civil war Crossword Puzzles
The History of the UK Army 2021-02-15
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- The Civil War dating back to 1641, when Parliamentarians had series of conflicts against ...
- The UK is the part of this organization and involved in the collective defence of its member states and is a partner of many peace programs.
- The name of the Britain's war against the Chinese.
- After which war Britain took control over the Dutch colonies?
- England fought against this army in the 17-18th centuries.
- He defeated the last king of the House of York and ruled the country until 1603.
- The longest military conflict of the country which lasted 116 years.
- The main reason of the Anglo-Dutch Wars.
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- The civil wars in England were called as...
- Which country did the Great Britain fight with in 1812-1815?
- Who did Britain fight against in the Cold War?
- How many countries were in the coalition to fight against Napoleonic France in the Anglo-French War?
- The form of government which replaced the monarchy after the Battle of Worcester.
- This country helped Britain to beat back the invasion of the US army.
- This new independent country appeared on the world’s map when Britain lost the most of the territory of the island.
15 Clues: The main reason of the Anglo-Dutch Wars. • The civil wars in England were called as... • Who did Britain fight against in the Cold War? • The name of the Britain's war against the Chinese. • England fought against this army in the 17-18th centuries. • Which country did the Great Britain fight with in 1812-1815? • ...
1956, 1967, and 1973 Wars+Black September 2022-01-11
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- An area of land that is taken which provided a height advantage.
- resigned due to the Yom Kippur war.
- President during the Six-Day War.
- The war started on Yom Kippur because of a _____.
- The terrorist group responsible for Black September.
- A leading cause of the war of 1956, dealing with Suez Canal.
- This group of people sent a false report that Israel was massing troops against Syria.
- Stepped in to police the border after the 1956 war.
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- Was a major cause of the Six-Day War. Involved the US and the Soviet Union.
- A civil war between Jordanian Armed Forces
- an attack during the 1972 Olympic games.
- The war in 1973 started on this day.
- Egyptian president from 1956-1970.
- This area of land is taken in the Six-Day War but is later given back to Egypt.
- The main area of land that is captured during the third day in the Six-Day war.
- The fighting began when Arabs crossed this body of water.
- fighting branch of the Egyptian forces targeted during the Six-Day War.
17 Clues: President during the Six-Day War. • Egyptian president from 1956-1970. • resigned due to the Yom Kippur war. • The war in 1973 started on this day. • an attack during the 1972 Olympic games. • A civil war between Jordanian Armed Forces • The war started on Yom Kippur because of a _____. • Stepped in to police the border after the 1956 war. • ...
Chapter 9 - Civil War and Reconstruction 2023-05-11
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- a distinctive, particular, or characteristic of acting or way of moving.
- the name of the plan by President Lincoln to help rebuild and heal the country after the Civil War.
- Northern people who moved South to start businesses after the Civil War.
- find out something is difficult or a problem.
- codes a group of laws passed in the late 1800s that denied African American men the right to vote, kept African Americans from owning guns or taking certain types of jobs.
- beaten or vanquished.
- a person who supported the movement to end slavery.
- the name of a celebration for the day enslaved African Americans in Texas learned of the Emancipation Proclamation.
- to get or acquire.
- a barrier of troops or ships to keep to keep people and supplies from moving in or out of an area.
- to formally stop being part of something.
- a military blockade designed to make a city surrender.
- a change or addition, especially to the U.S. Constitution
- Railroad a secret organization that helped escaped enslaved African Americans to get to the North or to Canada.
- to make people obey a law or rule.
- to join the military.
- the setting free of enslaved Africans.
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- a thought-out plan to accomplish a goal over a long time.
- a system in which someone who owns land rents the land to others in exchange for some of the crops raised on the land.
- to murder someone famous or powerful, usually for political reasons.
- another name for the United States, especially the northern states during the Civil War.
- the separation of groups of people, usually by race.
- a large farm on which a single crop is usually grown.
- a collection of items put out so that people can see them.
- an official announcement, usually by the government.
- people on both sides of an issue giving up something to reach an agreement.
- the process by which charges of wrongdoing are brought against an elected offical.
- having the power to horrify; frightening or shocking.
- rights the right of each U.S. state to make its own local laws.
- to design or invent something.
- another name for the Confederate States of America, thee southern states during the U.S. Civil War.
- war a method of warfare that seeks to destroy civilian as well as military targets to force a surrender.
- in agreement
33 Clues: in agreement • to get or acquire. • beaten or vanquished. • to join the military. • to design or invent something. • to make people obey a law or rule. • the setting free of enslaved Africans. • to formally stop being part of something. • find out something is difficult or a problem. • a person who supported the movement to end slavery. • ...
African wars crossword mr.heckler 2024-05-28
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- aid, Concerts to raise funds
- odumegwu ojukwu, leader of biafra
- rebel group
- ethnic group in northern nigeria
- Marxist military junta
- of lukaya, significant battle in Ugandan-Tanzania war
- civil war, between nigerian government and biafra
- provided resistance during conflicts
- of ethiopia under DERG
- Haram, militant islamic group
- genocide, led to the first congo war
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- Ugandan national liberation group
- Yakubu gowon, head of state of nigeria
- shibir, surveillance system
- syndrome, US wanted to keep engaging with somalia after problems
- a conflict between separatists
- city agreement, peace agreement
- rebel group
- without borders, org that provided medical assistance
- gaddafi, leader of libya
- ethnic group in southern nigeria
- militant group
- United nations peacekeeping organization
- of biafra, a method to cut off supplies
- war, conflict in ethiopia
25 Clues: rebel group • rebel group • militant group • Marxist military junta • of ethiopia under DERG • gaddafi, leader of libya • war, conflict in ethiopia • shibir, surveillance system • aid, Concerts to raise funds • Haram, militant islamic group • a conflict between separatists • city agreement, peace agreement • ethnic group in northern nigeria • ethnic group in southern nigeria • ...
Sonntag's Kreuzwort 2015-05-19
12 Clues: risk • policy • smuggler • civil war • immigrant • opportunity • coast guards • asylum claims • tremendousness • social benefits • employment agency • customs association
The Civil War 2015-03-09
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- The first president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War
- The former slave who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court, but the case went horribly wrong
- At this fort the civil war started
- The pre war architecture style from the South
- Mr. Golden antagonized many old ladies by shouting this word
- Lincoln's top hat was made of this material
- This Northside teacher stepped on a cactus not once, but twice
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- This state was created alongside Nebraska in an act and they had to decide upon slavery using popular sovereignty
- This northern general would eventually become president
- The abolitionist newspaper created by William Lloyd Garrison
- Davis The president of the Confederate States of America elected in 1861
- The battle that was considered the turning point of the war
- South Carolina was the first to do this
- The ______ Compromise resulted in the South and North being separated into slave and non-slave states for future Westward expansion
14 Clues: At this fort the civil war started • South Carolina was the first to do this • Lincoln's top hat was made of this material • The pre war architecture style from the South • This northern general would eventually become president • The battle that was considered the turning point of the war • The abolitionist newspaper created by William Lloyd Garrison • ...
Sussell_Revolutionarycrossword 2022-02-02
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- fight between colonists & soldiers
- believed in separate church & state
- ruled after Charles I was executed
- puritan rule to avoid useless fun
- war for and against Charles I
- boycott on British goods
- tried converting protestants
- start of american revolution
- caused English civil war, beheaded
- laws to punish ppl after tea party
- tax on paper and official documents
- overthrow of James II, no violence
- parliament has power over monarchy
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- return of Charles II as king
- declaring independence from England
- war over territory with natives
- declared independence
- stopped expansion past Appalachian
- government taxed to pay war debt
- became king after Elizabeth passed
- made non-British tea more expensive
- established Protestantism
- believed in natural rights
- protestant ruler after James II
- recognized u.s as independent
25 Clues: declared independence • boycott on British goods • established Protestantism • believed in natural rights • return of Charles II as king • tried converting protestants • start of american revolution • war for and against Charles I • recognized u.s as independent • war over territory with natives • protestant ruler after James II • government taxed to pay war debt • ...
El Lerinto del fauno 2025-05-07
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- Fascist political party during the war
- The item used to hide the knife
- Town bombed in 1937; also a Picasso painting
- Mythical creature who guides Ofelia
- They started the coup in July 1936
- Political ideology behind Franco's side
- Side supported by fascist regimes
- Spanish dictator who led the Nationalists
- A major theme that Ofelia ultimately rejects
- Name of the main character
- Cruel captain in the film
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- What Ofelia needs to open magical doors
- The government before the war
- International units that fought for the Republic
- The magical structure in the forest
- Tiny magical creatures that help Ofelia
- Pale Man is one of these
- Symbolic substance shown in both war and magic
- What the conflict from 1936 to 1939 was
- Type of war it was
20 Clues: Type of war it was • Pale Man is one of these • Cruel captain in the film • Name of the main character • The government before the war • The item used to hide the knife • Side supported by fascist regimes • They started the coup in July 1936 • Mythical creature who guides Ofelia • The magical structure in the forest • Fascist political party during the war • ...
The Birmingham Campaign 2022-07-04
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- Name of the war mentioned
- Name of the motel that MLK stayed at
- First digit of the year that the protest happened
- Goal of the campaign
- The first name of the person who led the SCLC
- Month of the protest
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- The group Alabama was part of in the civil war
- Last digit of the year that the protest happened
- Last name of the commissioner of public safety
- Length of the sentence given to MLK
- Acronym for the affiliated organisation that was in Alabama
- Opposing side to Alabama
12 Clues: Goal of the campaign • Month of the protest • Opposing side to Alabama • Name of the war mentioned • Length of the sentence given to MLK • Name of the motel that MLK stayed at • The first name of the person who led the SCLC • The group Alabama was part of in the civil war • Last name of the commissioner of public safety • Last digit of the year that the protest happened • ...
CH.12 Crossword Puzzle 2025-03-12
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- overrides the congress
- majority wouldn’t be able to regain state government
- pre start if the civil war
- an amendment to abolish slavery
- amendment helps to define your citizenship ship
- won’t have a job offers also in danger of property including violence
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- time period after the civil war
- the right to not intent on race, color, and condition of service
- allows former confederates to hold office or vote
- Rule cleans up after the Republicans, Northern, and African Americans messes
- helps former slaves and poor whites
- Kluck Klan confederate veterans
12 Clues: overrides the congress • pre start if the civil war • time period after the civil war • an amendment to abolish slavery • Kluck Klan confederate veterans • helps former slaves and poor whites • amendment helps to define your citizenship ship • allows former confederates to hold office or vote • majority wouldn’t be able to regain state government • ...
Historical Battles 2025-12-20
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- Key battle of the American Civil War.
- Turning point in World War II’s Eastern Front.
- Greek victory over Persian invasion.
- Last major German offensive in WWII.
- Battle in 1066 that changed England’s rulers.
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- Famous last stand of Spartans against Persia.
- English victory in Hundred Years’ War.
- Final battle of the American Revolutionary War.
- Hannibal’s major victory over Rome.
- Naval battle between Greeks and Persians.
- British naval victory over Napoleon’s fleet.
- One of the bloodiest battles of World War I.
- Allied invasion to liberate France in WWII.
13 Clues: Hannibal’s major victory over Rome. • Greek victory over Persian invasion. • Last major German offensive in WWII. • Key battle of the American Civil War. • English victory in Hundred Years’ War. • Naval battle between Greeks and Persians. • Allied invasion to liberate France in WWII. • British naval victory over Napoleon’s fleet. • ...
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution Crossword 2023-08-03
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- Japan and ______ shifted from agricultural to industrial economies
- The state with the first textile factory in the US
- The south lost the Civil War because it was more ___________-based
- The person who set up the first textile factory
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- The first true "industrial war"
- Building a ____ system was important to industrialization
- The side that won the Civil War because it was more factory-based
- Factories mass produced _______ for the war effort
- The vehicle that allowed raw materials and fuel to be transported cheaply and quickly
9 Clues: The first true "industrial war" • The person who set up the first textile factory • The state with the first textile factory in the US • Factories mass produced _______ for the war effort • Building a ____ system was important to industrialization • The side that won the Civil War because it was more factory-based • ...
Civil War Crossword 2025-06-06
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- The practice of forcing people to do manual labor for you; main cause of the war
- Southern USA who are in favor of slavery; Slave Owners
- General of the Confederate army at Gettysburg
- Northern USA who are against slavery; abolitionists
- Deadliest War in America
- A Spot for the Union to setup a barracade and artillery.
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- Field in Pennsylvania that the largest Civil War Battle took place
- Sixteenth US President and President during the Civil War.
