civil war Crossword Puzzles

Topic 9 - Civil War 2025-05-05

Topic 9 - Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. A person displaced by war.
  2. South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.
  3. To strengthen.
  4. ________ of 1850 (1) California admitted as free state, (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries, (4) federal assumption of Texas debt, (5) slave trade abolished in DC, and (6) new fugitive slave law; advocated by Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas
  5. A storage facility for weapons and ammunition.
  6. A ship covered with iron armor.
  7. Armed supporters of slavery who crossed the border to vote in Kansas.
  8. Rule or control.
  9. The selection system for required military service.
  10. To set free.
  11. A legal process that prohibits the government from jailing anyone without lawful grounds.
  12. A 3-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War (November 19, 1963) at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
  13. Soldier who is killed, wounded, or capture.
  14. Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858)
  15. To join, usually a military force.
  16. ________ Court House: Famous as the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant.
  17. Union General who destroyed South during "march to the sea" from Atlanta to Savannah, example of total war.
  18. Battle of ______ 1863, Union gains control of Mississippi, confederacy split in two, Grant takes lead of Union armies, total war begins.
  19. A person who wanted to end slavery.
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  1. Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War.
  2. To formally withdraw from an alliance or union.
  3. Battle of ______ Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.
  4. _______ Jackson He was one of the South's greatest generals during the Civil War. Pious and uncommunicative, he possessed an uncanny, almost intuitive grasp of Gen. Robert E. Lee's orders. He was killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville (1863) when he was accidentally shot by one of his own soldiers. His death in 1863 sped up the Confederacy's downfall.
  5. A war between citizens of the same country.
  6. President of the Confederate States of America
  7. Issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free.
  8. sovereignty A belief that ultimate power resides in the people. In the context of slavery, enabled people to vote whether or not their state would have slavery.
  9. General of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the North. Would later become a president of the United States.
  10. Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Nevada, and Oregon
  11. A general for northern command of the Army of the Potomac in 1861; nicknamed "Tardy George" because of his failure to move troops to Richmond; lost battle vs. General Lee near the Chesapeake Bay; Lincoln fired him twice.
  12. Political party that believed in the non-expansion of slavery & consisted of Whigs, N. Democrats, & Free-Soilers in defiance to the Slave Powers
  13. To bring into use.
  14. A person who runs away from legal authority.
  15. A person who dies or suffers for a cause.
  16. A small river that feeds into a larger one.
  17. State between the North and South that was divided over whether to remain in the Union or join the Confederacy.
  18. _______ Battle of Bull Run: First "real" battle of the Civil War, it was expected by Union officials to be short but ended up a Confederate victory.
  19. Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force
  20. 16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth. (1809-1865)
  21. 1854 - Created Nebraska and Kansas as states and gave the people in those territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through popular sovereignty.

40 Clues: To set free. • To strengthen. • Rule or control. • To bring into use. • A person displaced by war. • A ship covered with iron armor. • To join, usually a military force. • A person who wanted to end slavery. • A person who dies or suffers for a cause. • A war between citizens of the same country. • A small river that feeds into a larger one. • ...

WWI 2023-11-01

WWI crossword puzzle
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  1. Due to the unpopularity of being in WWI and the rise of communism
  2. What ended WWI officially
  3. The losers of WWI
  4. The Empire who reacted to Serbia's assassination
  5. The winners of WWI
  6. A government system and an economic system
  7. At the time, World War I was also called this
  8. Who got assassinated by serbian extremist
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  1. After The Russian Civil War, this person took over using Communism
  2. Treaties made between countries for defense or political help
  3. The Russian monarchy that was overthrown in the Russian Civil War
  4. The armistice meant to heavily punish Germany
  5. Russia became this nation after adopting communism

13 Clues: The losers of WWI • The winners of WWI • What ended WWI officially • Who got assassinated by serbian extremist • A government system and an economic system • The armistice meant to heavily punish Germany • At the time, World War I was also called this • The Empire who reacted to Serbia's assassination • Russia became this nation after adopting communism • ...

reconstruction 2026-02-26

reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. laws were passed in the South after the Civil War
  2. is a person against slavery
  3. helped improve the South
  4. became president after Abraham Lincoln died
  5. the president's indirect veto of a bill by letting the session of congress expire without singing the bill
  6. to abolished slavery
  7. granting aparting to a group of people
  8. the right to vote
  9. he assassinated Lincoln
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  1. the president during the Civil War, was assassinated
  2. the largest war in American history, many lives were lost
  3. he was an abolitionist and had a speech What the Black Man Wants
  4. a speech the president gives after becoming president

13 Clues: the right to vote • to abolished slavery • he assassinated Lincoln • helped improve the South • is a person against slavery • granting aparting to a group of people • became president after Abraham Lincoln died • laws were passed in the South after the Civil War • the president during the Civil War, was assassinated • a speech the president gives after becoming president • ...

Reconstruction Crossword 2024-03-08

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The "Great Liberator"
  2. America's first organized terror movement
  3. Less well known group that tortured Black people
  4. Separating people by race
  5. Changes made to the constitution
  6. Organization that supported former slaves in need
  7. The period after the Civil War in which the South was rebuilt
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  1. Lincolns Killer
  2. Kill someone without a trial
  3. People who farmed portions of land for food
  4. Northerners who moved to the South following the civil war
  5. Pardon for most Confederate soldiers
  6. President during Reconstruction

13 Clues: Lincolns Killer • The "Great Liberator" • Separating people by race • Kill someone without a trial • President during Reconstruction • Changes made to the constitution • Pardon for most Confederate soldiers • America's first organized terror movement • People who farmed portions of land for food • Less well known group that tortured Black people • ...

Civil War 2014-04-21

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. system of forced labor
  2. part of U.S. that was for slavery
  3. a statement;proclamation
  4. to formally leave or withdraw from; what the South did
  5. independent;not ruled by an other state
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  1. Lincoln the President during Civil War
  2. famous speech by Lincoln
  3. what the South was called
  4. not states but still under the governments power
  5. prevent someone or people from doing something
  6. part of U.S. that was against slavery

11 Clues: system of forced labor • famous speech by Lincoln • a statement;proclamation • what the South was called • part of U.S. that was for slavery • part of U.S. that was against slavery • Lincoln the President during Civil War • independent;not ruled by an other state • prevent someone or people from doing something • not states but still under the governments power • ...

Civil War 2015-09-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President of the Union
  2. Capital
  3. northern states
  4. Commander of the Union forces
  5. Blue uniforms
  6. the Capital of Virginia
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  1. Confederate general that accidentally dies from a gunshot wound from his own soldier
  2. President of the Confederacy
  3. Commander of the Confederate forces
  4. southern states
  5. Grey uniforms

11 Clues: Capital • Grey uniforms • Blue uniforms • northern states • southern states • President of the Union • the Capital of Virginia • President of the Confederacy • Commander of the Union forces • Commander of the Confederate forces • Confederate general that accidentally dies from a gunshot wound from his own soldier

Civil War 2021-01-31

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. president of the union.
  2. General of the Union army.
  3. this action started the civil war.
  4. General of the Confederate army.
  5. The condition of being enslaved.
  6. this included 20 free states and 5 border states.
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  1. A war between 2 bordering countries.
  2. Legislation that admited this state as a slave state.
  3. The bombing of Fort Sumpter started this.
  4. A slave the unsuccessfully sued for his freedom.
  5. president of the confederacy.

11 Clues: president of the union. • General of the Union army. • president of the confederacy. • General of the Confederate army. • The condition of being enslaved. • this action started the civil war. • A war between 2 bordering countries. • The bombing of Fort Sumpter started this. • A slave the unsuccessfully sued for his freedom. • this included 20 free states and 5 border states. • ...

Civil War 2017-04-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The Union Army lost 7,000 men in about a hour
  2. The union Burned downed villages and destroyed railroads along with bridges
  3. He was a strong general and won important victories in the west
  4. Is the confederates capital
  5. The murder of president Lincoln
  6. A desire to harm
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  1. Where president Lincoln was assassinate
  2. Where Robert E.Lee surrendered to Ulysses S.Grant
  3. One of the Souths largest cities and railroad center
  4. He was imprisoned for two years in Virginia
  5. Was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 to December 21, 1864

11 Clues: A desire to harm • Is the confederates capital • The murder of president Lincoln • Where president Lincoln was assassinate • He was imprisoned for two years in Virginia • The Union Army lost 7,000 men in about a hour • Where Robert E.Lee surrendered to Ulysses S.Grant • One of the Souths largest cities and railroad center • ...

civil war 2017-01-14

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. major proportions
  2. first shots
  3. john brown
  4. commanding general
  5. manifest destiny
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  1. assassin of lincoln
  2. rush
  3. bloody battle
  4. freed slaves
  5. underground rail
  6. 16th president

11 Clues: rush • john brown • first shots • freed slaves • bloody battle • 16th president • underground rail • manifest destiny • major proportions • commanding general • assassin of lincoln

Civil war 2024-05-01

Civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. To rush towards the enemy.
  2. Troops, like the National Guard, who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency.
  3. Actively attacking someone.
  4. Loyal to the government of the United States. Also known as Union, Yankee, or Northern.
  5. Soldiers posted on guard ahead of a main force. Pickets included about 40 or 50 men each. Several pickets would form a rough line in front of the main army's camp. In case of enemy attack, the pickets usually would have time to warn the rest of the force.
  6. A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored.
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  1. The lowest rank in the army.
  2. Resisting or protecting against attack from someone.
  3. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
  4. Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron.
  5. A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare. During the Civil War, “blue water” ships cruised the oceans and “brown water” boats floated up and down the rivers.

11 Clues: To rush towards the enemy. • Actively attacking someone. • The lowest rank in the army. • Resisting or protecting against attack from someone. • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. • A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored. • Loyal to the government of the United States. Also known as Union, Yankee, or Northern. • ...

Civil War 2021-09-28

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
  2. A major political party to prevent the spread of slavery
  3. A northerner; someone loyal to the federal government of the United Sates, also know as the Union, or the north
  4. Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States
  5. Promoting the interest of a section or region
  6. The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people
  7. A state of bondage in which African Americans were owned by other people and forced into labor
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  1. The major political party in America, wanted to spread slavery throughout the states
  2. Also called the south or Confederate States of America
  3. A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored
  4. Also called the north or the Untied States, the portion of the country that remained loyal to the federal gov.

11 Clues: Promoting the interest of a section or region • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery • Also called the south or Confederate States of America • A major political party to prevent the spread of slavery • Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States • A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored • ...

Civil War 2021-11-02

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. he was elected president in 1969
  2. The main cause of the Civil War
  3. What the republicans thought the south deserved after the war
  4. The name of the North
  5. what was the central idea of the Jim Crow laws
  6. The southern states invaded this country
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  1. A machine that was invented for this specific plantation
  2. what was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
  3. Who was elected president in 1861?
  4. otherwise known as the battle of sharpsburg
  5. What was one word that describes what the 14th amendment and what it gave people

11 Clues: The name of the North • The main cause of the Civil War • he was elected president in 1969 • Who was elected president in 1861? • The southern states invaded this country • otherwise known as the battle of sharpsburg • what was the central idea of the Jim Crow laws • what was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War? • A machine that was invented for this specific plantation • ...

Civil War 2022-05-25

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. A term meaning "before war"
  2. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket
  3. These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
  4. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  5. Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country
  6. A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle
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  1. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port
  2. A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
  3. When a person is murdered for political reasons
  4. Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  5. An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War

11 Clues: A term meaning "before war" • When a person is murdered for political reasons • Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle • A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket • A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery. • An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War • ...

