civil war Crossword Puzzles

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 • ...

the civil war 2024-04-12

the civil war crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

Civil War Crossword 2020-10-01

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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 2024-04-12

Civil war crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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 2024-02-23

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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 • ...

Civil War 2023-05-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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 • ...

Civil War Crossword 2015-03-01

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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 2022-02-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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 • ...

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

American Civil War, 1861-1865 crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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 2023-02-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  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 • ...

Abraham Lincoln 2022-02-10

Abraham Lincoln crossword puzzle
Across
  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

Unit 9 Crossword 2016-04-24

Unit 9 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

Civil War 2019-10-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  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 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 • ...

Women Soldiers in the Civil War 2023-05-09

Women Soldiers in the Civil War crossword puzzle
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  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 2022-03-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  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? • ...

civil war 2023-04-14

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  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? • ...

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"

American History 2021-10-14

American History crossword puzzle
Across
  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
Across
  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 • ...

The American Civil War 2022-10-17

The American Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  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. • ...

qazwsxedc 2023-02-16

qazwsxedc crossword puzzle
Across
  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 2018-11-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  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
Across
  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. • ...

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 • ...

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 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. • ...

Desert 2016-12-12

Desert crossword puzzle
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  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.
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  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 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
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  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
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  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
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  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 Crossword (Preston Gilmer) 2023-02-22

Civil War Crossword (Preston Gilmer) crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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 • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-14

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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 Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-12

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Area of the country housing the Confederacy
  2. Union Army Commanding General
  3. Speech that Lincoln gave after the battle of Gettysburg
  4. The time period where the South was rebuilt after the war
  5. The battle that marked the end of the civil war; Robert E Lee surrendered here
  6. Lincoln declared all slaves freed in this document
  7. The line that separated free states from slave states during the civil war
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  1. President of the CSA during the civil war
  2. Marked a turning point in the war for the union as they gained control of the Mississippi River
  3. General in Chief of the CSA army
  4. What the south did when they left the union
  5. Capital of the CSA
  6. Bloodiest day in the civil war
  7. President of the United States during the civil war
  8. Area of the country housing the Union

15 Clues: Capital of the CSA • Union Army Commanding General • Bloodiest day in the civil war • General in Chief of the CSA army • Area of the country housing the Union • President of the CSA during the civil war • Area of the country housing the Confederacy • What the south did when they left the union • Lincoln declared all slaves freed in this document • ...

civil war crossword 2024-04-11

civil war crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what war was fought
  2. what each side wore
  3. ___ e. lee
  4. fights between the north and south
  5. soldiers bag
  6. _____ grant
  7. the south
  8. what did they do to win the battles
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  1. what type of plants did they make a good profit of
  2. what did slaves work on
  3. not dead but ___
  4. who worked on the plantations
  5. what the soldiers rode on
  6. fort that started the civil war
  7. what gun did they use to fight
  8. the civil war stared
  9. the north
  10. artillery on wheels
  11. what slaves wanted
  12. month the year started

20 Clues: the north • the south • ___ e. lee • _____ grant • soldiers bag • not dead but ___ • what slaves wanted • what war was fought • what each side wore • artillery on wheels • the civil war stared • month the year started • what did slaves work on • what the soldiers rode on • who worked on the plantations • what gun did they use to fight • fort that started the civil war • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2025-04-14

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Confederate capital city.
  2. New state created because 1/2 wanted to secede.
  3. Union army leader (3 words).
  4. Confederate President (2 words)
  5. How many years did the Civil War last?
  6. Union uniform color.
  7. Confederate uniform color.
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  1. The north.
  2. The South.
  3. Famous confederate ironclad ship named after a state
  4. First state to secede (2 words).
  5. Turning point battle in the Civil War.
  6. Confederate Army Leader (3 words.
  7. Famous Union ironclad ship during the Civil War.
  8. Four score and __________ years ago.
  9. First shots of the Civil War were fired here (2 words).

16 Clues: The north. • The South. • Union uniform color. • Confederate capital city. • Confederate uniform color. • Union army leader (3 words). • Confederate President (2 words) • First state to secede (2 words). • Confederate Army Leader (3 words. • Four score and __________ years ago. • Turning point battle in the Civil War. • How many years did the Civil War last? • ...

Civil War Crossword 2025-04-11

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Confederate capital city.
  2. New state created because 1/2 wanted to secede.
  3. Union army leader (3 words).
  4. Confederate President (2 words)
  5. How many years did the Civil War last?
  6. Union uniform color.
  7. Confederate uniform color.
Down
  1. The north.
  2. The South.
  3. Famous confederate ironclad ship named after a state
  4. First state to secede (2 words).
  5. Turning point battle in the Civil War.
  6. Confederate Army Leader (3 words.
  7. Famous Union ironclad ship during the Civil War.
  8. Four score and __________ years ago.
  9. First shots of the Civil War were fired here (2 words).

16 Clues: The north. • The South. • Union uniform color. • Confederate capital city. • Confederate uniform color. • Union army leader (3 words). • Confederate President (2 words) • First state to secede (2 words). • Confederate Army Leader (3 words. • Four score and __________ years ago. • Turning point battle in the Civil War. • How many years did the Civil War last? • ...

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. • ...

Civil War 2021-11-10

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one of the nation's worst presidents
  2. created the first generation of American mental asylums
  3. “The Great Compromiser”
  4. hero of the Mexican War who had represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives
  5. a Union general during the Civil War
  6. commanded the US Army garrison of Fort Sumter at the outbreak of the American Civil War
  7. fought in Bleeding Kansas, he was eventually captured and executed
  8. a slave and social activist who served several masters before suing for his freedom
  9. major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
  10. American abolitionist who helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad
  11. a lecturer for the American Anti-Slavery Society
  12. commanded the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Chickamauga and the Battles for Chattanooga
  13. known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
  14. sixth president of the United States
  15. accepted command of the first all-black regiment in the Northeast
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  1. started an abolitionist paper, The Liberator
  2. leader in the abolitionist movement
  3. founded the American Red Cross
  4. helped ease border tensions with Britain through negotiations of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty in 1842
  5. convicted of being the leader of "the rising"
  6. notable for his leadership in the Mexican–American War
  7. a senior Union officer during the American Civil War
  8. Confederate general who led the South's attempt at secession during the Civil War
  9. espoused the cause of popular sovereignty in relation to the issue of slavery in the territories before the Civil War
  10. a Confederate general under Robert E. Lee
  11. born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom
  12. First Lady of the United States
  13. led the bloodiest slave rebellion in American history
  14. 16th president
  15. assassinated President Abraham Lincoln

30 Clues: 16th president • “The Great Compromiser” • founded the American Red Cross • First Lady of the United States • leader in the abolitionist movement • one of the nation's worst presidents • a Union general during the Civil War • sixth president of the United States • known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin • assassinated President Abraham Lincoln • ...

Reconstruction Review Part I 2024-03-20

Reconstruction Review Part I crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Political Party of Andrew Johnson
  2. Senator that was a Radical Republican and got beat with a cane in Congress
  3. Animal you got with 40 Acres program
  4. War between two groups of the same country
  5. Lincoln's goal for the Civil War
  6. What happened to Lincoln
  7. Amendment that freed enslaved people
  8. The process to try and throw out an elected person
  9. Group/Bureau that gave help after the Civil War
  10. Rules only for African Americans (2 words)
  11. Fee to vote( 2 words)
  12. Amendment that gave the right to vote to Black Men
  13. Republicans that fought to change the South
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  1. Right to vote
  2. President after Lincoln (last name)
  3. Power of a President to get anyone out of prison sentence
  4. Rule that said you could only vote if your grandfather was free (2 words)
  5. Era after the Civil War
  6. Amendment that gave citizenship
  7. Keeping people from voting
  8. Right to vote
  9. Latin word for pre-war
  10. Test to get to vote (another word for reading)

23 Clues: Right to vote • Right to vote • Fee to vote( 2 words) • Latin word for pre-war • Era after the Civil War • What happened to Lincoln • Keeping people from voting • Amendment that gave citizenship • Lincoln's goal for the Civil War • Political Party of Andrew Johnson • President after Lincoln (last name) • Animal you got with 40 Acres program • Amendment that freed enslaved people • ...

