civil war Crossword Puzzles

The Civil War Crossword 2016-05-16

The Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The ______ Amendment officially prohibited slavery in the U.S. and it's territory's.
  2. South Carolina was the first state to _____, in December 1860
  3. _____ preformed a key role in providing medical care in the Civil War.
  4. The civil war began when General Pierre G. T. Beauregard attacked
  5. The ______ party that was more popular in the South.
  6. Lincoln favored ____ a strategy in which the Union armies would advance on all forts.
  7. The _____ took more American lives than any other war in history.
  8. The nickname of the Confederates.
  9. In the Compromise of 1850 it was decided that California entered the Union as a ______.
  10. Andrew Jackson became president when _______ was assassinated in 1868.
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  1. The first day of Antietam battle was the ________ day of battle.
  2. The Battle of ______ was the 1st major battle of the Civil War.
  3. Dred Scott died of _______.
  4. Frederick Douglass spoke out against the growing movement towards______.
  5. The civil war is frequently called the ________ war.
  6. The Civil war may have been the greatest failure of american _______.
  7. The ______ party was centered in the North
  8. Abraham Lincoln made a document called ________ Proclamation witch would free the slaves of the rebelling confederate states.
  9. The nickname of the Union Soldiers.
  10. Most south plantation owners relied on _______ to do jobs in the fields.

20 Clues: Dred Scott died of _______. • The nickname of the Confederates. • The nickname of the Union Soldiers. • The ______ party was centered in the North • The civil war is frequently called the ________ war. • The ______ party that was more popular in the South. • South Carolina was the first state to _____, in December 1860 • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-09-13

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The number (in words) of the ammendment that abolished slavery
  2. Last name of the president of the Union during the Civil War
  3. The name of the worst prison camp in the Civil War
  4. The name of the fort where the Civil War began
  5. The name of a proclamation that stated all slaves were free
  6. This battle was a a turning point for the Civil War
  7. The deadliest one-day battle in US history
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  1. Last name of the person who assasinated Abraham Lincoln
  2. The winner of the Civil War
  3. The speech Abraham Lincoln gave to adress the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg
  4. The mandatory enrollment in a military service
  5. Last name of the commander of all Confederate troops
  6. The name of the courthouse where the Civil War ended
  7. This tax was the first of its kind in the US was created by the Union to help pay for Civil War expenses
  8. Last name of the overall commander of the Union army

15 Clues: The winner of the Civil War • The deadliest one-day battle in US history • The mandatory enrollment in a military service • The name of the fort where the Civil War began • The name of the worst prison camp in the Civil War • This battle was a a turning point for the Civil War • Last name of the commander of all Confederate troops • ...

Unit 8: Civil War Review 2026-04-20

Unit 8: Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The Confederate President, trying to help the South secede from the Union: Jefferson _____.
  2. Given shortly after the battle, the _____ Address reminded people that the Union was fighting to save the country.
  3. The top Confederate General whose brilliant military strategies helped the South overcome many of the Union's advantages.
  4. Another extremely bloody battle, the Union victory allowed President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
  5. The Northern strategy was to surround the South and slowly suffocate it, known as the _____ Plan.
  6. The Republican candidate in the 1860 election who won the election.
  7. The first major battle of the Civil War, which showed that it would be hard for the North to win.
  8. A Tennessean who served as the first Admiral of the United States Navy during the Civil War.
  9. The Southern Democratic candidate in the 1860 election who favored the spread of slavery.
  10. The first all-Black military unit in American history, the _____ 54th.
  11. The Union General who led a total war campaign through the Confederacy in his March to the Sea: William T. _____.
  12. The U.S. 13th Colored Troops fought in this battle in Tennessee, helping the Union maintain control of the city.
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  1. The Northern Democratic candidate in the 1860 election who wanted to use popular sovereignty.
  2. One of the turning points of the Civil War, the Union victory in this battle gave it control of the Mississippi and split the Confederacy.
  3. A Confederate cavalry man who was best known after the Civil War for starting the Ku Klux Klan.
  4. The nickname given to Confederate General Thomas Jackson, earned because he never fled from battle.
  5. One of the turning points of the Civil War, the Union victory in this battle stopped Confederate hopes of invading the North.
  6. The author of Co. Aytch, a book that highlighted the struggles of the Confederate soldiers during the war: Sam _____.
  7. The location of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender and the end of major conflict in the Civil War.
  8. One of the bloodiest battles American history, it gave the Union control of Tennessee early in the Civil War.
  9. The North had more of these, which allowed them to move troops and supplies faster during the Civil War.
  10. The Fort in South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  11. The Union General who led the North to victory in the Civil War.
  12. The Constitutional Unionist candidate in the 1860 election who avoided talking about slavery.
  13. The _____ Proclamation freed all of the slaves living in Confederate states, but not those in the border states.
  14. The author of All for the Union, a book that highlighted why many Union soldiers joined the army: Elisha Hunt _____.

26 Clues: The Union General who led the North to victory in the Civil War. • The Republican candidate in the 1860 election who won the election. • The first all-Black military unit in American history, the _____ 54th. • The Fort in South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. • ...

Djiboutian Civil War 2020-02-20

Djiboutian Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The President during the Civil War
  2. In the 1800's, Djibouti also known as .....
  3. This uneven power sharing between the Issas and ..... led to the Civil War
  4. 3,000 (FRUD) rebel attacked a government institutions in ..... but was repelled back
  5. Djibouti's official languages are French and .....
  6. Djiboutian Civil War is also known as The Afar .....
  7. Djiboutian Army were mainly the Afars of Eritrea and the militia of the former ..... regime
  8. French also provide ..... equipment
  9. On 11 March 1862, the ..... Government made an agreement with the Afar Sultan Raieta Dini Ahmet.
  10. ..... thousand casualties
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  1. The main concept
  2. This uneven power sharing between the ..... and Afar led to the Civil War
  3. Djibouti is located at the ..... of Africa
  4. The opposition is know as .....
  5. France become the ..... between the government and the rebels
  6. Sultan of Afar who made the agreement with French Government
  7. One of the concepts used is ..... cleansing
  8. some French troops were deployed in the north to ..... the government forces.
  9. Djibouti is a ..... presidential republic
  10. Years taken for Djiboutian Civil War

20 Clues: The main concept • ..... thousand casualties • The opposition is know as ..... • The President during the Civil War • French also provide ..... equipment • Years taken for Djiboutian Civil War • Djibouti is a ..... presidential republic • Djibouti is located at the ..... of Africa • In the 1800's, Djibouti also known as ..... • One of the concepts used is ..... cleansing • ...

American Civil War 2023-04-15

American Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Famous speech given by President Lincoln during the Civil War
  2. Confederate ironclad ship that battled the USS Monitor
  3. The bloodiest one-day battle in American history
  4. The first major battle of the Civil War fought in July 1861
  5. The term used to describe a state's decision to leave the Union
  6. The North's plan to defeat the South during the Civil War
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  1. The North's main goal during the Civil War
  2. The last battle of the Civil War fought in Texas
  3. The capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  4. The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort in South Carolina
  5. Famous Union general who later became U.S. President
  6. Famous Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox Court House
  7. Union general who led the march to the sea
  8. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by this President

14 Clues: The North's main goal during the Civil War • Union general who led the march to the sea • The last battle of the Civil War fought in Texas • The bloodiest one-day battle in American history • The capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War • Famous Union general who later became U.S. President • Confederate ironclad ship that battled the USS Monitor • ...

Civil war 2022-05-06

Civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. Union capital
  2. where the Civil War ended
  3. president during the Civil War
  4. war of 1861
  5. ironclad ship
  6. south is known as ____
  7. North is known as ____
  8. Union General
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  1. union's plant to stop the war
  2. made a March to the sea
  3. declaration that states all slaves are free
  4. assassinated Lincoln
  5. confederate general
  6. first national cemetery
  7. confederate capital

15 Clues: war of 1861 • Union capital • ironclad ship • Union General • confederate general • confederate capital • assassinated Lincoln • south is known as ____ • North is known as ____ • made a March to the sea • first national cemetery • where the Civil War ended • union's plant to stop the war • president during the Civil War • declaration that states all slaves are free

TEKS US + TX Figures 2025-04-19

TEKS US + TX Figures crossword puzzle
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  1. "George W. (X)" No Child Left Behind; 9/11
  2. "(X) Wilson" Fourteen Points; WWI
  3. "Susan B. (X)" Suffragette
  4. Confederate President during the Civil War
  5. "Elizabeth Cady (X)" Seneca Falls Convention organizer
  6. "(X) Parker" Comanche leader who fought against the US
  7. "Douglas (X)" American UN Commander in Korea
  8. US President during Cuban Missile Crisis
  9. "Jane (X)" Founder of Hull House; social reformer
  10. Louisiana Purchase; 3rd President
  11. WWII Supreme Allied Commander in Europe
  12. "Henry (X)" US Diplomat in Nixon's cabinet
  13. "Frederick (X)" Abolitionist and Civil Rights advocate
  14. "Barbara (X)" 1st African American Congresswoman from TX
  15. "(X) X" Black empowerment; Nation of Islam
  16. "Henry B. (X)" 1st Mexican-American elected to the House
  17. Watergate Scandal; 1st US President to resign
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  1. "(X) Soldiers" Black Cavalry regiment in Indian Wars
  2. Union President during the Civil War
  3. "John Bell (X)" TX Confederate General
  4. "Texas (X)" Military and law enforcement organization
  5. First US President
  6. 2nd US President; XYZ Affair
  7. "Kay Bailey (X)" 1st female US Senator from TX
  8. "Cesar (X)" Mexican American Civil rights leader
  9. Led Anglo-American settlement in TX
  10. "(X) Du Bois" Civil rights activist; co-founder of NAACP
  11. Major Confederate General in US Civil War
  12. Major Union General in US Civil War
  13. Chief Justice who established Judicial Review
  14. "Martin Luther (X) Jr" African American Civil rights leader
  15. "William T. (X)" March to the Sea in US Civil War
  16. "Franklin D. (X)" The New Deal; WWII
  17. 1st President of the TX Republic
  18. "Lyndon B. (X)" Great Society; Vietnam

35 Clues: First US President • "Susan B. (X)" Suffragette • 2nd US President; XYZ Affair • 1st President of the TX Republic • "(X) Wilson" Fourteen Points; WWI • Louisiana Purchase; 3rd President • Led Anglo-American settlement in TX • Major Union General in US Civil War • Union President during the Civil War • "Franklin D. (X)" The New Deal; WWII • "John Bell (X)" TX Confederate General • ...

Reconstruction Puzzle 2023-11-29

Reconstruction Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. A pardon to those who took the oath of loyalty and accepted that slavery was no more
  2. The side that won the civil war.
  3. This rule was part of the special field orders that slaves freed were promised
  4. An important figure who died after the civil war
  5. This right allows any citizen to vote
  6. A legal agreement giving part of each crop as rent
  7. a bill made after the civil war
  8. New rules made after the civil war.
  9. A white southern who supports the Republican Party
  10. Tracks made all over the US to help with transportation.
  11. Colleges historically made for black people.
  12. Industries that made certain industrial items
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  1. a bill made to prevent discrimination by state officials
  2. An aggressive group formed against certain people
  3. This right allows anyone born in the US to be an offical citizen
  4. a production system
  5. A white northern who moves from the north to the south
  6. Owned land that had to be rebuilt.
  7. The production of public goods
  8. This rule was enforced after the Civil war and caused segregation

20 Clues: a production system • The production of public goods • a bill made after the civil war • The side that won the civil war. • Owned land that had to be rebuilt. • New rules made after the civil war. • This right allows any citizen to vote • Colleges historically made for black people. • Industries that made certain industrial items • ...

Civil war crossword 2017-05-22

Civil war crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. confederate color
  2. This battle was the turning point for the east
  3. union color
  4. month the civil war ended
  5. This freed all slaves in the rebellious states
  6. Commanding general for the union (last name)
  7. He was the 16th president (Last name)
  8. awarded medal of honor for keeping the flag flying
  9. The southern states fighting for slavery
  10. The president for the confederate states (Last name)
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  1. Wrote uncle tom's cabin (last name)
  2. This was the first battle of the civil war
  3. Murdered lincoln (last name)
  4. first state to secede from the union
  5. transportation used for supplies and troops in the union
  6. used by abraham lincoln to communicate
  7. last battle of the civil war
  8. number of states in union
  9. awarded medal of honor for valor in combat
  10. The civil war ended here
  11. month the civil war started
  12. The states in the north fighting for abolition of slavery
  13. This battle was the turning point for the west
  14. General for the confederacy (last name)
  15. number of states in confederacy

25 Clues: union color • confederate color • The civil war ended here • number of states in union • month the civil war ended • month the civil war started • Murdered lincoln (last name) • last battle of the civil war • number of states in confederacy • Wrote uncle tom's cabin (last name) • first state to secede from the union • He was the 16th president (Last name) • ...

The Civil War (Caryl Estipona) Mangilao, Guam 2017-02-13

The Civil War (Caryl Estipona) Mangilao, Guam crossword puzzle
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  1. final major military action in the american civil war
  2. founded by Clara Barton; bring supplies and support soldiers
  3. led the union to victories over confederates
  4. is a master plan to suppress confederates
  5. started April 12, 1861,stirred up the civil war
  6. abolished slavery
  7. Known as the most vicious event in american history
  8. governance or ruling something
  9. a decree that issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1,1863
  10. withdrawal of the southern states from the union
  11. The leading confederate General of the American civil war
  12. admitted to the union as the 35th state during the civil war
  13. unrecognized secession of 11 states
  14. the last battle of the civil war
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  1. commonly known as the "draft"
  2. ordered not to retaliate in fort Sumter
  3. known as march to the sea
  4. President of the confederate states
  5. a subpoena requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or court
  6. assassinated the most known US President
  7. ended the Confederacy's last full-scale incursion of the north
  8. economically speaking:one of the disadvantage of the south

22 Clues: abolished slavery • known as march to the sea • commonly known as the "draft" • governance or ruling something • the last battle of the civil war • President of the confederate states • unrecognized secession of 11 states • ordered not to retaliate in fort Sumter • assassinated the most known US President • is a master plan to suppress confederates • ...

Final Exam Crossword 1 2021-05-18

Final Exam Crossword 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. laws that segregated the races
  2. University created to help farmers
  3. Union wanted to capture this river
  4. side who protect way of life during Civil War
  5. created to help workers and conditions
  6. Political Party created to help farmers
  7. Eight box law required voters to be able to do this
  8. southerner who supported Republican rule
  9. Northerners who came south after Civil War
  10. caused farm prices to drop
  11. Plessy Vs Ferguson made this legal
  12. many of these did not leave the south after War
  13. Hurricanes destroyed this crop
  14. means before the war
  15. Freedmen joined this party after Civil War
  16. having more than one way to make money
  17. Time period after Civil War
  18. Amendment that gave all men right to vote
  19. Rockefeller had a monopoly over this
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  1. Place where Freedmen could talk politics
  2. fee paid to vote
  3. Complete control over an industry
  4. came to work in factories
  5. was fought to bring South back into Union
  6. Confederacy wanted to make the Civil War this
  7. take risks in starting businesses
  8. Became governor of SC after Reconstruction
  9. Articles of Confederation was considered this
  10. who Confederacy thought would help them
  11. Union Plan to defeat the Confederacy
  12. means covered in gold
  13. Confederacy fought this type of war
  14. Massachusetts Regiment that was all black
  15. South strategy to get Europe to help them

34 Clues: fee paid to vote • means before the war • means covered in gold • came to work in factories • caused farm prices to drop • Time period after Civil War • laws that segregated the races • Hurricanes destroyed this crop • Complete control over an industry • take risks in starting businesses • University created to help farmers • Union wanted to capture this river • ...

tony morales 2013-05-21

tony morales crossword puzzle
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  1. southerner who helped blacks
  2. rights granted to all citizens
  3. increase in cost of living
  4. federal agency set up to help former slaves
  5. confederate general
  6. assassinated Lincoln
  7. failed assault
  8. official pardon
  9. tax on earnings
  10. lengthen
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  1. paper money issued during the civil war
  2. accuse president of misconduct in office
  3. laws for enslaved
  4. poet who wrote about the civil war
  5. surrounding city on mississippi river
  6. rebuilding South after Civil War
  7. northern democrats
  8. president does not sign a bill into law
  9. set free
  10. draft
  11. to free

21 Clues: draft • to free • set free • lengthen • failed assault • official pardon • tax on earnings • laws for enslaved • northern democrats • confederate general • assassinated Lincoln • increase in cost of living • southerner who helped blacks • rights granted to all citizens • rebuilding South after Civil War • poet who wrote about the civil war • surrounding city on mississippi river • ...