Civil War 2025-02-07

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. T. Sherman led this march
  2. that are being treated wrongly and picks cotton and makes lots of agricultural stuff
  3. title
  4. Lincoln won this
  5. who wanted to get rid of slavery
  6. of 1860
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  1. T. Sherman
  2. War
  3. states of America
  4. GA to the ground
  5. to the Sea
  6. south...
  7. get away from

13 Clues: War • title • of 1860 • south... • T. Sherman • to the Sea • get away from • GA to the ground • Lincoln won this • states of America • T. Sherman led this march • who wanted to get rid of slavery • that are being treated wrongly and picks cotton and makes lots of agricultural stuff

civil war 2023-10-13

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
  2. values
  3. Massacre
  4. Nebraska act
  5. Dred Scott Decision
  6. shortage of labour
  7. policies
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  1. Lee's surrender in 1965
  2. of 1850
  3. formation of confederacy
  4. fugitive slave act
  5. of 1860
  6. kansas
  7. Tom's Cabin' Is Published

14 Clues: values • kansas • of 1850 • of 1860 • Massacre • policies • Nebraska act • fugitive slave act • shortage of labour • Dred Scott Decision • Lee's surrender in 1965 • formation of confederacy • Tom's Cabin' Is Published • Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

Civil War 2025-04-17

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. A bag with one shoulder strap
  2. An extremely powerful warship
  3. Popular shoes during the Civil War
  4. The Northern states that were against slavery in the ci
  5. The name of the southern government in the Civil War
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  1. A person who tries to be involved in the government when they have no citizenship there
  2. Large Agricultural Estates
  3. An American U.S dollar
  4. A person who wants to end slavery
  5. Military Footmen
  6. Weapons and Guns

11 Clues: Military Footmen • Weapons and Guns • An American U.S dollar • Large Agricultural Estates • A bag with one shoulder strap • An extremely powerful warship • A person who wants to end slavery • Popular shoes during the Civil War • The name of the southern government in the Civil War • The Northern states that were against slavery in the ci • ...

Civil War 2022-10-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Attacking to gain territory
  2. Union soldiers get ambushed, most men died here than ever before
  3. Soldiers on horseback
  4. Foot soldier
  5. Union retreats
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  1. South attacks union fort, union surrenders, start of the Civil War
  2. Union is able to stop Confederacy, Bloodiest American battle in history
  3. Ship covered with iron plates
  4. To break away
  5. Protecting your position
  6. Union had 20,000 more soldiers and lost to Conferacy

11 Clues: Foot soldier • To break away • Union retreats • Soldiers on horseback • Protecting your position • Attacking to gain territory • Ship covered with iron plates • Union had 20,000 more soldiers and lost to Conferacy • Union soldiers get ambushed, most men died here than ever before • South attacks union fort, union surrenders, start of the Civil War • ...

Civil War 2022-11-14

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Southern General
  2. Northern production advantage
  3. President of the Union
  4. Bloodiest battle fought on AM soil
  5. President of the Confederate States of America
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  1. first battle of the War
  2. Southern iron-clad ship
  3. Allowed Lincoln to give Emancipation Proclamation
  4. Northern iron-clad ship
  5. Northern General
  6. War fought over them

11 Clues: Southern General • Northern General • War fought over them • President of the Union • first battle of the War • Southern iron-clad ship • Northern iron-clad ship • Northern production advantage • Bloodiest battle fought on AM soil • President of the Confederate States of America • Allowed Lincoln to give Emancipation Proclamation

Civil War 2022-04-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a leather shoe reaching to the ankle.
  2. It is a slave farm, and grows all tons of crops
  3. an alliance of people or groups formed for a purpose.
  4. Kind of a backpack but mostly used in battles, wars, and hikes.
  5. It has iron in it's name and its a warship
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  1. guns used in warfare on land, It's a kind of tank.
  2. a political person who applies for a job and who seeks election in an area where they have no connections.
  3. Someone who wants to get rid of slavery
  4. soldiers marching or fighting.
  5. a association formed by people with a purpose.
  6. A Phrase meaning a dollar bill, use some adjectives to figure it out.

11 Clues: soldiers marching or fighting. • a leather shoe reaching to the ankle. • Someone who wants to get rid of slavery • It has iron in it's name and its a warship • a association formed by people with a purpose. • It is a slave farm, and grows all tons of crops • guns used in warfare on land, It's a kind of tank. • an alliance of people or groups formed for a purpose. • ...

Civil War 2026-01-30

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. known as the Yankees
  2. secret or hidden
  3. owner of enslaved people
  4. to end
  5. forced to work without pay
  6. a war between two parts of the same country
  7. the place many enslaved people worked
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  1. known as the rebels
  2. wanted slavery
  3. split into two or more groups
  4. wanted the enslaved people to be free

11 Clues: to end • wanted slavery • secret or hidden • known as the rebels • known as the Yankees • owner of enslaved people • forced to work without pay • split into two or more groups • wanted the enslaved people to be free • the place many enslaved people worked • a war between two parts of the same country

Civil war 2022-01-18

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. who was the president during civil war
  2. what mouth did atlanta surrender to the to the Union
  3. Bloodiest battle in all of the war
  4. where did Sherman's March start
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  1. the largest and most famous of 150 military prisons of the Civil War
  2. was a part of the Union Anaconda Plan to win the war by starving / squeezing the south.
  3. who was the confederate president in the civil war
  4. where sherman end his march.

8 Clues: where sherman end his march. • where did Sherman's March start • Bloodiest battle in all of the war • who was the president during civil war • who was the confederate president in the civil war • what mouth did atlanta surrender to the to the Union • the largest and most famous of 150 military prisons of the Civil War • ...

Civil war 2022-01-18

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. who was the president during civil war
  2. what mouth did atlanta surrender to the to the Union
  3. Bloodiest battle in all of the war
  4. where did Sherman's March start
Down
  1. the largest and most famous of 150 military prisons of the Civil War
  2. was a part of the Union Anaconda Plan to win the war by starving / squeezing the south.
  3. who was the confederate president in the civil war
  4. where sherman end his march.

8 Clues: where sherman end his march. • where did Sherman's March start • Bloodiest battle in all of the war • who was the president during civil war • who was the confederate president in the civil war • what mouth did atlanta surrender to the to the Union • the largest and most famous of 150 military prisons of the Civil War • ...

Engel Crossword 2022-07-14

Engel Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. played many instruments
  2. Taught violin
  3. Great Grandmother
  4. Wore Grandpa’s hat
  5. Favorite vegetable
  6. Family burial
  7. Gladbrook’s county
  8. Mindy
  9. WWI Engineer
  10. car Starter
  11. Maurine’s study
  12. Opera persona
  13. Maurine and Lee’s marriage
  14. Oliver ______ Engel
  15. Mary Lee biked across this state
  16. Gladbrook Night Marshal
  17. Living quarters
  18. Melodious God of Our ______
  19. Record
  20. Gladbrook celebration
  21. hosting far away relatives
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  1. Childhood broken arm
  2. Local water body
  3. Economic tie-up
  4. Civil war veteran
  5. Armament at Gladbrook park
  6. Kelly
  7. Paper carrier
  8. Gordon plays
  9. tap dance for community
  10. Serious mastoid problem
  11. singing family
  12. Aggravation Queen
  13. local lake
  14. Religious doctrine
  15. Civil war volunteer
  16. Grandfather
  17. Coast Guard WWII
  18. Born in Germany 1848
  19. Percussion musician
  20. Hunted meat
  21. WWII purple heart, bronze star

42 Clues: Kelly • Mindy • Record • local lake • car Starter • Grandfather • Hunted meat • Gordon plays • WWI Engineer • Taught violin • Paper carrier • Family burial • Opera persona • singing family • Economic tie-up • Maurine’s study • Living quarters • Local water body • Coast Guard WWII • Civil war veteran • Great Grandmother • Aggravation Queen • Wore Grandpa’s hat • Favorite vegetable • Gladbrook’s county • Religious doctrine • ...

Harriet Tubman rocks 2015-03-11

Harriet Tubman rocks crossword puzzle
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  1. There code was ______
  2. The ____ land
  3. She got hit with a ____
  4. She had to be helpful to be ____
  5. She had to be ______
  6. She had ____ because she got hit
  7. _____ was trying to catch her
  8. The ____ is the way they traveled
  9. She was a _____ slave
  10. She had been _____
  11. She was a ____ for the civil war
  12. She was a ____ to help soldiers in the civil war
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  1. She helped in the ______
  2. Her name is_____
  3. She led people went through the ______
  4. Harriet was a very _____ woman
  5. ______ is the land that want to be
  6. She was very _____ to help other slaves
  7. She got hit and survived massive _____
  8. Harriet Tubman was in _____
  9. The master’s used a _____ to punish slaves
  10. The _____ is were Harriet was born
  11. The land that is ____

23 Clues: The ____ land • Her name is_____ • She had been _____ • She had to be ______ • There code was ______ • The land that is ____ • She was a _____ slave • She got hit with a ____ • She helped in the ______ • Harriet Tubman was in _____ • _____ was trying to catch her • Harriet was a very _____ woman • She had to be helpful to be ____ • She had ____ because she got hit • ...

civics getchell, izybelle 2024-05-09

civics getchell, izybelle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. amendment that gave women the right to vote
  2. worst crime you can commit
  3. document that freed slaves
  4. how is the court system is broken up in the U.S.
  5. jaywalking is what?
  6. this president hated the bank of america
  7. the amendment that prohibited alcohol
  8. name of the north side during the civil war
  9. the amendment that protects your right to remain silent
  10. least serious crime you can commit
  11. total year limit a president can serve
  12. how many members in the senate
Down
  1. first president
  2. how the president is elected
  3. lincoln was part of which party?
  4. president during 2020-2024
  5. who is the leader of the executive branch
  6. name of the south side during the civil war
  7. how many amendments to the constitution
  8. first president to live in the white house

20 Clues: first president • jaywalking is what? • worst crime you can commit • president during 2020-2024 • document that freed slaves • how the president is elected • how many members in the senate • lincoln was part of which party? • least serious crime you can commit • the amendment that prohibited alcohol • total year limit a president can serve • how many amendments to the constitution • ...

Reconstruction Vocabulary 2022-03-29

Reconstruction Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. After Reconstruction, " _________ ________" Laws were passed to segregate the races
  2. After the Civil War, Virginia's ________ grew with people, business, and factories
  3. Better transportation, including _______________, were key to the expanding business and industry
  4. Under this system, freedman and poor white farmers rented land from a landowner by promising to pay the owner with a share of the crop
  5. African Americans and American Indians were kept from _________ by poll taxes and tests
  6. Deposits of ____________ were mined in the Appalachian Plateau
  7. ______________ farming and products became important industries in Virginia
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  1. the period after the Civil War
  2. The ______________ bureau provided food, schools and medical care for freed African Americans
  3. An unfair difference in the treatment of people
  4. After the Civil War, Virginia's _____________was in ruins
  5. The separation of people, usually based on race or religion.

12 Clues: the period after the Civil War • An unfair difference in the treatment of people • After the Civil War, Virginia's _____________was in ruins • The separation of people, usually based on race or religion. • Deposits of ____________ were mined in the Appalachian Plateau • ______________ farming and products became important industries in Virginia • ...

The Cold War 2022-03-11

The Cold War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. soviet union
  2. Vietcong tactics
  3. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  4. a series of policies mde by Gorbachev
  5. first half cold war russian dictator
  6. second half cold war russian dictator
  7. communist satellite states
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  1. Vietnams military
  2. stopping communism
  3. old satellite state fighting back
  4. the red army
  5. civil war during the cold war

12 Clues: the red army • soviet union • Vietcong tactics • Vietnams military • stopping communism • communist satellite states • civil war during the cold war • old satellite state fighting back • North Atlantic Treaty Organization • first half cold war russian dictator • a series of policies mde by Gorbachev • second half cold war russian dictator

Civil War Crossword by. Andy 2023-05-15

Civil War Crossword by. Andy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The civil waw mainly started because of this issue
  2. President of the Union
  3. Union Army Leader
  4. First major battle in the war
  5. Battle that started the civil war
Down
  1. Place where General Lee surrendered to Grant
  2. Turning point in the war
  3. President of the confederacy
  4. Confederate Army Leader

9 Clues: Union Army Leader • President of the Union • Confederate Army Leader • Turning point in the war • President of the confederacy • First major battle in the war • Battle that started the civil war • Place where General Lee surrendered to Grant • The civil waw mainly started because of this issue

crossword facts 2015-04-30

crossword facts crossword puzzle
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  1. Who was the general of the confederate states
  2. The civil war was fought between the northern states and the ----states
  3. Who was the president of the united states during the war
  4. Who was the general of the Union
  5. Who secretly fought in wars?
  6. The----had more men and materials than the South
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  1. Whose two sons who became major generals during the Civil War: one for the North, one for the South
  2. What state was the last battle fought?
  3. What was the bloodiest battle of the civil war

9 Clues: Who secretly fought in wars? • Who was the general of the Union • What state was the last battle fought? • Who was the general of the confederate states • What was the bloodiest battle of the civil war • The----had more men and materials than the South • Who was the president of the united states during the war • ...