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

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

20 Clues: To withdraw from a country • previously enslaved people • 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 • ...

Civil War 2025-05-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. the turning point of the war and the most casualties
  2. the __________ proclamation freed slaves in the south
  3. the main cash crop of the south during the civil war
  4. The southern general that won numerous victories early during the civil war
  5. the river the North wanted to split the south in half
  6. the movie 8th grade EMS students will watch about the 54th Massachusetts
  7. the plan that would blockade the South
  8. president elected in 1860.
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  1. president of the south
  2. The first shots fired in the civil war were at Fort ____________.
  3. the process of removing a limb to stop infection
  4. the number one killer of the civil war
  5. A famous abolitionist, Frederick _______________.
  6. The nickname for soldiers in the North
  7. the bloodiest single day in the civil war

15 Clues: president of the south • president elected in 1860. • the number one killer of the civil war • The nickname for soldiers in the North • the plan that would blockade the South • the bloodiest single day in the civil war • the process of removing a limb to stop infection • A famous abolitionist, Frederick _______________. • ...

Civil War 2021-08-31

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The state where the Battle of Bull Run took place
  2. Union outpost in Charleston Harbor
  3. The ____ plan was a Union stategy to conquer the South
  4. The ____ played a big role in transporting goods and soldiers
  5. President of the Confederate States of America
  6. When some states seceded from the Union, they came together to form the ____ states of America.
  7. ___ states seceded from the United States of America
  8. The supreme general for the Union
  9. An American nurse who founded the Red Cross
  10. ____ states included Kentucky,Missiouri, Maryland,and Delaware
  11. The first battle of the Civil War
  12. When states leave the Union
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  1. the winner of the Civil War
  2. Commander of the Confederate States Army
  3. Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
  4. ____ were people who believed slavery should be abolished
  5. Major Union general in the war, who later became the 24th governer of New Jersey.
  6. President of the United States of America
  7. The main cause of the Civil War
  8. The Civil War lasted for ____ years
  9. Thomas Jackson gained the nickname "______ Jackson"
  10. Unlike the technology in the North, the South was more based on _____
  11. Northern civilians had a _____ during the battle of Bull Run
  12. The Civil War was between the Confederacy and the ____

24 Clues: the winner of the Civil War • When states leave the Union • The main cause of the Civil War • The supreme general for the Union • The first battle of the Civil War • Union outpost in Charleston Harbor • The Civil War lasted for ____ years • Commander of the Confederate States Army • President of the United States of America • An American nurse who founded the Red Cross • ...

Civil War 2022-01-21

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. bloodiest battle of Civil War fought in Georgia
  2. Main general of the Union
  3. part of the anaconda plan; the ships the union put in southern harbors to strangle them economically
  4. confederate prison camp in Georgia with awful treatment of the prisoners
  5. the march sherman made to savannah once he retook atlanta, burning everything along the way
  6. one of the Union's main generals
  7. president of the Union during the civil war
  8. the south was crippled during the war because it wasn't this
  9. the bloodiest battle of the civil war
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  1. the campaign sherman led to take atlanta
  2. large confederate industrial hub
  3. the proclamation that freed the slaves and gave a justified reason for the Union to fight
  4. main general of the confederacy
  5. the ships the confederacy used to pass through the blockade set by the union
  6. the main reason the civil war started
  7. president of the confederacy during the civil war

16 Clues: Main general of the Union • main general of the confederacy • large confederate industrial hub • one of the Union's main generals • the main reason the civil war started • the bloodiest battle of the civil war • the campaign sherman led to take atlanta • president of the Union during the civil war • bloodiest battle of Civil War fought in Georgia • ...

Unit 5: Civil War & Reconstruction 2022-04-29

Unit 5: Civil War & Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. Last name of President during Civil War
  2. Amendment that ended slavery in America
  3. Laws passed in the south that attempted to restrict the rights of newly freed African Americans
  4. Famous book that exposed the horrors of slavery
  5. Direction in which manifest destiny was achieved in 1800s America
  6. First name of Civil War President
  7. 1863 document signed that freed all slaves in confederate states
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  1. 15th amendment granted African American men the right to ________
  2. Southern states had slaves to work, northern states had ___________
  3. What people who fought against slavery were called
  4. Amendment that guaranteed equal protection under the law and birthright citizenship
  5. Southern economy during and before the Civil War was based on
  6. State that had armed conflicts prior to the Civil War over the question of slavery
  7. Famous abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad
  8. Main cause of the Civil War
  9. Country that gave up land including California lost in war

16 Clues: Main cause of the Civil War • First name of Civil War President • Last name of President during Civil War • Amendment that ended slavery in America • Famous book that exposed the horrors of slavery • What people who fought against slavery were called • Country that gave up land including California lost in war • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-02-15

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The States that seceded from the Confederate
  2. The turning point of the war
  3. Arranged for the present as a temporary measure.
  4. The most famous Civil War nurse
  5. Required enlistment for service, usually in the military.
  6. The belief one is different because of their identification of race and treated unfairly because of it.
  7. An act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
  8. Formerly enslaved people who have been emancipated.
  9. The name of the house the south surrendered in
  10. It allowed planters to export cotton, tobacco, and other cash crops.
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  1. The first battle of the Civil War
  2. The first state to secede
  3. The Northern States nickname
  4. The Southern States nickname
  5. An enslaved black person who either escaped or was transported across Union lines during the civil war.
  6. The President during the Civil War
  7. An opinion or judgement made before the facts are known, not based on actual experience or reason.
  8. The strategy used by the union
  9. How many years the war lasted
  10. The proclamation that freed all slaves in the southern states

20 Clues: The first state to secede • The turning point of the war • The Northern States nickname • The Southern States nickname • How many years the war lasted • The strategy used by the union • The most famous Civil War nurse • The first battle of the Civil War • The President during the Civil War • The States that seceded from the Confederate • ...

Civil War 2025-04-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
  2. This killed most of the people during the civil war
  3. a national legislative body
  4. a league or alliance, especially of confederate states
  5. Owning other people to work for you
  6. the action or fact of joining or being joined
  7. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution
  8. Joined by agreement or treaty
  9. Relating or agreeing with other people
  10. occurring or existing before a particular war
  11. large caliber guns used in warfare on land
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  1. Places that would build things for the war
  2. The only woman killed in the civil War
  3. This president had the most amount of slaves
  4. the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions
  5. this place is where most Americans died at
  6. an area of land owned by a state
  7. The first person that was killed in the civil war
  8. People that had worked, been owned, and would be traded
  9. a person killed or injured in a war or accident

20 Clues: a national legislative body • Joined by agreement or treaty • an area of land owned by a state • Owning other people to work for you • The only woman killed in the civil War • Relating or agreeing with other people • Places that would build things for the war • this place is where most Americans died at • large caliber guns used in warfare on land • ...

Civil War 2018-11-06

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

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 Station 8 2023-04-26

Civil War Station 8 crossword puzzle
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  1. an escaped slave who joined the Union army during the Civil War
  2. a warship that is heavily armored with iron
  3. a union victory in the civil war that marked the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. military history.
  4. the first major battle of the Civil War that resulted in a Confederate victory and showed that the Civil War would not be won easily.
  5. He was an American soldier but he refused to head the Union Army and agreed to lead the Confederate forces. He was a major leader for the Confederate soldiers.
  6. freeing of the slaves
  7. the constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
  8. a federal outpost that was attacked by the Confederate soldiers that sparked the Civil War.
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  1. 18th president of the U.S and was a lieutenant general in charge of Union forces during the Civil War.
  2. a battle in which the Confederate army forced most of the Union army out of Virginia.
  3. a civil war battle in which the Union army gained greater control over the Mississippi River valley.
  4. a group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War
  5. an order issued by Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves.
  6. slave states that lay between the North and the South and did not join the Confederacy during the Civil War

14 Clues: freeing of the slaves • a warship that is heavily armored with iron • an order issued by Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves. • the constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment • an escaped slave who joined the Union army during the Civil War • a battle in which the Confederate army forced most of the Union army out of Virginia. • ...