- General of the Union army at Gettysburg
9 Clues: Deadliest War in America • General of the Union army at Gettysburg • General of the Confederate army at Gettysburg • Northern USA who are against slavery; abolitionists • Southern USA who are in favor of slavery; Slave Owners • A Spot for the Union to setup a barracade and artillery. • Sixteenth US President and President during the Civil War. • ...
Sunrise Over Fallujah Crossword 2025-12-19
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- Military truck
- Coles Leader of the civil affairs
- machine gun
- Affairs The group Jonesy is in while over in Iraq
- people from Iraq
- First name of the Author of the book
- Nickname Main Character
- Main Character
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- where the base is located
- place in Iraq
- Military Man
- Gritty material found on the ground
- where the war is taking place
- an object that go boom
14 Clues: machine gun • Military Man • place in Iraq • Military truck • Main Character • people from Iraq • an object that go boom • Nickname Main Character • where the base is located • where the war is taking place • Coles Leader of the civil affairs • Gritty material found on the ground • First name of the Author of the book • Affairs The group Jonesy is in while over in Iraq
Mattie's Civil War Crossword 2022-01-13
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- The leader of the R.E Lee/ the giraffe
- A war that divided America in two because of the issue of slavery
- The first state to leave the union
- The President who won without ANY votes from southern states
- a speech by Abe Lincoln that had broken all chances of diplomacy with the south
- A northerner who's main goal was to abolish slavery
- The bloodiest battle of the civil war
- A person who wants go get rid of slavery (mostly northerners)
- A slave who had taken his case for freedom to court
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- The first major battle in Georgia (in the civil war)
- A black woman who was sent to jail for sitting in the white section of the bus
- A white man who permitted the freedom of Dred Scott
- A radical march that ran throughout he heart of Georgia and destroyed everything in its path
- The southern states, they wanted to keep slavery so they went to war with the north
- A Confederate general that commanded all southern states
- A Union general that was later the 18th president of the USA
- this was often called the anaconda plan
- a battle which ended up in Lincoln delivering his most famous speech
18 Clues: The first state to leave the union • The bloodiest battle of the civil war • The leader of the R.E Lee/ the giraffe • this was often called the anaconda plan • A white man who permitted the freedom of Dred Scott • A northerner who's main goal was to abolish slavery • A slave who had taken his case for freedom to court • ...
Civil War Vocab Test Prep 2026-03-24
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- another tall guy with a beard from Illinois who also used to be a lawyer.
- this big, scary snake was the name of the Union's plan to win the Civil War.
- also referred to as the North, this side fought to end slavery and keep the country together
- this group sought to return the South to its pre- Civil War state.
- "the man, the beard, the legend" who took over Harper's Ferry in order to start a slave uprising.
- this battle shattered Lee's forces and marked a turning point in the war.
- the last name of a famous Underground Railroad "conductor"
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- this President did not support the 14th and 15th Amendments.
- the outcome of this battle kept Europe out of the war
- this side fought to protect slavery and leave the United States.
- once a tall lawyer from Illinois, he grew a beard and drafted the Emancipation Proclamation.
- this general fought for the Confederacy
- this general fought for the Union
- this actor and Confederate sympathizer killed Lincoln
14 Clues: this general fought for the Union • this general fought for the Confederacy • the outcome of this battle kept Europe out of the war • this actor and Confederate sympathizer killed Lincoln • the last name of a famous Underground Railroad "conductor" • this President did not support the 14th and 15th Amendments. • ...
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION (TIMELINE) 2016-04-17
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- II - Last ruler of Russia
- III - The father of the last ruler of Russia
- 3 - Lenin returns from exile
- 1917 - The October Revolution - the Bolsheviks take over Petrogad
- 1922 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) established.
- - Trusted friend of the Czar
- 11 - Alexander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister of the Provisional Government
- 14 - the day Nicholas II was crowned Czar of Russia
- - Name of the last family ruling Russia
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- - One of the factions that the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party split into
- 1920 - Russian civil war ends
- Lenin - Leader of the Bolsheviks
- Sunday - This happened in St. Petersburg and it began the Russian Revolution
- 9 - The date the Bloody Sunday occurred.
- 1918 - Russian civil war begins
- Revolution - An event that deposed the Czar
- Stalin - The man who competed against Trotsky after Lenin's death
17 Clues: II - Last ruler of Russia • 3 - Lenin returns from exile • - Trusted friend of the Czar • 1920 - Russian civil war ends • 1918 - Russian civil war begins • Lenin - Leader of the Bolsheviks • - Name of the last family ruling Russia • 9 - The date the Bloody Sunday occurred. • Revolution - An event that deposed the Czar • III - The father of the last ruler of Russia • ...
Texas History Crossword 2022-04-22
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- Southern states during the Civil War
- First ten amendments to the constitution: The Bill of ______
- The ______ amendment gave all African Americans equal rights and citizenship
- Country that Pineda is from
- First battle of the Texas Revolution: Battle of ______
- The side the US was on during WW2
- What someone who brought people to settle in Texas was called
- Country that Texas fought against in the Texas Revolution
- Northern states during the Civil War
- 16th president of the United States
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- A tax on imported goods
- Father of Texas
- The ______ amendment abolished slavery
- The process of cities growing and the number of people living in a city increasing
- To leave or withdraw from a place
- Leader of the Executive branch of the Texas government
- First president of The Republic of Texas
17 Clues: Father of Texas • A tax on imported goods • Country that Pineda is from • To leave or withdraw from a place • The side the US was on during WW2 • 16th president of the United States • Southern states during the Civil War • Northern states during the Civil War • The ______ amendment abolished slavery • First president of The Republic of Texas • ...
Leadup to the Civil War Crossword 2025-05-22
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- The group that eventually captured John Brown.
- John Brown became a ____ for the antislavery cause.
- The _ Act of 1850 imposed penalties on Slaves that escaped
- Cause of the Civil War
- The Underground Railroad was a ____ network of houses and routes.
- The President during the Civil War.
- Last name of John Brown's business partner
- Where John Brown left in 1850
- Last name of an important figure in the Underground Railroad
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- John Brown was financially supported by these people.
- Name of the Farmhouse that John Brown rented out.
- ____ Ferry was the site of John Brown's raid.
- The ___ industry expande due to Slavery
- John Brown and his men lost because they were ____.
- The number of men John Brown had with him.
- Name for a person who fought against Slavery
- One of the people who gave a lecture at John Brown's church.
- First name of the author Beecher Stowe
18 Clues: Cause of the Civil War • Where John Brown left in 1850 • The President during the Civil War. • First name of the author Beecher Stowe • The ___ industry expande due to Slavery • The number of men John Brown had with him. • Last name of John Brown's business partner • Name for a person who fought against Slavery • ____ Ferry was the site of John Brown's raid. • ...
Texas History 2024-05-24
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- The first big oil discovery that triggered the TExas oil boom.
- The battle where Texans won their independence
- This is the most famous document in Texas. Signed on March 2, 1836 at Washington on the Brazos.
- An early form of transportation on Texas Rivers
- Name of the time period of rebuilding, after the Civil War.
- The Spanish explorer that got shipwrecked in Texas and ended up walking barefoot through it after he escaped in the 1500s.
- These were built throughout the center of Texas to keep Native Americans from attacking new Texan settlements
- One of the key causes of the Civil War. Texans used this in its cotton plantations.
- Geography of most of Texas
- The Texas state tree
- First and last name of the famous Texan who won Texas Independence at the Battle of San Jacinto, and later became President of Texas.
- Battle during the Civil War when 47 Texans stopped the Union from invading
- Greatest state in the United States!!
- The famous 3 words at the end of William Travis' letter from the Alamo
- Longest River in Texas
- The famous battle that Texans lost, but that inspired others later to fight harder to win independence.
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- Body of water to the southeast of Texas
- What Spain built in Texas to claim the land and teach Natives their religion
- Largest city in Texas
- This vocabulary word means to add. This happened to Texas in 1845, and it triggered a war with Mexico.
- The Native Indian tribe that lived along the Gulf Coast.
- Used to be the largest ranch in Texas
- Texas has two of these large underground lakes: the Edwards and the Ogalala
- Texas is big on producing this crop, especially up in Lubbock
- Where the capital of Texas was moved to.
- Name of the man that named most of the Texas Rivers, and now name of the school with the most awesome 7th graders in the world.
- Second president of Texas that decided to kick the Indians out of Texas and take over the Santa Fe silver Trade
- The businessmen who Spain invited to Texas to bring people to settle in Texas. (Hint: Monooly)
- Name of the Country Texas belonged to during the Civil War
- Country Texas belonged to for 15 years, that it revolted against and won its independence from.
- Name of the Mexican leader that Texans fought during the Revolution.
- The biggest agricultural animal food industry.
32 Clues: The Texas state tree • Largest city in Texas • Longest River in Texas • Geography of most of Texas • Used to be the largest ranch in Texas • Greatest state in the United States!! • Body of water to the southeast of Texas • Where the capital of Texas was moved to. • The battle where Texans won their independence • The biggest agricultural animal food industry. • ...
Unit 8 Crossword Puzzle 2025-05-05
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- Southern states were divided into districts governed by this type of authority during Reconstruction.
- The side that the Southern states seceded from during the Civil War.
- Laws passed in the South to limit the rights of freed slaves.
- Former slaves who were emancipated after the Civil War.
- The era of rebuilding the South and reintegrating it into the Union.
- This amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law.
- A Southern white who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party.
- The group of seceded Southern states.
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- President who supported Reconstruction and civil rights protections.
- This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
- Group in Congress that pushed for harsh Reconstruction policies.
- This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
- President who opposed many Reconstruction policies and was impeached.
- What states had to do to the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to be readmitted to the Union.
- Northerner who moved to the South during Reconstruction for political or economic gain.
15 Clues: The group of seceded Southern states. • This amendment abolished slavery in the United States. • Former slaves who were emancipated after the Civil War. • This amendment gave African American men the right to vote. • Laws passed in the South to limit the rights of freed slaves. • Group in Congress that pushed for harsh Reconstruction policies. • ...
ELA/SS Newspaper 2023-06-16
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- How many days was john wilkes booth on the run for
- Escape tunnel for slaves
- 3-line poem with 5,7,5 syllables
- rule that makes Things equal(The Giver)
- The place Lincoln was assassinated
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- Document of rights Americans have
- First battle the Union won in the civil war
- Boy who survived the civil war in Sudan
- Americans poured ___ into a harbor
- Wrote common sense
10 Clues: Wrote common sense • Escape tunnel for slaves • 3-line poem with 5,7,5 syllables • Document of rights Americans have • Americans poured ___ into a harbor • The place Lincoln was assassinated • Boy who survived the civil war in Sudan • rule that makes Things equal(The Giver) • First battle the Union won in the civil war • How many days was john wilkes booth on the run for
The Union Crosswoad 2023-05-15
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- What proclamation freed thousands of slaves? (Only 1 Word)
- Who was the 16th president?
- General and President
- First civil war battle?
- What was a nickname for the Union?
- "March of the Sea" campaign
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- How many soldiers did the Union have?
- Who were opposing side of the Union?
- Commander at Fort Sumter?
- What was the "bloodiest" battle in the civil war?
10 Clues: General and President • First civil war battle? • Commander at Fort Sumter? • Who was the 16th president? • "March of the Sea" campaign • What was a nickname for the Union? • Who were opposing side of the Union? • How many soldiers did the Union have? • What was the "bloodiest" battle in the civil war? • What proclamation freed thousands of slaves? (Only 1 Word)
Union Crossword 2023-05-16
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- "March of the Sea" campaign
- General and President
- How many soldiers did the Union have?
- What was a nickname for the Union?
- Commander at Fort Sumter?
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- What proclamation freed thousands of slaves? (Only 1 Word)
- What was the "bloodiest" battle in the civil war?
- Who was on the opposing side of the Union?
- First civil war battle?
- Who was the 16th president?
10 Clues: General and President • First civil war battle? • Commander at Fort Sumter? • "March of the Sea" campaign • Who was the 16th president? • What was a nickname for the Union? • How many soldiers did the Union have? • Who was on the opposing side of the Union? • What was the "bloodiest" battle in the civil war? • What proclamation freed thousands of slaves? (Only 1 Word)
Civil War Puzzle 2022-01-04
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- Something written in the constitution to allow freedom of speech
- The army fighting for the South
- Something written in the constitution to allow freedom of speech
- Restricting someones actions/words
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- The army fighting for the North
- President during the Civil War
- requiring someone under arrest to be brought to a judge
- a country located in North America and where the Civil War took place
- A war fought between the North and South
- What people read to learn the news
10 Clues: President during the Civil War • The army fighting for the North • The army fighting for the South • What people read to learn the news • Restricting someones actions/words • A war fought between the North and South • requiring someone under arrest to be brought to a judge • Something written in the constitution to allow freedom of speech • ...