Ch. 17 Reconstruction Vocabulary Crossword 2016-04-18

Ch. 17 Reconstruction Vocabulary Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. of 1877 After the disputed Presidential Election of 1876, Congress declared Republican Rutherford B. Hayes the winner, but Republicans promised to withdraw remaining troops from Southern states & no longer attempt to reshape Southern states; marked the end of Reconstruction as Democrats regained control of the South
  2. first African American senator
  3. A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
  4. Any code of law that defined and especially limited the rights of former slaves after the Civil War.
  5. Amendment Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or previous condition of servitude
  6. officially made slavery illegal in all of the United States
  7. 17th president of the United States, came to office after Lincoln's assassination and opposed Radical Republicans; he was impeached
  8. War general who became president in 1869
  9. A secret society organized in the South after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of violence.
Down
  1. Wilkes Booth 26 year old actor and Southern sympathizer, assassination of Abraham Lincoln
  2. Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites
  3. Federal agency set up in 1865 to provide food, schools, and medical care to freed slaves in the South
  4. granted citizenship and the same rights enjoyed by white citizens to all male persons in the United States
  5. Amendment declared that all persons born in the US were citizenship, that all citizens were entitled to equal rights and their rights were protected by due process
  6. the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union

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

U.S History 2022-04-14

U.S History crossword puzzle
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  1. Who was the first African American Senetor
  2. 50% of a states white males take loyalty oath to the united states to readmitted to the union
  3. A system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop
  4. That severely restricted African American lives
  5. The era was a period in American history following the American Civil War. It lasted from 1865 to 1877 and marked a significant chapter in the history of United States
  6. Which provided a Constitutional basis for the Civil rights act
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  1. In the united states is the process by which a legislatures lower house brings charges against Civil federal officer
  2. Is a largely historical term used by southerners to describe oppertontist Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War
  3. The term referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after conclusion of the American Civil War
  4. What was the Fifteenth Amendment
  5. After Abraham was assassinated, who became president

11 Clues: What was the Fifteenth Amendment • Who was the first African American Senetor • That severely restricted African American lives • After Abraham was assassinated, who became president • Which provided a Constitutional basis for the Civil rights act • 50% of a states white males take loyalty oath to the united states to readmitted to the union • ...

Civil War Cross Word Puzzle 2023-10-16

Civil War Cross Word Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Was the main union military tactic. Blockade Southern ports to restrict manufactured goods to the South.
  2. Who took place as president after Lincoln was assassinated? Who was more harsh on the south during Reconstruction?
  3. General Lee led his team of men to attack near a river called? This battle was the deadliest single-day battle in American history.
  4. First major battle of the civil war. This battle was historically significant because of how many deaths happened that day.
  5. Defend territory against the North and attack when there is an opportunity. Main Confederacy military tactic
  6. Forever abolished slavery as an institution in all U.S. states and territories. Changed all african americans lives forever.
  7. President Lincold issued this on January 1st 1863. Changed african americans lives forever.
  8. An amendment that granted citizenship and equal, civil, and legal rights to anyone born in the United States or who became a citizen of the country. Also was the Amendment that Plessy pleaded he was violated from.
  9. Laws that were passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation. These laws revoked african americans rights to own property and move freely through the U.S.
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  1. Guaranteed all MEN despite color, race, and past status the right to vote. Passed on February 26, 1869 by congress.
  2. Was a hate group filled with white supremacist that hated African Americans. They killed hundreds of women and children by hanging them.
  3. After the civil war they reorganized the Southern states after the Civil War and made the south a place where whites and blacks could live together in a non-slave society.
  4. What town did Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant met at a private residence in Virginia? Where was the civil war officially declared over?
  5. Man's best friend
  6. What president issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared slaves shall be free. What president was assassinated?
  7. Drafting citizens and immigrant men to serve in the army. This happened because both sides of the war had major casualties.

16 Clues: Man's best friend • President Lincold issued this on January 1st 1863. Changed african americans lives forever. • Was the main union military tactic. Blockade Southern ports to restrict manufactured goods to the South. • Defend territory against the North and attack when there is an opportunity. Main Confederacy military tactic • ...

THE CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION 2016-12-06

THE CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION crossword puzzle
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  1. LINCOLN'S SPEECH
  2. CREATED TO HELP THE TRANSITION TO FREEDOM FOR FORMER SLAVES
  3. ABSTINENCE FROM ALCOHOLIC DRINK;LEMONADE LUCY INTRODUCED
  4. THE SOUTH CALLS THIS BATTLE THE 1ST BATTLE OF MANASSAS
  5. GRANTS PLAN TO CUT OFF FOOD SUPPLIES AND BOMBARD THE SOUTH
  6. THIS PERSON GAVE A FLOWERY 2-HOUR SPEECH DURING THE CEREMONY IN GETTYSBURG
  7. first PRESIDENT TO BE IMPEACHED
  8. FIRST BATTLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR
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  1. THESE REPUBLICANS WANTED IT TO BE HARDER FOR THE SOUTH TO REJOIN THE UNION
  2. A SERIOUS VIOLATION OF THE 1ST AMENDMENT THAT LINCOLN SUSPENDED
  3. WHO SAID "LET US HAVE PEACE"?
  4. THIS MEANS REBUILDING POST CIVIL WAR
  5. BLOODIEST SINGLE-DAY BATTLE
  6. THIS PRESIDENT BELIEVED THE UNION HAD TO BE PRESERVED
  7. THIS PERSON SERVED SUPERINTENDENT OF WOMEN NURSES
  8. FIRST GENERAL TO WAGE TOTAL WAR(MARCH TO SEA)

16 Clues: LINCOLN'S SPEECH • BLOODIEST SINGLE-DAY BATTLE • WHO SAID "LET US HAVE PEACE"? • first PRESIDENT TO BE IMPEACHED • FIRST BATTLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR • THIS MEANS REBUILDING POST CIVIL WAR • FIRST GENERAL TO WAGE TOTAL WAR(MARCH TO SEA) • THIS PERSON SERVED SUPERINTENDENT OF WOMEN NURSES • THIS PRESIDENT BELIEVED THE UNION HAD TO BE PRESERVED • ...

History Presitation 2023-09-08

History Presitation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Declared all slaves to be free in 1863.
  2. The U.S. President during the Civil War.
  3. The number of border states.
Down
  1. The Union general.
  2. The Confederate general.
  3. What major river split the Confederacy in two parts.
  4. The side that won the war.
  5. The bloodiest single day in the Civil War.
  6. He was hanged for treason.
  7. The courthouse that the Confederacy surrendered to the Union at.

10 Clues: The Union general. • The Confederate general. • The side that won the war. • He was hanged for treason. • The number of border states. • Declared all slaves to be free in 1863. • The U.S. President during the Civil War. • The bloodiest single day in the Civil War. • What major river split the Confederacy in two parts. • ...

US Hist 2024-01-03

US Hist crossword puzzle
Across
  1. final battle of the revolutionary war
  2. a civil war battle with no winner and high casualties
  3. the bill of rights has ten of these
  4. last name of lincoln’s assassin
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  1. The first name of the first president
  2. a fortress on an island
  3. The second president
  4. Where the witch trials took place
  5. The best city for a tea party
  6. the north side of the civil war

10 Clues: The second president • a fortress on an island • The best city for a tea party • the north side of the civil war • last name of lincoln’s assassin • Where the witch trials took place • the bill of rights has ten of these • The first name of the first president • final battle of the revolutionary war • a civil war battle with no winner and high casualties

US History Cold War 2025-02-28

US History Cold War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Un-American Activities Committee
  2. Assured Destruction
  3. Atlantic Treaty Organization
  4. Curtain
  5. trial
  6. Sympathizer
  7. Blockade
  8. Pact
  9. World
  10. Conference
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  1. Civil Defense Administration
  2. Plan
  3. War
  4. Hiss case
  5. Doctrine
  6. Conference
  7. War
  8. Atomic Energy Commission
  9. Plan
  10. Age

20 Clues: War • War • Age • Plan • Plan • Pact • trial • World • Curtain • Doctrine • Blockade • Hiss case • Conference • Conference • Sympathizer • Assured Destruction • Atomic Energy Commission • Civil Defense Administration • Atlantic Treaty Organization • Un-American Activities Committee

puzzle 2025-12-18

puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. cozy-word
  2. civil-war
  3. water-Ice
  4. ballet
  5. pythagoreum...
  6. spotted
  7. hydration
  8. Indiana
Down
  1. sock-lover(Potter)
  2. burn-wood
  3. fish
  4. small-version
  5. Sia(xmas)
  6. holiday
  7. tall-tree
  8. water-from-sky
  9. holdsboats

17 Clues: fish • ballet • holiday • spotted • Indiana • cozy-word • burn-wood • civil-war • water-Ice • Sia(xmas) • tall-tree • hydration • holdsboats • small-version • pythagoreum... • water-from-sky • sock-lover(Potter)

Historical Figures 2023-09-07

Historical Figures crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An Egyptian queen known for her beauty and intelligence.
  2. Khan A Mongol conqueror who founded the Mongol Empire.
  3. Lincoln The 16th President of the United States, known for his leadership during the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation.
  4. Gandhi An Indian leader who advocated for nonviolent civil disobedience against British rule in India.
  5. Churchill A British Prime Minister who led the UK during World War II.
  6. Zedong The founding father of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party.
  7. Einstein A German-born physicist known for the theory of relativity and the equation E=mc².
  8. the Great A Russian empress known for her expansion of the Russian Empire.
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  1. Musa A medieval African emperor known for his vast wealth and pilgrimage to Mecca.
  2. Chavez An American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers.
  3. da Vinci An Italian Renaissance polymath known for his artistic and scientific contributions.
  4. Luther King Jr. A prominent leader in the American civil rights movement known for his "I Have a Dream" speech.
  5. Bonaparte A French military leader who became Emperor of the French.
  6. Elizabeth I The long-reigning queen of England during the Elizabethan era.
  7. of Arc A French heroine and military leader during the Hundred Years' War.

15 Clues: Khan A Mongol conqueror who founded the Mongol Empire. • An Egyptian queen known for her beauty and intelligence. • Bonaparte A French military leader who became Emperor of the French. • Churchill A British Prime Minister who led the UK during World War II. • Elizabeth I The long-reigning queen of England during the Elizabethan era. • ...

Cold War and Globalization 2023-04-23

Cold War and Globalization crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of the main civil rights protestors
  2. The U.S. leader starting the Cold War
  3. A wall built in the middle of Berlin
  4. A divide between the east and west
  5. A catalyst for proxy wars
  6. A Georgian who'd later lead Russia
  7. An American and European organization
  8. A catalyst of the Cuban Missile Crisis
  9. The UK leader around the Cold War
  10. Planes taking resources to Berlin
  11. Segregation of race
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  1. Sharing culture and ideas all around
  2. Weapons causing tension in the war
  3. Giving everyone equal rights
  4. A state that would start the Cold War
  5. States controlled by Stalin
  6. A war along the 38th parallel
  7. Smaller wars made by larger ones
  8. Heavily removing trees and plants
  9. Proxy wars in America and Russia

20 Clues: Segregation of race • A catalyst for proxy wars • States controlled by Stalin • Giving everyone equal rights • A war along the 38th parallel • Smaller wars made by larger ones • Proxy wars in America and Russia • Heavily removing trees and plants • The UK leader around the Cold War • Planes taking resources to Berlin • Weapons causing tension in the war • ...

Deangelo's crossword puzzle 2023-03-31

Deangelo's crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first car to be made
  2. 16th president of the U.S(president during the civil war)
  3. most dangerous batte in the civil war
  4. children started working
  5. An invention that allows you to fly
  6. how long did children worked for
Down
  1. the person who created the model t
  2. a war that happened inside the U.S
  3. people that came to this country
  4. the two people who invented airplanes

10 Clues: first car to be made • children started working • people that came to this country • how long did children worked for • the person who created the model t • a war that happened inside the U.S • An invention that allows you to fly • the two people who invented airplanes • most dangerous batte in the civil war • 16th president of the U.S(president during the civil war)

Civil war 2025-04-29

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first battle of the civil war
  2. a war between citizens of the same country
  3. Bloodiest battle of the civil war
  4. what the confederates were called
  5. Lincoln set a slaves in the confederacy free with this
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  1. The seiged that helped the North split the south in two
  2. Lincolns famous speech after the battle of gettysburg
  3. what the union solidiers were called
  4. the north
  5. the south

10 Clues: the north • the south • The first battle of the civil war • Bloodiest battle of the civil war • what the confederates were called • what the union solidiers were called • a war between citizens of the same country • Lincolns famous speech after the battle of gettysburg • Lincoln set a slaves in the confederacy free with this • ...

