civil war Crossword Puzzles

Civil War 5 2024-06-06

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

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

Civil War 9 2024-06-06

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

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

Civil War 10 2024-06-06

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

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

Civil War 11 2024-06-06

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

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

Civil War 18 2024-06-06

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

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

Civil War 8 2024-06-06

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

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

Civil War 21 2024-06-06

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

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

Civil War 24 2024-06-06

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

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

Civil War Crossword 2024-12-10

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

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

Civil War Vocabulary 2024-04-24

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

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

Civil War Vocabulary 2025-04-07

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

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

Civil War Vocabulary 2025-04-07

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

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

Civil War Vocab 2025-04-11

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

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

Civil War Test 2024-09-13

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

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

Civil War Test 2024-09-13

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

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

Civil War Events 2024-11-12

Civil War Events crossword puzzle
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  1. 1st state to secede from the Union
  2. 16th president of the United States; helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederacy; an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery.
  3. Many factories, industrial, bigger cities, many immigrants, and didn't support slavery.
  4. Power comes from the people who rule by majority and their own consent.
  5. A novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral and caused many northerns to oppose slavery.
  6. Issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union. It also said that black men could join the Union army.
  7. A group tried to seize the federal arsenal and armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia to give weapons to slaves who could use them to fight for freedom. The plan failed, and the leader was tried, convicted, and hanged for treason.
  8. A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States
  9. Famous as the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant
  10. (1863) a speech given by Abraham Lincoln in which he praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War; supported the ideals of self-government and democratic government
  11. Lincoln, the Republican candidate, won because the Democratic party was split over slavery. As a result, the South no longer felt like it has a voice in politics and a number of states seceded from the Union.
  12. 1863, Union gains control of Mississippi River and Grant takes lead of Union armies, total war begins
  13. Slave sued for his freedom after living in a free state for a short time. Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not viewed as citizens but as property.
  14. A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory. The dispute further strained the relations of the North and South, making civil war imminent.
  15. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
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  1. Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
  2. The president was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., April 14, 1865Missouri Compromise Created to keep the balance of power of free states and slave states. It was decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.
  3. Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation
  4. (1) California admitted as free state, (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) slave trade abolished in DC, and (4) new fugitive slave law; strengthened South's support advocated by Henry Clay and Stephen Douglas
  5. Area that relied on agriculture, plantations, cotton, crops. few factories, and had slaves.
  6. 1854 A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery
  7. A law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders
  8. 1863, this three day battle was the bloodiest of the entire Civil War, ended in a Union victory, and is considered the turning point of the war because the South would never invade the North again.
  9. A system of secret routes used by escaping slaves to reach freedom in the North or in Canada
  10. Created to keep the balance of power of free states and slave states. It was decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.
  11. American abolitionist. Born a slave on a Maryland plantation, she escaped to the North in 1849 and became the most renowned conductor on the Underground Railroad, leading more than 300 slaves to freedom.
  12. Union fort attacked by Confederates in South Carolina 1861 sparking the start of the Civil War

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

Civil War Review 2025-05-08

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

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

Civil War Era 2025-12-09

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

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

Reconstruction 2024-10-07

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. Military rule imposed on citizens instead of civil law and government (Government)
  2. Organization established by Congress to provide relief for all the south's poor people.(Groups)
  3. Lincolns assassin(Important People)
  4. Insulting name for white southerners who supported reconstruction(Groups)
  5. Unfairly treating a person differently based on race,age, or gender(Groups)
  6. Process of bringing charges of wrongdoing against a U.S president. Andrew Johnson was _________(Government)
  7. Laws passed in the south that discriminated against freedmen(Government)
  8. Black abolitionist who made his legacy the demand for civil and human rights after Civil War(Important People)
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  1. 16th President of the U.S. assassinated by John Wilkes Booth(Important People)
  2. The period in American history that follows the civil war.(Geography)
  3. A voting qualification under 15th Amendment requiring people to pay a tax in order to register to vote(Government)
  4. an article added to the US Constitution(Achievements)
  5. 17th President of the U.S.(Important People)
  6. Insulting word for Northerners who moved to the South after the war.(Groups)
  7. Terrorist group used to torture and kill African americans (Groups)

15 Clues: Lincolns assassin(Important People) • 17th President of the U.S.(Important People) • an article added to the US Constitution(Achievements) • Terrorist group used to torture and kill African americans (Groups) • The period in American history that follows the civil war.(Geography) • Laws passed in the south that discriminated against freedmen(Government) • ...

History Readings Week 25 2025-02-27

History Readings Week 25 crossword puzzle
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  1. What year did Reconstruction end? (p. 397)
  2. What year was the Civil Rights Act passed? (p. 390)
  3. Where did Jourdan Anderson flee to in order to escape slavery? (p. 385)
  4. George Custer was defeated at this battle by Sioux and Cheyenne tribes in 1876. (p. 396)
  5. Who was the governor of Mississippi who appealed in 1875 for federal troops? (p. 396)
  6. Who became president after Lincoln? (p. 386)
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  1. The ____ Bureau aided and educated people in occupied territory after the Civil War. (p. 388)
  2. After the Civil War Robert E. Lee became president of this college. (p. 393)
  3. What political party was Rutherford B. Hayes? (p. 397)
  4. What was the post-Civil War era known as? (p. 385)
  5. What year did the Fifteenth Amendment take effect? (p. 396)
  6. Who won the 1872 presidential election? (p. 394)
  7. What was the name of Robert E. Lee’s warhorse? (p. 393)
  8. Nat ____ was a black cowboy who moved West from Tennessee. (p. 394-395)
  9. Clara Barton’s nickname was the “_____ of the Battlefield.” (p. 392)

15 Clues: What year did Reconstruction end? (p. 397) • Who became president after Lincoln? (p. 386) • Who won the 1872 presidential election? (p. 394) • What was the post-Civil War era known as? (p. 385) • What year was the Civil Rights Act passed? (p. 390) • What political party was Rutherford B. Hayes? (p. 397) • What was the name of Robert E. Lee’s warhorse? (p. 393) • ...

UNIT 9 VOCAB 2025-03-31

UNIT 9 VOCAB crossword puzzle
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  1. (n.) to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature
  2. of Office Act (n.) a law passed in 1867 that limited the power of the president to remove certain federal officials
  3. process (n.) the right of a citizen to be treated fairly by the government when laws are made and enforced
  4. (n.) a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit
  5. of 1877 (n.) agreement between southern Democrats and the Republicans to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era
  6. Codes (n.) laws passed in the Southern United States after the Civil War to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people
  7. tax (n.) a fixed sum tax levied on all persons
  8. Amendment (n.) defined U.S. citizen, which receives due process and equal protection under the law
  9. (n.) the period of rebuilding social, economic, and political systems after the Civil War
  10. (n.) rising to an important position
  11. (n.) the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights
  12. Crow Laws (n.) laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States from the post-Civil War era until the 1960s
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  1. (n.) a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
  2. Republicans (n.) a Republican favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the southern states in the period following the Civil War
  3. protection (n.) a term in the 14th amendment requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protections to all people
  4. rights (n.) the rights of all people to social, economic, and political freedom and equality
  5. (n.) a system that keeps different groups separate from each other, normally through social pressures and/or laws
  6. Amendment (n.) Males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans)
  7. Percent Plan (n.) a proposal by President Abraham Lincoln to readmit Confederate states to the Union. The plan was based on the idea that 10% of a state's 1860 voters must swear loyalty to the Union
  8. (n.) the right to vote
  9. (n.) murder usually under secret attack for political reasons
  10. supremacy (n.) a system of beliefs and practices in which White people are considered to be superior to people of other racial backgrounds that is maintained through discrimination
  11. Amendment (n.) abolished slavery

23 Clues: (n.) the right to vote • Amendment (n.) abolished slavery • (n.) rising to an important position • tax (n.) a fixed sum tax levied on all persons • (n.) to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature • (n.) murder usually under secret attack for political reasons • (n.) the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights • ...

UNIT 9 VOCAB 2025-03-31

UNIT 9 VOCAB crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (n.) to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature
  2. of Office Act (n.) a law passed in 1867 that limited the power of the president to remove certain federal officials
  3. process (n.) the right of a citizen to be treated fairly by the government when laws are made and enforced
  4. (n.) a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit
  5. of 1877 (n.) agreement between southern Democrats and the Republicans to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era
  6. Codes (n.) laws passed in the Southern United States after the Civil War to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people
  7. tax (n.) a fixed sum tax levied on all persons
  8. Amendment (n.) defined U.S. citizen, which receives due process and equal protection under the law
  9. (n.) the period of rebuilding social, economic, and political systems after the Civil War
  10. (n.) rising to an important position
  11. (n.) the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights
  12. Crow Laws (n.) laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States from the post-Civil War era until the 1960s
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  1. (n.) a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
  2. Republicans (n.) a Republican favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the southern states in the period following the Civil War
  3. protection (n.) a term in the 14th amendment requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protections to all people
  4. rights (n.) the rights of all people to social, economic, and political freedom and equality
  5. (n.) a system that keeps different groups separate from each other, normally through social pressures and/or laws
  6. Amendment (n.) Males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans)
  7. Percent Plan (n.) a proposal by President Abraham Lincoln to readmit Confederate states to the Union. The plan was based on the idea that 10% of a state's 1860 voters must swear loyalty to the Union
  8. (n.) the right to vote
  9. (n.) murder usually under secret attack for political reasons
  10. supremacy (n.) a system of beliefs and practices in which White people are considered to be superior to people of other racial backgrounds that is maintained through discrimination
  11. Amendment (n.) abolished slavery

23 Clues: (n.) the right to vote • Amendment (n.) abolished slavery • (n.) rising to an important position • tax (n.) a fixed sum tax levied on all persons • (n.) to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature • (n.) murder usually under secret attack for political reasons • (n.) the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights • ...

Reconstruction 2023-02-03

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. Amendment that gave rights to all citizens
  2. Designed to help formerly enslaved people
  3. Gave all men the right to vote
  4. laws of segregation
  5. founded the Tuskeegee Institute
  6. Amendment that banned slavery
  7. became president after Abraham Lincoln
  8. The President of the US during the Civil War
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  1. Commanding general of the South
  2. turning point of the Civil War won by North
  3. Former enslaved man who spoke against slavery
  4. founded the NAACP
  5. Commanding general of the North
  6. Town where Lee surrendered to Grant
  7. Refused to give up his seat
  8. assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  9. Theater where Lincoln was assassinated

17 Clues: founded the NAACP • laws of segregation • Refused to give up his seat • assassinated Abraham Lincoln • Amendment that banned slavery • Gave all men the right to vote • Commanding general of the South • Commanding general of the North • founded the Tuskeegee Institute • Town where Lee surrendered to Grant • Theater where Lincoln was assassinated • ...

Events Leading to Civil War 2026-03-12

Events Leading to Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Economy: Plantations, Cash Crops
  2. Conducted a raid at Harpers Ferry
  3. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
  4. Supported popular sovereignty,Opposed lincon
  5. Sued for his freedom
  6. Established the 36 30' line
  7. leaving one Union
  8. Act Repealed the Missouri Compromise
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  1. Economy: Factories, Fishing, Lumber
  2. Name of the South, during the Civil War
  3. Barbarousness
  4. Included the Fugitive Slave Act
  5. Tax on imported goods
  6. Name of the North, during the Civil War

14 Clues: Barbarousness • leaving one Union • Sued for his freedom • Tax on imported goods • Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin • Established the 36 30' line • Included the Fugitive Slave Act • Economy: Plantations, Cash Crops • Conducted a raid at Harpers Ferry • Economy: Factories, Fishing, Lumber • Act Repealed the Missouri Compromise • Name of the South, during the Civil War • ...