Year 8 Xmas - Civil War/Gunpowder/Tudors 2021-12-14
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- Where was the first battle of the Civil War fought?
- What the Parliamentarians were known as
- Leader of the New Model Army
- People who fought for the King
- surname of the fake name given to Guy Fawkes
- First name of King during the Civil War
- Unpopular tax brought in by Charles
- name of Lord who received a letter warning the King about the gunpowder plot
- The period of 11 years where the king ruled without Parliament
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- name of Henry's son who became king after Henry died
- The religion of Charles’ wife
- What Charles believed in
- name of the queen who came up with the 'middle way'.
- Disciplined army created by Parliament
- name of the queen who is remembered as being 'bloody'
- First name of the King during the Gunpowder plot
- Where Charles’ wife was from
- name of one of the plotters who rented a cellar under parliament
18 Clues: What Charles believed in • Leader of the New Model Army • Where Charles’ wife was from • The religion of Charles’ wife • People who fought for the King • Unpopular tax brought in by Charles • Disciplined army created by Parliament • What the Parliamentarians were known as • First name of King during the Civil War • surname of the fake name given to Guy Fawkes • ...
5th Reporting Period Spiral Review 2022-04-07
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- the_________Bureau was set up to help former slaves
- to put an end to slavery
- Quanah Parker was the last chief of this group of Indians
- last land battle of civil war that came after the surrender of general lee
- 13th amendment_________slavery
- confederates held off union attack
- where tribes were moved after the Indian wars
- general of Texas infantry
- people who did not have the land, tools or supplies needed to grow crops
- governor who classed with Democrats
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- union was planning to invade texas with help of ironclad boats
- attack on a trading post by Quanah Parker
- 15th amendment gave African americans the right to_
- 14th amendment granted________
- Native American chief who led a raid near Salt Creek
- battle in which confedrates took back the Port
- name given to African Americans that served on the frontier
- issue that led to civil war
18 Clues: to put an end to slavery • general of Texas infantry • issue that led to civil war • 14th amendment granted________ • 13th amendment_________slavery • confederates held off union attack • governor who classed with Democrats • attack on a trading post by Quanah Parker • where tribes were moved after the Indian wars • battle in which confedrates took back the Port • ...
5th Reporting Period Spiral Review 2022-04-07
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- the_________Bureau was set up to help former slaves
- to put an end to slavery
- Quanah Parker was the last chief of this group of Indians
- last land battle of civil war that came after the surrender of general lee
- 13th amendment_________slavery
- confederates held off union attack
- where tribes were moved after the Indian wars
- general of Texas infantry
- people who did not have the land, tools or supplies needed to grow crops
- governor who classed with Democrats
Down
- union was planning to invade texas with help of ironclad boats
- attack on a trading post by Quanah Parker
- 15th amendment gave African americans the right to_
- 14th amendment granted________
- Native American chief who led a raid near Salt Creek
- battle in which confedrates took back the Port
- name given to African Americans that served on the frontier
- issue that led to civil war
18 Clues: to put an end to slavery • general of Texas infantry • issue that led to civil war • 14th amendment granted________ • 13th amendment_________slavery • confederates held off union attack • governor who classed with Democrats • attack on a trading post by Quanah Parker • where tribes were moved after the Indian wars • battle in which confedrates took back the Port • ...
Reconstruction Era 2022-05-12
Across
- person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way
- period after the American Civil War
- abolished slavery
- rights to vote for African-Americans
- union
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- citizenship and rights to African-Americans
- 16th president
- a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
- confederacy
- johnson president after abe lincoln got killed
10 Clues: union • confederacy • 16th president • abolished slavery • period after the American Civil War • rights to vote for African-Americans • citizenship and rights to African-Americans • johnson president after abe lincoln got killed • person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way • ...
Reconstruction Era 2022-05-12
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- person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way
- period after the American Civil War
- abolished slavery
- rights to vote for African-Americans
- union
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- citizenship and rights to African-Americans
- 16th president
- a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
- confederacy
- johnson president after abe lincoln got killed
10 Clues: union • confederacy • 16th president • abolished slavery • period after the American Civil War • rights to vote for African-Americans • citizenship and rights to African-Americans • johnson president after abe lincoln got killed • person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way • ...
Causes of the Civil War 2022-05-18
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- Someone who wants to end slavery
- The main cause of the Civil War
- Focused on benefitting your region
- Made up the North's economy
- Formed by Southern States as a new country
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- Southerners wanted to leave the US or?
- The first state to secede from the Union
- Fundamental part of southern economy
- Civil War begins where in 1861
- Cancel or void federal laws
10 Clues: Cancel or void federal laws • Made up the North's economy • Civil War begins where in 1861 • The main cause of the Civil War • Someone who wants to end slavery • Focused on benefitting your region • Fundamental part of southern economy • Southerners wanted to leave the US or? • The first state to secede from the Union • Formed by Southern States as a new country
Civil War Battles and Important People 2025-05-15
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- The one and only president of the Confederate States of America
- Unprompted confederate attack on union territory
- The Last Battle
- The first official battle of the Civil War
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- Confederate stronghold captured, Union gained control of the Mississippi River
- Confederate General
- The Largest One-Day battle in the civil war
- General for the union, eventually president
- The First Major Battle
- The president that started it all
10 Clues: The Last Battle • Confederate General • The First Major Battle • The president that started it all • The first official battle of the Civil War • The Largest One-Day battle in the civil war • General for the union, eventually president • Unprompted confederate attack on union territory • The one and only president of the Confederate States of America • ...
Causes of Vietnam War 2023-05-10
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- What year did the North Vietnamese attack a US Naval Destroyer 19-
- In 1963 how many military advisors did Kennedy send?
- What were the South Vietnam people called during the Civil War?
- Who was the leader of the communist Vietnamese resistance movement?
- After the French were defeated, where were peace talks held?
- Who was the secretary of defense during this?
- Which country was afraid that communism would spread everywhere if South Vietnam fell?
- Describe the type of military force President Kennedy sent to Vietnam.
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- What was the first Asian Nation to fall to Communism?
- The conflict in Vietnam that developed following the French defeat can best be described as this type of War.
- Civil War in Vietnam broke out in 19-
- Which President sent a half a million US combat troops to Vietnam?
- Which country sent supplies, and advisors to help South Vietnam?
- Which Empire were the Vietnamese a part of prior to World War II?
- Who was the Capitalist leader of South Vietnam who was overthrown?
15 Clues: Civil War in Vietnam broke out in 19- • Who was the secretary of defense during this? • In 1963 how many military advisors did Kennedy send? • What was the first Asian Nation to fall to Communism? • After the French were defeated, where were peace talks held? • What were the South Vietnam people called during the Civil War? • ...
Wh17-5 2013-03-08
Across
- ended the spanish american war US gained cuba Puerto Rico guam and the philippines
- led peasant demands in mexican civil war
- led revolt against Huerta which led to civil war in mexico
- stated that cuba could not sell or give land to anyone but US
- the us and europe invested money here by building factories and railroads
- discovered link of mosquitos to yellow fever and helped to wipe it out
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- diaz had him arrested because he was opposing him in election
- stated that the US would defend any countries independence in Western Hemisphere
- us supported the panamanian revotl against columbia because they wanted to build this
- seized government control of mexico from Madero
- fought carranza for control of revolution he also attacked US
- american battleship thatexploded in havanah port us blamed spain and declared war
- mexican dictator who let alot of land and resources of mexico to be bought by foreigners
- country where US intervened as per the Roosevelt Corollary
14 Clues: led peasant demands in mexican civil war • seized government control of mexico from Madero • led revolt against Huerta which led to civil war in mexico • country where US intervened as per the Roosevelt Corollary • diaz had him arrested because he was opposing him in election • fought carranza for control of revolution he also attacked US • ...
Civil War Vocabulary 2024-02-14
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- To withdraw from or formally leave.
- Law that required that slaves be returned to their owners even if they had escaped to a free state.
- Government based on the consent of the people. The people of an area vote and have a say in goverment.
- Soldiers who fought on horseback.
- The Southern States during the Civil War.
- Network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century to help slaves escape to freedom.
- Someone who wants to abolish or get rid of something.
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- Willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a person—especially if prominent or important.
- Large scale farms that specialize in cash crops.
- Name given to the Northern States during the Civil War.
- A war between citizens of the same country.
- Period of time before war.
- Invented by Eli Whitney to separate seeds from the plants fibers.
- The process of being set free.
14 Clues: Period of time before war. • The process of being set free. • Soldiers who fought on horseback. • To withdraw from or formally leave. • The Southern States during the Civil War. • A war between citizens of the same country. • Large scale farms that specialize in cash crops. • Someone who wants to abolish or get rid of something. • ...
Unit 2 Vocabulary 2024-02-21
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- period in United States history following the American Civil War, dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of abolishing slavery and reintegrating the former Confederate States of America into the United States.
- American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War.
- allegedly opportunistic or disruptive Northerners who came to the Southern states
- 1,300-mile long route from Illinois to Utah on which Mormon pioneers traveled from 1846–47.
- enslaved African American man who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for the freedom of themselves and their two daughters, famous court case
- discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune
- American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance.
- a process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct. It may be understood as a unique process involving both political and legal elements.
- also known as the Wormley Agreement or the Bargain of 1877, was an unwritten political deal in the United States to settle the intense dispute over the results of the 1876
- several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups.
- American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad.
- an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865
- the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
- restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces
- a number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other.
- a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon Territory.
- occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War.
- was a law passed by the 31st United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free-Soilers
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- 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico
- granted by state constitution or state statute and allocates some autonomy to a local government, if the local government accepts certain conditions
- legal arrangement in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land.
- a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement in the decades preceding the Civil
- recourse in law by which a report can be made to a court in the events of unlawful detention or imprisonment, requesting that the court orders the person's custodian, to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether their detention is lawful.
- he principle that the leaders of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political legitimacy.
- an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.
- was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil Wa
- white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
- the political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of "native-born" or established inhabitants over those of immigrants, including the support of anti-immigration and immigration-restriction measures.
- in international law, is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory.
- also known as Peace Democrats, were a faction of the Democratic Party in the Union who opposed the American Civil War and wanted an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates.
- or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.
31 Clues: the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution. • allegedly opportunistic or disruptive Northerners who came to the Southern states • occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War. • a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement in the decades preceding the Civil • ...
American Anthem crossword 2020-06-02
Across
- a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.
- rock nine group of nine African American students
- a formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position.
- a minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation
- a moral or legal entitlement
- rights movement an organized effort by black Americans to end racial discrimination and gain equal rights
- not making or conducted primarily to make a profit
- war war also known as the Second Indochina War
- war war fought between the northern United States and the southern United States in 1861 to 1865
- posters, newspapers,stories, speeches for information to promote political causes
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- rights the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
- rights act landmark piece of federal that prohibits racial discrimination in voting
- the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants
- luther king american christian minister and activist in the civil rights movement
- the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race
- reagan 40th president of the United States
- americans ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa
- johnson 36th president of the United States
- selma march political march that occurred March 21–25, 1965
- great depression the most severe economic downturn in the history of the United States
- conflict between different countries or different groups within a country.
21 Clues: a moral or legal entitlement • reagan 40th president of the United States • johnson 36th president of the United States • rock nine group of nine African American students • not making or conducted primarily to make a profit • war war also known as the Second Indochina War • the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants • ...
Mattie's Civil War Crossword 2022-01-13
Across
- A war that divided America in two because of the issue of slavery
- A Union general that was later the 18th president of the USA
- The President who won without ANY votes from southern states
- The first state to leave the union
- A white man who permitted the freedom of Dred Scott
- A black woman who was sent to jail for sitting in the white section of the bus
- a battle which ended up in Lincoln delivering his most famous speech
- A Confederate general that commanded all southern states
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- a speech by Abe Lincoln that had broken all chances of diplomacy with the south
- The leader of the R.E Lee/ the giraffe
- A radical march that ran throughout he heart of Georgia and destroyed everything in its path
- A slave who had taken his case for freedom to court
- The first major battle in Georgia (in the civil war)
- A northerner who's main goal was to abolish slavery
- The bloodiest battle of the civil war
- A person who wants go get rid of slavery (mostly northerners)
- The southern states, they wanted to keep slavery so they went to war with the north
- this was often called the anaconda plan
18 Clues: The first state to leave the union • The bloodiest battle of the civil war • The leader of the R.E Lee/ the giraffe • this was often called the anaconda plan • A slave who had taken his case for freedom to court • A northerner who's main goal was to abolish slavery • A white man who permitted the freedom of Dred Scott • ...