Unit 8 Vocab 2022-03-08

Unit 8 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. president Lincoln's speech declaring slaves in the USA free
  2. the group of southern states who seceded (left) from the Union (USA) during the civil war.
  3. storehouse for weapons
  4. the idea that states have the right to limit the power of the federal government
  5. strong focus on identification with the interest of one's own region, often at the expense of the greater good
  6. a person who escaped from a place or is in hiding to avoid arrest or persecution
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  1. an agreement or settlement of dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
  2. people loyal to the union (USA) during the civil war.
  3. self governing, free from outside control or influence
  4. The last battle of the civil war
  5. the closing of a part of positioning ships to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
  6. a person who wanted to end slavery
  7. to withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to

13 Clues: storehouse for weapons • The last battle of the civil war • a person who wanted to end slavery • to withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to • people loyal to the union (USA) during the civil war. • self governing, free from outside control or influence • president Lincoln's speech declaring slaves in the USA free • ...

Reconstruction Crossword 2024-05-24

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Power of the President to prevent a law Congress has passed from going into effect
  2. The way things are supposed to be, "by law", "by right"
  3. laws that were designed to strictly control the lives of black people
  4. Additions or changes to the constitution that require both congress and the states to agree
  5. political party that opposed Johnson, and wanted a "radical" reconstruction
  6. The way things actually are, "by fact"
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  1. Word for when different groups of people are legally separated
  2. Racist terror organization that sought to prevent blacks from gaining rights or advancing in society
  3. labor system prevalent in the south before the Civil War
  4. The period of time immediately after the Civil War, ending in 1877
  5. President at the start of Reconstruction
  6. Method for congress to get rid of the president and replace him with the vice president
  7. President during the Civil War

13 Clues: President during the Civil War • The way things actually are, "by fact" • President at the start of Reconstruction • The way things are supposed to be, "by law", "by right" • labor system prevalent in the south before the Civil War • Word for when different groups of people are legally separated • The period of time immediately after the Civil War, ending in 1877 • ...

"The Sniper" Vocabulary 2022-09-27

"The Sniper" Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. This side of the Irish Civil war wanted to completely separate from the British
  2. A wall, rampart, or elevation to protect soldiers
  3. An indefinite body feeling; a gut feeling
  4. A gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrong-doings
  5. Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
  6. suffering or being subjected to constant or repeated trouble or harassment
  7. What is another term for the Republican side of the Irish Civil War? (The acronym)
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  1. a little tower; specifically : an ornamental structure at an angle of a larger structure
  2. A person who is extremely enthusiastic about and devoted to some interest or activity
  3. To speak rapidly, inarticulately, and often foolishly
  4. relating to or affected or characterized by spasm; resembling a spasm especially in sudden violence
  5. An act that is used to fool someone
  6. This side of the Irish Civil war wanted to stay with the British

13 Clues: An act that is used to fool someone • An indefinite body feeling; a gut feeling • A wall, rampart, or elevation to protect soldiers • To speak rapidly, inarticulately, and often foolishly • Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • This side of the Irish Civil war wanted to stay with the British • ...

Underground Railroad 2024-03-08

Underground Railroad crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first free black man to meet with the president in the white house
  2. fort where the first battle of the civil war happened
  3. president during the civil war
  4. chief justice who said that all slaves had no rights and weren't citizens
  5. battleground where nearly 50,000 were killed or injured, also know for an address
  6. former slave who argued in court he was free because he was in free territory and his master died
  7. main general for the union during the civil war
  8. amendment that made slavery illegal in america
  9. people who were paid to capture slaves on their escape
Down
  1. leader of the underground railroad
  2. series of secret trails and paths to the north to free slaves

11 Clues: president during the civil war • leader of the underground railroad • amendment that made slavery illegal in america • main general for the union during the civil war • fort where the first battle of the civil war happened • people who were paid to capture slaves on their escape • series of secret trails and paths to the north to free slaves • ...

WW1 2025-04-11

WW1 crossword puzzle
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  1. Halt in fighting to allow for peace talks
  2. Who won?
  3. Archduke killed by black hand that started WW1
  4. Germany owed __________ dollars in war debt
  5. America entered the war
  6. WW1 soldiers faces __________ due to flooding and no socks
  7. Special number that has to do with Armistice Day
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  1. The _____ gained a home after the war
  2. Who was blamed for WW1
  3. Germany, Ottoman Empire, and Austria-Hungary
  4. Left the war due to civil war in their country
  5. Italy, France, Great Britain, and USA
  6. Where most battles were fought?
  7. WW1 started
  8. The war ended

15 Clues: Who won? • WW1 started • The war ended • Who was blamed for WW1 • America entered the war • Where most battles were fought? • The _____ gained a home after the war • Italy, France, Great Britain, and USA • Halt in fighting to allow for peace talks • Germany, Ottoman Empire, and Austria-Hungary • Germany owed __________ dollars in war debt • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2022-03-09

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the closing of a port by positioning ships to keep people or supplies from moving from in or out
  2. storehouse for weapons
  3. self governing-free from outside control or influence
  4. the idea that states have the right to limit the power if the federal government
  5. President Lincoln's speech declaring slaves in the USA free
  6. a person who wanted to end slavery
Down
  1. the last battle of the civil war
  2. A person who has escaped from a place or is hiding to avoid arrest or persecution
  3. a agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
  4. people loyal to the union (USA) during the civil war
  5. the group of southern states who suceded from (left) the union (USA) during the civil war
  6. Strong focus on and identification with the interests of one's own region, often at the expense of the greater good
  7. the withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to

13 Clues: storehouse for weapons • the last battle of the civil war • a person who wanted to end slavery • the withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to • people loyal to the union (USA) during the civil war • self governing-free from outside control or influence • President Lincoln's speech declaring slaves in the USA free • ...

Reconstruction Review 2017-08-23

Reconstruction Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Reconstruction view that wanted the South to rejoin the Union quickly
  2. Provided freedmen with food, clothing, and finding jobs
  3. One thing both reconstruction views had in common
  4. Became president after Lincoln was assassinated
  5. laws that severely limited the rights of freedmen
  6. Another name for the pre-Civil War South
  7. City where Reconstruction resistance led to violence
Down
  1. Southern states did not allow freedmen to _____, which outraged Congress
  2. Mode of transportation that doubled during and after the Civil War
  3. Congress vowed to take control of Reconstruction because they felt the South was trying to _____ _____
  4. Much of the land here was destroyed from the Civil War
  5. Viewed needing only 10% of the Southern voters pledging loyalty to the Union for their state to rejoin
  6. Reconstruction view that though the majority of white voters should pledge loyalty for the state to be readmitted

13 Clues: Another name for the pre-Civil War South • Became president after Lincoln was assassinated • One thing both reconstruction views had in common • laws that severely limited the rights of freedmen • City where Reconstruction resistance led to violence • Much of the land here was destroyed from the Civil War • Provided freedmen with food, clothing, and finding jobs • ...

Reconstruction Crossword Homework 2025-05-25

Reconstruction Crossword Homework crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The President that replaced Lincoln
  2. This Amendment to the Constitution stopped states from restricting the right to vote based on race
  3. The name for northerners that moved to the south after the Civil War
  4. Codes, Laws passed in the South that limited the rights of Black Americans
  5. The Republican President elected after Johnson was impeached
  6. The Freedman's __________ was an organization created by Congress to support Reconstruction efforts
  7. The President that had the "10 Percent Plan" for Reconstruction
  8. Johnson was __________ but not removed from office
Down
  1. One of the leaders of the Radical Republicans was Thaddeaus ________
  2. The time period after the Civil War when the U.S. attempted to rebuild after the Civil War.
  3. This Amendment to the Constitution granted citizenship to all Americans
  4. This Amendment to the Constitution outlawed slavery
  5. The name for southerners who did not support secession but supported Reconstruction

13 Clues: The President that replaced Lincoln • Johnson was __________ but not removed from office • This Amendment to the Constitution outlawed slavery • The Republican President elected after Johnson was impeached • The President that had the "10 Percent Plan" for Reconstruction • One of the leaders of the Radical Republicans was Thaddeaus ________ • ...

Chapter 18 George Blume 2026-02-25

Chapter 18 George Blume crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Freedom and equality to all citizens
  2. White southern that agreed with federal plan of reconstruction
  3. a businessman from the union that traveled to the south to make money often carrying their belongings in a bag made of carpet
  4. African Americans that traveled to Kansas after the civil war
  5. a place free African-Americans could go to find shelter in food
Down
  1. laws that separated whites and black (different schools and bathrooms)
  2. a law that said in order to vote your grandpa had to have voted before.
  3. a tax people had to pay to vote
  4. an African American that joined the army after the civil war
  5. a system in which a man could buy a share of land and return payment to the farmer in crops
  6. the boys school _______ after the civil war
  7. codes that fought against newly freed African Americans
  8. the man had to work harder in order to ____ his job

13 Clues: a tax people had to pay to vote • Freedom and equality to all citizens • the boys school _______ after the civil war • the man had to work harder in order to ____ his job • codes that fought against newly freed African Americans • an African American that joined the army after the civil war • African Americans that traveled to Kansas after the civil war • ...

History vocab 2025-04-24

History vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The North side of the Civil War
  2. A leather show reaching to the ankle
  3. A 19th-century warship with armor plating
  4. A dollar bill for the 1800s
  5. Large-caliber guns used in warfare on land
Down
  1. A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction(In the US)
  2. Someone who forms petitions to end slavery
  3. The south side of the Civil War
  4. A small, sturdy backpack-like bag carried on the back or over the shoulder, used especially by soldiers and hikers
  5. A massive farm owned by one wealthy person run by a bunch of slaves
  6. Soldiers marching or fighting on foot typically in large groups

11 Clues: A dollar bill for the 1800s • The south side of the Civil War • The North side of the Civil War • A leather show reaching to the ankle • A 19th-century warship with armor plating • Someone who forms petitions to end slavery • Large-caliber guns used in warfare on land • Soldiers marching or fighting on foot typically in large groups • ...

CHA3U 2024-05-23

CHA3U crossword puzzle
Across
  1. labour organizations
  2. Post-Civil War farming system
  3. what suffragettes were fighting for
  4. Post-Civil War restrictive laws
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  1. Economic system based on private ownership
  2. 1890 massacre site
  3. Progressive Era journalists exposing corruption
  4. What became mandatory during the progressive era
  5. Agreements with Indigenous groups
  6. Island Historic immigration station

10 Clues: 1890 massacre site • labour organizations • Post-Civil War farming system • Post-Civil War restrictive laws • Agreements with Indigenous groups • what suffragettes were fighting for • Island Historic immigration station • Economic system based on private ownership • Progressive Era journalists exposing corruption • What became mandatory during the progressive era

Help the Muckrackers! 2023-02-17

Help the Muckrackers! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Crow Laws Rules promoting segregation
  2. Person fighting for rights
  3. undercover journalist
  4. War Battle between ourselves
  5. Island Island of hope
  6. Baron Person Abusing their power
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  1. Period of time after American Civil War
  2. Leaving one country to live in the other
  3. Island Island of tears
  4. Age period of Money and Corruption

10 Clues: undercover journalist • Island Island of hope • Island Island of tears • Person fighting for rights • War Battle between ourselves • Baron Person Abusing their power • Age period of Money and Corruption • Crow Laws Rules promoting segregation • Period of time after American Civil War • Leaving one country to live in the other

civil war 2020-02-28

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. turning point in the civil war
  2. famous speech by abraham lincon
  3. volume of money
  4. freedom and independence
  5. union tries to strangle the south
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  1. union victory in the mississippi river
  2. robert e lee surrenders
  3. the death of a prominent person
  4. attacked in south carolina
  5. time period after the civil war

10 Clues: volume of money • robert e lee surrenders • freedom and independence • attacked in south carolina • turning point in the civil war • the death of a prominent person • famous speech by abraham lincon • time period after the civil war • union tries to strangle the south • union victory in the mississippi river

Ancient China Crossword 2025-04-02

Ancient China Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Capital City of China
  2. First Chinese emperor
  3. Protection For Qin Shi Huangdi in the afterlife
  4. Famous philosopher who created Confucianism
  5. 1st Civil War of China
  6. First religion of Ancient China
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  1. 2nd Civil war of China
  2. First Chinese dynasty
  3. Defence for China
  4. Trading road between China and Europe

10 Clues: Defence for China • First Chinese dynasty • Capital City of China • First Chinese emperor • 2nd Civil war of China • 1st Civil War of China • First religion of Ancient China • Trading road between China and Europe • Famous philosopher who created Confucianism • Protection For Qin Shi Huangdi in the afterlife

civil war crossword 2023-04-28

civil war crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. american army general
  2. series of civil war battles
  3. union victory
  4. american confederate genaral
  5. american general
  6. the first major battle of the civil
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  1. He refused to go to the union army
  2. civil battle in tennese
  3. a battle which the confederets one
  4. the union army's six week blockade
  5. a slave state that lay between south and north
  6. federal outpost in south Carolina
  7. a warship
  8. a trade bettween the south and the british

14 Clues: a warship • union victory • american general • american army general • civil battle in tennese • series of civil war battles • american confederate genaral • federal outpost in south Carolina • He refused to go to the union army • a battle which the confederets one • the union army's six week blockade • the first major battle of the civil • a trade bettween the south and the british • ...