Chapter 4 Crossword 2020-09-28

Chapter 4 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. first and only President of the Confederate States of America after the election of Lincoln in 1860 led to the secession of many southern states
  2. meaning scoundrel; name given by former Confederates to those southerners who supported the shift in power to Congress and the army in the South during Reconstruction
  3. Henry Clay's proposed agreement that allowed California to enter the Union as a free state and divided the rest of the Mexican Cession into two territories where slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty
  4. an order issued by P. Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas rebelling against the Union; took effect January 1, 1863
  5. 18th President of the US, received a field promotion to lieutenant general in charge of all Union forces
  6. a constitutional amendment that gave African-American men the right to vote
  7. constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery (1865)
  8. 16th President of the US; he promoted equal rights for African-Americans and issued the Emancipation Proclamation
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  1. (1861) the first major battle of the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory; showing the North that the Civil War would not be won easily
  2. 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
  3. (1863) a Union Civil War battle victory that turned the tide against the Confederates
  4. a law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery or not
  5. the nation formed by the southern states when they seceded from the Union; also known as the Confederacy
  6. American politician and pro-slavery nominee for President; he debated Lincoln about slavery; he proposed the unpopular Kansas-Nebraska Act
  7. a secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African-Americans from obtaining their civil rights
  8. (1862) a Union battle victory in the Civil War that marked the bloodiest single-day battle in US military history
  9. the idea that political authority belongs to the people
  10. American general; he refused Lincoln's offer to head the Union Army and agreed to lead Confederate forces
  11. the laws that put the southern states under US military control and required them to draft new constitutions upholding the 14th amendment
  12. (1861) the first battle of the Civil War; surrendered by the Union on April 14, 1861
  13. a constitutional amendment giving full rights of citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States (except for American Indians)

21 Clues: constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery (1865) • the idea that political authority belongs to the people • a constitutional amendment that gave African-American men the right to vote • (1861) the first battle of the Civil War; surrendered by the Union on April 14, 1861 • ...

Vocab 2021-12-03

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

16 Clues: of the national government • the action of southern states to leave the Union • a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah • the belief that a state’s interests should take priority over the • battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed • ...

Civil War/Reconstruction 2017-12-17

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

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

Civil War/Reconstruction 2017-12-17

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

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

country-studying 2025-05-09

country-studying crossword puzzle
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  1. of Right Parliamentary document of 1628
  2. Royalist army nickname
  3. Charles I’s son who became king in 1660
  4. Cromwell Ruler after Charles I’s execution
  5. Religious conflict that worsened Stuart tensions
  6. Government after monarchy ended
  7. Right Belief that monarchs derive authority from God
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  1. of Orange Leader invited to take the throne in 1688
  2. Rule The period when Charles I ruled without Parliament
  3. War War between the king and Parliament
  4. of Rights Law that limited monarchy and confirmed Parliament's power
  5. King executed in 1649
  6. Parliament supporters during the Civil War
  7. Revolution Event when James II was overthrown
  8. Parliament Parliament reduced by army force in 1648
  9. First Stuart king of England

16 Clues: King executed in 1649 • Royalist army nickname • First Stuart king of England • Government after monarchy ended • Charles I’s son who became king in 1660 • Parliament supporters during the Civil War • of Right Parliamentary document of 1628 • War War between the king and Parliament • Cromwell Ruler after Charles I’s execution • ...

Rulers and Their Problems 2013-11-18

Rulers and Their Problems crossword puzzle
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  1. ruler of England who angered citizens, causing a civil war
  2. author of Don Quixote
  3. ruling body of England
  4. the half sister Queen Mary, daughter of Henry VIII
  5. group during the English Civil War who supported Parliament and opposed the king
  6. groups during the English Civil War who supported the king and opposed Parliament
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  1. son of Mary Queen of Scots
  2. what happens when one commits capital crime; e.g. beheading
  3. a man caught in the act of trying to blow up Parliament and kill James I in the Gunpower Plot of 1605
  4. English military leader who later became Lord Protector
  5. the name given to the time when the Catholic Church was broken into different denominations
  6. when the king has absolute control
  7. British playwright who wrote Romeo and Juliet
  8. ruler of France from 1643-1750
  9. ruler of England the broke away from the Catholic Church

15 Clues: author of Don Quixote • ruling body of England • son of Mary Queen of Scots • ruler of France from 1643-1750 • when the king has absolute control • British playwright who wrote Romeo and Juliet • the half sister Queen Mary, daughter of Henry VIII • English military leader who later became Lord Protector • ruler of England the broke away from the Catholic Church • ...

Civil War Reconstruction 2023-05-17

Civil War Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How people in the South used slaves and someone work the land in exchange for ½ or more of the crop and used to keep slave in a cycle of porverty
  2. Laws enacted in the former Confederate states after the civil war limited the rights and liberties of African americans
  3. slaves stayed in the union during the civil war
  4. Lasted from 1861-1865
  5. Bloodiest battle
  6. Federal Gov't set things to keep the South in the union
  7. Divided state and federal power
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  1. all slaves must return to their master
  2. Caili wanted to join the union but started a conflict between the north and the south
  3. This side has slavery
  4. Gave the right to African Americans people to vote
  5. Not all slaves were freed and this was the main part of the Civil war
  6. 16th president
  7. Failed the case with the supreme court
  8. This side had no slavery

15 Clues: 16th president • Bloodiest battle • This side has slavery • Lasted from 1861-1865 • This side had no slavery • Divided state and federal power • all slaves must return to their master • Failed the case with the supreme court • slaves stayed in the union during the civil war • Gave the right to African Americans people to vote • ...

Civil War Crossword 2025-03-18

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. soldiers for the Confederacy
  2. United States of America's President
  3. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War with more than 50,000 casualties
  4. Confederate general that led to a Rebel victory at the First Battle of Bull Run
  5. General-in-Chief of the US Army and veteran of the 1812 and Mexican wars
  6. Sunk March 8, 1862 by the CSS Virginia and marked the end of wooden vessels use in the US Navy
  7. Britian nearly sided with the Confederacy.
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  1. commander of the South's eastern forces
  2. Confederate States of America's President
  3. Union strategy to cut blockade Southern ports using the US Navy
  4. The court house were the Civil War officially ended with Confederate surrender and reunification on April 9, 1865
  5. United States army during the civil war
  6. The Confederate strategy that hoped European nations dependent on American cotton would help aid the rebellion
  7. succeeded from the United States
  8. soldiers for the Union Union's

15 Clues: soldiers for the Confederacy • soldiers for the Union Union's • succeeded from the United States • United States of America's President • commander of the South's eastern forces • United States army during the civil war • Confederate States of America's President • Britian nearly sided with the Confederacy. • Union strategy to cut blockade Southern ports using the US Navy • ...

Chapter 18 Vocab 2026-02-25

Chapter 18 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ______________ ended up causing black people to be poor because sometimes crops didn’t grow.
  2. The south was reintegrated into the Union during ___________.
  3. African Americans who fled to Kansas were called __________.
  4. Former Confederates that supported Republican reconstruction were nicknamed ____________.
  5. Separating people based on their race was called ____________.
  6. Codes ___________ were laws designed to control freed African Americans after the civil war.
  7. Northern business men who came to the south after the civil war were called ___________.
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  1. Laws that said you could only vote if your father and grandfather voted were called _____________.
  2. A __________ kept poor people from voting.
  3. some people have a very long _________.
  4. The school became ____________.
  5. Martin Luther King was apart of the __________ movement.
  6. freed African Americans who joined the army in the civil war were nicknamed ___________.
  7. to ______ someone was to kill somebody often by hanging and without a trial.
  8. if you wanted to find specific information you would go to a ________.

15 Clues: The school became ____________. • some people have a very long _________. • A __________ kept poor people from voting. • Martin Luther King was apart of the __________ movement. • African Americans who fled to Kansas were called __________. • The south was reintegrated into the Union during ___________. • ...

Across Five Aprils- Brayden 2021-09-27

Across Five Aprils- Brayden crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Creek, was the first major engagement of the Civil war west of the Mississippi River
  2. Donelson, Ulysses S. Grant's first big battle he won
  3. bad battle that North lost
  4. Jethro's Dad
  5. Milton, rights the newspapers
  6. Burdow, Nobody likes him, but he is miss interpreted
  7. main son. Helps on farm
  8. brother that died in battle
  9. Jethro's cousin
  10. Jethro's mom
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  1. son, shot Jenny
  2. the State the Creighton's lived in
  3. fought for south. Jethro's Brother
  4. Bluff, fought in Virginia-South won
  5. got shot by Burdo's son
  6. Henry, first big battle won by the North
  7. Shad's wife
  8. Sumter, first shots fired that started the Civil War-South won
  9. school teacher
  10. Run, first major battle in the Civil War-South won

20 Clues: Shad's wife • Jethro's Dad • Jethro's mom • school teacher • son, shot Jenny • Jethro's cousin • got shot by Burdo's son • main son. Helps on farm • bad battle that North lost • brother that died in battle • Milton, rights the newspapers • the State the Creighton's lived in • fought for south. Jethro's Brother • Bluff, fought in Virginia-South won • ...

TEXAS HISTORY CH 17/18 2024-02-12

TEXAS HISTORY CH 17/18 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a meeting between two or more individuals or groups
  2. a set of actions planned or undertaken by government leaders to address an issue
  3. a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction
  4. an official release from punishment for a crime
  5. strong tissue that connects muscles to bones
  6. separated based on membership in a racial or an ethnic group
  7. a person who illegally leaves the armed forces while still required to serve
  8. required
  9. a Republican who believed that Congress should direct Reconstruction
  10. to limit or restrict the movement of
  11. to gather for a meeting
  12. June 19th, the date celebrated as the anniversary of Emancipation Day for enslaved people in Texas
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  1. laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War
  2. to Cancel
  3. the effort, after the Civil War, to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back into the Union
  4. the belief that it is wrong to use violence to settle conficts
  5. an African American soldier serving in the western United States after the Civil Wa
  6. a person who rejects lawful behavior
  7. dishonest or immoral
  8. temporary government
  9. secret organization of white men formed after the Civil War that used violence and terror against African Americans
  10. a Northerner in the South working for a Reconstruction government
  11. a formerly enslaved person
  12. a course of action used to achieve a goal
  13. to carry out
  14. a mental image of the future that may come in a dream

26 Clues: required • to Cancel • to carry out • dishonest or immoral • temporary government • to gather for a meeting • a formerly enslaved person • a person who rejects lawful behavior • to limit or restrict the movement of • a course of action used to achieve a goal • strong tissue that connects muscles to bones • a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction • ...

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

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

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

Final Exam Review 2017-06-12

Final Exam Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Treaty that ended World War I
  2. Banned discrimination in public places
  3. Dirty cramped city apartments
  4. Korean and Vietnam wars were this type of war
  5. America's government spy agency
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  1. First all black regiment
  2. June 6 1944
  3. policy to withdraw from world affairs
  4. Hatred towards Jews
  5. ban on Alcohol
  6. Number of Americans killed during the American Civil War
  7. President's plan to pull America out of the Great Depression

12 Clues: June 6 1944 • ban on Alcohol • Hatred towards Jews • First all black regiment • Treaty that ended World War I • Dirty cramped city apartments • America's government spy agency • policy to withdraw from world affairs • Banned discrimination in public places • Korean and Vietnam wars were this type of war • Number of Americans killed during the American Civil War • ...

The Underground Railroad 2014-02-17

The Underground Railroad crossword puzzle
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  1. states / The safest place for slaves to go
  2. / an unfair feeling of dislike for members of a certain group
  3. / to free
  4. / Harriet Tubman's home state
  5. / someone who escapes from the law
  6. / A form of secret communication on the Underground Railroad
  7. Dipper / Another name for the Drinking Gourd
  8. state / state that allowed slavery
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  1. state / state that did not allow slavery
  2. / Harriet Tubman traveled the Underground Railroad how many times
  3. / to leave the Union
  4. / Helpers along the Underground Railroad
  5. / a long-range plan made to reach a goal
  6. Lincoln / President during the Civil War
  7. war / a war between people in the same country

15 Clues: / to free • / to leave the Union • / Harriet Tubman's home state • / someone who escapes from the law • state / state that allowed slavery • state / state that did not allow slavery • / Helpers along the Underground Railroad • / a long-range plan made to reach a goal • Lincoln / President during the Civil War • states / The safest place for slaves to go • ...