US History 8 Exam Review - A Divided Nation 2024-03-25

US History 8 Exam Review - A Divided Nation crossword puzzle
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  1. First battle of the war
  2. This siege helped the North take controlof the Mississippi River
  3. The most common method used by surgeons to treat wounds during the Civil War
  4. Type of bullet used during the Civil War
  5. The form of labor that the southern economy relied upon
  6. Location where Lee surrendered to Grant
  7. Laws made in the South that discriminated against Black people (2 words)
  8. A system where former slaves were given land, seed, and other supplies in return for a portion of their harvest
  9. Before the war
  10. This technology helped Lincoln maintain control over the war
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  1. Deadliest battle; inspired the Emancipation Proclamation
  2. The period after the Civil War
  3. The political party that was known to be against slavery
  4. The movement to end slavery
  5. The economy of the South was based on this
  6. The biggest killer during the Civil War
  7. A famous abolitionist
  8. The battle with the single-bloodiest day of the war

18 Clues: Before the war • A famous abolitionist • First battle of the war • The movement to end slavery • The period after the Civil War • The biggest killer during the Civil War • Location where Lee surrendered to Grant • Type of bullet used during the Civil War • The economy of the South was based on this • The battle with the single-bloodiest day of the war • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-11

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The city Sherman wants to capture
  2. Which side switches generals frequently
  3. The general that made Robert E.Lee concede
  4. Lincoln's vice president in the 1864 election
  5. The main reason of the civil war
  6. The bloodiest battle of the civil war
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  1. Died to friendly fire
  2. The first state to secede
  3. Where Robert E. Lee surrendered
  4. A series of battles in which Grant & Lee faced off
  5. The other presidential candidate in 1864
  6. The confederate capital during the civil war
  7. The southern general that carried the CSA on his back
  8. First battle of the civil war
  9. The bloodiest one day battle of the civil war

15 Clues: Died to friendly fire • The first state to secede • First battle of the civil war • Where Robert E. Lee surrendered • The main reason of the civil war • The city Sherman wants to capture • The bloodiest battle of the civil war • Which side switches generals frequently • The other presidential candidate in 1864 • The general that made Robert E.Lee concede • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-11

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The city Sherman wants to capture
  2. Which side switches generals frequently
  3. The general that made Robert E.Lee concede
  4. Lincoln's vice president in the 1864 election
  5. The main reason of the civil war
  6. The bloodiest battle of the civil war
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  1. Died to friendly fire
  2. The first state to secede
  3. Where Robert E. Lee surrendered
  4. A series of battles in which Grant & Lee faced off
  5. The other presidential candidate in 1864
  6. The confederate capital during the civil war
  7. The southern general that carried the CSA on his back
  8. First battle of the civil war
  9. The bloodiest one day battle of the civil war

15 Clues: Died to friendly fire • The first state to secede • First battle of the civil war • Where Robert E. Lee surrendered • The main reason of the civil war • The city Sherman wants to capture • The bloodiest battle of the civil war • Which side switches generals frequently • The other presidential candidate in 1864 • The general that made Robert E.Lee concede • ...

CIVIL WAR REVIEW 2025-03-27

CIVIL WAR REVIEW crossword puzzle
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  1. Union general that led the March To The Sea.
  2. Famous speech that Abraham Lincoln wrote.
  3. What former slaves were promised after the Civil War.
  4. Spears that were placed on rifles for close combat.
  5. Where Harriet Tubman and Fredrick Douglass are from.
  6. Where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
  7. Capital of the Confederacy during that time.
  8. The year the Civil War started.
  9. One of many nurses that served during the war.
  10. The era after the Civil War.
  11. The year that Reconstruction ended.
  12. What was signed after the battle of Antietam.
  13. The year the Civil War ended.
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  1. Union general that sacrificed a lot of men to win battles.
  2. This is how many men died from mistreated wounds and diseases.
  3. Who shares similar qualities and shared a similar fate to MLK.
  4. How the Union won the Civil War.
  5. The amount of men that died at Gettysburg.
  6. Laws that African Americans had to follow for generations.
  7. Who took control of the South when Andrew Johnson was failing.
  8. Confederate general that was killed by his own men.
  9. Experienced general that was forced to surrender in his own state.
  10. The side that won battles like Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Petersburg.
  11. What was built in the South after the Civil War.
  12. The side that won battles like Fort Sumter, Bull Run, and Chickamauga.
  13. The 13th, 14th, and 15th ____________ were added to the Constitution.

26 Clues: The era after the Civil War. • The year the Civil War ended. • The year the Civil War started. • How the Union won the Civil War. • The year that Reconstruction ended. • Where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. • Famous speech that Abraham Lincoln wrote. • The amount of men that died at Gettysburg. • Union general that led the March To The Sea. • ...

Civil War 2022-05-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Who won the bull run/Manassas battle
  2. Tariffs benefited who?
  3. The war destroyed what
  4. President of the United States
  5. Northern soldiers also called what?
  6. Where was the U.S. capitol?
  7. How many border states were there?
  8. how many confederate states were there
  9. The civil War ended what?
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  1. Written after the battle of antietam
  2. How much was there in war costs?
  3. The Northeast became a what?
  4. Who was the 17th president of the U.S.
  5. Who fired on Ft. Sumter?
  6. How many U.S. states were there
  7. Who assassinated President Lincoln
  8. President of the confederacy
  9. First shots fired of the civil war
  10. How long was the civil war
  11. Federal government over _____ government

20 Clues: Tariffs benefited who? • The war destroyed what • Who fired on Ft. Sumter? • The civil War ended what? • How long was the civil war • Where was the U.S. capitol? • The Northeast became a what? • President of the confederacy • President of the United States • How many U.S. states were there • How much was there in war costs? • Who assassinated President Lincoln • ...

Civil War 2016-02-29

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. African Americans that were bought and sold and were owned by white people
  2. A proclamation that freed all slaves in the Confederacy
  3. The side that fought the confederates
  4. A name for northerners who were against the civil war
  5. A conical rifle bullet used in the 1800s and designed with a hollow base that expanded when fired
  6. fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important battle of the American Civil War
  7. The side that fought the Unions
  8. Something that trains ride on and helped the North during the civil war
  9. A knife put on the front of a gun to stab somebody
  10. born confederate, but did not approve of slavery
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  1. War is total destruction from Georgia and Virginia
  2. A war between the North and South over slavery
  3. A meeting between Generals Lee and Grant to officially end the war
  4. Union plan to cut the South in half to make it difficult to supply the troops
  5. the 16th president of the United States
  6. How Abraham Lincoln communicated with the Union during the battle
  7. the first girl doctor in the civil war
  8. Someone who wants to abolish or get rid of slavery
  9. A nickname for the South
  10. where the civil war began
  11. This was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia

21 Clues: A nickname for the South • where the civil war began • The side that fought the Unions • The side that fought the confederates • the first girl doctor in the civil war • the 16th president of the United States • A war between the North and South over slavery • born confederate, but did not approve of slavery • War is total destruction from Georgia and Virginia • ...

Civil War 2020-03-15

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the Civil War. The main purpose of this plan was to defeat the rebellion by blockading southern ports and controlling the Mississippi River. This would cut off and isolate the South from the outside world.
  2. Was a Union general during the Civil War, playing a crucial role in the victory over the Confederate States. He led Union forces in crushing campaigns through the South. His efforts and success helped Lincoln to be re-elected in 1864.
  3. A Confederate general who participated in the battle of Gettysburg, when his divisions were decimated during a massive frontal assault that became known as “Pickett’s Charge”. Then he commanded troops in North Carolina and later participated in the defense of Petersburg.
  4. The battle that marked the beginning of the American Civil War (April 12–13, 1861).
  5. Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing. One of the best changes the Confederacy had to win the war in the West. Took place on April 6 to April 7, 1862. End with a Union victory. It also signaled the start of the terrible death and suffering that the rest of the war would bring. And gave the Union army greater control of the Mississippi River valley.
  6. Fought December 15-16, 1864, shattered the Confederate Army of Tennessee and marked the end of major Confederate offensives in the Western theater during the Civil War.
  7. A method consisting of destroying civilian and economic resources, destroying railways, bridges, crops, livestock, and other resources while burning down plantations and freeing slaves.
  8. The slave states that didn’t leave the Union in the Civil War. These states included Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. West Virginia, which separated from Virginia during the war, also considered a border state.
  9. From April 30-May 6, 1863. Was a huge victory for the Confederacy and General Robert E. Lee’s perfect battle during the Civil War. Ruined the Union plans to invade Richmond. Although the Confederacy has lost General Jackson.
  10. Was a major general during the Civil War. He twice was commander of Army of the Potomac, the Union’s largest army. He attacked Richmond very slowly through the peninsula between the james and York river. He fought as general-in-chief of the Union army until being removed by Lincoln in 1862.
  11. The withdrawal of 11 slave states from the Union during 1860–1861.
  12. Where one of the major battles took place during the civil war (July 1 to July 3, 1863), was a Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North, the battle with the most sacrifices, and also where an important address of Lincoln takes place (November 19, 1863) that is less than 275 words.
  13. The one that led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the Civil War. Was the only general during the Civil War who received the surrender of three Confederate armies.
  14. Loyal to Virginia, a commander of the Confederate States Army, he had commanded the Army of Northern Virginia, the most successful of the Southern armies during the American Civil War, and ultimately commanded all the Confederate armies.
  15. Also known as the Battle of Manassas. The 1st battle marked the first major land battle of the American Civil War ( July 21, 1861). This battle helped boost Southern morale and made the North realize that this would be a long war. The 2nd battle was arguably Lee’s greatest victory of the war (August 28–30, 1862). But many of the wounded were left on the battlefield for 3 to 4 days ( The Three day battle). Thus began the Maryland Campaign, which led to the Battle of Antietam.
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  1. Used to provide revenue for the government, arms for the military, and the economic power for a diplomatic strategy of the Confederate nation. It made the density of the slave population increased. Provided the economic underpinning of the Southern economy. And considered by the Confederate to be the cause will be supported by UK,…
  2. A skilled military tactician, he served as a Confederate general under Robert E. Lee in the Civil war, leading troops at Manassas, Antietam and Fredericksburg. He died after he was accidentally shot by a Confederate soldier at a major battle.
  3. Was one of the most important events of the Civil War, the “ bloodiest single day” in American military history (September 17, 1862). The battle marked the culmination of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the Northern states. And was the Union victory there led to issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.
  4. Here, on April 9, 1865, Virginia. General Robert E Lee surrendered his Army of northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. A battle lasted only a few hours, effectively the four-year Civil War to an end.
  5. While their navies still relied on wooden ships, both sides had gambled on building it, vessels that boasted steam engines, hulking cannons and armor plating protecting their hulls - one of the most influential arms races of the Civil War. Signifies the beginning of modern warfare in the naval field.
  6. It began on May 18, 1863 and lasted over a month until July 4, 1863. Was a great victory for the Union. It gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union. Around the same time with the Battle of Gettysburg. These two victories marked the major turning point of the Civil War in favor of the Union.
  7. As president of the Confederacy throughout its existence during the Civil War. He presided over the South’s creation of its own armed forces and acquisition of weapons. Who chose Robert E. Lee as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia in June 1862.
  8. Lincoln issued it on January 1, 1863 Broadened the goals of the Civil War, making freeing the slaves an explicit goal of the Union war effort. It added moral force to the Union cause and strengthened the Union both militarily and politically.
  9. The 16th (Republican) President of the United States, who leading the country during the American Civil War, pushed for the freedom of all slaves throughout the nation, abolish slavery but he was not an abolitionist.
  10. Played the central role during the Civil War. The primary catalyst for secession. The Confederacy’s early military successes depended significantly on it. Had a great impact on the economy of the South. And one of the main causes in the civil war.

25 Clues: The withdrawal of 11 slave states from the Union during 1860–1861. • The battle that marked the beginning of the American Civil War (April 12–13, 1861). • Fought December 15-16, 1864, shattered the Confederate Army of Tennessee and marked the end of major Confederate offensives in the Western theater during the Civil War. • ...

Civil war crossword 2017-05-22

Civil war crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. General for the confederacy (last name)
  2. union color
  3. month the civil war ended
  4. The president for the confederate states (Last name)
  5. This was the first battle of the civil war
  6. number of states in confederacy
  7. number of states in union
  8. This freed all slaves in the rebellious states
  9. used by abraham lincoln to communicate
  10. This battle was the turning point for the west
  11. transportation used for supplies and troops in the union
  12. confederate color
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  1. The states in the north fighting for abolition of slavery
  2. last battle of the civil war
  3. The southern states fighting for slavery
  4. The civil war ended here
  5. Commanding general for the union (last name)
  6. This battle was the turning point for the east
  7. first state to secede from the union
  8. Wrote uncle tom's cabin (last name)
  9. He was the 16th president (Last name)
  10. awarded medal of honor for keeping the flag flying
  11. month the civil war started
  12. awarded medal of honor for valor in combat
  13. Murdered lincoln (last name)

25 Clues: union color • confederate color • The civil war ended here • month the civil war ended • number of states in union • month the civil war started • last battle of the civil war • Murdered lincoln (last name) • number of states in confederacy • Wrote uncle tom's cabin (last name) • first state to secede from the union • He was the 16th president (Last name) • ...