Georgia Studies GMAS Part 2 2022-04-29

Georgia Studies GMAS Part 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. During this event in Georgia, African Americans were falsely accused of crimes to which a mod of white men responded by causing a riot.
  2. The _____ Crisis occurred when South Carolina refused to enforce a federal tariff.
  3. William ____ signed a treaty that gave Creek land to the US Government
  4. The only major Civil War battle in Georgia.
  5. This side won the Civil War
  6. In 1791, the US Government ruled that the Cherokee were a ____ nation which meant they were independent from the US.
  7. This amendment to the Constitution freed all slaves in the United States
  8. This amendment to the Constitution made all freed slaves citizens of the U.S.
  9. The Georgia ____ stated the GA government’s stance on the Compromise of 1850.
  10. Many newly freed people became ____ after the Civil War because they could not afford their own land, could not afford to move away from the south, and did not have an education or other skills.
  11. The ___ Compromise was the first attempt to solve the issue of slavery in new states in the 1800s.
  12. President Lincoln passed the _____ Proclamation in 1862 which attempted to free all the slaves in the south.
  13. John ____ was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
  14. This amendment to the Constitution banned voter discrimination based on race.
  15. Some newly freed people became ___ farmers because they had supplies and tools for farming but they needed to rent land.
  16. The group of politicians that controlled Georgia’s government during the New South Era.
  17. This person was falsely accused of murder and hanged in a park by an angry mob.
  18. The discovery of ___ on Cherokee land was the main reason white settlers want to kick the Cherokee off their land in Georgia.
  19. This Native American Tribe was located in the southern and western parts of Georgia
  20. This type of law took away rights from African Americans and enforced segregation in the south.
  21. This was the city where gold was discovered on Cherokee land.
  22. This organization was a terrorist group who used violence to resist the equality of newly freed slaves.
  23. This was the major issue that caused the Civil War.
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  1. Alonzo ___ was a successful African American business owner during the New South era.
  2. This is the term used to describe the period of time after the Civil War when southern states began rejoining the United States.
  3. W.E.B. ___ was an influential African American leader during the New South era.
  4. Chief John ____ ruled in favor of Samuel Worcester and that the Cherokee were a sovereign independent nation.
  5. This terms means taking away a person’s right to vote.
  6. This law was a component of the Compromise of 1850 and an attempt to satisfy southern slave owners.
  7. The period of time after Reconstruction where Georgia tried to industrialize.
  8. _____ T. Washington was an influential African American leader during the New South era.
  9. This person was the leader of the Populist Party.
  10. The election of President ____ in 1860 was the final event that convinced many southern states to secede from the Union
  11. The ____ Bureau was a government organization who helped newly freed slaves and other poor people during Reconstruction.
  12. The Atlanta Campaign and March to the Sea were both Civil War missions led by General _____ .
  13. Samuel ______ had to go to court because he wanted to share Christianity with the Cherokee Nation
  14. Another major issue that led to the Civil War was ____ rights.
  15. This person’s court case led to the doctrine of “separate but equal” which officially legalized racial segregation.
  16. This term means to make slavery illegal.
  17. This Native American Tribe was located in the northern part of Georgia.
  18. Dred Scott attempted to sue his owner for his ___ because they had moved from a slave state to a free state.

41 Clues: This side won the Civil War • This term means to make slavery illegal. • The only major Civil War battle in Georgia. • This person was the leader of the Populist Party. • This was the major issue that caused the Civil War. • This terms means taking away a person’s right to vote. • John ____ was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. • ...

CHAPTER 14 2025-01-28

CHAPTER 14 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Illegal killing, usually by hanging, by violent mobs.
  2. To file charges to remove a politician from office.
  3. White Republican who became Georgia’s governor in 1868.
  4. Sherman’s _________. Railroad tracks that had been heated over fire and then twisted around trees.
  5. Approved in 1870, this Amendment was designed to protect the voting rights of blacks.
  6. To frighten or threaten persons in order to control their actions
  7. Sherman’s ________. Blackened chimneys, often the only thing left standing after a house or building was burned.
  8. Period after the Civil War.
  9. Former Confederate general who was defeated by Rufus Bullock in the 1868 race for governor.
  10. A southerner who worked with carpetbaggers or Union Army officials during Reconstruction.
  11. Added to the Constitution in 1868, it made blacks citizens of the United States and gave them equal protection of the law. It also made the federal government protector of the rights of citizens regardless of which state they lived in.
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  1. Money and resources available for spending or producing goods or income.
  2. Former governor who in 1865 was named by the Georgia legislature as one the state’s two U.S. senators.
  3. (3 words) Domestic terrorist organization whose goal was to return the southern Democrats to power.
  4. The period after the Civil War when the federal government took control of the former Confederate states in an attempt to change them before readmitting them to the Union.
  5. A nonsoutherner who came to the South during Reconstruction to take advantage of its economic and political situation.
  6. (2 words)Laws passed by southern legislatures after the Civil War to limit the political and civil rights of former slaves.
  7. Georgian who served as vice-president of the Confederacy and as a congressman both before and after the Civil War and was governor of Georgia in 1882.
  8. (2 words)Federal Reconstruction agency which issued food, clothing, fuel, and other supplies to black freedmen and some needy whites.
  9. Amendment to the Constitution added in 1865 that made slavery illegal anywhere in the United States.
  10. Macon tailor who, in 1870, became the first black Georgian elected to Congress.
  11. Pardon granted by the government to a large group of people for something they did.

22 Clues: Period after the Civil War. • To file charges to remove a politician from office. • Illegal killing, usually by hanging, by violent mobs. • White Republican who became Georgia’s governor in 1868. • To frighten or threaten persons in order to control their actions • Money and resources available for spending or producing goods or income. • ...

Civil war 2025-02-21

Civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. the most respected commander in the Confederacy Army
  2. _____Lincoln
  3. what was the turning point of the civil war
  4. Where did the Battle of GettysBurg take place
  5. A war between citizens in the same country
  6. what state was the last to free slaves
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  1. president of south
  2. What court was where the south surrendered
  3. what the south was called
  4. the first state to secede in civil war

10 Clues: _____Lincoln • president of south • what the south was called • the first state to secede in civil war • what state was the last to free slaves • 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 • ...

Crossword 2021-04-27

Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Allowed the Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior.
  2. Took place in Virginia.
  3. The first attack officially made the beginning of the Civil War.
  4. It nearly had 200,000 combatants the highest number of any Civil War battle.
  5. It opened the door for Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s the march to the sea.
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  1. It took place on the Mississippi River and made it critical for the Union and the Confederacy.
  2. It was a bloody war that took place on the Tennessee River.
  3. The most famous and bloodiest battle in the Civil War.
  4. It gave President Abraham Lincoln the power to decide the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
  5. Was the first real battle between North and South.

10 Clues: Took place in Virginia. • Was the first real battle between North and South. • The most famous and bloodiest battle in the Civil War. • It was a bloody war that took place on the Tennessee River. • Allowed the Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior. • The first attack officially made the beginning of the Civil War. • ...

civil war vocabulary 2021-12-08

civil war vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Blockade one of the most important strategies during the Civil War; designed to
  2. of 1850 legislation passed by Congress in which California was admitted to the
  3. Platform established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850; kept Georgia from succeeding from the Union
  4. the South from shipping its cotton to England and France in return for weapons and other
  5. of 1860 Abraham Lincoln elected President; outcome led to southern states to secede from the Union
  6. the action of southern states to leave the Union
  7. March to the Sea a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah
  8. a legal idea that a state has the right to cancel; any federal law that the state has considered unconstitutional
  9. 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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  1. most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War; officially named “Fort Sumter”
  2. the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the
  3. as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed
  4. Atlanta Campaign battles in and around Atlanta that led to Atlanta being completely
  5. Rights the belief that a state’s interests should take priority over the interests of the national government
  6. states returned to the Union
  7. Scott case 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
  8. battle that was the largest Union
  9. Proclamation proclamation that said all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed on January 1, 1863
  10. Bureau federal reconstruction agency; provided food; helped build schools and hospitals; created the first public school program for either African Americans or whites in

19 Clues: states returned to the Union • battle that was the largest Union • the action of southern states to leave the Union • as a free state and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed • the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the • March to the Sea a destructive path of total war from Atlanta to Savannah • ...

Civil War Facts 2021-11-28

Civil War Facts crossword puzzle
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  1. machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that quickly removed seeds from the cotton
  2. Platform position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the
  3. the belief that a state’s sovereignty is more important than that of the national
  4. States.
  5. in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
  6. election Southern states seceded from the Union.
  7. election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon
  8. involuntary servitude of African-Americans or Blacks in the United States from 1619-1865.
  9. anywhere in the United States.
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  1. of 1850.
  2. states where slavery was not legal.
  3. the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent
  4. Supreme Court ruling that declared enslaved people were not citizens of the
  5. compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the
  6. The 16th president of the United States Nullification the act of making legally null and void.
  7. states where slavery was legal.
  8. act that required runaway enslaved people to be returned to their masters if

17 Clues: States. • of 1850. • anywhere in the United States. • states where slavery was legal. • states where slavery was not legal. • election Southern states seceded from the Union. • in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act. • the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-04-05

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A tax on southern goods
  2. A person from the north
  3. A person who brought awareness to slavery
  4. people working for no money under poor conditions
  5. When a southern state chooses to leave the union
  6. a place where the president was shot
  7. Another name for a northern soldier
  8. To admit defeat
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  1. involuntary selection to fight in the war
  2. The metal sword attached to a gun
  3. Union President
  4. A battle of boats
  5. to remove a limb
  6. Someone who fights in battles
  7. A person from the south
  8. What we call the death of a soldier
  9. Another name for a southern soldier

17 Clues: Union President • To admit defeat • to remove a limb • A battle of boats • A tax on southern goods • A person from the north • A person from the south • Someone who fights in battles • The metal sword attached to a gun • What we call the death of a soldier • Another name for a northern soldier • Another name for a southern soldier • a place where the president was shot • ...

The Civil War 2013-05-15

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Murder of an important leader
  2. Renting land in return for a share of the crop
  3. Speech to dedicate Gettysburg cemetery
  4. Desire to harm
  5. Amendment that outlawed slavery
  6. Amendment that gave African Americans citizenship
  7. Withdraw or leave
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  1. Separation by race
  2. Document that freed all enslaved people in
  3. People who wanted to end slavery
  4. Betraying one's country
  5. Selection of men who must serve in military
  6. A special tax
  7. Laws that restricted African Americans' rights
  8. Public discussion
  9. Warfare where each side strikes against economic systems and civilians
  10. Amendment that gave all men right to vote

17 Clues: A special tax • Desire to harm • Public discussion • Withdraw or leave • Separation by race • Betraying one's country • Murder of an important leader • Amendment that outlawed slavery • People who wanted to end slavery • Speech to dedicate Gettysburg cemetery • Amendment that gave all men right to vote • Document that freed all enslaved people in • ...

