. Commander of the Union army
  10. The site of General Lee's surrender
  11. The name of the South during the Civil War
  12. Confederate spy
  13. color of the Confederate uniforms

24 Clues: Union war ship • Confederate spy • freed all slaves • Confederate war ship • first Confederate victory • bloodiest battle in the war • Commander of the Union army • color of Union Army uniforms • Capital city of the Confederacy • killed more soldiers than battles • color of the Confederate uniforms • the first state to leave the Union • The site of General Lee's surrender • ...

civil war (arianna) 2022-05-27

civil war (arianna) crossword puzzle
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  1. wrote tom's cabin
  2. a war between 1861 and 1865
  3. south invested in ______
  4. freed over 70 slaves through a railroad
  5. most important battle
  6. battle of bull run was in ______
  7. president of the union
  8. "threw the first punch"
  9. the south was fighting for _______
  10. bloodiest battle
  11. died after being shot by his troop
  12. what did the soldiers wear to fight ?
  13. won the war
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  1. ____ surrendered in the war
  2. led a raid to free slaves
  3. most famous general in the war
  4. southern states were called _____
  5. _____ states were involved in the war
  6. president of the confederacy
  7. lincoln was shot in a ____
  8. general of the confederacy
  9. how many slaves were freed after the war
  10. delaware,maryland,kentucky,missouri,WV
  11. battle that started the civil war
  12. had money and transportation

25 Clues: won the war • bloodiest battle • wrote tom's cabin • most important battle • president of the union • "threw the first punch" • south invested in ______ • led a raid to free slaves • lincoln was shot in a ____ • general of the confederacy • ____ surrendered in the war • a war between 1861 and 1865 • president of the confederacy • had money and transportation • ...

Civil War Vocab 2022-05-12

Civil War Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. law which established the Kansas and Nebraska territories and allowed for
  2. power between slave states and free states
  3. an agreement where both sides give up something in order to reach a goal
  4. a leading figure in the abolitionist movement in the pre-Civil War United States
  5. to withdraw from an organization
  6. an agreement made to keep
  7. A nickname given to people supporting the Confederate States
  8. to decide on the issue of slavery.
  9. formerly escaped slave who wrote a book about his life and became an influential speaker in the North
  10. A term meaning "before war"
  11. A term used to describe people who supported the Union
  12. a settlement in a new country or region
  13. the orientation of those who favor government by the people
  14. a tactic where a military force surrounds a city to control
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  1. A person who wanted to eliminate slavery.
  2. Battle in Pennsylvania that was the turning point of the Civil War
  3. an encounter of two armies
  4. Antislavery party founded in the United States in 1848 with the goal of keeping slavery
  5. The idea that a territory could vote whether or not to have slavery
  6. of the western states.
  7. a league of persons, parties, or states

21 Clues: of the western states. • an agreement made to keep • an encounter of two armies • A term meaning "before war" • to withdraw from an organization • to decide on the issue of slavery. • a league of persons, parties, or states • a settlement in a new country or region • A person who wanted to eliminate slavery. • power between slave states and free states • ...

Civil War Test 2024-09-13

Civil War Test crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first ironclads
  2. he was the Confederate president
  3. gives a person a hearing before jail
  4. worst protest against the draft happened here
  5. Antietam saw this in the war
  6. the North's war plan came from him
  7. a plan to split the confederacy
  8. peace democrats became known as these
  9. the south wanted support from them for supplies
  10. Richmond was this
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  1. Mary Edwards Walker was one of these
  2. a 2 day battle in april
  3. Beauregard fought for them
  4. the main goal of the north
  5. named after a small church
  6. Washington DC was this
  7. said Europe wouldnt help if they thought the war was against slavery
  8. Abraham Lincoln signed this on January 1, 1963
  9. captured new orleans
  10. closing of ports
  11. thousands of women served as these

21 Clues: first ironclads • closing of ports • Richmond was this • captured new orleans • Washington DC was this • a 2 day battle in april • Beauregard fought for them • the main goal of the north • named after a small church • Antietam saw this in the war • a plan to split the confederacy • he was the Confederate president • the North's war plan came from him • thousands of women served as these • ...

Civil War Test 2024-09-13

Civil War Test crossword puzzle
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  1. The North's war plan came from ____
  2. Guarantees a person a hearing before jail
  3. Captured New Orleans
  4. The south wanted help from the countries
  5. Peace democrats were known as these
  6. ____ saw the bloodiest single day in the entire war
  7. Was the confederate capital
  8. _____ was closing of ports
  9. Was a plan to split the confederacy
  10. Was a 2 day battle in April
  11. The main goal of the north
  12. Said ______ this country wouldn't help as much if the war was over slavery
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  1. Confederate President
  2. ____ was named after a small church
  3. Was made on January 1 1963
  4. Beauregard was the commander of this army
  5. Thousands of women were these in the civil war
  6. Were the first ironclads of the war
  7. D.C Was the Unions capital
  8. Mary Edwards Walker was one of these
  9. The worst protest of the draft happened here

21 Clues: Captured New Orleans • Confederate President • Was made on January 1 1963 • _____ was closing of ports • D.C Was the Unions capital • The main goal of the north • Was the confederate capital • Was a 2 day battle in April • The North's war plan came from ____ • ____ was named after a small church • Peace democrats were known as these • Were the first ironclads of the war • ...

The Civil War 2023-10-30

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

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

Civil War Review 2023-11-03

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Union siege and victory in this city gave the Union full access and control of the Mississippi River
  2. One of the Union’s first African American regiments, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, was noted for leading an assault on a Fort outside of ___.
  3. The Union’s plan for a naval blocking of all ports in the South was called?
  4. - Monitor v. Merrimack was a naval first as it was the first battle ever of what kind of ships; and the Monitor won?
  5. As President of the CSA he had little power because the states had the power to not send money to the government or send troops to fight.
  6. Which Battle was important to Sherman because it took out a major Southern railroad terminus.
  7. A seige, by the Union of what city took place because it was the Railroad center of the south, and Grant could cut off Confederate supplies to Richmond?
  8. He eventually became Grant’s “right hand man”, and led the Union at the Battle of Atlanta and subsequent March to the Sea using total war.
  9. First shots of the war; started when Lincoln sent supplies, and ended with a Conf victory and control of the Charleston harbor.
  10. Lincoln suspended this during the War to prevent known Confederate sympathizers from leaving the Union or sabotaging the Union war effort.
  11. The first major Battle of the Civil War, and was a Confederate Victory.
  12. Sherman considered this necessary to defeat the south. It targeted civilians and the economic resources so they could not fight or “survive”.
  13. Geography played a factor in this battle because the city was surrounded by steep hills and rugged terrain, and the Union had the high ground and it helped them win.
  14. This was to re-establish the principles and ideals for which our government was founded on.
  15. “Malice towards none and charity for all” was the main point of the ___ ___ of the Union at Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address.
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  1. Established that slaves in states rebelling against the United States were free.
  2. Whose strategy was to capture Washington D.C., gain support of Britain and France, and attack in Union territory when there was an opportunity to decrease their morale?
  3. Most troops lost their lives from infections and ___.
  4. Besides the loss of Jackson, this Battle was Lee’s most brilliant victory because he took a chance and divided up his troops to attack the Union from two sides.
  5. Significance of the South’s loss at which Battle was it cost the South any hope for support from Britain and France
  6. Who was chosen to take over the Union army in the spring of 1864 after his many victories in the west?
  7. Lee’s “right hand man” that was brilliant at the First Battle of Bull Run, but then was shot by his own men and later battle and died a few days later.
  8. Which Battle gave the Union access to all major forts along the Mississippi River with a victory in 1862?
  9. With this Battle, Lee hoped that an invasion of Union territory would significantly weaken Northern support for the war effort.
  10. By continuing to fight until the South ran out of men, supplies, and will, General Grant waged
  11. Which Battle was the bloodiest day of American History and the victory for the North convinced Lincoln it was time to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
  12. Lincoln wanted ___ to be the commander of the Union army, but he decided to fight for the Confederacy and his state of Virginia.

27 Clues: Most troops lost their lives from infections and ___. • The first major Battle of the Civil War, and was a Confederate Victory. • The Union’s plan for a naval blocking of all ports in the South was called? • Established that slaves in states rebelling against the United States were free. • ...

Civil War Causes 2024-02-05

Civil War Causes crossword puzzle
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  1. the first state to secede from the Union
  2. a compromise made to settle debates between the north and south stating California could enter the Union as a free state, but the northwest territory would use popular sovereignty to decide whether they are free or slave
  3. South's view on the nation at the time
  4. Union advantage
  5. a book written to show the evils of slavery that angered the south, as they thought it was false
  6. debate in which the winner would get a seat in the senate
  7. Confederate advantage
  8. an invention that helped separate cottons fiber from the seeds, increasing the production of cotton, and therefore slavery
  9. presidential election won by Lincoln in 1860 which angered the south as they viewed Lincoln as a threat to slavery, their way of life
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  1. Confederate advantage
  2. 5 slave states that chose to stay in the Union including: Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri
  3. violence erupting in Kansas as a result of a race to determine the outcome of the election of whether it would be free or slave
  4. military leader for the south that could not fight against his home state, Virginia
  5. 11 states that seceded from the union including: Virginia, South Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, North Carolina, and Mississippi
  6. when the civil war officially started due to the battle at Ft. Sumter, where the south wanted to gain control of the fort, South Carolina was the first to attack
  7. document proposing all new territory added to the U.S. will be free states
  8. Union advantage
  9. a law stating that all runaway slaves must be returned to the south and helping them escape to freedom would result in having to pay a fine or jail time
  10. Union advantage
  11. a radical abolitionist who tried to end slavery by giving weapons to slaves
  12. president of the confederacy
  13. capital of confederate states
  14. the original 19 free states that wanted to prevent the south from starting their own country including: Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Nevada, and Oregon
  15. a court case where an African American was denied his freedom after his master died
  16. a law deciding Kansas would use popular sovereignty to decide whether it would be free or slave
  17. president of the Union

26 Clues: Union advantage • Union advantage • Union advantage • Confederate advantage • Confederate advantage • president of the Union • president of the confederacy • capital of confederate states • South's view on the nation at the time • the first state to secede from the Union • debate in which the winner would get a seat in the senate • ...

Civil War Review 2024-11-13

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. When people support what is best for a state, section, or region over what is best for the whole nation
  2. Supreme Court decision that held two extremely detrimental rulings: 1 that African Americans were not citizens and 2 that the Missouri Compromise was UNCONSTITUTIONAL, so it seemed like the federal government supported slavery.
  3. An advantage the Confederacy had over the Union as the Union had to keep coming into the south.
  4. Passageway used by slaves to escape to the North or Canada
  5. Raid of a federal arsenal by a prominent abolitionist to attempt to start a slave rebellion. Encouraged more northerners to become abolitionists.
  6. Amendment that outlawed slavery
  7. The reason African slaves started to replace Native American slaves in the Americas
  8. Invention that increased the production of cotton which led to a need for more people to work the land to keep up with production.
  9. Union strategy to surround and choke out the South
  10. Focused on industrialization
  11. Compromise that saw balance kept between slave and free states by adding Maine and Missouri to the United States. Also outlawed slavery north of the 36'30" line.
  12. Turning point of the war as a huge Union victory
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  1. Bloodiest single day in American history
  2. Opening shots of the war and a Confederate victory
  3. Focused on agricultural development of grain
  4. First state to leave the union
  5. Election that showcased the sectional splits in the United States. Republican Abraham Lincoln will win this, as the Democratic party splits its votes into Northern and Southern Democrats- Northern Democrats favored Douglas and popular sovereignty, while the Southern Democrats supported the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case
  6. Freed slaves in states at war with the Union
  7. Story written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that influenced many men and women to join the abolition movement, it showed the world the horrors of slavery
  8. The result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act as pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups began a mini Civil War.
  9. The question of slavery should be determined by the people within a particular state by a popular vote, not the federal government.
  10. Siege of the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River
  11. Compromise that saw California enter as a free state in exchange for creating a new Fugitive Slave Act. Additionally, slave trade was banned in Washington DC in exchange for the Mexican Cession territory being open to popular sovereignty over the issue of slavery.
  12. The lenient plan of Reconstruction that tried to heal the nation while also supporting freed African Americans by giving them land
  13. The most forgiving (you might say too forgiving) plan for the South which was created by a Southerner as President. It led to freedmen's rights being kicked to the curb.
  14. Focused on the agricultural development of cash crops like cotton and tobacco
  15. This plan is the one that ended up being used the most and saw some success while in effect as African Americans were elected to political office in the South

27 Clues: Focused on industrialization • First state to leave the union • Amendment that outlawed slavery • Bloodiest single day in American history • Focused on agricultural development of grain • Freed slaves in states at war with the Union • Turning point of the war as a huge Union victory • Opening shots of the war and a Confederate victory • ...