Nick's Civil War Vocab Crossword 2020-02-19

Nick's Civil War Vocab Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Union general and officer
  2. steam frigate for the war
  3. Union general in civil war; became President
  4. Union general defeated by Rob E. Lee
  5. former representative and senator
  6. navy warship built for the civil war
  7. Confederate general, sub of Rob E. Lee
  8. Union general until fired by A. Lincoln
  9. Southern battle, Union won
  10. former President of the confederate states
  11. town in Virginia
  12. freed all slaves
  13. Union general, "______ Ride"
  14. city in Mississippi
  15. capital of Georgia
  16. first major battle, Confederate won
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  1. Cherokee leader, Confederate ally
  2. town in Pennsylvania
  3. where the civil war started
  4. Confederate general; known for initials
  5. Confederate general, best known for charging
  6. in Tennessee, Union won
  7. plan to surround the Confederate
  8. created the term "sideburn"
  9. professor in Maine and Union general
  10. Confederate general
  11. a Confederate soldier from 1862-1865
  12. prison camp
  13. President during the civil war
  14. Union general; businessman
  15. navy flag officer, Union

31 Clues: prison camp • town in Virginia • freed all slaves • capital of Georgia • Confederate general • city in Mississippi • town in Pennsylvania • in Tennessee, Union won • navy flag officer, Union • Union general and officer • steam frigate for the war • Southern battle, Union won • Union general; businessman • where the civil war started • created the term "sideburn" • Union general, "______ Ride" • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2025-04-30

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Confederate capital city.
  2. New state created because 1/2 wanted to secede.
  3. Union army leader (3 words).
  4. Confederate President (2 words)
  5. How many years did the Civil War last?
  6. Union uniform color.
  7. Confederate uniform color.
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  1. The north.
  2. The South.
  3. Famous confederate ironclad ship named after a state
  4. First state to secede (2 words).
  5. Turning point battle in the Civil War.
  6. Confederate Army Leader (3 words.
  7. Famous Union ironclad ship during the Civil War.
  8. Four score and __________ years ago.
  9. First shots of the Civil War were fired here (2 words).

16 Clues: The north. • The South. • Union uniform color. • Confederate capital city. • Confederate uniform color. • Union army leader (3 words). • Confederate President (2 words) • First state to secede (2 words). • Confederate Army Leader (3 words. • Four score and __________ years ago. • Turning point battle in the Civil War. • How many years did the Civil War last? • ...

Civil War 2022-05-04

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Four _______ and seven years ago
  2. Union general fired for not chasing after Lee
  3. Union general who forced Lee to surrender
  4. Lee surrendered at ____________ Court House.
  5. US President during Civil War
  6. Confederate general Robert E. _______
  7. Confederate president Jefferson ________
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  1. Name for the South during Civil War
  2. Emancipation ___________ freed southern slaves
  3. Confederate general __________ Jackson was shot by his own men.
  4. Battle in ___________, PA was a turning point in the war.
  5. Name for the North during Civil War
  6. Battle of __________ was bloodiest day during Civil War
  7. Gettysburg _________
  8. 1st and 2nd Battle of ______ Run were won by the South

15 Clues: Gettysburg _________ • US President during Civil War • Four _______ and seven years ago • Name for the South during Civil War • Name for the North during Civil War • Confederate general Robert E. _______ • Confederate president Jefferson ________ • Union general who forced Lee to surrender • Lee surrendered at ____________ Court House. • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-02-17

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a union soldiers nickname
  2. general for the union
  3. fort that was made of palm tree trucks
  4. the leader of sherman's march to sea
  5. to formally withdraw
  6. the first battle of Civil War
  7. Famous speech that Abrraham Lincoln said
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  1. the president in the civil war
  2. african american that worked on plantations
  3. the war between the union and confederate
  4. before the war
  5. south
  6. weapon used in the civil war
  7. north
  8. turning point in the war

15 Clues: south • north • before the war • to formally withdraw • general for the union • turning point in the war • a union soldiers nickname • weapon used in the civil war • the first battle of Civil War • the president in the civil war • the leader of sherman's march to sea • fort that was made of palm tree trucks • Famous speech that Abrraham Lincoln said • ...

Unit 9 Civil War Review 2024-04-30

Unit 9 Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Battle that was Lee's last attack on the north.
  2. Name for the plan by General Scott to win the Civil War for the North.
  3. What was the main cause of the Civil War?
  4. Which Ferry did John Brown raid to arm slaves in a failed rebellion.
  5. Word that describes the base of the Northern economy before the Civil War.
  6. Which Union general burned a path from Atlanta to Savanah? (Last name only)
  7. "One Free, Always Free" was the argument of whose Supreme Court case? (First and last name)
  8. Word that describes the base of the Southern economy before the Civil War.
  9. Fort lost that started the Civil War.
  10. The ______ _______ Act caused abolitionists in the North to warn escaped slaves to avoid police.
  11. The term for each area of the country having different interests.
  12. Legal right suspended by both Lincoln and Davis to control criticism of the war.
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  1. What was the name for the violence that the Kansas-Nebraska Act caused?
  2. The one thing the Confederacy had that was an advantage over the North.
  3. Last name of the only Confederate President.
  4. Lincoln referred to slavery in his 1st Inaugural as a "______ Institution".
  5. Multiple political parties joined the Republican Party to stop what regarding slavery.
  6. What industry made Florida side with the Confederacy?
  7. Other than salt, what did Florida supply the Confederate Army with?
  8. Courthouse where Lee surrendered to Grant.
  9. Name of the first real battle of the Civil War. (Just the name not the number)

21 Clues: Fort lost that started the Civil War. • What was the main cause of the Civil War? • Courthouse where Lee surrendered to Grant. • Last name of the only Confederate President. • Battle that was Lee's last attack on the north. • What industry made Florida side with the Confederacy? • The term for each area of the country having different interests. • ...

Civil War Test Prep 2025-11-10

Civil War Test Prep crossword puzzle
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  1. new type of weapon during the war
  2. shot & killed Lincoln
  3. important "compromise" in the 1850s is named after this state
  4. he burned down Atlanta on his march to the sea
  5. sued for the right to ride on the white person's train car
  6. the main cause of fighting in the Civil War
  7. new type of weapon during the war
  8. Lincoln's killer was one of these
  9. name of the fort where the Civil War broke out
  10. all of them can vote now thanks to the 15th amendment
  11. site of brutal 3 day battle in Pennsylvania, big Union victory
  12. general of the North
  13. The South had better these
  14. amendment that ended slavery
  15. main issue of Plessy v Ferguson
  16. President of the South during the Civil War
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  1. President of the North during the Civil War
  2. famous speech by Lincoln where he freed the slaves in slave states
  3. angry confederate soldiers formed this hate group
  4. slaves escaping to the North had to return to the South because of this law
  5. all slaves are these now thanks to the 14th amendment
  6. The North had more of these
  7. many wounded soldiers faced this in the Civil War
  8. this phrase came out of Plessy v Ferguson case
  9. The North had more of this
  10. The South had better these
  11. if your wound smelled like old cheese, it meant it had developed this type of infection
  12. another main cause of fighting in the Civil War
  13. Lincoln was here when he was shot
  14. general of the South
  15. new type of weapon during the war
  16. forced service in the military

32 Clues: general of the North • general of the South • shot & killed Lincoln • The North had more of this • The South had better these • The South had better these • The North had more of these • amendment that ended slavery • forced service in the military • main issue of Plessy v Ferguson • new type of weapon during the war • new type of weapon during the war • ...

civil war crossword 2024-04-11

civil war crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. what war was fought
  2. what each side wore
  3. ___ e. lee
  4. fights between the north and south
  5. soldiers bag
  6. _____ grant
  7. the south
  8. what did they do to win the battles
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  1. what type of plants did they make a good profit of
  2. what did slaves work on
  3. not dead but ___
  4. who worked on the plantations
  5. what the soldiers rode on
  6. fort that started the civil war
  7. what gun did they use to fight
  8. the civil war stared
  9. the north
  10. artillery on wheels
  11. what slaves wanted
  12. month the year started

20 Clues: the north • the south • ___ e. lee • _____ grant • soldiers bag • not dead but ___ • what slaves wanted • what war was fought • what each side wore • artillery on wheels • the civil war stared • month the year started • what did slaves work on • what the soldiers rode on • who worked on the plantations • what gun did they use to fight • fort that started the civil war • ...

