civil war Crossword Puzzles
Civil War Vocabulary 2021-12-07
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- 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
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- 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” • ...
Civil War Crossword 2016-01-29
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- 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.
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- 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
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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.
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- 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. • ...
Greece crossword 2022-05-04
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- 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
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- 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 2024-05-15
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- 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; • ...
Unit 6: The Civil War 2022-05-08
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- 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
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- __________ 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 • ...
Social Studies Vocab 2021-11-29
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- 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
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- 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” • ...
u.s. history reconstruction Adelle Laurie block 3 2024-04-11
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- 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
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- 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 • ...
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 • ...
Civil War Crossword 2016-01-29
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- 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.
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- 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. • ...
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
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
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 Choice Board 2021-11-15
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- 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 • ...
Gettysburg 2025-06-17
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- 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
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- 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 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” • ...
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 2022-05-17
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
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. • ...
Civil war 2025-02-21
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- _____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
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- 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 Vocab 2026-03-26
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- Mississippi River city was captured by the Union in 1863.
- Address Lincoln's famous speech honoring soldiers after the Battle of Gettysburg.
- The 16th President of the United States during the Civil War.
- Union general known for the March to the Sea.
- Abolished slavery in the United States.
- The bloodiest single day in American history.
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- Prohibited denying the right to vote based on race
- The period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South.
- Union general who later became president after helping defeat the Confederacy.
- Loyalty to one’s region rather than the nation as a whole.
- Run The first major land battle of the Civil War in 1861.
- Confederate general who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia.
- The act of a state formally leaving the United States.
- citizenship and equal protection under the law to all people born in the US.
14 Clues: Abolished slavery in the United States. • Union general known for the March to the Sea. • The bloodiest single day in American history. • Prohibited denying the right to vote based on race • The act of a state formally leaving the United States. • Mississippi River city was captured by the Union in 1863. • Run The first major land battle of the Civil War in 1861. • ...
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 • ...
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 • ...
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 • ...
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. • ...
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. • ...
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 • ...
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 • ...
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 • ...
Civil War vocab 2026-03-26
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- Mississippi River city was captured by the Union in 1863.
- Address - Lincoln's famous speech honoring soldiers after the Battle of Gettysburg.
- The 16th President of the United States during the Civil War.
- Union general known for the March to the Sea.
- Abolished slavery in the United States.
- The bloodiest single day in American history.
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- Prohibited denying the right to vote based on race
- The period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South.
- Union general who later became president after helping defeat the Confederacy.
- Loyalty to one’s region rather than the nation as a whole.
- run Run, The first major land battle of the Civil War in 1861.
- Confederate general who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia.
- The act of a state formally leaving the United States.
- citizenship and equal protection under the law to all people born in the US.
14 Clues: Abolished slavery in the United States. • Union general known for the March to the Sea. • The bloodiest single day in American history. • Prohibited denying the right to vote based on race • The act of a state formally leaving the United States. • Mississippi River city was captured by the Union in 1863. • Loyalty to one’s region rather than the nation as a whole. • ...
Unit 8 APUSH 2026-03-31
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- US space agency who put a man on the moon in 1969
- Cold War policy of pushing conflicts to the edge of war
- Carson author of Silent Spring book on environment
- Riots WWII era clash between serviemen and Mexican-American youths in LA
- Federal healthcare for low-income Americans
- Riots 1969 uprising against NYC police action against a gay bar
- on Washington 1963 Civil Rights rally where MLK gave I have a Dream speech
- 1960 USSR shootdown of an American spy plane
- Riders activists challenging segregation in interstate travel
- Society LBJ's programs expanding civil rights and welfare
- Warren Chief Justice expanded civil rights and liberties
- Boom post-WWII population surge
- Oil cartel that raised prices in the 1970s causing an energy crisis
- Nixon scandal involving political spying and cover-up
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- Act Law restricting labor unions
- Curtain division between West and East nations in Europe
- Complex Eisenhower's term warning about ties between military and defense industries
- Crisis 1956 conflict showing declining European power
- Un-American Committee Congressional committee investigating suspected communists
- Belt region of population and economic growth in the South and West
- State shooting National Guard killing of four college-age Vietnam protesters
- for Progress JFK program to counter communism in Latin America
- Of Tonkin Resolution Congressional approval for escalating Vietnam war
- student-led civil-rights group using direct action
- couple executed by USA for passing atomic secrets to USSR
- v Ohio Court case banning illegally obtained evidence in state courts
26 Clues: Boom post-WWII population surge • Act Law restricting labor unions • Federal healthcare for low-income Americans • 1960 USSR shootdown of an American spy plane • US space agency who put a man on the moon in 1969 • Carson author of Silent Spring book on environment • student-led civil-rights group using direct action • ...
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 • ...
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 • ...
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 • ...
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. • ...
