civil war Crossword Puzzles

Civil War Puzzle 2014-03-20

Civil War Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The Confederate's head general
  2. The Union's head general
  3. The gun mainly used in the war
  4. A general for the South, had a nice beard
  5. Month and day that the war ended
  6. The place where the war ended (Hint: _________ Courthouse)
  7. Main food the soldiers ate (Hint: Cracker)
  8. What the war was mainly about
  9. Capital city of the South
  10. The knife on the end of a musket
  11. The two things fighting against each other in a war
  12. Army that won the war
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  1. One of the most pivotal battles in the war, the name of a city
  2. The first battle of the war
  3. President for the North
  4. Higher ranked soldiers on horseback
  5. Many soldiers on foot
  6. The most famous battle of the war
  7. Led a famous charge against the North in the Battle of Gettysburg
  8. President for the South
  9. Month and day that the war began

21 Clues: Many soldiers on foot • Army that won the war • President for the North • President for the South • The Union's head general • Capital city of the South • The first battle of the war • What the war was mainly about • The Confederate's head general • The gun mainly used in the war • Month and day that the war ended • The knife on the end of a musket • Month and day that the war began • ...

The Civil War 2014-03-11

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

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

The Civil War 2014-09-17

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. a state that didn't allow slavery
  2. secret routes that led to free lands
  3. she was a conductor of the Underground Railroad
  4. a state that allowed slavery
  5. sets of laws
  6. states that permitted slavery but had not seceded
  7. regional loyalty
  8. a tax
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  1. to leave
  2. it was in the South but it was controlled by the North
  3. he seized a weapons storehouse at Harpers Ferry
  4. he was elected president of the Confederacy
  5. an agreement in which both sides give something up
  6. he led an attack that killed more than 50 people
  7. people who worked to end slavery
  8. to end
  9. southern states who formed their own nation
  10. the Chief Justice who ruled against Dred Scott
  11. a war between the same country
  12. land that belongs to a nation but is not a state

20 Clues: a tax • to end • to leave • sets of laws • regional loyalty • a state that allowed slavery • a war between the same country • people who worked to end slavery • a state that didn't allow slavery • secret routes that led to free lands • he was elected president of the Confederacy • southern states who formed their own nation • the Chief Justice who ruled against Dred Scott • ...

The Civil War. 2013-04-09

The Civil War. crossword puzzle
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  1. Most bloodiest war in the U.S. history, was also an important victory for the Union.
  2. Confederate used this to win Britain's support because of it's cotton's importance to Britain's textile industry.
  3. This battle occurred because South wanted to defeat North. Union forces controlled key stretches of Tennessee & Kentucky.
  4. she established a small hospital that grew into a major army hospital
  5. Two wars broke out in this place and named it the Battle of _________. It was the first battles in the civil war.
  6. South wanted to break North's will to fight and seize supplies for their army. This became the Battle of __________
  7. He opposed to abolition and sympathized with south, he also said the war was unjustified.
  8. she organized and gathered medicine and supplies to deliver them to the Union troops.
  9. most famous speech of Lincoln in American history.
  10. constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
  11. Mainly of free African Americans trying to capture of Fort Wagner. Called the _____ Massachusetts Infantry. *hint: number
  12. escaped slaves
  13. carried out a Union strategy to destroy southern railroads and industries
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  1. freeing of slaves
  2. The Union wanted to capture Mississippi River by capturing New Orleans first.
  3. using military resources to destroy an opponent's economy and the will to fight
  4. any northern democrats who opposed the war
  5. served in the Mexican war but resigned from the army. He soon volunteered with the Union Army.
  6. Task of charging the center of the Union line under command of George Pickett.
  7. Mainly Cherokee fought in this war for the Confederacy's side. This battle became known as Battle of ___________

20 Clues: escaped slaves • freeing of slaves • any northern democrats who opposed the war • most famous speech of Lincoln in American history. • constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment • she established a small hospital that grew into a major army hospital • carried out a Union strategy to destroy southern railroads and industries • ...

Civil War Crossword 2018-04-30

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Armed forces that prevent the transportation of goods or people into or out of an area.
  2. What did the 13th Amendment abolish?
  3. What right did the 15th Amendment grant to African Americans?
  4. Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy, using a blockade to keep supplies away from the south
  5. Gun with a grooved barrel that causes a bullet to spin through the air.
  6. Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites.
  7. Proclamation issued by Lincoln as a military tactic, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.
  8. tax on earnings
  9. Conditions and practices that promote health.
  10. Warships covered with iron.
  11. Slave states that bordered states in which slavery was illegal.
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  1. Lincoln's main opponents
  2. Talented Military Leader
  3. Lincoln's first goal as president was to
  4. Lee and McClellan's army clashed for a week.
  5. What does the 14th Amendment define?
  6. Bloodiest day in all of American History
  7. Bullet with a hollow base.
  8. Soldiers on horseback.
  9. Cash payments
  10. Who assassinated President Lincoln?
  11. Abolitionist who killed pro slavery settlers in Kansas and was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia

22 Clues: Cash payments • tax on earnings • Soldiers on horseback. • Lincoln's main opponents • Talented Military Leader • Bullet with a hollow base. • Warships covered with iron. • Who assassinated President Lincoln? • What did the 13th Amendment abolish? • What does the 14th Amendment define? • Lincoln's first goal as president was to • Bloodiest day in all of American History • ...

English Civil War 2020-01-17

English Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. this house was abolished (destroyed)
  2. I very important thing in the English Civil War
  3. was supported by all the Kings
  4. This year was when the fight between and the puritans exploded
  5. In this year Cromwell's forces defeated Charles cavaliers
  6. His supporters were know as Cavaliers
  7. Money that goes to the government
  8. People virtue in England
  9. A religious group who wanted to purify the church of England
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  1. this year king Charles I called the parliament into session. He needed money for war against Scotland
  2. Monarchy Most English people prefer this type of government before republic
  3. Supporters of Oliver Cromwell
  4. Leader of the puritans
  5. this house was allowed to remain (Parliament)
  6. In this year Cromwell dismissed a Military Dictatorship he ruled alone with support of the army
  7. Came into power when his dad dies
  8. In this year Charles I surrendered and was tried, convicted and beheaded as a traitor
  9. Dies and his son comes into power
  10. Many monarchs in Europe believe they were ruled by this
  11. This word is the type of government England change into

20 Clues: Leader of the puritans • People virtue in England • Supporters of Oliver Cromwell • was supported by all the Kings • Came into power when his dad dies • Dies and his son comes into power • Money that goes to the government • this house was abolished (destroyed) • His supporters were know as Cavaliers • this house was allowed to remain (Parliament) • ...