Civil War Dylan Dela Cruz 2017-02-14

Civil War Dylan Dela Cruz crossword puzzle
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  1. commander of the confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865.
  2. south.
  3. seperated from a state so they would not secceed from the union.
  4. Emancipation Proclamation enabled to change the status of slaves in what part of the U.S.?
  5. which side does Ulysses S. Grant command?
  6. known as one the major achievements of the war; sabotage enemy infrastructure,disrupts confederate economy and transportation networks.
  7. president of the U.S. and processed the Emancipation Proclamation.
  8. The ________ court house is the site of the confederate surrender.
  9. northern's main money maker.
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  1. withdrawal from a union
  2. civil war starts here.
  3. first and only president of the Confederate States of America.
  4. key point that is an advantage of the war.
  5. three-part strategy to win the civil war.
  6. drafting of civilians to serve in the Army.
  7. court order that says that a person who is jailed to appear before the court to determine he or she is being jailed.
  8. union victory in mississippi
  9. turning point of the civil war; most decisive battle of the war.
  10. union victory.

19 Clues: south. • union victory. • civil war starts here. • withdrawal from a union • union victory in mississippi • northern's main money maker. • three-part strategy to win the civil war. • which side does Ulysses S. Grant command? • key point that is an advantage of the war. • drafting of civilians to serve in the Army. • first and only president of the Confederate States of America. • ...

Reconstruction 2023-09-18

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. President of the Confederate States of America
  2. Established to help newly freed slaves
  3. General of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  4. 13th Amendment
  5. The era of rebuilding after the Civil War, lasted from 1865-1877
  6. Famous Civil War General who became president
  7. My favorite teacher at Herndon Middle School
  8. 14th Amendment
  9. _____________________Act of 1866
  10. Terror group that supported Southern Democrats
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  1. Northerner who moved South to take advantage of Reconstruction
  2. An addition to the Constitution
  3. 15th Amendment
  4. President after Lincolns assassination
  5. Divided the South into 5 military districts
  6. President during the Civil War

16 Clues: 15th Amendment • 13th Amendment • 14th Amendment • President during the Civil War • An addition to the Constitution • _____________________Act of 1866 • Established to help newly freed slaves • President after Lincolns assassination • Divided the South into 5 military districts • My favorite teacher at Herndon Middle School • Famous Civil War General who became president • ...

Civil War in Virginia 2022-04-25

Civil War in Virginia crossword puzzle
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  1. name of the President of the Confederate
  2. of the first major land battle in Virginia
  3. put on the ships during the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack
  4. name of the man elected President in 1860
  5. of the South
  6. name of the Confederate General
  7. many years was the Civil War
  8. used to leave the Union
  9. of the Court House where the surrender took place
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  1. who opposes slavery
  2. name of the person associated with the Underground Railroad
  3. of the North during the Civil War
  4. of America
  5. of the North
  6. name of the man associated with Harpers Ferry
  7. Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes __________.
  8. side that won the Civil War
  9. name of the Union General
  10. Emancipation Proclamation made the slaves in Confederate states _________
  11. of the South during the Civil War

20 Clues: of America • of the North • of the South • who opposes slavery • used to leave the Union • name of the Union General • side that won the Civil War • many years was the Civil War • name of the Confederate General • of the North during the Civil War • of the South during the Civil War • name of the President of the Confederate • name of the man elected President in 1860 • ...

Civil War 2025-05-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. A speech after the Battle of Gettysburg
  2. Top Union General
  3. Place where the first shots were fired
  4. Led by General Ulysses S Grant
  5. A strategy that targets all things, not just soldiers
  6. Central theme of the Civil War
  7. Warships covered in iron
  8. Happened after the Civil War (1865-1877)
  9. Lincoln US president during Civil War
  10. President of the Confederate States
  11. An invasion led by General William Tecumseh Sherman
  12. Nurses, spies and even disguised soldiers
  13. The Union
  14. Responsible for supplying the soldiers with food, clothing etc
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  1. Passed in 1854 and caused much violence
  2. Escaped slavery and saved slaves
  3. Issued by Abraham Lincoln on 1/1/1863
  4. The reason the Civil War happened
  5. The Siege of _______
  6. Supplied Soldiers for the army
  7. Deadliest Battle
  8. The South
  9. A common term used by the Southerners used against Northerners
  10. A failed Confederate assault

24 Clues: The South • The Union • Deadliest Battle • Top Union General • The Siege of _______ • Warships covered in iron • A failed Confederate assault • Led by General Ulysses S Grant • Central theme of the Civil War • Supplied Soldiers for the army • Escaped slavery and saved slaves • The reason the Civil War happened • President of the Confederate States • Issued by Abraham Lincoln on 1/1/1863 • ...

Civil War Crossword 2021-10-07

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. One of the few naval battles in the Civil War.
  2. Form of protesting where they all wear black to conceal their identity.
  3. A dry biscuit that soldiers ate during the war.
  4. Name of a town and battle fought as part of the Peninsula Campaign.
  5. Name of one of the final battles of the Civil War fought at a courthouse.
  6. Created the Compromise of 1850.
  7. Last name of Confederate officer who served in Arkansas.
  8. Large caliber firearms like cannons.
  9. Ownership of another human being.
  10. Name of a battle fought as part of the Overland Campaign.
  11. One of the earlier battles of the Civil War.
  12. Name of a city and battle fought in Pennsylvania.
  13. A formal withdrawal of a state from a Union.
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  1. Someone who led slaves through the Underground Railroad.
  2. Battle fought in September of 1863.
  3. Action to destroy or take material to give the enemy disadvantage during war.
  4. Battle fought as part of the Maryland Campaign.
  5. An invention that increased cotton productivity.
  6. Location of a battle that started the Civil War in South Carolina.
  7. 16th President of the United States who opposed slavery.
  8. Last name of famous Civil War general.
  9. A large blade attached at the end of a musket.
  10. Famous "conductor" of the Underground Railroad who was a former slave herself.

23 Clues: Created the Compromise of 1850. • Ownership of another human being. • Battle fought in September of 1863. • Large caliber firearms like cannons. • Last name of famous Civil War general. • One of the earlier battles of the Civil War. • A formal withdrawal of a state from a Union. • One of the few naval battles in the Civil War. • ...