8th Grade Social Studies Review 2026-02-26
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- Life liberty and pursuit of happiness
- Court case that established Judicial Review
- Amendment that ended slavery
- A weakness of the Articles of Confederation No ___ Branch
- Cherokee sued for their right to keep their lands
- Idea to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
- Effects of the War of 1812 U.S. began to ___
- Prevented European colonization in the Western Hemisphere
- Granted citizenship to African Americans
- Created to pay off war debt and balance the new economy
- British Controlled trade
- Where Lee surrendered to Grant ending the Civil War
- Founded for Catholics seeking Religious Freedom
- first anti- slavery group lived in Pennsylvania
- Doubled the size of the United States
- Civil war battle that captured the Mississippi River
- Land acquired after the US Mexico War
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- South Carolina wanted the right to nullify federal law under Jackson Presidency___Crisis
- Cause of the War of 1812
- Religious revival that sparked the need for reform
- Settlers used Popular Sovereignty to decide on slavery
- Founded for Catholics seeking Religious Freedom
- Washington warned against permanent alliances
- Granted voting rights to African Americans
- Economy with little government interference
- In 1849 many rush to California in search of wealth
- No Slavery above the Line 36-30__Compromise
- Shortcut to Asia for Trade Routes
- Cotton Gin and Interchangeable parts were invented by__
29 Clues: Cause of the War of 1812 • British Controlled trade • Amendment that ended slavery • Shortcut to Asia for Trade Routes • Life liberty and pursuit of happiness • Doubled the size of the United States • Land acquired after the US Mexico War • Granted citizenship to African Americans • Court case that established Judicial Review • Granted voting rights to African Americans • ...
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 __________ • ...
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
Across
- 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
Across
- 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
Across
- 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
Across
- 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 • ...
Midterm 2026-03-03
Across
- Compromise, Agreement that balanced free and slave states
- Famous mission where Texans fought Mexico
- Carolina, First state to leave the Union
- Amendment, Amendment that gave citizenship to former slaves
- Amendment, Amendment that abolished slavery
- Sumter, First battle of the Civil War happened here
- Tubman, Woman who helped slaves escape north
- Houston , Leader who helped Texas win independence
- Slave Act,Law that required escaped slaves to be returned
- Star Republic, Nickname for the independent country of Texas
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- Bill, Plan that required a majority loyalty oath
- sovereignty, Idea that people vote on slavery in their territory
- Grande River, River that became the border between Texas and Mexico
- K. Polk, U.S. president who supported westward expansion
- Brown, Abolitionist who led a raid on Harpers Ferry
- Lincoln, President during the Civil War
- Davis, President of the Confederacy
- of Gettysburg, Major Union victory that changed the war
- Time period when the South was rebuilt
- Percent Plan, Plan to readmit states if 10% took a loyalty oath
20 Clues: Davis, President of the Confederacy • Time period when the South was rebuilt • Lincoln, President during the Civil War • Carolina, First state to leave the Union • Famous mission where Texans fought Mexico • Amendment, Amendment that abolished slavery • Tubman, Woman who helped slaves escape north • Bill, Plan that required a majority loyalty oath • ...
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
Across
- 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
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- 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
Across
- 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 • ...
civil war cross word 2023-02-15
Across
- 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
Across
- 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
Across
- 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 • ...
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. • ...
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. • ...
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 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? • ...
Past US Presidents 2025-12-09
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- Known for his populist policies and expanding presidential power.
- Made the decision to use atomic bombs and helped shape post-war America.
- World War II general and U.S. president during a time of prosperity.
- Civil War general and president during the Reconstruction era after the war.
- Known for the New Deal and leading the country during the Great Depression.
- Created the Monroe Doctrine, warning European powers against interference in America.
- Led the country through the Civil War and abolished slavery in America.
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- Led America through World War I and helped found the League of Nations.
- Youngest elected president, famous for inspiring speeches and the space race.
- Second president and key diplomat during the American Revolution.
- Author of the Declaration of Independence and third U.S. president.
- First president of the United States and founding father of the nation.
- Former actor and governor, known for conservative policies and ending the Cold War.
- Fourth president, called the “Father of the Constitution” for his key role.
- First African American president, known for healthcare reform and diplomacy.
15 Clues: Second president and key diplomat during the American Revolution. • Known for his populist policies and expanding presidential power. • Author of the Declaration of Independence and third U.S. president. • World War II general and U.S. president during a time of prosperity. • Led America through World War I and helped found the League of Nations. • ...
Vocabulary 2014-11-24
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- The greatest battle of the Civil War, fought in south-central Pennsylvania in 1863. It ended in a major victory for the North and is usually considered the turning point of the war.
- Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as a war measure during the American Civil War, directed to all of the areas in rebellion and all segments of the Executive branch (including the Army and Navy) of the United States.
- clause a clause exempting certain classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation affecting their previous rights, privileges, or practices.
- Amendments are the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution, passed between 1865 and 1870, the five years immediately following the Civil War.
- a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
- Sovereignty the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power.
- of 1877 a purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election, pulled federal troops out of state politics in the South, and ended the Reconstruction Era.
- a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way
- Liberator a person who liberates a person or place from imprisonment or oppression.
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- Court House fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and one of the last battles of the American Civil War.
- Party a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections, and in some state elections.
- Act created the territories of Kansasand Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing white male settlers in those territories to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each state
- a 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.
- S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States. In 1865, as commanding general, Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War
- Compromise also called the Compromise of 1820, was a plan proposed by Henry Clay of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was signed by President James Monroe and passed in 1820
- Slave Law A law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850, which provided southern slaveholders with legal weapons to capture slaves who had escaped to the free states. The law was highly unpopular in the North and helped to convert many previously indifferent northerners to antislavery.
- Scott Decision A controversial ruling made by the Supreme Court in 1857, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War.Dred Scott, a slave, sought to be declared a free man on the basis that he had lived for a time in a “free” territory with his master
- a league or alliance, especially of confederate states
- of 1850 A set of laws, passed in the midst of fierce wrangling between groups favoring slavery and groups opposing it, that attempted to give something to both sides.