Civil War - Jada 2019-12-02

Civil War - Jada crossword puzzle
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  1. Lincoln was morally opposed to:
  2. Union general that burned Atlanta
  3. Bloodiest single-day of fighting in the war
  4. Lincoln's assassinator
  5. President of the Union
  6. Most notorious Prisoner of War Camp; located in Georgia
  7. Provided exemption from draft for owners of 20 or more slaves
  8. Confederate general; shot by own troops
  9. Much of the _____ was destroyed
  10. Lee surrendered at:
  11. Fell to Union troops following a siege
  12. Union troops defended Cemetery Ridge; Pickett attacked Union center
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  1. President of the Confederacy
  2. Freed slaves living in states against the Union
  3. first battle of the Civil War
  4. Conflict between the Union and Confederacy
  5. Southern cotton was traded to European nations
  6. Commanded Army of Northern Virginia
  7. Sherman's troops cut a path of destruction 60 miles wide
  8. Slave states that remained loyal to the Union
  9. Led Union forces at Shiloh
  10. North fought to preserve the:

22 Clues: Lee surrendered at: • Lincoln's assassinator • President of the Union • Led Union forces at Shiloh • President of the Confederacy • first battle of the Civil War • North fought to preserve the: • Lincoln was morally opposed to: • Much of the _____ was destroyed • Union general that burned Atlanta • Commanded Army of Northern Virginia • Fell to Union troops following a siege • ...

civil war vocab 2021-02-19

civil war vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. a person that wants to end slavery
  2. a nickname for the south
  3. a nickname for money
  4. a northerner who moved to the south to become rich
  5. an army of citizens
  6. war between 1861-1865
  7. southern whites that supported republican party
  8. when southern states leave the US
  9. north side of the war
  10. people from the north and union soldiers
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  1. crackers ate by soldiers
  2. states in the north
  3. south side of the war
  4. a shoe worn by soldiers
  5. a large farm in the south
  6. when a famous person is murdered
  7. soldiers that travel by feet
  8. a term for people that supported the Union
  9. a long gun for soldiers
  10. states in the south
  11. a name for people in the south supporting the confederacy
  12. a cap worn by soldiers
  13. used to describe the US before war

23 Clues: states in the north • an army of citizens • states in the south • a nickname for money • south side of the war • war between 1861-1865 • north side of the war • a cap worn by soldiers • a shoe worn by soldiers • a long gun for soldiers • crackers ate by soldiers • a nickname for the south • a large farm in the south • soldiers that travel by feet • when a famous person is murdered • ...

Civil War Crossword 2020-12-17

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. This was not a document that directly freed all slaves, but rather, said that all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 01, 1863
  2. The Georgia General Assembly met in 1861 to discuss seceding from the Union
  3. Because of the horrible conditions in the camp, disease spread throughout the camp and many prisoners died
  4. The South hoped for this to spread into the new territories, while the North wanted at very least, for it to be contained to where it already existed.
  5. ,an act or instance of seceding.
  6. This was designed to cut off the souths transportation and supply routes and in effect “choke” them to death by “squeezing”
  7. This battle last 3 days, September 18-20th. Known as the 2nd bloodiest battle of the Civil War; there were over 34,000 casualties
  8. Led by Alexander Stephens, Robert Toombs, and the promise of the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
  9. This campaign last nearly 4 and a half months
  10. A Supreme Court case that resulted in the court favoring the southern view of slavery and lead to a greater ideological divide between the North and the South
  11. election 1860, The final event that led to the Civil War was the election of 1860
  12. He was an American inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army, officer. He gained fame for his role as a Union general during the American Civil War.
  13. This crisis came about because of a dispute over tariffs, and then widely grew from there
  14. was a U.S. Army officer who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War
  15. Due to the gold rush of 1849, California had enough people to apply for statehood (they wanted to join the Union)
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  1. The Missouri territory wanted to join the Union (become a state); they wanted to enter the Union as a slave state.
  2. This blockade was not successful, only nine out of every ten blockade runners made it successful to England.
  3. A march from Atlanta to Savannah that began on November 15, 1864 and ended on December 21, 1864
  4. was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Hood had a reputation for bravery and aggressiveness that sometimes bordered on recklessness.
  5. One of the major conflicts in the history of the United States

20 Clues: ,an act or instance of seceding. • This campaign last nearly 4 and a half months • One of the major conflicts in the history of the United States • The Georgia General Assembly met in 1861 to discuss seceding from the Union • was a U.S. Army officer who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War • ...

Civil War Puzzle 2020-12-03

Civil War Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Something that slaves fought for.
  2. a companion and a friend.
  3. an officer of high rank that is second in command.
  4. to kill a person secretively.
  5. a nation’s armed services that conducts of military operations on land.
  6. an area of land that is claimed by someone or state.
  7. When soldiers win in a battle.
  8. in the _____ people wanted to help end slavery.
  9. women that helped during the war were.
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  1. battles and conflict between different nations.
  2. When soldiers lose in a battle.
  3. the state of being a slave.
  4. a system of government.
  5. soldiers will _____ their enemies when in combat.
  6. soldiers would wear clothing worn by members of the same organization.
  7. soldiers are part of the _____ in the U.S.
  8. being united or joined in a political context.
  9. A person who serves in an army.
  10. soldiers used these weapons to help win against their enemies.
  11. someone who gives commands to soldiers.
  12. something that caused people to permanently not come back to life.
  13. Lincoln, he was the 16th president of the united states.
  14. something soldiers go into when they're fighting for something.
  15. something that soldier put at risk when entering war or battle.
  16. in the ____ people supported slavery and wanted to keep it.
  17. relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns.