Civil War 2021-05-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The person who was most famous for freeing the slaves via the Underground Railroad
  2. The South’s name during the Civil War
  3. the capital of the union during the civil war, is still the capital of the nation today
  4. The North’s name during the Civil War
  5. a person who supported the secession of the South
  6. A person who advocated for the end of slavery
  7. a way to stop supplies from entering and exiting an area
  8. a person who wanted to keep the United States
  9. a state where slavery was illegal
  10. a state where slavery was legal and was a major part of life
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  1. a legal document that demanded the end of slavery
  2. president of the Confederacy
  3. to formally withdraw
  4. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  5. a bill passed that mandates able bodied men to serve in the war
  6. The 16th US President
  7. a state that had ties to both the North and South
  8. Speech Lincoln gave to encourage people to honor soldiers and create a country that the Founding Fathers wanted
  9. A person treated like property in order to fulfill an owners needs
  10. the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War, is a state’s capital today

20 Clues: to formally withdraw • The 16th US President • president of the Confederacy • a state where slavery was illegal • The South’s name during the Civil War • The bloodiest battle of the Civil War • The North’s name during the Civil War • A person who advocated for the end of slavery • a person who wanted to keep the United States • ...

Civil War Crossword 2016-05-10

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A name for a federal or northern soldier in the American Civil War.
  2. A large farm mainly run by the labor of slaves.
  3. This amendment abolished slavery everywhere in the United States.
  4. The length of time the Civil War lasted.
  5. He was given the nickname of "Stonewall" because he refused to back down.
  6. A machine used to separate the seeds from cotton.
  7. A curved, hollow bullet with deadly impact.
  8. The act of using darker skinned people for cheap labor.
  9. A person who helps look over the plantation when the owners are gone.
  10. A crop grown to be sold.
  11. A president who participated in the Civil War. He was assassinated in 1865.
  12. Isolates areas of importance to the enemy.
  13. Another word for Property.
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  1. A soldier that was killed, or wounded in war.
  2. The northern part of the Civil War. These people fought to end Slavery.
  3. The southern alliance of the Civil War. These People fought to keep Slavery.
  4. A law that required people to return runaway slaves.
  5. A person who wants to rid of something. Ex; Slavery.
  6. A code which things are represented in long or short signals of light or sound.
  7. A place where the owners of a plantation live.

20 Clues: A crop grown to be sold. • Another word for Property. • The length of time the Civil War lasted. • Isolates areas of importance to the enemy. • A curved, hollow bullet with deadly impact. • A soldier that was killed, or wounded in war. • A place where the owners of a plantation live. • A large farm mainly run by the labor of slaves. • ...

Civil War Cross puzzle 2025-12-11

Civil War Cross puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
  2. Order freeing enslaved people in Confederate areas
  3. Safe areas where formerly enslaved people fled to Union lines
  4. Confederate general who led the Army of Northern Virginia
  5. First major battle of the Civil War
  6. Major turning point of the war in 1863
  7. Naval tactic used by the Union to cut off Southern trade
  8. Civil War nurse who later founded the American Red Cross
  9. Former enslaved man who became a leading abolitionist and adviser to Lincoln
  10. Southern states breaking away from the Union
  11. Strategy targeting armies and infrastructure
  12. Armored steam-powered warships used in the Civil War
  13. Period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
  14. Underground Railroad conductor who also served as a Union spy
  15. Communication tool used for fast military messages
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  1. Union general famous for the March to the Sea
  2. President of the Confederate States
  3. Lincoln’s speech honoring fallen soldiers
  4. Union general who defeated Lee and later became president
  5. Actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  6. Site of Lee's surrender to Grant
  7. Violent New York City protests over military conscription
  8. Union strategy to blockade and weaken the South
  9. President of the Union during the Civil War; issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  10. Movement to end slavery
  11. Campaign destroying Confederate infrastructure across Georgia
  12. Confederate general known for holding strong at the First Battle of Bull Run
  13. Bloodiest single day in U.S. history
  14. Transportation system used to move troops and supplies quickly
  15. Postwar labor system that trapped many freedmen in debt

30 Clues: Movement to end slavery • Site of Lee's surrender to Grant • President of the Confederate States • First major battle of the Civil War • Bloodiest single day in U.S. history • Actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln • Major turning point of the war in 1863 • Lincoln’s speech honoring fallen soldiers • Southern states breaking away from the Union • ...

Civil war 2024-02-09

Civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
  2. Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States. Southern states, feeling persecuted by the North, seceded by voting to separate from the Union.
  3. Party A political party created in the 1850s to prevent the spread of slavery to the territories. Eventually Republicans came to oppose the entire existence of slavery. Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president. Very few Southerners were Republicans.
  4. Freedom from slavery.
  5. General of the North
  6. The major political party in America most sympathetic to states rights and willing to tolerate the spread of slavery to the territories. Democrats opposed a strong Federal government. Most Southern men were Democrats before the War.
  7. The cause of the Civil War
  8. An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path.
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  1. The concept that began the Civil war
  2. A term used to describe the time in American history directly after the Civil War during which the South was “reconstructed” by the North after its loss in the war.
  3. Deadliest war in American soil
  4. First battle of the Civil War.
  5. Confederate General
  6. Deadliest battle during the civil war
  7. A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States.
  8. President of the United States
  9. The north had twice the amount of the south
  10. Also called the North or the United States
  11. President of the Confederate States
  12. A ship protected by iron armor.

20 Clues: Confederate General • General of the North • Freedom from slavery. • The cause of the Civil War • Deadliest war in American soil • First battle of the Civil War. • President of the United States • A ship protected by iron armor. • President of the Confederate States • The concept that began the Civil war • Deadliest battle during the civil war • ...

Civil War/Reconstruction 2020-12-07

Civil War/Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. These were designed to keep African Americans powerless in the South after the Civil War.
  2. In taking this city, the Union controlled the Mississippi.
  3. Last name of the man who ran against Lincoln in 1864.
  4. Lincoln's plan for reconstruction was called the ___ percent Plan.
  5. The ____ Bureau was a charitable organization the helped reunite slave families after the Civil War.
  6. People buy this at 50% their value. Overtime, they earn interest.
  7. Name of the massacre were Nathan Bedford Forrest killed African American soldiers.
  8. This was used by the North to blockade the South as part of the Anaconda Plan.
  9. This gave away 160 acres of land out West
  10. Name of the man who took over for Lincoln after his Assassination.
  11. Battle where stonewall Jackson was shot by his own men
  12. Speech where Lincoln dedicated a cemetery to Union and Confederate soldiers.
  13. Lincoln's intentions was to end the war with this ultimatum, but instead the South fought harder.
  14. Captured war supplies
  15. Name for the group of people against Lincoln and the Civil War.
  16. Military tactic where the enemy is surrounded and bombarded constantly. Used at Vicksburg and Petersburg.
  17. Two countries the Confederacy hoped would join them.
  18. Reconstruction will officially end when Union ____ are removed from the South.
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  1. This act created a common currency for the first time in American history.
  2. Biggest turning point of the Civil War, South never again fought on Union soil.
  3. Where Lee surrendered to Grant
  4. Name of the man who came up with the Anaconda Plan.
  5. Name of the horrific Confederate prison camp in Georgia.
  6. President of the Confederacy.
  7. Amendment that banned slavery.
  8. This allowed African Americans to join the Union Army
  9. Confederate capital.
  10. Amendment that gave African American males the right to vote.
  11. This bill's purpose was to punish the South after the Civil War. It was proposed by Radical Republicans.
  12. This was a popular profession for freed slaves after the Civil War (economic slavery).
  13. Military tactic where military and civilian targets are attacked.
  14. Name for the time period after the Civil War.
  15. Single bloodiest day of the Civil War
  16. Last name of the man who "Marched to the Sea."
  17. Lincoln's goal was to ___ the Union.

35 Clues: Confederate capital. • Captured war supplies • President of the Confederacy. • Where Lee surrendered to Grant • Amendment that banned slavery. • Lincoln's goal was to ___ the Union. • Single bloodiest day of the Civil War • This gave away 160 acres of land out West • Name for the time period after the Civil War. • Last name of the man who "Marched to the Sea." • ...