- a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
- E. Lee was an American soldier best known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865.
- withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
22 Clues: a league or alliance, especially of confederate states • a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way • Liberator a person who liberates a person or place from imprisonment or oppression. • a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections. • ...
Unit 8 Vocab 2023-05-04
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- a type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and-run techniques
- a tax on people’s earnings
- An African American unit in the Union Army
- the right not to be held in a prison without first being charged of a specific crime
- to find an answer or solution to something
- agreeing or accepting something without arguing about it
- to suggest something without saying it directly or plainly
- the failed Confederate charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg
- an 1854 that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving the settlers of each territory the right of popular sovereignty to decide the issue over slavery
- to withdraw from membership in a group
- an 1862 Civil war battle in Virginia; one of the Union’s worst defeats
- an ironclad Union warship
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a Union victory
- a person who dies for his or her beliefs
- an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade
- to do something by being an example of it
- a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
- to be made up of
- a law that requires people of a certain age to go enlist in the military
- something that comes before or is introductory to something
- unable to be changed
- to suggest something for people to consider
- the speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
- Proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled anti slavery forces in Kansas
- not eager to do something
- government by consent of the governed
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- the bipartisan anti slavery party founded in the United States in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories
- to publicly state that some action or person is wrong or bad
- an 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate territory
- an 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
- a fort in South Carolina that was the sight of an attack by the African American 54th Massachusetts Regiment in 1863
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland; also called the Battle of Sharpsburg
- to surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops in order to force it to surrender
- making it easy for something to happen
- a political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories
- an 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a Union victory and stopped the confederate invasion of the north
- a runaway
- an agreement over slavery in which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
- a northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the Union
- to keep in an existing state
- an 1863 Civil war battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy
- the first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the battle of Manassas
- a Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865
- one of two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
- an agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal
- State a slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
- a war between people of the same country
- a place where guns are stored
- very important
- having to do with the most important part of an idea or of something
- a betrayal of or action against one’s country
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 person who dies for his or her beliefs • ...
Social Studies Topic 8 Project 2023-05-04
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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
- a fort in South Carolina that was the site of an attack by the African American 54th Massachusetts Regiment in 1863
- an African American unit in the Union army
- the willingness to accept laws whether or not a person agreed with those laws
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a Union victory
- a slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
- to keep in an existing state
- a Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865
- not eager to do something
- an agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal
- warfare in which small, informal military groups surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactics
- making it easy for something to happen
- to withdraw from membership in a group
- something that comes before or is introductory
- the failed Confederate charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg
- to publicly say that someone or something is wrong or bad
- a northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the Union
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the Union’s worst defeats
- a person who dies for his or her beliefs
- general rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
- basically, fundamentally, in essence
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- an agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
- an 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy
- weapons and ammunition warehouse
- actions against one’s country
- government by consent of the governed
- an 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing enslaves African Americans in Confederate territory
- a war between people of the same country
- an ironclad Union warship
- an 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
- the right to be charged or have a hearing before being jailed
- a law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
- one of the two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
- to prove something by being an example of it
- one that could not be changed
- 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
- an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade
- to be made up of
- to find an answer or solution to something
- a runaway
- to suggest something without saying it directly or plainly
- tax on people’s earnings
- proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
- an 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a Union victory and stopped the Confederate invasion of the North
- very important
- the speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland; also called the Battle of Sharpsburg
- the first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassas
- the bipartisan antislavery party founded in the United States in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories
- 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 • tax on people’s earnings • an ironclad Union warship • not eager to do something • to keep in an existing state • actions against one’s country • one that could not be changed • weapons and ammunition warehouse • basically, fundamentally, in essence • government by consent of the governed • making it easy for something to happen • ...
Topic 8 Vocab Crossword 2023-05-05
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- an 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a union victory
- a runaway
- having to do with the most important part of an idea or of something
- an 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving the settlers of each territory the right of popular sovereignty
- an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the union blockade
- to prove something by being an example of it
- a law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland; also called the Battle of Sharpsburg
- warfare a type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactics
- a betrayal of or action against one action
- unable to be changed
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the unions worst defeats
- a person who dies for his or her beliefs
- one of two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
- to suggest something without directly or plainly
- a war between people of the same country
- a slaved state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
- a northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the Union
- an 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate territory
- a Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865
- corpus: the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
- the failed Confederate charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg
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- government by consent of the governed
- the speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
- agreeing or accepting something without arguing about it
- a rise in prices and decrease in the value of money
- not eager to do something
- an 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a Union victory and stopped the Confederate invasion of the north
- something that comes before or is introductory to something
- an African American unit in the Union army
- an 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy
- an ironclad warship
- to be made up of
- to keep in an existing state
- proslavery bands from missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
- a tax on peoples earnings
- the first major battle of the Civil war; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassas
- a place where gun are stored
- very important
- a political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of western territories
- an 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
- to withdraw from membership in a group
- the bipartisan antislavery party founded in the United States in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories
- an agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
- to surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops in order to force it to surrender
- an agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal
- to suggest something for people to consider
- to find an answer or solution to something
- making it easy for something to happen
- a fort in South Carolina that was the site of an attack by the African American 54th Massachusetts Regiment in 1863
- to publicity state that some action or person is wrong or bad
51 Clues: a runaway • very important • to be made up of • an ironclad warship • unable to be changed • not eager to do something • a tax on peoples earnings • to keep in an existing state • a place where gun 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 • ...