Effects of WWII Crossword 2025-01-28
Across
- - US president
- - nation created from a state in Palestine by the Jwish people
- - economic recession ended by WWII
- - allies prosecuted Nazis for war crimes
- - the bad guys
- - willing to tolerate something, American ideal
- - USA & Soviet Union
- - organization that enables great cooperation between the great powers
- - treaty designed to expand world trade
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- - those who ran the concentration camps were tried and convicted of war crimes, making them blank
- - international agreement governing the human treatment of soldiers and prisoners of war
- - stated that Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria must have free elections
- - nation from outside rules
- - after WWII, the fight for X in America was even stronger
- - the good guys
- - West=non-communist, east=communist
- - Soviet Union leader
- - once top dog, economic disparity after war
- - universal declaration of blank
19 Clues: - US president • - the bad guys • - the good guys • - USA & Soviet Union • - Soviet Union leader • - nation from outside rules • - universal declaration of blank • - economic recession ended by WWII • - West=non-communist, east=communist • - treaty designed to expand world trade • - allies prosecuted Nazis for war crimes • - once top dog, economic disparity after war • ...
Michaela De Prince 2025-10-14
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- First name of the woman who adopted 26 and 27
- Skin condition when skin loses pigmintation
- popular ballet that Michaela watched 150 times
- Person searching for safety and fleeing because of war or persecution
- Shoes Michaela thought every American should have
- feeling anxious or very distressed
- A child who's parents died in a war
- number Michaela was at the orphanage
- What the aunties thought Michaela was because of her vitiligo
- The picture on the magazine Michaela hid from aunties
- Acting with hostility and in opposition
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- War orphan who became a ballerina
- Genre of this text
- Dance Group Michaela was in
- Original name of both numbers 26 and 27
- legally take and raise a child as your own
- African Country in a civil war from 1995-2002
- When a country goes to war with itself
- Antagonists to Michaela De Prince
19 Clues: Genre of this text • Dance Group Michaela was in • War orphan who became a ballerina • Antagonists to Michaela De Prince • feeling anxious or very distressed • A child who's parents died in a war • number Michaela was at the orphanage • When a country goes to war with itself • Original name of both numbers 26 and 27 • Acting with hostility and in opposition • ...
Fredrick Douglass 2024-11-08
Across
- Fought for the freedom of enslaved people
- His last name, synonymous with the fight for freedom
- Renowned public speaker known for powerful speeches
- Collaborated with other notable figures like Harriet Tubman
- Strong advocate for education and learning
- Supported women's right to vote
- Published "The North Star," his influential periodical
- His lifelong commitment to civil rights
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- Involved in efforts during the Civil War
- His autobiography detailing his life as a slave
- Opposed political compromises on slavery
- Refers to his rise from slavery to prominence
- Worked for social change and justice
- His enduring impact on American history and civil rights
- Activist devoted to ending slavery
15 Clues: Supported women's right to vote • Activist devoted to ending slavery • Worked for social change and justice • His lifelong commitment to civil rights • Involved in efforts during the Civil War • Opposed political compromises on slavery • Fought for the freedom of enslaved people • Strong advocate for education and learning • Refers to his rise from slavery to prominence • ...
Civil War 2022-12-01
6 Clues: What freed the slaves • major crop during civil war • what Battle started the war • Carolina first state to secede • president during the civil war • Davis confederate president during civil war
American Civil War 2023-05-22
Across
- A site where the Union won one of it's battles
- Where The South surrendered
- A communication advantage Lincoln had over the South
- Abraham Lincolns famous speech
- America's 16th president
Down
- One of the most famous battles in American history
- The Confederate general during the Civil War
- The main cause of the Civil War
- What The South called themselves
- Location where The South first attacked.
10 Clues: America's 16th president • Where The South surrendered • Abraham Lincolns famous speech • The main cause of the Civil War • What The South called themselves • Location where The South first attacked. • The Confederate general during the Civil War • A site where the Union won one of it's battles • One of the most famous battles in American history • ...
World War One 2024-01-29
Across
- Development of ones armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy
- New gun that fires fast
- Germany must accept sole responsability for war
- Colonies supplied counties with goods
- Wilson's Plan for world peace
- New machine; armoured vehicle
- International Organization
- Fighting for the mere yards of ground
- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Down
- Balance of power
- Devotion to the interests and culture of ones nation
- Telegram from German ambassador to Mexico
- France, Britain, and Russia/US
- British boat sunk by German U-Boat
- Destroys escort merchant ships across Atlantic
- Epidemic overshadowed by the war that cost 30 million people their lives
- Creates 9 new nations, ends the war, and places various conditions on Germany
- Biased communication designed to influence people
- Truce
- Seceded from WW1 to have a Civil War
20 Clues: Truce • Balance of power • New gun that fires fast • International Organization • Wilson's Plan for world peace • New machine; armoured vehicle • France, Britain, and Russia/US • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy • British boat sunk by German U-Boat • Seceded from WW1 to have a Civil War • Colonies supplied counties with goods • Fighting for the mere yards of ground • ...
Unit 10 WW1 2023-04-07
Across
- illegal war materials
- one-sided info to sway public opinion
- Allied Powers that negociated the treaties
- Germany/Italy/Austria-Hungary
- Movement of troops
- payment for war damages
- trade restrictions
- Glorification of military
- A list of demands to avoid consequence
- Every country is impacted
- An area full of tension ready to blow
- Take France out 1st, then Russia
- cease fire
- British ship sunk by torpedo
Down
- France/Great Britain/Russia
- Leader of the Bolshevik Revolution
- France/Great Britain/Russia
- Wilson's plan to preserve peace + democracy
- failed neutrality agreement between Germany + Russia
- brutalities of war
- WW1 submarine
- Civil War in Russia between Communists and Democratic Socialists
- Serbian terrorist group
- Germany sent this to Mexico
- Allied Powers
- Germany/Italy/A+H/Ottoman Empire/Bulgaria
- communists of Russia
27 Clues: cease fire • WW1 submarine • Allied Powers • brutalities of war • Movement of troops • trade restrictions • communists of Russia • illegal war materials • Serbian terrorist group • payment for war damages • Glorification of military • Every country is impacted • France/Great Britain/Russia • France/Great Britain/Russia • Germany sent this to Mexico • British ship sunk by torpedo • ...
Causes of The Civil War 2026-04-08
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- Stephen Douglas’ belief popular-
- first battle in the civil war
- code name for people who guided enslaved people in the Underground Railroad
- political of Zachary Taylor that went extinct after 1848 election
- first and only president of the confederate army
- man who led the Harpers ferry and Pottawatomie massacre
- - slave act
- A person fighting for an end to slavery
- most important state made a union in the compromise of 1850
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- opposition in Dred Scott case
- name of the ferry raided by John Brown
- the animal causality in Fort Sumter
- Last name of the author of uncle tom’s cabin
- 1852 president
- first state to secede to the confederate army
- the political party that ran once in 1848 by Martin Van Buren
- the American army’s name in the civil war
17 Clues: - slave act • 1852 president • opposition in Dred Scott case • first battle in the civil war • Stephen Douglas’ belief popular- • the animal causality in Fort Sumter • name of the ferry raided by John Brown • A person fighting for an end to slavery • the American army’s name in the civil war • Last name of the author of uncle tom’s cabin • ...
American Anthem crossword 2020-06-02
Across
- a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.
- rock nine group of nine African American students
- a formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position.
- a minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation
- a moral or legal entitlement
- rights movement an organized effort by black Americans to end racial discrimination and gain equal rights
- not making or conducted primarily to make a profit
- war war also known as the Second Indochina War
- war war fought between the northern United States and the southern United States in 1861 to 1865
- posters, newspapers,stories, speeches for information to promote political causes
Down
- rights the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
- rights act landmark piece of federal that prohibits racial discrimination in voting
- the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants
- luther king american christian minister and activist in the civil rights movement
- the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race
- reagan 40th president of the United States
- americans ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa
- johnson 36th president of the United States
- selma march political march that occurred March 21–25, 1965
- great depression the most severe economic downturn in the history of the United States
- conflict between different countries or different groups within a country.
21 Clues: a moral or legal entitlement • reagan 40th president of the United States • johnson 36th president of the United States • rock nine group of nine African American students • not making or conducted primarily to make a profit • war war also known as the Second Indochina War • the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants • ...
WAR 2023-07-13
Civil Rights Movement 2022-05-02
Across
- bring together people of all backgrounds
- end separation of races
- Where MLK was imprisoned
- White supremacist group
- first black major league baseball player
- Like boycotts, sit-ins, and marches
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- City with famous bus boycott
- City where Brown v Board of ed began
- Sent protection by Eisenhower so they could get to school safely
- Segregation laws in the south after the Civil War
- where "I Have a Dream" speech was given
- Wanted to end segregation on interstate busses
- Refused to give up her seat on a bus
- President who worked to pass the Civil Rights Act
- last name of Civil Rights leader who promoted non-violence
- Group to help African Americans
16 Clues: end separation of races • White supremacist group • Where MLK was imprisoned • City with famous bus boycott • Group to help African Americans • Like boycotts, sit-ins, and marches • City where Brown v Board of ed began • Refused to give up her seat on a bus • where "I Have a Dream" speech was given • bring together people of all backgrounds • ...
Sussell_Revolutionarycrossword 2022-02-02
Across
- fight between colonists & soldiers
- believed in separate church & state
- ruled after Charles I was executed
- puritan rule to avoid useless fun
- war for and against Charles I
- boycott on British goods
- tried converting protestants
- start of american revolution
- caused English civil war, beheaded
- laws to punish ppl after tea party
- tax on paper and official documents
- overthrow of James II, no violence
- parliament has power over monarchy
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- return of Charles II as king
- declaring independence from England
- war over territory with natives
- declared independence
- stopped expansion past Appalachian
- government taxed to pay war debt
- became king after Elizabeth passed
- made non-British tea more expensive
- established Protestantism
- believed in natural rights
- protestant ruler after James II
- recognized u.s as independent
25 Clues: declared independence • boycott on British goods • established Protestantism • believed in natural rights • return of Charles II as king • tried converting protestants • start of american revolution • war for and against Charles I • recognized u.s as independent • war over territory with natives • protestant ruler after James II • government taxed to pay war debt • ...
SS Review crossword 2026-02-18
Across
- Supreme Court case protecting Cherokee rights
- Organization opposing Black rights after Reconstruction
- to bring investor from the north into GA
- Laws enforcing racial segregation
- Georgia's secession from the Union
- Campaign Major Civil War event in Georgia
- Sherman's military campaign in Georgia
- Movement to end slavery
- Role in removal of Muscogee Creek
- Ended slavery in the United States
- Reasons for settlement in Georgia
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- Forced relocation of Cherokee Nation
- Union general who led Atlanta Campaign
- Significant Revolutionary War battle in Georgia
- War War that increased tensions leading to Revolution
- Supreme Court case related to slavery rights
- Tears Cherokee forced march from Georgia
- Cherokee leader who impacted removal
- of Powers Division of government into branches
- First 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution
- Founded Savannah and Georgia colony
21 Clues: Movement to end slavery • Laws enforcing racial segregation • Role in removal of Muscogee Creek • Reasons for settlement in Georgia • Georgia's secession from the Union • Ended slavery in the United States • Founded Savannah and Georgia colony • Forced relocation of Cherokee Nation • Cherokee leader who impacted removal • Union general who led Atlanta Campaign • ...
Final Exam Review Puzzle 2024-05-24
Across
- the branch of the government that interprets laws
- something that affected many settlers of the Jamestown colony in the early 1600s
- Woodrow Wilson's idea for an organization to prevent conflicts after World War I
- the word for shallow water of the coast of North Carolina that limited immigration here during colonial times
- journalists and photographers who worked to expose problems in society
- prioritizing the needs of people who have been living in America for a long time (and dislike of immigrants)
- the main issue over which the Civil War was fought
- the region of North Carolina that's between the mountains and the coastal plain
- the amendment to the US Constitution that gave men of all races the right to vote
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- the law that gave Congress permission to make treaties with Native American tribes and take their lands
- an agreement to stop fighting a war
- the name for someone who wanted a stronger federal government in the 1780s
- the name for the time period directly after the Civil War
- the belief that the United States should annex new territories in the mid-1800s
- an organization that works to protect the rights of all races
- a measure of economic success that greatly increased due to World War II
16 Clues: an agreement to stop fighting a war • the branch of the government that interprets laws • the main issue over which the Civil War was fought • the name for the time period directly after the Civil War • an organization that works to protect the rights of all races • journalists and photographers who worked to expose problems in society • ...