US Civil War 2025-05-06

US Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where the first shots were fired to start the civil war
  2. A failed confederate attack on the last day of the battle of Gettysburg
  3. President Lincoln issued this in 1863, declareing all slaves in Confederate territory indefinitly free
  4. Elite Infantry units fighting on both sides of the war, modeled after the French
  5. Two major battles were fought along this river
  6. The location of the Union states
  7. The battle that was considered the turning point during the war
  8. The time after the war when the south was being rebuilt as a slave free area
  9. Large submarines built during the war that changed warfare forever
  10. A freed slave who helped other slaves escape through the underground railroad
  11. President of the Confederate States of America
  12. An abolitionist during the war who led the raid on Harpers ferry
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  1. A union general who was later elected as the 18th president of the United States
  2. Formal documents from the south that declare there seperation from the union
  3. Describes what the south did when leaving the union
  4. A law passed that said territories were allowed to choose wheather or not to allow slavery
  5. What Southerners called Northerners
  6. A union general who was known for his "scorced earth" or harsh war tactics
  7. Movement to end slavery
  8. This abolished slavery
  9. A military officer responsible for supplying troops, and choosing battle tacktics
  10. The fear or dislike of people from different cultures or people who are different than you
  11. An improtant battle won by the Union that gave them control of the mississippi river
  12. General Sherman's long march through Georgia to the sea to help defeat the Confederacy
  13. The 11 southern states that left the union
  14. 16th president of the United states and led the country through the civil war, eventually ended slavery

26 Clues: This abolished slavery • Movement to end slavery • The location of the Union states • What Southerners called Northerners • The 11 southern states that left the union • Two major battles were fought along this river • President of the Confederate States of America • Describes what the south did when leaving the union • ...

Pre-Civil War 2025-04-02

Pre-Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. a law that let people in new territories vote on slavery which led to fighting
  2. things like roads railroads and canals that help transportation the North had more of these
  3. a machine that made cleaning cotton faster which increased the need for enslaved workers
  4. caring more about your region than the whole country
  5. a Supreme Court ruling that said enslaved people were not citizens and had no rights
  6. a person who wanted to end slavery
  7. the growth of factories and businesses mostly in the North
  8. a law that forced people to return escaped enslaved people to their enslavers even in free states
  9. making goods in factories instead of by hand
  10. a large farm in the South that grew crops to sell and used enslaved labor
  11. a tax on goods brought into the country the North liked tariffs but the South did not
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  1. the belief that states should make their own decisions including about slavery
  2. people forced to work without pay or freedom mostly in the South
  3. a law that kept the number of free and slave states equal by letting Missouri be a slave state and Maine a free state
  4. me know if this works for your class
  5. a group of laws to try to keep peace including making California a free state and creating a stricter Fugitive Slave Act
  6. a secret system that helped enslaved people escape to free states
  7. crops like cotton and tobacco that were grown to be sold for money
  8. a way of life based on farming common in the South
  9. sovereignty the idea that people should vote on whether their state allows slavery

20 Clues: a person who wanted to end slavery • me know if this works for your class • making goods in factories instead of by hand • a way of life based on farming common in the South • caring more about your region than the whole country • the growth of factories and businesses mostly in the North • people forced to work without pay or freedom mostly in the South • ...

The Civil War 2024-04-12

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A crisis where the south is upset about a tariff.
  2. One side of the war that was from the south.
  3. The first combat submarine that sank.
  4. After the fall of Port Royal, what city was under attack.
  5. To submit to the enemy and cease resistance.
  6. A Union strategy to block ships from importing or exporting goods.
  7. The Kansas-Nebraska Act needed southern support in building these.
  8. The 54th ________ was a unit of African American soldiers.
  9. The __________ Proclamation was issued by president Lincoln.
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  1. One side of the war that was from the north.
  2. What were slaves fighting for.
  3. He sued his master for freedom.
  4. He won the Election of 1860.
  5. What fort fell at the beginning of the Civil War.
  6. They thought their rights were violated.
  7. The port of the first major setback for the Confederate Army.
  8. Smalls A runaway slave that took a Confederate ship and surrendered to the Union to escape.
  9. What the war was called.
  10. The north/union was trying to abolish this.
  11. Union forces laid a _____ to Charleston, bombarding the city for a year.

20 Clues: What the war was called. • He won the Election of 1860. • What were slaves fighting for. • He sued his master for freedom. • The first combat submarine that sank. • They thought their rights were violated. • The north/union was trying to abolish this. • One side of the war that was from the north. • One side of the war that was from the south. • ...

American Civil War 2024-04-09

American Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Fort _______ was a fort near Charleston, South Carolina, that received a 33 hour bombardment, which kicked off the beginning of the Civil War.
  2. The process in which the beauty or quality of something is destroyed or spoiled:
  3. This type of power allowed for factories to be located anywhere. It also provided reliable power that could be used for large machines, early trains and boats.
  4. A view of or attitude toward a situation or event; an opinion.
  5. Jefferson _______ was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
  6. This battle resulted in a Union victory, which halted Robert E. Lee's plan to invade the North, and served as the turning point of the Civil War.
  7. Harper’s ______ was a place in Virginia where abolitionist John Brown, led a small raid on a federal armory, in an attempt to start a slave revolt.
  8. The _______ of 1850 was a set of laws, passed in the midst of fierce wrangling between groups favoring slavery and groups opposing it, which attempted to give something to both sides.
  9. A system under which an authority undertakes to supply needs or regulate conduct of those under its control in matters affecting them as individuals.
  10. Occurring or existing in the years leading up the American Civil War.
  11. The capital city of the United States of America, was ________ D.C.
  12. The _______ Slave Act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
  13. 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.
  14. Warships designed to be impervious to enemy shot and shell by virtue of their iron-armored wooden hulls. They were essentially the first modern-day battleships.
  15. The ______ Plan was a Military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott, which called for a naval blockade of the Confederate territories from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi.
  16. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city.
  17. It was used to communicate with people during the war. It was the precursor to the telephone.
  18. The practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.
  19. It was used for strategic purposes, and it would also be the first war when real images (other than art work), would be preserved for future generations to observe.
  20. A league or alliance of the northern states, which sought to preserve the United States.
  21. The capital city of the Confederate States of America, was _________, Virginia.
  22. Abraham ________ was the President of the United States of America during the Civil War.
  23. A _______ hierarchy system of ranking that is based on the belief that some racial groups are superior to other racial groups.
  24. Sectional _________ was the conflict and division between different regions of the United States, particularly in relation to issues such as slavery, economics, and political power.
  25. Undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution).
  26. The conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated.
  27. Popular ________ is a doctrine in political theory that government is created by, and subject to the will of the people.
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  1. The Kansas _________ Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty there. However, it also led a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas.”
  2. A league or alliance of the southern states, which attempted to secede from the United States.
  3. Bleeding _______ was a four year period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas in 1854. In all, some 55 people were killed.
  4. Also known as the First Battle of Bull Run, this was the first major land battle of the Civil War.
  5. Robert E. _______ was the leading general for the Confederate forces in the American Civil War.
  6. Domestic ________ is the employment of hired workers by private households for the performance of tasks such as housecleaning, cooking, child care, gardening, and personal service.
  7. A battle at _________, Virginia resulted in a stalemate between both sides, but marked the first stage of a major Union offensive toward the Confederate capital.
  8. A result or effect of an action or condition.
  9. The ________ Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and prohibited slavery in territory that later became Kansas and Nebraska.
  10. This chemical fluid neutralizes cellular proteins, which slows down bateria. It’s purpose was to preserve dead human bodies.
  11. This courthouse was where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, essentially ending the Civil War.
  12. Tending to occur in more members of a family than expected by chance alone.
  13. The Mason ________ Line was established to end a boundary dispute between the British colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania/Delaware.
  14. Slave states that chose not to secede from the Union, were called ______ states.
  15. The Emancipation _________ declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  16. The _______ was a European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and humanity were synthesized into a worldview that gained wide popularity in America.
  17. Someone who actively worked to end slavery. Some actually helped slaves to escape.
  18. This was a brutal prisoner of war camp in Georgia, where more than 13,000 Union soldiers died.
  19. The action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
  20. Dependence on or trust in someone or something.
  21. The ________ Railroad was a series of secret routes and safehouses that led by freed & escaped slaves, and abolitionists in order to reach freedom.
  22. Ulysses S. ________ was the leading general for the Union forces in the American Civil War.
  23. Relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than a city or town with a high population.

50 Clues: A result or effect of an action or condition. • Dependence on or trust in someone or something. • Of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city. • A view of or attitude toward a situation or event; an opinion. • The capital city of the United States of America, was ________ D.C. • Occurring or existing in the years leading up the American Civil War. • ...

The Civil War 2024-04-12

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. First shots fired in the Civil War
  2. Confederal leader, General Jackson's nickname
  3. Four _______ and seven years ago...
  4. President of the United States
  5. Who had more railroads?
  6. The Civil War was the Confederacy vs the ____.
  7. Lee surrendered to Grant at this location
  8. This was the Union's name for the First Battle of Manassas
  9. This city in Mississippi was held under siege by the Union Army
  10. Name of the Unnion army
  11. This battle stopped Confederate advances in Pennsylvania.
  12. Slave holding states which remained in the Union
  13. President of the Confederacy
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  1. The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia were the first _______.
  2. War strategy involved the destruction of everything related to supporting the Confederacy
  3. Lincoln issued this when freeing the enslaved people in the Confederacy.
  4. The name of the strategy used by the North.
  5. In his run for Senate, Lincoln stated that "a _______ ______ against itself cannot stand."
  6. This Union victory provided Lincoln with the opportunity to take action against slavery
  7. The goal of the Union was to ______ the country.
  8. Who lead the "March to the Sea"
  9. Lincoln expresses willingness to accept the Confederates back into the Union in this speech
  10. famous Confederate general that commanded the Army of Northern Virginia
  11. Capital of the Confederacy

24 Clues: Who had more railroads? • Name of the Unnion army • Capital of the Confederacy • President of the Confederacy • President of the United States • Who lead the "March to the Sea" • First shots fired in the Civil War • Four _______ and seven years ago... • Lee surrendered to Grant at this location • The name of the strategy used by the North. • ...