Crossword Assigment 2022-10-27

Crossword Assigment crossword puzzle
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  1. - The deadliest one-day battle in American military history
  2. Compromise (3 parts and how did Thomas Jefferson feel about it?) -
  3. Proclamation (who was freed and what part of the world would not help the Confederacy because of this?) - They freed slaves for a military measure so the south wouldn't get upset
  4. Tom’s Cabin - One of the best-selling books of the 1900’s about Slavery and Shared the ideas of injustices in Slavery
  5. Sumter - The site of the first battle of the civil war
  6. Act (what did it do and what was the result?) - Repealed the Missouri Compromise and created new territories for Popular Sovereignty
  7. – deadly landscape of the civil war
  8. E Lee - Robert E Lee commanded the army of Northern Virginia and the most successful enemy during the civil war
  9. Compromise - When there was an unsuccessful proposal to enshrine slavery
  10. Sumner Caning - This is when A Pro slave Democrat from the south used a walking cane to attack senator Charles Sumner
  11. (what is it? What could wealthy people do on both sides?)
  12. Address significance - invoked the Principles of human equality
  13. Barton - Risked her life to bring supplies to soldiers in the fields during the civil war
  14. - used to destroy ships
  15. Run - the first land battle of the civil war
  16. Inaugural Address significance- Called out slavery as the reason for war
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  1. of 1850 - The Fugitive Slave act was amended and the slave trade in Washington D.C was Abolished.
  2. - Where Robert E Lee Surrendered
  3. debates (what did this do for Lincoln?) - It Reinvigorated Lincolns Political Career and shot him into the spotlight
  4. Brady - photographer of the civil war
  5. Grant -
  6. to the Sea (who led it? What kind of war is this?)
  7. Plan - To restrict the south of new supplies and force them to abolish slavery
  8. Wilkes Booth - Assassin of Abraham Lincon
  9. Brown’s raid - The death of 16 men during the raid of a Federal army in Virginia
  10. - The Battlefield & the place of the turning point of the civil war
  11. of 1860 (who won and what did it lead to?) - Abe Lincon Won the Election and this led to the civil war.
  12. Ball - The Long-range accuracy on the
  13. Scott court case result- Upheld Slavery in the United States and denied the legality of Black citizenship in America as well as the Missouri act as unconstitonial
  14. - Located at the Mississippi river

30 Clues: Grant - • - used to destroy ships • - Where Robert E Lee Surrendered • - Located at the Mississippi river • – deadly landscape of the civil war • Brady - photographer of the civil war • Ball - The Long-range accuracy on the • Wilkes Booth - Assassin of Abraham Lincon • Run - the first land battle of the civil war • to the Sea (who led it? What kind of war is this?) • ...

Civil War - Alexandra Cochon 2019-12-02

Civil War - Alexandra Cochon crossword puzzle
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  1. Battle that resulted in the bloodiest SINGLE day of the war
  2. Fell to Union troops led by Sherman
  3. Lee surrendered at THIS location
  4. Union general that wins the Civil War and defeats Lee
  5. "Stonewall" Jackson was killed at THIS battle
  6. Slave states that remained loyal to the Union
  7. Commanded army of Northern Virginia
  8. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
  9. Contained "Twenty Negro Law" provision
  10. Led the largest assault at the Battle of Gettysburg
  11. Most notorious Prisoner of War Camp
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  1. Conflict b/t the Union and Confederacy
  2. President of the Union
  3. Scott was the creator of THIS Union war strategy
  4. Transformed Union's war aims
  5. Side with greater population and industrialization
  6. Prompted cries of "rich man's war, poor man's fight"
  7. Created Army of the Potomac
  8. First battle of the Civil War
  9. Southern cotton was traded to European nations
  10. President of the Confederate States of America
  11. Led Union forces at the first Battle of Bull Run

22 Clues: President of the Union • Created Army of the Potomac • Transformed Union's war aims • First battle of the Civil War • Lee surrendered at THIS location • Bloodiest battle of the Civil War • Fell to Union troops led by Sherman • Commanded army of Northern Virginia • Most notorious Prisoner of War Camp • Conflict b/t the Union and Confederacy • ...

Civil War - Helen Huynh 2022-11-01

Civil War - Helen Huynh crossword puzzle
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  1. (Sep 17, 1862) aka Battle of Sharpsburg; deadliest one day battle in American military history
  2. located in Hampton Roads, VA and was the only federal military installation in the Upper South to remain under United States control throughout the civil war
  3. (Aug 10, 1861) most significant 1861 battle west of the Mississippi River and gave the Confederates control of southwestern Missouri
  4. (Jul 1, 1863 to Jul 3, 1863) ended Confederate’s quest to invade the North
  5. 16th president of the U.S.; term took place during the civil war
  6. located in Appomattox, VA and marked the beginning of the country’s transition to peace and reunification following four years of Civil War
  7. president of the Confederate states during the civil war and remained a symbol of Southern pride until his death.
  8. (May 22, 1863 to Jul 4, 1863) war that divided the Confederacy in two
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  1. located in Andersonville, GA and is the largest and most famous military prison during the Civil War; of the 45,000 Union soldiers imprisoned around 13,000 died
  2. independent nurse during the civil war and founded the American Red Cross in 1881
  3. (Jul 21, 1861) aka Battle of Manassas; first major land battle of the Civil War
  4. U.S. general and commander of the Union armies later becoming the 18th president of the U.S.
  5. located in Charleston Harbor, SC and marked the official beginning of the American Civil War
  6. confederate general during the civil war and was deemed a heroic figure in the South
  7. (April 6, 1862 to April 7, 1862) aka Battle of Pittsburg Landing; allowed Union troops to push through Confederate land

15 Clues: 16th president of the U.S.; term took place during the civil war • (May 22, 1863 to Jul 4, 1863) war that divided the Confederacy in two • (Jul 1, 1863 to Jul 3, 1863) ended Confederate’s quest to invade the North • (Jul 21, 1861) aka Battle of Manassas; first major land battle of the Civil War • ...

Civil War Vocab 2024-04-04

Civil War Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Line: A boundary line between four states (Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia) that was surveyed in the 1760s and became a symbolic dividing line between the North and South during the American Civil War,
  2. Party: A political party in the United States that existed from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s. The Whigs were united in their opposition to President Andrew Jackson and his policies but were divided over the issue of slavery,
  3. Refers to the southern states of the United States, characterized by agricultural development with a heavy reliance on slave labor for cotton and other cash crops,
  4. The United States of America, especially in reference to the federal government and the northern states during the American Civil War,
  5. One of the two major political parties in the United States, which was divided during the American Civil War over the issue of slavery and states' rights,
  6. A term used to refer to a person from the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War,
  7. The act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or association, especially a political entity. In the context of the American Civil War, secession refers to the withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the United States of America to form the Confederate States of America,
  8. A type of warship that was heavily armored with iron or steel plates, making it resistant to enemy fire. Ironclads were used during the American Civil War by both the Union and Confederate navies,
  9. Crop: A crop grown primarily for sale rather than for subsistence, often requiring a significant investment in labor, equipment, and supplies. Cotton was a major cash crop in the Southern states during the American Civil War,
  10. The act of freeing someone from slavery or servitude,
  11. War: A type of warfare in which all available resources and instruments of society are used to attack the enemy, with little to no distinction between combatants and non-combatants. Total war was practiced during the American Civil War, particularly by the Union against the Confederacy,
  12. The production of goods or services in large quantities, especially through the use of machinery. The Northern states had a more developed industrial base than the Southern states, which contributed to their economic and military advantage during the American Civil War,
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  1. A political party in the United States that was formed in 1854 and was originally dedicated to opposing the expansion of slavery. Abraham Lincoln was a member of this party when he was elected President in 1860,
  2. Refers to the northern states of the United States, characterized by industrial and commercial development,
  3. A person who advocates for the abolition or ending of slavery,
  4. The science or practice of farming, including the cultivation of land, crops, and livestock. The Southern states had a more agricultural-based economy than the Northern states, with cotton being a major cash crop,
  5. A region that is under the jurisdiction of a country but has not yet been admitted as a state. During the American Civil War, several territories were admitted as states, including West Virginia, which was formed from the western counties of Virginia that did not secede from the Union,
  6. A group of states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 1861, formed their own government, and fought the American Civil War against the Union,
  7. The period following the American Civil War during which the Southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union. Reconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877 and involved significant social, economic, and political changes in the South,
  8. A term used to refer to a person from the Northern states, especially during the American Civil War,
  9. Strong loyalty and pride for a particular region or section of a country, often leading to political or economic tensions between different regions. In the United States, sectionalism was a major cause of the American Civil War, as the North and South had different economic and social systems,

21 Clues: The act of freeing someone from slavery or servitude, • A person who advocates for the abolition or ending of slavery, • A term used to refer to a person from the Northern states, especially during the American Civil War, • A term used to refer to a person from the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, • ...