The Civil War 2021-04-28

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to formally approve or sanction
  2. nicknamed ¨little mac¨
  3. the ¨S¨ does not mean anything
  4. a place where military things are manufactured
  5. a native Virginian
  6. nicknamed ¨stonewall¨
  7. actively attacking someone
  8. the lowest rank in the army
  9. horse was a traveller
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  1. born February 14, 1824
  2. started the American Civil War
  3. ¨side burns¨
  4. group of soldiers stationed at a military post
  5. married his foster sister
  6. new soldiers
  7. he wasn´t actually a hooker
  8. the long metal tube on a gun which is fired

17 Clues: ¨side burns¨ • new soldiers • a native Virginian • nicknamed ¨stonewall¨ • horse was a traveller • born February 14, 1824 • nicknamed ¨little mac¨ • married his foster sister • actively attacking someone • he wasn´t actually a hooker • the lowest rank in the army • started the American Civil War • the ¨S¨ does not mean anything • to formally approve or sanction • ...

The Civil War 2021-05-07

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the south had local (blank) from all me
  2. who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  3. the south wanted to extend the war until the north got (blank)
  4. slaves in (blank) states were only freed
  5. the capital of what did Sherman burn down
  6. the union wanted to (blank) a few southern parts
  7. the confederate asked for Lincoln’s (blank) but he refused
  8. Sumter- this was a Federal outpost in Charleston, SC
  9. the ship that sank twice and on the third try it got to sink a battle ship
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  1. the union wanted Port Royal to launch (blank)
  2. the north fought on (blank) land
  3. war the type of war the William Sherman attempted
  4. rger population, more ships, a better railroad system and more were (blank) to the North
  5. who surrendered to the Union
  6. the union wanted to capture (blank)
  7. this was the result of the running blockade
  8. the south had a (blank) federal government

17 Clues: who surrendered to the Union • the north fought on (blank) land • the union wanted to capture (blank) • the south had local (blank) from all me • who issued the Emancipation Proclamation • slaves in (blank) states were only freed • the capital of what did Sherman burn down • the south had a (blank) federal government • this was the result of the running blockade • ...

Civil War Test 2022-05-06

Civil War Test crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President of the CSA
  2. President of the USA
  3. Famous Speech
  4. Had motivation, experience, better generals
  5. winning the first half of war
  6. first battle
  7. freed the slaves in the south
  8. Had more $$$, weapons, factories, soldiers
  9. first major battle
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  1. Where did lee surrender at johnwilesbooth assassinated lincoln
  2. turning point of war
  3. General of USA
  4. who won the war
  5. General of CSA
  6. Number of Confederate States
  7. Number of border states
  8. What kind of war did Gen Sherman unleash
  9. Number of Union States.
  10. bloodiest battle of the war

19 Clues: first battle • Famous Speech • General of USA • General of CSA • who won the war • first major battle • President of the CSA • turning point of war • President of the USA • Number of border states • Number of Union States. • bloodiest battle of the war • Number of Confederate States • winning the first half of war • freed the slaves in the south • What kind of war did Gen Sherman unleash • ...

The Civil War 2022-05-17

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Union was proud for the first time when they won a war in _________.
  2. Many _____ joined the war because it gained a new cause after Lincoln's proclamation.
  3. The ____ won when Lee surrendered to Grant, this meant the slaves were free.
  4. Lincoln tried to ____ the states when he ran for reelection in 1864.
  5. What was the name of the Union strategy? (Squeeze out the South).
  6. In the South their were much _____ leaders and fighters.
  7. In 1860 this person was elected president
  8. South Carolina left the union when president Lincoln was _______.
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  1. Lincoln _________ that the states not in the Union would have their slaves freed if they did not rejoin.
  2. Lincoln was ___ by someone from the South who did not agree with his proclamations.
  3. _______ Johnson became president after Lincoln was shot.
  4. The union ____ the South to try to win a war.
  5. The Confederates also wanted much ______. (Another word for help).
  6. The South had ____ to fight and protect what was theirs.
  7. The North was _____ the South and their strategy did not prevail.
  8. The Confederate strategy was based on ____ within the South.
  9. The ____ had many resources to use, such as money, factories, weapons, and schools.
  10. ___ was stopped by the Union in Pennsylvania.

18 Clues: In 1860 this person was elected president • The union ____ the South to try to win a war. • ___ was stopped by the Union in Pennsylvania. • _______ Johnson became president after Lincoln was shot. • The South had ____ to fight and protect what was theirs. • In the South their were much _____ leaders and fighters. • ...

The Civil War 2024-01-17

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. last name of the Confederate general
  2. the turning point of the Civil War
  3. _____________ Proclamation freed the slaves in the Confederacy
  4. the South had this kind of economy
  5. what the Northern states called themselves
  6. this battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
  7. was the North FOR or AGAINST slavery?
  8. is what the North & South were fighting over freeing
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  1. last name of the President of the Confederacy
  2. when a group of states leaves a country
  3. the first shots fired of the Civil War
  4. what the Southern states called themselves
  5. the North had this kind of economy
  6. the 16th president of the United States
  7. to block a port to keep your enemy from receiving goods
  8. last name of the Union general
  9. the south was anti-________ because it would make the goods they were buying more expensive

17 Clues: last name of the Union general • the turning point of the Civil War • the North had this kind of economy • the South had this kind of economy • last name of the Confederate general • was the North FOR or AGAINST slavery? • the first shots fired of the Civil War • when a group of states leaves a country • the 16th president of the United States • ...

Civil War People 2024-01-20

Civil War People crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Invented the telegraph
  2. Court case when slave was moved to territory
  3. President of US during Civil War
  4. Union officer who took control of Atlanta
  5. wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
  6. invented the steel-pick plow
  7. invented the steam-powered locomotive
  8. memorized plans of British textile factory
  9. Invented the reaper and thresher
  10. a conductor on the underground railroad
  11. Commander of the Union Army
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  1. Confederate general who died during the war
  2. Invented the cotton gin
  3. Commander of the Confederacy
  4. invented the first steamboat
  5. President of the Confederacy
  6. Founded the Red Cross

17 Clues: Founded the Red Cross • Invented the telegraph • Invented the cotton gin • wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin • Commander of the Union Army • Commander of the Confederacy • invented the steel-pick plow • invented the first steamboat • President of the Confederacy • President of US during Civil War • Invented the reaper and thresher • invented the steam-powered locomotive • ...

Civil war puzzel 2024-05-13

Civil war puzzel crossword puzzle
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  1. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  2. Kansas A term to refer to bloody events in Kansas as the state decided issue's of slavery Preserve the Union Lincoln's main goal in fighting the Civil War
  3. A military blockade of a city or fortified place to compel it to surrender
  4. The murder of an important person
  5. Plan The Unions plan to divide the South and choke off supply lines
  6. Scott Decision Supreme Court decision that ruled slaves were not citizens but property Abolitionist A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
  7. Amendment Constitutional Amendment that abolished slavery in the US
  8. Sumter A sea fort in Charleston, South Carolina
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  1. draft Conscription legally requires people to join the army
  2. President Abraham-Lincoln
  3. The name given for the states that remained loyal to the U.S.A
  4. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port
  5. A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle
  6. Booth Abraham lincoln’s killer
  7. Proclamation The document that freed the southern slaves
  8. state A slave state that remained in the Union after Southern States had seceded
  9. A cruel systems of white people making African Americans do working for nothing Confederacy Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South

17 Clues: President Abraham-Lincoln • The murder of an important person • Booth Abraham lincoln’s killer • Sumter A sea fort in Charleston, South Carolina • A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle • A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery. • Proclamation The document that freed the southern slaves • ...

The Civil War 2020-12-01

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. River the assassin had to cross to escape into Virginia
  2. Lee surrendered to Grant at _____ Courthouse Virginia
  3. Grant forced this city to surrender on July 4th, 1863
  4. Eleven states seceded from the union to form the _____ States of America
  5. President _____ called for the states’ governors to send 75,000 militia to fight for three months
  6. This was the final commander of the Union Army (two words)
  7. Site of the battle that turned the tide of the war in the North's favor
  8. Last name of the man who assassinated the president
  9. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at this location (two words)
  10. Lee's army was allowed to escape after a bloody battle at _____ Creek
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  1. Site of two Civil War battles, both of which the South won (two words)
  2. The Confederate army that fought in the most of the well-known battles was the Army of _____ _____
  3. Last name of the man who led a famous charge at Gettysburg
  4. Where the first shots of the Civil War were fired (two words)
  5. City that was under siege near the end of the war
  6. William T. Sherman led a devastating march through this state
  7. Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia (three words)
  8. The main Union Army was called the army of the _____

18 Clues: City that was under siege near the end of the war • Last name of the man who assassinated the president • The main Union Army was called the army of the _____ • Lee surrendered to Grant at _____ Courthouse Virginia • Grant forced this city to surrender on July 4th, 1863 • River the assassin had to cross to escape into Virginia • ...

CIVIL WAR REVIEW 2021-10-13

CIVIL WAR REVIEW crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first battle between Union and Confederate troops was here - also called Bull run.
  2. This Union General started a facial hair style for men.
  3. General Lee surrendered to Grant in this town.
  4. This word means to grant freedom.
  5. This caused most soldier's deaths diring the Civil War.
  6. Grand won a victory at this Mississippi River town.
  7. He was the President of the Confederacy.
  8. One important advantage for the North was they had these to make supplies.
  9. The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this Charleston, SC fort.
  10. This former Union Commander ran against Lincoln in 1864.
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  1. Stonewall Jackson was accidentally shot at this battle.
  2. This Union General led a "March to the Sea."
  3. This Virginia City was the Capital of the Confederacy.
  4. This is another word for the drafting of soldiers.
  5. To break away from a country.
  6. Lee was defeated and retreated from this Pennsylvania location.
  7. He became the commander of Union troops after several failed.

17 Clues: To break away from a country. • This word means to grant freedom. • He was the President of the Confederacy. • This Union General led a "March to the Sea." • General Lee surrendered to Grant in this town. • This is another word for the drafting of soldiers. • Grand won a victory at this Mississippi River town. • This Virginia City was the Capital of the Confederacy. • ...

The Civil War 2014-04-23

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Guided slaves to freedom
  2. _____ parties promoted political polarization
  3. Territories decide slavery's fate
  4. Fashioned a new party system
  5. Preserved peace and the Union
  6. First state to secede
  7. Decision for _____ in South's hands
  8. 1860 election had ____ candidates
  9. Worked on behalf of antislavery
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  1. _____ party emerged in 1850's
  2. Pushed Plains Indians West
  3. Northern men fighting Southern cause
  4. Proslavery Supreme Court decision
  5. Depicts brutality of slavery
  6. Preserve West for free labor
  7. Lincoln and Douglas debated _____
  8. _____ election split the Union

17 Clues: First state to secede • Guided slaves to freedom • Pushed Plains Indians West • Depicts brutality of slavery • Fashioned a new party system • Preserve West for free labor • _____ party emerged in 1850's • Preserved peace and the Union • _____ election split the Union • Worked on behalf of antislavery • Proslavery Supreme Court decision • Territories decide slavery's fate • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-11-12

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the person who made The Compromise of 1850
  2. an african american who had been a slave and moved to his master to a state where slavery was illegal
  3. Chief justice that ruled in the dred scott case
  4. the union plan to shut off all southern trade and ruin their economy of their cotton trade
  5. A term coined by John O Sullivan that states we were meant to move west
  6. the draft requiring people to serve in the military
  7. soldiers on horseback and these are the eyes and ears of the major army
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  1. an executive order given by lincoln ordering the freeing of slaves in the confederate states
  2. a federal fort located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina
  3. The bloodiest battle in american history
  4. a Confederate general during the American Civil War
  5. First major battle of the civil war, fought near Washington DC - was a confederate victory
  6. The Bloodiest Day in American History
  7. warships covered n iron plates to protect it
  8. 16th president of the United States
  9. Another name for the Union
  10. Democrats in the north who wanted to end the war and make peace with the south

17 Clues: Another name for the Union • 16th president of the United States • The Bloodiest Day in American History • The bloodiest battle in american history • the person who made The Compromise of 1850 • warships covered n iron plates to protect it • Chief justice that ruled in the dred scott case • a Confederate general during the American Civil War • ...