Sydney Solnosky- Chapter 7-3/4 2021-02-11
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- civil code of the French
- a convention
- removal of a government
- naval engagement
- Military conflict fought by Spain and Portugal
- secondary school
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- also known as War of the Seventh Coalition
- isolation by an enemy
- Military warfare that destroys useful things for the enemy
- Napoleons strategy in the war
- military leader
- a form of warfare that uses small groups
- The people vote on an opinion
- This war was fought in Belgium
14 Clues: a convention • military leader • naval engagement • secondary school • isolation by an enemy • removal of a government • civil code of the French • Napoleons strategy in the war • The people vote on an opinion • This war was fought in Belgium • a form of warfare that uses small groups • also known as War of the Seventh Coalition • Military conflict fought by Spain and Portugal • ...
Fredrick Douglass 2024-11-09
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- Fought for the freedom of enslaved people
- His last name, synonymous with the fight for freedom
- Renowned public speaker known for powerful speeches
- Collaborated with other notable figures like Harriet Tubman
- Strong advocate for education and learning
- Supported women's right to vote
- Published "The North Star," his influential periodical
- His lifelong commitment to civil rights
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- Involved in efforts during the Civil War
- His autobiography detailing his life as a slave
- Opposed political compromises on slavery
- Refers to his rise from slavery to prominence
- Worked for social change and justice
- His enduring impact on American history and civil rights
- Activist devoted to ending slavery
15 Clues: Supported women's right to vote • Activist devoted to ending slavery • Worked for social change and justice • His lifelong commitment to civil rights • Involved in efforts during the Civil War • Opposed political compromises on slavery • Fought for the freedom of enslaved people • Strong advocate for education and learning • Refers to his rise from slavery to prominence • ...
Causes of the Civil War 2017-01-28
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- A tax on imported goods
- All the businesses that make one kind of product or offer one kind of service.
- storage place for military equipment
- Person who wanted to end slavery
- free from outside control; self-governing
- a local law or piece of legislation
- Farming
- labor a form of manual labor usually applied to growing crops that involves the enslavement of a group of people; typically refers to the enslavement of the African people in the New World
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- rights the position that the federal government should not interfere with the states exercising their constitutional powers
- focus on the interest of one's region
- person who wanted the south to secede
- a large farm
- Practice of farming
- To leave or withdraw
- runner people who sneaked goods through the Civil War blockade
- a person who supported the Union during the entire Civil War period
- Runaway
- to put an end to
18 Clues: Runaway • Farming • a large farm • to put an end to • Practice of farming • To leave or withdraw • A tax on imported goods • Person who wanted to end slavery • a local law or piece of legislation • storage place for military equipment • focus on the interest of one's region • person who wanted the south to secede • free from outside control; self-governing • ...
1940-1949 2023-05-10
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- Won the World series in
- Most familiar type of music.
- Invasion of Northwest Europe aka D-Day
- Women Manufactured things because men were at war
- Stripped people of japanese descent of their civil rights
- Turning point of the war
- Political leader and 32nd president
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- Elected vice president in 1944 and Created foreign policy
- Very famous musician
- Famous hairstyle women wore where they used pins to style their hair.
- Prohibits discrimination of any race for defensive industry
- Creation of nuclear weapons that helped end world war 2
- Ended World war 2
- One of the most destructive wars in human history.
- Victory in Europe
- Strategy used by the US to get closer to Japan
- Killed thousands of people contributing to end of world war 2
- Most important american naval base.
18 Clues: Ended World war 2 • Victory in Europe • Very famous musician • Won the World series in • Turning point of the war • Most familiar type of music. • Most important american naval base. • Political leader and 32nd president • Invasion of Northwest Europe aka D-Day • Strategy used by the US to get closer to Japan • Women Manufactured things because men were at war • ...
1863 2015-12-13
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- people who make up an army
- soldiers dressed in these
- War, this was a large war fought between the northern and southern states
- a fight which is smaller than a war
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- is an 11 year old boy who tries to escape slavery
- A town in Pennsylvania where a Civil War battle took place
- Thomas's sister
- Thomas was hit with this
8 Clues: Thomas's sister • Thomas was hit with this • soldiers dressed in these • people who make up an army • a fight which is smaller than a war • is an 11 year old boy who tries to escape slavery • A town in Pennsylvania where a Civil War battle took place • War, this was a large war fought between the northern and southern states
SS8 Mixed Review 2023-05-25
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- This territory doubled the size of the U.S.
- when people move from rural areas to urban areas
- This country suffered from the potato famine and immigrated to the U.S.
- This leader of the Democratic-Republicans was also the 3rd U.S. President
- Branch of government that interprets the law
- Buildings where goods are mass produced
- Confederate attack on this Union fort in the South
- Forced labor that Southern farmers used on their plantations
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- Law officers need to have this paperwork to enter your home or search your belongings
- The U.S. made these people leave their homeland during the Trail of Tears
- Side that won the Civil War
- Speech given by President Lincoln that said slavery would end if the Union won the Civil War
- Branch of government that executes the law
- word for the British kidnapping of U.S. sailors and forcing them to work for British Navy during War of 1812
- the U.S. bought Florida from this country
- This is another word for giving a speech
16 Clues: Side that won the Civil War • Buildings where goods are mass produced • This is another word for giving a speech • the U.S. bought Florida from this country • Branch of government that executes the law • This territory doubled the size of the U.S. • Branch of government that interprets the law • when people move from rural areas to urban areas • ...
Civil war terms 2023-06-07
6 Clues: northerners were called this • someone who didnt like slavery • leading event to the civil war • First people to attack in the war • Civil war northerners were called this • what civil war soldiers were called in the war
Key Figures and Events of the Civil War 2022-05-10
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- famous battlefield in Pennsylvania
- first event of the Civil War
- the name of Robert Fulton's steamboat
- the social separation of groups of people, especially by race
- president during the Civil War
- the dramatic change in economies brought about by the use of machines to do the work
- a tax on earnings
- general of the Union Army
- burned his way across the South
- to withdraw
- last spike of the transcontinental railroad
- law that states that captured slaves must be returned to their owners
- California is admitted as a free state
- general of the Confederate Army
- speech given by Lincoln to commemorate the lives lost at the Battle of Gettysburg
- nickname for cotton
- president of the Confederacy
- unequal treatment based on a person's race, gender, religion, place of birth, or other arbitrary characteristic
- allowed citizens to determine slave status and caused riots and violence among people
- an extreme abolitionist that led the rebellion at Harper's Ferry
- slave who was determined property by the Supreme Court
- first state to secede the Union
- color of the Union Army uniforms
- place where Lee surrendered and the Civil War ended
- a hand-operated machine that cleans seeds and other unwanted material from cotton
- popular book written to portray the moral issues of slavery
- route for slaves to escape to the North
- a large area of privately owned land where crops were grown through the labor of workers, usually slaves, who lived on the land
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- two iron clad ships that engaged in battle and put an end to wooden boats used by the Navy
- soldiers on horseback
- first black regiment in the army
- another nickname for cotton
- a person who moves from one country to another
- bloodiest battle of the Civil War
- what states and territories did to keep peace prior to the Civil War
- someone that wanted to end slavery
- freed all the slaves in confederate territory
- color of the Confederate Army uniforms
- Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri
- the feeling of being weighed down or held back by severe and unfair force
- Missouri is admitted as a slave state while Maine is admitted as a free state
- warships covered in iron
- banned slavery in the United States
- the act of freeing people from slavery
- a system for requiring citizens to join their country's armed forces
- a new type of ammunition with a hollow base
- man responsible for the assassination of Lincoln
- nickname for confederate soldiers
- the North's plan to smother the South's economy
- famous conductor on the underground railroad
- a person who favors an agricultural way of life
51 Clues: to withdraw • a tax on earnings • nickname for cotton • soldiers on horseback • warships covered in iron • general of the Union Army • another nickname for cotton • first event of the Civil War • president of the Confederacy • president during the Civil War • burned his way across the South • general of the Confederate Army • first state to secede the Union • ...
Stalin's Foreign Policy 2025-10-03
13 Clues: civil war • signed in 1922 • General in spain • type of security • Foreign minister • agreement in 1938 • replaced litvinov • Russia needed these • pact which outlawed war • in 1934 Joined league of • giving into Hitlers demands • Stalin signed pact in 1939 with • Stalin wielded more power than any other
A Time of War 2026-02-23
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- The final battle in New Mexico, also a Union victory.
- Fort Union was the largest US fort in this territory (two words).
- This territorial governor called for men to help defend New Mexico.
- Although minimal, these were present in New Mexico.
- California was admitted to the US in 1850 as this “type” of state.
- This Union victory was a turning point in the war because it ended the Confederacy’s campaign to control the Southwest (two words).
- Men from this territory were especially eager to stop the Confederates in order to protect their gold mines.
- Before becoming states, New Mexico and Utah were called ________.
- The destruction of vital Confederate ____________ forced soldiers to retreat to Texas after the Battle of Glorieta Pass.
- The number of major Civil War battles in New Mexico.
- The question over this issue was the main issue the US faced after the Mexican American War.
- This US president thanked Pueblo Indians with gifts for helping the Union win the Civil War in New Mexico.
- The Civil War began in 1861 when Northerners attacked this location in South Carolina (two words).
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- This group outlawed slavery in US territories in 1862 (two words).
- This supply depot was the main prize the Confederacy sought in the Southwest (two words).
- Controlling trade along this trail would financially benefit the Confederacy (two words).
- Confederate supporters in New Mexico called their new territory The Confederate Territory of _____________.
- The belief that the needs of one’s own region outweigh the needs of the nation as a whole.
- This battle was considered a Confederate victory because the Union army retreated.
- The discovery of this in California forced the issue of the slavery question in 1850.
- These served as protection from hostile Indians and rest stops for traveling Americans.
- Confederate/slave sympathizers focused in this part of New Mexico.
- The Confederacy needed access to ports along this ocean to counteract the Atlantic naval blockade.
- Laws that defined slaves as the property of slave owners (two words).
24 Clues: Although minimal, these were present in New Mexico. • The number of major Civil War battles in New Mexico. • The final battle in New Mexico, also a Union victory. • Fort Union was the largest US fort in this territory (two words). • Before becoming states, New Mexico and Utah were called ________. • ...
AP United States History Crossword Puzzle 2022-05-12
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- A safe haven in Northeastern United States for African Americans moving north to escape racial prejudice
- Large grant of land given by the Spanish monarchy
- A battle after the seperation of the United States, mainly caused by their opposing thoughts on slavery
- the month of a terrorist attack on American land that lead to the declaration of "war on terror"
- against the revolutionary war against the British
- the location of a war caused by the fear of communist spread, and lead to Americas defeat
- Use of African forced labor on American Farms
- Was the first president of the United States
- First form of industrialized transportation that helped the spread of the industrialized movement
- the banning of alcohol
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- The belief that American people had the right to colonize out west until they reached the pacific ocean
- Music genre created by African Americans during the Harlem renaissance and became greatly popular in the North East
- The president who lead the union to victory during the civil war
- The company that built the first automobile which greatly changed personal transportation
- An organization that protected African Americans from injustice during the Civil Rights movement
- the location of a war started by the fear of communist spread and lead to a stale mate and the division of a country
- Term used to describe wealthy people with large businesses during the industrialist movement
- The president of the 1980s, known for being a great speaker and communicator
- First British colony in the Americas
- A movement that fought for the idea equality for women
20 Clues: the banning of alcohol • First British colony in the Americas • Was the first president of the United States • Use of African forced labor on American Farms • Large grant of land given by the Spanish monarchy • against the revolutionary war against the British • A movement that fought for the idea equality for women • ...
America 1960's 2025-02-19
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- An island antion tha thas a communist government now. (and during the Cold War).
- The U.S government agency responsibe for space exploration significatly expanded under JFK.
- a program of volunteer assistance to the developing nations of Asia, Africa, Latin America.
- The way in which states redraw election districts based on the changing number of people in them
- A country in Southeast Asia where the U.S fought a war.
- revolutionary leader of Cuba who caused the break in diplomatic relations with the United States.
- a term used to describe the "idealized" image of the Kennedy presidency.
- Health insurance for people over 65 in the US.
- A failed U.S mission remove Cube's leader.
- created between two nations (between White House and Kremlin)
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- The murder of someone important like JKF.
- a barrier built by East Germany in 1951 to prevent East Berliners from fleeing to West Berline during Cold War.
- The strained relations between the U.S and the Soviet Union during Cold War.
- the 35th president of the United States, known for his leadership during Cold War.