Civil War Vocabulary Words 2021-12-02
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- 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
- 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 legal idea that a state has the right to cancel; any federal law which that state has considered unconstitutional
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- federal reconstruction agency; provided food; helped build schools and hospitals; created the first public school program for either African Americans or whites in Georgia
- 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
- 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
- established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850;kept Georgia from succeeding from the Union
- battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely destroyed
- the action of southern states to leave the Union
- proclamation that said all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 1, 1863
- the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the southern states returned to the Union
- the belief that a state’s interests should take priority over the interests of the national government
14 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” • ...
project 2022-11-02
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- It was fought between the United States and the Confederacy
- Voting is a method for a group, such as a meeting or an electorate,
- the union
- a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit. The term was used derisively by white Southern Democrats who opposed Reconstruction legislation.
- prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.
- wanted to keep slavery
- tubman famous underground conductor
- a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop
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- the legislated policy of the Confederate government to seize food, fuel, slaves, and other commodities to support armies in the field during the American Civil War (
- the North
- Contraband was a term commonly used in the US military during the American Civil War to describe a new status for certain people
- were state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation. Enacted after the Civil War,
- set apart from the rest or from each other; isolate or divide.
- person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
14 Clues: the North • the union • wanted to keep slavery • tubman famous underground conductor • It was fought between the United States and the Confederacy • set apart from the rest or from each other; isolate or divide. • Voting is a method for a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, • ...
1st Semester People 2025-01-10
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- Slave who sued his owner for his freedom
- Part of the famous duo who led the Corps of Discovery (_____ and Clark)
- First president of the United States
- Led a raid on a federal arsenal and became a hero to the North
- Created the Standard Oil Company
- Created the first lasting settlement in the Americas
- Main author of the Constitution
- President who first became famous as a general in the War of 1812
- Industry leader known for railroad/shipping industry
- President during the Civil War
- Civil War hero, presidential zero
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- Leader of Jamestown colony
- Author of the Declaration of Independence
- Author of the Common Sense pamphlet
- His crew successfully circumnavigated the world
- First president to be impeached
- First known European to discover the Americas
- Believed only the rich and educated should rule
- First and only president of the Confederacy
- Author of the Gospel of Wealth
- General of the Confederacy
- Lincoln’s assassin
22 Clues: Lincoln’s assassin • Leader of Jamestown colony • General of the Confederacy • Author of the Gospel of Wealth • President during the Civil War • First president to be impeached • Main author of the Constitution • Created the Standard Oil Company • Civil War hero, presidential zero • Author of the Common Sense pamphlet • First president of the United States • ...
Texas History 2022-04-21
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- Process of moving a herd of cattle
- An action that citizens are required to perform
- Last battle of the Civil War when South surrender to North
- Protest against Mexico for free colony
- Process of expanding the west in the U.S
- Place in San Antonio during fight for Texas Indepence
- The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
- Texas wanted to be moved to the United States
- Branch that writes and makes laws
- Telegram sent to Mexico from Germany
- First European to map the coast of Texas
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- Bloodiest Battle in the Civil War
- Letter declaring to release William B.Travis from jail
- Not obeying the laws in a peaceful way
- President that wanted peace with Native Americans
- Presdient who placed capital of Texas in Austin
- Process of increasing population to make city more urban
- Deadliest Hurricane which destroyed many homes
- War with Anglo’s against Mexican Soldiers
- Law made to end the action of fence cutting
20 Clues: Bloodiest Battle in the Civil War • Branch that writes and makes laws • Process of moving a herd of cattle • Telegram sent to Mexico from Germany • Not obeying the laws in a peaceful way • Protest against Mexico for free colony • Process of expanding the west in the U.S • First European to map the coast of Texas • War with Anglo’s against Mexican Soldiers • ...
Across Five Aprils - Chapter 1 (Vocaulary) 2026-01-19
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- a long, narrow trench made by a plow
- friendly
- marked by wealth, health, good fortune, well-being
- a duty/fee imposed by a government on goods
- dark, dark-colored, dull, gloomy
- independent authority of a state to govern itself
- Southern states seceded from the United States during the Civil War
- a tool with a thin, flat blade on a long handled used for cultivating, weeding
- to hate or have a low opinion of someone
- a system or device sending messages over long distances
- a fate that someone deserves
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- open resistance and bold disobedience
- being distant, reserved, or not friend with others
- lack of interest or concern
- Southern states leaving the United States
- difficult and hard to understand situations
- the state of something about to happen "the threat of war"
- repetitive and dull
- Original United States that did not secede during the Civil War
- a drought resistance cereal grain similar to corn
20 Clues: friendly • repetitive and dull • lack of interest or concern • a fate that someone deserves • dark, dark-colored, dull, gloomy • a long, narrow trench made by a plow • open resistance and bold disobedience • to hate or have a low opinion of someone • Southern states leaving the United States • difficult and hard to understand situations • ...