26 Clues: a system of government. • a companion and a friend. • the state of being a slave. • to kill a person secretively. • When soldiers win in a battle. • When soldiers lose in a battle. • A person who serves in an army. • Something that slaves fought for. • women that helped during the war were. • someone who gives commands to soldiers. • soldiers are part of the _____ in the U.S. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2021-02-25

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Novel posted on the reality of slavery
  2. Important river without the river part
  3. south
  4. another word for confederates
  5. The war for freedom
  6. who won the battle of bull run
  7. what were the type of people that own slaves
  8. The south used this mostly to get around
  9. Name of the person who march on the sea
  10. Was the north or the south fighting to free slavery
  11. what was the procces of being owned
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  1. leader of the union army
  2. effort to try and stop slavery
  3. Where robert e. lee surrendered
  4. The address that free slaves from the south
  5. first name of the leader of confederate army
  6. north
  7. What did the north have as a good transportation
  8. 16 president first name
  9. ulysses s. grant was not only a soldier but a

20 Clues: south • north • The war for freedom • 16 president first name • leader of the union army • another word for confederates • effort to try and stop slavery • who won the battle of bull run • Where robert e. lee surrendered • what was the procces of being owned • Novel posted on the reality of slavery • Important river without the river part • Name of the person who march on the sea • ...

Post Civil war 2016-11-17

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

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

Post Civil War 2016-11-17

Post Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. An attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society
  2. Workers went on strike in support of the eight hour workdays
  3. This was set up to provide 160 acres to Native American families so they could become self sufficient
  4. Land parcels were measured, registered, and deeded so you knew exactly what you owned and what you could do with it
  5. Symbol of American success
  6. Survival of the Fittest
  7. Leader of the Cheyenne made a treaty with Colorado's governor and took his people to Sand Creek
  8. People who bought large areas of land in hopes to sell it in the future
  9. New way of burning impurities out of iron
  10. A group of people who didn't feel that the two main political parties were doing good enough to protect their interests
  11. Association of businesses who produce the same product
  12. When a company drops their prices to a very low level to put other companies out of business
  13. Railroad companies cut wages by 10%
  14. Invented talking telegram
  15. Negative view of industrialist
  16. America's greatest inventor
  17. Way of getting around antimonopoly laws
  18. People who raced to claim land parcels for a small sum
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  1. As production increases, the cost of each item produced is lower
  2. Signed by President Lincoln in 1862
  3. George Custer split his men because he underestimated the number of Natives. All his men were killed
  4. Positive view of industrialist
  5. People who cheated and claimed land early
  6. Government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth
  7. Gaining control of different businesses that make up all phases of a product's development
  8. One of the first labor unions
  9. When a company is in complete control of a product or service
  10. Federal land that was set aside specifically for Native Americans to live on
  11. Led the American Federation of Labor
  12. Helped speed up normal process of daily life and created new jobs
  13. Natives were being disarmed when a shot was fired. Soldiers opened fire and massacred about 200 people

31 Clues: Survival of the Fittest • Invented talking telegram • Symbol of American success • America's greatest inventor • One of the first labor unions • Positive view of industrialist • Negative view of industrialist • Signed by President Lincoln in 1862 • Railroad companies cut wages by 10% • Led the American Federation of Labor • Way of getting around antimonopoly laws • ...

Civil War Era 2016-11-18

Civil War Era crossword puzzle
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  1. The Mexican American Civil Rights Movement that fought for restoration of land grants, to farm workers rights, enhanced education, and voting and political rights.
  2. An African American leader who articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism in the 1950s and ‘60s.
  3. Citizens no longer have to pay a fee to vote. If they are a Citizen then they are eligible to vote and have vote rights
  4. Grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,” thereby granting citizenship to former slaves.”
  5. This trial wanted to treat African Americans like they are “Separate but equal.”
  6. Movement where African Americans rode interstate buses to test the enforcement of the Supreme Court's decision to outlaw segregation at interstate level.
  7. Played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens in the South and the creation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  8. Movement where 4 African-American students went into a whites only diner and asked politely for a cup of coffee. When denied service, they would not engage in violence but would sit quietly and wait to be served.
  9. The mass march from Selma to Montgomery to protest for the black voter registration in Dallas county, where protesters were brutally attacked by state troopers and mounted patrolmen.
  10. An Indian leadership movement that transformed policy making into programs and organizations that served many Indian communities.
  11. Grant African American men the right to vote
  12. Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a public bus spurred a citywide boycott and helped launch nationwide efforts to end segregation of public facilities
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  1. It was for women’s suffrage and the right for a women to have equal voting rights as her male counterparts. Finalized in 1919
  2. “The segregation and disenfranchisement laws...codified system of racial apartheid that dominated the American South for three quarters of a century beginning in the 1890’s”
  3. Abolished slavery within the United States.
  4. This case dealt with the segregation of public schools on the basis of race.
  5. Civil rights activist who fought for better working conditions for farmers.
  6. The massive boycott that lasted 13 months, resulting in the ruling that bus segregation between whites and blacks was unconstitutional.
  7. January 22, 1973 Supreme court overturned decision on the abortion law, meaning that women and their doctor can choose abortion of pregnancy without legal restriction.
  8. Signed on July 2, 1964, prohibited any discrimination in a public place and allowed integration in school. This was signed by President Lyndon Johnson.
  9. Movement to win dignity and respect for America’s farm workers through better working conditions and a living wage.
  10. A charismatic Oglala Sioux who helped revive image of the American Indian.

22 Clues: Abolished slavery within the United States. • Grant African American men the right to vote • A charismatic Oglala Sioux who helped revive image of the American Indian. • Civil rights activist who fought for better working conditions for farmers. • This case dealt with the segregation of public schools on the basis of race. • ...