The American Civil War 2024-11-13

The American Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. The first capital city of the Confederate States of America.
  2. The steam-propelled warships used for the first time in history during the Civil War.
  3. City where the Draft Riot occurred in 1863.
  4. The Battle of ___, also deemed the Bloodiest Day, saw the highest single-day casualty count.
  5. The battle fought in Texas, before news of the Confederates surrender was received. Also known as the Last Battle.
  6. The first state to secede from the Union.
  7. The period of time after the Civil War ended.
  8. Name given to the perimeter of the Andersonville prison, that is now used by American to mean time-limit to complete a job.
  9. The number of states that seceded from the Union.
  10. Method of communication used by both the North and South to send messages.
  11. A famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln.
  12. The number of years the Civil War was fought.
  13. The Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery.
  14. The main cause of death for soldiers in the Civil War.
  15. The battle considered the turning point in the war.
  16. The Crittenden-Johnson resolution passed in 1861 stated the war was fought to preserve the Union, not to end ___.
  17. A nurse in the Civil War and founder of the American Red Cross.
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  1. The Union general
  2. Where the Confederate general surrendered.
  3. Secret society founded in the Confederacy aimed at establishing a slave empire in Mexico.
  4. Nickname of the Confederate general mortally wounded by his own troops in Chancellorsville.
  5. Name given to citizens in the North who opposed the war policy.
  6. The ___ Proclamation; The document that declared the freedom of enslaved people.
  7. Machine gun invented during the Civil War.
  8. Name was given to people who relocated to the South from the North during the Reconstruction period.
  9. The Confederate general
  10. The president of the confederacy.
  11. The first African-American to receive the Medal Honor.
  12. The fort where the Civil War began.
  13. One of two songs best known by General Ulysses S. Grant.

30 Clues: The Union general • The Confederate general • The president of the confederacy. • The fort where the Civil War began. • The first state to secede from the Union. • A famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln. • Where the Confederate general surrendered. • Machine gun invented during the Civil War. • City where the Draft Riot occurred in 1863. • ...

Civil War Crossword by Nicholas 2020-02-26

Civil War Crossword by Nicholas crossword puzzle
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  1. A Union General who was criticized for his Scorched Earth policies
  2. "Lee's Warhorse."
  3. President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  4. An ironclad warship rebuilt by the Confederate soldiers
  5. He lost his arm and died after he was accidentally shot by allies
  6. First saw combat in the First Battle of Bull Run and was the former governor of Rhode Island
  7. The Rock of Chickamauga
  8. A steam-powered ironclad warship built for the Union Navy
  9. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
  10. A college professor who volunteered for the Union Army
  11. Had a flawed campaign in the Battle of Gettysburg
  12. Helped Capture the Confederate city of New Orleans and gave support to General Ulysses S. Grant
  13. A Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy at the start of the war
  14. William Sherman captured this city and the morale boost helped Lincoln get reelected
  15. Surrendered at the Appomattox courthouse on April 9, 1865
  16. Led a victory over the Confederacy and was the 18th president
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  1. Known as the bloodiest day in US military history
  2. Where the Confederate troops launched a surprise attack at Pittsburg Landing
  3. A Union General who was the subject in a famous poem "Sheridan's Ride"
  4. Nicknamed "Young Napoleon." and was popular among men who served under him
  5. Gave the Union control over the Mississipi
  6. This states that all slaves within the Confederacy shall be free
  7. The first shots of the Civil War were fired here
  8. First major battle of the Civil War
  9. A slaveholder who developed a successful plantation on Spavinaw Creek
  10. This battle brought the Civil War to an end
  11. One of the largest military prisons in the Civil War, also known as Camp Sumter
  12. Led Pickett's Charge
  13. The only member of Congress killed in the Civil War
  14. Longest battle in the Civil War
  15. Most remembered for his key defeat at the Battle of Chancellorsville

31 Clues: "Lee's Warhorse." • Led Pickett's Charge • The Rock of Chickamauga • Longest battle in the Civil War • First major battle of the Civil War • Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation • Gave the Union control over the Mississipi • This battle brought the Civil War to an end • The first shots of the Civil War were fired here • Known as the bloodiest day in US military history • ...

Civil War 2021-05-14

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Capital of the Confederacy; ___ ,VA
  2. Lost $$$ from cotton; Great Britain and __
  3. To leave or withdrawal from something
  4. Union wanted to gain control of this river
  5. type of economy the North had (factories)
  6. First state to secede from the Union
  7. nickname given to someone from the South
  8. Hero of Bull Run; ___ Jackson
  9. Southern United States during Civil War
  10. Number one strategy for the Confederacy
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  1. Creator of the Anaconda Plan
  2. First battle of the Civil War
  3. Main general for the Confederacy; from VA
  4. type of economy the South had (farming)
  5. to willingly join or enroll in the army
  6. Northern United States during Civil War
  7. President of the Confederacy; _____ Davis
  8. winner of the election of 1860
  9. named top General for Union after Bull Run
  10. word to describe someone from the North
  11. First MAJOR battle of the Civil War

21 Clues: Creator of the Anaconda Plan • First battle of the Civil War • Hero of Bull Run; ___ Jackson • winner of the election of 1860 • Capital of the Confederacy; ___ ,VA • First MAJOR battle of the Civil War • First state to secede from the Union • To leave or withdrawal from something • type of economy the South had (farming) • to willingly join or enroll in the army • ...

Civil War 2015-05-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. State where last battle of Civil War was fought at the Palmito Ranch
  2. Battle that suffered the most casualties during the Civil War
  3. This many million men fought in the Civil War
  4. Ulysses S. Grant's first name at birth
  5. Type of army that won the civil war
  6. The average Civil War Soldiers occupation before the war started
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  1. Robert E. Lee's Virginia Estate was confiscated by the Union and turned it into this
  2. Robert E. Lee surrendered to this General during the Civil War
  3. President during the Civil War
  4. Fraction of men who died from diseases during the Civil War
  5. The amount that the Union Private made in a month in dollars during the Civil War

11 Clues: President during the Civil War • Type of army that won the civil war • Ulysses S. Grant's first name at birth • This many million men fought in the Civil War • Fraction of men who died from diseases during the Civil War • Battle that suffered the most casualties during the Civil War • Robert E. Lee surrendered to this General during the Civil War • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-05-25

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Political party that wanted to stop the expansion of slavery to the territories
  2. Slave who sued for their freedom and it went all the way up to the Supreme Court
  3. President of the United States during The Civil War
  4. Actor who shot Abraham Lincoln
  5. Phrase to describe the time in Kansas when over 200 Americans were killed
  6. Bloodiest three day battle in the Civil War
  7. Leader in charge of the Union forces at the end of the war
  8. Military commander of the Confederate forces
  9. Abolitionist novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  10. Single bloodiest day in American History
  11. The leader of the Southern States
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  1. Issued by Lincoln, this freed the slaves in rebelling states
  2. Term for a war between citizens of the same country
  3. The southern group who broke away from the United States
  4. Act that required any citizen to help catch runaway slaves
  5. The era after the Civil War is known as
  6. Battle that started the war
  7. Name of the Ironclad ship from the North
  8. To withdraw from
  9. Lincoln's political party
  10. Term to describe the North in the Civil War
  11. First state to leave the Union