Reconstruction 2022-02-24
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- President that showed leniency towards the South
- Amount of bills Johnson vetoed
- Amount of military districts
- Period after Civil War
- Johnson didn't know how to do this until he was 20
- They were angry at the South
- Declaration now extended to all ____ men
- Senator that opposed Johnson
- Blacks had special ____ they had to pay
- Process of removing a president from office
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- Amendment that let African men the right to vote
- Amendment that gave men equal rights
- Leaders punished for role in Civil War
- Harsh laws against the blacks
- Bill that was created to give all people equal rights
- Johnson was elected to ____ to the South
- Slavery had officially ____
- Reconstruction acts of 1867
- Amendment that formally abolished slavery
- They were going to _____ the Constitution
20 Clues: Period after Civil War • Slavery had officially ____ • Reconstruction acts of 1867 • Amount of military districts • They were angry at the South • Senator that opposed Johnson • Harsh laws against the blacks • Amount of bills Johnson vetoed • Amendment that gave men equal rights • Leaders punished for role in Civil War • Blacks had special ____ they had to pay • ...
PA and US history 2024-04-01
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- Deadliest 1 day battle in American history
- Only town in PA
- Supreme allied commander WWII
- US Rep. for PA 9th District
- 1st Republican President
- First President to be impeached
- Wrote “Art of the Deal”
- 1st Governor of PA
- Angel of the battlefield
- PA Punxsutawney whistlepig
- Hunters mecca in Hamburg PA
- Washington’s winter encampment
- 109th PA Legislative District Rep.
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- Famous civil war battle on PA soil
- Group that settled Pennsylvania
- Current speaker of the house
- PA tuxedo
- Winning Civil War general
- Famous soirée in Boston
- Father of constitution
- 1st Union ironclad ship
- Only President from PA
- A port on the Great Lakes
- Midnight rider
- Inventor of polio vaccine at University of Pittsburgh
25 Clues: PA tuxedo • Midnight rider • Only town in PA • 1st Governor of PA • Father of constitution • Only President from PA • Famous soirée in Boston • Wrote “Art of the Deal” • 1st Union ironclad ship • 1st Republican President • Angel of the battlefield • Winning Civil War general • A port on the Great Lakes • PA Punxsutawney whistlepig • US Rep. for PA 9th District • Hunters mecca in Hamburg PA • ...
pillar 10 2025-05-01
25 Clues: end • size • spain • punic • trade • eagle • marble • slaves • metals • cicero • greeks • poverty • written • agustus • wreaths • consuls • senators • judicial • republic • president • increased • civil war • tripartite • spectators • inequalities
Topic 8 Crosswords 2023-05-05
Across
- an agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal
- to suggest something for people to consider
- a notherner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the Union
- 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
- an 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
- the failed Confederate charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg
- very important
- the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with specific crime
- agreeing or accepting something without arguing about it
- the first major battle of the Civil war; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassas
- to surround and blockade an enemy town or postition with troops in order to force it to surrender
- 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
- an 1863 Civil war battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy
- the bipartisan antislavery party founded in the United States in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories
- an 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate territory
- a type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactics
- a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
- making it easy for something to happen
- prove something by being an example of it
- a political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories
- A runaway
- the speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
- an 1862 Civil war battle in Maryland; also called the Battle of Sharpsburg
- to suggest something without saying it directly or plainly
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- a slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
- to be made up of
- a war between people of the same country
- a place where guns are stored
- an ironclad Union warship
- a law that requires people of certain age to enlist in the military
- proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
- an African American unit in the Union army
- to publicly state that some action or person is wrong or bad
- something that comes before or is introductory to something
- an 1863 Civil war battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a Union victory and stopped the condeferate invasion of the North
- not eager to do something
- an 1862 Civil war battle in Virginia; one of the Union's worst defeats
- an ironclad warship used by the confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade
- to find an answer or solution to something
- having to do with the most important part of an idea or something
- unable to be changed
- to withdraw from membership in a group
- a Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865
- a betrayal of or action against one's country
- 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
- government by consent of the governed
- a tax on people's earnings
- an 1862 Civil War battle in tennessee that ended in a Union victory
- a person who dies for his or her beliefs
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 • to withdraw from membership in a group • making it easy for something to happen • a war between people of the same country • ...
Topic Eight Vocab Words 2023-05-05
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- an agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
- an 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy
- an ironclad warship used by the Confederates
- not eager to do something
- to suggest something without saying it directly or plainly
- to prove something by being an example in it
- something that comes before or is introductory to something
- to find an answer or solution to something
- making it easy for something to happen
- to keep in an existing state
- to publicly state that some action or person is wrong or bad
- very important
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland; also called the Battle of Sharpsburg
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the Union's worst defeats
- a Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865
- the speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
- the right not to be held in prison without first being charged for a specific crime
- an 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate territory
- an 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
- the bipartisan antislavery party
- to surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops in order to force it to surrender
- one of two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
- an African American unit in the Union army
- a political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of western territories
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- proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
- unable to be changed
- a slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
- an agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave states and free states equal
- a runaway
- 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 1853
- to suggest something for people to consider
- 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
- an 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a Union victory
- government by consent of the governed
- a tax on people’s earnings
- 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 the Battle of Gettysburg
- an ironclad Union warship
- a northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the Union
- a betrayal of or action against one's country
- the first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassas
- agreeing or accepting something without arguing about it
- 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
- having to do with the most important part of an idea or something
- to be made up of
- a place where guns are stored
- a person who dies for his or her beliefs
- a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
- to withdraw from membership in a group
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 • the bipartisan antislavery party • government by consent of the governed • making it easy for something to happen • to withdraw from membership in a group • ...
