civil war Crossword Puzzles
Battles and Strategies of the Civil War 2023-04-17
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- First strategy used by confederate
- cutting off resources of the enemy
- Deadly one day battle
- Europe sends supplies to the south
- river controlled by the union
- The First Battle of the civil war
- Robert E Lees proudest moment
- insured the union control of mississippi river
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- Where lil baby from
- flexible defensive
- Battle ended February 16
- Strategy used to suffocate the opponent
- turning point the civil war
- once the bloodiest battle of American History 23,000 dead
- The second battle won by the confederate
15 Clues: flexible defensive • Where lil baby from • Deadly one day battle • Battle ended February 16 • turning point the civil war • river controlled by the union • Robert E Lees proudest moment • The First Battle of the civil war • First strategy used by confederate • cutting off resources of the enemy • Europe sends supplies to the south • Strategy used to suffocate the opponent • ...
reconstruction 2023-10-09
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- was a black Senator
- was Secretary of War
- granted full citezenship
- Southeners passed this to control freed African Americans
- terist organisation
- single crop grown by farmers
- amied to control freed men and women
- war hero president
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- gave African American men the right to vote
- was civil rights leader
- overrode Johnson's Veto of Civil Rights Act
- was a Radical Republican
- restored full rights to people of south and supported by Democrats
- was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution
- was offered by Lincoln to white southerners
15 Clues: war hero president • was a black Senator • terist organisation • was Secretary of War • was civil rights leader • was a Radical Republican • granted full citezenship • single crop grown by farmers • amied to control freed men and women • was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution • gave African American men the right to vote • overrode Johnson's Veto of Civil Rights Act • ...
civil war 2023-04-25
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- blodiest battle of civil war
- the northern states wanted:
- northern states called southern states this
- one of the most famous speeches that was made in the us(hint: this speech was made by president licolin)
- what did some slaves use to run away to the north?
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- northern states tried to abolish this
- what slaves were mainly used to make
- weapon used to fight in wars
- men who fought in civil war
- also known as the northern states in the civil war
10 Clues: the northern states wanted: • men who fought in civil war • blodiest battle of civil war • weapon used to fight in wars • what slaves were mainly used to make • northern states tried to abolish this • northern states called southern states this • also known as the northern states in the civil war • what did some slaves use to run away to the north? • ...
English Civil War 2022-01-17
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- Another name for a Royalist
- Where the government meets to make decisions
- The King during the English Civil War
- Tax A tax imposed on the population during the Civil War
- The leader of the Parliamentarians
- Lots of civilians were indirectly killed because of ...
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- A person not in the army
- The first major battle of the Civil War
- Another name for a Parliamentarian
9 Clues: A person not in the army • Another name for a Royalist • Another name for a Parliamentarian • The leader of the Parliamentarians • The King during the English Civil War • The first major battle of the Civil War • Where the government meets to make decisions • Lots of civilians were indirectly killed because of ... • Tax A tax imposed on the population during the Civil War
American Civil War Crossword 2021-02-05
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- A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy.
- The Northern States during the Civil War who were against slavery.
- Our 16th president and signer of the Emancipation Proclamation.
- An enslaved man who freed himself and delivered a boat to the Union
- People who have left the country of their birth to live in another country.
- An American statesman and politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America
- This Confederate submarine was introduced to battle in 1864, but was ineffective in combat.
- Partial or complete removal of a limb.
- Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation.
- Union war plan by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi R, and to take an army through heart of south.
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- A loose union of independent states; name of government used by the southern states that seceded during the Civil War.
- An act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
- An international organization dedicated to the medical care of the sick or wounded in wars and natural disasters
- A proclamation written by Aberaham Lincoln that freed all slaves in America.
- Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross.
- American abolitionist and writer, he escaped slavery and became a leading African American spokesman and writer.
- Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force.
- A condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position.
- General whose march to sea caused destruction to the south, union general, led march to destroy all supplies and resources, beginning of total warfare.
- A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military.
20 Clues: Partial or complete removal of a limb. • Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation. • Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross. • Our 16th president and signer of the Emancipation Proclamation. • A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy. • A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military. • ...
Social Studies class 2023-01-25
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- the restoration of friendly relations.
- The proclamation the declared slaves free
- people who were used for labor without pay
- The U.S president during the Civil War
- the south side of the war
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- the war between the union and the confederate
- the north side of the civil war
- the action of murdering someone
- Abraham Lincolns killer
- The holiday created after the death of Abe Lincoln
10 Clues: Abraham Lincolns killer • the south side of the war • the north side of the civil war • the action of murdering someone • the restoration of friendly relations. • The U.S president during the Civil War • The proclamation the declared slaves free • people who were used for labor without pay • the war between the union and the confederate • ...
Civil War project puzzle 2021-02-05
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- Major cause of death among soldiers on both sides.
- Traveled with the Army, or North;Many joined the Union;Part of the 54th Mass. Regiment; Were freed by Abraham Lincoln.
- The Southern States; seceeded from the union in 1860; believed abolishing slavery would ruin their way of life.
- the USA's highest and most prestigious personal military decoration awarded for valor.
- Union officer who was in charge of Fort Sumter.
- fast ships that broke through the union blockade to get the southern states supplies
- To cut off supply lines so the other side can't import or export anything.
- When one person ownes another person; one of the causes of the Civil War.
- Union officer that burned down southern cities.
- Worked when the fathers and older brothers went off to war; both northern and southern took part in the war effort, scraping lint, working in ammunition factories and as government officers. Gathered food and supplies for local regiments and hospitals, and served as drummer boys.
- Took over the men's jobs when they went away to fight in the Civil War; worked the plantations, and worked in factories. Some even dressed up as men to fight in the war.
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- Another word for fearlessness.
- President of the Confederate States of America; Leader of the Confederates.
- When union soldiers pulled up southern railroad tracks, heated them up, and wrapped them around trees.
- A pilot of a confederate ship who took it to the Union and saved some slaves in the process.
- 16th US president; leader of the Union in the Civil War; wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves.
- A plan of action in war.
- Founder of the Red Cross;helped distribute supplies to the Union army.
- A confederate law, stating that if you had 20 slaves or more, yo could hire a substitute if you didn't want to fight in the war.
- The Northern states; had the most men; had more railroad tracks built; used the Anaconda Plan.
- Confederate submarine that sank the U.S.S Housatonic, a Union ship; small, hand operated by a crank.
21 Clues: A plan of action in war. • Another word for fearlessness. • Union officer who was in charge of Fort Sumter. • Union officer that burned down southern cities. • Major cause of death among soldiers on both sides. • Founder of the Red Cross;helped distribute supplies to the Union army. • When one person ownes another person; one of the causes of the Civil War. • ...
Unit 9: Important Vocab, Concepts, Figures and Events 2022-04-24
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- This Civil Rights leader was a supporter of acheiving equal rights "by any means necessary"
- An incident here results in a resolution under LBJ to escalate involvement in Vietnam
- Civil rights figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcom X., and President JFK faced this same violent fate.
- Many argued the ____ was unfair, calling the Vietnam War "the poor man's fight"
- A former SNCC Chairman and former Black Panther, this man supported ideas like "Black Power"
- Beginning prior to the war, this herbicide was used by the US to clear vegetation in Vietnam - but resulted in detrimental effects.
- In 1947, Truman's Doctrine supported this idea
- In an event known as Bloody Sunday, the March from _____ to Montgomery, Alabama was a turning point in the fight for equal voting rights
- In this shocking incident from the Vietnam War, US soldiers opened fire on civilians
- this event marks a turning point in US involvement in Vietnam
- Laws like the 24th Amendment and Voting Rights Act secured the right to vote and participate in the American ________
- To avoid ______, Nixon resigned from the Presidency in 1974
- This idea was supported by leaders like Stokely Carmichael
- This was a student-led activist group from the Civil Rights Era
- In this leak of confidential government information, Americans learned the truth about US involvement in Vietnam
- Nonviolent demonstrations such as the ____ (plural) in Greensboro, where one would refuse to leave a lunch counter without being served, were effective in the civil rights movement
- This protest ends in violence and increases distrust in the government
- This legislation removed arbitrary barriers to participating in civil democracy
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- This President escalated involvement in Vietnam following the "Tonkin Gulf Resolution"
- Civil Rights leaders like Dr. MLK Jr and Malcom X advocated against the _____ of African Americans and other minority groups
- The US agreed to withdraw from Vietnam in 1973 with the signing of the ceasefire known as the _____ _____ Accords
- If one country falls...others could follow
- This scandal intensified distrust in the US government under President Nixon.
- Along with Agent Orange, US forces used this flammable material to destroy suspected enemy territory
- Leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. supported nonviolent acts, such as ______ _______.
- The Pentagon Papers revealed that President Eisenhower sent ____ agents to Vietnam in confidential missions
- In this process, the US slowly turned over the ground war to the South Vietnamese while the US provided air power and logistical support
- Throughout the Cold War era, the US kept a foreign policy aimed at stopping the spread of ________.
- This President implemented a policy known as "Vietnamization"
- Enemey communists of the United States during the Vietnam War
- Beginning in 1965, US ground troops were ordered on missions to ____ _____ ______ enemies in Vietnam
31 Clues: If one country falls...others could follow • In 1947, Truman's Doctrine supported this idea • This idea was supported by leaders like Stokely Carmichael • To avoid ______, Nixon resigned from the Presidency in 1974 • This President implemented a policy known as "Vietnamization" • Enemey communists of the United States during the Vietnam War • ...
Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2022-02-25
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- process of making a place like a city
- people having power
- a fight between the North and South
- place where John Brown raided for weapons
- book written about slaves before the Civil War
- movement to stop alcohol
- rights and power held by the states
- the wealth of a country
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- president during the Civil War
- the movement going West
- act that decided weather they could be a free state or a slave state
- loyal to ones section
- movement to stop slavery
- people working without pay
- president who ended Manifest Destiny
- to make change in order to improve
- to leave
17 Clues: to leave • people having power • loyal to ones section • the movement going West • the wealth of a country • movement to stop slavery • movement to stop alcohol • people working without pay • president during the Civil War • to make change in order to improve • a fight between the North and South • rights and power held by the states • president who ended Manifest Destiny • ...
English Civil War and Scarlet Letter 2012-11-14
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- English King who caused the Engilsh Civil War
- Historical woman who challenged Puritain methods
- The character who personifies the norhtern, free thinking part of England
- The people that the king attempted to arrest, thus starting the first Civil War
- The character who personifies the women of the English Civil War
- The number of wars that actually make up the English Civil War
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- Area that the King attempted to take over and add into England
- The name of the English citizens who supported the king
- The character who personifies the southern, more stubborn part of England that doesn't want to change.
9 Clues: English King who caused the Engilsh Civil War • Historical woman who challenged Puritain methods • The name of the English citizens who supported the king • Area that the King attempted to take over and add into England • The number of wars that actually make up the English Civil War • The character who personifies the women of the English Civil War • ...
Civil War and Leading Events Crossword 2023-05-04
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- -Senator known as “The Great Compromiser”
- -First state to succeed from the union and become Confederate
- -Invention that exploded cotton industry and slavery
- -Rule that prevented discussion of slavery in Congress
- -3 Day battle from July 1, to July 3, 1863
- -Last name of most known Confederate General
- -Island Southerners wanted the union to seize for slavery purposes
- -Most common weapon used by both sides in the Civil War
- -Act overridden by the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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- -Mississippi senator inaugurated as Confederate President
- -Winning presidential candidate of 1860
- -Area of land acquired by US after Mexican-American War
- -War strategy used by the Union during the Civil War
- -What the Southern economy is based on
14 Clues: -What the Southern economy is based on • -Winning presidential candidate of 1860 • -Senator known as “The Great Compromiser” • -3 Day battle from July 1, to July 3, 1863 • -Act overridden by the Kansas-Nebraska Act • -Last name of most known Confederate General • -War strategy used by the Union during the Civil War • -Invention that exploded cotton industry and slavery • ...
Georgia in a Divided Nation Vocabulary 2021-11-16
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- battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed
- the action of southern states to leave the Union
- established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850; kept Georgia from succeeding from the union
- a legal idea that a state has the right to cancel; any federal law which that state has considered unconstitutional
- the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the southern states returned to the Union
- federal reconstruction agency; provided food; helped build schools and hospitals; created the first public school program for either African Americans or whites in Georgia
- Missouri slave who sued for his freedom because he had lived in free territory; was denied the right to sue by the United States Supreme Court
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- most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter”
- battle that was the largest Union defeat in the western theater of the Civil War; failure to follow up on the victory lead to Sherman’s Atlanta campaign
- proclamation that said all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 1, 1863
- a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah
- Abraham Lincoln elected President; outcome led to southern states to secede from the Union
- legislation passed by Congress in which California was admitted to the union as a free state and a stronger fugitive Slave Act was passed
- one of the most important strategies during the Civil War; designed to prevent the South from shipping its cotton to England and France in return for weapons and other supplies
- the belief that a state’s interests should take priority over the interests of the national government
15 Clues: the action of southern states to leave the Union • a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah • battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed • most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter” • ...