The Underground Railroad 2014-02-17

The Underground Railroad crossword puzzle
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  1. states / The safest place for slaves to go
  2. / an unfair feeling of dislike for members of a certain group
  3. / to free
  4. / Harriet Tubman's home state
  5. / someone who escapes from the law
  6. / A form of secret communication on the Underground Railroad
  7. Dipper / Another name for the Drinking Gourd
  8. state / state that allowed slavery
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  1. state / state that did not allow slavery
  2. / Harriet Tubman traveled the Underground Railroad how many times
  3. / to leave the Union
  4. / Helpers along the Underground Railroad
  5. / a long-range plan made to reach a goal
  6. Lincoln / President during the Civil War
  7. war / a war between people in the same country

15 Clues: / to free • / to leave the Union • / Harriet Tubman's home state • / someone who escapes from the law • state / state that allowed slavery • state / state that did not allow slavery • / Helpers along the Underground Railroad • / a long-range plan made to reach a goal • Lincoln / President during the Civil War • states / The safest place for slaves to go • ...

Standard 10 Vocabulary 2023-03-08

Standard 10 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. If 10% of voting population in each seceding state took an oath of allegiance and followed Emancipation Proclamation, they could return to the Union
  2. Carpetbaggers were northerners who went south after the Civil War; Scalawags were southerners who supported the policies of Reconstruction
  3. Ku Klux Klan created by veterans of Confederate Army; Advocated White Supremacy
  4. Impeached because he violated the Tenure Office Act; Removed Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War
  5. farm worker who pays rent with a portion of crop he raises
  6. First African American to serve in the US Senate (Mississippi 1870-1871)
  7. Founded to educate African American men in theology and education
  8. Federal gov’t agency that aided freed slaves during Reconstruction
  9. Wanted to punish the South and protect civil rights of African Americans
  10. workers live on the farms they work on in order to build capital
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  1. Civil Rights Amendments; 13th abolished slavery, 14th provided citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S., 15th amendment gave African American males right to vote
  2. Andrew Johnson issued pardons to Confederate leaders, returned confiscated property and undermined the Freedmen’s Bureau
  3. Laws passed by southern states after the Civil War to restrict African Americans’ freedom
  4. Awarded Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential election of 1876 on premise that he remove federal troops from the South.
  5. Government action to return the South back to normal as soon as possible following the end of the Civil War

15 Clues: farm worker who pays rent with a portion of crop he raises • workers live on the farms they work on in order to build capital • Founded to educate African American men in theology and education • Federal gov’t agency that aided freed slaves during Reconstruction • First African American to serve in the US Senate (Mississippi 1870-1871) • ...

Reconstruction Vocabulary 2023-02-16

Reconstruction Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. an African American who migrated from the South to Kansas in the post-Reconstruction years
  2. Codes Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War
  3. the right to hold an office once a person is confirmed
  4. to execute, by hanging, without lawful approval
  5. tax A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote
  6. open to people of all races or ethnic groups without restriction; desegregated
  7. clauses Laws that allowed people to vote as long as their grandfather was permitted to vote prior to 1866. It targeted African Americans.
  8. Soldiers Nickname for African-American soldiers who fought in the wars against Native Americans living on the Great Plains during the 1870s
  9. rights the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law
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  1. Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
  2. A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one who tried to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states
  3. A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
  4. the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
  5. An office that provides specific information
  6. white Southerner who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction

15 Clues: An office that provides specific information • to execute, by hanging, without lawful approval • the right to hold an office once a person is confirmed • rights the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law • Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences • white Southerner who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction • ...

1800s 2020-12-17

1800s crossword puzzle
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  1. She fought for civil rights.
  2. The war between the North and the South
  3. The document that freed the slaves in the south/confederacy was called the _______ Proclamation
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  1. He was the president of the U.S.A during the Civil War.
  2. Territory the U.S. bought from France in 1803
  3. Who won the Civil War?
  4. The U.S. expanded to the _______ Ocean in the 1800s
  5. One problem that led to the Civil War

8 Clues: Who won the Civil War? • She fought for civil rights. • One problem that led to the Civil War • The war between the North and the South • Territory the U.S. bought from France in 1803 • The U.S. expanded to the _______ Ocean in the 1800s • He was the president of the U.S.A during the Civil War. • ...

UNIT 9 VOCAB 2025-03-31

UNIT 9 VOCAB crossword puzzle
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  1. (n.) to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature
  2. of Office Act (n.) a law passed in 1867 that limited the power of the president to remove certain federal officials
  3. process (n.) the right of a citizen to be treated fairly by the government when laws are made and enforced
  4. (n.) a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit
  5. of 1877 (n.) agreement between southern Democrats and the Republicans to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era
  6. Codes (n.) laws passed in the Southern United States after the Civil War to limit the rights of formerly enslaved people
  7. tax (n.) a fixed sum tax levied on all persons
  8. Amendment (n.) defined U.S. citizen, which receives due process and equal protection under the law
  9. (n.) the period of rebuilding social, economic, and political systems after the Civil War
  10. (n.) rising to an important position
  11. (n.) the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights
  12. Crow Laws (n.) laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States from the post-Civil War era until the 1960s
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  1. (n.) a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
  2. Republicans (n.) a Republican favoring drastic and usually repressive measures against the southern states in the period following the Civil War
  3. protection (n.) a term in the 14th amendment requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protections to all people
  4. rights (n.) the rights of all people to social, economic, and political freedom and equality
  5. (n.) a system that keeps different groups separate from each other, normally through social pressures and/or laws
  6. Amendment (n.) Males could vote regardless of color (gave suffrage to African Americans)
  7. Percent Plan (n.) a proposal by President Abraham Lincoln to readmit Confederate states to the Union. The plan was based on the idea that 10% of a state's 1860 voters must swear loyalty to the Union
  8. (n.) the right to vote
  9. (n.) murder usually under secret attack for political reasons
  10. supremacy (n.) a system of beliefs and practices in which White people are considered to be superior to people of other racial backgrounds that is maintained through discrimination
  11. Amendment (n.) abolished slavery

23 Clues: (n.) the right to vote • Amendment (n.) abolished slavery • (n.) rising to an important position • tax (n.) a fixed sum tax levied on all persons • (n.) to reject; to refuse a law made by legislature • (n.) murder usually under secret attack for political reasons • (n.) the status of being a legal citizen of a country and entitled to certain rights • ...

The Civil War: What to Know to Win This War 2022-03-31

The Civil War: What to Know to Win This War crossword puzzle
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  1. what year did the Civil War begin?
  2. Where did the Civil War start?
  3. During the second invasion of the North, Robert E Lee faced defeat. Can you tell us which battle it was at?
  4. what was the cause of the Civil War?
  5. which day marked the very first Battle of Bull Run?
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  1. the first battle in the Civil War
  2. who was the army officer who fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter?
  3. what is a common cause of death of men during the Civil War?

8 Clues: Where did the Civil War start? • the first battle in the Civil War • what year did the Civil War begin? • what was the cause of the Civil War? • which day marked the very first Battle of Bull Run? • what is a common cause of death of men during the Civil War? • who was the army officer who fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter? • ...

Chinese Civil War 2023-02-10

Chinese Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. what was the biggest cause of death?
  2. who started the war?
  3. what was the biggest civil war in China?
  4. where was it located in China?
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  1. what event caused the Chinese Civil war?
  2. how many people died?
  3. who was the Chinese communist leader?
  4. what month did it end?
  5. who won the first war?
  6. What month did it start?

10 Clues: who started the war? • how many people died? • what month did it end? • who won the first war? • What month did it start? • where was it located in China? • what was the biggest cause of death? • who was the Chinese communist leader? • what event caused the Chinese Civil war? • what was the biggest civil war in China?

Five Aprils Crossword 2022-04-12

Five Aprils Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Main character in story plot
  2. Creighton's son that died in the war
  3. southern army during the civil war
  4. northern army during the civil war
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  1. 13th president of United States
  2. Most violent battle in the civil war
  3. Son that deserted in the war
  4. Son fighting for the confederates

8 Clues: Main character in story plot • Son that deserted in the war • 13th president of United States • Son fighting for the confederates • southern army during the civil war • northern army during the civil war • Most violent battle in the civil war • Creighton's son that died in the war

civil war crossword 2021-10-22

civil war crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the name that was given to the four states that did not secede?
  2. the south was also known as?
  3. the north was also known as?
  4. the bloodiest battle in history?
  5. one of the unions strategies?
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  1. one of the confederates strategies?
  2. the president during the civil war?
  3. freed all slaves in confederate territories?
  4. general of the union?
  5. The killer of Abraham Lincoln?
  6. who was in charge of the confederate army?
  7. The woman who led the slaves through the underground railroads?
  8. the movement to end slavery?
  9. lincoln's main goal as president?
  10. the location of the only western war in the civil war?

15 Clues: general of the union? • the south was also known as? • the movement to end slavery? • the north was also known as? • one of the unions strategies? • The killer of Abraham Lincoln? • the bloodiest battle in history? • lincoln's main goal as president? • one of the confederates strategies? • the president during the civil war? • who was in charge of the confederate army? • ...

Abraham Lincoln 2024-05-09

Abraham Lincoln crossword puzzle
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  1. The _____ Proclamation was issued by Lincoln
  2. Famous Lincoln Address
  3. "With _____ toward none..." - Quote from Lincoln's 2nd inaugural address
  4. Lincoln ran against this man in 1858 for senator
  5. The party of Lincoln
  6. Lincoln was ______ in 1864
  7. A big reason of the Civil War was because the South wanted _____ to be legal
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  1. The state where Lincoln was born
  2. Lincoln served this position in the Black Hawk War
  3. Lincoln was ______ on April 14th, 1865
  4. Lincoln was the 16th _____
  5. The name of Lincoln's wife
  6. The beginning of Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address
  7. Lincoln was president during the ______ War
  8. Salem The city in Illinois where Lincoln was a shopkeeper

15 Clues: The party of Lincoln • Famous Lincoln Address • Lincoln was the 16th _____ • The name of Lincoln's wife • Lincoln was ______ in 1864 • The state where Lincoln was born • Lincoln was ______ on April 14th, 1865 • Lincoln was president during the ______ War • The _____ Proclamation was issued by Lincoln • Lincoln ran against this man in 1858 for senator • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2018-12-18

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Worked to propose the compromise of 1850. Proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
  2. A conductor on the underground railroad.
  3. Law that established the national bank system.
  4. A military draft.
  5. Violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters in Kansas.
  6. Proviso Proposed law to ban slavery on territory gained from Mexico.
  7. Network used to help slaves escape to freedom.
  8. Name adopted by the 11 seceded states.
  9. First commander of the Union army.
  10. Speech by Abraham Lincoln over the meaning of the civil war.
  11. Abolitionist who used violence to fight against slavery.
  12. 1852 Anti-Slavery novel.
  13. All out war strategy that affect both civilians and soldiers.
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  1. April 6, 186, union victory in Tennessee. Noted for the number of dead and wounded.
  2. Order declaring all slaves in rebelling states free.
  3. July 1, 1863, Union victory over a Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania.
  4. Amendment that abolished slavery.
  5. Negative term to describe Northern Democrats who supported making peace with the Confederacy during the Civil War.
  6. Law that let slave owners recapture runaway slaves.
  7. Slave states that did not secede.
  8. Made California enter as a free state and gave the south the fugitive slave act.
  9. Withdrawal of a state from a union.
  10. Organization that cared for the sick and wounded during the war.
  11. Bloodiest one day battle of the civil war.
  12. Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy.
  13. Law that gave 160 acres of land on the western frontier to citizens willing to live on the land for five years.

26 Clues: A military draft. • 1852 Anti-Slavery novel. • Amendment that abolished slavery. • Slave states that did not secede. • First commander of the Union army. • Withdrawal of a state from a union. • Name adopted by the 11 seceded states. • A conductor on the underground railroad. • Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy. • Bloodiest one day battle of the civil war. • ...