Topic 8 Vocab project 2023-05-05
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- In 1863 Civil War battle in virginia important victory for the confederacy
- One of two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
- 1863 declaration by president Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate territory
- An agreement, proposed in 1819 by henry clay to keep the number of slave and free states equal
- A virginia town was the site of confederate surrender in 1865
- An ironclad union warship
- to suggest something for people to consider
- Agreeing or accepting something without arguing about it
- 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
- Government by consent of the governed
- Something that comes before or introducing to something
- An ironclad warship used by confederates in an attempt to break the union blockade
- in 1862 civil war battle in tennessee that ended in a union victory
- A law that 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
- The failed Confederate charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettyburg
- To be made up of
- Having to do with the most important part of an idea or of something
- In 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a Union Victory and stopped the Confederate invasion of the North
- A political party established in the united states in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of western territories
- Making it easy for something to happen1.Battle of Bull Run-The first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassas
- To publicly state that some action or person is wrong or bad
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- A type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit and run tactics
- An American African unit in Union Army
- The right now to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crim
- Proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
- A runaway
- The first major battle of civil war fought in Virginia in 1861
- A northerner who opposed using force to keep the Southern states in the union
- To prove something by being an example of it
- the bipartisan anti slavery party founded in the united states in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories
- A slave state that remained in the union during the Civil War
- The speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
- To find an answer or solution to something
- Very Important
- A war between the same country
- in 1862 civil war battle in maryland also called the battle of sharpsburg
- To keep in an existing state
- To withdraw from membership in a group
- In 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
- A rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
- A place where guns are stored
- A tax on peoples earnings
- A person who dies for his or her beliefs
- 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
- To suggest something without saying it directly or plainlyUnamendable Unable to be changed
- A betrayal of or action against one's country
49 Clues: A runaway • Very Important • To be made up of • An ironclad union warship • A tax on peoples earnings • Not eager to do something • To keep in an existing state • A place where guns are stored • A war between the same country • Government by consent of the governed • An American African unit in Union Army • To withdraw from membership in a group • ...
Civil War 2016-03-28
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- The first battle on northern soil, and up to that point, was the bloodiest battle in the civil war.
- The battle considered the first real battle of the civil war.
- What happened to Abraham Lincoln after Sherman's victory in Atlanta.
- An executive order Abraham Lincoln signed, that proclaimed freedom of more than 3.1 million slaves.
- Where the first battle in the civil war occurred.
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- the capital of the confederacy
- person elected for president of the union, and was a supporter of freedom for slaves.
- act that made anyone between 20 and 45 be drafted.
- What Robert E. Lee did to end the war.
- Battle with over 46,000 casualties, and was a turning point in the war
10 Clues: the capital of the confederacy • What Robert E. Lee did to end the war. • act that made anyone between 20 and 45 be drafted. • Where the first battle in the civil war occurred. • The battle considered the first real battle of the civil war. • What happened to Abraham Lincoln after Sherman's victory in Atlanta. • ...
Clara Barton Crossword 2025-04-22
Across
- A house animal that licks itself to clean itself
- What was something that was very scarce back then when it came to healing someone
- A way of advertising something and reporting events
- People who give surgeries
- Adjectives describing someone who is courageous
- A type of test a doctor gives
- A non profit that provides emergency aid, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education
- what would people do if someone was hurt
- A place where teachers teach
- Another word for equal rights
- Another word for recourses
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- Brothers and sisters
- Someone who aids people, but is not quite a doctor
- Who were the main people Clara help on the battlefield
- An infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs
- Founder of the American Red Cross and Civil War nurse
- A United States war between the Union and Confederacy
- A seven letter word for educator
- What is the sixth state founded in the United States
- What did the civil war fight to end
20 Clues: Brothers and sisters • People who give surgeries • Another word for recourses • A place where teachers teach • A type of test a doctor gives • Another word for equal rights • A seven letter word for educator • What did the civil war fight to end • what would people do if someone was hurt • Adjectives describing someone who is courageous • ...
US History Regents Review 2025-06-02
Across
- Scandal that led to Nixon’s resignation
- 1964 law banning segregation in public places
- President who launched the “Great Society” programs
- This act outlawed monopolistic business practices in 1890
- Movement demanding the right to vote for women
- President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
- Cold War policy to stop the spread of communism
- Address Famous speech by Lincoln at a Civil War cemetery
- Supreme Court case that upheld “separate but equal”
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- 1862 act giving free land to settlers in the West
- This“trust-busting” president also led the Rough Riders
- British economic policy that led to colonial unrest
- Author of the Declaration of Independence
- Landmark court case establishing judicial review
- The 1898 war that made the US an imperial power
- Law that allowed territories to decide slavery by popular sovereignty
- Civil rights leader who gave the “I Have a Dream” speech
- First ten amendments to the Constitution
- Foreign policy limiting European influence in the Western Hemisphere
- New Deal agency that insures bank deposits (abbr.)
20 Clues: Scandal that led to Nixon’s resignation • First ten amendments to the Constitution • Author of the Declaration of Independence • 1964 law banning segregation in public places • Movement demanding the right to vote for women • The 1898 war that made the US an imperial power • Cold War policy to stop the spread of communism • ...