SS 2021-11-18
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- battle that was the largest Union defeat in the western theater of the Civil War; failure to follow up on the victory lead to Sherman’s Atlanta campaign
- a legal idea that a state has the right to cancel; any federal law which that state has considered unconstitutional
- federal reconstruction agency; provided food; helped build schools and hospitals; created the first public school program for either African Americans or whites in Georgia
- one of the most important strategies during the Civil War; designed to prevent the South from shipping its cotton to England and France in return for weapons and other supplies
- Abraham Lincoln elected President; outcome led to southern states to secede from the Union
- most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter”
- legislation passed by Congress in which California was admitted to the Union as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed
- a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah
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- battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed
- Missouri slave who sued for his freedom because he had lived in free territory; was denied the right to sue by the United States Supreme Court
- the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the southern states returned to the Union
- proclamation that said all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 1, 1863
- established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850; kept Georgia from succeeding from the Union
- the belief that a state’s interests should take priority over the interests of the national government
- the action of southern states to leave the Union
15 Clues: the action of southern states to leave the Union • a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah • battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed • most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter” • ...
Unit Vocabulary 2024-01-04
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- farming, System in which a person rents land to farm from a planter
- state, State where slavery was legal
- Reconstruction, Period after the Civil War when the South was occupied by federal troops
- sovereignty, Principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people
- Period after the Civil War when the United States began to rebuild and readmit Southern states into the Union
- Nothing Party, Political party that opposed immigration and Catholic influence in the United States
- Person who supervises and directs the work of others, especially on a plantation
- System of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on the land
- To bring formal charges against a public official
- Brief, unplanned fight between small groups of soldiers
- of 1850, Series of laws intended to resolve the issue of slavery in the territories
- Place where weapons and military equipment are stored
- Compromise, Agreement that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while also prohibiting slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the 36°30' parallel
- Unfair treatment of a person or group based on race, religion, or other characteristics
- Proclamation, Presidential proclamation by Abraham Lincoln that declared all slaves in Confederate-held territory to be free
- rights, Rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government
- To declare invalid
- Plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim
- Slave Act, Law that required runaway slaves to be returned to their owners
- Former slaves who had been emancipated
- Right to vote in political elections
- Type of warship heavily armored with iron
- Codes, Laws passed in Southern states after the Civil War to restrict the rights of African Americans
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- Act, Legislation that allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery
- Excessive concern for the interests of a particular region over those of the country as a whole
- Law or regulation
- Plan, Union's strategy to defeat the Confederacy by surrounding it and cutting off its resources
- Farmer, Person who owns and cultivates a small farm
- Movement to end slavery in the United States
- States of America, Government formed by Southern states that seceded from the Union
- Bureau, Federal agency established to aid freedmen in the aftermath of the Civil War
- soiler, Person who opposed the extension of slavery into new territories
- Amendment, Prohibited the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
- Reconstruction, Period after the Civil War when Congress was in control of Reconstruction
- Railroad, Network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved people to escape to free states and Canada
- Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War, especially for political or financial gain
- State, State that did not allow slavery
- Drafting of individuals into military service
- Period before the Civil War
- Amendment, Abolished slavery in the United States
- Fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime
- code, Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights
- Southern white who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party after the Civil War
- Act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or political entity
- Use of naval forces to prevent movement and trade in and out of ports
- wagon, Wagon that follows an army to sell provisions to the soldiers
- To add a territory to one's own territory
- Klux Klan, Secret society in the Southern United States that focused on white supremacy and terrorized African Americans
- Cotton diplomacy, South's strategy during the Civil War to use its cotton as a bargaining tool with European nations
- Amendment, Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves
- Person who was in charge of a group of slaves on a plantation
- destiny, Belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent
- Act, Legislation that allowed for the partition of the Cherokee Nation to make room for the state of Georgia
- Party, Political party founded in the 1850s to oppose the spread of slavery
- running, Practice of sneaking goods past a blockade
- Declared policy of a political party or group
56 Clues: Law or regulation • To declare invalid • Period before the Civil War • state, State where slavery was legal • Right to vote in political elections • Former slaves who had been emancipated • State, State that did not allow slavery • To add a territory to one's own territory • Type of warship heavily armored with iron • Movement to end slavery in the United States • ...
schools out part 1 2021-12-08
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- the right of a citizen that can't be denied
- is illegal to do
- led to the FDA
- what people called when leaving
- the creator of model t
- helped slaves escape
- was a woman's job during the civil war
- ended slavery
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- was a settlement house in Chicago
- name for the north side
- rules that only African Americans had to follow
- a work stoppage
- gave the right to a woman to do during elections
- president during the civil war
14 Clues: ended slavery • led to the FDA • a work stoppage • is illegal to do • helped slaves escape • the creator of model t • name for the north side • president during the civil war • what people called when leaving • was a settlement house in Chicago • was a woman's job during the civil war • the right of a citizen that can't be denied • rules that only African Americans had to follow • ...
War and Revolution in England 2020-09-25
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- invited by the nobles to invade England
- demands to limit the power of the king
- Started a military dictatorship
- Bringing back a former ruler or system
- signed by William of Orange and Mary
- parliament after Cromwell's purge
- A type of republic
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- King's supporters
- won the civil war
- a system that gives the parliament the superior authority
- Heir to Charles II's throne
- executed after the civil war
- The belief that the king is supported by God
- Supporters of parliament
14 Clues: King's supporters • won the civil war • A type of republic • Supporters of parliament • Heir to Charles II's throne • executed after the civil war • Started a military dictatorship • parliament after Cromwell's purge • signed by William of Orange and Mary • demands to limit the power of the king • Bringing back a former ruler or system • invited by the nobles to invade England • ...
Civil War Review 2021-04-06
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- this issue divided the north and south
- this part of the country was more agricultural
- the civil war ended in this month, 1865
- Union Ironclad ship
- Confederate Ironclad ship
- name for the north
- this part of the country was more industrial
- First battle of Civil War
- last name of confederate president
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- this state seceded from Virginia in 1863
- Lee surrendered to Grant here
- name for the south
- last name of the union president
- Capital of the confederacy
14 Clues: name for the south • name for the north • Union Ironclad ship • Confederate Ironclad ship • First battle of Civil War • Capital of the confederacy • Lee surrendered to Grant here • last name of the union president • last name of confederate president • this issue divided the north and south • the civil war ended in this month, 1865 • this state seceded from Virginia in 1863 • ...
Civil war questions 2022-03-04
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- what was the first southern state to secede from the union
- in what battle did stonewall jackson die
- why was Stonewall Jackson good for the military
- what was the south main income in the in 1860
- Who won the civil war
- how many states had already seceded when lincoln took the oath of office
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- who assassinated abraham lincoln
- which killed more men in the civil war
- who was elected president in 1860
- Where did start the Civil War
10 Clues: Who won the civil war • Where did start the Civil War • who assassinated abraham lincoln • who was elected president in 1860 • which killed more men in the civil war • in what battle did stonewall jackson die • what was the south main income in the in 1860 • why was Stonewall Jackson good for the military • what was the first southern state to secede from the union • ...
The American Civil war 2025-01-22
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- verb that expresses separation (e.g.from a union)
- Power should be limited at at this type of government according to the South
- a proponent of abolishing slavery
- The South had this type of economy
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- President of the United States during the Civil War
- term for allegiance between Southern States
- State abbreviated as 'Va.' saw most battles during the civil war
- important crop for the south besides cotton
- Nation heavily dependent on importing cotton from The South
- main cause (dispute) of the civil war
10 Clues: a proponent of abolishing slavery • The South had this type of economy • main cause (dispute) of the civil war • term for allegiance between Southern States • important crop for the south besides cotton • verb that expresses separation (e.g.from a union) • President of the United States during the Civil War • Nation heavily dependent on importing cotton from The South • ...
Civil War Review 2025-05-12
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- Southern military strategy deployed during the Civil War
- Which campaign most significantly impacted the outcome of the 1864 election
- considered the turning point of the Civil War
- gave the North control of the Mississippi River
- When did Lee’s surrender happen
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- 1862 Union victory enabled Lincoln to announce the Emancipation Proclamation
- Which side won at the 1st and 2nd Manassas/Bull Run battles
- president of the Confederacy
- all black regiment was stationed in Nashville during the Civil War
- president of the Union
10 Clues: president of the Union • president of the Confederacy • When did Lee’s surrender happen • considered the turning point of the Civil War • gave the North control of the Mississippi River • Southern military strategy deployed during the Civil War • Which side won at the 1st and 2nd Manassas/Bull Run battles • ...
Midterm Review 2024-01-07
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- Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
- Popular hate group in the South that tried to prevent rights of African Americans
- created to help people escape slavery
- The smartest and strongest business owners would grow rich
- Favoring native-born Americans over immigrants
- Name of the railroad that connected East Coast to West Coast
- Main issue fought over during the Civil War
- First shots of the Civil War
- States that were on the border of N and S, chose not to secede from the Union
- Name of man who patented the light bulb
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- Supreme Court Case that determined "separate but equal"
- Name of corrupt boss who used his power to control elections
- Name of business man who used the "trust to his advantage
- The term used to define when people decide for themselves over the issue of slavery is known as popular___________
- Laws limiting the freedom of former slaves
- North's plan to defeat South, naval blockade
- Who led a famous march of "Total War" across Georgia to the sea
- Debates that helped spark Lincoln's political career
- organized effort to end slavery in the U.S.
- Other than Gettysburg, this battle is also known as a turning point in the war.
- Won the election of 1860
- This type of journalism is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration
- Name of process to help bring the South back into the Union and restructure the nation
- This is the way most immigrants came over to America -lower level of steamship
- Time in history where there was a thin layer of gold that masked the other problems going on within society
25 Clues: Won the election of 1860 • First shots of the Civil War • Bloodiest battle of the Civil War • created to help people escape slavery • Name of man who patented the light bulb • Laws limiting the freedom of former slaves • organized effort to end slavery in the U.S. • Main issue fought over during the Civil War • North's plan to defeat South, naval blockade • ...
Civil War Crossword 2016-01-29
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- The number of years the Civil War lasted.
- People from Africa who were forced to obey their master and considered property.
- An order given by Abraham Lincoln made to free slaves in the south.
- The place where slaves were sold.
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- Leader of the Confederate States of America.
- A law that lets Slaveholders capture slaves that ran away to the North.
- President at the time of the Civil War.
- A war between people of the same country.
- An area of land dedicated to growing crops. Before the Civil War, many slaves worked on them.
- People who disapproved of slavery.
10 Clues: The place where slaves were sold. • People who disapproved of slavery. • President at the time of the Civil War. • The number of years the Civil War lasted. • A war between people of the same country. • Leader of the Confederate States of America. • An order given by Abraham Lincoln made to free slaves in the south. • ...
Contemporary Crossword 2024-05-27
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- A type of crop created in Asia as a result of the Green Revolution (Use - as a space)
- A proxy war between the USSR and US that ended in Soviet Victory in Asia (Use - as a space)
- A genocide in Africa that was caused directly by its governement (Use - as a space)
- The first antibiotic discovered, first discovered in Europe
- A major war notable for trench warfare
- Creator of the "Great Leap Forward"
- A revolution that led to major advances in agriculture (Use - as a space)
- A movement that eventually led to the establishment of Israel
- A system involving a series of interconnected computers to deliver data between them
- Created "The New Deal"
- The first nation to become independent in Africa
- An engine type designed in 1939, saw prominent use in WWII
- His death was a factor in WWI (Last name)
- Created fascism in Europe
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- A proxy war that ended in stalemate in Asia (Use - as a space)
- A major war against the Allies and Axis powers
- Famous for civil rights in Asia
- Famous for civil rights in Africa
- A war between two major powers of the world (Use - as a space)
- The most influential Soviet ruler
- The first programmable variant created to crack the German ENIGMA cipher, later used for consumer use, created in Europe
- A synthetic plastic material, similar to fibers
- A massive genocide against the Tutsis in Africa (Use - as a space)
- A device that allowed for communications without the need for a wire, first created in America (Use - as a space)
- A system that allowed for mass production of goods, first created in America, named after a particular car company
- Famous for civil rights in America (Initials)
- A form of energy that was discovered by Rutherford, among others, led to the Manhattan Project
- Caused mass genocide in Europe
- A worldwide economic crash takes place after WWI (Use - as a space)
- Created "Trickle-down Economics" in America
30 Clues: Created "The New Deal" • Created fascism in Europe • Caused mass genocide in Europe • Famous for civil rights in Asia • Famous for civil rights in Africa • The most influential Soviet ruler • Creator of the "Great Leap Forward" • A major war notable for trench warfare • His death was a factor in WWI (Last name) • Created "Trickle-down Economics" in America • ...
Civil War and Reconstruction 2012-11-19
Across
- The 16th President of the United States
- General of the Confederate Armed Forces
- Delivered by Abraham Lincoln after the battle of Gettysburg
- The place where the South surrendered
- Laws put in place due to residual racism that still existed in the South, even after slavery was outlawed
- Opposed Reconstruction on the basis of giving the South too much post-war aid
- The capital of the South
- Took over after Lincoln's assassination
- Person in favor of freeing the slaves
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- The South during the Civil War
- Lincoln's assassin
- Southerners who supported Reconstruction
- The North during the Civil War
- Freed the slaves
14 Clues: Freed the slaves • Lincoln's assassin • The capital of the South • The South during the Civil War • The North during the Civil War • The place where the South surrendered • Person in favor of freeing the slaves • The 16th President of the United States • General of the Confederate Armed Forces • Took over after Lincoln's assassination • Southerners who supported Reconstruction • ...
History 2025-04-28
Across
- The north's name during the civil war
- Last name of confederate general
- Another name for weapons
- All out battle
- With 9 down: the river won during siege of vicksburg
- Major Confederate trade and port city
Down
- With 2 down; Document made by this person
- President; assassinated
- opposite of the Union, opposed them
- Main union general during the civil war
- Battle to split the south and win control of a river
- Major war; also a Captain America movie
12 Clues: All out battle • President; assassinated • Another name for weapons • Last name of confederate general • opposite of the Union, opposed them • The north's name during the civil war • Major Confederate trade and port city • Main union general during the civil war • Major war; also a Captain America movie • With 2 down; Document made by this person • ...