- Investigated and concluded that Oswald had shot the president while acting on his own.
- JKF's plan to impove the country with programs in space, science, and civil rights.
- a clear inication that votes approved of his plans.
- Changes made to improve things for example laws for civil rights or healthcare.
- a dangerous or difficult situation.
- Limited Test Ban Treaty that barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere between US and Soviet Union.
20 Clues: a dangerous or difficult situation. • The murder of someone important like JKF. • A failed U.S mission remove Cube's leader. • Health insurance for people over 65 in the US. • a clear inication that votes approved of his plans. • A country in Southeast Asia where the U.S fought a war. • created between two nations (between White House and Kremlin) • ...
Ingalls Ship Namesakes #1 2025-09-25
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- Libyan city, known for the First Barbary War.
- Youngest service member to be awarded Medal of Honor during WWII.
- Island in the Solomon Islands, site of a significant WWII campaign.
- Former Georgia U.S. Senator whose work helped reduce global nuclear threats.
- Vietnam War POW who blinked the Morse Code to alert the world to the inhumane treatment of prisoners; later became an Alabama U.S. Senator.
- Iraqi city, site of major battles during the Iraq War.
- Korean War POW who received the Navy Cross.
- City in Florida, known for its boating canals and stunning beaches.
- Decorated WWII Army pilot and former Alaska U.S. Senator.
- Named after a county in Pennsylvania, honoring the 9/11 heroes.
- ANTONIO City in Texas, known for the Alamo and its rich colonial heritage.
- Long-serving Mississippi U.S. Senator, worked to support funding for shipbuilding and military defense.
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- City of brotherly love, birthplace of the U.S. Constitution.
- Steel City of Pennsylvania, historically a hub for steel manufacturing.
- Named for the continent and the ideals of liberty and democracy.
- Secretary of the Navy during the Kennedy administration.
- Youngest person to serve as Chief of Naval Operations, known for modernizing the Navy.
- Naval destroyer attacked in Yemen in 2000, leading to significant reforms.
- Capital city of Pennsylvania, known for its role in the Industrial Revolution and Civil War.
- County in Virginia, home to the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery.
- YORK State known for the Big Apple and the Statue of Liberty.
- Named for the 36th U.S. President, known for civil rights legislation and Great Society reforms.
22 Clues: Korean War POW who received the Navy Cross. • Libyan city, known for the First Barbary War. • Iraqi city, site of major battles during the Iraq War. • Secretary of the Navy during the Kennedy administration. • Decorated WWII Army pilot and former Alaska U.S. Senator. • City of brotherly love, birthplace of the U.S. Constitution. • ...
Happy Break! 2021-12-13
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- this means to leave; the South did this from the Union
- another name for the South side
- side with better leadership during the Civil War
- total control of an industry; hurts people
- a labor lockout when workers refuse to work
- this "line" made production faster
- the creator of the Model T car
- amendment that gave women the right to vote
- this was prohibited by the 18th amendment
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- black ________ or rules only African Americans had to follow
- President who took over for Lincoln after he was assassinated
- another name for the North side
- "snitches" that led to the creation of FDA
- owned Standard Oil Company
- Reconstruction plans offered this or forgiveness to the South after the Civil War
- President during the Civil War
- tenement house in Chicago found by Jane Adams
17 Clues: owned Standard Oil Company • President during the Civil War • the creator of the Model T car • another name for the South side • another name for the North side • this "line" made production faster • this was prohibited by the 18th amendment • "snitches" that led to the creation of FDA • total control of an industry; hurts people • a labor lockout when workers refuse to work • ...
Civil War and Sectionalism Crossword 2024-12-15
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- Act 1854 - Created Nebraska and Kansas as states and gave the people in those territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through popular sovereignty.
- (1856) Term that described the prairie territory where a small-scale civil war between abolitionists and pro-slavery border ruffians erupted in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
- A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort
- A belief that ultimate power resides in the people. During sectionalism, this specifically pertains to the idea that residents of new states should decide if slavery should be permitted or not.
- a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
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- A system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the South to freedom in the North
- Decision A Missouri slave sued for his freedom, claiming that his four year stay in the northern portion of the Louisiana Territory made free land by the Missouri Compromise had made him a free man. The U.S, Supreme Court decided he couldn't sue in federal court because he was property, not a citizen.
- A loose union of independent states; name of government used by the southern states that seceded during the Civil War
- ___________Plan Union war plan by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi R, and to take an army through heart of south
- 's_______________March to the Sea 1864 during the civil war, a devastating total war military campaign, led by union general William Tecumseh Sherman, that involved marching 60,000 union troops through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah and destroying everything along there way.
- __________ Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.
- ____________Address (1863) a speech given by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg, in which he praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War; supported the ideals of self-government and human rights
- Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
- withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
14 Clues: Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole • A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort • __________ Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union. • ...
United States History 2023-05-31
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- Captain of the shipping and railroad industry during the Gilded Age
- This city specialized in the steel industry
- the period after the Civil War was called ______________ (1865-1877)
- The name given to Northerners who traveled south after the Civil War
- The ___________ Renaissance exposed African American art and literature to the rest of the country
- This amendment provided women with the right to vote in the United States
- A group that fights for the rights of laborers
- John D. Rockefeller was the leader of what industry
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- The _______ ________ Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination in public places
- Abbreviation for Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- The name of the turtle in the Duck and Cover video we watched
- A country moving from a more rural society to an urban society
- The Communist dictator of the Soviet Union in WWII
- Organization founded by W.E.B. DuBois and Ida B. Wells-Barnett that fights for political, civil and social rights for African Americans
- Hideki ______ was the leader of Japan in WWII
- The Battle of where George Custer lost to Sitting Bull
- The _________ Powers of WWII included Great Britain, The United States and the Soviet Union
- Andrew Carnegie was the captain of the ________ industry
18 Clues: Abbreviation for Franklin Delano Roosevelt • This city specialized in the steel industry • Hideki ______ was the leader of Japan in WWII • A group that fights for the rights of laborers • The Communist dictator of the Soviet Union in WWII • John D. Rockefeller was the leader of what industry • The Battle of where George Custer lost to Sitting Bull • ...
Civil War 2024-11-27
Across
- Plan the Union had to cut off the South's resources
- War that had the Union fighting the Confederacy
- States part of the Union but still had slavery
- When states leave the Union
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- U.S. president during the Civil War
- Escaped slave who sued for his human rights
- Confederate general
- The side fighting for states' rights during the civil war
- System that the south was fighting for targeted against non-white people
9 Clues: Confederate general • When states leave the Union • U.S. president during the Civil War • Escaped slave who sued for his human rights • States part of the Union but still had slavery • War that had the Union fighting the Confederacy • Plan the Union had to cut off the South's resources • The side fighting for states' rights during the civil war • ...
Civil War and Reconstruction 2024-10-06
Across
- Forced military service (the draft).
- Southern Democrats called themselves this as Reconstruction weakened because they saw themselves as winning back the South.
- Republican who won the presidential election of 1876 against Samuel J. Tilden due to the Compromise of 1877.
- Slaveholding states that stayed in the Union:
- A congressional group that wanted Reconstruction to be tougher on the South, and wanted freedmen to have the same rights as white citizens.
- Confederate capital in Virginia.
- Lincoln's vice president; sworn in as president after Lincoln's assassination.
- People killed, wounded, captured, or missing in war.
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- Laws passed by southern states that kept freedmen in a slave-like condition in order to give planters a supply of cheap labor. Freedmen could be required to sign a contract to work for a planter, and refusing could land them in jail for being jobless.
- In this system, the employer provided the land, the seed, and tools. The farmer got a share of the crop they raised, but no wages. By the end of the 1870s most freedmen and many poor white southerners were this type of farmer.
- Agency created by Congress as the war ended to assist Civil War refugees and freed former slaves.
- Amendment to the Constitution that stated people could not be denied the right to vote because of their race.
- A southerner who supported Reconstruction. Manywere farmers who had never owned slaves and had been against the war, and joined the Republicans to prevent the old planter class from returning to power. Others were business leaders who wanted to end the South's long dependence on agriculture.
- from 1865 to 1877 during which the United States focused on rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
- Amendment to the Constitution that ended all slavery in the U.S.
- Emancipated former slaves.
- Civil War Union nurse; one of the first women to be allowed to care for the wounded on the battlefield.
- Confederate general who earned a nickname during the First Battle of Bull Run
18 Clues: Emancipated former slaves. • Confederate capital in Virginia. • Forced military service (the draft). • Slaveholding states that stayed in the Union: • People killed, wounded, captured, or missing in war. • Amendment to the Constitution that ended all slavery in the U.S. • Confederate general who earned a nickname during the First Battle of Bull Run • ...
civil war cross puzzle 2023-04-10
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- - The side of an army or military unit.
- - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
- - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
- -An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
- - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
- - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
- - These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
- - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
- - An ankle-high shoe worn by soldiers during the civil War.
- - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
- - An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
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- - A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
- - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
- - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
- - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
- - The part of the war fought in the Eastern United States including Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
- - A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War
- - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
- - When a person is murdered for political reasons.
- - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
- - A nickname for the South
21 Clues: - A nickname for the South • - The side of an army or military unit. • - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • - When a person is murdered for political reasons. • - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery. • - A term used to describe people who supported the Union. • ...
World History Chapter 16 / Sections 1-2-3 2021-05-10
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- first of the Stuarts to clash with Parliament
- rule Spain for 42 years; strengthened the Catholic Church; ruled with absolute power
- group of French Protestants who waged war in France from the 1560s to the 1590s
- produced haunting religious paintings during Spain's "Golden Age"
- converted to Catholicism to end war
- a fleet of something, usually seagoing ships
- a ruler with complete authority over their government and people
- term used to describe the awakening of Louis XIV each morning
- term used to describe on-again off-again meetings of parliament from 1640 to 1653
- English monarchs who clashed with Parliament
- belief that the authority to rule comes directly from God
- term given to the reinstatement of monarchy in England in 1660
- the name taken by Charles I after he became heir to his grandfather's throne
- difficult to handle due to size, weight, or multiple parts
- location of Louis XIV's massive palace
- wrote Don Quixote, a famous work that mocked the traditions of Spain's feudal past
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- Spanish term given to the period from about 1550 to 1650; translates to "Golden Age"
- 1598 legislation that protected Protestants
- supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War
- went back and forth with Parliament to get what he wanted
- supporters of the King during the English Civil War
- his policies helped make France the wealthiest nation in Europe at that time
- founded an amazing castle and held power from the age of five
- sought to destroy the power of the Huguenots and nobles; acted for Louis XIII
- ensured the superiority of Parliament over the monarchy in England and barred a Roman Catholic from taking the throne
- ruled by Charles I; included Holy Roman Empire and the Netherlands
- French term for "I am the state"
- English monarchs who cooperated with Parliament
- uprising that almost killed Louis XIV
- dictator who led England after their civil war
- group of Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England from Catholic practices
31 Clues: French term for "I am the state" • converted to Catholicism to end war • uprising that almost killed Louis XIV • location of Louis XIV's massive palace • 1598 legislation that protected Protestants • a fleet of something, usually seagoing ships • English monarchs who clashed with Parliament • first of the Stuarts to clash with Parliament • ...
Post War America & The Civil Rights Movement 2024-11-08
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- Health care program for the elderly, introduced by LBJ's administration.
- First artificial satellite, launched by the USSR in 1957.
- Parks Refused to give up her seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- US agency involved in covert Cold War operations, including in Cuba and Vietnam.
- Rides Integrated bus rides through the South to challenge segregation.
- Spring 1962 book by Rachel Carson that sparked the environmental movement.
- 1960s movement rejecting mainstream society’s norms and values.
- Rock Nine Students who integrated an Arkansas high school in 1957.
- Space exploration agency founded in 1958.
- Wall Concrete barrier dividing East and West Berlin, symbol of the Cold War.
- Rapidly growing residential areas outside cities in the postwar era.
- Mass-produced suburban housing development in the 1950s.
- on Washington 1963 rally where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.
- Cold War policy to prevent the spread of communism.
- Young people of the 1960s known for their alternative lifestyle and anti-war stance.
- Civil rights group founded in 1960 to organize student activism.
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- 1969 music festival that became a defining event for the counterculture.
- Generation Group of writers in the 1950s who rejected traditional norms.
- Arms Race Competition between the US and USSR to build more powerful weapons.
- Race Competition between the US and USSR to explore beyond Earth.
- Society LBJ's set of domestic programs aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice.
- Corps Volunteer program created by President Kennedy in 1961.
- Power Movement emphasizing racial pride and self-sufficiency.
- War Major conflict in Southeast Asia that polarized American opinion.