Civil war crossword 2017-04-24

Civil war crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. soldiers who ride horses
  2. Troops sent to strengthen a fighting force by adding an additional number of fresh soldiers
  3. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
  4. Union general who believed in total war
  5. President of the United States of America during the Civil War
  6. confederate general
  7. Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant
  8. Law the provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them
  9. killed most of solders during the holocaust
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  1. Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal
  2. withdrawal from enemy forces and territory
  3. Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States
  4. freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
  5. Slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware)
  6. Loyal to the Confederacy ,Also Southern or Rebel
  7. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  8. To leave or withdraw
  9. laws passed to restrict African Americans
  10. A ship protected by iron armor
  11. Paper currency which began to circulate in the North

20 Clues: confederate general • To leave or withdraw • soldiers who ride horses • A ship protected by iron armor • Union general who believed in total war • laws passed to restrict African Americans • withdrawal from enemy forces and territory • killed most of solders during the holocaust • Loyal to the Confederacy ,Also Southern or Rebel • ...

Civil war crossword 2017-04-24

Civil war crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Union general who believed in total war
  2. Law the provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them
  3. Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant
  4. Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal
  5. Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States
  6. confederate general
  7. Loyal to the Confederacy ,Also Southern or Rebel
  8. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  9. withdrawal from enemy forces and territory
  10. killed most of solders during the holocaust
  11. President of the United States of America during the Civil War
  12. Paper currency which began to circulate in the North
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  1. freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
  2. Slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware)
  3. Troops sent to strengthen a fighting force by adding an additional number of fresh soldiers
  4. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
  5. To leave or withdraw
  6. soldiers who ride horses
  7. A ship protected by iron armor
  8. laws passed to restrict African Americans

20 Clues: confederate general • To leave or withdraw • soldiers who ride horses • A ship protected by iron armor • Union general who believed in total war • laws passed to restrict African Americans • withdrawal from enemy forces and territory • killed most of solders during the holocaust • Loyal to the Confederacy ,Also Southern or Rebel • ...

The Civil War! 2017-05-13

The Civil War! crossword puzzle
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  1. The president during the time of the Civil War
  2. letting the people decide, would have ended slavery, created by Stephen Douglas
  3. The side of the country the Union was on
  4. Freedom from slavery. Abraham Lincoln wrote the __________ Proclamation
  5. Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron. The north had a big clothing and machinery _________
  6. To practice marching
  7. The distance around the inside of a gun barrel (measured in thousands of an inch.) Bullets are labeled by what caliber gun they fit.
  8. A military made up from the community for an emergency
  9. A branch of the military that mostly uses ships
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  1. A cap worn by the civil war soldiers
  2. The War Between the States
  3. A southern term for peanuts
  4. Also called the South or the Confederate States of America, the __________ incorporated the states that seceded from the United States of America to form their own nation.
  5. Someone who wants slavery abolished or gone
  6. A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States. ____ doodle is a song written. The New York ______ baseball team
  7. A metal blade, like a short sword, that could be attached to the end of a musket or rifle-musket and used as a spear in hand-to-hand combat.
  8. A ship protected by metal armor
  9. The side of the country supporting Confederacy
  10. A mass killing of people
  11. A group of soldiers fighting on foot
  12. The portion of the country that stayed loyal to the federal government

21 Clues: To practice marching • A mass killing of people • The War Between the States • A southern term for peanuts • A ship protected by metal armor • A cap worn by the civil war soldiers • A group of soldiers fighting on foot • The side of the country the Union was on • Someone who wants slavery abolished or gone • The president during the time of the Civil War • ...

Post Civil War 2016-11-18

Post Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A group of similar companies that agree to limit production to cause raised prices.
  2. Was in Europe when his partner Henry Frick proposed wage cuts at Carnegie Steel, causing a massive strike and violent protests.
  3. A process to produce advanced steel by burning more impurities from iron.
  4. The philosophy of government owned business to distribute wealth equally.
  5. This type of consolidation is when a large company buys up all the smaller ones to control the industry.
  6. Wanted to buy large areas of land and sell them later to make a profit
  7. Invented a code of electrical pulses to communicate messages over wires.
  8. ____ of Labor was the first labor union, lead by Terence Powderly.
  9. A symbol of American success, showed that the US was a serious world power.
  10. Now that working required less physical labor, more of this demographic was encouraged to join the workforce.
  11. Cheaters who jumped the gun on the Oklahoma land rush.
  12. Economies of ______, when produced in bulk, products become cheaper.
  13. The negative term for rich people, because they were cruel to others to get richer.
  14. _____ Square, fighting broke out at McCormick reaper factory. A strike rally was later held. There was a bomb that killed a police officer.
Down
  1. _____ of Industry, the positive term for rich people because they stimulated the economy.
  2. This type of consolidation is when a company buys up other companies involved in development of their product so they control the whole process.
  3. Called America's greatest inventor, invented light bulb that run without burning up.
  4. When the US government tried to get rid of Native American traditions and make them behave like the rest of American Society.
  5. Split his troops to find the Indian camp, underestimated their numbers, him and all his men died.
  6. Government land given to the Native Americans when they were kicked off their homelands.
  7. One company controls an entire industry.
  8. They were used in the most dangerous places of factories because they could fit in tight places and reach inside machinery.
  9. The location where the two sides of the Transcontinental Railroad were connected.
  10. Westernmost point on the Transcontinental Railroad.
  11. A group of companies controlled by one, but individually owned, thus getting around anti-monopoly laws.
  12. In general, people who rushed to Oklahoma to get land for cheap, specifically the people who played fairly and did not start early.

26 Clues: One company controls an entire industry. • Westernmost point on the Transcontinental Railroad. • Cheaters who jumped the gun on the Oklahoma land rush. • ____ of Labor was the first labor union, lead by Terence Powderly. • Economies of ______, when produced in bulk, products become cheaper. • Wanted to buy large areas of land and sell them later to make a profit • ...