The Civil War 2022-05-12

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 16th president of the united states, was president during the war
  2. revolutionized machines and the way items were manufactured
  3. a revolt in Kansas causing lots of bloodshed and violence
  4. one who wants to abolish slavery
  5. appointed as commander of the army of Potomac by lincoln.
  6. action to abolish slavery
  7. president of the confederacy
  8. north side of the war
  9. the highest ranking Confederacy army officer.
  10. a slave sued for his freedom and couldn't because the supreme court said that anyone who was or is related to a slave could not be an American citizen
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  1. fabled to be the "battle to end the war"
  2. a compromise that divided the nation between free and slave states
  3. an invention that revolutionized cotton farming
  4. west side of the war
  5. also known as tariff of ambitions, it made foreign items expensive and items manufactured in the country cheaper
  6. a person of racial ethnicity owned by another person of a different ethnicity
  7. a raid on an arsenal to try and start a slave revolt

17 Clues: west side of the war • north side of the war • action to abolish slavery • president of the confederacy • one who wants to abolish slavery • fabled to be the "battle to end the war" • the highest ranking Confederacy army officer. • an invention that revolutionized cotton farming • a raid on an arsenal to try and start a slave revolt • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-05-10

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. states states that were between the South & North
  2. an act of war whereby one party blocks entry to or departure from a defined part of an enemy's territory, most often its coasts.
  3. Warfare non-military style of fighting
  4. The act of being freed from restraint, control, or the power of another; especially: to free from bondage.
  5. Proclamation the order to free slaves
  6. the name of those who fought for the South
  7. location of Lincon's speech
  8. the government of the South
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  1. after the war when the country rebuilt
  2. Republic
  3. Plan
  4. individual from the North who relocated to the South
  5. the former practice of segregating black people in the US.
  6. Sumter
  7. Amendment the amendment that ended slavery condition in which one human being was owned by another
  8. the official name of the North
  9. a decisive engagement that halted the Confederate invasion of Maryland
  10. the practice of renting land to farm

18 Clues: Plan • Sumter • Republic • location of Lincon's speech • the government of the South • the official name of the North • the practice of renting land to farm • Proclamation the order to free slaves • after the war when the country rebuilt • Warfare non-military style of fighting • the name of those who fought for the South • states states that were between the South & North • ...

The civil war 2025-05-22

The civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Both courtrys did this to get things.
  2. Who won the civil war.
  3. The south was called rebels but the north.
  4. The south did this around the north
  5. the south and north did this.
  6. The south did this during the war.
  7. This president suspended the habeas corpus
  8. The military did this with their formation
  9. They were injuring while being at.
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  1. The congress decided to what past policy.
  2. A person to abolish slavery was called.
  3. The north and south wanted to win the war
  4. The north had to many people join.
  5. lincoln made a proclamation to free all slavery.
  6. The south had heavy losses.
  7. The north formally joined the millitry force
  8. This general ended the war.

17 Clues: Who won the civil war. • The south had heavy losses. • This general ended the war. • the south and north did this. • The north had to many people join. • The south did this during the war. • They were injuring while being at. • The south did this around the north • Both courtrys did this to get things. • A person to abolish slavery was called. • ...

Civil War Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle 2022-03-08

Civil War Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a person who escaped from a place or is in hiding to avoid prosecution
  2. an agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
  3. A person who wanted to end slavery
  4. the group of southern states who seceded from the U.S. during the civil war
  5. Storage of weapons
  6. self governing,free from outside control or influence
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  1. the idea that states have the right to limit the power of the federal government
  2. to withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to
  3. president lincon's speech declaring slaves in the U.S. to be free
  4. the last battle of the civil war
  5. people loyal to the US during the civil war
  6. the closing of a port to keep supplies from getting in or out
  7. strong focus on and identification with the interests of one's own region,often at the expense of the greater good

13 Clues: Storage of weapons • the last battle of the civil war • A person who wanted to end slavery • people loyal to the US during the civil war • to withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to • self governing,free from outside control or influence • the closing of a port to keep supplies from getting in or out • ...

The Civil War and Reconstruction 2020-02-18

The Civil War and Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the time period of rebuilding and change in the South after the Civil War
  2. Indian, a member of any indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere
  3. Truth, was an abolitionist during the Civil War. She spoke out against slavery and was for women's rights. ​
  4. Proclamation, document that declared that all slaves were free after the Civil War
  5. someone who wanted to end slavery in all the states
  6. the practice of owning people people and forcing them to work without pay
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  1. relating to things that involve money or paying bills
  2. land set aside as a place for American Indians to live
  3. soldiers, African American soldiers who fought against the Plains Indians
  4. to officially leave or separate from a group
  5. the unequal treatment of people
  6. a territory that becomes part of a larger country

12 Clues: the unequal treatment of people • to officially leave or separate from a group • a territory that becomes part of a larger country • someone who wanted to end slavery in all the states • relating to things that involve money or paying bills • land set aside as a place for American Indians to live • Indian, a member of any indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere • ...

Section 3 Vocabulary 2022-09-23

Section 3 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. "separate but equal"
  2. guaranteed African-American men the right to vote
  3. abolished slavery
  4. period of time after the civil war
  5. permanent eradication of slavery
  6. white supremacist, hate group
  7. statutes that legalized segregation
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  1. setting a race apart from another
  2. helped the south after the civil war
  3. everyone born in the US is a citizen
  4. break down the discrimination of blacks

11 Clues: abolished slavery • "separate but equal" • white supremacist, hate group • permanent eradication of slavery • setting a race apart from another • period of time after the civil war • statutes that legalized segregation • helped the south after the civil war • everyone born in the US is a citizen • break down the discrimination of blacks • ...

Memorial Day 2021-05-26

Memorial Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What day of the week is Memorial Day always on? UnitedStates This is the country where Memorial Day is celebrated.
  2. This is the city that the federal government declared the official birth place of Memorial Day
  3. What do Chicago, New York, and Washington D.C. put on for Memorial Day?
  4. The United States had to create these after the Civil War because so many people died.
  5. This vocabulary word means 'at first.'
  6. What season did the Civil War end during?
  7. What would people decorate with flowers on Memorial Day?
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  1. This word means to pass away.
  2. People get together on Memorial Day and have these with friends and family.
  3. What war did Memorial Day come from?
  4. This is what Memorial Day was originally known as. (No Spaces)
  5. What did people recite on Memorial Day in the late 1860s?
  6. Memorial Day is the unofficial start of what?

13 Clues: This word means to pass away. • What war did Memorial Day come from? • This vocabulary word means 'at first.' • What season did the Civil War end during? • Memorial Day is the unofficial start of what? • What would people decorate with flowers on Memorial Day? • What did people recite on Memorial Day in the late 1860s? • ...

Chapter 24 crossword puzzle 2021-10-04

Chapter 24 crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Republicans who thought that Abraham Lincoln was too lenient on the South
  2. To find a solution for
  3. an agency established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed black Americans
  4. a change to the Constitution abolishing slavery in the US
  5. the rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people as citizens, especially equal treatment under the law
  6. taxes on voting
  7. laws passed to prevent people from voting
  8. a change to the Constitution granting citizenship to anyone born in the US and guaranteeing all citizens equal protection of the law
  9. 17th president, who stared the reconstructions of the south
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  1. laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former Confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans
  2. tests forced to take in order to vote
  3. southern white men, who were against equal rights and used violence to go back to “the old days” or “the way it should be”
  4. the period of time after the Civil War in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union
  5. Hayes’s opposing candidate from the Democratic side
  6. laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the South after the Civil War
  7. Formerly enslaved people who had been freed by the war.
  8. 16th president, who abolished slavery
  9. a change to the Constitution declaring that states cannot deny anyone the right to vote because of race or color, or because the person was once a slave

18 Clues: taxes on voting • To find a solution for • tests forced to take in order to vote • 16th president, who abolished slavery • laws passed to prevent people from voting • Hayes’s opposing candidate from the Democratic side • Formerly enslaved people who had been freed by the war. • a change to the Constitution abolishing slavery in the US • ...

The Two Sides 2022-03-24

The Two Sides crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plan or action to achieve an overall aim
  2. Southern states in the Civil War
  3. Capital of the Confederacy in Virginia
  4. Term for states bordering Confederacy
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  1. Occupation of most soldiers in the war
  2. Northern states in the Civil War
  3. Union's plan to win the war
  4. One of the countries the Confed. hoped would help
  5. To join either the Union or Confederacy

9 Clues: Union's plan to win the war • Northern states in the Civil War • Southern states in the Civil War • Term for states bordering Confederacy • Occupation of most soldiers in the war • Capital of the Confederacy in Virginia • To join either the Union or Confederacy • A plan or action to achieve an overall aim • One of the countries the Confed. hoped would help

Civil War Review 2015-12-13

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. State were violence started after voting on slavery
  2. First shots of the Civil War were fired at this Fort
  3. Turning point of the war, South no longer on offense
  4. Abolitionist who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
  5. Leader of Underground Railroad
  6. A Proclamation that declared slaves in Confederate states free
  7. Battle that proved the war was going to last longer than expected
  8. Battle that gave Union control of Mississippi
  9. Single bloodiest day battle in American History
  10. won presidency in election of 1860
  11. South Carolina was the first state to do this
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  1. Popular ____ allowed states to vote on slavery
  2. This courthouse is where Lee surrendered
  3. Putting the needs of your area above others
  4. Compromise that created the 36 30 line
  5. wrote the Liberator
  6. A slave that tried to lead a slave revolt

17 Clues: wrote the Liberator • Leader of Underground Railroad • won presidency in election of 1860 • Compromise that created the 36 30 line • This courthouse is where Lee surrendered • Abolitionist who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin • A slave that tried to lead a slave revolt • Putting the needs of your area above others • Battle that gave Union control of Mississippi • ...

The Civil War 2014-11-11

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. War The war in which the North fought for the freedom of slaves in the southern states of the United States
  2. The number one staple crop produced by the South
  3. Nickname used in the South to call a Union soldier
  4. This source of transportation was a great advantage to the North as it's economy was based on commercial manufacturing.
  5. A person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the United States
  6. The act of withdrawing from an organization, union, military alliance or especially a political entity
  7. State A southern state of the United States in which slavery was legal
  8. E. Lee The General of the Confederate Army
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  1. Often referred to as the North and the Federal Government
  2. This side of the United States believed they needed to own slaves to work their crops in order to keep their plantations afloat
  3. The southern soldiers who were also called the rebels
  4. Soldiers or military units that fight on foot, typically with guns and grenades
  5. S. Grant He served as the Commander in Chief for the Union Army. He later served as the 18th president of the United States.
  6. The isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit
  7. The act of owning a person to do labor
  8. The side of the United States believed that even if slavery should not be immediately banished, they felt that southern states had absolutely no right to secede and that the Union must be preserved
  9. An act or instance of attacking unexpectedly from a concealed position

17 Clues: The act of owning a person to do labor • E. Lee The General of the Confederate Army • The number one staple crop produced by the South • Nickname used in the South to call a Union soldier • The southern soldiers who were also called the rebels • Often referred to as the North and the Federal Government • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-03-02

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The act of leaving a larger unit than oneself
  2. the states that did not secede from the US
  3. The states that seceded from the union
  4. a tax on imported goods
  5. Large farms in which slaves were used
  6. A vote to choose the leader of a country, state, or county
  7. Confederate General
  8. A cash crop that produced the majority of the South's wealth
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  1. Union General known to be one of the best
  2. The 16th president
  3. The confederate side of the US
  4. battle that turned the tide of the war
  5. General who left a 60 mile wide path of destruction
  6. being free within a society
  7. The act of forcing a human to work for free
  8. The states with a more industrial economy
  9. a large piece of artillery used in the war

17 Clues: The 16th president • Confederate General • a tax on imported goods • being free within a society • The confederate side of the US • Large farms in which slaves were used • battle that turned the tide of the war • The states that seceded from the union • Union General known to be one of the best • The states with a more industrial economy • ...