Civil war crossword 2017-05-22

Civil war crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. month the civil war started
  2. This battle was the turning point for the east
  3. Wrote uncle tom's cabin (last name)
  4. month the civil war ended
  5. last battle of the civil war
  6. This battle was the turning point for the west
  7. Commanding general for the union (last name)
  8. used by abraham lincoln to communicate
  9. The states in the north fighting for abolition of slavery
  10. The president for the confederate states (Last name)
  11. first state to secede from the union
  12. Murdered lincoln (last name)
  13. number of states in confederacy
  14. awarded medal of honor for valor in combat
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  1. awarded medal of honor for keeping the flag flying
  2. number of states in union
  3. confederate color
  4. This freed all slaves in the rebellious states
  5. General for the confederacy (last name)
  6. union color
  7. transportation used for supplies and troops in the union
  8. He was the 16th president (Last name)
  9. This was the first battle of the civil war
  10. The southern states fighting for slavery
  11. The civil war ended here

25 Clues: union color • confederate color • The civil war ended here • number of states in union • month the civil war ended • month the civil war started • last battle of the civil war • Murdered lincoln (last name) • number of states in confederacy • Wrote uncle tom's cabin (last name) • first state to secede from the union • He was the 16th president (Last name) • ...

civil war 2012-09-27

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. a type of weapon with a very sharp end
  2. fought for the king in english civil war
  3. what is the name of cromwells horse
  4. where did they fight
  5. what did they ride in the civil war
  6. how did charles die
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  1. what did the king make everybody pay
  2. what would the king do if you did not agree with him
  3. what is englands reigion
  4. a weapon use to fier heavey balls
  5. fought for parliment in the english civil war
  6. a type of gun used in the civil war
  7. how long was english civil war
  8. a weapon with a sharp end
  9. the kings new wifes religion

15 Clues: how did charles die • where did they fight • what is englands reigion • a weapon with a sharp end • the kings new wifes religion • how long was english civil war • a weapon use to fier heavey balls • what is the name of cromwells horse • what did they ride in the civil war • what did the king make everybody pay • a type of gun used in the civil war • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-11

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The city Sherman wants to capture
  2. Which side switches generals frequently
  3. The general that made Robert E.Lee concede
  4. Lincoln's vice president in the 1864 election
  5. The main reason of the civil war
  6. The bloodiest battle of the civil war
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  1. Died to friendly fire
  2. The first state to secede
  3. Where Robert E. Lee surrendered
  4. A series of battles in which Grant & Lee faced off
  5. The other presidential candidate in 1864
  6. The confederate capital during the civil war
  7. The southern general that carried the CSA on his back
  8. First battle of the civil war
  9. The bloodiest one day battle of the civil war

15 Clues: Died to friendly fire • The first state to secede • First battle of the civil war • Where Robert E. Lee surrendered • The main reason of the civil war • The city Sherman wants to capture • The bloodiest battle of the civil war • Which side switches generals frequently • The other presidential candidate in 1864 • The general that made Robert E.Lee concede • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-11

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The city Sherman wants to capture
  2. Which side switches generals frequently
  3. The general that made Robert E.Lee concede
  4. Lincoln's vice president in the 1864 election
  5. The main reason of the civil war
  6. The bloodiest battle of the civil war
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  1. Died to friendly fire
  2. The first state to secede
  3. Where Robert E. Lee surrendered
  4. A series of battles in which Grant & Lee faced off
  5. The other presidential candidate in 1864
  6. The confederate capital during the civil war
  7. The southern general that carried the CSA on his back
  8. First battle of the civil war
  9. The bloodiest one day battle of the civil war

15 Clues: Died to friendly fire • The first state to secede • First battle of the civil war • Where Robert E. Lee surrendered • The main reason of the civil war • The city Sherman wants to capture • The bloodiest battle of the civil war • Which side switches generals frequently • The other presidential candidate in 1864 • The general that made Robert E.Lee concede • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-11

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The city Sherman wants to capture
  2. Which side switches generals frequently
  3. The general that made Robert E.Lee concede
  4. Lincoln's vice president in the 1864 election
  5. The main reason of the civil war
  6. The bloodiest battle of the civil war
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  1. Died to friendly fire
  2. The first state to secede
  3. Where Robert E. Lee surrendered
  4. A series of battles in which Grant & Lee faced off
  5. The other presidential candidate in 1864
  6. The confederate capital during the civil war
  7. The southern general that carried the CSA on his back
  8. First battle of the civil war
  9. The bloodiest one day battle of the civil war

15 Clues: Died to friendly fire • The first state to secede • First battle of the civil war • Where Robert E. Lee surrendered • The main reason of the civil war • The city Sherman wants to capture • The bloodiest battle of the civil war • Which side switches generals frequently • The other presidential candidate in 1864 • The general that made Robert E.Lee concede • ...

U.S. Civil War 2012-10-21

U.S. Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. famous document did Lincoln issue on January 1, 1863?
  2. Where was the majority of the Civil War fought: North or South?
  3. Last name of Union General who surrendered at the bombardment of Fort Sumter.
  4. (One word) Name of the Northern states as a whole during the Civil War.
  5. (One word) Nickname of the members of the Northern states during the Civil War.
  6. (One word) Nickname of the members of the Southern states during the Civil War.
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  1. West Virginia applied for statehood following the secession of which state?
  2. Complete the quote by Jefferson Davis: “All we ask is to be let _____.”
  3. (One word) Name of the Southern states as a whole during the Civil War.
  4. The Union Army consisted of ___million soldiers.
  5. What section of the U.S. had the largest population: North or South?
  6. After the attack on Fort Sumter, the Confederacy moved its capital to what city?
  7. Last name of U.S. President during the American Civil War.
  8. The Confederate Army consisted of ___ million soldiers.
  9. Name of the fort where the Civil War began.
  10. Last Name of the elected President of the Confederate States of America.
  11. (One word) What type of states were the most important to Lincoln? Kentucky was one of these states.

17 Clues: Name of the fort where the Civil War began. • The Union Army consisted of ___million soldiers. • famous document did Lincoln issue on January 1, 1863? • The Confederate Army consisted of ___ million soldiers. • Last name of U.S. President during the American Civil War. • Where was the majority of the Civil War fought: North or South? • ...

Civil War Vocabulary 2025-04-30

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Lincoln He was the 16th president and was the president of the Union during the war.
  2. This was the Southern side in the Civil War.
  3. This is a ship that is covered with metal plates to prevent destruction.
  4. This is when ports or waterways are blocked by warships.
  5. This was the secret network that helped slaves escape to freedom.
  6. This man was the president of the Confederacy.
  7. These were slave states that did not secede from the Union during the Civil War.
  8. This was the nickname given to the Southerners by the Northerners during the war.
  9. This is a person who fought against slavery and wanted to end it forever.
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  1. Lincoln vowed in this speech that the Union would continue fighting the war
  2. This was an executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1st, 1863.
  3. This was the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
  4. This person belongs to a Christian group called the Society of Friends.
  5. These were Northern Democrats who were against the Civil War.
  6. He was a Union general who took command of the Union army towards the end of the war.
  7. This general was the head of the Confederate Army.
  8. This plan was created by Winfield Scott, a Union general, to win the war.
  9. This was the nickname given to the Northerners by the Southerners during the war.
  10. This refers to when the Confederate states formally withdrew from the United States.
  11. This was the Northern side in the Civil War.

20 Clues: This was the Southern side in the Civil War. • This was the Northern side in the Civil War. • This man was the president of the Confederacy. • This general was the head of the Confederate Army. • This is when ports or waterways are blocked by warships. • This was the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War. • ...

Civil War Review Puzzle 2026-05-04

Civil War Review Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. This battle in TN is known as the "Gettysburg of the West."
  2. This is the location where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
  3. He was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
  4. This was the deadliest prison camp of the war.
  5. This ammunition caused thousands of amputations during the war.
  6. This TN battle had a portion of the battlefield called the Hornet's Nest.
  7. He was the Union head general for a majority of the war
  8. This city in MS was taken the day after Gettysburg ended.
  9. She founded the American Red Cross.
  10. More people died from this than from battle wounds.
  11. This state is an example of a border state during the war.
  12. He was the president of the US during the Civil War.
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  1. This is the location where Stonewall Jackson was killed.
  2. This southern city was burned to the ground by General Sherman.
  3. This battle was fought within a city in VA.
  4. This is the nickname for a Union soldier.
  5. This is the nickname for a Confederate soldier.
  6. This battle in MD allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
  7. This battle was the turning point of the war.
  8. This was the new type of ship that was created during the war.
  9. This was the major cause of the Civil War.
  10. She was a conductor for the Underground Railroad.
  11. This state was the location for most of the Civil War battles.
  12. He was the Confederate head general.

24 Clues: She founded the American Red Cross. • He was the Confederate head general. • This is the nickname for a Union soldier. • This was the major cause of the Civil War. • This battle was fought within a city in VA. • This battle was the turning point of the war. • This was the deadliest prison camp of the war. • This is the nickname for a Confederate soldier. • ...

Unit 1: Reconstruction 2024-10-03

Unit 1: Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. The last name of the main general of the South during the Civil War
  2. The name of the North's Plan to "strangle the live out of the South" during the Civil War
  3. Laws denying former enslaved people legal rights
  4. The attempt to rebuild the South after the Civil War
  5. The name of the Southern forces in the Civil War
  6. Unfairly treating a person or group of person based on their characteristics
  7. A holiday celebrated on June 19th to commemorate emancipation
  8. Northerners who went to the south to gain money and political power.
  9. Last name of a former slave turned abolitionist, who gave a famous Independence Day Speech
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  1. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  2. The number of the amendment that guaranteed all citizens protection under the law
  3. A person freed from enslavement, also the name of a Bureau
  4. A system of farming that allowed a farmer to share in profits with the owner of the land
  5. The number of the amendment that made slavery unconstitutional
  6. A negative term for southerners who supported Reconstruction
  7. Last name of the famous Union general who would later become a president
  8. ___________ Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stow
  9. The name of the North in the Civil War
  10. Last name of the president that issued the Emancipation Proclamation

19 Clues: The bloodiest battle of the Civil War • The name of the North in the Civil War • Laws denying former enslaved people legal rights • The name of the Southern forces in the Civil War • ___________ Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stow • The attempt to rebuild the South after the Civil War • A person freed from enslavement, also the name of a Bureau • ...

The Civil War 2023-05-08

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. To set free
  2. A tax on people's earnings
  3. The right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
  4. An all-out war that affects civilians at home as well as soldiers in combat
  5. Fort in South Carolina that was the site of an attack by the African American 54th Massachusetts Regiment in 1863
  6. Lincoln's 1863 declaration of freeing slaves in the Confederacy
  7. An 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a Union victory
  8. Rule by the army instead of the elected government
  9. An 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the Union's worst defeats
  10. A person who takes advantage of a crisis to make money
  11. Ironclad warship used by the Confederates to break the Union blockade
  12. Speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
  13. African American Unit in the Union Army
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  1. An 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland
  2. An 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy
  3. Slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
  4. Northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the Union
  5. Law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
  6. First major battle of the Civil War, fought in Virginia in 1861
  7. A rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
  8. Military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender
  9. Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865
  10. An 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended a Confederate Invasion in the North
  11. Ironclad Union warship
  12. Failed Confederate charge at the Battle of Gettysburg

25 Clues: To set free • Ironclad Union warship • A tax on people's earnings • An 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland • African American Unit in the Union Army • Rule by the army instead of the elected government • A rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money • Failed Confederate charge at the Battle of Gettysburg • A person who takes advantage of a crisis to make money • ...

Civil War and Reconstruction 2024-05-22

Civil War and Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. System where freedmen worked land owned by others for a share of the crops
  2. Agency assisting freed slaves during Reconstruction
  3. Acts Laws dividing the South into military districts
  4. President after Lincoln, faced impeachment
  5. President during the Civil War
  6. Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War
  7. Lincoln's declaration freeing slaves in Confederate states
  8. Key issue leading to the Civil War
  9. Act of Southern states leaving the Union
  10. Amendments (13th, 14th, 15th) ensuring rights for African Americans
  11. Laws restricting the rights of freedmen after the Civil War
  12. General of the Union Army
  13. Conductor of the Underground Railroad
  14. Courthouse where Lee surrendered to Grant
  15. Southern whites who supported Reconstruction
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  1. General of the Confederate Army
  2. Congress members who supported harsh Reconstruction policies
  3. First battle of the Civil War
  4. Group using violence to oppose Reconstruction
  5. Bloodiest single-day battle in American history
  6. Assassin of Abraham Lincoln
  7. Agreement ending Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South
  8. State laws enforcing racial segregation in the South
  9. Principle used by Southern states to justify secession
  10. Abolished slavery in the United States
  11. Major turning point battle of the Civil War
  12. Union campaign through the South causing widespread destruction
  13. Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction
  14. Nurse who founded the American Red Cross
  15. President of the Confederate States of America

30 Clues: General of the Union Army • Assassin of Abraham Lincoln • First battle of the Civil War • President during the Civil War • General of the Confederate Army • Key issue leading to the Civil War • Conductor of the Underground Railroad • Abolished slavery in the United States • Nurse who founded the American Red Cross • Act of Southern states leaving the Union • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-10-23

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. - The side of an army or military unit.
  2. - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
  3. - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
  4. theater - The fighting during the Civil War that took place west of the Appalachian Mountains. It eventually included the fighting in Georgia and the Carolinas as well.
  5. - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  6. - A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding.
  7. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War
  8. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
  9. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
  10. - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  11. - Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
  12. - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
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  1. - 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.
  2. - A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
  3. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  4. Line - A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
  5. - The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
  6. - A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
  7. - A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
  8. - A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.

20 Clues: - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers. • - The side of an army or military unit. • - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery • - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War • - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War. • ...

IOWA HISTORY TEST REVIEW CHAPTERS 6 & 7 2024-10-18

IOWA HISTORY TEST REVIEW CHAPTERS 6 & 7 crossword puzzle
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  1. Came to Iowa to claim land he inherited.
  2. People would rather ____________ by steamship than covered wagon because it was cheaper, safer, and you could bring more goods.
  3. This general built the transcontinental railroad, the trans Siberian railroad, and was in politics following the Civil War.
  4. The most important mode of transportation for Iowa.
  5. A State where slavery is NOT allowed.
  6. The fact that you could have year round shipping was one _____________________ of the railroad.
  7. Following the Civil War, Iowans identified themselves with the ______________________ Party.
  8. The number of African Americans in Iowa before the Civil War.
  9. Following the Civil War, _____________ ____________________ were allowed to attend school.
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  1. A person who is morally opposed to slavery and wants to see it end.
  2. A system to help slaves escape to freedom.
  3. Started when African American students wanted to attend school.
  4. Civil War Battle that started with Confederate soldiers trying to steal guns from the Union.
  5. The fact that diseases were common was one __________________ of a steamboat.
  6. The largest stagecoach company was the _______________ stagecoach company.
  7. 13,001 Iowans were ___________ in the Civil War.
  8. Vessel that could travel upstream on its own power.
  9. If a slave escaped; they would return to ___________ on the underground railroad.

18 Clues: A State where slavery is NOT allowed. • Came to Iowa to claim land he inherited. • A system to help slaves escape to freedom. • 13,001 Iowans were ___________ in the Civil War. • The most important mode of transportation for Iowa. • Vessel that could travel upstream on its own power. • The number of African Americans in Iowa before the Civil War. • ...

Civil war crossword 2023-05-05

Civil war crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The part of America in the Confederate Union
  2. one of the main causes of the civil war
  3. first state to secede from the union
  4. To formally withdraw
  5. When a person is murdered for political reasons
  6. A persone who dies for their cause
  7. Who won the civil war?
  8. The group of states that seceded out of america
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  1. Slave states that border with the free states during the United States Civil War. They still stayed part of the US
  2. This proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  3. He was a war general for the Union who led them to victory
  4. The year the war ended(No numbers - spell it out)
  5. Required slaves to be turned by to their owners
  6. to join the army
  7. One of the greatest abolitionists.She made 13 trips back to slavehood and rescued about 70 people
  8. How many women helped in the civil war(4 words-two of which are nums)
  9. A war against citizens of the same country
  10. The president elected right before the start of the war
  11. Were the first confederate attack took place
  12. The part of America in the Union

20 Clues: to join the army • To formally withdraw • Who won the civil war? • The part of America in the Union • A persone who dies for their cause • first state to secede from the union • one of the main causes of the civil war • A war against citizens of the same country • The part of America in the Confederate Union • Were the first confederate attack took place • ...

Week #14 - Community Challenge 2024-04-09

Week #14 - Community Challenge crossword puzzle
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  1. The _______-_______ Act allowed popular sovereignty for ALL remaining free territories and the continental railroad.
  2. Bulldogs/Falcons, slaves/slaveowners, abolitionists/Civil War Democrats, and day/night are all _______.
  3. For the 4th Quarter, the _______ Card Check Day is May 1st.
  4. A major cause that led up to the Civil War; expanding economic territory or control.
  5. Free state city in Kansas where much of the violence following the KS-NE Act occurred (Civil War cause).
  6. The Supreme Court ruled that _______ was a slave, and therefore property, no matter if he was in a free state or a slave state (Civil War cause).
  7. The power of people to decide for themselves; leading up to the Civil War, it was whether or not the state would allow slavery.
  8. To cancel or overturn a law or act.
  9. Compromise that kept the balance between free states and slave states and banned slavery above the 36th parallel.
  10. The _______ Party was created to prevent slavery from spreading into territories after the KS-NE Act.
  11. Titans/VIPS, slaveowners/masters, abolitionists/freedom fighters, and green/emerald are all _______.
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  1. What the violence and battles in Kansas following the passing of the KS-NE Act became known as.
  2. _______ was elected President of the United States in 1860 (Civil War cause).
  3. Poor whites and Africans who would work off a debt owed while getting food and housing -- usually around 5-7 years before someone earned their freedom.
  4. The Compromise of ______ allowed California to enter as a free state, but also included the the Fugitive Slave Act and allowed popular sovereignty for 2 territories.
  5. Farms designed to grow crops on a large scale (i.e. cotton).
  6. Crops grown for profit rather than by use of the grower.
  7. Law that was included in the Compromise of 1850 that required any citizen, free or slave state, to report, capture and turn in runaway slaves (Civil War cause).
  8. Laws that defined enslaved people as property and greatly limited their freedoms.
  9. Led the attack on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, attempting to steal guns and arm slaves so they could rebel (Civil War cause).
  10. In 1860, South Carolina became the first state to _______ fro the Union (Civil War cause).
  11. _______ became a free state in 1861.
  12. The desire to build _______ encouraged statehood and popular sovereignty (Civil War cause).
  13. Movement with the purpose of ending slavery.
  14. Whether or not something is right or wrong, like slavery.