Civil War Review 2024-03-20

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Led a raid on the U.S. Army (arsenal) at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Was trying to start a slave rebellion.
  2. The act of resisting authority
  3. A barrier of ships that prevents people/supplies from entering or leaving an area
  4. Supported Underground Railroads that allowed African American escape to freedom
  5. Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia who defeated Union troops at the Battle of Fredricksburg
  6. provided labor and raised crops for the Confederate Army
  7. Related to industries and businesses
  8. A ship made of iron
  9. To withdraw or leave
  10. Someone who campaigned to end slavery
  11. Confederate general who played a major role in the first Battle of Bull Run
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  1. South
  2. suppored the confederacy
  3. General of the Union Army
  4. A tie
  5. Related to agriculture and farming
  6. some felt their limited rights could be protected by supporting the Confederacy
  7. many did not take sides during the Civil War
  8. Let a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia
  9. Large areas of land
  10. North
  11. Where the capital of the confederacy was located

22 Clues: South • A tie • North • Large areas of land • A ship made of iron • To withdraw or leave • suppored the confederacy • General of the Union Army • The act of resisting authority • Related to agriculture and farming • Related to industries and businesses • Someone who campaigned to end slavery • many did not take sides during the Civil War • ...

The Civil War 2021-05-18

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. requires every state to return runaway slaves.
  2. Lincoln wanted to preserve the union promising the remaining slave states to provide federal property in the south.
  3. This is where the civil war started.
  4. A war between citizens of the same country.
  5. John Brown led an attack that killed five supporters of slavery.
  6. california would be a free state, but other new territories would have no limits on slavery.
  7. Some southerners welcomed secession while others thought it was alarming.
  8. Was a way to help runaway slaves find their freedom.
  9. The 16th president of the
  10. organized the region west of missouri and iowa as the territories of kansas and nebraska.
  11. A person who dies for a cause
  12. President of the Confederate States of America.
  13. Armed pro-slavery supporters who crossed the border from Missouri just to vote.
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  1. Anti slavery Whigs and Democrats joined with free soilers to form the _________.
  2. The slave who tried to sue for his freedom.
  3. The first state to secede
  4. When south Carolina seceded from the union in 1860, senator John Crittendon of Kentucky suggested a series of amendments to the constitution.
  5. Lincoln challenged douglas to a series of debates.
  6. Free soil, free speech, and Freemont.
  7. An act which determined where slavery stopped, the 36 degrees 30´N latitude.
  8. The republicans nominated Abraham Lincoln, they wanted to leave slavery alone where it existed, but also ban it in the territories.
  9. A storage site for weapons
  10. The person who supplied weapons to enslaved africans and started a revolt.
  11. States that withdraw from the union.
  12. People should decide for themselves whether their territories would enter the union as a free state or a slave state.

25 Clues: The first state to secede • The 16th president of the • A storage site for weapons • A person who dies for a cause • This is where the civil war started. • States that withdraw from the union. • Free soil, free speech, and Freemont. • The slave who tried to sue for his freedom. • A war between citizens of the same country. • requires every state to return runaway slaves. • ...

Civil War Review 2022-03-09

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. This announcement by Lincoln "freed" the slaves in rebellion states.
  2. He lead the first major slave rebellion in 1831.
  3. This was a new type of ship created during the Civil War.
  4. He surrenders his army in Appomattox, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
  5. Missouri wanted to enter the Union as a ___.
  6. Jackson earned this nickname at the Battle of Bull Run.
  7. This was the location of John Brown's failed slave rebellion.
  8. Abraham Lincoln was killed by ___ while attending a play in Washington, DC.
  9. He was appointed General of ALL Union forces after the Battle of Gettysburg.
  10. He was elected President in 1860.
  11. This was the first state to secede from the Union after Lincoln's election.
  12. ___ became the President after Lincoln was killed.
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  1. This was a major component of the Compromise of 1850.
  2. A win, but at a great cost.
  3. This battle was the turning point of the war.
  4. This provision aimed to stop slavery in NEW territories entering the Union.
  5. Who lead the famous March to the Sea?
  6. The requirement to serve in an army is called a ___.
  7. States that had slaves but stayed in the Union were known as ___.
  8. ___ was elected as President of the CSA before the Civil War.
  9. This novel allowed Northerners to "experience" the horrors of slavery.
  10. This was a tactic that involved slowly attacking an Army to the point of collapse.
  11. Stonewall Jackson will die after this battle from friendly fire.
  12. This was the Union's plan to surround and suffocate the Confederacy.
  13. He lead fights in Kansas and a failed slave rebellion in Virginia.

25 Clues: A win, but at a great cost. • He was elected President in 1860. • Who lead the famous March to the Sea? • Missouri wanted to enter the Union as a ___. • This battle was the turning point of the war. • He lead the first major slave rebellion in 1831. • ___ became the President after Lincoln was killed. • The requirement to serve in an army is called a ___. • ...

Civil War Review 2022-02-15

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

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

Civil War Crossword 2022-02-14

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

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

Civil War Journal 2022-02-15

Civil War Journal crossword puzzle
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  1. the act of informing against someone
  2. added to or made greater in amount or number or strength
  3. accept or admit the existence or truth of
  4. ghost like
  5. become dry and shrivled
  6. without any reduction in intensity
  7. a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports
  8. a plan of action adopted by an individual or group
  9. reject with disdain or contempt
  10. making one feel constrained or oppressed
  11. conform to one way
  12. ask urgently and fervenetly to do something
  13. ready to accept control or instruction; submissive
  14. address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment
  15. clearing someone of blame
  16. acting or done quickly
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  1. the action or process of calculating or estimating something
  2. cautiousness
  3. make less severe
  4. feeling isolated
  5. showing the indifference to comfort or luxury
  6. a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
  7. shaking or quivering slightly
  8. put into effect
  9. a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague
  10. a temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgment.
  11. dark or dull; gloomy
  12. incapable of movement
  13. make someone legally or morally bound to an action
  14. fastening a boat
  15. remain or stay somewhere

31 Clues: ghost like • cautiousness • put into effect • make less severe • feeling isolated • fastening a boat • conform to one way • dark or dull; gloomy • incapable of movement • acting or done quickly • become dry and shrivled • remain or stay somewhere • clearing someone of blame • shaking or quivering slightly • reject with disdain or contempt • without any reduction in intensity • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2022-09-26

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Treaty that ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, and California in exchange for $15 million
  2. Polk: The 11th U.S. President, he led the country during the Mexican War and sought to expand the United States
  3. Kansas: a sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory. The dispute further strained the relations of the North and South, making civil war imminent.
  4. Ferry: john Brown's scheme to invade the South with armed slaves, backed by sponsoring, northern abolitionists; seized the federal arsenal; Brown and remnants were caught by Robert E. Lee and the US Marines; Brown was hanged
  5. the adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.
  6. Slave Act: a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders
  7. territory acquired by the Pierce administration to facilitate a southern transcontinental railroad and completed the lower 48 States
  8. ruled that Dred Scott was the property of Sanford and, as a slave, was prohibited from suing in court. Chief Justice Taney gives his opinion that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. Decision adds to sectionalism between North and South that will lead to the Civil War.
  9. political party- anti slavery roots
  10. expansion of slavery
  11. Election 1860:lincoln wins, southern states begin to secede
  12. States of America: the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
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  1. Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
  2. the belief that an individual state may restrict federal authority, belief that because the states created the United States, individual states have the power to nullify federal laws
  3. of 1850: includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act, made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War
  4. Party 1850's:
  5. Nebraska Act: this Act set up Kansas and Nebraska as states. Each state would use popular sovereignty to decide what to do about slavery. People who were proslavery and antislavery moved to Kansas, but some antislavery settlers were against the Act. This began guerrilla warfare.
  6. Compromise 1820: Allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, Maine to enter the union as a free state, prohibited slavery north of latitude 36˚ 30' within the Louisiana Territory (1820)
  7. Scott v Sanford 1857:
  8. Purchase
  9. Douglas Debates: 1858 Senate Debate, Lincoln forced Douglas to debate issue of slavery, Douglas supported pop-sovereignty, Lincoln asserted that slavery should not spread to territories, Lincoln emerged as strong Republican candidate but lost senate election
  10. American War: 1846 - 1848 - President Polk declared war on Mexico over the dispute of land in Texas. At the end, American ended up with 55% of Mexico's land.
  11. Proviso: Bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico
  12. Brown violent abolitionist who murdered slaveholders in Kansas and Missouri (1856-1858) before his raid at Harpers Ferry (1859), hoping to incite a slave rebellion; he failed and was executed, but his martyrdom by northern abolitionists frightened the South.
  13. party, unite regional political ideas

25 Clues: Purchase • Party 1850's: • expansion of slavery • Scott v Sanford 1857: • political party- anti slavery roots • party, unite regional political ideas • Election 1860:lincoln wins, southern states begin to secede • the adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit. • Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole • ...

Civil War People, Things, & Events 2023-09-24

Civil War People, Things, & Events crossword puzzle
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  1. It freed the slaves in the event of a Union victory
  2. The first major battle of the Civil War that showed the war would be long and bloody
  3. A three day battle that was a victory for the Union
  4. The location of a Confederate surrender
  5. A speech given by President Lincoln to dedicate a cemetery
  6. Believed in and waged total war
  7. A battle that gave the control of the Mississippi to the North
  8. A battle that took place near a church
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  1. The bloodiest battle in American history
  2. President during the Civil War
  3. Union general known for Vicksburg
  4. the first shots of the war were fired
  5. Confederate general who surrendered to Grant

13 Clues: President during the Civil War • Believed in and waged total war • Union general known for Vicksburg • the first shots of the war were fired • A battle that took place near a church • The location of a Confederate surrender • The bloodiest battle in American history • Confederate general who surrendered to Grant • It freed the slaves in the event of a Union victory • ...

US HISTORY 2024-05-22

US HISTORY crossword puzzle
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  1. - Landmark Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review.
  2. - Movement advocating for equal rights and treatment of African Americans.
  3. - The United States _____________ is the supreme law of the land.
  4. - Declaration of _____________ was adopted on July 4, 1776.
  5. - African American civil rights activist who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama.
  6. - Symbolic figure representing women who worked in factories during World War II.
  7. - Series of conflicts between Native American tribes and the United States government.
  8. - New York City borough where the Statue of Liberty is located.
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  1. - Secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II.
  2. - President Abraham Lincoln's _____________ Proclamation declared freedom for slaves in Confederate states.
  3. - Era in US history when the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages were banned.
  4. - Major battle of the Civil War fought in Pennsylvania in 1863.
  5. - Period after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt and readmitted to the Union.
  6. - Belief that it was America's destiny to expand westward across the North American continent.
  7. - Political scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
  8. - Severe economic downturn that lasted from 1929 to the late 1930s.
  9. - Conflict between the Northern and Southern states from 1861 to 1865.
  10. - Period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.

18 Clues: - Declaration of _____________ was adopted on July 4, 1776. • - Major battle of the Civil War fought in Pennsylvania in 1863. • - New York City borough where the Statue of Liberty is located. • - The United States _____________ is the supreme law of the land. • - Severe economic downturn that lasted from 1929 to the late 1930s. • ...