The Civil War: Prison Camps and Medical Care 2015-05-29

The Civil War: Prison Camps and Medical Care crossword puzzle
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  1. There were more than ______ the number of deaths in prison camps on each side than in actual combat.
  2. Many southern Civil War camps and prisons were converted warehouses, including ___________ in Virginia.
  3. Soldiers who were captured by an enemy force during battle.
  4. A disease spread by mosquitoes, which accounted for many deaths in Medical and Battle camps.
  5. The notorious Civil War prison camp located in Georgia tasked with holding captured Union Soldiers.
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  1. By the end of the Civil War, ___________ was not longer exclusively reserved for Men.
  2. Former government clerk ________ quit her desk job in order to become a battlefield nurse during the Civil War. She later founded the American Red Cross.
  3. Many issues occurred when imprisoning war prisoners, including __________.
  4. While most battlefield doctors were aware of the relationship between cleanliness and infection, they did not know how to ________ their equipment.
  5. The commander of Andersonville Prison Camp was the only confederate officer in the civil war to be tried for ________.

10 Clues: Soldiers who were captured by an enemy force during battle. • Many issues occurred when imprisoning war prisoners, including __________. • By the end of the Civil War, ___________ was not longer exclusively reserved for Men. • A disease spread by mosquitoes, which accounted for many deaths in Medical and Battle camps. • ...

Civil War/Reconstruction 2017-12-17

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

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

The Civil War 2021-11-25

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. A slave who had lived in free territory and he tried to sue for his freedom.
  2. A speech given by Abraham Lincoln
  3. A military strategy proposed by Union general winfieldscott in the outbreak of the Civil war.
  4. A compromise between free and slaves states.
  5. A small group of sailors who sailed goods in and out of southern seaports under the guns of the union ships.
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  1. Break away from the union
  2. Against secession; becomes the VP of the Confederacy.
  3. The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
  4. A statement of a set of resolutions accepting the Compromise of 1850 in Milledgeville, GA.
  5. The deadliest ground in the civil war.
  6. A general in union army fighting in the Civil War.
  7. A person who farms rented land
  8. 16th U.S. President
  9. Meant to ignore or cancel a law;
  10. Restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African American

15 Clues: 16th U.S. President • Break away from the union • A person who farms rented land • Meant to ignore or cancel a law; • A speech given by Abraham Lincoln • The deadliest ground in the civil war. • A compromise between free and slaves states. • A general in union army fighting in the Civil War. • Against secession; becomes the VP of the Confederacy. • ...

Across Five Aprils- Brayden 2021-09-27

Across Five Aprils- Brayden crossword puzzle
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  1. Creek, was the first major engagement of the Civil war west of the Mississippi River
  2. Donelson, Ulysses S. Grant's first big battle he won
  3. bad battle that North lost
  4. Jethro's Dad
  5. Milton, rights the newspapers
  6. Burdow, Nobody likes him, but he is miss interpreted
  7. main son. Helps on farm
  8. brother that died in battle
  9. Jethro's cousin
  10. Jethro's mom
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  1. son, shot Jenny
  2. the State the Creighton's lived in
  3. fought for south. Jethro's Brother
  4. Bluff, fought in Virginia-South won
  5. got shot by Burdo's son
  6. Henry, first big battle won by the North
  7. Shad's wife
  8. Sumter, first shots fired that started the Civil War-South won
  9. school teacher
  10. Run, first major battle in the Civil War-South won

20 Clues: Shad's wife • Jethro's Dad • Jethro's mom • school teacher • son, shot Jenny • Jethro's cousin • got shot by Burdo's son • main son. Helps on farm • bad battle that North lost • brother that died in battle • Milton, rights the newspapers • the State the Creighton's lived in • fought for south. Jethro's Brother • Bluff, fought in Virginia-South won • ...

Naturalization Test: last 50 2025-04-24

Naturalization Test: last 50 crossword puzzle
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  1. July 4
  2. US capital city
  3. the date of the Declaration of Independence in 1771
  4. a citizen promises to be..........
  5. longest river
  6. west coast ocean
  7. borders Mexico
  8. gun
  9. 9/11
  10. Christianty or Islam
  11. caused the colonists to fight the king
  12. war fought in 1800s
  13. lived in America before the colonists
  14. the main concern of the USA during the Cold War
  15. territory bought in 1803
  16. fought for civil rights
  17. where the Constitution was written
  18. Star Spangled Banner
  19. a general in World War II
  20. was fought in the 1900s
  21. to be active
  22. tried to end racial discrimination
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  1. led to the Civil War
  2. father of our country
  3. fought for women's rights
  4. wrote the Declaration of Independence
  5. was a writer of the Constitution
  6. the age to vote
  7. a US territory
  8. number of original states
  9. The colonists came to the New World for
  10. the month when you file taxes
  11. document that freed the slaves
  12. east coast ocean
  13. Africans
  14. was president during World War I
  15. citizens must.............the laws
  16. president who freed the slaves
  17. Native American tribe
  18. the pledge of allegiance shows loyalty to the....
  19. the USA fought during WWII
  20. was written in 1787
  21. borders Canada
  22. number of states and stars on flag
  23. a national holiday in December
  24. was president during the Great Depression
  25. first president
  26. number of colonies and stripes on flag
  27. a national holiday in November
  28. the age a man registers for the Selective Service
  29. first postmaster
  30. the location of the Statue of Liberty

52 Clues: gun • 9/11 • July 4 • Africans • to be active • longest river • a US territory • borders Mexico • borders Canada • US capital city • the age to vote • first president • west coast ocean • east coast ocean • first postmaster • war fought in 1800s • was written in 1787 • led to the Civil War • Christianty or Islam • Star Spangled Banner • father of our country • Native American tribe • fought for civil rights • ...

Civil War 2024-02-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Union general who led the Army of the Potomac during the early years of the war
  2. President of the Confederate States of America
  3. Author of the Gettysburg Address
  4. Site of Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War
  5. Famous battle site in Pennsylvania
  6. Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
  7. Proclamation Legislation that declared all persons held as slaves in Confederate states to be free
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  1. General known for his "March to the Sea" through Georgia
  2. Amendment that abolished slavery in the United States
  3. Site of the first shots fired in the Civil War
  4. Bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War

11 Clues: Author of the Gettysburg Address • Famous battle site in Pennsylvania • Bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War • Site of the first shots fired in the Civil War • President of the Confederate States of America • Amendment that abolished slavery in the United States • Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia • ...

Presidents 2022-03-10

Presidents crossword puzzle
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  1. only president never elected to VP or President
  2. president for the least time
  3. first VP to take over for a president that died
  4. president at the beginning of the Depression
  5. First Tennessean to be president, trail of tears
  6. Dropped the Atomic bomb
  7. Silent Cal
  8. popularized trickle-down economics
  9. general during the Civil War became president
  10. “Handsome Frank”
  11. father of the constitution
  12. assassinated in Dallas in 1963
  13. president during the Watergate scandal
  14. President during WWI
  15. president during 9-11
  16. only president to serve 2 terms separated by another president
  17. wrote the Declaration of Independence
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  1. president during the Vietnam war choose not to run again
  2. fattest president, only president to also be on the Supreme Court
  3. started the interstate system
  4. played the saxophone, impeached for perjury
  5. president during the Spanish-American war
  6. first African American president
  7. second president
  8. slogan was "Make America Great Again"
  9. first modern president later ran under the Bull moose party
  10. president during the Civil War
  11. president during the Mexican American war
  12. ended Reconstruction when elected in 1876
  13. First president
  14. current president

31 Clues: Silent Cal • First president • second president • “Handsome Frank” • current president • President during WWI • president during 9-11 • Dropped the Atomic bomb • father of the constitution • president for the least time • started the interstate system • president during the Civil War • assassinated in Dallas in 1963 • first African American president • popularized trickle-down economics • ...

U.S. History Review 2018-05-16

U.S. History Review crossword puzzle
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  1. A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
  2. A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
  3. Financial aid for European countries
  4. A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
  5. The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
  6. A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
  7. Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
  8. An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century
  9. The last major battle fought during the Civil War
  10. A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
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  1. A young trendy woman in the 1920's
  2. A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
  3. The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
  4. The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
  5. People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
  6. A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
  7. The lowest possible payment by government law
  8. The movement of expanding a country's available power
  9. Opposing armies trying to stop the war
  10. A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students

20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...

U.S. History Review 2018-05-16

U.S. History Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The movement of expanding a country's available power
  2. The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
  3. A young trendy woman in the 1920's
  4. The last major battle fought during the Civil War
  5. A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
  6. Financial aid for European countries
  7. Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
  8. The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
  9. People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
  10. An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century
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  1. The lowest possible payment by government law
  2. A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
  3. The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
  4. A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
  5. A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
  6. A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
  7. Opposing armies trying to stop the war
  8. A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
  9. A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
  10. A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students

20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...

U.S. History Review 2018-05-16

U.S. History Review crossword puzzle
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  1. A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
  2. A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
  3. People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
  4. A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
  5. A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
  6. A young trendy woman in the 1920's
  7. Opposing armies trying to stop the war
  8. Financial aid for European countries
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  1. The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
  2. The movement of expanding a country's available power
  3. The lowest possible payment by government law
  4. The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
  5. A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students
  6. The last major battle fought during the Civil War
  7. A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
  8. A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
  9. A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
  10. The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
  11. Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
  12. An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century

20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...

Chapter 12 Cross Word Puzzle 2019-01-31

Chapter 12 Cross Word Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Landowners who gave workers land to farm, but in return they have to give back some of their yield.
  2. A Representative of Pennsylvania.
  3. Charge an official with misconduct in Office. House of Representatives can only do this.
  4. One of the Congressional Republicans who wanted t destroy the political power for former slave holders.
  5. Prohibits the denial of voting right to people who were formally slaves.
  6. Rebuilding the U.S. post Civil War.
  7. Discriminatory laws post Civil War that severely restricted African Americans.
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  1. A federal agency to help former slaves.
  2. First African American Senator
  3. Gave Congress control of Reconstruction.
  4. People who were born in the U.S. have equal rights to citizenship and protection.
  5. Succeeded Abraham Lincoln.
  6. Farm workers supply their own tool, but rent out plots of land to farm from.
  7. A club to gain back white supremacy.
  8. A Northener who moved to the South post Civil War

15 Clues: Succeeded Abraham Lincoln. • First African American Senator • A Representative of Pennsylvania. • Rebuilding the U.S. post Civil War. • A club to gain back white supremacy. • A federal agency to help former slaves. • Gave Congress control of Reconstruction. • A Northener who moved to the South post Civil War • ...

Clara Barton 2023-08-10

Clara Barton crossword puzzle
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  1. Clara Barton established and managed these for wounded soldiers.
  2. Clara Barton was an advocate for women's rights and _ __ rights.
  3. Clara Barton's early profession before her humanitarian work.
  4. Nickname given to Clara Barton for her work on the battlefield.
  5. Humanitarian organization founded by Clara Barton.
  6. Where Clara Barton provided aid to wounded soldiers during the Civil War.
  7. Clara Barton helped identify missing soldiers after this battle.
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  1. The group that Clara Barton provided aid to during the Civil War.
  2. Clara Barton's role in relation to the American Red Cross.
  3. The nationality of the Red Cross organization Clara Barton founded.
  4. Profession that Clara Barton is most famously associated with.
  5. Clara Barton was born in this U.S. state.
  6. Clara Barton's efforts during disasters were focused on providing this.
  7. Term describing Clara Barton's dedication to helping others in need.
  8. Where Clara Barton worked as a clerk before the Civil War.

15 Clues: Clara Barton was born in this U.S. state. • Humanitarian organization founded by Clara Barton. • Clara Barton's role in relation to the American Red Cross. • Where Clara Barton worked as a clerk before the Civil War. • Clara Barton's early profession before her humanitarian work. • Profession that Clara Barton is most famously associated with. • ...