Unit 6: The Civil War 2022-05-08
Across
- An escaped convict
- an official pardon
- _________ sovereignty: a state or territory using a popular vote to make a decision
- a supporter of something
- An era of American history after the Civil War focused on reuniting the South with the United States
Down
- __________ strength: a major advantage of the Union over the Confederacy. More factories and production power.
- escaped slaves that ran away during the Civil War
- The formal withdrawal from the government.
- The location of the start of the Civil War
- Freedom for slaves
10 Clues: An escaped convict • an official pardon • Freedom for slaves • a supporter of something • The formal withdrawal from the government. • The location of the start of the Civil War • escaped slaves that ran away during the Civil War • _________ sovereignty: a state or territory using a popular vote to make a decision • ...
African Wars Crossword - Mark Suardi 2024-05-17
Across
- An ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria
- A political and military organization that played a role in overthrowing the Derg
- Radical Islamic group that took power in Somalia in a power vacuum
- A rebel group that fought for Eritrean independence from Ethiopia
- A terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria trying to establish an Islamic state
- The last emperor of Ethiopia, overthrown in 1974
- A political group formed by exiled Ugandans opposed to dictator Idi Amin
- A bloody, international conflict that has global significance, occurring in Somalia
- 3 US helicopters were shot down by Somali rebels, and the fight to save the survivors afterword
- Authoritarian Somali leader
- Military wing, Uganda National Liberation Army
- The slaughter of people perceived to be of the Tutsi class in Rwanda
Down
- Somalian war with Ethiopia over a border, that Somalia lost
- The fear of influencing African affairs after the atrocities that happened in the Somali Civil War
- The leader of the Derg and later the President of Ethiopia
- The Nigerian military leader who led the federal forces during the Nigerian Civil War
- A military and economic blockade by the Nigerian government on Biafra
- A conflict from 1961 to 1991 that led to Eritrea's independence from Ethiopia
- US created humanitarian relief group for Somalian citizens during the civil war
- A Marxist military that ruled Ethiopia after overthrowing Emperor Haile Selassie
- The military leader of the secessionist Republic of Biafra
- The official end to the Second Congo War in 2003
- A poltical campaign and mass killings carried out by the Derg
- An ethnic group in northern Nigeria
- A Kenyan offensive to create a buffer zone between Kenya and Al-Shabaab
25 Clues: Authoritarian Somali leader • An ethnic group in northern Nigeria • An ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria • Military wing, Uganda National Liberation Army • The last emperor of Ethiopia, overthrown in 1974 • The official end to the Second Congo War in 2003 • The leader of the Derg and later the President of Ethiopia • ...
Unit 3: New Nation 1800-1877 2025-12-08
Across
- President during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
- 1803 land deal that doubled the sized of the United States
- Lincoln ´ s order freeing enslaved people in rebel states
- When Southern states broke away from the Union to form the Confederacy
- Southern Laws that restricted the rights of freedmen
- The belief that states should have more power than the federal government
- New communication invention using electric signals
- One of the leaders of the expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory
- Conflict with Britain that boosted American nationalism
- Loyalty to a region rather than the whole nation
- ¨ Father of the constitution and president ¨ during the War of 1812
- Agreement that tried to balance free and slave states
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- Former president who fought strongly against slavery in Congress
- A major slave uprising in Virginia that increased Southern fear and stricter slave laws
- forced removal of Cherokee people from their land
- Wrote the Declaration of Independence
- Partner of Lewis on the western expedition
- Machine that increased cotton production and slavery
- Deal that included the Fugitive Slave Act
- War that led to the U.S. gaining the Southwest
- Major conflict between the Union and Confederacy from 1861-1865
- Improved river travel and trade
- Union general who later became president
- Belief that the U.S. was meant to expand west
- President known for the ¨common man¨
- Period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
- President who created a doctrine warning Europe to stay out of the Americas
- Main Confederate general during the Civil War
- Movement to end slavery in the United States
- Major transportation system that expanded westward
30 Clues: Improved river travel and trade • President known for the ¨common man¨ • Wrote the Declaration of Independence • Union general who later became president • Deal that included the Fugitive Slave Act • Partner of Lewis on the western expedition • Movement to end slavery in the United States • Belief that the U.S. was meant to expand west • ...
Civil war 2025-05-22
Across
- First major land battle of the Civil War
- Bloodiest battle in the Civil war
- The South's main cash crop.
- President of the Confederacy
- City on the Mississippi River
- 16th President
Down
- The Union's strategy to restrict Confederate trade.
- Union General who led the "March to the Sea".
- The turning point of the war
- Union General who later became president
- Confederate General known for his "stonewall" tactics.
11 Clues: 16th President • The South's main cash crop. • The turning point of the war • President of the Confederacy • City on the Mississippi River • Bloodiest battle in the Civil war • First major land battle of the Civil War • Union General who later became president • Union General who led the "March to the Sea". • The Union's strategy to restrict Confederate trade. • ...
1860 2021-11-14
Across
- There were about 4 million _____ in the US in 1860
- President during the Civil War
- ___ War was when the Union fought the Confederates
- The side of the US that won the Civil War
- What the Northern States worked to abolish
- About 61% of the US Population in 1860 was ____ people
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- South ________ was the first state to secede from the Union
- State where the "Gold Rush" occurred
- The part of the United States labeled The Union
- The part of the United States labeled Confederates
10 Clues: President during the Civil War • State where the "Gold Rush" occurred • The side of the US that won the Civil War • What the Northern States worked to abolish • The part of the United States labeled The Union • There were about 4 million _____ in the US in 1860 • ___ War was when the Union fought the Confederates • The part of the United States labeled Confederates • ...
Reconstruction Era Crossword 2025-11-11
Across
- the right to citizenship to all people
- the president of the confederacy during the Civil War
- The President during the reconstruction era
- the amendment that said you cant be denied to vote based on race
- the attempts to rebuild the south after the Civil War
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- declared that slaves in the confederacy are free
- ended slavery
- a temporary organization to to help newly freed slaves
- laws to control the work of freed slaves
- the president of the union during the Civil War
10 Clues: ended slavery • the right to citizenship to all people • laws to control the work of freed slaves • The President during the reconstruction era • the president of the union during the Civil War • declared that slaves in the confederacy are free • the president of the confederacy during the Civil War • the attempts to rebuild the south after the Civil War • ...
UNIT 5 - MMS 2024-02-06
Across
- region that did not favor tariffs
- location of the battles that used cannons
- state that entered the union as a free state as part of the missouri compromise
- this type of technology was used at the battle of Galveston
- the boogeyman for the south
- the process of reuniting the nation after the civil war
- the slave crop that dominated the eastern region of Texas
- how was the economy of Texas impacted during the war?
- took place after the civil war that continued to make life difficult for former slaves
- the amendment that granted citizenship
- a synonym for tax
- the amendment that abolished slavery
- the 36'30 latitude line was a part of this deal
- was removed from office for refusing to pledge allegiance to the Confederacy
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- this group of people shared power with poor southern whites
- was essential to the economy of the south
- let the people decide means
- the most one sided victory of the civil war in Texas
- took on men only roles during the war
- state that entered the union as a slave state as part of the missouri compromise
- part of the compromise of 1850 that made it legal to return escaped slaves to the south
- state that lost land as part of the compromise of 1850
- this battle took place at the southern most tip of Texas
- the amendment that granted the right to vote
- the region that possessed the most amount of resources
- region that favored tariffs
- this battle took place after the war was over
- texas was readmitted to the union in the following year
- gave aid the former slaves during reconstruction
- letting states choose their own laws
- choosing to be loyal to your own region rather than the nation as a whole
31 Clues: a synonym for tax • let the people decide means • the boogeyman for the south • region that favored tariffs • region that did not favor tariffs • letting states choose their own laws • the amendment that abolished slavery • took on men only roles during the war • the amendment that granted citizenship • was essential to the economy of the south • ...
Greece crossword 2022-05-04
Across
- Greek island where money was stored for the delian league
- most powerful navy
- fable writer
- what is Ares the god of
- Homers first book
- Civil wars in Greece
- what is Aphrodite the goddess of
- Greek religion
- most powerful army
- zeus's main power
- sports to honor the gods
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- league formed during persian war
- Poseidons powers
- Homers second book
- high hills
- mountains in Greece
- Temple built for Athena
- Sparta government
- persian war victory
- Greek government
- Where does the marathon come from
- Total numbers of greek gods
- achilles weakness
- greece city state
- Trojan war started over her
25 Clues: high hills • fable writer • Greek religion • Poseidons powers • Greek government • Homers first book • Sparta government • achilles weakness • greece city state • zeus's main power • Homers second book • most powerful navy • most powerful army • mountains in Greece • persian war victory • Civil wars in Greece • Temple built for Athena • what is Ares the god of • sports to honor the gods • ...
Civil war 2024-05-15
Across
- the act or process of rebuilding,
- The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Manassas, marked the first major land battle of the American Civil War.
- With nearly 200,000 combatants—the greatest number of any Civil War engagement—Fredericksburg was one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War.
- The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, allowed Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior.
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- Confederate forces defeated in a crucial battle of the Civil War fought near here on July 1–3, 1863;
- originally a term for Free State or Union partisans during the Bleeding Kansas period
- a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder
- the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- the deadliest one-day battle in American military history, showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army in the Eastern theater.
- March to the Sea The March to the Sea, the most destructive campaign against a civilian population during the Civil War
- The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought in Appomattox County, Virginia, on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles
11 Clues: the act or process of rebuilding, • a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder • originally a term for Free State or Union partisans during the Bleeding Kansas period • Confederate forces defeated in a crucial battle of the Civil War fought near here on July 1–3, 1863; • ...
Civil War Crossword 2016-01-29
Across
- The number of years the Civil War lasted.
- An order given by Abraham Lincoln made to free slaves in the south.
- The place where slaves were sold.
Down
- A law that lets Slaveholders capture slaves that ran away to the North.
- A war between people of the same country.
- People who disapproved of slavery.
- People from Africa who were forced to obey their master and considered property.
- Leader of the Confederate States of America.
- President at the time of the Civil War.
- An area of land dedicated to growing crops. Before the Civil War, many slaves worked on them.
10 Clues: The place where slaves were sold. • People who disapproved of slavery. • President at the time of the Civil War. • A war between people of the same country. • The number of years the Civil War lasted. • Leader of the Confederate States of America. • An order given by Abraham Lincoln made to free slaves in the south. • ...
The things they carried 2023-05-12
16 Clues: - God • - month • - state • - People • -excited • - stupid • - strong • - to read • - name • - to live • - feelings • - devotion • - political • - aggregate • - civil wars • - understanding
Greece crossword 2022-05-04
Across
- Homers first book
- Total numbers of greek gods
- sports to honor the gods
- achilles weakness
- league formed during persian war
- high hills
- fable writer
- persian war victory
- mountains in Greece
- most powerful navy
- Greek religion
- greece city state
- what is Ares the god of
Down
- Homers second book
- Greek island where money was stored for the delian league
- Poseidons powers
- zeus's main power
- Sparta government
- Temple built for Athena
- Trojan war started over her
- Civil wars in Greece
- what is Aphrodite the goddess of
- Greek government
- Where does the marathon come from
- most powerful army
25 Clues: high hills • fable writer • Greek religion • Poseidons powers • Greek government • Homers first book • zeus's main power • Sparta government • achilles weakness • greece city state • Homers second book • most powerful navy • most powerful army • persian war victory • mountains in Greece • Civil wars in Greece • Temple built for Athena • what is Ares the god of • sports to honor the gods • ...
Civil War Crossword 2016-01-29
Across
- The number of years the Civil War lasted.
- The place where slaves were sold.
- A law that lets Slaveholders capture slaves that ran away to the North.
- People who disapproved of slavery.
- A war between people of the same country.
- People from Africa who were forced to obey their master and considered property.
Down
- Leader of the Confederate States of America.
- An order given by Abraham Lincoln made to free slaves in the south.
- President at the time of the Civil War.
- An area of land dedicated to growing crops. Before the Civil War, many slaves worked on them.
10 Clues: The place where slaves were sold. • People who disapproved of slavery. • President at the time of the Civil War. • The number of years the Civil War lasted. • A war between people of the same country. • Leader of the Confederate States of America. • An order given by Abraham Lincoln made to free slaves in the south. • ...
Civil War Crossword 2016-01-29
Across
- The number of years the Civil War lasted.
- People from Africa who were forced to obey their master and considered property.
- An order given by Abraham Lincoln made to free slaves in the south.
Down
- A law that lets Slaveholders capture slaves that ran away to the North.
- An area of land dedicated to growing crops. Before the Civil War, many slaves worked on them.
- The place where slaves were sold.
- Leader of the Confederate States of America.
- President at the time of the Civil War.
- A war between people of the same country.
- People who disapproved of slavery.
10 Clues: The place where slaves were sold. • People who disapproved of slavery. • President at the time of the Civil War. • The number of years the Civil War lasted. • A war between people of the same country. • Leader of the Confederate States of America. • An order given by Abraham Lincoln made to free slaves in the south. • ...