US President Word Puzzle 2022-03-22

US President Word Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Created the Bull Moose Party.
  2. responsible for initiating the invasion of Afghanistan after 9/11.
  3. Fought in the American Revolutionary War.
  4. Major US general in WW2.
  5. Contributed in freeing the black slaves after the Civil War.
  6. Co-founder of the Democratic -Republican party.
  7. Longest economic expansion in US history.
  8. Wrote the Declaration of Independence
  9. First US president to cross the demilitarized zone in the Korea peninsula.
  10. Leading member of the Continental Congress.
  11. Successor of Theodore Roosevelt.
  12. Took office right before the Great Depression.
  13. Raised taxes to new high, which contributed to the Stock Market Crash.
  14. Served during the Gulf War.
  15. Helped formulate the Monroe Doctrine.
  16. Created the Affordable Care act.
  17. Brought US troops back home, ending the Afghanistan War.
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  1. Granted citizenship to Native Americans.
  2. Major US general of the Civil War.
  3. Only president to serve two non-consecutive terms.
  4. Escalated the Vietnam War.
  5. Responsible for the Watergate Scandal.
  6. Served his presidency during WW2.
  7. Succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt after his assassination.
  8. Main founder of the Democratic Party.
  9. Eliminated the Guinea worm disease.
  10. Negotiated a peaceful end with the Soviet Union to take down the border wall.
  11. Ended the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  12. Served during the first World War.
  13. Took office after Franklin Roosevelt's death.

30 Clues: Major US general in WW2. • Escalated the Vietnam War. • Served during the Gulf War. • Created the Bull Moose Party. • 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. • Served during the first World War. • Eliminated the Guinea worm disease. • ...

civil war crossword 2023-09-13

civil war crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. town in pennsylvania
  2. previewed lincoln his plans for healing a once-divided nation.
  3. 18th president of the united states
  4. confederate general during american civil war.
  5. this attack marked the official beginning of the american civil war.
  6. the capital of georgia
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  1. was a general officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
  2. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  3. a fundamental right in the Constitution that protects against unlawful and indefinite imprisonment.
  4. city in mississippi
  5. former president of the confederates states of america.
  6. Former Commanding General of the United States Army

12 Clues: city in mississippi • town in pennsylvania • the capital of georgia • 18th president of the united states • confederate general during american civil war. • Former Commanding General of the United States Army • former president of the confederates states of america. • previewed lincoln his plans for healing a once-divided nation. • ...

Unit 9 Review Puzzle 2024-04-11

Unit 9 Review Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Name of the river that Union fought for control of.
  2. the Civil War destroyed this for the South.
  3. a soldier's fighting spirit (One of the South's goals was to shatter this)
  4. compromise to extend Missouri Compromise line to Pacific Ocean
  5. general who ordered troops to evacuate Fort Sumter
  6. Confederate capital during the Civil War
  7. a key position for both the North and South
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  1. new state added to the Union during the Civil War
  2. those rebelling against the North
  3. act of freeing slaves as Lincoln did
  4. one of the states that immediately seceded after the fall of Fort Sumter
  5. a major port city in South Carolina

12 Clues: those rebelling against the North • a major port city in South Carolina • act of freeing slaves as Lincoln did • Confederate capital during the Civil War • the Civil War destroyed this for the South. • a key position for both the North and South • new state added to the Union during the Civil War • general who ordered troops to evacuate Fort Sumter • ...

Unit 6 | Civil War | Vocab | Vol. III | Crossword Puzzle 2022-02-23

Unit 6 | Civil War | Vocab | Vol. III | Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War, who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force.
  2. The final battle of the Civil War takes place at Palmito Ranch, Texas. It is a Confederate victory
  3. the reestablishment of civil relations after a conflict.
  4. was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
  5. served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865
  6. a tenant farmer will pay the landowner with part of the harvest, rather than money.
  7. commanded the victorious Union army during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and served as the 18th U.S. president from 1869 to 1877.
  8. laws discriminating against African Americans
  9. was created by the Radical Republicans and called for the complete abolition of slavery to prevent it from surviving in any way after the war.
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  1. a crop grown for the purpose of being sold for a profit
  2. the Confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War
  3. the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart.
  4. first African American United States Senator, filling the seat left by Jefferson Davis when Mississippi seceded in 1861
  5. a law that allows people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1867
  6. an exam to show whether a person can read or write in order to vote

15 Clues: laws discriminating against African Americans • a crop grown for the purpose of being sold for a profit • the reestablishment of civil relations after a conflict. • an exam to show whether a person can read or write in order to vote • the Confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War • ...

Unit 3 Crossword 2025-11-19

Unit 3 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A war caused by British interfering with American trade
  2. A path that the native Americans were forced to travel in harsh conditions
  3. A law that makes the government responsible to return escaped slaves
  4. He was a president that acquired Texas and California into the U.S
  5. Thomas Jefferson's choice to double the size of America
  6. The third president of the U.S, and main author of the Declaration of Independence
  7. A group of slaves rebel and kill their masters and more white people
  8. exact parts that can replace damaged parts
  9. Confederate military general, won several battles in the Civil War
  10. New inventions, factories and urban cities begin to grow
  11. A war caused by different views of slavery between the north and south America
  12. A transportation method using metal tracks, that carries passengers and cargo
  13. A transportation device that is faster than regular boats, by using steam power
  14. He was the first vice president to become president, he also was expelled from his political party
  15. She guided hundreds of slaves to freedom on the underground railroad
  16. The idea that settlers should advance to western regions of America
  17. A large group of slaves escape to Mexico in the Indian territories
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  1. A device that records and playback sound
  2. Protestant views and religion starts to inspire Americans to be more religions, this brings new ideas like capitalism
  3. President Monroe established U.S foreign policy in his address
  4. He was a president that signed the Indian Removal Act
  5. A device that allows communication, by using a microphone to make sound waves
  6. Military general in the Civil War on the Union side, then later became a president
  7. The growth of small towns into big cities due to population increase
  8. A war caused by the annexation of Texas
  9. The 14th president that made the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and pushed the U.S closer to Civil War
  10. A device that converts electrical energy into light
  11. A device that transmits messages over long distances
  12. 16th president of the U.S, he ended slavery in America, during the civil war
  13. He was a president that made the Missouri Compromise, he also established foreign policy

30 Clues: A war caused by the annexation of Texas • A device that records and playback sound • exact parts that can replace damaged parts • A device that converts electrical energy into light • A device that transmits messages over long distances • He was a president that signed the Indian Removal Act • A war caused by British interfering with American trade • ...

brooke crossword 2013-05-22

brooke crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Barton Civil War nurse who later founded the Red Cross
  2. military draft
  3. northern democrats who favored peace with the south
  4. General of the Union army
  5. remove
  6. Wahington,DC theater where Lincoln was shot
  7. amendment that ended slavery
  8. to free
  9. the act of setting someone free
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  1. General of the Confederate army
  2. tax on earnings'
  3. paper money introduced during the civil war
  4. president's role as leader of armed forces
  5. failed assault on union positions on final day of Gettysburg
  6. Confederate general who fought at Gettysburg
  7. bloody battle in Maryland that ended Lee's invasion of the North
  8. to lengthen (in time)
  9. increase in prices and decrease in value of money
  10. approve

19 Clues: remove • to free • approve • military draft • tax on earnings' • to lengthen (in time) • General of the Union army • amendment that ended slavery • General of the Confederate army • the act of setting someone free • president's role as leader of armed forces • paper money introduced during the civil war • Wahington,DC theater where Lincoln was shot • ...

Civil War Project 2024-06-12

Civil War Project crossword puzzle
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  1. Rifle used by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War
  2. Ammo used during Civil War
  3. Battleship used by the Union during the battle at Hampton Road
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  1. Cannon used during the Mexican-American War and Civil War
  2. Battle ship used by the Confederates during the battle at Hampton Road
  3. Warships used during the Civil War
  4. Fight that took place from 1861-1865
  5. A mix between the Howitzer, and the Canon obusier de 12

8 Clues: Ammo used during Civil War • Warships used during the Civil War • Fight that took place from 1861-1865 • Rifle used by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War • A mix between the Howitzer, and the Canon obusier de 12 • Cannon used during the Mexican-American War and Civil War • Battleship used by the Union during the battle at Hampton Road • ...

American Civil War Crossword 2021-10-27

American Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the state in which Lincoln was born in
  2. the side president Lincoln led in the American Civil War
  3. constitutional modifications which were used to ban slavery
  4. Lincoln's murderer
  5. a highly divisive issue which caused the American Civil War
  6. the act of freeing slaves which was issued by Lincoln through a proclamation
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  1. Lincoln's opponents in the American Civil War
  2. the party which Lincoln ran for
  3. personal name of the 16th president
  4. Lincoln's successor president

10 Clues: Lincoln's murderer • Lincoln's successor president • the party which Lincoln ran for • personal name of the 16th president • the state in which Lincoln was born in • Lincoln's opponents in the American Civil War • the side president Lincoln led in the American Civil War • constitutional modifications which were used to ban slavery • ...

Civil War - Crossword Puzzle 2021-09-30

Civil War - Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. South thought this was what they were fighting for
  2. document that freed slaves during the Civil War
  3. President during the Civil War
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  1. Popular battle site during the Civil War
  2. Act that forced people to return runaway slaves
  3. Kept balance between the slave states and the free states in 1820
  4. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  5. Also called "Scott's Great Plan"
  6. Temporary fix to another compromise
  7. Led a raid and was an abolitionist

10 Clues: President during the Civil War • Also called "Scott's Great Plan" • Led a raid and was an abolitionist • Temporary fix to another compromise • Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe • Popular battle site during the Civil War • Act that forced people to return runaway slaves • document that freed slaves during the Civil War • ...

Chapter 17.2- Early years of the Civil War 2021-04-27

Chapter 17.2- Early years of the Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. all slaves in states that were in the Confederacy would become free…did NOT apply to border states
  2. States that fought with the union, but who owned slaves.
  3. replaced McClellan after the battle of Antietam
  4. fought as general-in-chief of the Union army until being who removed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862
  5. Thomas Jackson's nickname
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  1. Union victories at Shiloh, Corinth, & New Orleans enabled the North to control the___________.
  2. an American Confederate general best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army.
  3. Single bloodiest day in the Civil War.
  4. Southern states during the civil war.
  5. Northern states during the civil war.
  6. After this war, the north found out that the war might be tougher than they had planned

11 Clues: Thomas Jackson's nickname • Southern states during the civil war. • Northern states during the civil war. • Single bloodiest day in the Civil War. • replaced McClellan after the battle of Antietam • States that fought with the union, but who owned slaves. • After this war, the north found out that the war might be tougher than they had planned • ...

brooke crossword 2013-05-22

brooke crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. increase in prices and decrease in value of money
  2. northern democrats who favored peace with the south
  3. the act of setting someone free
  4. amendment that ended slavery
  5. to lengthen (in time)
  6. Confederate general who fought at Gettysburg
  7. Wahington,DC theater where Lincoln was shot
  8. to free
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  1. approve
  2. General of the Confederate army
  3. remove
  4. president's role as leader of armed forces
  5. General of the Union army
  6. military draft
  7. failed assault on union positions on final day of Gettysburg
  8. bloody battle in Maryland that ended Lee's invasion of the North
  9. paper money introduced during the civil war
  10. Civil War nurse who later founded the Red Cross
  11. tax on earnings'

19 Clues: remove • approve • to free • military draft • tax on earnings' • to lengthen (in time) • General of the Union army • amendment that ended slavery • General of the Confederate army • the act of setting someone free • president's role as leader of armed forces • paper money introduced during the civil war • Wahington,DC theater where Lincoln was shot • ...