US History Final Ch 16 Section 1 Vocab 2025-04-22

US History Final Ch 16 Section 1 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. – A system of required military service.
  2. Plan – Union strategy to blockade the South and control the Mississippi River.
  3. Sumter – The site of the first shots of the Civil War.
  4. – The southern states that seceded from the Union.
  5. – An organized resistance against authority or government.
  6. Law – Military rule over a civilian population.
  7. Davis – President of the Confederate States of America.
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  1. – A military force made up of ordinary citizens.
  2. Lincoln – President of the United States during the Civil War.
  3. – Someone who freely offers to join the military.
  4. – The use of naval forces to stop goods or people from entering or leaving an area.
  5. – A plan of action designed to achieve a major goal.
  6. – The northern states during the Civil War, loyal to the U.S. government.
  7. – To formally withdraw from a country or organization.
  8. States – Slave states that remained in the Union (e.g., Kentucky, Maryland).

15 Clues: – A system of required military service. • Law – Military rule over a civilian population. • – A military force made up of ordinary citizens. • – Someone who freely offers to join the military. • – The southern states that seceded from the Union. • – A plan of action designed to achieve a major goal. • Sumter – The site of the first shots of the Civil War. • ...

Us & Virginia History : Chapter 4 - Reconstruction 2013-11-17

Us & Virginia History : Chapter 4 - Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. Southerners who moved north after the war
  2. prevented denial of rights to any citizens
  3. starting point of the civil war
  4. Northerners who moved south after the war
  5. Period of rebuilding after the civil war
  6. assassinated Abraham Lincoln in ford theatre
  7. turning point of the war for the north
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  1. gave all people equal voting rights
  2. General Robert.E.Lee surrendered here
  3. Group that donated food, shelter and clothing

10 Clues: starting point of the civil war • gave all people equal voting rights • General Robert.E.Lee surrendered here • turning point of the war for the north • Period of rebuilding after the civil war • Southerners who moved north after the war • Northerners who moved south after the war • prevented denial of rights to any citizens • assassinated Abraham Lincoln in ford theatre • ...

Reading Comprehension (Gettysburg Address) ) 2022-12-01

Reading Comprehension (Gettysburg Address) ) crossword puzzle
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  1. Battle that marked turning point in Civil War
  2. length of time that Gettysburg Address lasted
  3. month Battle of Gettsburg was fought in
  4. War 51,000 soilders were killed in 1863
  5. term referring to the South during Civil War
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  1. state Battle of Gettysburg was fought in
  2. term referring to the North during Civil WAr
  3. president that delivered Gettysburg Address
  4. type of presentation Gettysburg Address was

9 Clues: month Battle of Gettsburg was fought in • War 51,000 soilders were killed in 1863 • state Battle of Gettysburg was fought in • president that delivered Gettysburg Address • type of presentation Gettysburg Address was • term referring to the North during Civil WAr • term referring to the South during Civil War • Battle that marked turning point in Civil War • ...

Vocabulary for Lessons 1, 2, and 3 2023-08-25

Vocabulary for Lessons 1, 2, and 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. Amendment added to the Constitution in 1869 prohibiting any state from forbidding African Americans to vote because of their race.
  2. Amendment added to the Constitution in 1865, banning slavery throughout the US.
  3. A white southerner who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction.
  4. The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War was over.
  5. A pardon given by the government.
  6. Southern laws the limited the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.
  7. A secret society organized in the south after the Civil War to reinforce white supremacy through violence.
  8. An uncomplimentary nickname for a northerner who went to the South after the Civil War.
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  1. Amendment added to the Constitution in 1868 which guaranteed equal protection of the laws.
  2. Members of Congress during Reconstruction who wanted to break the power of wealthy plantation owners and ensure freedmen the right to vote.
  3. A government agency founded during the Reconstruction to help those who were formerly enslaved.
  4. To bring charges of grave wrongdoing against a public official.
  5. Men and women who had been formerly enslaved.
  6. Someone who rents a plot of land from someone else and farms it in exchange for a share in the crop it yields.
  7. 1867 law that would not allow southern states that had not ratified the Fourteenth Amendment return to the Union.

15 Clues: A pardon given by the government. • Men and women who had been formerly enslaved. • The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War was over. • To bring charges of grave wrongdoing against a public official. • A white southerner who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction. • Southern laws the limited the rights of African Americans after the Civil War. • ...

Sectionalism 2025-03-07

Sectionalism crossword puzzle
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  1. Court House- The confederacy surrendered to the Union in Virginia and ended the Civil War.
  2. economy- plantation system, slave labor; cotton produced and sent to Northern factories.
  3. region's geography impacted its economy; North built factories, South farmed, West mined; a cause of the Civil War.
  4. economy- mining (precious metals) and agriculture (farming and livestock)
  5. first inaugural address- union was forever; no one could secede
  6. of 1850- North and South agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed.
  7. Union captured the Mississippi River, dividing the confederacy in half.
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  1. Nebraska Act- allowed Kansas settlers to vote on whether or not to permit slavery in the territory; violence erupted; slavery was prohibited.
  2. advantages- more factories, railroads, money, and General Grant leadership.
  3. beliefs- The North wanted to abolish slavery; Missouri Compromise.
  4. of 1850- North and South agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed.
  5. economy- textile mills, trade, factories, immigrant labor, and some trade-related slave labor.
  6. Slave Act- part of the compromise of 1850; runaway slaves and free blacks were at risk of being captured by slave hunters.
  7. Lincoln- Civil War U.S. president; against secession, wanted to preserve the union.
  8. beliefs- the South believed in state's rights; and argued for 10 amendments
  9. - major debate leading up to Civil War; republican party(Lincoln) against its spread into new territories.

16 Clues: first inaugural address- union was forever; no one could secede • beliefs- The North wanted to abolish slavery; Missouri Compromise. • Union captured the Mississippi River, dividing the confederacy in half. • economy- mining (precious metals) and agriculture (farming and livestock) • advantages- more factories, railroads, money, and General Grant leadership. • ...

13 2025-02-15

13 crossword puzzle
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  1. Treaty limiting bomb tests
  2. Woodstock peace theme
  3. Anti-war movement
  4. Assassinated senator
  5. Voting rights march
  6. Soviet weapons threat
  7. 1964 voter registration drive
  8. Militant equality slogan
  9. Violent 1968 convention protests
  10. Famous Beatles album
  11. GOP election plan
  12. Holiday honoring civil rights leader
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  1. Beatles’ signature haircuts
  2. James Bond film craze
  3. Cold War division
  4. First televised presidential debate
  5. JFK’s global volunteer program
  6. 1964 anti-discrimination law
  7. Allman Brothers hit
  8. Major Vietnam War battle
  9. Stylish London youth trend
  10. Beatles film
  11. Nixon’s conservative base
  12. "I Have a Dream" moment
  13. Vietnam War conscription

25 Clues: Beatles film • Cold War division • Anti-war movement • GOP election plan • Voting rights march • Allman Brothers hit • Assassinated senator • Famous Beatles album • James Bond film craze • Woodstock peace theme • Soviet weapons threat • "I Have a Dream" moment • Major Vietnam War battle • Militant equality slogan • Vietnam War conscription • Nixon’s conservative base • Treaty limiting bomb tests • ...

Test 6 Review 2024-12-16

Test 6 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Confederate loss of the Mississippi River
  2. Trade in the East was revived by the what?
  3. Slavery in the United States was outlawed through which Amendment?
  4. Major turning point of the War for Independence Battle of what?
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  1. A person who risks personal loss to develop and market new products or ideas is called a what?
  2. The most decisive battle of the Civil War
  3. The first permanent English settlement in the New World was what?
  4. The final battle of the War for Independence?
  5. What Civil war Battle cleared the way for a Union invasion of Georgia?
  6. Bloodiest single day in the Civil War?

10 Clues: Bloodiest single day in the Civil War? • The most decisive battle of the Civil War • Confederate loss of the Mississippi River • Trade in the East was revived by the what? • The final battle of the War for Independence? • Major turning point of the War for Independence Battle of what? • The first permanent English settlement in the New World was what? • ...

Civil War 2018-05-18

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War
  2. first to secede from Union
  3. only president of the confederate states
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  1. pushed full equality for negro troops
  2. commander in chief for union during the Civil War
  3. most important and most famous battle in the Civil War
  4. first battle of the Civil War
  5. Issued the Emancipation Proclamation

8 Clues: first to secede from Union • first battle of the Civil War • Issued the Emancipation Proclamation • pushed full equality for negro troops • only president of the confederate states • commander in chief for union during the Civil War • most important and most famous battle in the Civil War • commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War

60's vocab 2023-06-14

60's vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. US and South Vietnamese ground forces entered eastern Cambodia to attack Communist sanctuaries.
  2. the evacuation of all American troops from Vietnam as the Republic of Vietnam fell
  3. Lead singer of the Beatles.
  4. An event in the Civil rights movement where protesters were attacked by police.
  5. President famous for leadership during Cuban Missile Crisis.
  6. A coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam by communist Viet Cong forces.
  7. An event orchestrated by MLK to support Civil Rights.
  8. several protests in Birmingham, Alabama that sought to end the de jure racial segregation of public facilities.
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  1. President famous for the desegregation of several schools.
  2. Peaceful leader of the Civil rights movement and speaker of the "I Have a Dream" speech.
  3. The writer of "Masters of War", an anti-Vietnam war song.
  4. Large music event with free admission and free food.
  5. A visual artist famous for making paints of cans of soup and Marilyn Monroe.
  6. A Vietnam War vet that played guitar at Woodstock.
  7. A somewhat hostile group in the civil rights movement wearing black leather jackets.

15 Clues: Lead singer of the Beatles. • A Vietnam War vet that played guitar at Woodstock. • Large music event with free admission and free food. • An event orchestrated by MLK to support Civil Rights. • The writer of "Masters of War", an anti-Vietnam war song. • President famous for the desegregation of several schools. • ...

Civil War & Reconstruction 2025-02-28

Civil War & Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. Constitutional amendment that granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all people born in the U.S.
  2. Religious revival movement in the early 19th century that inspired social reforms, including abolition.
  3. Enslaved man who sued for his freedom; the Supreme Court ruled against him in 1857, stating that African Americans were not citizens.
  4. 1854 law that allowed popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery in new territories, leading to violent conflict.
  5. Lenient approach to rebuilding the South led by Andrew Johnson after the Civil War.
  6. More strict approach to Reconstruction, led by Radical Republicans in Congress.
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  1. 1863 order by Abraham Lincoln that freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
  2. Political party founded in the 1850s that opposed the expansion of slavery.
  3. Constitutional amendment that granted African American men the right to vote.
  4. Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
  5. Movement to end slavery in the United States.
  6. Union strategy to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River to squeeze the Confederacy.
  7. Period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South and integrating formerly enslaved people into society.
  8. Government agency created to help formerly enslaved people by providing food, education, and assistance.
  9. Site of the first shots of the Civil War in April 1861.
  10. Courthouse where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, effectively ending the Civil War.

16 Clues: Movement to end slavery in the United States. • Site of the first shots of the Civil War in April 1861. • Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States. • Political party founded in the 1850s that opposed the expansion of slavery. • Constitutional amendment that granted African American men the right to vote. • ...

Vocab 2024-05-17

Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. The term originated in the mid-1860s which is a slang term for U.S. paper dollars.
  2. from leather, a common type of shoe in the Civil War.
  3. property dependent on the labor of enslaved people. Also known as a labor camp.
  4. Soldiers trained to fight on horseback.
  5. a rifle, pistol, or other portable gun.
  6. A vital piece of equipment carried by both Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. Was used to carry all sorts of belongings that soldiers needed to stay alive while in camp or on the march.
  7. Known as the North or the United States. This was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
  8. To leave or withdraw; Eleven Southern states did this from the Union in 1860 which sparked the Civil War.
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  1. A northerner who moved to the south during the period of Reconstruction (1865-1877) for economic, social, and sometimes political opportunities.
  2. A league or alliance of confederate states.
  3. The basic unit of soldiers in an artillery regiment
  4. A steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor.
  5. weapons that launch munitions.
  6. A person who wants to stop or abolish slavery.
  7. Soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot.