25 Clues: To cancel or overturn a law or act. • _______ became a free state in 1861. • Movement with the purpose of ending slavery. • Crops grown for profit rather than by use of the grower. • Whether or not something is right or wrong, like slavery. • For the 4th Quarter, the _______ Card Check Day is May 1st. • Farms designed to grow crops on a large scale (i.e. cotton). • ...

History Review Board 2024-05-14

History Review Board crossword puzzle
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  1. Fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War
  2. A decisive Union victory during the American Civil War that divided the Confederacy and cemented the reputation of Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
  3. Declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  4. A decisive engagement that halted the Confederate invasion of Maryland
  5. one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War.
  6. _____ is the political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of "native-born" or established inhabitants over those of immigrants, including the support of anti-immigration and immigration-restriction measures.
  7. Military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War.
  8. The First Battle of Bull Run, called the Battle of First Manassas by Confederate forces, was the first major battle of the American Civil War.
  9. The purpose of this March to the Sea was to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause.
  10. Yeoman perform administrative and clerical work. They receive visitors, answer telephone calls and sort incoming mail.
  11. The failed attempt by American and French forces to retake the port city from its British occupiers
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  1. The attack on Fort Sumter marked the official beginning of the American Civil War
  2. Laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters
  3. The resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War
  4. Hebrew word meaning "place of peace
  5. The Reconstruction Era lasted from the end of the Civil War in 1865 to 1877.
  6. The largest auction of enslaved people in U.S. history
  7. Figures prominently in the Union's conquest of the Confederacy in the final year of the Civil War and in Abraham Lincoln's re-election to the US presidency.
  8. Village in central Virginia where the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War.
  9. Once the fleeing slaves crossed Union army lines, they were classified as property.
  10. a native or inhabitant of Kansas
  11. An important battle of the Atlanta campaign by Union General William Sherman to launch a full-scale frontal assault on the entrenched position of General Joseph Johnston's Rebels.

22 Clues: a native or inhabitant of Kansas • Hebrew word meaning "place of peace • The largest auction of enslaved people in U.S. history • one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War. • A decisive engagement that halted the Confederate invasion of Maryland • The Reconstruction Era lasted from the end of the Civil War in 1865 to 1877. • ...

American Civil War 2025-01-12

American Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A high-ranking officer in the army.
  2. The process of selecting people to serve in the military.
  3. The act of freeing someone from slavery.
  4. A person who wanted to end slavery.
  5. The general of the Union Army who later became president.
  6. The southern states that wanted to keep slavery and fought against the Union.
  7. To withdraw from a larger group, such as a state leaving the Union.
  8. A large group of soldiers organized to fight in a war.
  9. The official document outlining the laws and principles of the United States government.
  10. The states that stayed loyal to the U.S. government during the Civil War.
  11. The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
  12. A war between groups in the same country.
  13. The general of the Confederate Army.
  14. The 16th president of the United States, who led the country during the Civil War.
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  1. The practice of owning and forcing people to work without pay.
  2. Tubman A famous abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape to freedom.
  3. A major battle fought in Pennsylvania in 1863, considered a turning point in the war.
  4. Former slaves who were freed after the Civil War.
  5. The northern states that were against slavery during the Civil War.
  6. The government formed by the southern states that left the Union.
  7. A fight between armies during the war.
  8. People who were owned and forced to work without freedom.

22 Clues: A high-ranking officer in the army. • A person who wanted to end slavery. • The general of the Confederate Army. • A fight between armies during the war. • The act of freeing someone from slavery. • A war between groups in the same country. • Former slaves who were freed after the Civil War. • A large group of soldiers organized to fight in a war. • ...

American Civil War 2025-01-12

American Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The act of freeing someone from slavery.
  2. The southern states that wanted to keep slavery and fought against the Union.
  3. The practice of owning and forcing people to work without pay.
  4. A famous abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape to freedom.
  5. Former slaves who were freed after the Civil War.
  6. A major battle fought in Pennsylvania in 1863, considered a turning point in the war.
  7. The 16th president of the United States, who led the country during the Civil War.
  8. To withdraw from a larger group, such as a state leaving the Union.
  9. A fight between armies during the war.
  10. The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
  11. A war between groups in the same country.
  12. The northern states that were against slavery during the Civil War.
  13. People who were owned and forced to work without freedom.
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  1. The government formed by the southern states that left the Union.
  2. The states that stayed loyal to the U.S. government during the Civil War.
  3. The process of selecting people to serve in the military.
  4. The general of the Confederate Army.
  5. The general of the Union Army who later became president.
  6. A person who wanted to end slavery.
  7. A large group of soldiers organized to fight in a war.
  8. A high-ranking officer in the army.
  9. The official document outlining the laws and principles of the United States government.

22 Clues: A person who wanted to end slavery. • A high-ranking officer in the army. • The general of the Confederate Army. • A fight between armies during the war. • The act of freeing someone from slavery. • A war between groups in the same country. • Former slaves who were freed after the Civil War. • A large group of soldiers organized to fight in a war. • ...

Chapter 11 History 2025-06-10

Chapter 11 History crossword puzzle
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  1. Top Confederate general who surrendered to Grant at Appomattox.
  2. Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
  3. Site of a massacre of Black Union troops by Confederate forces.
  4. Lincoln’s order that freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
  5. Presidential election won by Lincoln during the Civil War.
  6. Bloodiest single-day battle in American history, leading to the Emancipation Proclamation.
  7. Confederate general known for standing firm at the First Battle of Bull Run.
  8. First major battle of the Civil War, showing both sides were unprepared.
  9. President of the Confederate States during the Civil War.
  10. Union general criticized for being too cautious and slow to act.
  11. Union general known for his “March to the Sea” through Georgia.
  12. Forced military service, also known as the draft, used by both the North and South.
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  1. Railroad tracks destroyed and twisted by Union troops to cripple the South.
  2. Actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
  3. Famous speech by Lincoln honoring fallen soldiers and redefining the war’s purpose.
  4. Infamous Confederate prison known for its harsh and deadly conditions.
  5. Cone-shaped bullet that caused severe battlefield injuries during the war.
  6. Confederate general whose failed charge at Gettysburg ended the battle.
  7. Bloody battle in Tennessee that showed the war would be long and deadly.
  8. Where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in 1861.
  9. Photographer who documented the Civil War with battlefield images.
  10. Union strategy to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River.
  11. President who preserved the Union and ended slavery.
  12. Organization founded to provide emergency medical care during wartime.
  13. Nurse who founded the American Red Cross after serving on Civil War battlefields.
  14. Tax on earnings first used by the U.S. government to fund the Civil War.
  15. Union general who led the North to victory and later became president.

27 Clues: Actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. • President who preserved the Union and ended slavery. • President of the Confederate States during the Civil War. • Where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in 1861. • Presidential election won by Lincoln during the Civil War. • Top Confederate general who surrendered to Grant at Appomattox. • ...

Civil war battles 2026-01-21

Civil war battles crossword puzzle
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  1. a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country
  2. another name for the confederate states of america made up of the 11 states that seeded the union
  3. marked the end of the civil war
  4. start of the civil war
  5. A tax imposed on good from another country
  6. the period after the war in which southern states were rebuilt and brought back to the union
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  1. the rights guaranteed by the constitution to all people
  2. Bloodiest battle of the civil war
  3. a country of land
  4. The crime of encouraging rebellion against the goverment
  5. Laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of african americans.
  6. the last battle of the civil war
  7. laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the south after the civil war
  8. an agency established by congress at the end of the civil war to help and protect newly freed black americans
  9. A region of land

15 Clues: A region of land • a country of land • start of the civil war • marked the end of the civil war • the last battle of the civil war • Bloodiest battle of the civil war • A tax imposed on good from another country • the rights guaranteed by the constitution to all people • The crime of encouraging rebellion against the goverment • ...

Civil War - Bellringer 2024-02-01

Civil War - Bellringer crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 2,000 Texans joined this army in the Civil War
  2. end or stop
  3. Texas grew this crop called "white gold"
  4. withdraw or leave
  5. differences in economy; North and South
  6. "bloody" state with lots of fighting
  7. this compromise said no slavery above the line
  8. freedom
  9. highest-ranked Tejano in the Confederacy (south)
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  1. keep supplies from getting in or out
  2. elected to stop the spread of slavery
  3. Texas had this kind of reputation
  4. general of the Union
  5. general of the Confederacy
  6. famous uncle in Harriet Beecher Stowe's book
  7. in 1850, this added the Fugitive Slave Act
  8. main cause of the Civil War
  9. helped Texas sell cotton during the Civil War
  10. took care of the home front while men fought
  11. the Mr. Scott who lost battle in Supreme Court
  12. fort where Civil War started

21 Clues: freedom • end or stop • withdraw or leave • general of the Union • general of the Confederacy • main cause of the Civil War • fort where Civil War started • Texas had this kind of reputation • keep supplies from getting in or out • "bloody" state with lots of fighting • elected to stop the spread of slavery • differences in economy; North and South • ...

Civil War 2023-07-13

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first state to secede from the Union
  2. The Amendment that granted African American men the right to vote.
  3. Commanding general of the Union
  4. Large farms in the South
  5. President Lincoln's assassin
  6. The President of the Union during the Civil War
  7. The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  8. A short and famous speech by President Lincoln
  9. Commanding general of the Confederacy
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  1. The conflict between the Union and the Confederacy
  2. The Amendment that abolished slavery
  3. The Amendment that granted equal rights to African Americans
  4. The states that left the Union
  5. To withdraw or leave
  6. To put an end to
  7. The turning point of the Civil War
  8. President Lincoln's statement that freed slaves in the South
  9. who won the Civil War
  10. The rebuilding of the Southern states for reintegration
  11. Freedom

20 Clues: Freedom • To put an end to • To withdraw or leave • who won the Civil War • Large farms in the South • President Lincoln's assassin • The states that left the Union • Commanding general of the Union • The turning point of the Civil War • The Amendment that abolished slavery • Commanding general of the Confederacy • The first state to secede from the Union • ...

the civil war 2024-04-12

the civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. served as drummer boys and standard bearers
  2. President that issued the emancipation proclamation
  3. Union General that burned the capital city of Columbia
  4. They could only serve in the war after the Emancipation Proclamation
  5. The plan proposed by Union General Winfield Scott named after a snake
  6. How many years did the civil war last
  7. The first submarine to sink a war ship
  8. Side that fought to free the slaves
  9. Who ran the farm when Confederate men left for war
  10. Massachusetts Regiment where African American soldiers could fight in the civil war
  11. Court House where the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee To Ulysses S. Grant took place
  12. A union strategy that stopped imports and exports and kept Confederate soldiers from getting supplies
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  1. Side that lost the war
  2. First major battle of Union and Confederate armies
  3. It was a warship covered with protective iron plates used in the civil war
  4. Proclamation that freed slaves in state that had not yet been captured by the union
  5. Federal outpost in South Carolina
  6. Bloodiest battle in the Civil war
  7. Slave that was the pilot of a Confederate ship
  8. First major set back for the Confederate army

20 Clues: Side that lost the war • Federal outpost in South Carolina • Bloodiest battle in the Civil war • Side that fought to free the slaves • How many years did the civil war last • The first submarine to sink a war ship • served as drummer boys and standard bearers • First major set back for the Confederate army • Slave that was the pilot of a Confederate ship • ...

the civil war 2024-04-12

the civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. served as drummer boys and standard bearers
  2. President that issued the emancipation proclamation
  3. Union General that burned the capital city of Columbia
  4. They could only serve in the war after the Emancipation Proclamation
  5. The plan proposed by Union General Winfield Scott named after a snake
  6. How many years did the civil war last
  7. The first submarine to sink a war ship
  8. Side that fought to free the slaves
  9. Who ran the farm when Confederate men left for war
  10. Massachusetts Regiment where African American soldiers could fight in the civil war
  11. Court House where the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee To Ulysses S. Grant took place
  12. A union strategy that stopped imports and exports and kept Confederate soldiers from getting supplies
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  1. Side that lost the war
  2. First major battle of Union and Confederate armies
  3. It was a warship covered with protective iron plates used in the civil war
  4. Proclamation that freed slaves in state that had not yet been captured by the union
  5. Federal outpost in South Carolina
  6. Bloodiest battle in the Civil war
  7. Slave that was the pilot of a Confederate ship
  8. First major set back for the Confederate army

20 Clues: Side that lost the war • Federal outpost in South Carolina • Bloodiest battle in the Civil war • Side that fought to free the slaves • How many years did the civil war last • The first submarine to sink a war ship • served as drummer boys and standard bearers • First major set back for the Confederate army • Slave that was the pilot of a Confederate ship • ...

Civil War 2023-12-07

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The idea that states can refuse federal laws
  2. Helped former slaves and poor whites
  3. Former slaves and poor whites worked for a share of cotton
  4. The side that won the Civil War
  5. Abolished slavery
  6. A means for transporting soldiers during the Civil War
  7. The action of blocking off southern ports
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  1. Rebuilding post-Civil War
  2. The current Georgia capital
  3. The side that lost the Civil War
  4. A prison from the Civil War that held Union soldiers
  5. The first Georgia capital
  6. To free a group from slavery
  7. To formally withdraw

14 Clues: Abolished slavery • To formally withdraw • Rebuilding post-Civil War • The first Georgia capital • The current Georgia capital • To free a group from slavery • The side that won the Civil War • The side that lost the Civil War • Helped former slaves and poor whites • The action of blocking off southern ports • The idea that states can refuse federal laws • ...

Crossword Puzzle By:Cydney Calhoun 2018-02-15

Crossword Puzzle By:Cydney Calhoun crossword puzzle
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  1. the period immediately after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and the southern states.
  2. a federal government organization established in 1865 that helped the newly freed slaves after the Civil War.
  3. was the 16th president of the United States, endured extraordinary pressures during the long Civil War and having a vital role in leadership to the Union during the Civil War and beginning the process to end slavery.
  4. an agricultural system common after the Civil War where landless farmers worked the land of a landowner who also supplied a house and farming tools.
  5. was a plan that was for killing ex-slaves, and adoption of restrictive black codes.
  6. a person who enacts the laws.
  7. an agricultural system common after the Civil War where a farmer worked the land of a landowner in exchange for cash.
  8. used to keep blacks down on a normal casual day
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  1. a secret racist organization, beginning in 1865, also working to keep the freedman from voting after the Civil War.
  2. a plan that panded the groups of southerners not granted a general pardon.
  3. granted citizenship to the freedmen
  4. made slavery illegal
  5. a plan to rebuild the South and restore the Southern states to the union as quickly and easy as possible.
  6. the legislature of the state of Georgia.
  7. gave all male citizens the right to vote.
  8. was a politician, a minister and organized new congregations of the African Americans after the American Civil War.
  9. laws passed in the South to establish "separate-but-equal" facilities for whites and for blacks
  10. was the 17th U.S. president, assumed office after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and served 1865 to 1869.

18 Clues: made slavery illegal • a person who enacts the laws. • granted citizenship to the freedmen • the legislature of the state of Georgia. • gave all male citizens the right to vote. • used to keep blacks down on a normal casual day • a plan that panded the groups of southerners not granted a general pardon. • ...