Ancient Rome Crossword (CS12yo Unit 6) 2022-02-02

Ancient Rome Crossword (CS12yo Unit 6) crossword puzzle
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  1. government where people can vote for leaders
  2. smaller than 50%, not majority
  3. top officials in Roman Republic
  4. group of people/nations ruled by emperor
  5. smaller part of legion, 60-120 soldiers
  6. to agree, give permission
  7. civil officers who enforce the law
  8. open area in city with public buildings, markets, etc..
  9. state-sponsored religion
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  1. society, family ruled by MEN
  2. system, rules by which a government adheres
  3. war between people within same country
  4. to cancel an action of the government
  5. emperor of Rome
  6. area, region in a country
  7. Roman & Greek clothing
  8. basic unit in Roman army
  9. oldest male in a Roman family
  10. First emperor of Rome (30B.C.)

19 Clues: emperor of Rome • Roman & Greek clothing • basic unit in Roman army • state-sponsored religion • area, region in a country • to agree, give permission • society, family ruled by MEN • oldest male in a Roman family • smaller than 50%, not majority • First emperor of Rome (30B.C.) • top officials in Roman Republic • civil officers who enforce the law • ...

history crossword final 2025-04-23

history crossword final crossword puzzle
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  1. the unions ironclad
  2. Confederate general and military leader of the defeated Confederacy during the American Civil War.
  3. created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed residents to decide whether to permit slavery through popular sovereignty.
  4. the successful party that came from the whigs
  5. two federal laws, passed in 1793 and 1850, designed to compel the return of escaped enslaved people to their owners
  6. 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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  1. 16th U.S. President
  2. the union general and military leader
  3. 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.
  4. is considered a turning point in the war, marking the high-water mark of the Confederate invasion of the North.
  5. the principle that the legitimacy of a government and its leaders comes from the consent of the people they govern
  6. withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
  7. Abraham Lincoln's shortest speech during the war.
  8. first metal boat
  9. 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. • ...

Reconstruction 2022-06-03

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. The victims who were given rights in the civil rights act (2 words)
  2. The compromise that solved the electoral dispute for the 1877 election (3 words)
  3. The US Attorney General under Lincoln (2 words)
  4. Governor of New York from 1863-1864 (2 words)
  5. The bill that opposed Lincoln’s, which said that at least 50% of all voters in a former Confederate state must swear allegiance in order to be readmitted into the Union (3 words)
  6. Former US representative (2 words)
  7. This is an official pardon granted to people who have commited political offenses (1 word)
  8. The right to vote (1 word)
  9. The smaller group in the US legislature
  10. A tax levied upon those who wanted to vote (2 words)
  11. A prominent black senator and pastor after the Civil War (2 words)
  12. A person aligned with the southern aggressor in the American Civil War (1 word)
  13. A group of white southerners who sought to redeem racial superiority and racist policies (1 word)
  14. To split into smaller sections (1 word)
  15. The amendment declaring slavery unlawful (2 words)
  16. Allowed all people to vote (2 words)
  17. The act which pivoted America away from silver and towards the Gold Standard for currency (3 words)
  18. An important political party of the late 19th century during the Civil War and Reconstruction (1 word)
  19. The act which prohibited discrimination against African-Americans in public (3 words)
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  1. A famous white abolitionist who founded the Anti-Slavery society (3 words)
  2. The man who became president after the death of Abraham Lincoln (2 words)
  3. Lincoln's ambassador (2 words)
  4. Allowed Africans to own and run businesses (2 words)
  5. An endearing term for a politician that tried to get influence in a region (1 word)
  6. The assassin of Abraham Lincon
  7. The senator who was beaten with a cane over his speech opposing another senator (2 words)
  8. The Northern body in the American Civil War (1 word)
  9. A set of racist and separating policies which sought to affirm white dominance in the South (2 words)
  10. White southerners who supported reconstruction policies after the Civil War (1 word)
  11. Vice president of the Confederate States of America and former governor of Georgia (2 words)
  12. A political party founded by Henry Clay (1 word)
  13. President of the United States from 1877-1881 (2 words)
  14. The political group Identified with a donkey (1 word)
  15. A group targeting minorities in the United States (3 words)
  16. An incredibly influential black abolitionist, social reformer, and activist who visited the White House several times (2 words)
  17. This gave legal rights to african americans (2 words)
  18. The separation of people based on race (1 word)
  19. An agency that assisted newly freedmen in the South during Reconstruction (2 words)
  20. The era following the American Civil War (1 word)
  21. The plan proposed by Lincoln which stated that a state could be admitted into the Union only after 10% of its voters swore allegiance to the Federal government (3 words)
  22. The act which removed most penalties imposed on Confederate commanders and politicians (3 words)
  23. The first Civil Rights act (3 words)

42 Clues: The right to vote (1 word) • Lincoln's ambassador (2 words) • The assassin of Abraham Lincon • Former US representative (2 words) • Allowed all people to vote (2 words) • The first Civil Rights act (3 words) • The smaller group in the US legislature • To split into smaller sections (1 word) • Governor of New York from 1863-1864 (2 words) • ...

JoylynP- Civil War Crossword 2020-09-21

JoylynP- Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Confederate general that led troops at Antietam and Fredericksburg; died of pneumonia
  2. Escaped slave that helped others escape via Underground Railroad; served as a nurse, spy, and military leader during the war
  3. Lee and Davis entered Maryland in hopes of getting France and Britain to recognize the Confederacy; Burnside charges the bridge; South forced to retreat
  4. A series of efforts to rebuild America after the war
  5. Confederate general; battles include Gettysburg and Appomattox; negotiated surrender
  6. Civil rights activist that fought for the rights of black soldiers during the Civil War; convinced Lincoln to retaliate South's threat to execute captured black soldiers
  7. Robert Anderson(Union) refused to surrender --> P.T. Beauregard fired; start of Civil War
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  1. Union general that won at Vicksburg and divided Confederate forces
  2. President that issued the Gettysburg Address and Emancipation Proclamation
  3. First Confederate victory that gave Jackson his nickname
  4. Bloodiest battle of the war; Pickett's Charge; Meade vs Lee; South retreated
  5. Battle lasted a month; Grant sieged this Confederate stronghold until it surrendered
  6. issued by Lincoln; did not immediately free all slaves
  7. the act of withdrawal from a state or entity
  8. states that did not secede but supported the South

15 Clues: the act of withdrawal from a state or entity • states that did not secede but supported the South • A series of efforts to rebuild America after the war • issued by Lincoln; did not immediately free all slaves • First Confederate victory that gave Jackson his nickname • Union general that won at Vicksburg and divided Confederate forces • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2015-10-18

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. In March 1862 in northwest Arkansas, despite being outnumbered the Union forces won this battle?
  2. Some 3,000 women served as this in the Union army?
  3. Other than caring for wounded soldiers, women during the Civil War were also?
  4. Known as the “angel of the battlefield” and founded the American Red Cross?
  5. President Abraham Lincoln referred to this woman as, “the little lady who made this big war.”?
  6. In July 1863, this Massachusetts regiment consisting of mostly free African Americans, led a heroic charge on South Carolina’s Fort Wagner?
  7. The Civil War gave birth to an army unit devoted to communications?
  8. This General wanted to break the South’s will to fight by marching Union troops through the heart of the Confederacy?
  9. Gen. Grant experienced his worst defeat at this battle?
  10. The admission of this state to the Union would upset the balance between the North and the South?
  11. Women who fought in the war were often disguised as this?
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  1. Anti-Slavery northerners formed this new party, which supported the Wilmot Proviso?
  2. The largest and bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
  3. An Abolitionist from New England who was determined to “fight fire with fire” and to “strike terror in the hearts of the pro-slavery people.”
  4. A 50-minute battle where more than half of its southern soldiers were lost, when troops tried to cross Emmitsburg Road to attack the Union position?
  5. Women’s role in the Civil War helped with this movement?
  6. In the South, she established a small hospital in Richmond, Virginia, which became a major army hospital.
  7. She returned to the South 19 times, leading her family and more than 300 slaves to freedom?
  8. This Doctrine put the slavery questions back in the hands of American citizens?
  9. This case took the power away from Congress to ban slavery in the territories?
  10. This First Lady had four brothers who fought for the Confederacy?
  11. Some considered this speech to be a call for war by Abraham Lincoln in 1858?
  12. The pro-slavery attack, where one man was killed in May 1856 became known as?
  13. In the 1864 election, Lincoln suggested rewarding African Americans soldiers by giving them the right to?
  14. With the capture of this city, it showed that progress was being made in defeating the South?

25 Clues: The largest and bloodiest battle of the Civil War? • Some 3,000 women served as this in the Union army? • Gen. Grant experienced his worst defeat at this battle? • Women’s role in the Civil War helped with this movement? • Women who fought in the war were often disguised as this? • This First Lady had four brothers who fought for the Confederacy? • ...

Unit 3 Crossword Puzzle 2025-12-10

Unit 3 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Communication device invented by Samuel Morse allowing instant long distance messages.
  2. 1820 agreement that balanced slave and free states.
  3. Belief that Americans were destined to expand westward across the continent.
  4. 1861-1865 conflict between the Union and Confederacy over slavery and states rights.
  5. Post–Civil War farming system that often trapped formerly enslaved people in debt.
  6. Movement aimed at ending slavery in the United States.
  7. President known for the spoils system and the Indian Removal Act.
  8. 1846 conflict that gained the U.S. territories including including California and the Southwest.
  9. Third U.S president who authorized the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
  10. 1803 land deal that doubted the size of the United States.
  11. Conflict with Britain that boosted U.S. nationalism after victory at New Orleans.
  12. Former enslaved man who became a leading abolitionist and author.
  13. Period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South and integrating freed African Americans.
  14. 1854 law allowing popular sovereignty led to "Bleeding Kansas."
  15. President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation and led the Union during the Civil War.
  16. Journey to map and explore the newly purchased western territory.
  17. Union general who defeated the Confederacy and later became president.
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  1. Escaped enslaved woman who led dozens to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
  2. Chief Justice who strengthened the federal government with landmark Supreme Court decisions.
  3. President known for a doctrine warning European powers not to interfere in the Americas.
  4. Eli Whitney's invention that increased cotton production and expanded slavery.
  5. Growing loyalty to one’s region as North, South, or West over the nation as a whole.
  6. Forced relocation of Cherokee people to the west under U.S. government orders.
  7. Agreement admitting California as a free state and strengthening the Fugitive Slave Act.
  8. Transportation network that expanded national markets and connected regions.
  9. Movement that sought voting rights for women, including leaders like Stanton and Anthony.
  10. Technology that powered early railroads and factories during industrial growth.
  11. "Father of the Constitution" and president during the War of 1812.
  12. Man-made waterway that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean .
  13. Senator called the "Great Compromiser" for helping negotiate major sectional compromises.

30 Clues: 1820 agreement that balanced slave and free states. • Movement aimed at ending slavery in the United States. • 1803 land deal that doubted the size of the United States. • 1854 law allowing popular sovereignty led to "Bleeding Kansas." • President known for the spoils system and the Indian Removal Act. • ...