15 Clues: weapons that launch munitions. • Soldiers trained to fight on horseback. • a rifle, pistol, or other portable gun. • A league or alliance of confederate states. • A person who wants to stop or abolish slavery. • The basic unit of soldiers in an artillery regiment • from leather, a common type of shoe in the Civil War. • ...

Vocab 2021-12-03

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

16 Clues: of the national government • the action of southern states to leave the Union • a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah • the belief that a state’s interests should take priority over the • battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed • ...

Civil War 2023-02-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Lincoln suspended what during the Civil War
  2. leading confederate general
  3. successful confederate general
  4. turning point of the war
  5. lincoln claims that north & south were to blame for slavery
  6. led union to victory in Battle of Atlanta
  7. union gained control of Mississippi River & split CSA in half
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  1. president of the CSA(Confederate State of America)
  2. capital of the South
  3. first battle of the civil war
  4. leading union general
  5. document that freed slaves

12 Clues: capital of the South • leading union general • turning point of the war • document that freed slaves • leading confederate general • first battle of the civil war • successful confederate general • led union to victory in Battle of Atlanta • Lincoln suspended what during the Civil War • president of the CSA(Confederate State of America) • ...

Civil War 2023-10-27

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The Union ironclad warship that faced the CSS Virginia.
  2. The bloodiest single-day battle in American history.
  3. The primary cause of the American Civil War.
  4. The period following the Civil War aimed at rebuilding the nation.
  5. The notorious Confederate prison camp in Georgia.
  6. A pivotal battle in Pennsylvania in 1863.
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  1. The act that declared slaves in Confederate states to be free.
  2. The group of Southern states that seceded from the Union.
  3. The President of the United States during the Civil War.
  4. The leader of the Union Army.
  5. The Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox.
  6. The Union general known for his destructive "March to the Sea."

12 Clues: The leader of the Union Army. • A pivotal battle in Pennsylvania in 1863. • The primary cause of the American Civil War. • The notorious Confederate prison camp in Georgia. • The bloodiest single-day battle in American history. • The Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox. • The Union ironclad warship that faced the CSS Virginia. • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2018-12-18

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Made California enter as a free state and gave the south the fugitive slave act.
  2. All out war strategy that affect both civilians and soldiers.
  3. Slave states that did not secede.
  4. Proviso Proposed law to ban slavery on territory gained from Mexico.
  5. Name adopted by the 11 seceded states.
  6. Violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters in Kansas.
  7. Organization that cared for the sick and wounded during the war.
  8. Speech by Abraham Lincoln over the meaning of the civil war.
  9. Law that established the national bank system.
  10. Worked to propose the compromise of 1850. Proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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  1. Amendment that abolished slavery.
  2. Order declaring all slaves in rebelling states free.
  3. July 1, 1863, Union victory over a Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania.
  4. Bloodiest one day battle of the civil war.
  5. Law that let slave owners recapture runaway slaves.
  6. 1852 Anti-Slavery novel.
  7. April 6, 186, union victory in Tennessee. Noted for the number of dead and wounded.
  8. Network used to help slaves escape to freedom.
  9. Law that gave 160 acres of land on the western frontier to citizens willing to live on the land for five years.
  10. A conductor on the underground railroad.
  11. Abolitionist who used violence to fight against slavery.
  12. First commander of the Union army.
  13. Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy.
  14. A military draft.
  15. Withdrawal of a state from a union.
  16. Negative term to describe Northern Democrats who supported making peace with the Confederacy during the Civil War.

26 Clues: A military draft. • 1852 Anti-Slavery novel. • Amendment that abolished slavery. • Slave states that did not secede. • First commander of the Union army. • Withdrawal of a state from a union. • Name adopted by the 11 seceded states. • A conductor on the underground railroad. • Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy. • Bloodiest one day battle of the civil war. • ...

Ch. 13 & 14 Review 2025-12-16

Ch. 13 & 14 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War
  2. The northernmost battle of the war, and later location of Lincoln's address
  3. Completed the burning of Atlanta and march to the sea
  4. An ideology that stated slavery was harmful to the poor white population and deprived them of property
  5. The compromise that would re-establish the Missouri Compromise line
  6. The state known for the Bear Flag Revolution
  7. The state that was an independent nation at one time
  8. The perpetrator of the infamous caning of Charles Sumner
  9. Was the president during the Mexican American war
  10. A territory that was claimed by many nations at once
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  1. The concept that states should choose to support slavery or not was called popular
  2. Where Robert E Lee surrendered
  3. The state that was brought into the Union "Bleeding"
  4. A state that remained with the Union but maintained slavery
  5. This act in 1862 encouraged development of the West
  6. The proclamation that freed enslaved peoples in rebellious states
  7. The plan to 'strangle' the South to end the Civil War
  8. The fort where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
  9. The concept that the U.S. was designed to spread across the continent
  10. The battle that resulted in the Union taking control of the Mississippi
  11. A place for men and women to educate themselves on various topics
  12. The enslaved man who sued for his freedom and was struck down by the Supreme Court
  13. The Proviso that suggested banning slavery in territories from Mexico
  14. The last name of the leader of the Harper's Ferry raid

24 Clues: Where Robert E Lee surrendered • The state known for the Bear Flag Revolution • The bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War • Was the president during the Mexican American war • This act in 1862 encouraged development of the West • The state that was brought into the Union "Bleeding" • The state that was an independent nation at one time • ...

U.S. Extra Credit Project 2025-12-10

U.S. Extra Credit Project crossword puzzle
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  1. Rush – “1848–1855 migration to California for gold”
  2. – “Invented by Samuel Morse to send messages quickly over long distances”
  3. Compromise – “1820 law balancing free and slave states”
  4. – “Man-made waterways like the Erie Canal improved trade”
  5. – “Native American guide for Lewis and Clark”
  6. Tea Party – “Colonial protest against British taxation, 1773”
  7. Tubman – “Led slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad”
  8. of Independence – “1776 document declaring U.S. independence”
  9. Purchase – “1803 land deal that doubled U.S. territory”
  10. – “1865–1877 era rebuilding the South after the Civil War”
  11. War – “1861–1865 conflict between North and South”
  12. Railroad – “Network of secret routes helping escaped slaves”
  13. – “Movement to end slavery in the U.S.”
  14. Brown – “Abolitionist who raided Harper’s Ferry”
  15. Franklin – “Founding Father, inventor, and diplomat”
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  1. Revolution – “Shift from handmade goods to mechanized production”
  2. Engine – “Powered factories, trains, and steamboats during Industrial Revolution”
  3. of 1812 – “Conflict between the U.S. and Britain over trade and territory”
  4. Schools – “Expansion of education for children in the 19th century”
  5. Proclamation – “1863 order freeing slaves in Confederate states”
  6. Party – “Political party founded in 1854 opposing expansion of slavery”
  7. Douglass – “Former slave and leading abolitionist”
  8. Jefferson – “Author of the Declaration of Independence”
  9. Washington – “First U.S. president and Revolutionary War general”
  10. Gin – “Eli Whitney invention that boosted Southern cotton production”
  11. Lincoln – “President who led the U.S. through the Civil War”
  12. Jackson – “7th president known for the Indian Removal Act”
  13. of Tears – “Forced relocation of Native Americans in the 1830s”
  14. Falls Convention – “1848 meeting advocating women’s rights”
  15. Madison – “’Father of the Constitution’”

30 Clues: – “Movement to end slavery in the U.S.” • Madison – “’Father of the Constitution’” • – “Native American guide for Lewis and Clark” • Brown – “Abolitionist who raided Harper’s Ferry” • Douglass – “Former slave and leading abolitionist” • War – “1861–1865 conflict between North and South” • Rush – “1848–1855 migration to California for gold” • ...

American History Crossword 2023-09-14

American History Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First battle in the Civil War
  2. Primary Author of the Declaration of Independence
  3. Gave the Gettysburg Address
  4. Bloodiest Battle in the Civil War
  5. Colour of confederate uniforms
  6. Pamphlet by Thomas Paine
  7. Europeans couldn't create new colonies in the western hemisphere because of the
  8. Review power of the courts to determine the constitutionality of acts of other branches of government and to declare unconstitutional acts null and void.
  9. These 85 newspaper essays, written in support of ratification of the Constitution of 1787 in New York by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay.
  10. Article 2 of the Constitution
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  1. After the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued the
  2. The inventor of the cotton gin,
  3. First successful English Colony
  4. The leader of efforts to reform the treatment of the mentally ill.
  5. 31st State
  6. Treaty Ending the Mexican American War
  7. In World War II, the alliance between the United States, Great Britain, and France.

17 Clues: 31st State • Pamphlet by Thomas Paine • Gave the Gettysburg Address • First battle in the Civil War • Article 2 of the Constitution • Colour of confederate uniforms • The inventor of the cotton gin, • First successful English Colony • Bloodiest Battle in the Civil War • Treaty Ending the Mexican American War • After the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued the • ...

Social Studies Crossword Puzzle 2021-02-09

Social Studies Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A former slave that became an officer in the South Carolina militia and a state legislator
  2. A well known newspaper that supported the Union
  3. The document that officially declared any slaves in Confederate states free
  4. Women who would sew uniforms for the soldiers
  5. War A war tactic General Sherman created
  6. The leader of the 54th Regiment
  7. A well known newspaper that supported the Confederacy
Down
  1. The place where the battle of Fort Sumter occurred
  2. The highest military decoration there is
  3. A law saying that if a person who owns twenty or more slaves is drafted that they have the option of opting out of going to fight
  4. A Union leader
  5. The capitol of the Confederacy
  6. 16th president of the United States who is known for freeing the slaves
  7. A war strategy used by the Union during the Civil War
  8. A person who carries their units flag into battle
  9. The person who came up with the Anaconda Plan
  10. A Confederate submarine that later sank
  11. The first major battle of the Civil War and the battle Sullivan Ballou died during
  12. A war strategy that blocks off an area of enemy importance
  13. A wife to a Confederate soldier who kept a diary of what she witnessed during the battle of Fort Sumter

20 Clues: A Union leader • The capitol of the Confederacy • The leader of the 54th Regiment • A Confederate submarine that later sank • The highest military decoration there is • War A war tactic General Sherman created • The person who came up with the Anaconda Plan • Women who would sew uniforms for the soldiers • A well known newspaper that supported the Union • ...

Social Studies Crossword Puzzle 2021-02-09

Social Studies Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A former slave that became an officer in the South Carolina militia and a state legislator
  2. A well known newspaper that supported the Union
  3. The document that officially declared any slaves in Confederate states free
  4. Women who would sew uniforms for the soldiers
  5. War A war tactic General Sherman created
  6. The leader of the 54th Regiment
  7. A well known newspaper that supported the Confederacy
Down
  1. The place where the battle of Fort Sumter occurred
  2. The highest military decoration there is
  3. A law saying that if a person who owns twenty or more slaves is drafted that they have the option of opting out of going to fight
  4. A Union leader
  5. The capitol of the Confederacy
  6. 16th president of the United States who is known for freeing the slaves
  7. A war strategy used by the Union during the Civil War
  8. A person who carries their units flag into battle
  9. The person who came up with the Anaconda Plan
  10. A Confederate submarine that later sank
  11. The first major battle of the Civil War and the battle Sullivan Ballou died during
  12. A war strategy that blocks off an area of enemy importance
  13. A wife to a Confederate soldier who kept a diary of what she witnessed during the battle of Fort Sumter

20 Clues: A Union leader • The capitol of the Confederacy • The leader of the 54th Regiment • A Confederate submarine that later sank • The highest military decoration there is • War A war tactic General Sherman created • The person who came up with the Anaconda Plan • Women who would sew uniforms for the soldiers • A well known newspaper that supported the Union • ...