Social Studies Vocab 2021-11-29
Across
- the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the southern states returned to the Union
- one of the most important strategies during the Civil War; designed to prevent the South from shipping its cotton to England and France in return for weapons and other supplies
- The belief that a state’s interests should take priority over the interests of the national government
- a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah
- A legal idea that a state has the right to cancel; any federal law which that state has considered unconstitutional
- federal reconstruction agency; provided food; helped build schools and hospitals; created the first public school program for either African Americans or whites in Georgia
- Abraham Lincoln elected President; outcome led to southern states to secede from the Union
Down
- proclamation that said all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 1, 1863
- established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850; kept Georgia from succeeding from the Union
- Missouri slave who sued for his freedom because he had lived in free territory; was denied the right to sue by the United States Supreme Court
- battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed
- legislation passed by Congress in which California was admitted to the Union as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed
- the action of southern states to leave the Union
- battle that was the largest Union defeat in the western theater of the Civil War; failure to follow up on the victory lead to Sherman’s Atlanta campaign
- most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter”
15 Clues: the action of southern states to leave the Union • a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah • battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed • most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter” • ...
Unit 4 2025-03-26
Across
- author of "An Episode of War" (last name)
- the choice and arrangement of words
- Relied on slave labor for economy
- type of literary genre written about the Civil War
- portrays everyday life as is
- Writers turned away from this to show "real life"
- Was torn between supporting the South or the North during Civil War (last name)
- escaped slave who spoke out against slavery (last name)
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- literature was coming from here for the very first time
- one of the meanings behind Black Spirituals
- an off-shoot of realism
- folk songs sung by slaves
- Had a gift for oratory
- Genre of "Letter to His Son"
14 Clues: Had a gift for oratory • an off-shoot of realism • folk songs sung by slaves • portrays everyday life as is • Genre of "Letter to His Son" • Relied on slave labor for economy • the choice and arrangement of words • author of "An Episode of War" (last name) • one of the meanings behind Black Spirituals • Writers turned away from this to show "real life" • ...
Social Studies Vocab 2021-11-29
Across
- the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the southern states returned to the Union
- one of the most important strategies during the Civil War; designed to prevent the South from shipping its cotton to England and France in return for weapons and other supplies
- The belief that a state’s interests should take priority over the interests of the national government
- a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah
- A legal idea that a state has the right to cancel; any federal law which that state has considered unconstitutional
- federal reconstruction agency; provided food; helped build schools and hospitals; created the first public school program for either African Americans or whites in Georgia
- Abraham Lincoln elected President; outcome led to southern states to secede from the Union
Down
- proclamation that said all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 1, 1863
- established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850; kept Georgia from succeeding from the Union
- Missouri slave who sued for his freedom because he had lived in free territory; was denied the right to sue by the United States Supreme Court
- battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed
- legislation passed by Congress in which California was admitted to the Union as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed
- the action of southern states to leave the Union
- battle that was the largest Union defeat in the western theater of the Civil War; failure to follow up on the victory lead to Sherman’s Atlanta campaign
- most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter”
15 Clues: the action of southern states to leave the Union • a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah • battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed • most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter” • ...
Civil war vocab 2021-11-19
Across
- the belief that a state’s interests should take priority over the interests of the national government
- Missouri slave who sued for his freedom because he had lived in free territory; was denied the right to sue by the United States Supreme Court
- one of the most important strategies during the Civil War; designed to prevent the South from shipping its cotton to England and France in return for weapons and other supplies
- battle that was the largest Union defeat in the western theater of the Civil War; failure to follow up on the victory lead to Sherman’s Atlanta campaign
- the action of southern states to leave the Union
- established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850; kept Georgia from succeeding from the Union
Down
- a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah
- battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed
- legislation passed by Congress in which California was admitted to the Union as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed
- a legal idea that a state has the right to cancel; any federal law which that state has considered unconstitutional
- federal reconstruction agency; provided food; helped build schools and hospitals; created the first public school program for either African Americans or whites in Georgia
- the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the southern states returned to the Union
- proclamation that said all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 1, 1863
- Abraham Lincoln elected President; outcome led to southern states to secede from the Union
- most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter”
15 Clues: the action of southern states to leave the Union • a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah • battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed • most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter” • ...
Civil War Vocabulary 2021-12-07
Across
- one of the most important strategies during the Civil War; designed to prevent the South from shipping its cotton to England and France in return for weapons and other supplies
- the action of southern states to leave the Union
- the belief that a states' interests should take priority over the interests of the government
- a legal idea that a state has the right to cancel any federal law which that state has considered unconstitutional
- legislation passed by Congress in which California was admitted to the Union as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed
- proclamation that said all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 1, 1863
- federal reconstruction agency; provided food; helped build schools and hospitals; created the first public school program for either African Americans or whites in Georgia
- a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah
- battle that was the largest Union defeat in the western theater of the Civil War; failure to follow up on the victory lead to Sherman’s Atlanta campaign
Down
- established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850; kept Georgia from succeeding from the Union
- the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the southern states returned to the Union
- most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter”
- battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed
- Missouri slave who sued for his freedom because he had lived in free territory; was denied the right to sue by the United States Supreme Court
- Abraham Lincoln elected President; outcome led to southern states to secede from the Union
15 Clues: the action of southern states to leave the Union • a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah • battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed • most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter” • ...
Down the Niagara Falls - Solid Gold 1 2022-01-27
18 Clues: kant • rasa • pank • stöt • dämpa • säker • böter • tunna • trång • försök • orolig • rastlös • våghals • blåmärke • mun-mot-mun • skiljsmässa • inbördeskrig • göra möjligt, möjliggöra
Civil War 2022-05-17
7 Clues: Abolitionist leader • Underground railroad • President of the Union • deadliest day of Civil War • The first battle of the Civil War • most important battle of the Civil War • a type of a bullet used in the civil war
u.s. history reconstruction Adelle Laurie block 3 2024-04-11
Across
- Has a trunk
- a political party
- laws not depriving people of life, liberty and property
- restricted blacks did not have the right to own property
- poor farmers were granted access to farm small plots of land
- Large marsupial
- democrat that ran for union
- Flying mammal
Down
- time after the civil war
- assistance for the enslaved
- everyone may vote, no denies by the state
- removal of person who has done wrong
- white southerners who support reconstruction
- American republican pollution
- allegedly opportunistic or disruptive Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War
- vote under loyalty
- Likes to chase mice
- Man's best friend
18 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • a political party • Man's best friend • vote under loyalty • Likes to chase mice • time after the civil war • assistance for the enslaved • democrat that ran for union • American republican pollution • removal of person who has done wrong • everyone may vote, no denies by the state • white southerners who support reconstruction • ...
Gettysburg 2025-06-17
Across
- The 18th president
- who was fighting for slavery
- gave a Gettysburg address
- Most causalities in the civil war
- most deaths in one day of fighting
- Has a flag with a red background and a blue x
Down
- freedom for slaves
- a border state
- the fort where the civil war formally began
- "Moses" as she was called
- weapon for fighting
- Referred to as the North
- number of states the confederacy had initially
13 Clues: a border state • freedom for slaves • The 18th president • weapon for fighting • Referred to as the North • "Moses" as she was called • gave a Gettysburg address • who was fighting for slavery • Most causalities in the civil war • most deaths in one day of fighting • the fort where the civil war formally began • Has a flag with a red background and a blue x • ...
Civil war 2025-02-21
Across
- _____Lincoln
- what state was the last to free slaves
- what the south was called
- Where did the Battle of GettysBurg take place
- the first state to secede in civil war
Down
- What court was where the south surrendered
- what was the turning point of the civil war
- the most respected commander in the Confederacy Army
- bleeding_______
- president of south
- A war between citizens in the same country
11 Clues: _____Lincoln • bleeding_______ • president of south • what the south was called • what state was the last to free slaves • the first state to secede in civil war • What court was where the south surrendered • A war between citizens in the same country • what was the turning point of the civil war • Where did the Battle of GettysBurg take place • ...
Civil War Choice Board 2021-11-15
Across
- a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg,
- the period (1865–77) that followed the American Civil War and during which attempts were made to redress the inequities of slavery
- were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force
- the Battle of First Manassas, was the first major battle of the American Civil War
- commonly referred to as the Confederate States or the Confederacy, was an unrecognized breakaway state
- Southern state legislatures employed literacy tests as part of the voter registration process
- Confederate general best known for his service to the Confederate States of America
- for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral,
- The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
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- was a controversial federal law meant to restrict the ability of the U.S. president to remove certain officials that Congress had already approved.
- supreme Court in which the Court ruled that racial segregation laws
- American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
- Era enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
- Campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864,
- County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,733 at the 2010
15 Clues: for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral, • The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands • Era enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. • Campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, • supreme Court in which the Court ruled that racial segregation laws • ...
Reconstruction Vocabulary 2023-10-16
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- Northern politicians or opportunists who moved to the South during Reconstruction for economic or political gain.
- A white supremacist organization founded in the Reconstruction era, aimed at terrorizing and oppressing African Americans.
- Southern whites who supported Reconstruction policies and the Republican Party.
- A collective term for the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
- The practice of separating people, particularly in public facilities, based on their race, which became widespread in the South after Reconstruction.
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- An agricultural system that emerged after the Civil War, in which former slaves and poor whites worked the land of landowners in exchange for a share of the crops.
- Laws enacted in Southern states after the Civil War to restrict the civil rights and freedoms of African Americans.
- Proclamation: The executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, which declared the freedom of enslaved people in Confederate states.
- The period following the American Civil War (1865-1877) when the United States attempted to rebuild and reunify the nation.
- A faction of the Republican Party that pushed for more aggressive policies during Reconstruction, including civil rights for freedmen.
- Formerly enslaved individuals who were freed during and after the Civil War.
11 Clues: Formerly enslaved individuals who were freed during and after the Civil War. • Southern whites who supported Reconstruction policies and the Republican Party. • A collective term for the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. • ...
American Civil War 2021-10-13
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- a compromise that stabilized free and slave states
- The election of Abraham Lincoln formed the states of ___________.
- this expansion led to the civil war because it causes an outbreak of slavery
- John Brown led movement to initiate a slave rebellion
- the location where it ended the Civil War
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- a document where it freed slaves from confederate states
- officially initiated the Civil War
- an act where it allowed voters to decide to permit slavery or not
- the general of the Confederacy states
- forced labor
10 Clues: forced labor • officially initiated the Civil War • the general of the Confederacy states • the location where it ended the Civil War • a compromise that stabilized free and slave states • John Brown led movement to initiate a slave rebellion • a document where it freed slaves from confederate states • an act where it allowed voters to decide to permit slavery or not • ...
Alan Pinkerton 2024-05-20
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- The Pinkertons helped this side of the Civil War
- He was hired to suppress this type of conflict in Cuba in 1872
- Historians refer to his intelligence work as
- Pinkerton served as the head of this service during the first two years of the civil war
- Founder of this detective agency
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- He played an important role in this strike
- Year he was born
- He pursued this type of robber after the civil war
- Year he died
- His birth country
10 Clues: Year he died • Year he was born • His birth country • Founder of this detective agency • He played an important role in this strike • Historians refer to his intelligence work as • The Pinkertons helped this side of the Civil War • He pursued this type of robber after the civil war • He was hired to suppress this type of conflict in Cuba in 1872 • ...
Civil War 2025-11-11
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- The 16th president of the United States Of America
- The first shots fired of the Civil war
- The period after the civil war when the U.S. was being rebuilt
- Name of the U.S. states
- The name of the southern succeeded states
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- The leader of the Confederate army
- President of the confederate states of america
- A bullet used in civil war era rifles.
- A government Department to protect the rights of African Americans
- The leader of the union army
10 Clues: Name of the U.S. states • The leader of the union army • The leader of the Confederate army • A bullet used in civil war era rifles. • The first shots fired of the Civil war • The name of the southern succeeded states • President of the confederate states of america • The 16th president of the United States Of America • ...
Civil War 2022-03-04
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- free from outside control
- was a failed attempt of an invasion of Texas along the sabine river
- laws limiting the rights of african americans passed by southern governments after the civil war
- focus on the interests of one's region
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- the position that the federal government should not interfere with the states exercising their constitutional powers
- The president of the United States during the civil war.
- a formerly enslaved person
- enslaved workers had to build a wall to help the confederates win this war.
- the practice or system of owning slaves.
- a person whho supported the union cause during the civil war
10 Clues: free from outside control • a formerly enslaved person • focus on the interests of one's region • the practice or system of owning slaves. • The president of the United States during the civil war. • a person whho supported the union cause during the civil war • was a failed attempt of an invasion of Texas along the sabine river • ...
civil war vocabulary 2021-11-19
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- the belief that a state’s interests should take priority over the interests of the national government
- Missouri slave who sued for his freedom because he had lived in free territory; was denied the right to sue by the United States Supreme Court
- one of the most important strategies during the Civil War; designed to prevent the South from shipping its cotton to England and France in return for weapons and other supplies
- battle that was the largest Union defeat in the western theater of the Civil War; failure to follow up on the victory lead to Sherman’s Atlanta campaign
- the action of southern states to leave the union
- established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850; kept Georgia from succeeding from the Union
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- a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah
- battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed
- legislation passed by Congress in which California was admitted to the Union as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed
- a legal idea that a state has the right to cancel; any federal law which that state has considered unconstitutional
- federal reconstruction agency; provided food; helped build schools and hospitals; created the first public school program for either African Americans or whites in Georgia
- the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the southern states returned to the Union
- proclamation that said all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 1, 1863
- Abraham Lincoln elected President; outcome led to southern states to secede from the Union
- most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter”
15 Clues: the action of southern states to leave the union • a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah • battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed • most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter” • ...