Test Review - Civil War & Reconstruction 2021-03-02

Test Review - Civil War & Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the __________-Nebraska Act.
  2. The practice of slavery was officially ended in the United States with passage of the __________ Amendment.
  3. One way in which Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Sojourner Truth are similar is that they all supported the __________ movement.
  4. Throughout the Civil War, an important advantage the North had over the South was that the North had greater __________ capabilities.
  5. After the Civil War, many owners of large plantations in the South responded to the loss of enslaved labor by creating tenant farms and __________.
  6. Slave owners benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in __________ v. Sanford?
  7. Implementation of the __________ Codes was an attempt by southern state governments after the Civil War to limit the rights of African Americans?
  8. When President __________ was inaugurated several southern states had already seceded from the Union.
  9. After the Civil War, the most common occupations for freedmen were sharecroppers and __________ farmers.
  10. After the Civil War, a significant cause of the conflict between President Andrew __________ and the Radical Republicans in Congress was disagreement over the plans for restoring Southern states to the Union.
  11. One major result of the __________’s victory in the Civil War was that the supremacy of the national government was upheld?
  12. … In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to “preserve, protect, and defend it.” … President Lincoln made this statement in an effort to urge Congress to convince __________ that he posed no threat to their way of life.
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  1. The common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution was to grant basic ___________ to formerly enslaved persons.
  2. … The whole military force of the State is at the service of a Mr. Suttle, a slaveholder from Virginia, to enable him to catch a man whom he calls his property; but not a soldier is offered to save a citizen of Massachusetts from being kidnapped! The author of this statement is expressing dissatisfaction with the __________ -slave law, a provision included in the Compromise of 1850.
  3. election of Abraham Lincoln as president led directly to the ___________ of several Southern states from the Union?
  4. President Abraham Lincoln believed that secession is unlawful and treasonous. Everything possible must be done to preserve the ___________.
  5. The __________ formed during Reconstruction with the purpose of keeping African-Americans from exercising rights.
  6. Abraham Lincoln’s 1858 warning that “a house divided against itself cannot stand” referred to sectional differences over the issue of __________.
  7. Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to deny __________ rights to African Americans.
  8. As a result of the Missouri Compromise (1820) the ___________ of power between free and slave states was maintained.
  9. Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act all contributed to the rise of __________ in the United States.
  10. The Compromise of 1877 brought an end to Radical Reconstruction by providing for the removal of federal __________ from Southern states.
  11. At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was to uphold the Constitution by preserving the __________.
  12. During the late 1800s, most __________ voters in the South solidly supported the Democratic Party primarily because Democrats disliked the Reconstruction programs of the Republicans.

24 Clues: The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the __________-Nebraska Act. • Slave owners benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in __________ v. Sanford? • When President __________ was inaugurated several southern states had already seceded from the Union. • ...

Civil War - Crossword Puzzle 2021-09-30

Civil War - Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. document that freed slaves during the Civil War
  2. Kept balance between the slave states and the free states in 1820
  3. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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  1. Act that forced people to return runaway slaves
  2. South thought this was what they were fighting for
  3. President during the Civil War
  4. Led a raid and was an abolitionist
  5. Also called "Scott's Great Plan"
  6. Temporary fix to another compromise
  7. Popular battle site during the Civil War

10 Clues: President during the Civil War • Also called "Scott's Great Plan" • Led a raid and was an abolitionist • Temporary fix to another compromise • Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe • Popular battle site during the Civil War • Act that forced people to return runaway slaves • document that freed slaves during the Civil War • ...

6th Flash Cards - 1 2023-12-06

6th Flash Cards - 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. Name the law that was passed to help southern slave owners recapture slaves who had tried to run away?
  2. What is the term for someone who is opposed to slavery?
  3. King George III weakened the patriot voices by implementing this Act
  4. Where were the first shots of the Civil war fired?
  5. In the Civil War, one of the main causes of the war was the division between the North and South. What is the term that best fits this definition of this divide?
  6. A Presidential policy informed Europe that we would not tolerate interference in this hemisphere?
  7. Name the strategy of the Union forces?
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  1. The political period after the war of 1812, which was dominated by the Democratic-Republican party?
  2. What term best describes the forced removal of Native Americans?
  3. Name the most famous internal water way that was built in the early 1800’s?
  4. What U.S. city was partially destroyed in 1814?
  5. Name the meeting where New England states debated possible secession if the Mexican American war continued.
  6. Who was chosen to be president in 1824 after no one won the electoral college?
  7. What slogan did president Jackson run to win the election?
  8. Name the president of the Confederacy in the Civil War?

15 Clues: Name the strategy of the Union forces? • What U.S. city was partially destroyed in 1814? • Where were the first shots of the Civil war fired? • What is the term for someone who is opposed to slavery? • Name the president of the Confederacy in the Civil War? • What slogan did president Jackson run to win the election? • ...

Unit 2 Vocab Reconstruction 2024-02-21

Unit 2 Vocab Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  2. 1,300-mile long route from Illinois to Utah on which Mormon pioneers traveled from 1846–47
  3. an unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War
  4. append or add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document.
  5. an American politician who served as the first and only president of the C rate States of America from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War.
  6. (extemist organization) oldest and most infamous of American hate group
  7. a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos against the centralist government of Mexico
  8. the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
  9. of Domesticity used by historians to describe what they consider to have been a prevailing value system among the upper and middle classes during the 19th century in the United States.
  10. the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
  11. Trail 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  12. a fundamental right in the Constitution that protects against unlawful and indefinite imprisonment.
  13. an escaped enslaved woman who became a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, leading enslaved people to freedom before the Civil War
  14. American religious leader and the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. Publishing the Book of Mormon at the age of 24
  15. tested the limits of Naval warfare with the Federal Blockade at risk at the Battle of Hampton Roads.
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  1. declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  2. a derogatory term for an individual from the North who relocated to the South during the Reconstruction period (1865–77), following the American Civil War.
  3. 16th President ofJefferson Davisates; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves
  4. gave the white South a free hand in regulating the transition from slavery to freedom and offered no role to blacks in the politics of the South.
  5. occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War.
  6. Hiram Rhodes Revels was an American Republican politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church
  7. provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans.
  8. advocate on behalf of the indigent mentally ill who, through a vigorous and sustained program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress
  9. American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known for his widely read anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator
  10. militant American abolitionist and veteran of Bleeding Kansas whose raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
  11. Revolution transformed American society in the 19th century. It introduced factory labor, shifted the economy from barter to wages, and connected the U.S. to global markets.
  12. a 2,170-mile east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon Territory.
  13. minor political party in the pre-Civil War period of American history that opposed the extension of slavery
  14. granted African American men the right to vote.
  15. Movement a social movement promoting temperance or complete abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages.

30 Clues: granted African American men the right to vote. • the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution. • append or add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document. • (extemist organization) oldest and most infamous of American hate group • occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War. • ...

Civil War - Crossword Puzzle 2021-09-30

Civil War - Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Act that forced people to return runaway slaves
  2. Popular battle site during the Civil War
  3. document that freed slaves during the Civil War
  4. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  5. Also called "Scott's Great Plan"
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  1. Kept balance between the slave states and the free states in 1820
  2. Temporary fix to another compromise
  3. South thought this was what they were fighting for
  4. President during the Civil War
  5. Led a raid and was an abolitionist

10 Clues: President during the Civil War • Also called "Scott's Great Plan" • Led a raid and was an abolitionist • Temporary fix to another compromise • Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe • Popular battle site during the Civil War • Act that forced people to return runaway slaves • document that freed slaves during the Civil War • ...

Civil War 2019-06-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Stonewall Jackson was killed after the battle by friendly fire
  2. First state to secede from Union
  3. President of Confederate states
  4. Final engagement of Grant and Lee in the Civil War
  5. Grant surrendered Vicksburg and forced them to surrender
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  1. Location of Confederate capital
  2. First major battle of the Civil War
  3. Changed leadership many times at the beginning of the war
  4. Made slavery illegal in the Confederate states
  5. North waited too long to build the bridges
  6. Bloodiest 1 day in American history
  7. Considered the “turning point” of the war

12 Clues: Location of Confederate capital • President of Confederate states • First state to secede from Union • First major battle of the Civil War • Bloodiest 1 day in American history • Considered the “turning point” of the war • North waited too long to build the bridges • Made slavery illegal in the Confederate states • Final engagement of Grant and Lee in the Civil War • ...

review board 2024-05-15

review board crossword puzzle
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  1. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army defeated Union forces under Maj. Gen
  2. the historic period in which the United States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social, political, and labor systems,
  3. three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate
  4. Time Auction anguish to the enslaved. Families, who had been together for all of their lives on Butler's Island or Hampton
  5. of War General Benjamin Butler refused to send three fugitives back into the bonds of slavery.
  6. of Savannah September 23 to October 18, 1779
  7. Robert E Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses
  8. of Vicksburg Vicksburg's strategic location on the Mississippi River
  9. Railroad the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil Wa
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  1. Plunderers and militant abolitionists w
  2. a servant in a royal or noble household, ranking between a sergeant and a groom or a squire and a page.
  3. confused orders from Burnside to Franklin
  4. 23,000 soldiers were killed
  5. sumpter he honor of firing the first shot was offered to former Virginia congressman and Fire-Eater Roger Pry
  6. practice of supporting the wants and needs of residents
  7. March to the Sea American Civil War campaign lasting from November 15 to December 21, 1864,
  8. The fighting took place in southwestern Tennessee, which was part of the war's Western Theater
  9. Plan military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War.
  10. Proclamation eclared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforwarwas d shall be free."
  11. of Kennesaw The frontal assault cost Sherman 3,000 men in just over three hours

20 Clues: 23,000 soldiers were killed • Plunderers and militant abolitionists w • confused orders from Burnside to Franklin • Robert E Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses • of Savannah September 23 to October 18, 1779 • practice of supporting the wants and needs of residents • Robert E. Lee's Confederate army defeated Union forces under Maj. Gen • ...

Civil War 2022-02-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. At the battle of Bull Run, civilians were eating this
  2. This battle was a turning point in the civil war
  3. Being more loyal to your region than your country
  4. The name of the confederate submarine that sunk a ship
  5. President during the civil war
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  1. This fort was the place where the 54th Regiment of African American Union Soldiers were heros
  2. This word means to leave and make your own country. The south did this.
  3. This was the name of the Union's plan to blockade the South
  4. This fort was the location of the first battle in the civil war. It took place in Charleston, SC
  5. Who won the Civil War?

10 Clues: Who won the Civil War? • President during the civil war • This battle was a turning point in the civil war • Being more loyal to your region than your country • At the battle of Bull Run, civilians were eating this • The name of the confederate submarine that sunk a ship • This was the name of the Union's plan to blockade the South • ...

Civil War 2023-05-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The Battle of Gettysburg was the _______ Battle in the Civil War.
  2. _____ Soldiers fought on both sides of the war.
  3. About ______ bodies were left in Gettysburg.
  4. _________ lost the most soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg.
  5. The _____ contractors cleaned up the Civil War Battlefields.
  6. The Battle of Gettysburg lasted _____ whole days.
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  1. The last dead ______ was found in The Battle of Gettysburg field in 1996.
  2. 5,000 _______ were lost during the Battle Of Gettysburg.
  3. _______ thought that The Battle of Gettysburg was most important.
  4. About three ______ people died in the Civil War.

10 Clues: About ______ bodies were left in Gettysburg. • _____ Soldiers fought on both sides of the war. • About three ______ people died in the Civil War. • The Battle of Gettysburg lasted _____ whole days. • 5,000 _______ were lost during the Battle Of Gettysburg. • The _____ contractors cleaned up the Civil War Battlefields. • ...