US PRESIDENTS 2024-02-29

US PRESIDENTS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Louisiana Purchase
  2. Alien and Sedition Acts
  3. Civil Rights Act
  4. Gulf War
  5. War of 1812
  6. "Tear down this wall"
  7. Interstate Highway System
  8. Monica Lewinsky scandal
  9. Atomic bombs
Down
  1. Emancipation Proclamation
  2. Indian Removal Act
  3. First POTUS
  4. Affordable Care Act
  5. New Deal
  6. Watergate scandal
  7. League of Nations
  8. Union general
  9. Camp David Accords
  10. Pardoned Nixon
  11. Cuban Missile Crisis

20 Clues: Gulf War • New Deal • First POTUS • War of 1812 • Atomic bombs • Union general • Pardoned Nixon • Civil Rights Act • Watergate scandal • League of Nations • Louisiana Purchase • Indian Removal Act • Camp David Accords • Affordable Care Act • Cuban Missile Crisis • "Tear down this wall" • Alien and Sedition Acts • Monica Lewinsky scandal • Emancipation Proclamation • Interstate Highway System

Civil War Crossword Puzzle -Ahanna, Evelin, Kabura, and Heba 2023-02-23

Civil War Crossword Puzzle -Ahanna, Evelin, Kabura, and Heba crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How many times did the Union control Brownsville?
  2. The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body of a federation or body.
  3. Which attack did the union lose to the confederate and 350 union soldiers were captured?
  4. An exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.
  5. Who did John bell hood fight under?
  6. Citizens who opposed the state's secession from the union prior to and during the civil war.
  7. Who's unit was known as Hood's Texas Brigade?
  8. Which battle did a small union fleet overtook confederate defenses?
Down
  1. Which president was against slavery?
  2. Who won the Civil War?
  3. How much did the population grow between 1825-1860
  4. Which battle made the confederate governors intervene to stop the fighting?
  5. Where the last battle of Civil War took place? (State)
  6. How many times did the Confederacy control Brownsville?
  7. What were slaves considered?

15 Clues: Who won the Civil War? • What were slaves considered? • Who did John bell hood fight under? • Which president was against slavery? • Who's unit was known as Hood's Texas Brigade? • How many times did the Union control Brownsville? • How much did the population grow between 1825-1860 • Where the last battle of Civil War took place? (State) • ...

A Trip Down Memory Lane 2024-03-16

A Trip Down Memory Lane crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The country where Fidel Castro led a revolution in 1959.
  2. - Pertaining to the moon.
  3. - Race between the US and USSR to explore outer space.
  4. - Type of weapon developed during the Cold War.
  5. - The killing of a prominent figure, like JFK in 1963.
  6. - Movement for equal rights regardless of race.
Down
  1. - Missile crisis occurred here in 1962.
  2. - Peninsula divided into two nations after World War II.
  3. Civil rights leader assassinated in 1968.
  4. - Country divided into North and South during the Cold War.
  5. - Demonstrations against social injustices.
  6. "King of Rock and Roll" who rose to fame in the 1950s.
  7. First human to orbit the Earth, in 1961.
  8. - Symbol of the Cold War, torn down in 1989.

14 Clues: - Pertaining to the moon. • - Missile crisis occurred here in 1962. • First human to orbit the Earth, in 1961. • Civil rights leader assassinated in 1968. • - Demonstrations against social injustices. • - Symbol of the Cold War, torn down in 1989. • - Type of weapon developed during the Cold War. • - Movement for equal rights regardless of race. • ...

U.S. History Review 2018-05-16

U.S. History Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The lowest possible payment by government law
  2. The last major battle fought during the Civil War
  3. A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
  4. A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students
  5. People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
  6. The movement of expanding a country's available power
  7. A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
  8. A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
  9. A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
  10. A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
  11. The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
Down
  1. The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
  2. A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
  3. Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
  4. Financial aid for European countries
  5. The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
  6. A young trendy woman in the 1920's
  7. Opposing armies trying to stop the war
  8. A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
  9. An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century

20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...

U.S. History Review 2018-05-16

U.S. History Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An African-American human rights leader during the twentieth century
  2. The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
  3. A kind of fighting where soldiers fight from a ditch
  4. A document instituting the end of the Revolutionary War
  5. The movement of constructing dams for the state of Tennessee
  6. The lowest possible payment by government law
  7. Financial aid for European countries
  8. A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land
  9. A speech given by William Jennings Bryan requesting we use silver as currency instead of gold
Down
  1. Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era
  2. A meeting consisting of country leaders talking about World War II
  3. A trial where a teacher was violating the law by teaching evolution to his students
  4. People who opposed the laws of the black race in the 1960's
  5. A famous speech given as a dedication for Civil War soldiers
  6. The last major battle fought during the Civil War
  7. A document made by Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery
  8. The movement of expanding a country's available power
  9. The influence of communism from Vietnam to the U.S.
  10. Opposing armies trying to stop the war
  11. A young trendy woman in the 1920's

20 Clues: A young trendy woman in the 1920's • Financial aid for European countries • Opposing armies trying to stop the war • The co-founder of the Standard Oil Company • Newspaper writers during the Progressive Era • The lowest possible payment by government law • A law passed for a U.S. citizen to acres of land • The last major battle fought during the Civil War • ...

Q4 Test Review - Civil War and Reconstruction 2024-05-29

Q4 Test Review - Civil War and Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. He was chosen to be the President of the Confederacy
  2. capital of the Confederacy
  3. he became President after the assassination of Lincoln
  4. time period after the Civil War, 1865-77
  5. law requiring northerners to help catch runaway slaves
  6. system of renting land to farmers in exchange for a portion of their harvest
  7. created an imaginary line to determine if a new state would allow slavery
  8. law that pardoned all former Confederates
  9. capital of the United States
  10. this agreement made by Congress ended the military occupation of the Southern states and brought Reconstruction to an end
  11. location of the bloodiest day in American history
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  1. declared that slaves in the Confederate states were free
  2. Union general who waged total war across Georgia
  3. the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
  4. Union victory was the turning point in the eastern U.S.
  5. Union victory was the turning point in the western U.S.
  6. town in Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant
  7. government agency created to support former slaves
  8. laws that limited the freedom of African Americans after the Civil War
  9. waging war on your enemy's ability to wage war
  10. he was the first President from the Republican Party

21 Clues: capital of the Confederacy • capital of the United States • time period after the Civil War, 1865-77 • law that pardoned all former Confederates • waging war on your enemy's ability to wage war • town in Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant • Union general who waged total war across Georgia • location of the bloodiest day in American history • ...

civil war matrix dydasco 2017-02-14

civil war matrix dydasco crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where the confederates took a risk on shoes
  2. where the south went to the north for the first time and last just because they needed shoes, it was a turning point for the north
  3. helped emphasize to bloke the confederates ports and then split the confederates in to two and the go in for the kill
  4. the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  5. a battle that happened during the morning of April 9, 1865 it was one of the lasts battle of the civil war
  6. the president of the united states during the civil war
  7. he was the commander of the confederate army and then later became the 18th president of the untied states of america
  8. also known as the battle of sharpsburg on September 17, 1862
  9. the draft
  10. the amendment that abolish slavery
  11. the confederate general until 1862-1865 when he surrendered
  12. the only reason why the civil war lasted as long as it did because the south had great leaders
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  1. separated from a state so they would not secede from the union
  2. a building where goods were manufactured
  3. the confederate president
  4. January 1, 1863
  5. another key victory that helped the union wear down the confederates in the american civil
  6. withdraw formally from a membership in a federal union
  7. Lincoln violated the peoples rights by suspending this
  8. where the american union army march through Georgia
  9. its was a breakaway of 11 secessionist states
  10. founded in 1881 by Clara Barton

22 Clues: the draft • January 1, 1863 • the confederate president • founded in 1881 by Clara Barton • the amendment that abolish slavery • a building where goods were manufactured • the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln • where the confederates took a risk on shoes • its was a breakaway of 11 secessionist states • where the american union army march through Georgia • ...

Matthew English- Absolute Monarchs 2024-11-14

Matthew English- Absolute Monarchs crossword puzzle
Across
  1. and Mary- House Of Hanover
  2. the Great- A great Person
  3. monarchy-
  4. XIV- A king
  5. Civil War-
  6. right-
  7. of Versailles-
  8. Something That Happens
  9. Country
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  1. Cromwell- Rules Army
  2. the Great-
  3. Revolution- Type Of Something
  4. Years’ War-
  5. monarch-
  6. II - A king
  7. I- Executed for treason
  8. A thing
  9. Years’ War-
  10. Theresa-
  11. the Terrible- A person

20 Clues: right- • A thing • Country • monarch- • Theresa- • monarchy- • the Great- • Civil War- • Years’ War- • XIV- A king • II - A king • Years’ War- • of Versailles- • Cromwell- Rules Army • Something That Happens • the Terrible- A person • I- Executed for treason • the Great- A great Person • and Mary- House Of Hanover • Revolution- Type Of Something

THE CIVIL WAR 2025-05-19

THE CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what was the newly built ship by the confederates
  2. the decree that freed all slaves in rebel held territory
  3. what was the soldier of the north called
  4. what was the speech Given after the Gettysburg battle
  5. the bloodiest war during the civil war
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  1. the mission to secure the Mississippi river
  2. a job women had during the civil war
  3. Nick name given to confederate general Jackson
  4. who was the Confederate president
  5. people immediately wanted to ______ as soon the war started
  6. a state between the north and the south
  7. both sides thought that the war would last ____ months

12 Clues: who was the Confederate president • a job women had during the civil war • the bloodiest war during the civil war • a state between the north and the south • what was the soldier of the north called • the mission to secure the Mississippi river • Nick name given to confederate general Jackson • what was the newly built ship by the confederates • ...