Post Civil War 2016-11-18

Post Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A philosophy that suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth created by those businesses
  2. A philosophy that believes in survival of the fittest
  3. A refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest
  4. People who bought large areas of land in the hopes of selling it later for a profit
  5. Leader of The American Federation of Labor, another labor union at this time
  6. ________ immigrants did the work for the railroad in the west
  7. Industrialists seen as stripping the world of its natural resources, competing ruthlessly for business, and treating their workers cruelly
  8. _______ immigrants contributed greatly to building the railroad in the east
  9. An attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society
  10. He and his 200 troops were killed at the Little Big Horn River when they tried to take on 2000 Native Americans and force them into reservations
  11. When a company is in complete control of a product or service
  12. The leader of the Knights of Labor, one of the first labor unions
  13. Federal lands that were set aside specifically for Native Americans to live on
  14. Thousands of people who raced into the Oklahoma Territories to claim parcels of land
  15. A non interference approach
  16. A loose association of businesses who produce the same product and agree to limit production thus driving up prices
  17. __________ consolidation is when a company buys out their competition to create a monopoly
Down
  1. Kept money supplies tight because it had to be backed by gold
  2. A way of getting around anti-monopoly laws. Businesses were controlled but not owned by one company thus not seen as a monopoly
  3. Invented the "Talking Telegram"
  4. People who cheated and went into Oklahoma early and claimed some of the best parcels of land
  5. Called America's greatest inventor
  6. Industrialists praised for creating jobs, helping the economy, and giving to charities and other causes
  7. The _________ Railroad connected the east and the west
  8. The _________ Bridge was a symbol of American success
  9. The _________ Process was a new way of burning impurities out of iron
  10. This political party was a group of people who didn't feel the two main political parties were doing enough to protect their interests
  11. Created Morse Code
  12. __________ consolidation is when a company gains control of all the businesses that make up the phases of production for their product
  13. Taxes put on imported goods

30 Clues: Created Morse Code • A non interference approach • Taxes put on imported goods • Invented the "Talking Telegram" • Called America's greatest inventor • A philosophy that believes in survival of the fittest • The _________ Bridge was a symbol of American success • The _________ Railroad connected the east and the west • ...

Post Civil War 2016-11-18

Post Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An act that was set up to provide land to indian families so they could become self sufficient. It was not a success. Much land was not good for farming.
  2. When something happens once, it is most likely to happen again
  3. An attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society.
  4. Who worked from the west on the transcontinental railroad?
  5. Who had it worse working in miserable conditions?
  6. Land was measured so you know what you owned and what you could do with it.
  7. As productino increases the cost of each item produced is lower
  8. Alexander Graham Bell
  9. When a company would drop it's price to very low level to dive their competitors out of business then would buy them out
  10. When a company is in complete control of a product or service
  11. Federal lands that were set aside for Native Americans to live on.
  12. A philosophy that believes in the survival of the fittest
  13. A loose association of businesses who produce the same product.
  14. People had lost everything during the civil war and were looking for a new start in a new place. People looked for a new place to hide from persecution for religious beliefs. Ones who committed a crime would flee.
  15. Who worked from the east on the transcontinental railroad?
  16. A way of getting around anti monopoly laws
Down
  1. Industrialists were seen as __ because they were seen as stripping the world of its natural resources
  2. Who worked in dangerous conditions due to size?
  3. A philosophy that suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth
  4. Samuel Morse
  5. A department of the government who was in charge of making sure that reservations had enough so Native Americans would be taken care of.
  6. Gaining control of the many different businesses that make up all phases of a product's development
  7. People who bought large areas of land in the hope of selling it for profit
  8. One of the first labor unions
  9. Lead one of the first labor unions
  10. Industrialists were seen as __ because they were praised for many things
  11. America's greatest inventor
  12. Thousands of people raced into Oklahoma territories and laid claim to land parcels for very little
  13. People who cheated and went into Oklahoma territories early and claimed a few of the best land parcels
  14. For most people, their dream was to own land. Thousands of acres were for sale for very cheap. Gold was on people's minds to get rich.
  15. A person who rebels against authority and hates big governments and businesses

31 Clues: Samuel Morse • Alexander Graham Bell • America's greatest inventor • One of the first labor unions • Lead one of the first labor unions • A way of getting around anti monopoly laws • Who worked in dangerous conditions due to size? • Who had it worse working in miserable conditions? • A philosophy that believes in the survival of the fittest • ...

Post Civil War 2016-11-17

Post Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. People who cheated and went into Oklahoma early
  2. Place where officials disarmed Indians and someone fired a shot and there was a 200 person massacre
  3. A loose association of business who produce the same product
  4. The bridge that was a symbol of American success
  5. Leader of the American Federation of Labor (last name only)
  6. Leader of the Cheyenne who made a treaty with Colorado's governor.
  7. Land that was measured, registered and deeded so you knew exactly what was yours
  8. A philosophy that suggested government ownership of businesses
  9. An Act that was set up to provide 160 acres to Indian families
  10. Federal lands that were set aside specifically for Indians
  11. When a company is in complete control of a product or service
  12. Type of consolidation when a company would drop its prices to a very low level
  13. Came up with the idea of using pulses to communicate.
  14. Industrialists that were seen as stripping the world of natural resources
  15. one of the first labor unions that was lead by Terrence Powderly
  16. Type of workers that were willing to go against a strike and work
Down
  1. People who bought a lot of land in hope of selling it later for a profit
  2. A way of getting around anti-monopoly laws
  3. Type of factor that led many people toward the West.
  4. An Act that allowed people to obtain 160 acres of land if they met certain conditions.
  5. People who raced into Oklahoma territory to claim land for a very small price
  6. Who invented the talking telegram?
  7. An attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society
  8. Railroad that went across the continent
  9. The strike that happened because people were angry that wages were cut, but the cost of living stayed the same
  10. Type of factor that led many people out of the East.
  11. Type of consolidation where you get control of all the parts of production
  12. Who quit his job and became a full time inventor?
  13. Taxes on imported goods

29 Clues: Taxes on imported goods • Who invented the talking telegram? • Railroad that went across the continent • A way of getting around anti-monopoly laws • People who cheated and went into Oklahoma early • The bridge that was a symbol of American success • Who quit his job and became a full time inventor? • Type of factor that led many people toward the West. • ...