Unit 7 Important People, Places, and Events 2024-01-29

Unit 7 Important People, Places, and Events crossword puzzle
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  1. Last name of the 18th president of the United States; Union General during the Civil War
  2. Last battle of the Civil War fought in Texas
  3. Last name of the president during the Civil War; saved the union
  4. Civil War battle; Confederate victory in which Davis' Guards repulsed an invasion of Union gunboats
  5. Last name of the person who killed Abraham Lincoln
  6. Civil War battle where the Confederates recaptured the city from Union control
  7. Date celebrated as the anniversary of Emancipation Day for enslaved people in Texas
  8. A machine that removed seeds from cotton fibers; created by Eli Whitney in 1793
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  1. Civil War plan created by Winfield Scott, called for the blockade of the southern coast
  2. ____________ Republicans- a group that believed the south should be punished harshly after the Civil War
  3. Last name of the 17th President of the United States; became president after Lincoln was killed
  4. Civil War Battle where Union troops captured the city and cut off the supply route Texans were using
  5. the election of eighteen ___________, number of southern states secede due to the results
  6. Freedmen's ____________ Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom
  7. ______________ States of America; A republic formed and composed out of eleven southern states that seceded from the union
  8. Proclamation made by Abraham Lincoln, declared all slaves in the Confederate States would be free

16 Clues: Last battle of the Civil War fought in Texas • Last name of the person who killed Abraham Lincoln • Last name of the president during the Civil War; saved the union • Civil War battle where the Confederates recaptured the city from Union control • A machine that removed seeds from cotton fibers; created by Eli Whitney in 1793 • ...

We The People Crossword: May 1864 2022-11-17

We The People Crossword: May 1864 crossword puzzle
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  1. Ship made of iron
  2. People from the North
  3. Hat worn by Civil War soldiers
  4. The first US state to secede
  5. US paper money first used in 1862
  6. Southern whites who support the Republican Party
  7. Meaning "before war"
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  1. Northerners against the Civil War
  2. Famous work of Civil War fiction that stirred up the war
  3. Bloodiest day of the entire Civil War
  4. An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers
  5. Confederate prisoner of war camp
  6. Crackers eaten by soldiers made with flour, water, and salt
  7. Led raid at Harper's Ferry

14 Clues: Ship made of iron • Meaning "before war" • People from the North • Led raid at Harper's Ferry • The first US state to secede • Hat worn by Civil War soldiers • Confederate prisoner of war camp • Northerners against the Civil War • US paper money first used in 1862 • An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers • Bloodiest day of the entire Civil War • ...

Sectionalism And Civil War Vocabulary 2025-03-05

Sectionalism And Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. A person who advocated for the end of slavery
  2. A Supreme Court ruling that declared enslaved people were not considered citizens and could not sue for their freedom, further dividing the nation
  3. The site where the Confederate army surrendered, marking the end of the Civil War
  4. A novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that powerfully depicted the horrors of slavery, influencing public opinion against it
  5. The act of a state formally withdrawing from a union or country, which is what the Confederate states did before the Civil War
  6. The act of freeing enslaved peopl
  7. The practice of owning another person as property, a central issue that fueled sectionalism and led to the Civil War
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  1. A radical abolitionist attack on a pro-slavery settlement in Virginia, which escalated tensions before the Civil War
  2. A law that required the return of escaped slaves to their owners, which further heightened tensions between North and South
  3. The group of Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed their own government during the Civil War
  4. A pivotal battle of the Civil War, considered a turning point for the Union
  5. The states that remained loyal to the United States during the Civil War, often referred to as the North
  6. Excessive loyalty to a specific region of a country, often at the expense of national unity; a key factor leading to the Civil War
  7. A period of violent conflict in the Kansas Territory over the issue of slavery, a significant event leading to the Civil War
  8. Relating to the period before the Civil War

15 Clues: The act of freeing enslaved peopl • Relating to the period before the Civil War • A person who advocated for the end of slavery • A pivotal battle of the Civil War, considered a turning point for the Union • The site where the Confederate army surrendered, marking the end of the Civil War • ...

Civil War Crossword 2020-10-01

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.
  2. President of the Confederate States of America
  3. the Union army's six-week blockade of Vicksburg that led the city to surrender during the Civil War
  4. First major battle of the Civil War. People watched it happen
  5. 16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
  6. The use of troops or ships to prevent commercial traffic from entering or leaving a city or region
  7. Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servitude
  8. Confederate forces surprised union troops & drove them across the Tennessee river; union got backup and won the battle but it was one of the most bloody battles in the civil war
  9. the Union general who led a 400 mile march of destruction through Georgia and South Carolina
  10. 1863 this three day battle was the bloodiest of the entire Civil War ended in Union victory and is considered the turning point of the war
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  1. the amendment that abolished slavery
  2. an enforced enrollment or military draft
  3. A famous speech by President Lincoln on the meaning of the Civil War, given in November 1863 at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg
  4. was an American stage actor who, as part of a conspiracy plot, assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865.
  5. Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
  6. a warship equipped with iron plating for protection
  7. an American general who became the 18th president of the United States of America.
  8. Civil War battle in which the North succeeded in halting Lee's Confederate forces in Maryland. It was the bloodiest battle of the war resulting in 25,000 casualties
  9. federal fort in the harbor of charleston south carolina the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the civil war
  10. Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force

20 Clues: the amendment that abolished slavery • an enforced enrollment or military draft • President of the Confederate States of America • a warship equipped with iron plating for protection • First major battle of the Civil War. People watched it happen • an American general who became the 18th president of the United States of America. • ...

Civil War 2017-05-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Nurse that founded the American Red Cross
  2. Most battles occur in the....
  3. President of the union
  4. Season the war started in
  5. President of the confederacy
  6. Where did Union general surrender
  7. Main reason the civil war started
  8. First state to secede
  9. General of the union
  10. Speech Union pres gave, freeing slaves in the south
  11. First Hispanic to earn the Medal of Honor
  12. General of the confederacy
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  1. Confederacy General who earned the name Stonewall
  2. Winner of the war
  3. Era after the War
  4. Man who encouraged African-Americans to fight
  5. Month the war started in
  6. This side was the most equipped
  7. First battle of the Civil war
  8. Turing point of the east
  9. This side wanted slavery
  10. Started the march to the sea
  11. Turning point of the west
  12. First Black man to earn the medal of honor
  13. Bloodiest single day battle of the civil war

25 Clues: Winner of the war • Era after the War • General of the union • First state to secede • President of the union • Month the war started in • Turing point of the east • This side wanted slavery • Season the war started in • Turning point of the west • General of the confederacy • President of the confederacy • Started the march to the sea • Most battles occur in the.... • ...

civil war 2023-02-17

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. winner of the war
  2. the unions uniforms colors
  3. the fort that was taken over with 0 casualties
  4. the people fighting for slavery to continue
  5. most common rank for a soldier
  6. the main weapon used during the civil war
  7. what president Lincoln was(number)
  8. what the union did to the south during the war
  9. how many people died during the battle of fort sumter
  10. people who helped get resources to the confederates
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  1. the man who killed Abe Lincoln
  2. new invention that travels underwater
  3. man who put the anaconda plan into effect
  4. the battle that turned the tide of the war
  5. main union general
  6. the job that women took over during the civil war
  7. the last name of the main confederate general
  8. the year that fort Sumter was attacked
  9. what the south wanted
  10. war between Americans

20 Clues: winner of the war • main union general • what the south wanted • war between Americans • the unions uniforms colors • the man who killed Abe Lincoln • most common rank for a soldier • what president Lincoln was(number) • new invention that travels underwater • the year that fort Sumter was attacked • man who put the anaconda plan into effect • ...

Civil War Life 2026-04-21

Civil War Life crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This type of bullet was a major weapon innovation in the war
  2. The average monthly pay for Civil War soldiers was this amount
  3. Soldiers in the Union army typically wore this color
  4. The two main sides in the war were the Union and the __________
  5. Over 2 million soldiers fought for this side
  6. The Civil War ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered to this Union general (last name)
  7. Many Civil War soldiers were primarily this occupation before the war
  8. ___contributed to the war effort as nurses, spies, and even disguised as men
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  1. The Union army’s main eastern force was called the Army of the __________
  2. This group made up about 10% of the Union army
  3. This president led the Union during the Civil War
  4. One major cause of the Civil War was this issue involving human bondage
  5. Soldiers in the Confederate army typically wore this color
  6. The Confederacy’s main army was the Army of Northern __________
  7. The war began with an attack on this fort in 1861
  8. Many soldiers died not just in battle but from this

16 Clues: Over 2 million soldiers fought for this side • This group made up about 10% of the Union army • This president led the Union during the Civil War • The war began with an attack on this fort in 1861 • Many soldiers died not just in battle but from this • Soldiers in the Union army typically wore this color • Soldiers in the Confederate army typically wore this color • ...

Civil War Crossword 2024-02-23

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. : The Southern states in the civil war, the rebels
  2. : The Northern states in the civil war, the United States
  3. : The state of being free in a society/ government.
  4. : Eighty
  5. : To declare something holy or divine
  6. : A human owned by another human, usually being forced
  7. : The same/fair
  8. : A war between people of the same country
  9. : A government of the people
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  1. : A large group of people united by common descent or position (geographically)
  2. : A act enforced by Abraham Lincoln because the states would not rejoin the union which freed all slaves in states that seceded
  3. : An event were people work against their higher ups (civil war)
  4. : A person who is killed for their cause
  5. : To withdraw from a group
  6. : The 16’th president of the US
  7. : A town in Pennsylvania, where Abraham made his address
  8. : Occurring or existing before a war, specifically the civil war
  9. : For no reason

18 Clues: : Eighty • : For no reason • : The same/fair • : To withdraw from a group • : A government of the people • : The 16’th president of the US • : To declare something holy or divine • : A person who is killed for their cause • : A war between people of the same country • : The Southern states in the civil war, the rebels • : The state of being free in a society/ government. • ...

US History 2024-06-13

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Alcohol ban
  2. Nixon scandal
  3. Deal FDR’s recovery plan
  4. Lincoln’s proclamation
  5. Controversial 1960s war
  6. 1930s economic crisis
  7. War US-Soviet standoff
  8. Presidential charge
  9. Post-Civil War era
  10. Withdrawal from the Union
  11. War for independence
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  1. Founding document
  2. Constitutional change
  3. Division of power
  4. Added to the Constitution
  5. End of slavery
  6. Rights 1960s movement
  7. Destiny 19th-century expansion belief
  8. Right to vote
  9. Early American settlement

20 Clues: Alcohol ban • Nixon scandal • Right to vote • End of slavery • Founding document • Division of power • Post-Civil War era • Presidential charge • War for independence • Constitutional change • 1930s economic crisis • Lincoln’s proclamation • Rights 1960s movement • Controversial 1960s war • War US-Soviet standoff • Deal FDR’s recovery plan • Added to the Constitution • Early American settlement • ...

US History 2025-05-09

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Alcohol ban
  2. Nixon scandal
  3. Deal FDR’s recovery plan
  4. Lincoln’s proclamation
  5. Controversial 1960s war
  6. 1930s economic crisis
  7. War US-Soviet standoff
  8. Presidential charge
  9. Post-Civil War era
  10. Withdrawal from the Union
  11. War for independence
Down
  1. Founding document
  2. Constitutional change
  3. Division of power
  4. Added to the Constitution
  5. End of slavery
  6. Rights 1960s movement
  7. Destiny 19th-century expansion belief
  8. Right to vote
  9. Early American settlement

20 Clues: Alcohol ban • Nixon scandal • Right to vote • End of slavery • Founding document • Division of power • Post-Civil War era • Presidential charge • War for independence • Constitutional change • 1930s economic crisis • Lincoln’s proclamation • Rights 1960s movement • Controversial 1960s war • War US-Soviet standoff • Deal FDR’s recovery plan • Added to the Constitution • Early American settlement • ...

US History 2025-05-09

US History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Alcohol ban
  2. Nixon scandal
  3. Deal FDR’s recovery plan
  4. Lincoln’s proclamation
  5. Controversial 1960s war
  6. 1930s economic crisis
  7. War US-Soviet standoff
  8. Presidential charge
  9. Post-Civil War era
  10. Withdrawal from the Union
  11. War for independence
Down
  1. Founding document
  2. Constitutional change
  3. Division of power
  4. Added to the Constitution
  5. End of slavery
  6. Rights 1960s movement
  7. Destiny 19th-century expansion belief
  8. Right to vote
  9. Early American settlement

20 Clues: Alcohol ban • Nixon scandal • Right to vote • End of slavery • Founding document • Division of power • Post-Civil War era • Presidential charge • War for independence • Constitutional change • 1930s economic crisis • Lincoln’s proclamation • Rights 1960s movement • Controversial 1960s war • War US-Soviet standoff • Deal FDR’s recovery plan • Added to the Constitution • Early American settlement • ...

Civil war 2024-04-12

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Period before the Civil War
  2. Turning point battle in the Civil War
  3. When a human was owned by another human
  4. Supreme Court ruling denying citizenship to African Americans
  5. Bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history
  6. Southern states that seceded from the Union
  7. Decree by Lincoln to free slaves in Confederate states
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  1. 16th U.S. President during the Civil War
  2. Emancipation Proclamation
  3. Legislation addressing slavery in new territories
  4. Advocate for the abolition of slavery
  5. Large-caliber weapons used in warfare
  6. Sea fort in South Carolina.
  7. States between Union and Confederacy
  8. Group of artillery pieces
  9. Warship protected by iron or steel armor plates
  10. Person killed, wounded, or missing in action
  11. Withdrawal of states from the Union
  12. Preventing goods or people from entering or leaving
  13. Northern states during the Civil War

20 Clues: Emancipation Proclamation • Group of artillery pieces • Period before the Civil War • Sea fort in South Carolina. • Withdrawal of states from the Union • States between Union and Confederacy • Northern states during the Civil War • Turning point battle in the Civil War • Advocate for the abolition of slavery • Large-caliber weapons used in warfare • ...

The American Civil War 2024-05-11

The American Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. President during the Civil War, Abraham
  2. Withdrawal of Southern states from the Union
  3. Institution at the heart of the conflict
  4. President of the Confederate States, Jefferson
  5. Era following the Civil War
  6. Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox, Robert E.
  7. Jackson, Confederate general killed by friendly fire
  8. Rights, concept invoked by the Confederacy
  9. Proclamation freeing slaves in rebellious states
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  1. First major battle of the Civil War
  2. Warships used by both sides
  3. Northern states loyal to the United States
  4. Battle that began the Civil War
  5. Union general who marched through Georgia, William T.
  6. Battle in Tennessee, a Union victory
  7. Pivotal battle in Pennsylvania
  8. Bloodiest single-day battle in American history
  9. Union general who accepted Lee's surrender, Ulysses S.
  10. Southern states that seceded from the Union
  11. Courthouse, site of Lee's surrender

20 Clues: Warships used by both sides • Era following the Civil War • Pivotal battle in Pennsylvania • Battle that began the Civil War • First major battle of the Civil War • Courthouse, site of Lee's surrender • Battle in Tennessee, a Union victory • President during the Civil War, Abraham • Institution at the heart of the conflict • Northern states loyal to the United States • ...

All About the Civil War 2023-11-04

All About the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What General surrendered to the Union in the last battle in the Civil War?
  2. What did the North call themselves in the Civil War?
  3. What did the Union want to abolish?
  4. In what state did the Battle of Vicksburg take place?
  5. Who was the Confederate General in the First Battle of Bull Run?
  6. Where was the first battle in the Civil War?
  7. What color are the stars on an American Flag?
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  1. Who was the United States President during the Civil War?
  2. What was the bloodiest battle in the Civil War?
  3. What is a person fighting in war called?
  4. In what month did the Civil War both start and end?
  5. What side won the Civil War?
  6. Who was the Union General in the Battle of Vicksburg?

13 Clues: What side won the Civil War? • What did the Union want to abolish? • What is a person fighting in war called? • Where was the first battle in the Civil War? • What color are the stars on an American Flag? • What was the bloodiest battle in the Civil War? • In what month did the Civil War both start and end? • What did the North call themselves in the Civil War? • ...