Reconstruction: retake crossword 2025-09-22
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- In order to vote, you would have to prove you could read and write through this.
- Laws that would segregate public spaces
- This is the act of separating races in public spaces.
- The President at the end of the Reconstruction era.
- This is the only former Confederate state that was not included in the military districts
- This is the most famous "Doctrine" created out of the Plessy vs Ferguson Supreme Court Case
- All of the states that were included in the military districts minus Texas were located in this geographic region of the U.S
- This is a white supremist hate group that was founded at the end of the Civil War (full name not abbreviation)
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- This agency was created to help formerly enslaved individuals and poorer citizens gain access to resources for support; such as, employment, and education
- This is the Supreme Court Case that legalized segregation.
- After the Civil War ended the Southeast plus Texas was split into these so that the army could help ensure new Federal Laws were being enforced.
- This individual would test the Separate Cars Act in Louisiana and be arrested.
- This is how many military districts there were.
- This is the time period from 1865-1877 when America was rebuilding itself after the Civil War.
- This President was assassinated before the end of the Civil War.
- In order to vote you, would have to pay this fee.
16 Clues: Laws that would segregate public spaces • This is how many military districts there were. • In order to vote you, would have to pay this fee. • The President at the end of the Reconstruction era. • This is the act of separating races in public spaces. • This is the Supreme Court Case that legalized segregation. • ...
Reconstruction 2012-12-12
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- law that enforced fines on anyone trying to keep someone from voting
- period after the Civil War
- organization in the south to help freed slaves and poor farmers
- northerners that moved to the south
- republican running for president in 1876
- citizenship for all born in US
- president during Civil War
- renting land to grow crops
- won presidential election in 1968
- democrat running for president in 1876
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- name for the southern states
- ended slavery
- man who assassinated Lincoln
- working to receive a portion of an employer's crop
- laws that gave freedmen certain rights yet kept them dependent
- white southerners who supported Reconstruction
- guaranteed voting rights for all males
- president after Lincoln
- white supremacist group
19 Clues: ended slavery • president after Lincoln • white supremacist group • period after the Civil War • president during Civil War • renting land to grow crops • name for the southern states • man who assassinated Lincoln • citizenship for all born in US • won presidential election in 1968 • northerners that moved to the south • guaranteed voting rights for all males • ...
Civil War and Civil Rights 2024-02-26
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- the name of the government program that gave newly freed people access to free education and healthcare
- name of compromise that ends the era of Reconstruction
- the way the Executive Branch creates new laws for the nation
- last name of US president that was impeached twice
- the name of the law that was passed in 1964 that ended segregation in all of the US
- the chamber of Congress that writes impeachment articles
- the name of the president that passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- the Amendment that gives Black men suffrage rights
- the amendment southern states argued that the Supreme Court ignored when they ruled in favor of Brown in the Brown v. Bd of Ed case
- last name of the first US president to be impeached
- the way that SCOTUS creates new laws for the nation
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- this chamber of Congress tries impeachment trials
- name of the clause that the governor or Arkansas went against when ignored the ruling in Brown v. Bd of Ed
- the name of the clause found in the Fourteenth amendment that tries ensure that all people in the US are treated the same
- Last name of governor of Arkansas that did not let nine Black students into little Rock High School
- the names given to laws that sought to regulate the lives of Black people
- The amendment Pres. Lincoln fought to pass that would end slavery in the United States
- the Article in the Constitution that allows amendments to be added to the US Constitution
- the name of the war that ended segregation in the US
- the name of the clause that ensures that before one's life, liberty or property is taken they are provided proper judicial proceedings
- the name of the SCOTUS case that ended segregation in schools
- the name of the clause that allows Congress to pass laws
22 Clues: this chamber of Congress tries impeachment trials • last name of US president that was impeached twice • the Amendment that gives Black men suffrage rights • last name of the first US president to be impeached • the way that SCOTUS creates new laws for the nation • the name of the war that ended segregation in the US • ...
ELA & SOCIAL WRLD 2022-05-05
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- a way to keep enemy from attacking you
- special group study for elevated students
- an alliance
- open armed conflict
- a temporary agrement
- free of war
- collection of poetry or stories
- alone
- subject or topic
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- the mutual agreement to end war
- close associatioan
- to confer
- conversation or a civil argument
- publication issued at regular intervals
- to agree
- a state of prolonged fighting
- temporary ceace fire
17 Clues: alone • to agree • to confer • an alliance • free of war • subject or topic • close associatioan • open armed conflict • a temporary agrement • temporary ceace fire • a state of prolonged fighting • the mutual agreement to end war • collection of poetry or stories • conversation or a civil argument • a way to keep enemy from attacking you • publication issued at regular intervals • ...
History 3A 2015-09-26
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- He was President during the Civil War.
- The US has a ______ form of government.
- The _____ War was fought over slavery.
- There are 100 ______ in Congress.
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- The ______ of Powers keeps the branches equal.
- Congress is the ___________branch.
- there are ______ branches of government.
- Congress has the power to declare ___.
- The number of Representatives is based on _______.
- The 13th amendment abolished ________.
- Slaves were brought to the US from ________.
11 Clues: There are 100 ______ in Congress. • Congress is the ___________branch. • He was President during the Civil War. • Congress has the power to declare ___. • The 13th amendment abolished ________. • The _____ War was fought over slavery. • The US has a ______ form of government. • there are ______ branches of government. • Slaves were brought to the US from ________. • ...
Civil War 2025-12-10
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- Court House the last battle of Civil War
- E Lee shoe size 4.5 or 5
- Codes southern states controlling freed slaves
- Amendment equalizing black with white
- Run the first battle of Civil War
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- Amendment voting for black people
- Thomas nickname: Stonewall
- Davis named after Thomas Jefferson
- Act the clean up after the War
- s Grant the "S." in his name stood for nothing
- Lincoln president who got assassinated
11 Clues: Thomas nickname: Stonewall • E Lee shoe size 4.5 or 5 • Act the clean up after the War • Davis named after Thomas Jefferson • Run the first battle of Civil War • Amendment voting for black people • Amendment equalizing black with white • Court House the last battle of Civil War • Lincoln president who got assassinated • ...
Unit 9: Vocabulary 2021-04-26
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- This party did not agree, therefore it was divided.
- an organization that fights for Latin American civil rights, and desegregation of schools
- Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war.
- Brown v Board of education outlawed this in schools across the country.
- Where many African Americans moved after the great depression. Also called the Great Migration
- 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia
- this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan
- President of the United States who passed many Civil Rights legislation
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- an economic system in which the government owns the land and means of production.
- African Americans experienced less of this in Europe during World War II
- A period in the United States history when everyone was so caught up in stopping communism, and investigated people within their community for being communists.
- War on _______________.
- Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States. Their goal was to desegregate the bus system
- James L. Farmer Jr. created this civil rights organization which pushed for equality
14 Clues: War on _______________. • Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war. • This party did not agree, therefore it was divided. • 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia • this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan • Brown v Board of education outlawed this in schools across the country. • ...
Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle 2021-04-26
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- 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia
- This party did not agree, therefore it was divided.
- Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war.
- James L. Farmer Jr. created this civil rights organization which pushed for equality
- Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States. Their goal was to desegregate the bus system
- an economic system in which the government owns the land and means of production.
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- this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan
- African Americans experienced less of this in Europe during World War II
- an organization that fights for Latin American civil rights, and desegregation of schools
- Where many African Americans moved after the great depression. Also called the Great Migration
- War on _______________.
- Brown v Board of education outlawed this in schools across the country.
- A period in the United States history when everyone was so caught up in stopping communism, and investigated people within their community for being communists.
- President of the United States who passed many Civil Rights legislation
14 Clues: War on _______________. • Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war. • This party did not agree, therefore it was divided. • 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia • this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan • Brown v Board of education outlawed this in schools across the country. • ...
Slavery- Reconstrution Era 2025-03-28
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- The ship that brought 20 enslaved Africans to Jamestown in 1619.
- The system of forced labor in which Africans were brought to the Americas.
- The South's main crop that relied heavily on enslaved labor, especially in the 1800s.
- U.S. amendment granting citizenship and equal civil rights to African Americans after the Civil War.
- The U.S. president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
- The period following the Civil War aimed at reintegrating the Southern states and freed African Americans.
- The U.S. amendment that formally ended slavery in 1865.
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- U.S. amendment granting African American men the right to vote.
- The violent group that sought to restore white supremacy in the South during Reconstruction.
- The Supreme Court decision in 1857 that upheld slavery and denied African Americans citizenship.
- The act of seceding or breaking away from the Union, which occurred in 1860-61 by 11 Southern states.
- The Northern political party formed in the 1850s in opposition to the expansion of slavery.
- The year the Civil War ended with the Confederacy’s surrender.
- Act The act passed in 1867 to reorganize the South during Reconstruction.
- The legal status of African Americans in the South before the Civil War.
15 Clues: The U.S. amendment that formally ended slavery in 1865. • The year the Civil War ended with the Confederacy’s surrender. • U.S. amendment granting African American men the right to vote. • The ship that brought 20 enslaved Africans to Jamestown in 1619. • The U.S. president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. • ...
Lead up to the Civil War 2025-10-20
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- An agreement proposed by Henry Clay that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Maine enter as a free state
- Secret network
- War with Mexico which began in 1846 when the U.S. annexed Texas and Mexico challenged the Border
- Machine that separates cotton seeds from cotton fiber
- Strong supporter of the American System
- The act is that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state
- Five laws
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- Principle that the authority of a government comes from its people
- Leading figure in the abolitionist movement in the pre-Civil war
- African Americans were not citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court
- Act of freeing enslaved people
- Political movement to end slavery and liberate enslaved individuals around the world
- Formal withdrawal
- Most important leader of the movement for African American civil rights in the 19th century
- Anti-slavery
- Period of violent conflict in the Kansas Territory between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers
- Dominant economic and political power of cotton production in the Southern United States before the Civil War
- Legal theory that a state has the right to declare a federal law unconstitutional and therefore void
18 Clues: Five laws • Anti-slavery • Secret network • Formal withdrawal • Act of freeing enslaved people • Strong supporter of the American System • Machine that separates cotton seeds from cotton fiber • Leading figure in the abolitionist movement in the pre-Civil war • Principle that the authority of a government comes from its people • ...
The Civil War 2023-03-07
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- President of Union forces
- President of Confederate forces
- First state to secede
- Side that went with keeping their
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- Kansas Nebraska Act
- First Battle of the Civil War
- Leader of the Union Forces
- The side that was against slavery
- Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
- Dispute of the US over there should belong or not
- Killer of Lincoln
- Leader of the Confederate Forces
- 28th state of the US
13 Clues: Killer of Lincoln • Kansas Nebraska Act • 28th state of the US • First state to secede • President of Union forces • Leader of the Union Forces • First Battle of the Civil War • President of Confederate forces • Leader of the Confederate Forces • The side that was against slavery • Bloodiest battle of the Civil War • Side that went with keeping their • ...
Unit 3 Test Regionalism 2023-04-04
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- The American Regionalism movement was vital in _______ the country after the Civil War by creating bonds between the regions.
- The Civil War and ______ were factors in creating the American Regionalism movement.
- Sarah Orne ______ grew up in the rural town of South Berwick, Maine.
- Some regionalist authors contributed to American realism by describing the varied conditions of American life in a ______ style
- A big theme throughout the story is that ______ ruins children’s innocence, community, and trust.
- A continuing style that helped greatly to ________ the short story among American readers
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- The Civil War helped create a national ______.
- The dramatic changes industrialization brought to society caused Jewett to romanticize the peaceful life of the _______.
- When Jewett’s chronic sickness prevented her from continuing to study medicine, she dedicated herself to ______.
- Jewett worried that the migration from the countryside to manufacturing towns would disrupt rural communities and ______ people from their natural environments.
- Informs of the ______ through an area’s past, present, and future perspectives.
- A transitional style that possesses works that detail a specific people’s features (religion, dialect, history, customs) shaped by their region, usually referring to the West and Midwest.
- Jewett published over _____ novels and short story collections.
- Jewett died of a _____ in 1909 in the small Maine town where she was born.
- Regionalism originates in the post-Civil war era, but many critics locate its origins in the ______ period
15 Clues: The Civil War helped create a national ______. • Jewett published over _____ novels and short story collections. • Sarah Orne ______ grew up in the rural town of South Berwick, Maine. • Jewett died of a _____ in 1909 in the small Maine town where she was born. • Informs of the ______ through an area’s past, present, and future perspectives. • ...
PASW Week 18 version 2 2025-02-24
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- A Pennsylvania lawyer who became an active abolitionist and advocated against slavery
- Pennsylvania Congressman, Senator, and eventually President of the United States; he was opposed to secession
- A Pennsylvania native who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War; he lost the Battle of Vicksburg to the Union Army.
- A Union Army officer who was able to hold the Union position at Little Round Top in the Battle of Gettysburg, but later died of his wounds.
- the act of withdrawing formally from membership of a political state or country
- Democrats from the North who opposed the Civil War.
- cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority
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- A Pennsylvania lawyer and commander who lost his leg fighting in the Civil War and later became governor of Pennsylvania
- military weapons, ammunition, equipment, and stores
- successful businessman who was appointed to fill the Senate seat of James Buchanan when he became President
- Instructor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point; fought in the Second Battle of Manassas, Fredericksbug, and Chancellorsville; was killed in action at Gettysburg.