Unit 3 Keywords Crossword (Part 1) 2022-03-09

Unit 3 Keywords Crossword (Part 1) crossword puzzle
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  1. A riot that erupted as a Black man was pulled over and an officer reached for his gun. It was the culmination of years of tension and police mistreatment of Black communities.
  2. A bill that outlawed all segregation and discrimination on the basis of race.
  3. A person who rejected traditional and conservative values in society
  4. The spike in birth rate after World War 2
  5. Civil rights activist who initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  6. Established by Congress after the successful launch of Sputnik
  7. A supreme court ruling that said segregation was constitutional since separate facilities were equal
  8. A civil rights organization created in 1909 that became a defender of Black rights, standing up to discrimination.
  9. An agency created in the Cold War to gather information on the Soviets.
  10. Policy that Middle Eastern countries facing uprisings would receive support from the US
  11. The closest the US and Russia came to military conflict in the Cold War- a blockade of US ships blocking Russia from planting missiles in Cuba.
  12. Neighborhoods of single-family homes built around cities and generally more expensive and expansive than urban homes.
  13. An event that shocked the nation, and made Lyndon B. Johnson step up to the role of President.
  14. House committee to root out communism
  15. Policies that enabled discrimination against African-Americans at voting booths
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  1. Space during the Space Race.
  2. The Americans who supported the war in Vietnam, but were never outspoken about it.
  3. Government program established by President Kennedy that enables international volunteering for Americans.
  4. The black power movement that promoted taking up arms to fight racial injustice.
  5. A supreme court ruling that stated segregated schools were unconstitutional.
  6. A policy agenda by President Lyndon B. Johsnon to improve society by preserving the environment, improvin quality of life, and fighting racial injustice.
  7. The Civil Rights organization that organized nonviolent protests made by students.
  8. A Civil Rights organization created by Chicago students to promote racial equality and harmony.
  9. A bill that outlawed measures intended to prevent African-Americans from voting that were present in segregated states.
  10. The father of the American Civil Rights movement. He believed in peaceful protesting.
  11. Peaceful protest in which civil rights activists sat at white-only facilities in defiance.
  12. A failed invasion of Cuba by American-backed revolutionaries who sought to overthrow Fidel Castro.
  13. A Civil Rights movement in which activists rode interstate buses to test whether rulings against segregation on interstate buses would be upheld.
  14. The lawyer who fought in Brown vs. BOE, and later became the Supreme Court's first African-American Justice.
  15. Taking measures that drive towards direct conflict, but stop just short of it
  16. A visual medium of media that reached almost all American homes.
  17. The Civil Rights organization founded by Martin Luther King Jr.
  18. A civil rights activist and the inspiration for the black empowerment movement.

33 Clues: Space during the Space Race. • House committee to root out communism • The spike in birth rate after World War 2 • Civil rights activist who initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott • Established by Congress after the successful launch of Sputnik • The Civil Rights organization founded by Martin Luther King Jr. • ...

English Revolution and Important Persona 2017-01-05

English Revolution and Important Persona crossword puzzle
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  1. the cousin of Elizabeth I, king of Scotland AND England, Bible
  2. monarch who 'lost his head' during the English Civil War
  3. conflict fought between Parliament and the supporters of Charles I (absolutism vs. representation)
  4. nickname of the Royalist supporters of Charles I in the Civil War (UVA)
  5. the term for the overthrow of James II (Catholic) from the throne by his daughter and son-in-law (Mary and William)
  6. the Protestant religious minority that dominated Parliament (House of Commons) in the 17 century (disliked by James I and Charles I)
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  1. the family dynasty of the 'Georges' of England following Stuart reign
  2. the Stuart monarchs believed in ____ _____of kings to rule
  3. this document was signed by William and Mary in 1689 to safeguard the individual rights of Englishmen
  4. the "house" or dynasty of James I, Charles I and II, as well as James II
  5. the enemy faction of Charles I during the English Civil War
  6. the term for the "restoring" of the monarchy of England with Charles II
  7. leader of the Parliamentary faction during the English Civil War

13 Clues: monarch who 'lost his head' during the English Civil War • the Stuart monarchs believed in ____ _____of kings to rule • the enemy faction of Charles I during the English Civil War • the cousin of Elizabeth I, king of Scotland AND England, Bible • leader of the Parliamentary faction during the English Civil War • ...

Simple Solutions Lessons 65-68 Review 2023-03-31

Simple Solutions Lessons 65-68 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Of all the fresh water on Earth, most of it is stored in ________.
  2. Slavery lasted about 250 _____ in the United States.
  3. People who make goods are referred to as __________.
  4. A _____ graph is a circle divided into pieces; each piece gives some information.
  5. _______________ was once legal in all parts of the United States.
  6. A holding place is called a ___________.
  7. All the living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an area.
  8. Soldiers from the north were called _________.
  9. Large farms are called ___________.
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  1. The United States is located in the Northern and _______ Hemispheres.
  2. People who buy and use the goods are known as _________.
  3. Exact coordinates are used for _________ locations.
  4. Soldiers from the south were called _______.
  5. "The corner of Main Street and Lincoln Avenue" is an example of a __________ location.
  6. A group of men attacked a weapons supply building at _______ Ferry, Virginia.
  7. A _________ war is a battle between people of the same country.
  8. A word that means about the same as "respectful"
  9. The president of the United States during the Civil War was Abraham _______.
  10. Confederates attacked Unionists at Fort ________, North Carolina, beginning the Civil War.

19 Clues: Large farms are called ___________. • A holding place is called a ___________. • Soldiers from the south were called _______. • Soldiers from the north were called _________. • A word that means about the same as "respectful" • Exact coordinates are used for _________ locations. • Slavery lasted about 250 _____ in the United States. • ...

Test Review - Civil War & Reconstruction 2021-03-02

Test Review - Civil War & Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the __________-Nebraska Act.
  2. The practice of slavery was officially ended in the United States with passage of the __________ Amendment.
  3. One way in which Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Sojourner Truth are similar is that they all supported the __________ movement.
  4. Throughout the Civil War, an important advantage the North had over the South was that the North had greater __________ capabilities.
  5. After the Civil War, many owners of large plantations in the South responded to the loss of enslaved labor by creating tenant farms and __________.
  6. Slave owners benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in __________ v. Sanford?
  7. Implementation of the __________ Codes was an attempt by southern state governments after the Civil War to limit the rights of African Americans?
  8. When President __________ was inaugurated several southern states had already seceded from the Union.
  9. After the Civil War, the most common occupations for freedmen were sharecroppers and __________ farmers.
  10. After the Civil War, a significant cause of the conflict between President Andrew __________ and the Radical Republicans in Congress was disagreement over the plans for restoring Southern states to the Union.
  11. One major result of the __________’s victory in the Civil War was that the supremacy of the national government was upheld?
  12. … In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to “preserve, protect, and defend it.” … President Lincoln made this statement in an effort to urge Congress to convince __________ that he posed no threat to their way of life.
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  1. The common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution was to grant basic ___________ to formerly enslaved persons.
  2. … The whole military force of the State is at the service of a Mr. Suttle, a slaveholder from Virginia, to enable him to catch a man whom he calls his property; but not a soldier is offered to save a citizen of Massachusetts from being kidnapped! The author of this statement is expressing dissatisfaction with the __________ -slave law, a provision included in the Compromise of 1850.
  3. election of Abraham Lincoln as president led directly to the ___________ of several Southern states from the Union?
  4. President Abraham Lincoln believed that secession is unlawful and treasonous. Everything possible must be done to preserve the ___________.
  5. The __________ formed during Reconstruction with the purpose of keeping African-Americans from exercising rights.
  6. Abraham Lincoln’s 1858 warning that “a house divided against itself cannot stand” referred to sectional differences over the issue of __________.
  7. Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to deny __________ rights to African Americans.
  8. As a result of the Missouri Compromise (1820) the ___________ of power between free and slave states was maintained.
  9. Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act all contributed to the rise of __________ in the United States.
  10. The Compromise of 1877 brought an end to Radical Reconstruction by providing for the removal of federal __________ from Southern states.
  11. At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was to uphold the Constitution by preserving the __________.
  12. During the late 1800s, most __________ voters in the South solidly supported the Democratic Party primarily because Democrats disliked the Reconstruction programs of the Republicans.

24 Clues: The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the __________-Nebraska Act. • Slave owners benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in __________ v. Sanford? • When President __________ was inaugurated several southern states had already seceded from the Union. • ...

7th Grade Social Studies Final Crossword Review 2024-05-16

7th Grade Social Studies Final Crossword Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Nickname given to northern businessmen who tried making money in south after the Civil War
  2. Cash payments made to the Dakota to buy food and supplies given by the US government
  3. The Bureau of _____ was created to help the US assimilate all Native Americans into American culture (2 words)
  4. The _____ Dakota DID NOT try to assimilate to American culture
  5. To accuse a gov’t official of doing something wrong or improper
  6. When cattle all rush somewhere at once it is called a _____
  7. The _____ was the name given to the journey ranchers took to bring cattle to a railhead (2 words)
  8. The _____ Proclamation aid that if slave states didn’t rejoin north by Jan. 1863 then ALL slaves in south would be set free
  9. An _____ camp is a place where civilians, prisoners of war, political prisoners are held
  10. Name given to thousands of Black Americans who took lands in Kansas after the Civil War
  11. Fort _____ was attacked by South Carolina to start the Civil War
  12. Name of the type of cattle found in Texas in the 1860’s
  13. The _____ Dance was said to get rid of the Americans and bring back the buffalo herds
  14. Last name of the assassin who killed Abraham Lincoln
  15. A railroad that stretches across an entire continent
  16. Racist laws passed in south intended to limit freedoms of all former slaves (2 words)
  17. The 14th Amendment gave _____ to all Black Americans born on US soil and eventually for ALL racial identities in 1868
  18. _____ wire fences were used to keep cattle on the ranches of their owners
  19. People living in the city live in an _____ area
  20. People living out in the country live in _____ areas
  21. A portion of something that is assigned or given
  22. The _____ Dakota tried to assimilate to American culture in an effort to keep their lands
  23. All slaves were freed fully after the Civil War ended and were then called _____
  24. The 13th Amendment abolished _____ in the United States
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  1. A decision not punish someone for a crime they have committed
  2. Type of Civil War warship covered in metal plating
  3. A _____ crop is a crop grown to make money
  4. Main cash crop of Minnesota in the late 1800s
  5. System where landowners let freedmen use their land, gave them seed and tools
  6. The "_____" Class in Minnesota cities had the lowest paying jobs with the most dangerous working conditions
  7. The US bought this future US state from Russia in 1867 for 7.2 million dollars
  8. Nickname given to the original wheat farmers of Minnesota who broke up the tough soil
  9. The 15th Amendment gave all Black American MEN the right to _____ in 1870
  10. This Minnesota city was the site of the execution of 38 Dakota prisoners of the US/Dakota War
  11. Belief in working for the ____ meant working as a group to improve the lives of others (2 words)
  12. a city with access to a railroad was called a _____
  13. A ____ of wheat is equal 1.25 cubic feet of farmland
  14. Civil War battle fought in Pennsylvania in July 1863
  15. When a company controls all or most of an industry
  16. Relatively flat land reaching over 3,000 miles across US stretching to Canada (2 words)
  17. Massacre that "ended" the Indian Wars Period
  18. When workers refuse to work until their demands are met
  19. The _____ Act was a 1862 law giving 160 acres of FREE land to anyone who would farm it for at least 5 years
  20. Massacre in Colorado of 123 Native American mostly women and children (2 words)
  21. The right to vote
  22. Bloodiest one day battle of the Civil War
  23. Farming tool used to break up tough soil for farming, usually pulled by teams of oxen or horses (2 words)

47 Clues: The right to vote • Bloodiest one day battle of the Civil War • A _____ crop is a crop grown to make money • Massacre that "ended" the Indian Wars Period • Main cash crop of Minnesota in the late 1800s • People living in the city live in an _____ area • A portion of something that is assigned or given • Type of Civil War warship covered in metal plating • ...

Civil War 2022-10-21

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The main battle that took place in Pennsylvania
  2. President of the Union
  3. the team that won the civil war
  4. The President who freed the slaves during the Civil War
  5. Union general that wrote the surrender terms
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  1. how many states were in the north
  2. how many states were in the south
  3. Man who stood like a stonewall
  4. the team that lost the civil war
  5. The Confederate that snuck into Maryland

10 Clues: President of the Union • Man who stood like a stonewall • the team that won the civil war • the team that lost the civil war • how many states were in the north • how many states were in the south • The Confederate that snuck into Maryland • Union general that wrote the surrender terms • The main battle that took place in Pennsylvania • ...