Civil War 2023-03-20
Across
- transportation that played a big part in war
- Jackson general for the confederacy
- general for the union
- Sumter was attacked by confederacy
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- proclomation this freed the slaves
- crank gun that shot 600 bullets a minute
- this place succeeded
- The president during the civil war
- invented during the civil war
- E Lee refused to lead the union
10 Clues: this place succeeded • general for the union • invented during the civil war • E Lee refused to lead the union • proclomation this freed the slaves • The president during the civil war • Sumter was attacked by confederacy • Jackson general for the confederacy • crank gun that shot 600 bullets a minute • transportation that played a big part in war
CIVIL WAR CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2025-12-08
Across
- battle in Pennsylvania / GETTYSBURG
- president during the Civil War / LINCOLN
- capital city / RICHMOND
- issue behind the war / SLAVERY
- general Robert E. ___ / LEE
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- Southern states did when they left the Union / SECEDE
- general who later became president / GRANT
- major battle of the Civil War (___ Run) / BULL
- advantage: more ______ (population) / MANPOWER
- of the Confederacy: Jefferson ___ / DAVIS
- Northern states during the Civil War / UNION
- reasons behind the conflict / CAUSES
12 Clues: capital city / RICHMOND • general Robert E. ___ / LEE • issue behind the war / SLAVERY • battle in Pennsylvania / GETTYSBURG • reasons behind the conflict / CAUSES • president during the Civil War / LINCOLN • of the Confederacy: Jefferson ___ / DAVIS • general who later became president / GRANT • Northern states during the Civil War / UNION • ...
Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2024-04-24
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- The war strategy that focused on growing cotton for the South.
- What is it called for slaves to slow down their pace, stop working, escape.
- What was the plan called for the Union to defeat the Confederacy?
- The largest group of soldiers were from what occupation?
- Peace Democrats who opposed the American Civil War and wanted peace.
- The 16th president of the U.S who led the Union during the Civil War.
- This state was the first to secede from the Union.
- How many total confederacy states were there?
- What was a negative effect of the War for the North?
- How many total union states were there?
- Who was the main speaker at the Gettysburg Address?
- How many states left the union before Lincoln took office?
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- What were states that did not leave the union but were slave states?
- Which amendment to the U.S Constitution abolished slavery?
- They won the war by defeating the Confederacy, the Southern states.
- Requires men to serve in the military, from the draft.
- What is a cash payment for volunteers, canceling your draft called?
17 Clues: How many total union states were there? • How many total confederacy states were there? • This state was the first to secede from the Union. • Who was the main speaker at the Gettysburg Address? • What was a negative effect of the War for the North? • Requires men to serve in the military, from the draft. • The largest group of soldiers were from what occupation? • ...
Social Studies Crossword Puzzle 2021-02-08
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- The capital of the Confederacy
- A war strategy that blocks off an area of enemy importance
- A law saying that if a person who owns twenty or more slaves is drafted that they have the option of opting out of going to fight
- The highest military decoration there is
- The document that officially declared any slaves in Confederate states free
- A person who carries their units flag into battle
- A Union leader
- A well known newspaper that supported the Confederacy
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- The place where the battle of Fort Sumter occurred
- A well known newspaper that supported the Union
- Women who would sew uniforms for the soldiers
- A war strategy used by the Union during the Civil War
- 16th president of the United States who is known for freeing the slaves
- The first major battle of the Civil War and the battle Sullivan Ballou died during
- A wife to a Confederate soldier who kept a diary of what she witnessed during the battle of Fort Sumter
- A war tactic General Sherman created
- The person who came up with the Anaconda Plan
- A former slave that became an officer in the South Carolina militia and a state legislator
- A Confederate submarine that later sank
- The leader of the 54th regiment
20 Clues: A Union leader • The capital of the Confederacy • The leader of the 54th regiment • A war tactic General Sherman created • A Confederate submarine that later sank • The highest military decoration there is • Women who would sew uniforms for the soldiers • The person who came up with the Anaconda Plan • A well known newspaper that supported the Union • ...
"The Killer Angels" CROSSWORD #101 By Savannah G 2014-08-11
Across
- how much do most of the men who fight get paid?
- What civil war was this?
- what is General Lee's full name?
- Who was the most hated man in the South?
- Who were the confederate troops against?
- Out of the 3 generalsthat Lee met with which one did NOT start with "E"?
- Which war is the book refering to?
- Who died of heart disease in 1870?
- the destination of Longstreets headquarters.
- Where did the book get its name from?
- General___ met with 3 other generals?
- General Ewell___and Rodes met with Lee.
- Who becomes a republican later in life?
- What was Harrison?
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- who lost the battle?
- in 1863 what happened?
- Where is gettysburg?
- Who is the most loved general of american war?
- Where did the war take place?
- What landform is best used in this battle?
- at the time what was ripening all over pennsylvania?
- What city did General Longstreet suggest they block off?
- Who won the battle?
- another name for pancakes.
- Who were the union troops against?
- What color where the Soilders uniforms?
- In the forward it states the kind of weather at the time,what were the two kinds?
- What kind of novel is The Killer Angels?
- General Lee met with generals Early,____, and rodes
- What is another name for the army?
30 Clues: What was Harrison? • Who won the battle? • who lost the battle? • Where is gettysburg? • in 1863 what happened? • What civil war was this? • another name for pancakes. • Where did the war take place? • what is General Lee's full name? • Who were the union troops against? • Which war is the book refering to? • Who died of heart disease in 1870? • What is another name for the army? • ...