- The general who led the army at the Battle of Gettysburg; he later helped secure the Confederate surrender at Appomattox.
- Another name for Copperheads.
- Pennsylvania's governor during the Civil War; he was a strong supporter of the Union
- mounted guns; artillery
15 Clues: mounted guns; artillery • Another name for Copperheads. • military weapons, ammunition, equipment, and stores • Democrats from the North who opposed the Civil War. • cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority • the act of withdrawing formally from membership of a political state or country • ...
The Drummer Boy of Shiloh Crossword Puzzle 2023-11-15
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- What is the main character's name?
- The general admitted that he ______________ the night before the battle.
- What is the name of the war that's taking place in the story?
- Which river did the battle take place near?
- Who was the president at the time of the Civil War? (two words)
- Which issue caused the Civil War?
- Everyone else on the battlefield had _______________ to protect them, but the boy did not have this protection.
- The boy was going to play this instrument on the battlefield: _________________.
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- How old was the main character in the story?
- What fell on the drum at the end of the story? (two words)
- What is Shiloh the name of?
- The general said the drummer boy plays an important role because he is the ______________ of the army.
- Which month did the Battle of Shiloh take place?
- What does Joby have to overcome according to the general?
14 Clues: What is Shiloh the name of? • Which issue caused the Civil War? • What is the main character's name? • Which river did the battle take place near? • How old was the main character in the story? • Which month did the Battle of Shiloh take place? • What does Joby have to overcome according to the general? • What fell on the drum at the end of the story? (two words) • ...
Reconstruction Era 2025-09-28
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- Laws that enforced racial segregation after Reconstruction
- Many former slaves work plantations, similar to slavery
- Term for former Confederate soldiers who terrorize Black people
- Helps former slaves with schools, getting jobs, and housing
- Time period following the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South
- Guaranteed all free men the right to vote
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- Members of Congress who wanted to punish the South And protect the rights of freed Slaves after Civil War
- Guarantees citizenship to all persons born in the US
- Last name of U.S. President who led the early Reconstruction after the Civil War
- Last name of U.S. President who was assassinated at the start of Reconstruction
- Laws passed in the South to limit the rights of African Americans
- Officially made slavery illegal across the US
- Northerners who move south to make money
- Southerner who supports the Union
14 Clues: Southerner who supports the Union • Northerners who move south to make money • Guaranteed all free men the right to vote • Officially made slavery illegal across the US • Guarantees citizenship to all persons born in the US • Many former slaves work plantations, similar to slavery • Laws that enforced racial segregation after Reconstruction • ...
Reconstruction Vocabulary 2023-09-22
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- Allowed Confederate states to establish new state governments after 10 percent of their male population took loyalty oaths and the states recognized the permanent freedom of formerly enslaved people
- after the American Civil War, a pejorative (negative) term for a white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction or who joined with black freedmen and the so-called carpetbaggers in support of Republican Party policies
- Change to the Constitution of the United States that granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to anyone born in the United States or who became a citizen of the country, including formerly enslaved people.
- 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, as he was vice president at that time.
- Enacted in 1867–68 this outlined the conditions under which the Southern states would be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War
- A change to the U.S. Constitution that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
- formerly enslaved people who, in the south, after the Civil War, were often left without money, land, jobs, or education
- A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction by taking advantage of unsettled conditions and political corruption.
- a post-Civil War secret society favoring white supremacy, often carrying out organized terrorist attacks on formerly enslaved people
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- Change to the Constitution that gave the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall no matter what race, color, or previous condition of servitude
- the reorganization and reestablishment of the seceded states in the Union after the American Civil War
- Laws passed in 1865 - 67 that restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces. A central element was vagrancy laws. States criminalized men who were out of work, or who were not working at a job whites recognized.
- a farmer who works land for a landlord in return for a share of the crop
- Agency set up to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, especially newly freed African Americans.
14 Clues: a farmer who works land for a landlord in return for a share of the crop • the reorganization and reestablishment of the seceded states in the Union after the American Civil War • A change to the U.S. Constitution that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. • ...
US History: Civil War 2025-10-01
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- an abolitionist described by a historian as a "man made of the stuff of saints"
- an act stating that under the law, runaway slaves who had escaped to the North could be arrested and sent back
- Henry Clay's compromise addressing free and slave states
- a sluggish creek that two armies led by McClellan and Lincoln
- the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union
- formed by nativists better known as the Know-Nothing Party
- an editor of the New York Tribune
- formed on July 6 in Michigan
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- a soft lead bullet used in the Civil War that was more destrictive than earlier bullets
- the right of residents of a territory to vote for or against slavery
- the only thing that free people could teach slaves
- the favoring of native-born Americans over immigrants
- states that do not support slavery
- the state Harriet Tubman went to for freedom after her owner died
- northern Democrats who advocated peace with the South
- an unrecognized nation formed by 11 southern US states
- the single greatest importer of American cotton before the Civil War
- a gun that was more accurate than old-fashioned muskets used in the Civil War
18 Clues: formed on July 6 in Michigan • an editor of the New York Tribune • states that do not support slavery • the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union • the only thing that free people could teach slaves • the favoring of native-born Americans over immigrants • northern Democrats who advocated peace with the South • ...
US History Final 2023-05-22
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- Landmark Supreme Court case that ruled against racial segregation in schools
- Competition between the US and the Soviet Union in space exploration
- Banning of alcohol
- Senator's campaign against alleged communist infiltration in the US
- Cultural and artistic movement in the 1920s
- Major invasion by Allied forces on the beaches of Normandy
- Surprise Japanese attack that led to US entry into World War II
- Young, fashionable woman in the 1920s
- Barrier that divided East and West Germany during the Cold War
- Policy to prevent the spread of communism during the Cold War
- Civil rights leader known for his nonviolent activism
- Movement for equal rights and racial justice
- Civil rights protest against segregated bus seating
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- Incident that led to increased US involvement in the Vietnam War
- Industrialist accused of exploiting workers
- Conflict between North and South Vietnam with US involvement
- US project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II
- International organization established after World War I
- First artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union
- Government programs aimed at economic recovery during the 1930s
- Economic downturn and high unemployment in the 1930s
- Political scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon
- Economic policies of President Ronald Reagan focused on reducing taxes and government regulations
- Organizations that represent workers' interests
- Movement advocating for women's right to vote
25 Clues: Banning of alcohol • Young, fashionable woman in the 1920s • Industrialist accused of exploiting workers • Cultural and artistic movement in the 1920s • Movement for equal rights and racial justice • Movement advocating for women's right to vote • Organizations that represent workers' interests • Civil rights protest against segregated bus seating • ...
Chp. 16/17 Word Study Crossword 2024-01-25
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- - a river or stream that flows into a larger river
- War - war strategy of destroying the enemy’s means of survival
- - to firmly fix or establish
- - to give a good reason for something; to show something is right or reasonable
- - a force that opposes or slows motion
- rights - concept that laws should be made by each state and not by the federal government
- - to formally withdraw from membership in organization or group
- - promissory notes issued during the Civil War, with green ink giving them their nickname
- Proclamation- an order issued by President Lincoln in 1863 that freed all the slaves in the Confederate states
- a person who is running from something, usually legal authorities
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- - a careful plan for solving a problem or achieving a goal
- - to strengthen or support
- - a place where weapons are kept
- - the act of formally separating from or leaving an organization or government
- - a person who suffers or dies because of his or her beliefs or actions
- a person injured, killed, or missing during a war accident, or distaster
- States - slave-owning states that stayed in the U.S.
- - a payment made (often by authorities) as a reward
- - to enroll in a group such as the military
- War- a war in which groups of people from the same country fight against each other
20 Clues: - to strengthen or support • - to firmly fix or establish • - a place where weapons are kept • - a force that opposes or slows motion • - to enroll in a group such as the military • - a river or stream that flows into a larger river • - a payment made (often by authorities) as a reward • States - slave-owning states that stayed in the U.S. • ...
vocab 2023-05-05
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- an 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy
- a Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865
- having to do with the most important part of an idea or of something
- a runaway
- an agreement,proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the Union's worst defeats
- a tax on people's earnings
- something that comes before or is introductory to something
- a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
- a northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the Union
- to be made of
- one of two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
- a betrayal of or action against one's country
- not eager to do something
- to suggest something for people to consider
- an ironclad Union warship
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a Union victory
- an 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the new territories
- agreeing or accepting something without arguing about it
- the speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the battle of Gettysburg
- unable to be changed
- an 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended in an Union Victory and stopped the COnfederate invasion of the North
- making it easy for something to happen
- to publicly state that one action or person is wrong or bad
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- a political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories
- to withdraw from membership in a group
- a war between people of the same country
- a fort in SOuth Carolina that was the site of an attack by the African American 54th Massachusetts Regiment in 1863
- an 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate territory
- a place where guns are stored
- to prove something by being an example of it
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland; also called the Battle of Sharpsburg
- a type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactics
- a law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
- proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
- to suggest something without saying it directly or plainly
- the failed Confederate charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg
- an agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
- the bipartisan antislavery party founded in the United States in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories
- very important
- an African American unit in the Union army
- to find an answer or solution to something
- the first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassas
- an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in am attempt to break the Union blockade
- government by consent of the governed
- an 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving settlers of each territory the right to popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery
- a slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
- the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
- to keep in an existing state
- a person who dies for his or her beliefs
- to surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops in order to force it to surrender
51 Clues: a runaway • to be made of • very important • unable to be changed • not eager to do something • an ironclad Union warship • a tax on people's earnings • to keep in an existing state • a place where guns are stored • government by consent of the governed • to withdraw from membership in a group • making it easy for something to happen • a war between people of the same country • ...
topic 8 for bever 2023-05-05
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- A betrayal of or action against one's country.
- unable to be changed
- making it easy for something to happen
- the first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassas
- a slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
- an agreement over slavery by which california joined the union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
- an 1863 declaration by president lincoln freeing enslaved african americans in confederate territory
- A political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories.
- Proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas.
- something that comes before or is introductory to something
- an ironclad Union warship
- an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade
- an aferican american unit in the union army
- to prove something by being an example of it
- to find an answer or solution to something
- To publicly state that some action or person is wrong or bad.
- a northener who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the union
- A type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactics.
- the failed confederate charge during the third day of battle of gettysburg
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the Union's worst defeats
- to withdraw from membership in a group
- the bipartisan antislavery party founded in the united states in 1848 to keep slavey out of the western territories
- the speech made by president Lincoln in 1863 after the battle of Gettysburg
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- An 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories.
- an 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy
- a tax on peoples earnings
- To keep in an existing state.
- a virginia town that was the site of the confederate surrender in 1865
- having to do with the most important part of an idea or of something
- to suggest something without saying it directly or plainly
- A person who dies for his or her beliefs.
- to be made up of
- government by consent of the governed
- A place where guns are stored.
- a law the requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
- An 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving the settlers of each territory the right of popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery.
- very important
- agreeing or accepting something without arguing about it
- a runaway
- an agreement proposed in 1819 by henry clay to keep the number of slave and free states equal
- in 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland; also called the Battle of Sharpsburg
- the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
- to rise in prises and a decrease in the value of money
- in 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a Union victory
- an 1863 Civil War battle in pennsylvania that ended in a union victory and stopped the condederate invasion of the north
- onw of two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
- a war between people of the same country
- not eager to do something
- to suggest something for people to consider
- a fort in south carolina that was the site of an attack by the african american 54th massachusetts regiment in 1863
- to surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops in order to force it to surrender
51 Clues: a runaway • very important • to be made up of • unable to be changed • a tax on peoples earnings • an ironclad Union warship • not eager to do something • To keep in an existing state. • A place where guns are stored. • government by consent of the governed • making it easy for something to happen • to withdraw from membership in a group • a war between people of the same country • ...
Unit 11 Test Review Crossword Puzzle 2021-04-26
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- President of the United States who passed many Civil Rights legislation
- A period in the United States history when everyone was so caught up in stopping communism, and investigated people within their community for being communists.
- This party did not agree, therefore it was divided.
- African Americans experienced less of this in Europe during World War II
- Brown v Board of education outlawed this in schools across the country.
- Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war.
- James L. Farmer Jr. created this civil rights organization which pushed for equality
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- 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia
- this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan
- an economic system in which the government owns the land and means of production.
- War on _______________.
- Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States. Their goal was to desegregate the bus system
- Where many African Americans moved after the great depression. Also called the Great Migration
- an organization that fights for Latin American civil rights, and desegregation of schools
14 Clues: War on _______________. • Tejanos were not allowed to do this in the war. • This party did not agree, therefore it was divided. • 45 year long conflict between United States and Soviet Russia • this political group disagreed with Johnson's Great Society plan • President of the United States who passed many Civil Rights legislation • ...
Reconstruction 2013-06-03
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- former slaves
- laws enforcement segregation of blacks and whites in the South after the Civil War
- ruling that stated that segregation laws did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment as long as the facilities available to both races were roughly equal
- citizen’s right to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
- president that announced the Reconstruction plan; escaped impeachment
- assisted former slaves by providing food and medical care to both blacks and whites in the South
- rebuilding the South and bringing the southern states back into the Union
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- planters who divided their land into small plots and rented these plots to individual tenant farmers
- declared slaves to be citizens with full civil rights
- secret society formed to drive African Americans out of political life
- white southerners who supported the federal government after the Civil War
- northerners who went to the South after the Civil War to gain money and political power
- passed to control slaves
- the rights that the Constitution entitles all people to as citizens, especially equal treatment under the law
14 Clues: former slaves • passed to control slaves • declared slaves to be citizens with full civil rights • president that announced the Reconstruction plan; escaped impeachment • secret society formed to drive African Americans out of political life • rebuilding the South and bringing the southern states back into the Union • ...