CIVIL WAR (AH) 2022-04-20

CIVIL WAR (AH) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. usually relating to settling disputes between private citizens
  2. lack of discipline or incapacity for discipline and often connotes waywardness or turbulence of behavior.
  3. the official proving of a will.
  4. a minor wrongdoing.
  5. a person or group against whom a criminal or civil action is brought
  6. a person who has not attained his eighteenth birthday which would have been a crime if committed by an adult.
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  1. the legal process of resolving a dispute or deciding a case.
  2. a test of the performance, qualities, or suitability of someone
  3. a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.
  4. choose someone to hold public office or some other position by voting.
  5. the action of explaining the meaning of something
  6. having or showing an overly high opinion of oneself
  7. the amount of money defendants must post to be released from custody until their trial
  8. a person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
  9. physical harm caused to something in such a way as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function.
  10. tendency to commit crime, particularly minor crime.
  11. crimes that are viewed severely by society

17 Clues: a minor wrongdoing. • the official proving of a will. • crimes that are viewed severely by society • the action of explaining the meaning of something • having or showing an overly high opinion of oneself • tendency to commit crime, particularly minor crime. • the legal process of resolving a dispute or deciding a case. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-05-03

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. important
  2. north
  3. murder
  4. fight
  5. battles
  6. safehouse
  7. s.grant
  8. selection
  9. emancipation
Down
  1. plant
  2. plan
  3. boat
  4. owning
  5. free
  6. south
  7. president
  8. fort

17 Clues: plan • boat • free • fort • plant • north • south • fight • murder • owning • battles • s.grant • important • safehouse • president • selection • emancipation

Civil War Crossword 2022-05-03

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ___ states were slave states that did not secede from the Union.
  2. Which fort did the first battle of the war take place?
  3. What was the Confederacy's capital?
  4. What was the group of seceded states called?
  5. Who assassinated President Lincoln?
  6. Who was the Confederacy's president?
  7. Who was the main speaker at the Gettysburg Address?
  8. What was the U.S. side of the war called?
Down
  1. What were Northern Democrats who favored peace with the South called?
  2. Who was the commander of the Union army?
  3. Which battle took place in Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee?
  4. Who was the president of the U.S. during the Civil War?
  5. Which battle had the most casualities & was a turning point in the war?
  6. The 54th ___ Regiment was the first African American regiment.
  7. What is the term for leaving the Union?
  8. What court house did General Lee surrender in?
  9. What is the term for the enlistment/draft to the army?

17 Clues: What was the Confederacy's capital? • Who assassinated President Lincoln? • Who was the Confederacy's president? • What is the term for leaving the Union? • Who was the commander of the Union army? • What was the U.S. side of the war called? • What was the group of seceded states called? • What court house did General Lee surrender in? • ...

US Civil War 2022-05-23

US Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Person who was against slavery and wanted it abolished
  2. President of the Confederate States of America
  3. Enslaved man who sued for his freedom
  4. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  5. 16th President of the USA
  6. Bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War
  7. Confederate general at Battle of Gettysburg
  8. State where the Battle of Bull Run occurred
  9. State where the Battle of Gettysburg occurred
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  1. Winner of the Battle of Fort Sumter
  2. 3 day long battle
  3. Word meaning "to approve officially"
  4. Location of Fort Sumter
  5. word meaning "to withdraw"
  6. Word meaning "to end something"
  7. Word meaning "to free"
  8. Winner of the Battle of Gettysburg

17 Clues: 3 day long battle • Word meaning "to free" • Location of Fort Sumter • 16th President of the USA • word meaning "to withdraw" • Word meaning "to end something" • Winner of the Battle of Gettysburg • Winner of the Battle of Fort Sumter • Word meaning "to approve officially" • Enslaved man who sued for his freedom • Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2022-01-20

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to withdraw, including the withdrawal of states from the Union
  2. income
  3. a tenant farmer who receives a portion of the crop
  4. the economic development of manufacturing products from natural resources
  5. concern for regional needs and interests
  6. the act of giving someone freedom
  7. the process of growing plants and raising animals for food
  8. government in which representatives are chosen
  9. independent power given to the people
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  1. political system in which power is shared between a national centralized government and a collection of smaller state governments
  2. people who are against slavery; anti-slavery.
  3. the imposition of laws by a military authority, generally in defeated territories
  4. the act of rebuilding, generally refers to the rebuilding of the Union following the Civil War
  5. rights personal liberties and freedoms
  6. people who supported the Union cause during the Civil War
  7. goods carried on a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle
  8. blocking off an area to keep supplies from getting in or out

17 Clues: income • the act of giving someone freedom • independent power given to the people • rights personal liberties and freedoms • concern for regional needs and interests • people who are against slavery; anti-slavery. • government in which representatives are chosen • a tenant farmer who receives a portion of the crop • goods carried on a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle • ...

The Civil War 2022-10-07

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the north that was led by Abraham Lincoln
  2. freed over 70 slaves through the underground railroad
  3. first major clash of the confederate and union armies.
  4. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  5. 1863, Union gains control of Mississippi
  6. wrote the book Uncle Toms Cabin
  7. 18th president
  8. confederate general
  9. presdient of the confederate states of america
  10. the ammendment that was passed after the War
  11. Fort attacked by South Carolina starting the Civil War
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  1. the act that set Kansas and Nebraska as states
  2. assinated Abraham Lincoln
  3. law that provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and those who helped
  4. President during the War
  5. june 25-july 1, 1862
  6. battle that made it clear that the North would win

17 Clues: 18th president • confederate general • june 25-july 1, 1862 • President during the War • assinated Abraham Lincoln • wrote the book Uncle Toms Cabin • 1863, Union gains control of Mississippi • the north that was led by Abraham Lincoln • the ammendment that was passed after the War • the act that set Kansas and Nebraska as states • presdient of the confederate states of america • ...

The Civil War 2021-05-07

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the south had local (blank) from all me
  2. the union wanted Port Royal to launch (blank)
  3. the north fought on (blank) land
  4. the south had a (blank) federal government
  5. this was the result of the running blockade
  6. the capital of what did Sherman burn down
  7. who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  8. Sumter- this was a Federal outpost in Charleston, SC
  9. the ship that sank twice and on the third try it got to sink a battle ship
  10. the confederate asked for Lincoln’s (blank) but he refused
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  1. larger population, more ships, a better railroad system and more were (blank) to the North
  2. the union wanted to (blank) a few southern parts
  3. slaves in (blank) states were only freed
  4. war the type of war the William Sherman attempted
  5. the union wanted to capture (blank)
  6. who surrendered to the Union
  7. the south wanted to extend the war until the north got (blank)

17 Clues: who surrendered to the Union • the north fought on (blank) land • the union wanted to capture (blank) • the south had local (blank) from all me • slaves in (blank) states were only freed • who issued the Emancipation Proclamation • the capital of what did Sherman burn down • the south had a (blank) federal government • this was the result of the running blockade • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2024-03-28

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ships whose sides were covered by thick plates of metal to protect them from cannon balls
  2. a person killed or wounded in battle
  3. a warship whose sides were plated with thick iron plates to protect the ship from enemy cannon fire
  4. slave states that did not secede from the Union
  5. preventing ships from entering or leaving enemy ports
  6. another word that was used to refer to the Union
  7. northerners who supported the Confederacy
  8. destroying the enemy's ability to fight by destroying civilian and economic resources as well as military resources
  9. a system of required military service
  10. term used to refer to paper money printed by the United States government during the Civil War
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  1. ships used by the Confederacy to evade the Union blockade of southern ports
  2. term applied to escaped slaves who reached the protection of the Union army
  3. southerners' belief that Britain would support the Confederacy because of its need for southern cotton
  4. a general increase in the prices of goods
  5. another word that was used to refer to the Confederacy
  6. cash paid to someone who enlisted in the Union army
  7. to free someone from slavery

17 Clues: to free someone from slavery • a person killed or wounded in battle • a system of required military service • a general increase in the prices of goods • northerners who supported the Confederacy • slave states that did not secede from the Union • another word that was used to refer to the Union • cash paid to someone who enlisted in the Union army • ...

The Civil War 2023-04-18

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. People in the South who supported confederate states
  2. The bloodiest battle in the Civil War
  3. Someone who wanted to abolish slavery
  4. Fought for the South
  5. The color of Confederate uniforms
  6. The president at the time
  7. The color of Union uniforms
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  1. Led the North as commanding general
  2. A northerner against the war
  3. A case that decided slavery could not be abolished in "free states".
  4. Denied fighting for the Union and became a general for the Confederates
  5. A war ship covered in iron cladding
  6. The side that won the war
  7. A term for people supporting the Union
  8. A gun with a long knife on the end
  9. A person from the North / Union soldiers
  10. Fought for the North

17 Clues: Fought for the South • Fought for the North • The side that won the war • The president at the time • The color of Union uniforms • A northerner against the war • The color of Confederate uniforms • A gun with a long knife on the end • Led the North as commanding general • A war ship covered in iron cladding • The bloodiest battle in the Civil War • ...

The Civil War 2024-11-22

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. union general who took control of the mississippi river
  2. first shots of the civil war
  3. first ironclad ship
  4. confederate general, longstreet, led an assult of 25000 troops to take over the manassas junction
  5. nickname for thomas j Jackson
  6. union captured Richmond and ended the war
  7. first naval battle using iron ships, northern blockade
  8. shermans forces invaded Georgia and crippled the souths morale
  9. formal slave who was a spy for the union
Down
  1. unions first attempt to capture Richmond (failed)
  2. south tried to control TN river, heavy casulties
  3. turning point for the north battle
  4. battle where the union divided the south by taking control of the mississippi river
  5. general who failed to capture Richmond
  6. union president who led the union to victory
  7. first battle on union soil
  8. requires people to register for compulsive military service

17 Clues: first ironclad ship • first battle on union soil • first shots of the civil war • nickname for thomas j Jackson • turning point for the north battle • general who failed to capture Richmond • formal slave who was a spy for the union • union captured Richmond and ended the war • union president who led the union to victory • south tried to control TN river, heavy casulties • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2025-05-08

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a public or official announcement, especially one dealing with a matter of great importance.
  2. the slave states of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri that remained in the Union despite their pro-slavery stance
  3. political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government
  4. the refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument.
  5. the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
  6. a person killed or injured in a war or accident.
  7. a preliminary version of a piece of writing.
Down
  1. a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
  2. you have the body
  3. a sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal.
  4. the action or fact of joining or being joined, especially in a political context.
  5. the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
  6. covered or protected with iron.
  7. sneak around
  8. establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely.
  9. a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded.
  10. enroll or be enrolled in the armed services

17 Clues: sneak around • you have the body • covered or protected with iron. • enroll or be enrolled in the armed services • a preliminary version of a piece of writing. • a person killed or injured in a war or accident. • a league or alliance, especially of confederate states. • a sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal. • ...

Reconstruction Crossword 2020-11-09

Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. After the Civil War, he felt that the Southern states should not be punished but rather practical relations with them should be reestablished. (last name)
  2. This act of Congress in 1866 declared that all persons born in the U.S. were to be citizens•of the U.S.
  3. In1881 he established a vocational school for African Americans—the Tuskegee Institute. (last name)
  4. This amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.
  5. The plan of federal government during the years 1865-1877 to rebuild the South
  6. This amendment made all native-born or naturalized persons citizens of the U.S. and contains the "due process" and "equal protection of the law" clauses.
  7. This federal agency was established during the Civil War to aid the poor in the South; after the war it worked to protect the former slaves who were now "free men."
  8. An official pardon from the government, in this case given to most Southerners during the Reconstruction period
Down
  1. Label given to Southern whites who supported Reconstruction plans of the radicals in Congress: "Scoundrel"
  2. Secret organization formed after the Civil War that targeted and terrorized African Americans
  3. This amendment declared that the right to vote shall not be denied to anyone "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
  4. Became president after Lincoln's assassination; was impeached in 1868 but not removed (last name)
  5. Label put on Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction
  6. Laws of the southern states that officially segregated the South; from a term often used to refer to African Americans
  7. Famous Union General during the Civil War who would become president in 1868 (last name)

15 Clues: This amendment abolished slavery in the U.S. • Label put on Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction • The plan of federal government during the years 1865-1877 to rebuild the South • Famous Union General during the Civil War who would become president in 1868 (last name) • ...

Civil War Vocab 2022-11-17

Civil War Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. without covering of clothing
  2. tool made of leather used to hit animals or people
  3. a covered area outside a door
  4. give up
  5. very bad
  6. the name of the southern government during the Civil War
  7. a building where animals and crops are kept
  8. to hit with a whip
Down
  1. leader
  2. place where your body is hurt, skin is usually broken
  3. raining a lot
  4. something that holds up the roof
  5. a kind of tree
  6. to own a person
  7. a low sound a person makes when they are in pain
  8. say
  9. knees bent to lower the body

17 Clues: say • leader • give up • very bad • raining a lot • a kind of tree • to own a person • to hit with a whip • without covering of clothing • knees bent to lower the body • a covered area outside a door • something that holds up the roof • a building where animals and crops are kept • a low sound a person makes when they are in pain • tool made of leather used to hit animals or people • ...