Louis XIV 2024-09-04
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- Who was named the heir of the Spanish throne in Charles II's will?
- Who was Louis XIV's only regent?
- What was the name of Louis XIV's first mistress?
- Who did Louis XIV's grandson become after Charles II of Spain's death?
- What Treaty ended the Franco-Dutch War?
- What was Louis XIV also known as?
- What did Louis XIV die because of?
- What scandal was one of Louis XIV's mistresses involved in?
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- Who was the advisor of Louis XIV's regent?
- What was the name of the palace to where the government was moved to in 1682?
- What was the name of Louis XIV's finance minister?
- In what war did France lose Franche-Comté?
- Who briefly gained power during the civil war?
- Who succeeded Louis XIV?
- What was the second phase of the civil war?
15 Clues: Who succeeded Louis XIV? • Who was Louis XIV's only regent? • What was Louis XIV also known as? • What did Louis XIV die because of? • What Treaty ended the Franco-Dutch War? • Who was the advisor of Louis XIV's regent? • In what war did France lose Franche-Comté? • What was the second phase of the civil war? • Who briefly gained power during the civil war? • ...
2nd Semester Crossword 2025-05-20
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- Speech that said that all slaves would be set free
- Law that banned slavery
- Law that said everyone born in the US is a citizen
- People who are against slavery
- Helped slaves escape to freedom safely
- When a country goes to war with itself
- When a part of a country leaves the country to become its own
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- Became the overall US commander, invented total warfare
- Law that said all male citizens can vote
- War hero and 7th president who made the Indian Removal Act
- Speech that honored dead soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Era in time where tools are replaced with machines and farming is replaced by manufacturing
- Period after the civil war to rebuild the south
- President during the civil war
- The main general of the confederacy
15 Clues: Law that banned slavery • President during the civil war • People who are against slavery • The main general of the confederacy • Helped slaves escape to freedom safely • When a country goes to war with itself • Law that said all male citizens can vote • Period after the civil war to rebuild the south • Speech that said that all slaves would be set free • ...
cold war 2020-02-11
Across
- to forbid or prohibit
- program in which US and British pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade
- foreign policy that offered economic aid to Western Europeans countries after WW2
- policy of threatening to use massive force in response to aggression
- military alliance formed to counter Soviet expansion
- US general who wanted to drive the communist from the Korean peninsula
- defensive alliance aimed at preventing communist aggression in Asia
- communist leader during the Chinese civil war
- war fought to achieve only specific goals
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- nationalist leader during the Chinese civil war
- policy in which the US and the Soviet Union hopen to deter nuclear war by building up enough weapons to destroy one another
- military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite states
- contest in which nations compete to build more powerful weapons
- belief that only by going to war could the US protect itself against communist aggression
- to or tear apart
- to place a resource under government control
- to deprive or take away the weapons or any means of attack or defense
17 Clues: to or tear apart • to forbid or prohibit • war fought to achieve only specific goals • to place a resource under government control • communist leader during the Chinese civil war • nationalist leader during the Chinese civil war • military alliance formed to counter Soviet expansion • military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite states • ...
u11 2026-01-26
15 Clues: WWII president • 1960s president • Southern states • 1980s president • Cold War leader • Northern states • Declaration author • Forced labor system • Civil War president • First U.S. president • Early U.S. president • End slavery movement • Father of Constitution • Progressive-era president • North versus South conflict
Sweet and Low 2021-02-23
Across
- had a tax-supported church with license minister.
- trying to "purify" the established church.
- sent 20 humans and two dog to their death.
- throne was restored to.....
- Narragansett Metacomet led a guerrilla war against the whites.
- sailed to America on the ship The Mayflower in 1620.
- event or a situation that makes everyone equal whatever their age, importance, etc.
- sells Pennsylvania to a.......
- war,When the religious friction between puritans and establishment exploded.
- meant that he believe in a sort of abstract god, not a bearded Jehovah in the sky.
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- written agreement to abide by the rules of the colony.
- person who supported Parliament against the King in the English Civil War.
- civil war erupted when government Berkeley tried to stop farmers from removing Indians.
- first black slaves war...
- a haven of religious freedom.
- and government regulated.
- america's democratic institutions began in the same year as slavery which Virginia tax payers organised.
- press,A type of press used to extract the juice from apples to make cider.
- enlightenment,More that a change of century, it was a change of mind....
- America the trend could be summed up in two words.
20 Clues: first black slaves war... • and government regulated. • throne was restored to..... • a haven of religious freedom. • sells Pennsylvania to a....... • trying to "purify" the established church. • sent 20 humans and two dog to their death. • had a tax-supported church with license minister. • America the trend could be summed up in two words. • ...
ENG 241, Module 7 2021-10-11
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- Yeeting someone out a window lol
- the mad king
- faction of the English civil war
- main ranged weapon for English Civil War
- helped introduce sonnets into English
- Murder of a king
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- Royal bloodline of King Henry
- Christian denomination
- Christian denomination
- King henry's lover
- faction of the English civil war
- Overthrew King Charles
- Overthrown by Oliver Cromwell/Parlaiment
13 Clues: the mad king • Murder of a king • King henry's lover • Christian denomination • Christian denomination • Overthrew King Charles • Royal bloodline of King Henry • Yeeting someone out a window lol • faction of the English civil war • faction of the English civil war • helped introduce sonnets into English • main ranged weapon for English Civil War • ...