History Crossword Puzzle 2017-05-20
Across
- the general of the South.
- in which president Lincoln praised the bravery of the soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the war.
- a failed Confederate attack up Cemetery Ridge.
- the general of the North.
- the order to free the Confederate Slaves.
- was known as the single bloodiest day.
- in which the Union army gained greater control of the Mississippi River Valley.
- the freeing of slaves.
- ships heavily armored with iron.
- destroying civilian and economic resources.
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- the start of the civil war.
- a series of battles designed to capture the Confederates capital.
- were midwesterns that sympathized with the south.
- forced the Union army to retreat from near richmond.
- a key battle that finally turned the tide against the Confederates
- the cutting off of the city and shelling it repeatedly.
- where Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the Civil War.
- is a constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment.
- the 16th president.
- escaped slaves.
20 Clues: escaped slaves. • the 16th president. • the freeing of slaves. • the general of the South. • the general of the North. • the start of the civil war. • ships heavily armored with iron. • was known as the single bloodiest day. • the order to free the Confederate Slaves. • destroying civilian and economic resources. • a failed Confederate attack up Cemetery Ridge. • ...
7th Grade Africa (pgs 17-51) 2015-02-11
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- Second longest river in Africa
- Economy that allows for private ownership
- A second factor that contributes to Africa's political unrest
- Type of war that occurs in one country
- person fleeing a country to escape war
- the difference between these groups that occurred after colonization has caused many problems in Africa
- Dry grasslands in Africa
- Form of an economy where people produce just enough to survive
- Desert that stretches across North Africa
- Mountain range in northwest Africa
- A disease that has devastated Africa
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- One of the factors that leads to conflicts and civil war
- Economy where the government owns means of production
- lack of food
- The kind of democracy we live in
- Second largest freshwater lake in the world
- A single national government that has all the power
- Hot, dry grasslands where many wild animals live
- Frequently in charge of an Autocracy
- This river is the longest river in the world
20 Clues: lack of food • Dry grasslands in Africa • Second longest river in Africa • The kind of democracy we live in • Mountain range in northwest Africa • Frequently in charge of an Autocracy • A disease that has devastated Africa • Type of war that occurs in one country • person fleeing a country to escape war • Economy that allows for private ownership • ...
Reconstruction 2024-10-04
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- one of the leading industries in the south
- these were passed to control freed slaves
- who edited the Atlanta constitution
- this helped newley freed slaves
- he championed political reform
- blance k Bruce and hiran revells were african american
- lynching
- southerners who supported republicans
- this occurred when Johnson's vetoes were overridden
- radical
- the amnesty act restored rights to southerners who supported
- a war hero president
- who offered amnesty to all white southerners
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- he assassinated Lincoln
- president Johnson was impeached for breaking the
- northerners who moved to the south
- to defeat a veto it gets an
- these were considered to be slavery in disguise
- he was a radical republican
- a civil rights leader
- this was the rival plan to Lincoln's plan
- this offered full citizenship to all people born in the U.S. and says everyone deserves "due process of law"
- the period of rebuilding after the civil war
- crops sold for money
- a secret society of terrorists
- the secretary of war for Lincoln and johnson
26 Clues: radical • lynching • crops sold for money • a war hero president • a civil rights leader • he assassinated Lincoln • to defeat a veto it gets an • he was a radical republican • he championed political reform • a secret society of terrorists • this helped newley freed slaves • northerners who moved to the south • who edited the Atlanta constitution • southerners who supported republicans • ...
civil war A-Z 2025-05-08
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- Used to describe northeners
- Where the first civil war battle took place
- President of the Union
- Present day Oklahoma
- The union gained it
- Split Kansas and Nebraska
- Assassinated Abraham Lincoln
- Where a raid and a battle both happened
- Banned slavery in all southern states
- A soldier that uses french uniforms and tactics
- Banned slavery from north of a specific line
- Formed when southern states seceded from the union
- Citizens could decide on if they wanted slavery
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- When someone between the age of 20 and 45 was selected to fight
- A battle that was a major turning point for the war
- A crucial transportation route for both sides
- The main cause of the civil war
- Made up of northern and western states
- Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri
- Were often spies,nurses, or soldiers
- Led the deadliest slave revolt in U.S. history
- Group that wanted to end slavery
- General of the Confederate army
- often used to describe confederates
24 Clues: The union gained it • Present day Oklahoma • President of the Union • Split Kansas and Nebraska • Used to describe northeners • Assassinated Abraham Lincoln • The main cause of the civil war • General of the Confederate army • Group that wanted to end slavery • often used to describe confederates • Were often spies,nurses, or soldiers • Banned slavery in all southern states • ...
Georgia Studies Crossword puzzle 2025-12-16
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- second bloodiest battle of civil war
- Prison that held Union soldiers. Many died due to poor conditions
- Won election of 1864 and only got votes from the north
- People who worked to end slavery
- The act of departing from a group
- People who wanted to cut ties with great britain
- Only colony to enforce the stamp act
- Who won Siege of Savannah?
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- First part of the Declaration of Independence
- Which part of the country led to secession
- Act where blacks were forced into unpaid labor
- North and south divided and went to war
- one of the Souths most important railroad hubs
- People who favored staying with britain
- What did William t Sherman give to Abraham as a Christmas present
- People who opposed the stamp act
- First public educational university
- Eli Whitney made this so cotton production could be distributed faster
- Which side won the civil war
- Major cause of deaths in Andersonville
20 Clues: Who won Siege of Savannah? • Which side won the civil war • People who opposed the stamp act • People who worked to end slavery • The act of departing from a group • First public educational university • second bloodiest battle of civil war • Only colony to enforce the stamp act • Major cause of deaths in Andersonville • North and south divided and went to war • ...
Early proxy wars 2023-06-05
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- Early proxy wars shaped the _________ landscape
- The Korean War started with North Korean army invading __________ Korea
- ________ War: A Proxy Battle Between Capitalism and Communism
- Greek Civil War rebels were supported by _________ and the Soviet Union
- Conflicts in developing countries were vulnerable to __________ influences
- __________ War: A Proxy Battle Between US and USSR
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- Greek Civil War was a proxy battle between __________ and Democracy
- Early proxy wars led to political and economic __________
- Proxy wars helped shape the global _________ landscape
- US and Soviet Union were ___________ in Vietnam War
- The two superpowers in the Cold War: United States and ________
- Conflict in which US supported South Vietnam
12 Clues: Conflict in which US supported South Vietnam • Early proxy wars shaped the _________ landscape • __________ War: A Proxy Battle Between US and USSR • US and Soviet Union were ___________ in Vietnam War • Proxy wars helped shape the global _________ landscape • Early proxy wars led to political and economic __________ • ...
Civil War 2022-04-01
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- who led slaves to freedom
- The state of being a slave
- What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to?
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- What were people who wanted to outlaw slavery called?
- In what state did the first fighting over slavery take place?
- Who was the 16th president
- What was the main driver of the economy in the North during the Civil War?
- Who fought the North in the American Civil War?
- War A war between citizens and same country
9 Clues: who led slaves to freedom • Who was the 16th president • The state of being a slave • War A war between citizens and same country • Who fought the North in the American Civil War? • What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to? • What were people who wanted to outlaw slavery called? • In what state did the first fighting over slavery take place? • ...
Vocabulary for lessons 1, 2, and 3 2023-09-11
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- A pardon given by the government.
- Southern laws the limited the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.
- Men and women who had been formerly enslaved.
- Members of Congress during Reconstruction who wanted to break the power of wealthy plantation owners and ensure freedmen the right to vote.
- An uncomplimentary nickname for a northerner who went to the South after the Civil War.
- Amendment added to the Constitution in 1868 which guaranteed equal protection of the laws.guaranteed equal protection of the laws.
- A government agency founded during the Reconstruction to help those who were formerly enslaved.
- Amendment added to the Constitution in 1865, banning slavery throughout the US.
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- A secret society organized in the south after the Civil War to reinforce white supremacy through violence.
- The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War was over.
- A white southerner who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction.
- To bring charges of grave wrongdoing against a public official.
- 1867 law that would not allow southern states that had not ratified the Fourteenth Amendment return to the Union.
- Someone who rents a plot of land from someone else and farms it in exchange for a share in the crop it yields.
- Amendment added to the Constitution in 1869 prohibiting any state from forbidding African Americans to vote because of their race.
15 Clues: A pardon given by the government. • Men and women who had been formerly enslaved. • The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War was over. • To bring charges of grave wrongdoing against a public official. • A white southerner who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction. • Southern laws the limited the rights of African Americans after the Civil War. • ...
U.S. History Crossword 2024-01-25
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- To enroll in a group such as the military
- A force that opposes or slows motion
- Proclamation An order issued by president Lincoln in 1863 that freed all the slaves in the confederate states
- War War strategy of destroying the enemy’s means of survival
- A payment made (often by authorities) as a reward
- To strengthen or support
- A person who suffers or dies because of his or her beliefs or actions
- A river or stream that flows into a larger river
- A person who is running from something, usually legal authorities
- To formally withdraw from membership in an organization or group
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- The act of formally separating from or leaving an organization or government
- A person injured, killed, or missing during a war, accident, or disaster
- Promissory notes issued during the Civil War, with green ink giving them their nickname
- Rights Concept that laws should be made by each state and not by the federal government
- To give a good reason for something; to show something is right or reasonable
- war A war in which groups of people from the same country fight against each other
- To firmly fix or establish
- States Slave-owning states that stayed in the U.S.
- A place where weapons are kept
- A careful plan for solving a problem or achieving a goal
20 Clues: To strengthen or support • To firmly fix or establish • A place where weapons are kept • A force that opposes or slows motion • To enroll in a group such as the military • A river or stream that flows into a larger river • A payment made (often by authorities) as a reward • States Slave-owning states that stayed in the U.S. • ...
Reconstruction Era 2025-09-28
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- Guarantees citizenship to all persons born in the US
- Helps former slaves with schools, getting jobs, and housing
- Time period following the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South
- Members of Congress who wanted to punish the South And protect the rights of freed Slaves after Civil War
- Many former slaves work plantations, similar to slavery
- Term for former Confederate soldiers who terrorize Black people
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- Guaranteed all free men the right to vote
- Laws that enforced racial segregation after Reconstruction
- Northerners who move south to make money
- Last name of U.S. President who led the early Reconstruction after the Civil War
- Southerner who supports the Union
- Last name of U.S. President who was assassinated at the start of Reconstruction
- Officially made slavery illegal across the US
- Laws passed in the South to limit the rights of African Americans
14 Clues: Southerner who supports the Union • Northerners who move south to make money • Guaranteed all free men the right to vote • Officially made slavery illegal across the US • Guarantees citizenship to all persons born in the US • Many former slaves work plantations, similar to slavery • Laws that enforced racial segregation after Reconstruction • ...
civil war cross word 2023-02-15
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- the president during the civil war
- required enlistment for service usually for the military
- if a slave escaped to a free state they would not be granted their freedom
- pro-slavery states
- a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing power or money
- formally enslaved people who have been emancipated
- where the civil war ended
- confederate general
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- union leader
- how much a slave would be counted for as a person
- a war that lasted 4 years
- he escaped slavery by taking a boat and fought for the union
- is mainly trying to defend itself from another
- a battle on july 1-3, 1863
- an act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
- how lincoln died
- came up with the anaconda plan
- arranged for the present as a temporary measure
- couldnt have slaves in the state
- jan. 1, 1863 all slaves in confederate states would be free
20 Clues: union leader • how lincoln died • pro-slavery states • confederate general • a war that lasted 4 years • where the civil war ended • a battle on july 1-3, 1863 • came up with the anaconda plan • couldnt have slaves in the state • the president during the civil war • is mainly trying to defend itself from another • arranged for the present as a temporary measure • ...
History Crossword Puzzle 2017-05-20
Across
- the general of the South.
- in which president Lincoln praised the bravery of the soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the war.
- a failed Confederate attack up Cemetery Ridge.
- the general of the North.
- the order to free the Confederate Slaves.
- was known as the single bloodiest day.
- in which the Union army gained greater control of the Mississippi River Valley.
- the freeing of slaves.
- ships heavily armored with iron.
- destroying civilian and economic resources.
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- the start of the civil war.
- a series of battles designed to capture the Confederates capital.
- were midwesterns that sympathized with the south.
- forced the Union army to retreat from near richmond.
- a key battle that finally turned the tide against the Confederates
- the cutting off of the city and shelling it repeatedly.
- where Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the Civil War.
- is a constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment.
- the 16th president.
- escaped slaves.
20 Clues: escaped slaves. • the 16th president. • the freeing of slaves. • the general of the South. • the general of the North. • the start of the civil war. • ships heavily armored with iron. • was known as the single bloodiest day. • the order to free the Confederate Slaves. • destroying civilian and economic resources. • a failed Confederate attack up Cemetery Ridge. • ...
US History STAAR Review 2022-05-05
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- The right to life, liberty, pursuit of happines
- Power shared between the states and Nat'l govt.
- Site where Lee surrendered to Grant
- First shots of the Civil War
- To leave the union
- Example of self-govt
- The right to vote
- invented by Robert Fulton
- Turning point of the American Rev.