- Civil rights tactic involving peaceful occupation of segregated spaces.
- Anti-communist crusade led by a controversial senator.
- of Tonkin Incident that led to increased US involvement in Vietnam.
- v. Board 1954 Supreme Court ruling that declared school segregation unconstitutional.
- Military alliance founded in 1949 to counter Soviet influence.
- of Pigs Failed 1961 invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained exiles.
- Rights Act Landmark 1964 law that outlawed racial and gender discrimination.
- X Influential African American leader advocating for Black rights.
32 Clues: Space exploration agency founded in 1958. • Cold War policy to prevent the spread of communism. • Anti-communist crusade led by a controversial senator. • Mass-produced suburban housing development in the 1950s. • First artificial satellite, launched by the USSR in 1957. • of Pigs Failed 1961 invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained exiles. • ...
Furnace of the Civil War 2026-02-27
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- The state where Robert E. Lee was from
- Gen. McClellan's replacement
- Pres. Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes ___
- Gen. Hooker was replaced by this George
- This Matthew was a Civil War photographer
- The Union wanted control of this river to cut off the Confederate supply lines
- The British had stockpiled cotton by getting it from India and this other country
- The theater where Lincoln was shot
- These were Northerners who sympathized with the South
- Sherman and his men destroyed RR lines by doing these to the rails
- This general commanded the Confederate Army even though he was against slavery
- The general who was given command of the entire Union's forces
- This Proclamation freed slaves in rebelling states
- This Andrew was Lincoln's vice president during his 2nd term
- This Union general was fired for being overly cautious and cowardly
- This percent of the South's livestock was destroyed during the Civil War
- It took Gen. Grant 6 weeks to win this battle
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- This battle had the single bloodiest/deadliest day in the Civil War
- The Merrimack and the Monitor were both this type of ship
- Gen. Burnside's replacement
- Lincoln suspended this which allowed him to arrest thousands of Confederate sympathizers
- This amendment officially abolished slavery
- The # of minutes for Lincoln's Gettysburg Address speech
- The general who was given charge of the Mississippi forces for the North
- The # of miles that the two capitals were from each other
- At the Wilderness Campaign, Gen. Hooker split his army into this # of parts
- At the Battle of Chancellorsville, the South lost "___"
- This was the country that the Confederates hoped would aid them
- Sherman's "___ to the sea" was his use of brutal, harsh tactics to shorten the war
- Capital of the Confederacy
- This battle was 3 days long and considered the turning point in the war
- This is Hebrew for "place of peace"/also the name of a battle
32 Clues: Capital of the Confederacy • Gen. Burnside's replacement • Gen. McClellan's replacement • The theater where Lincoln was shot • The state where Robert E. Lee was from • Gen. Hooker was replaced by this George • This Matthew was a Civil War photographer • This amendment officially abolished slavery • It took Gen. Grant 6 weeks to win this battle • ...
Fort Sumter 2025-05-15
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- Who was in charge of Fort Sumter?
- The soldiers were not only running of food, but also _____________.
- How many hours did the attack last?
- On April 14th, 1861, Anderson was forced to surrender.
- Who fired the first shots of the Civil war?
- What was starting fires at the fort?
- York In _____________, the men who defended the fort were presented medals for their bravery.
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- Confederate Commander in Charleston
- Fort which was attacked in South Carolina
- How many months had the men been in the fort?
- This fort protects the ___________ Harbor.
- The union soldiers limited themselves to only one shot every ______ minutes.
- Month that the Civil war started
- Who was elected in 1860?
- How many men were killed after the battle was over?
- Word for formally withdraw
16 Clues: Who was elected in 1860? • Word for formally withdraw • Month that the Civil war started • Who was in charge of Fort Sumter? • Confederate Commander in Charleston • How many hours did the attack last? • What was starting fires at the fort? • Fort which was attacked in South Carolina • This fort protects the ___________ Harbor. • Who fired the first shots of the Civil war? • ...
1850s America 2025-03-05
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- person who beat lincoln for senate seat in 1858
- first women's rights convention
- belief that humans can rise above material things in life
- idea that people should not follow laws they believe are unjust
- last name of the 15th president (won in 1856)
- attacked on the senate floor
- type of school that got child offenders out of adult prisons
- mini civil war in kansas over slavery
- movement to get rid of alcohol
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- proposed by Stephen Douglass
- Henry David Thoreau's book about living in nature and solitude
- created mental asylums
- period before the civil war
- last name of abolitionist who published The Liberator
- sued for his freedom after living in free territory
- led a raid on an armory in harpers ferry
- law that increased tension between north and south
17 Clues: created mental asylums • period before the civil war • proposed by Stephen Douglass • attacked on the senate floor • movement to get rid of alcohol • first women's rights convention • mini civil war in kansas over slavery • led a raid on an armory in harpers ferry • last name of the 15th president (won in 1856) • person who beat lincoln for senate seat in 1858 • ...
Study Guide Reconstruction 2025-10-06
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- Amendment that abolished slavery
- Secret organization that used violence to suppress Black political power
- Amendment that guaranteed citizenship and equal protection
- Republicans The group in Congress that pushed for full civil rights during Reconstruction
- The 1877 agreement that ended Reconstruction
- System that kept freedmen in debt to landowners
- President impeached for opposing Reconstruction
- Run first major battle of the Civil War
- War plan to cut off Southern trade routes
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- Abolitionist who published The North Star
- The system dividing the South into five military districts
- Organization that helped freed people with food and education
- Tubman Woman who helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad
- Amendment that granted voting rights to Black men
- case that established judicial review
- President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
- Codes Southern laws that restricted the rights of African Americans
17 Clues: Amendment that abolished slavery • case that established judicial review • War plan to cut off Southern trade routes • Abolitionist who published The North Star • The 1877 agreement that ended Reconstruction • System that kept freedmen in debt to landowners • President impeached for opposing Reconstruction • Amendment that granted voting rights to Black men • ...
Post-Dynasty Crossword 2022-02-23
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- Information is blocked, and the public is unable to see it.
- A Rebellion against this dynasty in 1911-12
- China is still under ________ rule
- Followers/supporters of the cultural revoltion.
- Mao's policy to industrialize China
- Successor the Mao Zedong
- In China's civil war, these people favored a republic
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- The march the Mao and his followers went on after a attack
- What country invaded China in 1937?
- The Great Leap forward lead to the ___________
- Source of inspiration and guidance for the members of the red guard
- In China's civil war, these people favored communism
- Led the Chinese Communist Party
- Country that Nationalist fled to after their defeat
- Sends a clear and often biased message to a large audience
15 Clues: Successor the Mao Zedong • Led the Chinese Communist Party • China is still under ________ rule • What country invaded China in 1937? • Mao's policy to industrialize China • A Rebellion against this dynasty in 1911-12 • The Great Leap forward lead to the ___________ • Followers/supporters of the cultural revoltion. • Country that Nationalist fled to after their defeat • ...
Texas in the Civil War 2020-12-09
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- General of the Union Army
- Loyalty to one part of a country over the whole country
- Political party wanting to maintain slaver and increase state's rights
- Biggest issue leading to the Civil War
- Ability of a state to ignore any federal law they don't like
- President of the Confederacy
- Battle in which the Confederates captured the USS Harriet Lane
- Leader of Confederates at Sabine Pass
- Issued by Lincoln freed the slaves in the Confederate states
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- Where last battle of the Civil War was fought
- Taxes on imported goods
- General of the Confederate Army
- State's right to make decisions without interference from federal government
- President of the US elected in 1860
- Person wanting to end slavery
- To withdraw from or leave the union
- Political Party wanting to end slavery and increase tariffs
- Courthouse where Lee surrendered to Grant
18 Clues: Taxes on imported goods • General of the Union Army • President of the Confederacy • Person wanting to end slavery • General of the Confederate Army • President of the US elected in 1860 • To withdraw from or leave the union • Leader of Confederates at Sabine Pass • Biggest issue leading to the Civil War • Courthouse where Lee surrendered to Grant • ...
Juan Juarez 1/20/2016 Reconstruction Vocab. Crossword 2016-01-20
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- equal rights regardless of ethnicity
- A package of 5 separate bills passed by the United States congress.
- republican party from 1854 to end of reconstruction
- The principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained.
- A machine that quickly separates cotton.
- U.S representative and senator from Mississippi.
- a U.S federal government established in 1865 to free slaves.
- 17th president quarreled with Congress on reconstruction(one of the worst president)
- After civil war the federal government set conditions for southern states.
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- 16th president, prosecuted civil war.
- abolished slavery
- 11 southern states that succeeded from the U.S.
- A segregation enforced by law.
- equal protection
- state/local laws enforcing segregation by race.
- A person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution.
- A formal accusation of bad things done against a public official
- A secret organization of White Protestant Americans who use violence against other minority groups.
18 Clues: equal protection • abolished slavery • A segregation enforced by law. • equal rights regardless of ethnicity • 16th president, prosecuted civil war. • A machine that quickly separates cotton. • 11 southern states that succeeded from the U.S. • state/local laws enforcing segregation by race. • U.S representative and senator from Mississippi. • ...
The Civil War 2013-01-12
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- number of the states which broke away was:
- president of the United States during that time
- group pf soldiers
- the attack of this place the war began
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- states which broke away called themselves the...
- Civil War took...years
- remaining states were called the...
- successful leader during the Civil War
- southern states feared that Lincoln would...slavery everywhere DOWN
9 Clues: group pf soldiers • Civil War took...years • remaining states were called the... • successful leader during the Civil War • the attack of this place the war began • number of the states which broke away was: • president of the United States during that time • states which broke away called themselves the... • ...
Chapter 9, Transformation in European Culture 2022-01-21
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- smallpox vaccine
- contributed to physics, geography, optics
- argued for empiricism
- change of power without war
- Father of Medicine
- Father of Modern Chemistry
- earth revolves around the sun
- Maria Theresa ruled this country
- ruler after Cromwell's death
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- knowledge only through experience
- country with large economic empire
- Father of Geometry
- ruled by Catherine the Great
- wrote Sceptical Chymist
- led Parliament's army during English Civil War
- society is free from religion
- fulfilled Creation Mandate
- studied body's circulatory system
- only trusted human reason for truth
19 Clues: smallpox vaccine • Father of Geometry • Father of Medicine • argued for empiricism • wrote Sceptical Chymist • fulfilled Creation Mandate • Father of Modern Chemistry • change of power without war • ruled by Catherine the Great • ruler after Cromwell's death • society is free from religion • earth revolves around the sun • Maria Theresa ruled this country • ...
History 2022-05-16
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- Esquadrille, American Pilots
- Bloodiest battle
- German man who help GeorgeWashington
- Primary warfare used in WW1
- Washington, first president
- Frenchman who help GeorgeWashington
- Name of territory bought from France
- Explorers of Louisiana territory
- One reason Civil War started
- Letter to MX from Germany
- Battleship in 1812
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- Famous pilot, shot down 80 allies
- Bloodiest first day of battle
- Native woman who helped Lewis,Clark
- Leader of Confederates
- Pride in one's country
- Ambush attack style of fighting
- Leader of Union
- Need to increase military
- British man that helped w/ Arabian War
20 Clues: Leader of Union • Bloodiest battle • Battleship in 1812 • Leader of Confederates • Pride in one's country • Need to increase military • Letter to MX from Germany • Primary warfare used in WW1 • Washington, first president • Esquadrille, American Pilots • One reason Civil War started • Bloodiest first day of battle • Ambush attack style of fighting • Explorers of Louisiana territory • ...
Civil War and Reconstruction Review 2025-12-17
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- What was the document that President Lincoln signged that declared the freedom of enslaved people in the Confederate States?
- Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
- Which amendment abolished slavery in the entire United States?
- What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong do?
- President Lincoln's 10% Plan required 10% of the state's population to pledge ______ to The United States.
- Who was a former slave who escaped and went on to make speeches advocating to end slavery in The United States?
- What was the name of the "rules" put into place that were meant to control slaves, including forbidding themt o read, write, or own a gun?
- What supreme court case ruled that racial segregation was constitutional?
- Which amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States"?
- Among the South, who was the most feared and most wanted of the abolitionists due to her success with the Underground Railroad?
- What was the name of the northerners who were made up of states that fought to preserve the United States and prevent the expansion of slavery?
- In the Atlantic Slave Trade Triangle, what was the name of the journey that transported African people from Africa to the slave markets in The Americas?
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- The idea that the p eople living in a new territory or state should ahve the right to vote on whether or not to allow slavery was known as what?
- What word defined a person who engaged in the effort to stop slavery?