Civil War Crossword 2015-03-01

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. name of the national anthem for the Confederate States of America
  2. another major issues that the War was fought over
  3. an invention that Lincoln used that helped the Union gain an advantage over the Confederacy
  4. the nation of seceded states from the Union
  5. the political party that supported slavery and viewed abolitionism as an infringement to their constitutional right of property
  6. president of the Union during the war
  7. battle that started the Civil War
  8. section of America that viewed slavery as a threat to their economic system
  9. an escaped slave and abolitionist who told of his life as a slave
  10. a battle usually seen as a turning point for the Civil War with the highest casualties of any battle in the war and ended with a Union victory
Down
  1. a speech made by Abraham Lincoln about four months after the Battle of Gettysburg which was his feelings about the war
  2. what triggered the secession from the Union
  3. general of the Confederate army during the American Civil War
  4. battle that ended the Civil War and caused the Confederacy to surrender and rejoin the Union
  5. a series of passages and safe houses that led slaves to freedom
  6. a war measure declaring that all slaves were free
  7. one of the major issues the Civil War was fought over
  8. president of the Confederacy during it's short four year period
  9. an abolitionist who was the conductor of the Underground Railroad
  10. favoring one particular section over the well being of the country

20 Clues: battle that started the Civil War • president of the Union during the war • what triggered the secession from the Union • the nation of seceded states from the Union • another major issues that the War was fought over • a war measure declaring that all slaves were free • one of the major issues the Civil War was fought over • ...

Civil War 2023-05-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What battle was the major turning point of the war.
  2. Where was the first battle of the Civil War?
  3. Town under siege in 1863. Citizens were forced to eat dogs, mules, rats. etc. Town surrenders on July 4th, 1863
  4. A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War
  5. Chief export of the South
  6. Southern whites who gained political office during Reconstruction
  7. Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servituderon
  8. A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights.
  9. A formal withdrawal of states from a nation.
  10. What issue did Lincoln and Douglass debate about?
  11. laws that restricted African Americans' rights and opportunities
Down
  1. Where did the Civil War end?
  2. the attempt to rebuild and reform the political, social, and economic systems of the South after the Civil War.
  3. What amendment outlaws slavery
  4. 1) Citizenship for African Americans, 2) Repeal of 3/5 Compromise, 3) Denial of former confederate officials from holding national or state office, 4) Repudiate (reject) confederate debts
  5. A group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War
  6. Includes dead, wounded, missing or captured. 1 out of 7 soldiers died from battle wounds
  7. April 6-7, 1862- Major Union Victory in the West. Grant wins due to the reinforcements from Don Carlos Buell.
  8. The bringing of formal charges against a public official
  9. Which battle was the bloodiest day?
  10. Wooden ships with metal armor that were employed by both sides during the Civil War.

21 Clues: Chief export of the South • Where did the Civil War end? • What amendment outlaws slavery • Which battle was the bloodiest day? • Where was the first battle of the Civil War? • A formal withdrawal of states from a nation. • What issue did Lincoln and Douglass debate about? • What battle was the major turning point of the war. • ...

History 2024-05-14

History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. cannot be supplied to one belligerent except at the risk of seizure and condemnation by the other
  2. fort in SE South Carolina, guarding Charleston Harbour
  3. fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
  4. a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it
  5. a decisive Union victory during the American Civil War that divided the Confederacy and cemented the reputation of Union General Ulysses S. Grant
  6. restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces
  7. military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War
  8. fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War
  9. a poor white man in the south
  10. a village in central Virginia where the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War
  11. allowed Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior
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  1. American Civil War campaign
  2. period after the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877
  3. a native or inhabitant of Kansas
  4. a network of routes, places, and people that helped enslaved people in the American South escape to the North
  5. the largest sale of human beings in the history in the United States
  6. proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free
  7. Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston's troops line the mountain's crest to repulse the advance of Union general William T. Sherman
  8. a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants
  9. a decisive engagement that halted the Confederate invasion of Maryland
  10. American Revolutionary War battle fought on December 29, 1778 pitting local American Patriot militia and Continental Army units
  11. marked the first major land battle of the American Civil War

22 Clues: American Civil War campaign • a poor white man in the south • a native or inhabitant of Kansas • period after the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877 • fort in SE South Carolina, guarding Charleston Harbour • allowed Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior • marked the first major land battle of the American Civil War • ...

The Civil War 2026-02-10

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This was a Union victory that took place over the course of 47 days.
  2. This was a campaign where the Confederate rail hub was captured.
  3. This man was the only president of the Confederate States and represented Mississippi in the House of Representatives
  4. This man was an American military officer and was known for fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg.
  5. This man was an American Civil War general for the Union and was defeated in battle by Robert E. Lee.
  6. This man was a Cherokee politician who served as the second principal chief of the Cherokee Nation.
  7. This man was a Union general and United States Army officer.
  8. This was the opening engagement of the Civil War, where confederate forced took the Union fort.
  9. This man was the 18th president of the United States and led the Union army to victory
  10. This man was an American soldier, businessman, and author who served as a general in the Union Army.
  11. This man was an American politician, lawyer, and U.S. Army officer.
  12. This was a document written by Abraham Lincoln to free the enslaved people.
  13. This man was the 16th president of the United States, serving until his assassination. He led the U.S. through the Civil War.
  14. This was the first field army-level battle to take place on Union soil.
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  1. This man was an Army officer and politician who became a senior general.
  2. This man was a Confederate general and military officer during the Civil War.
  3. This was an ironclad ship built for the U.S. Navy during the Civil War.
  4. This man was an American general in the Union army and one of the commanders in the western theatre.
  5. This was a Union victory and one of the most bloody battles in the Civil War.
  6. This is where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant.
  7. This man was a Confederate general and was nicknamed Old War Horse.
  8. This ship fought the monitor in the Battle of Hampton.
  9. This man was a flag officer for the u.s. Navy.
  10. This American college professor volunteered to join the Union Army.
  11. This man was a Confederate general in the Civil War and led the army of Northern Virginia.
  12. This was a major battle that took place in Southwestern Tennessee.
  13. This was the first major battle of the Civil War.
  14. This man was a Confederate general during the Civil War
  15. This man was an American military officer and engineer during the Civil War.
  16. Plan This was a Union strategy to strangle the Confederacy by blockading the Southern ports.

30 Clues: This man was a flag officer for the u.s. Navy. • This was the first major battle of the Civil War. • This ship fought the monitor in the Battle of Hampton. • This man was a Confederate general during the Civil War • This man was a Union general and United States Army officer. • This was a campaign where the Confederate rail hub was captured. • ...

American Civil War, 1861-1865 2016-03-06

American Civil War, 1861-1865 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Confederate general who surrendered at end of war
  2. Many doctors had to perform this to wounded arms and legs
  3. Refers to the Southern Army
  4. Capital of the Confederacy that was destroyed
  5. Last name of Union general at end of Civil War
  6. Women served primarily in this role during the war
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  1. The South fought to keep this
  2. State where most Civil War battles were fought
  3. US President during war
  4. Turning point of the war
  5. Refers to the Northern Army
  6. More soldiers _____ during the Civil War than any other war combined
  7. Number of years the Civil War was fought
  8. The major crop of Southern plantations

14 Clues: US President during war • Turning point of the war • Refers to the Northern Army • Refers to the Southern Army • The South fought to keep this • The major crop of Southern plantations • Number of years the Civil War was fought • Capital of the Confederacy that was destroyed • State where most Civil War battles were fought • Last name of Union general at end of Civil War • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2024-12-17

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A naval blockade set up by the Union to block the Confederates from getting supplies from overseas
  2. Battle that marked the start of the civil war
  3. Battle fought in North Georgia that made the Union retreat to Chattanooga
  4. A slogan created by the CSA to say that there should be no fear to fight the Union
  5. The general for the Confederates for most of the war.
  6. Union President during the Civil War
  7. Bloodiest Civil War Battle
  8. Bloodiest one day battle in the civil war
  9. Battle in Tennessee that the Union won
Down
  1. Battle in July 1864 for a major southern city
  2. The city that had the prison for Union prisoners of war
  3. The Union general who had the most success during the war
  4. The name given to Union soldiers by the Confederates
  5. The name for the period before the civil war
  6. Famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln

15 Clues: Bloodiest Civil War Battle • Union President during the Civil War • Famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln • Battle in Tennessee that the Union won • Bloodiest one day battle in the civil war • The name for the period before the civil war • Battle in July 1864 for a major southern city • Battle that marked the start of the civil war • ...

Civil War 2022-02-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is it called when people in the civil war burned air
  2. The president who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
  3. A way diseases spread in the Civil War
  4. The fatality rate for someone with a hip joint injury in the civil war
  5. The fatality rate for someone with a forearm injury in the civil war
Down
  1. Someone that isn't against but isn't for slavery
  2. A sickness that a person
  3. When someone cuts off a limb
  4. When a person is held custody and forced to work for someone
  5. Someone who is against slavery
  6. A gun used in the civil war
  7. The most popular type of ammunition in the Civil War
  8. The first official battle of the civil war

13 Clues: A sickness that a person • A gun used in the civil war • When someone cuts off a limb • Someone who is against slavery • A way diseases spread in the Civil War • The first official battle of the civil war • Someone that isn't against but isn't for slavery • The most popular type of ammunition in the Civil War • The president who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation • ...

Civil War 2023-02-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. had more railroads
  2. to leave or break away
  3. the union destroyed this major city
  4. former slaves who have been freed
  5. The unions strategy to win the war
  6. the largest battle of the Civil war
  7. First battle of the Civil war
  8. The Confederacy surrendered here, led to the end of war
  9. required military service
  10. the rank most solders were considered
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  1. the side that was fighting a defensive war
  2. The president during the civil war
  3. an increase in price
  4. States that had slavery but were a part of the union
  5. enslaved people would be freed
  6. another name for the battle of Bull Run
  7. the freedom of enslaved people
  8. of 1860 final straw before the confederacy seceded
  9. First state to secede for the Union
  10. Another name for the battle of Antietam

20 Clues: had more railroads • an increase in price • to leave or break away • required military service • First battle of the Civil war • enslaved people would be freed • the freedom of enslaved people • former slaves who have been freed • The president during the civil war • The unions strategy to win the war • the union destroyed this major city • First state to secede for the Union • ...

Unit 9 Crossword 2016-04-24

Unit 9 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Bloodiest day in American history
  2. Black soldier who fought in the battle of Fort Wagner
  3. First Black congressman
  4. President of Confederacy
  5. Leading Confederate general
  6. Period after Civil War
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  1. Conflict between Northern and Southern states
  2. Abolished slavery
  3. Turning point in Civil War
  4. First battle of Civil War
  5. Declared all slaves free in states still in rebellion
  6. US president after Civil War and during Reconstruction
  7. Laws enacted in Southern states to restrict rights of freed slaves
  8. Antislavery party
  9. Leading Union general

15 Clues: Abolished slavery • Antislavery party • Leading Union general • Period after Civil War • First Black congressman • President of Confederacy • First battle of Civil War • Turning point in Civil War • Leading Confederate general • Bloodiest day in American history • Conflict between Northern and Southern states • Declared all slaves free in states still in rebellion • ...

Unit 2 Exam Review 2022-10-25

Unit 2 Exam Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The legal process of removing a President or elected official
  2. Amendment: ended slavery in the U.S.
  3. A native white southern Republican who supported equal rights for African Americans after the Civil War
  4. _________ Republicans: believed Confederate leaders should be punished and that African Americans deserved equality
  5. Northerners were paid these for their hourly work
  6. Courthouse: Place where General Lee surrendered to the Union, ending the Civil War
  7. Formerly enslaved man
  8. Period of rebuilding the country after the Civil War. African-Americans gained new rights and freedoms
  9. Reconstruction plan where Radical Republicans sent the Army back to the South to enforce Civil Rights Laws
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  1. How Abraham Lincoln died
  2. Amendment: gave African-American the right to vote
  3. Amendment: equal treatment under the law for different races of people
  4. War between the Union and the Confederacy from 1861-1865
  5. System of debt slavery that replaced slavery in the South after the Civil War
  6. _______ Johnson, Abraham Lincoln's Vice President who became POTUS after the Civil War ended
  7. Reconstruction plan that let the South rebuild itself after the war

16 Clues: Formerly enslaved man • How Abraham Lincoln died • Amendment: ended slavery in the U.S. • Northerners were paid these for their hourly work • Amendment: gave African-American the right to vote • War between the Union and the Confederacy from 1861-1865 • The legal process of removing a President or elected official • ...

Women Soldiers in the Civil War 2023-05-09

Women Soldiers in the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. From what continent did other women join the Civil War?
  2. Clothing that identifies a certain group
  3. What was the main reason women joined the Civil War?
  4. How many battles did Sarah Blalock fight in before she was shot?
  5. Changing your appearance to hide your identity
  6. The first name of Frances Claytons secret name
  7. Weapons
  8. When someone must leave a place or situation
  9. Enrolling in armed forces
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  1. After the war women continued to fight for their right to ____?
  2. Armed conflict between different groups
  3. These women joined the war for money
  4. Forbidden by law
  5. Where was Frances Clayton from?
  6. About how many women fought in the Civil War?
  7. What was Sarah Blalock's middle name initials?
  8. What did Frances Clayton and Sarah Blalock join the war for?
  9. Opposite of male
  10. The Disney princess who also disguised herself to fight in a war

19 Clues: Weapons • Forbidden by law • Opposite of male • Enrolling in armed forces • Where was Frances Clayton from? • These women joined the war for money • Armed conflict between different groups • Clothing that identifies a certain group • When someone must leave a place or situation • About how many women fought in the Civil War? • What was Sarah Blalock's middle name initials? • ...

Civil War 2019-10-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a town in Virginia.
  2. a steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates.
  3. a pioneering American nurse that founded the American Red Cross.
  4. an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist
  5. an American politician who served as the only President of the Confederate States of America.
  6. 18th president that was a General for the Union during the Civil War.
  7. an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author that served as general for the union army during the Civil War.
  8. served as a Confederate General after Robert E. Lee
  9. an American abolitionist and author that wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.
  10. a gun that used the minie ball.
  11. a town in Pennsylvania.
  12. the largest recognized tribe in the United States.
  13. an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician.
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  1. the compulsory enlistment of people in a national service, most often a military service.
  2. a confederate soldier that commanded the North Virginia Army during the Civil War.
  3. a particular form of journalism that employs images in order to tell a news story.
  4. an American abolitionist and political activist that was born into slavery and used the Underground Railroad to help many.
  5. the treatment of wounded combatants and non-combatants in or near an area of combat.
  6. 16th president that led then nation through the Civil War.
  7. the first major battle of the American Civil War and was a Confederate victory
  8. a battle of the American Civil War, fought on September 17, 1862
  9. an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman that escaped slavery and became a national leader.
  10. a battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee.
  11. a city in Mississippi.
  12. an American abolitionist that gained national attention when he led small groups of volunteers during a crisis in 1856.

25 Clues: a town in Virginia. • a city in Mississippi. • a town in Pennsylvania. • a gun that used the minie ball. • the largest recognized tribe in the United States. • served as a Confederate General after Robert E. Lee • 16th president that led then nation through the Civil War. • an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist • ...

Civil War 2019-10-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an American politician who served as the only President of the Confederate States of America.
  2. a battle of the American Civil War, fought on September 17, 1862
  3. an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist
  4. 16th president that led then nation through the Civil War.
  5. an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman that escaped slavery and became a national leader.
  6. an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author that served as general for the union army during the Civil War.
  7. a city in Mississippi.
  8. a town in Virginia.
  9. a gun that used the minie ball.
  10. an American abolitionist and author that wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.
  11. an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician.
  12. the largest recognized tribe in the United States.
  13. a particular form of journalism that employs images in order to tell a news story.
  14. a town in Pennsylvania.
  15. a battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee.
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  1. served as a Confederate General after Robert E. Lee
  2. an American abolitionist that gained national attention when he led small groups of volunteers during a crisis in 1856.
  3. the compulsory enlistment of people in a national service, most often a military service.
  4. a steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates.
  5. a pioneering American nurse that founded the American Red Cross.
  6. 18th president that was a General for the Union during the Civil War.
  7. the treatment of wounded combatants and non-combatants in or near an area of combat.
  8. an American abolitionist and political activist that was born into slavery and used the Underground Railroad to help many.
  9. a confederate soldier that commanded the North Virginia Army during the Civil War.
  10. the first major battle of the American Civil War and was a Confederate victory

25 Clues: a town in Virginia. • a city in Mississippi. • a town in Pennsylvania. • a gun that used the minie ball. • the largest recognized tribe in the United States. • served as a Confederate General after Robert E. Lee • 16th president that led then nation through the Civil War. • an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist • ...