22 Clues: To withdraw from • Lincoln's political party • Battle that started the war • Actor who shot Abraham Lincoln • First state to leave the Union • The leader of the Southern States • The era after the Civil War is known as • Name of the Ironclad ship from the North • Single bloodiest day in American History • Bloodiest three day battle in the Civil War • ...

civil war crossword puzzle 2017-05-18

civil war crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. after the civil war
  2. where the civil war ended
  3. freedom from slavery
  4. president of the U.S during the civil war
  5. a crop that southern states make for money
  6. general of the union
  7. states that are on the edge of the U.S
  8. general of the confederacy
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  1. supreme court decision that determined if slaves could sue in federal court
  2. a political party that supports slavery
  3. someone who wants to get rid of slavery
  4. a political party that doesnt support slavery
  5. maintaining the balance of power between slave states and free states
  6. turning point of the civil war
  7. a doctrine that said people should be able to decide for themselves if slavery should be allowed
  8. bloodiest day of civil war
  9. a device that allows messages to be sent over long distances
  10. being owned and forced to work for someone
  11. northern states
  12. a branch of the military using ships
  13. a novel written by Harriet beecher stowe that explained the reality of slavery
  14. southern states
  15. a state leaving the U.S
  16. the boundary between slave states and free states
  17. a place where people manufacture goods

25 Clues: northern states • southern states • after the civil war • freedom from slavery • general of the union • a state leaving the U.S • where the civil war ended • bloodiest day of civil war • general of the confederacy • turning point of the civil war • a branch of the military using ships • a place where people manufacture goods • states that are on the edge of the U.S • ...

crossword 2021-05-20

crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sumter, This was where the Confederate General P.G.T Beauregard fire on to start the Civil War.
  2. The northern states were called
  3. Theatre, This is was where Lincoln was assassinated.
  4. Barton, She helped the Union soldiers that later became the Red Cross.
  5. This was the first major bloodiest one-day battle in U.S history.
  6. This is had killed more men in the Civil War
  7. This was where Sherman's march to from Atlanta while burning and destroying property.
  8. The general that captured Atlanta.
  9. Proclamation, This was a document that freed some slaves but not all.
  10. Wilke, The man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
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  1. The president during the Civil War.
  2. The southern states were called
  3. Railroad, This was the path slaves took to be free.
  4. This was where the Civil War begin.
  5. Tom Cabin, This book was written about slavery by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  6. Plan, This was a military strategy for the Union.
  7. This was the result of the Civil War.
  8. Tubman, She had who led 300 slaves to freedom.
  9. This was the South's main source of income.
  10. Caroline, This was the first southern state to secede from the United States.

20 Clues: The southern states were called • The northern states were called • The general that captured Atlanta. • The president during the Civil War. • This was where the Civil War begin. • This was the result of the Civil War. • This was the South's main source of income. • This is had killed more men in the Civil War • Tubman, She had who led 300 slaves to freedom. • ...

Delight's Civil War 2019-05-22

Delight's Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Color of the north
  2. The man from Mississippi who became the president of the south during the civil war
  3. Bloodiest single day battle in American History
  4. First state to leave the union, also state where Fort Sumter was located
  5. Leader of Union army, Huge cigar smoker
  6. Last name of the man who killed Lincoln
  7. His real name was Thomas Jackson
  8. Merrimac and Monitor
  9. Color of the south
  10. Located on the River and State of Mississippi, this was the Confederate city that grant captured
  11. Sixteenth president during the civil war
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  1. The official word to leave the union of states
  2. Located in Virginia, this was the capital of the confederate states
  3. Theater that Lincoln was shot and killed in Washington DC
  4. The document that Lincoln issued freeing the slaves in 1863
  5. Commanded the confederates during the civil war
  6. Three day battle in Pennsylvania during hot July 1863, stopped the south from invading the north
  7. He was beaten with a cane in the US Senate
  8. First battle of the civil war
  9. The name for the southern states during the civil war
  10. Captured and hung following raid on Harpers Ferry
  11. another name for the northern states

22 Clues: Color of the north • Color of the south • Merrimac and Monitor • First battle of the civil war • His real name was Thomas Jackson • another name for the northern states • Leader of Union army, Huge cigar smoker • Last name of the man who killed Lincoln • Sixteenth president during the civil war • He was beaten with a cane in the US Senate • ...

Civil War Test Review 2023-05-19

Civil War Test Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. machine that Lincoln used to send orders to his generals
  2. 4 slaves states that did not secede from the U.S- _____ states
  3. most common medical procedure of the Civil War
  4. helped ID dead soldiers on the battlefield
  5. president of the Confederate States of America
  6. city on Mississippi River captured by Grant in 1863
  7. most deadly one day battle in U.S military history- Battle of ____
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  1. Union general who captured Atlanta, William
  2. first major land battle of the Civil War- First battle of _________
  3. general who led the Confederate army in Virginia from 1862-1865- Robert E
  4. where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
  5. idea to surround the South with a naval blockade- _______ plan
  6. Northern war strategy of wearing down the South until they surrendered- war of ______
  7. location of Civil War surrender, _____________ Courthouse, Virginia
  8. named head general of Union forces in 1864- Ulysses
  9. name of the bullet used in the Civil war- ____ ball

16 Clues: helped ID dead soldiers on the battlefield • Union general who captured Atlanta, William • most common medical procedure of the Civil War • president of the Confederate States of America • where the first shots of the Civil War were fired • named head general of Union forces in 1864- Ulysses • city on Mississippi River captured by Grant in 1863 • ...

Causes and Impact of Civil War 2024-04-12

Causes and Impact of Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is Getty's burg known for
  2. most famous battle in civil war
  3. The first compromise on expanding slavery
  4. Led the union army
  5. when the war ended
  6. Causes of the war
  7. States that participated in slaves
  8. The north was fighting for
  9. the war the confederate surrendered in
  10. why did the union have an advantage
  11. Why John brown is significant
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  1. how many union states are there
  2. Led the confederate army
  3. Stopped slavery
  4. who won in the civil war
  5. where the war was placed
  6. The south was fighting for
  7. how many Confederate states are there
  8. When the war started
  9. who started the war

20 Clues: Stopped slavery • Causes of the war • Led the union army • when the war ended • who started the war • When the war started • Led the confederate army • who won in the civil war • where the war was placed • The south was fighting for • The north was fighting for • Why John brown is significant • what is Getty's burg known for • how many union states are there • ...

Civil War 2021-05-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Major General (Union) in the Battle of Gettysburg
  2. Roads, This locomotive was key in the Civil War
  3. Northern economy relied in these
  4. the forcing of citizens to be a soldier
  5. Officially leaving the country
  6. Bloodiest battle in the Civil war
  7. Lee, Major general for the confederacy
  8. Keeps meat good and mostly provided to the Confederacy by Florida
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  1. an African American forced into work
  2. President during the Civil War
  3. States, States that were neither for the Confederacy nor the Union but had many battles taking place in them
  4. Railroad, a channel of safe houses for escaping slaves
  5. someone opposed to Slavery
  6. Many Southerners were this
  7. This meat was supplied to the Confederacy by Florida
  8. The North
  9. The South
  10. Sumpter, First battle in the Civil War
  11. Tubman, Major Conductor for the Underground RailRoad
  12. Run, This early battle was fought near a river

20 Clues: The North • The South • someone opposed to Slavery • Many Southerners were this • President during the Civil War • Officially leaving the country • Northern economy relied in these • Bloodiest battle in the Civil war • an African American forced into work • Sumpter, First battle in the Civil War • Lee, Major general for the confederacy • the forcing of citizens to be a soldier • ...