Civil War Crossword 2012-02-26

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

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

Civil War Crossword 2013-03-27

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A large earthen mound used to shield the inside of a fortified position from artillery fire and infantry assault.
  2. A hollow projectile, shot from a cannon.
  3. Fortified structures designed to strengthen a position in battle. This includes earthworks, fieldworks, entrenchments, siege lines, etc.
  4. The term used for military supplies, such as weaponry and ammunition.
  5. An unrifled artillery gun designed to launch shells over walls and enemy fortifications.
  6. A mounted sentry stationed in advance of a picket line.
  7. Long, cylindrical metal rod used to push the cartridge down the barrel of a musket in preparation for firing.
  8. The crude shelters Civil War prisoners of war built to protect themselves from the sun and rain.
  9. A leave from duty, granted by a superior officer.
  10. To make an artillery piece unusable so that it could not be used by the enemy if captured.
  11. Smoothbore heavy artillery which lobbed shot and shell; used in coastal fortifications.
  12. A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action.
  13. Temporary soldier encampment in which soldiers were provided no shelter other than what could be assembled quickly.
  14. A sturdily-built, arched masonry chamber enclosed by a fortification's ramparts or walls.
  15. Roll of thin paper which held a small amount of gun powder in the bottom and a ball or bullet in the top. A soldier needed to tear off the top of the cartridge in order to fire his weapon.
  16. An honorary promotion in rank, usually for merit.
  17. To formally enroll in the army or to call roll.
  18. Bacterial disease causing fever, diarrhea, headache, enlargement of the spleen, and extreme physical exhaustion and collapse.
  19. A term often used to describe the United States of America before the outbreak of the Civil War.
  20. A two-wheeled cart that carried two ammunition chests, tools, and a spare wheel for artillery pieces.
  21. Roller A very large, bullet resistant gabion which was used to protect soldiers from enemy fire as they constructed trenches.
  22. A structure built to hold either natural or man-made embankments in position.
  23. Long cuts dug out of the earth with the dirt piled up into a mound in front; used for defense.
  24. A condition known today as edema. Fluid builds up in the tissues and causes limbs to swell up horribly.
  25. A fortification shaped roughly like a half-moon.
  26. Roll A long, continuous drum call.
  27. Term for a Northerner who opposed the war effort.
  28. A part of a defensive line of works or a fortification that juts out from the main line towards the enemy.
  29. The basic unit of the Civil War soldiers, usually made up of 1,000 to 1,500 men.
  30. Term for cheap, poorly made cloth which was used early in the war to make Federal uniforms. The cloth fell apart very quickly.
  31. The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people.
  32. A line of trees, chopped down and placed with their branches facing the enemy, used to strengthen fortifications.
  33. A fortification with two parapets or low walls whose faces unite to form a salient angle towards the enemy
  34. A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare.
  35. A flag identifying a regiment or army.
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  1. The basic unit of soldiers in an artillery regiment.
  2. To lie in wait for an unexpected attack.
  3. Army regiments composed of African-American soldiers.
  4. A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot.
  5. The distance around the inside of a gun barrel measured in thousands of an inch.
  6. A crushing defeat where, often, the losers run from the field.
  7. A fortified location where powder or supplies were stored.
  8. To arrange walls, embankments and other features of a fortification or field work so that the enemy cannot make an accurate shot inside.
  9. A group of 50 to 100 soldiers led by a captain.
  10. Bridge A floating bridge which was constructed by anchoring a series of large, flat-bottomed boats across a waterway and then laying wooden planks across them.
  11. A flag or banner carried into battle on a pole.
  12. Cap worn by Civil War soldiers; more prevalent among Union soldiers.
  13. A soldier who served the officers of his regiment by carrying mail or messages.
  14. Small sewing kit soldiers used to repair their garments.
  15. The officer who was responsible for supplying clothing, supplies and food for the troops.
  16. Someone who does something because they want to, not because they need to.
  17. Raised platform or mound allowing an artillery piece to be fired over a fortification's walls without exposing the gun crew to enemy fire.
  18. A group of soldiers stationed at a military post.
  19. A military draftee.
  20. Small canvas bag, about one foot square, used to carry a soldier's food.
  21. line A boundary surveyed in the 1760s that ran between Pennsylvania to the North and Delaware, Maryland and (West) Virginia to the South. It became a symbolic division between free states and slave states.
  22. To practice marching, military formations and the steps in firing and handling one's weapon.
  23. A field fortification made of earth.
  24. A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured.
  25. A region or area where fighting takes place.
  26. Guns Large logs painted to look like cannons; used to fool the enemy into thinking a position was stronger than it really was.
  27. To fire along the length of an enemy's battle line.
  28. Cutter This term applies to fast ships that were used to patrol the seas and Great Lakes to prevent smuggling and impose importation and custom fees.
  29. Sovereignty Stated that the people of each territory should be able to decide for themselves if slavery should be allowed in their territory when it became a state.
  30. A term used to describe the hard crackers often issued to soldiers of both sides during the Civil War.
  31. A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored.
  32. A leather shoe, similar to an ankle-high boot, issued to soldiers during the Civil War.
  33. The lowest rank in the army.
  34. A minor fight.
  35. A pledge by a prisoner of war or a defeated soldier not to bear arms.

70 Clues: A minor fight. • A military draftee. • The lowest rank in the army. • Roll A long, continuous drum call. • A field fortification made of earth. • A flag identifying a regiment or army. • To lie in wait for an unexpected attack. • A hollow projectile, shot from a cannon. • A region or area where fighting takes place. • A group of 50 to 100 soldiers led by a captain. • ...

English Civil War 2013-03-12

English Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A country without a monarch.
  2. To give up or renounce
  3. People that belong to the Christen congregation that separated the RCC
  4. a medieval association of craftsmen or tradesmen witch upheld standards and protected its members.
  5. an order requiring that a prisoner be taken to the court to decide if he or she is being imprisoned lawfully.
  6. To differ in opinion, disagree;refuse to conform to the established church.
  7. A government that is controlled by the people who lived under it
  8. An act forbidding anyone except members of the Church of England from holding political office or entering the professions.
  9. A German religious reformer
  10. A great religious movement in the 16th century to reform RCC
  11. A king,queen,emperor or empress with unlimited appearance.
  12. The action of killing a king.
  13. A follower of the teachings of John Calvin, a leader of the protestant reformation
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  1. The belief that powers as ruler come directly from God, and that they are God’s representative here on earth.
  2. A very large and powerful group among the dissenting Protestant. They were totally opposed to the ceremonies and decoration of the Anglican Churches.
  3. To settle in and control the lands of others
  4. A war between citizens of the same country.
  5. a monarchy in witch the monarch rules according to the constitution and the laws of the nation.
  6. The rights of a citizen.
  7. A cruel and unjust ruler or person.
  8. False and malicious statement against the monarch,which are treasonous.
  9. A Protestant church governed by presbyters.
  10. A rebirth or revival
  11. Citizens who are not regular soldiers, but who are trained to act as soldiers in times of emergency.
  12. in earlier times, coastal towns had to supply the king with ships, or the value in money.
  13. The crime of betraying one's country, esp. by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.
  14. The great guaranteed the english people certain civil rights
  15. Strict laws
  16. To combine with for a special purpose.
  17. A king or queen

30 Clues: Strict laws • A king or queen • A rebirth or revival • To give up or renounce • The rights of a citizen. • A German religious reformer • A country without a monarch. • The action of killing a king. • A cruel and unjust ruler or person. • To combine with for a special purpose. • A war between citizens of the same country. • A Protestant church governed by presbyters. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2013-04-11

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

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

The Civil War 2014-03-09

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What started the Civil War?
  2. Which was the bloodiest one day battle?
  3. What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write about slavery?
  4. Who was the South's best general?
  5. Who invented the cotton gin?
  6. What was the first battle?
  7. Which general was very cautious?
  8. What Union general captured Atlanta?
  9. Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
  10. What did the 13th amendment abolish?
Down
  1. Who was the President of the South?
  2. Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
  3. What is the name of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech?
  4. What was the capitol of the Confederacy?
  5. What were the northern states called?
  6. What were the southern states called?
  7. Who made the first factory?
  8. Which side had better generals like Lee?
  9. Who was President during the Civil War?
  10. What was the South's main source of income?

20 Clues: What was the first battle? • What started the Civil War? • Who made the first factory? • Who invented the cotton gin? • Which general was very cautious? • Who was the South's best general? • Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln? • Who was the President of the South? • What Union general captured Atlanta? • What did the 13th amendment abolish? • What were the northern states called? • ...

The Civil War 2014-03-09

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who was President during the Civil War?
  2. What was the first battle?
  3. What started the Civil War?
  4. Who made the first factory?
  5. Who invented the cotton gin?
  6. Which was the bloodiest one day battle?
  7. What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write about slavery?
  8. Who was the South's best general?
  9. What was the capitol of the Confederacy?
  10. Who was the President of the South?
Down
  1. What did the 13th amendment abolish?
  2. What were the southern states called?
  3. Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
  4. What is the name of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech?
  5. What Union general captured Atlanta?
  6. Which general was very cautious?
  7. Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
  8. What were the northern states called?
  9. What was the South's main source of income?
  10. Which side had better generals like Lee?

20 Clues: What was the first battle? • What started the Civil War? • Who made the first factory? • Who invented the cotton gin? • Which general was very cautious? • Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln? • Who was the South's best general? • Who was the President of the South? • What did the 13th amendment abolish? • What Union general captured Atlanta? • What were the southern states called? • ...

The Civil War 2014-03-09

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What was the capitol of the Confederacy?
  2. Who was President during the Civil War?
  3. Who was the South's best general?
  4. What is the name of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech?
  5. What Union general captured Atlanta?
  6. Who was the President of the South?
  7. What were the southern states called?
  8. What did the 13th amendment abolish?
  9. Who made the first factory?
Down
  1. What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write about slavery?
  2. Who invented the cotton gin?
  3. What started the Civil War?
  4. Which general was very cautious?
  5. Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
  6. What was the South's main source of income?
  7. Which side had better generals like Lee?
  8. Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
  9. What were the northern states called?
  10. Which was the bloodiest one day battle?
  11. What was the first battle?

20 Clues: What was the first battle? • What started the Civil War? • Who made the first factory? • Who invented the cotton gin? • Which general was very cautious? • Who was the South's best general? • Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln? • Who was the President of the South? • What Union general captured Atlanta? • What did the 13th amendment abolish? • What were the northern states called? • ...

Civil War Crossword 2014-03-10

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
  2. A member of an American political party in the 19th century, succeeded by the Republicans.
  3. ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader and a government
  4. A Union soldier during the Civil War
  5. To remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of a person
  6. to free a slave from bondage.
  7. A person killed or injured in a war or accident
  8. Withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization
  9. Enlist someone for military service.
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  1. not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others
  2. an inhabitant of a particular town, city, or country
  3. The action or an act of getting rid of system, practice, or institution
  4. A person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding to avoid arrest or persecution
  5. 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
  6. A person advocating or supporting republican government.
  7. A supporter of the Confederate States of America
  8. Soldiers who fought on horseback
  9. An advocate or supporter of the democratic party.
  10. The state of being a slave
  11. Compulsory recruitment for military service

20 Clues: The state of being a slave • to free a slave from bondage. • Soldiers who fought on horseback • A Union soldier during the Civil War • Enlist someone for military service. • Compulsory recruitment for military service • A person killed or injured in a war or accident • A supporter of the Confederate States of America • An advocate or supporter of the democratic party. • ...

Civil War Causes 2013-12-11

Civil War Causes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. CA wants to become a free state
  2. 1st major battle of the war
  3. Stop the spread of slavery,high tarrifs,transcontinental RR
  4. Constructed to hold northern prisoneers
  5. will not free slaves
  6. Controlled by the union
  7. stonewall jackson is shot and killed by his own people in the hope great britain will help the blockade
  8. Stop slavery in territories
  9. Bloodiest one day battle of the cw
  10. President of Confederate
  11. union general
  12. Protect slavery in the territories
  13. Make laws for the nation(opposite of the south)
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  1. blockade northern plan
  2. mo applies for statehood as a slave states
  3. Was shot and killed by his own men at Chancellorsville
  4. In charge of the prison
  5. w/hold cotton to great britain, southern plan
  6. Sherman tries to take the mountain-defeated
  7. gives them popular sovereighty
  8. helps union stop supplies for csa
  9. Wanted GA to stay in the union, Vice President
  10. Belief that the way one group does things or thinks is better than another person
  11. If they're considered a law to so aganist their sovereighty(as a state) they do not have to follow
  12. Election of 1860

25 Clues: union general • Election of 1860 • will not free slaves • blockade northern plan • In charge of the prison • Controlled by the union • President of Confederate • 1st major battle of the war • Stop slavery in territories • gives them popular sovereighty • CA wants to become a free state • helps union stop supplies for csa • Bloodiest one day battle of the cw • ...

Early Civil War 2013-12-05

Early Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union ironclad
  2. battle where the Union gained more control of the Mississippi Valley
  3. site of seven-week siege in 1863
  4. location of Glorieta Pass
  5. Native American tribe which aided the Confederates
  6. the south believed this country would rely on them for cotton
  7. railroad junction where the first major battle occurred
  8. popular type of rifle used during the war
  9. freeing of slaves
  10. commanded the Army of the Tennessee
  11. President of the U.S. during the war
  12. Clara Barton's work formed the basis for this
  13. Army unit devoted to communication
  14. Confederate Vice-President
  15. defeated by Lincoln in 1864 election
  16. border state which separated Washington D.C.from the north
  17. Confederate capital
Down
  1. McClellan was the commander of the Army of the _____________
  2. Confederate general at Bull Run
  3. border state west of the Mississippi River
  4. Confederate President
  5. prison camp in Georgia
  6. first woman to receive a license to practice medicine
  7. original name of the Virginia
  8. largest city of the Confederacy
  9. site of the bloodiest single day in U.S. history
  10. midwesterners who sympathized with the south
  11. location of Confederate defeat at Pichaco Pass
  12. fort which the 54th Massachusetts attacked
  13. forced military service
  14. creek where the first major battle occurred
  15. Union general at Bull Run
  16. victors at Antietam
  17. site of the war's first shots
  18. nickname of Thomas Jackson

35 Clues: Union ironclad • freeing of slaves • victors at Antietam • Confederate capital • Confederate President • prison camp in Georgia • forced military service • location of Glorieta Pass • Union general at Bull Run • nickname of Thomas Jackson • Confederate Vice-President • original name of the Virginia • site of the war's first shots • Confederate general at Bull Run • ...