Civil War 2021-05-18

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. commander that used total war
  2. when confederacy surrendered
  3. main issue the war was fought over
  4. 1st battle of civil war
  5. civil war officially about slavery
  6. first shots fired in civil war
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  1. where sherman was held off, in wayne county
  2. president of the confederacy
  3. battle that split confederacy in half
  4. bloodiest civil war battle
  5. commander of the confederacy
  6. president of the union
  7. final general of the union

13 Clues: president of the union • 1st battle of civil war • bloodiest civil war battle • final general of the union • president of the confederacy • when confederacy surrendered • commander of the confederacy • commander that used total war • first shots fired in civil war • main issue the war was fought over • civil war officially about slavery • battle that split confederacy in half • ...

Abraham Lincoln 2022-02-10

Abraham Lincoln crossword puzzle
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  1. home of the president
  2. foght in the 1880's
  3. birth place
  4. killed lincoln
  5. character trait
  6. president of America
  7. document that freed slaves
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  1. Another name for the civil war
  2. abe's wife
  3. abraham lincoln
  4. character trait
  5. describes civil war
  6. side "south" In the civil war
  7. side "North" in the civil war

14 Clues: abe's wife • birth place • killed lincoln • abraham lincoln • character trait • character trait • foght in the 1880's • describes civil war • president of America • home of the president • document that freed slaves • side "south" In the civil war • side "North" in the civil war • Another name for the civil war

Civil War Crosswords 2022-03-05

Civil War Crosswords crossword puzzle
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  1. Bleeding___, outbreak of violence in territory
  2. the full name of who served as the president of Texas when it was an independent republic & was not in favor of joining the Confederate States.
  3. focus on the interests of one's region
  4. First state to secede from Union
  5. an emancipated slave
  6. the nickname for the famous Texas ranger who stayed neutral during the civil war
  7. one of the fastest-rising Confederate officers who also led his men in the Battle of Gettysburg
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  1. Lincoln's statement that freed slaves
  2. War fought between Confederacy and Union
  3. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  4. white Southerners living in the Confederate States of America opposed to secession
  5. General Thomas Jackson was given this nickname
  6. main handheld weapon in the Civil War
  7. First Battle of the Civil War
  8. main non handheld weapon in the civil war

15 Clues: an emancipated slave • First Battle of the Civil War • First state to secede from Union • Lincoln's statement that freed slaves • The bloodiest battle of the Civil War • main handheld weapon in the Civil War • focus on the interests of one's region • War fought between Confederacy and Union • main non handheld weapon in the civil war • ...

Maryland Tribune Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-24

Maryland Tribune Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. 1861 Year the ______ started
  2. A city bird commonly eaten during the Civil War
  3. An escaped slave that led a raid to free slaves during the Civil War
  4. Was shot, and almost died 2 years before he was assassinated
  5. Most popular pass time during the Civil War
  6. Name of a Civil War Submarine
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  1. The last battle fought in the Civil War
  2. Clara Barton was the first woman to hold a _____ job
  3. Nurse who started the Red Cross
  4. During the Civil War 2% of the ___'s population died
  5. The first battle of the Civil War
  6. The name of the South's general

12 Clues: 1861 Year the ______ started • Name of a Civil War Submarine • Nurse who started the Red Cross • The name of the South's general • The first battle of the Civil War • The last battle fought in the Civil War • Most popular pass time during the Civil War • A city bird commonly eaten during the Civil War • Clara Barton was the first woman to hold a _____ job • ...

civil war 2023-04-14

civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. What battle stopped confederates from going north?
  2. What was the most important engagement of the civil war?
  3. Who surrendered in the battle of Vicksburg?
  4. Who was the founder of KKK?
  5. What was the bloodiest one day battle?
  6. Who did Lincoln want to lead the Union?
  7. How long was the battle of Fort Sumter?
  8. How many people died in the Civil War?
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  1. Who was the confederate president?
  2. After what battle did Britain and France officially say no to helping the south?
  3. Who was the US president at the time?
  4. Who was the main Union army commander?
  5. How many men fought in the Civil War?
  6. What battle was the beginning of the civil war?
  7. Who cammanded union navy and helped capture New Orleans?
  8. Who was the main general of the confederate army?
  9. What was the first major battle of the civil war?
  10. What battle was the first step in the "Anaconda plan"?
  11. When did slavery officially end after the civil war?
  12. How many people died at the battle of Shiloh?

20 Clues: Who was the founder of KKK? • Who was the confederate president? • Who was the US president at the time? • How many men fought in the Civil War? • Who was the main Union army commander? • What was the bloodiest one day battle? • How many people died in the Civil War? • Who did Lincoln want to lead the Union? • How long was the battle of Fort Sumter? • ...

American History 2021-10-14

American History crossword puzzle
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  1. founder of the red cross
  2. president during the spanish-american war
  3. Died protecting his printing press
  4. american soldiers in WW1
  5. battleship that blew up in Cuba
  6. abolished slavery
  7. bloodiest battle of the civil war
  8. first battle of the civil war
  9. speech by Abraham Lincoln “Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish”
  10. linked the Pacific and Atlantic oceans
  11. killed Lincoln
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  1. founded Tuskegee institute
  2. president during the civil war
  3. his assassination led to WW1
  4. lead the rough riders
  5. abolitionist from Boston
  6. commander of the aef
  7. president of the confederate states
  8. union general later became president
  9. gave black men right to vote

20 Clues: killed Lincoln • abolished slavery • commander of the aef • lead the rough riders • founder of the red cross • abolitionist from Boston • american soldiers in WW1 • founded Tuskegee institute • his assassination led to WW1 • gave black men right to vote • first battle of the civil war • president during the civil war • battleship that blew up in Cuba • bloodiest battle of the civil war • ...

American History 2021-10-14

American History crossword puzzle
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  1. founder of the red cross
  2. bloodiest battle of the civil war
  3. president during the spanish-american war
  4. commander of the aef
  5. lead the rough riders
  6. Died protecting his printing press
  7. battleship that blew up in Cuba
  8. gave black men right to vote
  9. president during the civil war
  10. union general later became president
  11. president of the confederate states
  12. his assassination led to WW1
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  1. abolitionist from Boston
  2. killed Lincoln
  3. founded Tuskegee institute
  4. abolished slavery
  5. speech by Abraham Lincoln “Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish”
  6. first battle of the civil war
  7. american soldiers in WW1
  8. linked the Pacific and Atlantic oceans

20 Clues: killed Lincoln • abolished slavery • commander of the aef • lead the rough riders • abolitionist from Boston • founder of the red cross • american soldiers in WW1 • founded Tuskegee institute • gave black men right to vote • his assassination led to WW1 • first battle of the civil war • president during the civil war • battleship that blew up in Cuba • bloodiest battle of the civil war • ...

CHAPTER 4 VOCABULARY 2013-11-12

CHAPTER 4 VOCABULARY crossword puzzle
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  1. A secret organization that used terrorist tactics in an attempt to restore white supremacy in the Southern after the Civil War
  2. American statesman; president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War
  3. A creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil Wa
  4. A white Southerner who joined the Republican Party of the Civil War
  5. A system in which the residents vote to decide an issue
  6. U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician: first black senator 1870–71
  7. Scene of a crucial battle during the American Civil War, in which Meade's Union forces defeated Lee's Confederate army; site of the national cemetery dedicated by President Lincoln
  8. A system in which landowners give farm workers land, seed, and tools in return for a part of the crops they raise
  9. An amendment to the U.S Constitution, adopted in 1865, that has abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
  10. 14th President of the United States
  11. American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War
  12. The Confederate States of America, a confederation formed in 1861 by the Southern states after their secession from the Union
  13. An executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in all regions behind the Confederate lines
  14. The period of rebuilding that followed the Civil War, during which the defeated Confederate states were readmitted to the Union
  15. A tax on earnings
  16. A system of routes along which runaway slaves were helped to escape to Canada or to safe areas in the free states
  17. A famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln in November 1863, at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg
  18. During the Civil War, this city was besieged from 1862 to 1863 and finally captured by troops led by Ulysses S. Grant
  19. An amendment to the U.S. constitution, ratified in 1870, prohibiting the restriction of voting rights “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
  20. A faction of American politicians within the Republican Party from about 1854 (before the American Civil War) until the end of Reconstruction in 1877
  21. 17th President of the United States
  22. U.S abolitionist that became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North
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  1. United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln
  2. A fort in SE South Carolina, in the harbor of Charleston: its bombardment by the Confederates opened the Civil War on April 12, 1861
  3. 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War
  4. United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause
  5. Town near Appomattox, Virginia, where Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865
  6. United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln
  7. An amendment to the U.S Constitution, adopted in 1868, that makes all persons born or naturalized in the U.S - including former slaves - citizens of the country and guarantees equal protection of the laws
  8. 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth
  9. General in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall
  10. American administrator who did battlefield relief work during the Civil War and organized the American Red Cross
  11. United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
  12. United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two
  13. The drafting of citizens for military service
  14. A Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War
  15. A federal agency set up help former slaves after the Civil War
  16. The formal withdrawal of a state from the union
  17. A creek in NW Maryland, flowing into the Potomac: scene of a Civil War battle, in which the Confederate forces of General Robert E. Lee were defeated

39 Clues: A tax on earnings • 14th President of the United States • 17th President of the United States • The drafting of citizens for military service • The formal withdrawal of a state from the union • United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln • A system in which the residents vote to decide an issue • A Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War • ...

Civil War 2022-03-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. How many slaves were free?
  2. Which side won?
  3. What did the South do?
  4. Was Civil War kill a lot?
  5. Trying to free what people?
  6. The main reason for Civil War.
  7. Who was the 16th president?
  8. Who won?
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  1. Who wanted slaves to stay?
  2. Did Abraham Lincoln not like slavery?
  3. On imported goods.
  4. How long was civil war?
  5. Which state was mostly part in civil war
  6. Which state gave up last?
  7. What happened in 1861-1865?

15 Clues: Who won? • Which side won? • On imported goods. • What did the South do? • How long was civil war? • Was Civil War kill a lot? • Which state gave up last? • Who wanted slaves to stay? • How many slaves were free? • What happened in 1861-1865? • Trying to free what people? • Who was the 16th president? • The main reason for Civil War. • Did Abraham Lincoln not like slavery? • ...

The American Civil War 2022-10-17

The American Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
  2. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
  3. To leave or withdraw
  4. Rapid-fire gun capable of shooting 600 rounds per minute.
  5. Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win.
  6. The march of an army of 62,000 men from Atlanta toward Savannah, Georgia which left a path of almost total destruction.
  7. Led the North to victory.
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  1. President of the United States of America during the Civil War.
  2. This battle fficially began the Civil War.
  3. Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded. It is considered the bloodiest day of the Civil War.
  4. The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to General Ulysses S. Grant's army on July 4th, 1863, after 48 days of seige.
  5. ship made of iron
  6. the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
  7. Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant.
  8. General of the Confederacy considered to be one of the greatest generals of all time

15 Clues: ship made of iron • To leave or withdraw • Led the North to victory. • This battle fficially began the Civil War. • Rapid-fire gun capable of shooting 600 rounds per minute. • Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states • President of the United States of America during the Civil War. • The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861. • ...

Civil War 2018-11-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The outstanding performance of nurses during the war led to more jobs for _________.
  2. Charged excessive prices for goods that the government needed for war.
  3. To be freed.
  4. Someone in the North could avoid the draft by paying $ _____.
  5. Four “Southern” states that decided to remain in the Union.
  6. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
  7. Right to a hearing before being jailed.
  8. One of the strengths of the South during the war, was they had the best __________.
  9. A military encirclement, blockade, bombardment forcing surrender.
  10. Part of the Union’s strategy for winning the Civil War was to take control of the _______ River.
  11. The North’s official goal at the start of the Civil War was to preserve the _________.
  12. What percentage of the country’s population lived in Union States?
  13. One of the North’s strengths during the war was that it had a ______ population.
  14. Recent immigrants in ____ ____ responded to the draft laws by rioting.
  15. A tax on the money people earned.
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  1. Small southern farmers resented the draft laws because men who owned more than ___ slaves were exempt.
  2. Name given Northerners who did not support the war.
  3. President of the Confederacy.
  4. Required all males between 20 and 45 to serve in the military.
  5. rise in prices and decrease in the value of money.
  6. Approximately 620 ________ men died as a result of the US Civil War.
  7. Rule by the army.
  8. The Emancipation Proclamation broadened the Union’s goals to include ending _____.
  9. Targeting civilians: destroying anything useful to the enemy.
  10. The percentage of US Factory Production that was in Union territory in the Civil War.
  11. The __________ in the Civil war had a stronger navy and merchant fleet.

26 Clues: To be freed. • Rule by the army. • President of the Confederacy. • A tax on the money people earned. • Right to a hearing before being jailed. • Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation? • rise in prices and decrease in the value of money. • Name given Northerners who did not support the war. • Four “Southern” states that decided to remain in the Union. • ...

Civil War 2018-11-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The outstanding performance of nurses during the war led to more jobs for _________.
  2. Name given Northerners who did not support the war.
  3. Targeting civilians: destroying anything useful to the enemy.
  4. Someone in the North could avoid the draft by paying $ _____.
  5. Right to a hearing before being jailed.
  6. Four “Southern” states that decided to remain in the Union.
  7. Rule by the army.
  8. Part of the Union’s strategy for winning the Civil War was to take control of the _______ River.
  9. To be freed.
  10. The North’s official goal at the start of the Civil War was to preserve the _________.
  11. A tax on the money people earned.
  12. One of the North’s strengths during the war was that it had a ______ population.
  13. A military encirclement, blockade, bombardment forcing surrender.
  14. The Emancipation Proclamation broadened the Union’s goals to include ending _____.
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  1. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
  2. The __________ in the Civil war had a stronger navy and merchant fleet.
  3. What percentage of the country’s population lived in Union States?
  4. President of the Confederacy.
  5. Small southern farmers resented the draft laws because men who owned more than ___ slaves were exempt.
  6. Required all males between 20 and 45 to serve in the military.
  7. The percentage of US Factory Production that was in Union territory in the Civil War.
  8. Recent immigrants in ____ ____ responded to the draft laws by rioting.
  9. rise in prices and decrease in the value of money.
  10. Charged excessive prices for goods that the government needed for war.
  11. Approximately 620 ________ men died as a result of the US Civil War.
  12. One of the strengths of the South during the war, was they had the best __________.

26 Clues: To be freed. • Rule by the army. • President of the Confederacy. • A tax on the money people earned. • Right to a hearing before being jailed. • Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation? • rise in prices and decrease in the value of money. • Name given Northerners who did not support the war. • Four “Southern” states that decided to remain in the Union. • ...

qazwsxedc 2023-02-16

qazwsxedc crossword puzzle
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  1. former general for the union, became president.
  2. destroyed everything in its path as it moved in the south.
  3. the biggest battle of the civil war.
  4. where general lee surrendered.
  5. nickname for people in the union
  6. location of the first battle of the civil war.
  7. a plan to block off the south.
  8. when many states left union.
  9. wrapping rail tracks around trees so they were unusable.
  10. the name for the new country ran by the confederacy(CSA).
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  1. helped free many enslaved people using the underground railroad.
  2. made to go through barriers quickly.
  3. the president during this this time.
  4. a state that had slavery but did not secede.
  5. first state to leave the union.
  6. argued that secession was too dangerous.
  7. argued the need to secede only if other slaveholding states cooperated.
  8. helped wounded soldiers during the civil war.
  9. the type of war that the south fought during the civil war.
  10. argued slavery away was the only answer, with or without other states.

20 Clues: when many states left union. • where general lee surrendered. • a plan to block off the south. • first state to leave the union. • nickname for people in the union • made to go through barriers quickly. • the president during this this time. • the biggest battle of the civil war. • argued that secession was too dangerous. • a state that had slavery but did not secede. • ...