- Commander of the Continental Army
- American Rev. Naval war hero
- To cancel a law
- protects your right to bear arms
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- American colonist who fought for independence
- colonist that stayed loyal to the king
- Govt. goal to own land coast to coast
- Favored a strong central government
- Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet
- A movement to try and stop the abuses of alcohol
- Marbury v. Madison created
- Refusing to buy goods from a certain country
- First permanent English settlement
- Time period after the Civil War
- Cherokee were force to leave there home
- laws in the south aimed at controlling freed slaves
25 Clues: To cancel a law • The right to vote • To leave the union • Example of self-govt • invented by Robert Fulton • Marbury v. Madison created • First shots of the Civil War • American Rev. Naval war hero • Time period after the Civil War • Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet • protects your right to bear arms • Commander of the Continental Army • First permanent English settlement • ...
APUPSH UNIT 5 2024-05-02
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- the southern slaves were freed
- The pressident that was impeached at this time
- the amendment that denied slavery
- a fight in the civilwar
- the year lincoln was elected president
- Reapelled the missouri compromise
- the war that was a precurser to the civilwar
- the government act which allowed everyone to be born in america to be a citzen
- the treaty which acquired oregan
- the main reason for western expansion to california
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- the book that added perspective to americans veiws of slaves
- the period after the civil war where attempts to repair the southern economy
- the president that was assainated after freeing of the slaves
- removes restrictions on former conservatives
- the president of the begining of the unit
- ended the reconstruction
- the attempt to create a slave revolt
- ruling that stated african americans couldnt secure citzenship
- the main factor allowing western expansion
- small civil war between pro slave and antislave
20 Clues: a fight in the civilwar • ended the reconstruction • the southern slaves were freed • the treaty which acquired oregan • the amendment that denied slavery • Reapelled the missouri compromise • the attempt to create a slave revolt • the year lincoln was elected president • the president of the begining of the unit • the main factor allowing western expansion • ...
Money 2024-11-01
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- Bird on the back of the $1 bill
- Seventh U.S. President, known for his role in the U.S. Indian Removal Act
- Fake money
- Youngest elected U.S. President
- Once Copper
- The largest circulating coin in the United States
- PLURIBUS UNUM Latin phrase meaning "Out of many, one"
- Union general in the Civil War
- GOD WE TRUST National motto of the United States
- Sixteenth U.S. President, known for his role in the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation
- Founding Father, scientist, and statesman
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- Informal term for U.S. paper money
- OFFICE Room pictured on the back of a $20 bill
- First U.S. Treasury Secretary
- The total value of the three U.S. presidents who appear on both coins and bills
- Third U.S. President and author of the Declaration of Independence
- Led the U.S. through the Great Depression and World War II
- What coin was the New York Twin Towers featured on
- Sacagawea
- Smallest U.S. coin
- First U.S. President, Nickel and Dollar
- A coin, Jefferson again.
22 Clues: Sacagawea • Fake money • Once Copper • Smallest U.S. coin • A coin, Jefferson again. • First U.S. Treasury Secretary • Union general in the Civil War • Bird on the back of the $1 bill • Youngest elected U.S. President • Informal term for U.S. paper money • First U.S. President, Nickel and Dollar • Founding Father, scientist, and statesman • ...
money 2024-11-01
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- First U.S. Treasury Secretary
- National motto of the United States
- Smallest U.S. coin
- Sixteenth U.S. President, known for his role in the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation
- What coin was the New York Twin Towers featured on
- Once Copper
- Third U.S. President and author of the Declaration of Independence
- Led the U.S. through the Great Depression and World War II
- Youngest elected U.S. President
- Union general in the Civil War
- Founding Father, scientist, and statesman
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- The total value of the three U.S. presidents who appear on both coins and bills
- Room pictured on the back of a $20 bill
- First U.S. President, Nickel and Dollar
- Fake money
- Sacagawea
- Latin phrase meaning "Out of many, one"
- Seventh U.S. President, known for his role in the U.S. Indian Removal Act
- The largest circulating coin in the United States
- Bird on the back of the $1 bill
- Informal term for U.S. paper money
- A coin, Jefferson again.
22 Clues: Sacagawea • Fake money • Once Copper • Smallest U.S. coin • A coin, Jefferson again. • First U.S. Treasury Secretary • Union general in the Civil War • Youngest elected U.S. President • Bird on the back of the $1 bill • Informal term for U.S. paper money • National motto of the United States • Room pictured on the back of a $20 bill • First U.S. President, Nickel and Dollar • ...
Topic 8 Crossword 2023-05-04
Across
- not eager to do something
- having to do with the most important part of an idea or of something
- a tax on people's earnings
- a political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories
- an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade
- an 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
- a betrayal of or action against one's country
- unable to be changed
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the Union's worst defeats
- the first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassa
- to withdraw from membership in a group
- to be made up of
- a person who dies for his or her beliefs
- a war between people of the same country
- making it easy for something to happen
- an 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving the settlers of each territory the right of popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery
- a law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
- an ironclad Union warship
- to surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops in order to force it to surrender.
- the bipartisan antislavery party founded in the United States in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories
- a type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactics
- a Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865.
- very important
- a slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
- an 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate territory.
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- the failed Confederate charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
- proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
- a runaway
- to prove something by being an example of it
- an 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy
- An agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal
- to publicly state that some action or person is wrong or bad
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a Union victory
- a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
- agreeing or accepting something without arguing about it
- an 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a Union victory and stopped the Confederate invasion of the North.
- an African American unit in the Union army
- government by consent of the governed
- the speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg.
- something that comes before or is introductory to something
- a fort in South Carolina that was the site of an attack by the African American 54th Massachusetts Regiment in 1863.
- to keep in an existing state
- the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
- To suggest something without saying it directly or plainly
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland; also called the Battle of Sharpsburg
- a place where guns are stored
- a northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the Union
- to find an answer or solution to something
- to suggest something for people to consider
- an agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
- one of two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
51 Clues: a runaway • very important • to be made up of • unable to be changed • not eager to do something • an ironclad Union warship • a tax on people's earnings • to keep in an existing state • a place where guns are stored • government by consent of the governed • to withdraw from membership in a group • making it easy for something to happen • a person who dies for his or her beliefs • ...
Topic 8 Crossword 2023-05-04
Across
- making it easy for something to happen
- an agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal
- an 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate territory
- a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
- to suggest something for people to consider
- an 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving the settlers of each territory the right of popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery
- a person who dies for his or her beliefs
- the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
- a slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
- to find an answer or solution to something
- very important
- a law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
- an 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a Union victory and stopped the Confederate invasion of the North
- a northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the Union
- a political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories
- a betrayal of or action against one's country
- to surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops in order to force it to surrender
- to be made up of
- proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
- to publicly state that some action or person is wrong or bad
- to keep in an existing state
- an agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
- not eager to do something
- an African American unit in the Union army
- one of two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slave
- agreeing or accepting something without arguing about it
- a Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865
- an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade
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- the failed Confederate charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg
- to withdraw from membership in a group
- a type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactic
- a tax on people's earnings
- government by consent of the governed
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a Union victory
- a runaway
- an 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
- unable to be changed
- to suggest something without saying it directly or plainly
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland; also called the Battle of Sharpsburg
- an 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy
- a war between people of the same country
- a place where guns are stored
- the bipartisan antislavery party founded in the United States in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories
- to prove something by being an example of it
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the Union's worst defeats
- a fort in South Carolina that was the site of an attack by the African American 54th Massachusetts Regiment in 1863
- the speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
- an ironclad Union warship
- the first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassas
49 Clues: a runaway • very important • to be made up of • unable to be changed • not eager to do something • an ironclad Union warship • a tax on people's earnings • to keep in an existing state • a place where guns are stored • government by consent of the governed • making it easy for something to happen • to withdraw from membership in a group • a person who dies for his or her beliefs • ...
Topic 8 Vocabulary 2023-05-04
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- very important
- an agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
- warfare in which small, informal militry groups use surprise attacka and hit-and-run tactics
- having to do with the most important part of an idea or of something
- the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
- remove themselves
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a Union victory
- african americans who had fled slavery
- Court House a Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865
- a law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
- to suggest something for people to consider
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland; also called the Battle of Sharpsburg
- an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade
- actions against one’s country
- a fort in South Carolina that was the site of an attack by the African American 54th Massachusetts Regiment in 1863
- to surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops in order to force it to surrender
- to prove something by being an example of it
- a settlement or peaceful solution in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement or peaceful solution
- a northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the Union
- the first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassas
- required all citizens to help catch african americans trying to escape slavery
- A party whose main goal was to keep slavery from spreading to western territories
- to find an answer or solution to something
- agreeing or accepting something without arguing about it
- an agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep number of slave and free states equal
- to publicly say that someone or something is wrong or bad
- An act where Senator Stephen Douglas proposed that a large region be divided into two sections so that the people of the areas could decide whether or not to abolish slavery in the area.
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- a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
- an African American unit in the Union army
- - party full of antislavery activists
- tax a tax on people's earnings
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the Union's worst defeats
- weapons or ammunition warehouse
- ScottvSandford Dred Scott, a free man, filed a lawsuit in order to prove himself a free man but the lawsuit was rejected since he was a slave and not a citizen
- an 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate territory
- state a slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
- to suggest something without saying it directly or plainly
- an 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy
- something that comes before or is introductory to something
- making it easy for something to happen
- to keep in an existing state
- the speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
- unable to be changed
- an 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a Union victory and stopped the Confederate invasion of the North
- government by consent of the governed
- the failed Confederate charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg
- a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.
- Proslavery bands from Missouri that often rode across the border
- a war between people of the same country
- not eager to do something
- an ironclad Union warship
51 Clues: very important • remove themselves • unable to be changed • not eager to do something • an ironclad Union warship • to keep in an existing state • actions against one’s country • tax a tax on people's earnings • weapons or ammunition warehouse • - party full of antislavery activists • government by consent of the governed • african americans who had fled slavery • ...
Topic 8 Vocab. Crossword 2023-05-05
Across
- government by consent of the governed
- a type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactics
- a slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
- a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
- a Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865
- the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
- to surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops in order to force it to surrender
- unable to be changed
- making it easy for something to happen
- a war between people of the same country
- the bipartisan antislavery party founded in the United States in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories
- a runaway
- to find an answer or solution to something
- an ironclad Union warship
- a betrayal of or action against one’s country
- an 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving the settlers of each territory the right to popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery
- a person who dies for his or her beliefs
- an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade
- the speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
- an 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
- an 1863 celebration by President Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate territory
- a fort in South Carolina that was the site of an attack by the African American 54th Regiment in 1863
- the first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassas
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the worst Union defeats
Down
- not eager to do something
- an 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy
- suggest something without saying it directly
- an agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
- a tax on people’s earnings
- a political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories
- an African American unit in the Union Army
- to keep in an existing state
- to prove something by benign and example of it
- one of the two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a Union victory
- to publicly state that some action or person is wrong or bad
- an agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal
- a northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the union
- very important
- to withdraw from membership in a group
- an 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a Union Victory and stopped the Confederate invasion of the North
- a law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
- the failed Confederate charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland: also called the Battle of Sharpsburg
- agreeing or accepting something without arguing about it
- to be made up of
- proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
- a place where guns are stored
- having to do with the most important part of an idea or of something
- to suggest something for people to consider
- something that comes before or is introductory to something
51 Clues: a runaway • very important • to be made up of • unable to be changed • not eager to do something • an ironclad Union warship • a tax on people’s earnings • to keep in an existing state • a place where guns are stored • government by consent of the governed • making it easy for something to happen • to withdraw from membership in a group • a war between people of the same country • ...
topic 8 vocab words 2023-05-04
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- A person who dies for his or her beliefs.
- warfare A type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactics.
- a virginia town that was the site of the confederate surrender in 1865
- a fort in south carolina that was the site of an attack by the african american 54th massachusetts regiment in 1863
- Party A political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories.
- not eager to do something
- an agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
- a tax on people's earnings
- to be made up of
- one of two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
- making it easy for something to happen
- To publicly state that some action or person is wrong or bad.
- Proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas.
- An 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving the settlers of each territory the right of popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery.
- a slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
- to withdraw from membership in a group
- to surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops in order to force it to surrender
- to rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
- An 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories.
- an african american unit in the union army
- in 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland; also called the Battle of Sharpsburg
- agreeing or accepting something without arguing about it
- a war between people of the same country
- the first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassas
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the Union's worst defeats
- in 1863 declaration by president lincoln freeing enslaved african americans in confederate territory
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- an 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy
- A betrayal of or action against one's country.
- in 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a Union victory
- an agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal
- an ironclad Union warship
- To keep in an existing state.
- very important
- unable to be changed
- the failed confederate charge during the third day of battle of gettysburg
- the speech made by president Lincoln in 1863 after the battle of Gettysburg
- a northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the union
- to find an answer or solution to something
- having to do with the most important part of an idea.
- in 1863 Civil War battle in pennsylvania that ended in a union victory and stopped the confederate invasion of the north
- A place where guns are stored.
- the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
- something that comes before or is introductory to something
- the bipartisan antislavery party founded in the United States in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories
- to prove something by being an example of it
- a runaway
- to suggest something for people to consider
- government by consent of the governed
- an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade
- a law the requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
- to suggest something without saying it directly or plainly
51 Clues: a runaway • very important • to be made up of • unable to be changed • an ironclad Union warship • not eager to do something • a tax on people's earnings • To keep in an existing state. • A place where guns are stored. • government by consent of the governed • making it easy for something to happen • to withdraw from membership in a group • a war between people of the same country • ...