Post Civil War 2016-11-17

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

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

The Civil War 2017-09-08

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

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

Civil War Crossword 2018-01-16

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

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

The Civil War 2016-05-08

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

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

The Civil War 2018-05-14

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

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

Civil War Crossword 2018-12-18

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

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

Civil War 22 2024-06-06

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

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

Civil War 29 2024-06-06

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

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

Civil War 32 2024-06-06

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

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

Civil War 1 2024-06-05

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

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

Civil War 2 2024-06-05

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

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

Civil War 42 2024-06-07

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

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

Civil War 45 2024-06-07

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

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

Civil War 44 2024-06-07

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

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

Civil War 19 2024-06-06

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

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

Civil War 20 2024-06-06

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

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

Civil War 4 2024-06-06

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

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

Civil War 7 2024-06-06

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

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

Civil War 15 2024-06-06

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

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

The Civil War 2023-09-17

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

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

Civil war crossword 2024-05-15

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

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

civil war crossword 2024-05-15

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

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

Civil War Crossword 2023-02-22

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

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

Civil War Crossword 2023-02-22

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

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

Civil War Crossword 2023-03-06

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

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

Civil War Vocabulary 2023-04-20

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

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

Civil War Crossword 2023-04-28

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

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

Civil War 101 2023-04-27

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

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

Civil War & Realism 2023-05-09

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

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

Civil War Review 2023-05-11

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

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

Civil War Era 2023-05-16

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

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

Civil War Era 2023-05-16

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

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

Civil War Review 2023-08-30

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

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

The Civil War 2021-10-12

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

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

Civil War Terms 2021-09-17

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

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

The Civil War 2021-12-07

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

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

civil war causes 2021-12-10

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

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

The Civil War 2022-05-18

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

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

civil war (arianna) 2022-05-27

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

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

Civil War Vocab 2022-05-12

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

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

Civil War Test 2024-09-13

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

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

Civil War Test 2024-09-13

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

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

The Civil War 2023-10-30

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

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

Civil War Review 2023-11-03

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

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

Civil War Causes 2024-02-05

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

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

Civil War Review 2024-11-13

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

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

US Civil War 2025-05-06

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

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

Pre-Civil War 2025-04-02

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

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

The Civil War 2024-04-12

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

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

American Civil War 2024-04-09

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

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

The Civil War 2024-04-12

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

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

Civil War Review 2024-03-20

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

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

The Civil War 2021-05-18

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

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

Civil War Review 2022-03-09

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

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

Civil War Review 2022-02-15

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

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

Civil War Crossword 2022-02-14

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

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

Civil War Journal 2022-02-15

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

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

Civil War Vocabulary 2022-09-26

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

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

Civil war vocab 2026-01-13

Civil war vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mounds to protect troops
  2. A warship covered in iron plates
  3. South side of the war
  4. Foot soldiers
  5. Cutting off enemy's supply lines
  6. To experience battle for the first time
  7. A root cause of the war
  8. Soldiers who are known for bright uniforms and fierce fighting
  9. A period after war for rebuilding the south
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  1. The north side of the war
  2. Someone drafted into military service
  3. When slaves got free
  4. Term used by union
  5. poor quality goods
  6. Large cannons
  7. Loyal to one's region over country
  8. Long battle with troops in trenches
  9. Exhausted
  10. Conical bullet used to better accuracy
  11. Act of states leaving a union

20 Clues: Exhausted • Foot soldiers • Large cannons • Term used by union • poor quality goods • When slaves got free • South side of the war • A root cause of the war • Mounds to protect troops • The north side of the war • Act of states leaving a union • A warship covered in iron plates • Cutting off enemy's supply lines • Loyal to one's region over country • Long battle with troops in trenches • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2026-01-08

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. having to do with manufacturing
  2. Ocean
  3. a person who wants to stop (or abolish) slavery
  4. Europe,the Americas,and West Africa,using shipping routes across the
  5. a person who was in charge of the work of enslaved people and who
  6. loyalty to a part of one’s country rather than the whole country
  7. such as a plantation owner
  8. trade the exchange of people who were enslaved and goods
  9. Ocean from West Africa to the West Indies and the American continents
  10. someone who captures or holds another person for purposes of
  11. had escaped slavery reach freedom
  12. the nation formed by the 11 states that left the Union
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  1. punish them for disobeying him
  2. during the Civil War
  3. a public sale in which property is sold to the highest bidder
  4. the voyage of ships carrying enslaved Africans across the
  5. having to do with farming
  6. to separate or break away
  7. the United States as one country; States that stayed with the United
  8. Railroad a system in which abolitionists secretly helped people
  9. the way people make and spend money

21 Clues: Ocean • during the Civil War • having to do with farming • to separate or break away • such as a plantation owner • punish them for disobeying him • having to do with manufacturing • had escaped slavery reach freedom • the way people make and spend money • a person who wants to stop (or abolish) slavery • the nation formed by the 11 states that left the Union • ...

Ch. 17 Reconstruction Vocabulary Crossword 2016-04-18

Ch. 17 Reconstruction Vocabulary Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. 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.
  2. granted citizenship and the same rights enjoyed by white citizens to all male persons in the United States
  3. Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or previous condition of servitude
  4. Any code of law that defined and especially limited the rights of former slaves after the Civil War.
  5. After the disputed Presidential Election of 1876, Congress declared Republican Rutherford B. Hayes the winner, but Republicans promised to withdraw remaining troops from Southern states & no longer attempt to reshape Southern states; marked the end of Reconstruction as Democrats regained control of the South
  6. A secret society organized in the South after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of violence.
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  1. first African American senator
  2. Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites
  3. the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
  4. Civil War general who became president in 1869
  5. 17th president of the United States, came to office after Lincoln's assassination and opposed Radical Republicans; he was impeached
  6. 26 year old actor and Southern sympathizer, assassination of Abraham Lincoln
  7. Federal agency set up in 1865 to provide food, schools, and medical care to freed slaves in the South
  8. declared that all persons born in the US were citizenship, that all citizens were entitled to equal rights and their rights were protected by due process
  9. officially made slavery illegal in all of the United States

15 Clues: first African American senator • Civil War general who became president in 1869 • Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites • officially made slavery illegal in all of the United States • 26 year old actor and Southern sympathizer, assassination of Abraham Lincoln • ...