Social Studies Review 2024-01-02

Social Studies Review crossword puzzle
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  1. This was invented by Samuel Morse, who also created a code to communicate through this invention
  2. A 2 year long war which was started over a land dispute with this country
  3. The President who helped end slavery and was assassinated
  4. A strategy of war used to stop travel to the enemy to stop trade and hurt their economy
  5. Arguably the most famous battle in the Civil war where over 50,000 died
  6. People who lived in the West that would drive large herds of cattle
  7. Incredibly rich man who made most of his fortune through his monopoly on oil
  8. A newly made item or machine that improved life in one way or another
  9. The legal separation of persons based on race
  10. A group of workers who fought for better pay and work conditions
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  1. A wealthy man who gave much of his fortune away, and was given the nickname 'Prince of Steel'
  2. Last name of the person who invented the steel plow, nothing runs like a...
  3. A war between the Northern and Southern states concerning Federal power and slavery
  4. The time period after the civil war where there were many new laws passed.
  5. This type of work, which included long hours, poor pay, and dangerous conditions, became popular throughout the civil war
  6. This invention with 4 wheels was invented by Karl Benz, not Henry Ford as many believe
  7. An invention that greatly increased land travel and helped people get across the country
  8. This man invented the light bulb

18 Clues: This man invented the light bulb • The legal separation of persons based on race • The President who helped end slavery and was assassinated • A group of workers who fought for better pay and work conditions • People who lived in the West that would drive large herds of cattle • A newly made item or machine that improved life in one way or another • ...

ROME 2022-02-12

ROME crossword puzzle
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  1. Led group who assassinated Julius Caesar for trying to take power from the Roman Republic
  2. Twin, legendary son of Rhea and Mars, who killed his brother Remus for control of Rome
  3. Fought a civil war with Marc Antony over control of Rome, ended the Republic and became the first emperor
  4. Twin, legendary son of Rhea and Mars, killed by his brother Romulus
  5. Marc _________ was a Roman leader who fought a civil war against Octavian, lost at the Battle of Actium in 31 BCE
  6. Form of government in which the people elect representatives
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  1. Tribe on northern Italian peninsula that helped establish Rome; Rome continued many of their customs and traditions
  2. Last consul of Rome while it was a Republic, fought a civil war with Pompey, had a son with Cleopatra of Egypt
  3. Last pharaoh of Egypt, had a child with Julius Caesar and a child with Marc Antony; she and Antony committed suicide after they lost the war
  4. Name Octavian gave himself when he became emperor
  5. Ruling body in Rome, made of up of representatives of the people
  6. Roman general defeated by Julius Caesar in a civil war

12 Clues: Name Octavian gave himself when he became emperor • Roman general defeated by Julius Caesar in a civil war • Form of government in which the people elect representatives • Ruling body in Rome, made of up of representatives of the people • Twin, legendary son of Rhea and Mars, killed by his brother Romulus • ...

US History Review 2023-05-16

US History Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Organization that fights for political/civil/social equality for African Americans
  2. The _________ Doctrine stated that Europe should not get involved in the Western Hemisphere
  3. Term for the right to vote
  4. Amendment that provides citizenship and equal protection under the law
  5. The Amendment that repealed (got rid of) Prohibition
  6. At first, the US was neutral in WWI and WWII because of a policy of _________
  7. President that wanted to keep the Union together during and after the Civil War
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  1. Period of American history from 1865-1877
  2. President in 1929 that did not do anything to solve the Great Depression
  3. The ____________ Telegram was one of the causes of US entry into WWI
  4. Two+Two=____
  5. Holiday coming up next week
  6. The state that we live in
  7. Susan B. ________ was a leader in the Women's Suffrage Movement
  8. Civil rights leader Booker T.___________ believed in educational equality
  9. Turning point in the Western front of WWII
  10. The ________ bomb was dropped on Japan to end WWII
  11. the trick to remember the Civil War Amendments (Free, Citizens, _____)

18 Clues: Two+Two=____ • The state that we live in • Term for the right to vote • Holiday coming up next week • Period of American history from 1865-1877 • Turning point in the Western front of WWII • The ________ bomb was dropped on Japan to end WWII • The Amendment that repealed (got rid of) Prohibition • Susan B. ________ was a leader in the Women's Suffrage Movement • ...

Civil War 2022-02-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. At the battle of Bull Run, civilians were eating this
  2. This battle was a turning point in the civil war
  3. Being more loyal to your region than your country
  4. The name of the confederate submarine that sunk a ship
  5. President during the civil war
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  1. This fort was the place where the 54th Regiment of African American Union Soldiers were heros
  2. This word means to leave and make your own country. The south did this.
  3. This was the name of the Union's plan to blockade the South
  4. This fort was the location of the first battle in the civil war. It took place in Charleston, SC
  5. Who won the Civil War?

10 Clues: Who won the Civil War? • President during the civil war • This battle was a turning point in the civil war • Being more loyal to your region than your country • At the battle of Bull Run, civilians were eating this • The name of the confederate submarine that sunk a ship • This was the name of the Union's plan to blockade the South • ...

US Presidents 2023-10-21

US Presidents crossword puzzle
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  1. The only President to serve two non consecutive terms
  2. A Peanut farmer from Georgia
  3. He pushed to land on the moon
  4. Our First President
  5. Unpopular President who passed the Compromise of 1850
  6. The Son of our Second President
  7. Our President leading up to the Civil War
  8. Often regarded as the most handsome president, he was a drunk
  9. Reagans Vice President
  10. The President who gave the order to drop the atomic bomb
  11. The Monroe Doctrine
  12. The only President to be indicted
  13. Our nations oldest President
  14. A popular actor from California who made a great President
  15. The First President to die on office
  16. A popular President who was a General during the Civil War
  17. The President at the onset of the Great Depression
  18. The first Vice President to ascend
  19. The first African-American President
  20. The only president who never got elected to office
  21. The D-Day General who was President
  22. A very popular President, the Teddy Bear is named after of him
  23. The President who didn't say anything
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  1. The President that some argue was born in Canada
  2. The President during Spanish-American War
  3. The President during the Mexican-American War
  4. Our First President born an American
  5. The New Deal, World War II, and the US Superpower
  6. Our President during the War of 1812
  7. Our fattest President
  8. The President who ended Reconstruction
  9. Was our President during the Civil War
  10. The President who started of the 1920's
  11. The first President to be impeached
  12. Watergate
  13. President for 9/11
  14. Got us into Vietnam
  15. Old Rough and Ready
  16. The President who purchased Louisiana from France
  17. Old Hickory
  18. The President assassinated in Long Branch
  19. Harrison The Grandson of the first president to die in office
  20. The only President from New Jersey
  21. Our Second President
  22. The third President to be impeached

45 Clues: Watergate • Old Hickory • President for 9/11 • Our First President • The Monroe Doctrine • Got us into Vietnam • Old Rough and Ready • Our Second President • Our fattest President • Reagans Vice President • A Peanut farmer from Georgia • Our nations oldest President • He pushed to land on the moon • The Son of our Second President • The only President to be indicted • ...

USH - Domain 2 2025-10-10

USH - Domain 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. Compromise A deal in Congress that kept the balance of free and slave states.
  2. Purchase Land bought from France in 1803 that doubled the size of the U.S.
  3. of 1850 Laws that tried to settle arguments over slavery in new states and territories.
  4. Amendment Amendment giving African American men the right to vote.
  5. Destiny The belief that the U.S. should expand across the North American continent.
  6. Adams The second President who was a Federalist and faced challenges with France.
  7. Crow Laws Laws in the South that kept African Americans segregated after Reconstruction.
  8. Jefferson Third President who made the Louisiana Purchase and wrote the Declaration of Independence
  9. Act A law that let people in these territories decide on slavery themselves, leading to violence.
  10. A system where freed slaves worked land owned by others and gave part of the crops as payment.
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  1. The period after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt and formerly enslaved people gained rights.
  2. Lincoln President during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
  3. Proclamation Lincoln’s order that freed slaves in the Confederate states.
  4. Bureau Government agency that helped formerly enslaved people with food, education, and jobs.
  5. Washington The first President of the United States and leader of the Revolutionary War army.
  6. Amendment Amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
  7. Revolution A period when machines and factories changed how people worked and lived.
  8. Monroe Fifth President remembered for the Monroe Doctrine, warning Europe not to interfere in the Americas.
  9. Madison Fourth President known as the “Father of the Constitution” and led the U.S. during the War of 1812.
  10. Doctrine A policy warning European nations not to colonize or interfere in the Americas.
  11. of 1812 A war between the U.S. and Britain that showed the U.S. could defend itself.
  12. Amendment Amendment giving citizenship and equal protection under the law to everyone born in the U.S.
  13. War The war between the North (Union) and South (Confederacy) over slavery and states’ rights.

23 Clues: Amendment Amendment that abolished slavery in the United States. • Amendment Amendment giving African American men the right to vote. • Proclamation Lincoln’s order that freed slaves in the Confederate states. • Purchase Land bought from France in 1803 that doubled the size of the U.S. • ...

Civil War Names and Places 2017-11-27

Civil War Names and Places crossword puzzle
Across
  1. City where the Battle of Antietam happened.
  2. Female railroad conductor.
  3. Only major battle fought in Florida.
  4. Person who assassinated Lincoln.
  5. The Capital of the Confederacy.
  6. President during the Civil War.
  7. Place where the largest amount of deaths occurred.
  8. State where Battle of Shiloh took place.
Down
  1. The first Confederate State to secede.
  2. Court house where the South surrendered.
  3. Stood like a wall during battle.
  4. First colored unit.
  5. First state to recruit colored soldiers.
  6. Place where first major battle took place.
  7. Founder of Coca Cola.
  8. Confederate President.
  9. Lincoln died ___ days after the Civil War ended.
  10. Highest ranking General in the Confederacy.
  11. Highest ranking general in the Union.
  12. Colonel of the 54th Regiment.

20 Clues: First colored unit. • Founder of Coca Cola. • Confederate President. • Female railroad conductor. • Colonel of the 54th Regiment. • The Capital of the Confederacy. • President during the Civil War. • Stood like a wall during battle. • Person who assassinated Lincoln. • Only major battle fought in Florida. • Highest ranking general in the Union. • ...

Texas History: Civil War/Reconstruction 2022-12-20

Texas History: Civil War/Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. last battle in Texas
  2. 14th Amendment
  3. a tax on imported goods
  4. name of the southern army
  5. northern economy
  6. southern states would have to rewrite this
  7. commander of the Confederate Army
  8. period of time following the Civil War
  9. 15th amendment
  10. law military authority over states
  11. name of the northern army
Down
  1. first state to secede from the Union
  2. person who wanted to ban slavery
  3. president of the United States
  4. 13th Amendment
  5. commander of the Union Army
  6. southern economy
  7. port in texas had 2 battles
  8. holiday, slaves found out they were free
  9. 10th Amendment
  10. bloodiest battle of the civil war
  11. cash crop grown in the south
  12. President of the Confederate States

23 Clues: 14th Amendment • 13th Amendment • 10th Amendment • 15th amendment • southern economy • northern economy • last battle in Texas • a tax on imported goods • name of the southern army • name of the northern army • commander of the Union Army • port in texas had 2 battles • cash crop grown in the south • president of the United States • person who wanted to ban slavery • ...