Civil War Era 2024-02-08

Civil War Era crossword puzzle
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  1. A war between two sides or parties of a country.
  2. A novel made by Harriett Beecher-Stowe entailing the horrors of slavery.
  3. A system where people are treated as property.
  4. The part of the U.S. during the Civil War that was for Slavery, located in the South.
  5. To formally rebel, or go against a government.
  6. Someone who is opposed to slavery.
  7. Leader of the confederacy during the Civil War.
  8. Abolitionist who inspired many to act.
  9. Rights given to the states as opposed to the federal government.
  10. The part of the U.S. during the Civil War that was against slavery, located in the North.
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  1. An economy run on paid labor and manufacturing.
  2. President elected in 1860, who represented the Union during the civil war.
  3. An economy based upon the exporting of crops or livestock.
  4. Strong concern for local interests.
  5. To elect, or vote on someone to put into office.
  6. A tax placed on imported or exported goods.
  7. Led the Union to victory in the civil war and later became the 18th president.
  8. To secede, or withdraw from a country or party.
  9. A country or region's collection or making of money.

19 Clues: Someone who is opposed to slavery. • Strong concern for local interests. • Abolitionist who inspired many to act. • A tax placed on imported or exported goods. • A system where people are treated as property. • To formally rebel, or go against a government. • An economy run on paid labor and manufacturing. • Leader of the confederacy during the Civil War. • ...

The civil bar and grill 2021-12-01

The civil bar and grill crossword puzzle
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  1. was the south's last weapon
  2. the Georgia capital
  3. Lincoln the president during the civil war
  4. the north was called this during the civil war
  5. the south was called this during the civil war
  6. an army of citizens used during emergencies
  7. used to transport materials for war
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  1. When a person is murdered for political reasons or views
  2. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
  3. this was a big reason for the civil war
  4. the north was trying to block the south's materials
  5. A soldier that was wounded or killed during battle
  6. when countries don't get along so the fight
  7. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket
  8. Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars
  9. A nickname given to people in the South for supporting the Confederate States
  10. used to describe people who supported the Union
  11. the name of the war the south and north were fighting

18 Clues: the Georgia capital • was the south's last weapon • used to transport materials for war • this was a big reason for the civil war • Lincoln the president during the civil war • when countries don't get along so the fight • an army of citizens used during emergencies • the north was called this during the civil war • the south was called this during the civil war • ...

Civil War 2026-04-20

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. courthouse where Lee surrendered ending the Civil War
  2. bloodiest day of Civil War; Union victory
  3. president of the Confederacy
  4. first major battle of the Civil War; Confederate victory
  5. Union general whose march to the sea burned down Atlanta
  6. supreme commander of the Confederate forces
  7. presidential order freeing all slaves in the Confederacy
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  1. supreme commander of the Union forces
  2. states that seceded from the Union
  3. where the Civil War began
  4. Confederate general nicknamed Stonewall
  5. siege of city giving Union control of the Mississippi River
  6. president of the Union
  7. turning point of Civil War; Union victory

14 Clues: president of the Union • where the Civil War began • president of the Confederacy • states that seceded from the Union • supreme commander of the Union forces • Confederate general nicknamed Stonewall • bloodiest day of Civil War; Union victory • turning point of Civil War; Union victory • supreme commander of the Confederate forces • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-02-11

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the south
  2. made ending slavery the goal
  3. main Confederate general
  4. president of the US
  5. destroyed everything on his "March to Sea"
  6. Civil War is a "Second American Rev."
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  1. the end of the Civil War
  2. spark of the Civil War
  3. the turning point of the Civil War
  4. the anti-slavery party
  5. the pro-slavery party
  6. the north
  7. main Union general
  8. first state to secede

14 Clues: the south • the north • main Union general • president of the US • the pro-slavery party • first state to secede • spark of the Civil War • the anti-slavery party • the end of the Civil War • main Confederate general • made ending slavery the goal • the turning point of the Civil War • Civil War is a "Second American Rev." • destroyed everything on his "March to Sea"

Civil War Crossword 2026-04-19

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Capital of the Confederate States of America
  2. U.S. President during Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  3. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  4. Central cause of the war
  5. The group of Southern states that seceded from the U.S. during the Civil War
  6. First shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort
  7. Northern democrats who were opposed to the war and wanted peace with Confederate states
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  1. Union victory where the Northern states gained the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy
  2. Union General known for his "March to the Sea"
  3. Where the First Battle of Bull Run, or first Civil War battle took place
  4. The name of the Union's plan and strategy against the South
  5. Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
  6. These type of states (Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri) had slavery but stayed in the Union
  7. The group of Northern states that won the Civil War

14 Clues: Central cause of the war • Bloodiest battle of the Civil War • Capital of the Confederate States of America • Union General known for his "March to the Sea" • The group of Northern states that won the Civil War • First shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort • Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia • ...

Civil War Crossword (Preston Gilmer) 2023-02-22

Civil War Crossword (Preston Gilmer) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The deadliest single day battle in AMerican history
  2. To withdraw from a country
  3. The first battle in the war with actual combat
  4. States that allowed slavery but were still in the Union
  5. Another word for the North during the civil war
  6. Winner of the 1860 election
  7. A plan created by Union General Winfield Scott that planned to surround the south
  8. First Battle of the Civil War
  9. The bloodiest battle in the Civil War
  10. The act of setting free (proclamation)
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  1. previously enslaved people
  2. Famous speech given by Abe Lincoln after the battle of Gettysburg
  3. The amount of Confederate states
  4. The average height of a civil war soldier (____foot_____)
  5. The Union general who forced Robert Lee to surrender
  6. First state to leave the union
  7. The confederate general who surrendered at Appotomax
  8. Discrimination based off of someone's race
  9. The amount of states in the Union
  10. He lead the march to capture Atlanta destroying everything in his path

20 Clues: previously enslaved people • To withdraw from a country • Winner of the 1860 election • First Battle of the Civil War • First state to leave the union • The amount of Confederate states • The amount of states in the Union • The bloodiest battle in the Civil War • The act of setting free (proclamation) • Discrimination based off of someone's race • ...

Create a cross word History chapter 15 2023-05-11

Create a cross word History chapter 15 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when a president is questioned to see if they should be kicked out of office
  2. A nickname for the Northern people.
  3. Worked for American and eventually becoming a general
  4. A pardonfor officails
  5. A secraty of war Lincoin hired
  6. A U.S secretary for the states
  7. Leting people of color to vote
  8. A white supremacy group trying to suppress African American groups
  9. was the reconstruction of the South after the civil war
Down
  1. worked as state Assembly man
  2. equal rights for African Americans
  3. Rules for African American before the 14th amendment
  4. Gave black people a voice in the goverment
  5. A African American freed after the 13th amendment
  6. the way to help rebuild the states affected in the civil war
  7. Ending slavery
  8. a place reconstructed after the civil war
  9. a landlord would give land in exchange for crops
  10. A plan to reconstruct the southern areas in affected by the civil war
  11. a white southern group who supported the reconstruction

20 Clues: Ending slavery • A pardonfor officails • worked as state Assembly man • A secraty of war Lincoin hired • A U.S secretary for the states • Leting people of color to vote • equal rights for African Americans • A nickname for the Northern people. • a place reconstructed after the civil war • Gave black people a voice in the goverment • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-05-24

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Address Lincoln's most famous wartime speech
  2. President who was elected in following the Compromise of 1877
  3. The Free-Soilers wanted to abolish slavery on the basis of morals (True or False)
  4. The party of the South (populist)
  5. Anti-elitist
  6. The new party of the North created in 1854
  7. Lincoln's vice president and preceding president
  8. Crow an era of racist laws designed to preserve the pre-Civil War social order
  9. Pre-Civil War era
  10. The right to self-representation
Down
  1. Farm-based
  2. the practice of renting land for the cost of crop yields
  3. Period following the Civil War
  4. The party of the North
  5. Sitting president during the Civil War
  6. Bureau Agency established to help freed slaves after the war
  7. South A new image of the South sought by the southern Redeemers
  8. Partisan / divided

18 Clues: Farm-based • Anti-elitist • Pre-Civil War era • Partisan / divided • The party of the North • Period following the Civil War • The right to self-representation • The party of the South (populist) • Sitting president during the Civil War • The new party of the North created in 1854 • Address Lincoln's most famous wartime speech • Lincoln's vice president and preceding president • ...

Desert 2016-12-12

Desert crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name of the northern army.
  2. General of the Confederate Army.
  3. Commander that lead the March to the Sea.
  4. The President of the United States at the time of the Civil War.
  5. The South's strategy to defeat the south.
  6. The worst battle the Confederacy saw. It was a big loss.
  7. Unions destroy Georgia all the way to Savannah.
  8. Marked the end of a Union offensive in south eastern Tennessee.
  9. Ships that were new to war and were made of iron
  10. The first major battle of the Civil War.
  11. Confederate prisoner of war camp. Known for how bad it is.
Down
  1. The single bloodiest day of the Civil War.
  2. The name of the southern army.
  3. States that didn't succeeded from the Union but didn't want to give up slavery.
  4. A very important abolitionist. A previous slave.
  5. Document saying that all slaves in rebellious.
  6. General of the Union Army.
  7. The first battle of the Civil War.
  8. The North's strategy to defeat the south.
  9. It was huge Industrial center in the south.

20 Clues: General of the Union Army. • The name of the southern army. • The name of the northern army. • General of the Confederate Army. • The first battle of the Civil War. • The first major battle of the Civil War. • Commander that lead the March to the Sea. • The South's strategy to defeat the south. • The North's strategy to defeat the south. • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-14

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The turning point of the American Civil War where the Union took a victory.
  2. 16th President of the United States from 1861-1865
  3. the government of the 11 Southern states seceded from the Union.
  4. The executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln that stated all slaves shall be free.
  5. A naval battle during the American Civil War also known as the Battle of Hampton Roads
  6. the 18th president of the US who served from 1869-1877
Down
  1. The actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
  2. the bloodiest one-day battle of the American Civil War
  3. the overall commander of the Confederate States Army
  4. July 21, 1861; first major land battle of the American Civil War
  5. One of the most famous US military leaders in US history who has a tree named after him.
  6. a military strategy to create a naval blockade around the Confederate States.
  7. The failed plan to cut off cotton supply to Britain and France during the American Civil War
  8. The location where the American Civil War ended.
  9. War a fight between states supporting the federal union and southern states.

15 Clues: The actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. • The location where the American Civil War ended. • 16th President of the United States from 1861-1865 • the overall commander of the Confederate States Army • the bloodiest one-day battle of the American Civil War • the 18th president of the US who served from 1869-1877 • ...

Civil War 2024-04-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What was the union's strategy
  2. Who was the first state to leave
  3. Largest battle
  4. Confederate's capital
  5. City that was under Siege for over a year
  6. The longest battle
  7. President at the time
  8. A submarine that always sank.
  9. Name of the union's blockade
  10. General for the Confedertacy
Down
  1. General for the Union
  2. Union's capital
  3. Shortest battle
  4. Who attacked Fortsumter
  5. Who was a slave pilot that freed him self
  6. let freed slaves join the army
  7. The last battle of the civil war
  8. First conflict of the civil war
  9. The first major set back for the confederates
  10. The general that waged total war
  11. Who won the civil war

21 Clues: Largest battle • Union's capital • Shortest battle • The longest battle • General for the Union • Confederate's capital • President at the time • Who won the civil war • Who attacked Fortsumter • Name of the union's blockade • General for the Confedertacy • What was the union's strategy • A submarine that always sank. • let freed slaves join the army • First conflict of the civil war • ...

History final 2025-12-17

History final crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Government ruled by a king or queen
  2. Territories controlled by imperial powers
  3. President during the Civil War
  4. Central workplace of industrialization
  5. FDR’s economic recovery programs
  6. Period after the Civil War
  7. Policy of extending power through colonies
  8. Movement to end slavery
  9. Refers to the Industrial Revolution
  10. President during the Great Depression
  11. Northern states during the Civil War
  12. Global wars of the early 20th century
  13. Government ruled by the people
Down
  1. Severe economic downturn of the 1930s
  2. U.S. war from 1861–1865
  3. Supreme law of the United States
  4. Right to vote
  5. Act of freeing enslaved people
  6. Forced labor system
  7. Major political or social change.

20 Clues: Right to vote • Forced labor system • U.S. war from 1861–1865 • Movement to end slavery • Period after the Civil War • President during the Civil War • Act of freeing enslaved people • Government ruled by the people • Supreme law of the United States • FDR’s economic recovery programs • Major political or social change. • Government ruled by a king or queen • ...

Civil War 2018-11-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of the North’s strengths during the war was that it had a ______ population.
  2. Recent immigrants in ____ ____ responded to the draft laws by rioting.
  3. Part of the Union’s strategy for winning the Civil War was to take control of the _______ River.
  4. The Emancipation Proclamation broadened the Union’s goals to include ending _____.
  5. The percentage of US Factory Production that was in Union territory in the Civil War.
  6. A tax on the money people earned.
  7. The North’s official goal at the start of the Civil War was to preserve the _________.
  8. Someone in the North could avoid the draft by paying $ _____.
  9. To be freed.
  10. President of the Confederacy.
  11. Small southern farmers resented the draft laws because men who owned more than ___ slaves were exempt.
  12. Approximately 620 ________ men died as a result of the US Civil War.
  13. Name given Northerners who did not support the war.
Down
  1. One of the strengths of the South during the war, was they had the best __________.
  2. What percentage of the country’s population lived in Union States?
  3. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
  4. The outstanding performance of nurses during the war led to more jobs for _________.
  5. Four “Southern” states that decided to remain in the Union.
  6. Rule by the army.
  7. Targeting civilians: destroying anything useful to the enemy.
  8. Right to a hearing before being jailed.
  9. rise in prices and decrease in the value of money.
  10. Charged excessive prices for goods that the government needed for war.
  11. The __________ in the Civil war had a stronger navy and merchant fleet.
  12. A military encirclement, blockade, bombardment forcing surrender.
  13. Required all males between 20 and 45 to serve in the military.

26 Clues: To be freed. • Rule by the army. • President of the Confederacy. • A tax on the money people earned. • Right to a hearing before being jailed. • Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation? • rise in prices and decrease in the value of money. • Name given Northerners who did not support the war. • Four “Southern” states that decided to remain in the Union. • ...

Civil War 2018-11-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The North’s official goal at the start of the Civil War was to preserve the _________.
  2. Required all males between 20 and 45 to serve in the military.
  3. Someone in the North could avoid the draft by paying $ _____.
  4. Rule by the army.
  5. President of the Confederacy.
  6. The outstanding performance of nurses during the war led to more jobs for _________.
  7. Part of the Union’s strategy for winning the Civil War was to take control of the _______ River.
  8. The __________ in the Civil war had a stronger navy and merchant fleet.
  9. To be freed.
  10. Targeting civilians: destroying anything useful to the enemy.
  11. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
  12. Recent immigrants in ____ ____ responded to the draft laws by rioting.
Down
  1. The percentage of US Factory Production that was in Union territory in the Civil War.
  2. Charged excessive prices for goods that the government needed for war.
  3. Four “Southern” states that decided to remain in the Union.
  4. The Emancipation Proclamation broadened the Union’s goals to include ending _____.
  5. Small southern farmers resented the draft laws because men who owned more than ___ slaves were exempt.
  6. Name given Northerners who did not support the war.
  7. Right to a hearing before being jailed.
  8. What percentage of the country’s population lived in Union States?
  9. A military encirclement, blockade, bombardment forcing surrender.
  10. One of the strengths of the South during the war, was they had the best __________.
  11. A tax on the money people earned.
  12. rise in prices and decrease in the value of money.
  13. Approximately 620 ________ men died as a result of the US Civil War.
  14. One of the North’s strengths during the war was that it had a ______ population.

26 Clues: To be freed. • Rule by the army. • President of the Confederacy. • A tax on the money people earned. • Right to a hearing before being jailed. • Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation? • rise in prices and decrease in the value of money. • Name given Northerners who did not support the war. • Four “Southern” states that decided to remain in the Union. • ...