Millie's Russian Revolution Crossword 2016-02-22

Millie's Russian Revolution Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. like parliament but only lasted 10 weeks
  2. influenced Czar Nicholas II's wife
  3. headed the provisional government
  4. last Czar of Russia
  5. leader of bolsheviks
  6. emergency government
  7. humiliated Russia greatly against Japan
  8. army only unified though being against communism during Russia's civil war
  9. palace guards shoot into crowd during a petition for better working conditions
  10. classless society
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  1. army unified under Lenin and Bolsheviks during Russia's civil war
  2. brought an end to Russian monarchy
  3. less radical marxists
  4. Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
  5. more radical marxists
  6. leader of the USSR and Russia after Lenin
  7. father of communism
  8. people of lower class
  9. Lenin's small version of capitalism to fix economy

19 Clues: classless society • last Czar of Russia • father of communism • leader of bolsheviks • emergency government • less radical marxists • more radical marxists • people of lower class • headed the provisional government • brought an end to Russian monarchy • influenced Czar Nicholas II's wife • Union of Soviet Socialist Republic • humiliated Russia greatly against Japan • ...

Civil War Crossword 2024-05-14

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a skilled Confederate general from Virginia who dies after being accidentally shot by Confederate soldiers
  2. President of the Confederate States of America
  3. turning point of the Civil War, Union forces repel Lee's invasion of the North in this small town in southern Pennsylvania, after gaining control of the high ground of the battlefield
  4. Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, offered command of Union forces at the beginning of the war, but chose not to fight against Virginia, urged Southerners to accept defeat at the end of the war and reunite as Americans
  5. the first major battle of the Civil War
  6. general of the Union forces who defeated Robert E. Lee's confederate army
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  1. consisted of slave states that remained in the Union
  2. by taking this city in southern Mississippi, the Union gained control of the Mississippi River and divided the Confederacy
  3. The BLANK consisted of 11 states that supported states' rights and the practice of slavery and seceded from the United States
  4. The BLANK consisted of 23 states located mostly to the north and west that opposed secession from the United States
  5. new state formed from the western counties of Virginia that refused to secede from the Union
  6. Lee's surrender to Grant here in 1865, marking the end of the Civil War
  7. President of the United States who opposed the spread of slavery and was determined to preserve the Union, by force is necessary
  8. to withdraw or separate from a political state
  9. First shots fired to start the Civil War

15 Clues: the first major battle of the Civil War • First shots fired to start the Civil War • President of the Confederate States of America • to withdraw or separate from a political state • consisted of slave states that remained in the Union • Lee's surrender to Grant here in 1865, marking the end of the Civil War • ...

U.S. History Review 2018-05-16

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

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

U.S. History Review 2018-05-16

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

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

U.S. History Review 2018-05-16

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

US President Word Puzzle 2022-03-22

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

30 Clues: Major US general in WW2. • Served during the Gulf War. • Partake in the Vietnam War. • Created the Bull Moose Party. • Served in the first World War. • Ended the Cuban Missile Crisis. • Successor of Theodore Roosevelt. • Created the Affordable Care act. • Served his presidency during WW2. • Major US general of the Civil War. • Eliminated the Guinea worm disease. • ...

Lincoln and The Civil War 2023-02-16

Lincoln and The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. This means freedom
  2. The name of the territory bought from France.
  3. The name of the war fought between the North and the South.
  4. At the same time
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  1. President's Day is in this month.
  2. This part of the US won the Civil War.
  3. This was the problem that led to the Civil War.
  4. He was president during the Civil War.

8 Clues: At the same time • This means freedom • President's Day is in this month. • This part of the US won the Civil War. • He was president during the Civil War. • The name of the territory bought from France. • This was the problem that led to the Civil War. • The name of the war fought between the North and the South.

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-21

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. anaconda plan was a part of this
  2. The South ___ in 1865
  3. was the main general in this blockade
  4. Jefferson ___ feared Atlanta would be given up without a fight
  5. the proclamation ended diplomatic ___ of the confederacy of great Britain
  6. ___ cause reason for the northerners to fight the south
  7. Chickamauga was an extremely ___ battle for both sides of the war
  8. Atlantans feared the ___ of their city was inevitable
  9. this was the bloodiest engagement in the civil war
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  1. the north cut this off from the south
  2. Blackshear had 333 ___ at the outbreak of the war
  3. Chickamauga was the ___ battle fought in georgia
  4. this was written by president lincoln
  5. Sherman's march was a path of ___
  6. Men also went to the 4th Georgian ___ regiment
  7. Men went to the 50th Georgia ___ regiment
  8. ___ Campaign is the name given to the military operations that took place in Georgia during the civil war

17 Clues: The South ___ in 1865 • anaconda plan was a part of this • Sherman's march was a path of ___ • the north cut this off from the south • this was written by president lincoln • was the main general in this blockade • Men went to the 50th Georgia ___ regiment • Men also went to the 4th Georgian ___ regiment • Chickamauga was the ___ battle fought in georgia • ...

history crossword final 2025-04-23

history crossword final crossword puzzle
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  1. the unions ironclad
  2. Confederate general and military leader of the defeated Confederacy during the American Civil War.
  3. created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed residents to decide whether to permit slavery through popular sovereignty.
  4. the successful party that came from the whigs
  5. two federal laws, passed in 1793 and 1850, designed to compel the return of escaped enslaved people to their owners
  6. This siege, which took place from May 18 to July 4, 1863, resulted in a key Union victory that gave them control of the Mississippi River and effectively split the Confederacy.
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  1. 16th U.S. President
  2. the union general and military leader
  3. a historical sea fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, and is renowned as the site where the first shots of the American Civil War were fired.
  4. is considered a turning point in the war, marking the high-water mark of the Confederate invasion of the North.
  5. the principle that the legitimacy of a government and its leaders comes from the consent of the people they govern
  6. withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
  7. Abraham Lincoln's shortest speech during the war.
  8. first metal boat
  9. the Union's early war strategy to defeat the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

15 Clues: first metal boat • 16th U.S. President • the unions ironclad • the union general and military leader • the successful party that came from the whigs • Abraham Lincoln's shortest speech during the war. • the Union's early war strategy to defeat the Confederacy during the American Civil War. • ...

Civil War: Sect 1-3 - Sheldon 2025-11-13

Civil War: Sect 1-3 - Sheldon crossword puzzle
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  1. A siege lead by Grant that would cut off this city's resources.
  2. Confederate general who earned his nickname for "standing like a stone wall".
  3. The idea that Great Britain would support the Confederacy because they needed the South's raw cotton.
  4. A Union general who devised what is now known as the "Anaconda Plan".
  5. A series of clashes from Lee that forced the Union army to retreat from Richmond.
  6. A Civil War battle notorious for being the single bloodiest day in American history.
  7. The ______ Battle of Bull Run was the first major battle of the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
  8. A Confederate general willing to take risks and unpredictable moves.
  9. The ______ Battle of Bull Run saw Jackson's troops meeting Pope's troops for a three day skirmish.
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  1. Ships heavily armored with iron.
  2. A Civil War battle which saw the Union army gain great control of the Mississippi River valley.
  3. A Union general well known for being disliked by Lincoln because of his hesitation to attack.
  4. A Union admiral well known for racing past southern defenses in the Gulf of Mexico.
  5. Slave states that did not join the Confederacy.
  6. A federal outpost in Charleston that was attacked and sparked the Civil War.
  7. A Union General initially stationed out west; he grew impatient when Lincoln asked him to lead a defensive front.

16 Clues: Ships heavily armored with iron. • Slave states that did not join the Confederacy. • A siege lead by Grant that would cut off this city's resources. • A Confederate general willing to take risks and unpredictable moves. • A Union general who devised what is now known as the "Anaconda Plan". • ...

Chapter 16 Civil War/ Reconstruction 2013-12-16

Chapter 16 Civil War/ Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. Didn't want slavery
  2. 17th President
  3. Law from Johnson that tried to clean up the civil war
  4. President getting fired
  5. Civil War General (18th president)
  6. Nickname for the South
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  1. Nickname for the North
  2. Wanted Slavery
  3. 16th Presdinent
  4. Against The North and liked slavery after the war

10 Clues: Wanted Slavery • 17th President • 16th Presdinent • Didn't want slavery • Nickname for the North • Nickname for the South • President getting fired • Civil War General (18th president) • Against The North and liked slavery after the war • Law from Johnson that tried to clean up the civil war

Civil War Vocabulary 2024-05-10

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Soldiers trained to fight on horseback.
  2. Made from leather, a common type of shoe in the Civil War.
  3. The term originated in the mid-1860s which is a slang term for U.S. paper dollars.
  4. A person who wants to stop or abolish slavery.
  5. A steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor.
  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. Ranged weapons that launch munitions.
  8. Soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot.
  9. A league or alliance of confederate states.
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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. The basic unit of soldiers in an artillery regiment
  3. Large property dependent on the labor of enslaved people. Also known as a labor camp.
  4. To leave or withdraw; Eleven Southern states did this from the Union in 1860 which sparked the Civil War.
  5. 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.
  6. a rifle, pistol, or other portable gun.

15 Clues: Ranged weapons that launch munitions. • Soldiers trained to fight on horseback. • a rifle, pistol, or other portable gun. • A league or alliance of confederate states. • A person who wants to stop or abolish slavery. • The basic unit of soldiers in an artillery regiment • Soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot. • ...

Civil War 2023-10-27

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  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 People, Things, & Events 2023-09-24

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

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

A fun Civil war game 2021-04-29

A fun Civil war game crossword puzzle
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  1. First big war in the Civil War.
  2. Generals used _____ to be able to get to their enemies territories without being in danger.
  3. About _____ soldiers died the day of the first battle hint: there is a comma between the 3 numbers.
  4. ___________ beat Union in war of Bull Run.
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  1. Where the first war of the Civil war was.
  2. How far west the Civil war went.
  3. Where most of the fighting was hint: it is above Mississippi on a map.
  4. How far north the Civil war went.

8 Clues: First big war in the Civil War. • How far west the Civil war went. • How far north the Civil war went. • Where the first war of the Civil war was. • ___________ beat Union in war of Bull Run. • Where most of the fighting was hint: it is above Mississippi on a map. • Generals used _____ to be able to get to their enemies territories without being in danger. • ...

Civil War Crossword Terms 2026-02-16

Civil War Crossword Terms crossword puzzle
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  1. He was a Union general who took Ambrose Burnside’s spot as general in 1863
  2. He was a successful Confederate general but after the war he was criticized for supporting Grant in becoming President.
  3. The Confederacy’s largest prison
  4. Was the first battle of the Civil War to take place on Union soil
  5. He was a Confederacy general who used his agility and intelligence to win the battle of Potomac
  6. He was president for most of the war
  7. He was a Union general most famous for burning 2,000 barns at the valley of Shenandoah
  8. Was where the first shots took place
  9. A battle where Lee would surrender to Grant
  10. The first battle of the Civil War
  11. A Union Strategy to blockade the South from using the Mississippi
  12. He led a very inconsiderate charge on the Union during the Battle of Gettysburg
  13. He got his nickname from standing like a wall
  14. It was the deadliest battle in the Civil War
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  1. He went from a US senator to leading an army of 1,700 soldiers
  2. He stood like a rock in the Battle of Chickamauga giving himself a Nickname known as the “Chicamauga Rock”
  3. A Law that declared all slaves in rebellious South states to be free
  4. A Union General who expressed that the war would not end quickly which led to him being demoted
  5. The Confederacy’s first Ironclad boat
  6. A battle where the Union won and helped Lincoln’s reelection
  7. He surrendered for the Confederacy
  8. He was a Union General who captured Mexico City and became General on August 6th, 1861
  9. Was the first boat used by the Union
  10. He was a Union General who Robert E. Lee said he was the best he ever faced
  11. He was leader of the Confederacy
  12. He was a Union general who suffered 6 battle wounds throughout his career
  13. A battle where its result would ruin the Confederacy’s hope of blockading the Mississippi River
  14. He became President after being a general in the Civil War
  15. He was the first Admiral in the U.S. Navy
  16. A battle that rewarded the Union with the Mississippi River
  17. He was the only Native American General

31 Clues: The Confederacy’s largest prison • He was leader of the Confederacy • The first battle of the Civil War • He surrendered for the Confederacy • Was the first boat used by the Union • He was president for most of the war • Was where the first shots took place • The Confederacy’s first Ironclad boat • He was the only Native American General • ...