- The Civil was able to give people a front row seat to the atrocities of war because they now had what?
- What do we call the era after the Civil War where the nation was attempting to rebuild?
- What invention came from the Civil War and Reconstruction that made the harvesting of cotton greatly simplified
- What term means to have one part of a country wanting to become independent from or break away from the main country?
- What organization was created in the South to intimidate freed slaves and southern Republicans?
- Propaganda is _____ information intended to be misleading, used to promote or publicize a particular political agenda
- What forced northerners to assist in catching runaway slaves and return them to their southern owners?
- What is the name of the celebration of the emancipation of all enslaved people in The United States?
- The period in the U.S. after The Civil War was over where efforts were made to reintegrate former confederate states and newly freed slaves into The Union was known as what?
- President Lincoln's 10% Plan was not a __________ due to his assassination.
- Which amendment granted african American men the right to vote?
- What was the main crop grown in the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction?
- Who became especially outraged after learning of the truths of slavery from the novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin?
- What was the name of the southern states that seceded from the U.S.?
- What term defines the time between the formation of the United States all the way to the outbreak of The American Civil War?
29 Clues: Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln? • What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong do? • Which amendment abolished slavery in the entire United States? • Which amendment granted african American men the right to vote? • What was the name of the southern states that seceded from the U.S.? • ...
African Wars Crossword Emmett Nilsson 2024-05-21
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- Somalian invasion over a disputed border region (Ogaden)
- A humanitarian organization which gives medical aid throughout the world
- Overran the country and forced Mobutu into exile
- An operation from Kenya to fight Al-Shabaab
- A concert organized in 1985 to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia and other African countries. The event brought together some of the biggest names in music
- Diamonds mined in a war zone and sold to fund conflict
- A rebellion in Nigeria in July of 2009
- An Islamic extremist group in Somalia
- War Biafran War
- When Americans get attacked and they end up doing nothing about the conflict, seen during the Rwandan genocide
- The leader of the Igbo independence movement
- One of the most significant and tumultuous periods in Ethiopia's history, reshaping its political landscape and social make up
- A group of people from Southeastern Nigeria
- Opposition group that claimed the elections were rigged
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- The President of Uganda who was overthrown
- Museveni Leader of the NRA who ran against Obote in the post-war election and claimed that he had been cheated
- A military dictator who ruled Uganda, often known as one of the most brutal dictators of all time
- Nicknamed Africa's First World War, was a civil war and international military conflict which took place mostly in Zaire
- WarofIndependence An independence struggle rooted in the decline of Western imperialism that began in 1961 and would last until 1991
- Somali forces shot down American vehicles, causing them to crash in deep enemy territory
- Consequence of the civil war due to drought, crop failure, and the disruption of food distribution due to the conflict
- Between 500,000 to 800,000 people of the Tutsi minority ethnic group slaughtered by Rwanda's Hutu majority in 1994
- Reigned since the 1960s, ruled the Congo as a one-party state
- The largest battle of the war in the Uganda-Tanzania War
- A US led task force which fought militia groups in Somalia
25 Clues: War Biafran War • An Islamic extremist group in Somalia • A rebellion in Nigeria in July of 2009 • The President of Uganda who was overthrown • An operation from Kenya to fight Al-Shabaab • A group of people from Southeastern Nigeria • The leader of the Igbo independence movement • Overran the country and forced Mobutu into exile • ...
Chapter 15: The States at War 2021-02-08
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- the First Battle of _______ ________ was the first clash on land between the Union and Confederacy
- Confederate general who was successful against McClellan in Virginia (last name)
- bloodiest single day of the Civil War
- name of Winfield Scott's plan to surround the South and win the war
- site of a Union victory and the turning point of the war
- famously called the "spinal column of America" by William Sherman
- Tactic use by the North to discourage Southern sea trade
- location of the courthouse where Lee surrendered to Grant
- famous nickname of Confederate General Thomas Jackson
- Famous photographer who captured historical images on camera during the Civil War (last name)
- Term for a military draft that was used by both sides as the war went on
- types of soldiers that enlisted on their own after Fort Sumter
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- Given command of the Union armies after the First Battle of Bull Run (last name)
- Union naval commander who led at the Battle of New Orleans (last name)
- the _______ Proclamation boosted Northern morale but did not actually free all of the slaves at the time
- innovation that helped communicate/coordinate the movement of troops more efficiently
- Lincoln's assassination (last name)
- Union general that led troops to victory at the Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg (last name)
- Union general responsible for the demoralizing "March to the Sea"
- battle where Stonewall Jackson was killed by friendly fire
- the Merrimac and the Monitor were examples of these types of ships
- winner of the election of 1864 (last name)
22 Clues: Lincoln's assassination (last name) • bloodiest single day of the Civil War • winner of the election of 1864 (last name) • famous nickname of Confederate General Thomas Jackson • site of a Union victory and the turning point of the war • Tactic use by the North to discourage Southern sea trade • location of the courthouse where Lee surrendered to Grant • ...
Citizenship 2017-07-26
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- Martin _____ King fought for Civil Rights
- branch of government reviews, explains, and interprets laws
- the 13 stripes of the flag represent the original _____
- the U.S. fought _____, Germany and Italy in World War II
- _____ Wilson was President during World War I
- one power of the states
- World War _____ was fought in the 1900s
- number of years a President serves
- Franklin _____ was President during the Great Depression and World War II
- number of justices on the Supreme Court
- one right and responsibility reserved for citizens
- the national anthem is called the Star _____ Banner
- George _____ was the father of our country
- part of legislature with 100 members
- a state that borders Mexico
- a state that borders Canada
- number of years a Senator serves
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- one right in the First Amendment
- U.S. general during World War II who became President
- Massachusetts congressman for New Bedford and Cape Cod
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
- a new citizen promises to be _____ to the U.S.
- one of the authors of the Federalist Papers
- type of economic system in the U.S.
- current president of the U.S.
- change or addition to the Constitution
- Susan Anthony fought for the rights of _____
- the month we celebrate Independence Day
- Number of U.S. Representatives depends on the state's _____
- Constitution was written at the Constitutional _____
- Civil Rights _____ tried to end racial discrimination
- part of legislature with 435 members
- the Statue of Liberty is in New York _____
- Abraham Lincoln freed the _____
- a state that borders Canada
35 Clues: one power of the states • a state that borders Mexico • a state that borders Canada • a state that borders Canada • current president of the U.S. • Abraham Lincoln freed the _____ • one right in the First Amendment • number of years a Senator serves • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court • number of years a President serves • type of economic system in the U.S. • ...
Test Your Civil War Knowledge! 2013-05-02
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- piece of paper money issued by the North
- amendment that banned slavery
- invented by Samuel Morse in 1837
- major union general
- another name for a Southerner
- left her job to aid soldiers
- president during Civil War
- Northerns who opposed the war effort
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- famous general of the South
- another name for the North
- location of deadliest battle in war
- line that symbolically divided free and slave states
- transportation Lincoln used to his advantage to win war
13 Clues: major union general • another name for the North • president during Civil War • famous general of the South • left her job to aid soldiers • amendment that banned slavery • another name for a Southerner • invented by Samuel Morse in 1837 • location of deadliest battle in war • Northerns who opposed the war effort • piece of paper money issued by the North • ...
Reconstruction & Renewal 2021-11-09
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- a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent.
- a period in American history following the American Civil War; lasting from 1865 to 1877 and marked a significant chapter in the history of civil rights in the United States.
- Republican Reconstruction policies would solidify white Southerners’ loyalty to the Democratic Party for many decades to come.
- During the American Civil War, the Union, also known as the North, governed by the U.S. federal government led by President Abraham Lincoln.
- an agency of the War Department set up in 1865 to assist people emancipated from slavery in obtaining relief, land, jobs, fair treatment, and education.
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- Transfer of hundreds of pieces of property from Confederate owners to Unionist, including freedmen.
- The Republicans during the reconstruction era in the South represented a coalition of Black people (who made up most Republican voters in the region) along with carpetbaggers, as white Republicans
- A radical republican faction led by Daniel Richards and Liberty Billings who emphasized rights for blacks at the expense of native whites. of radical republicans
- The legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral (having two branches), the House of Representatives and the Senate.
- an organized body having the authority to make laws for a political unit
- Unrecognized breakaway state that fought against the United States of America during the American Civil War.
- an emancipated slave.
12 Clues: an emancipated slave. • a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent. • an organized body having the authority to make laws for a political unit • Transfer of hundreds of pieces of property from Confederate owners to Unionist, including freedmen. • ...
Semester 1 2022-01-12
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- laws that worked against newly freed slaves
- Laws to keep black people segregated from the white people
- Branch reviews laws and holds the Supreme Court
- confederate side in the civil war
- Belief of power belongs to the people
- A three way trade system that included slaves, raw material, etc.
- A singular person who holds the power of government (ex)king/queen)
- A machine used to clean seed from the cotton fibers
- amendment give people right to petition
- Amendment that abolished slavery
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- Branch that creates laws and is made up of congress
- First ten amendments to the constitution
- part of the executive branch and can pardon criminals
- Legislature with two parts or houses
- A cruel government with cruel laws
- Movement to end slavery
- Branch that carries out end enforces laws
- activist who tries to persuade members of the government to vote for bill
- union side in the civil war
- year Declaration of Independence was signed
20 Clues: Movement to end slavery • union side in the civil war • Amendment that abolished slavery • confederate side in the civil war • A cruel government with cruel laws • Legislature with two parts or houses • Belief of power belongs to the people • amendment give people right to petition • First ten amendments to the constitution • Branch that carries out end enforces laws • ...
Chapter 4 Vocab 2021-09-10
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- large flatland out in the west
- us army civil engineer, explorer,and inventor
- growing crops that are able to grow in dry conditions
- a farmer that plowed land
- a group formed by an act of Congress
- a member of a community without a fixed job and moves to and from often
- regions that6 were named for their wheat productions
- attempt to control native american practices
- allowed native americans to become citizens
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- native american war chief
- getting the recourses under the surface using high pressure water
- massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army
- where the cattle ran freely
- a private group of citizens that organized laws
- Union cavalry officer in the American Civil War
- Canadian miner who the Comstock Lode was named after
- large scale farms
- town that bombed in population because of its natural resources
- act that gave citizens free land
- when large herds of cattle roamed free
20 Clues: large scale farms • native american war chief • a farmer that plowed land • where the cattle ran freely • large flatland out in the west • act that gave citizens free land • a group formed by an act of Congress • when large herds of cattle roamed free • allowed native americans to become citizens • attempt to control native american practices • ...
Midterm Review Crossword-Izze 2016-01-11
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- Bloodiest battle on the North American continent to that time
- gave money or property to institutions of higher learning
- bloodiest day of the Civil War
- a tax levied by a government on imported goods
- first confederate attack sparked civil war
- state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern U.S
- was an American suffragist
- started in 1861 and ended in 1865
- murder of an accused person by a mob without a lawful trial
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- president of the Confederate States of States
- the amount of goods and services created in a given period of time
- guarantees all American women the right to vote
- American social reformer in 1800s
- special fee that must be paid before a person was permitted to vote
- production in great amounts of steel
- people who give donations to worthy causes
- prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol
- confederate general
- sought to organize only skilled workers
- increase price of goods
20 Clues: confederate general • increase price of goods • was an American suffragist • bloodiest day of the Civil War • American social reformer in 1800s • started in 1861 and ended in 1865 • production in great amounts of steel • sought to organize only skilled workers • people who give donations to worthy causes • first confederate attack sparked civil war • ...
SS/Sci Crossword 2023-08-14
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- Animals that sleep during the day and are active at night.
- Type of light bulb that is very energy efficient.
- Branch of government that decides if laws are fair.
- The energy that powers light bulbs, computers, and other devices.
- Animals without a backbone.
- Rocks formed when extremely hot magma cools and solidifies.
- Type of government in charge of the state.
- Rocks formed by pressing sediments together
- Animals with a backbone.
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- Side in the Civil War in support of slavery.
- Highest law in the United States.
- Branch of government that makes the laws.
- The first president of the United States.
- Type of government in charge of the whole nation.
- Side in the Civil War against slavery.
- The first type of light bulb created.
- The third president of the United States.
- Animals that sleep at night and are active during the day.
- Branch of government that enforces the laws.
- Rocks formed by extreme pressure and heat.
20 Clues: Animals with a backbone. • Animals without a backbone. • Highest law in the United States. • The first type of light bulb created. • Side in the Civil War against slavery. • Branch of government that makes the laws. • The first president of the United States. • The third president of the United States. • Type of government in charge of the state. • ...
2023-2024 Footprints Crossword 2024-11-05
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- George Washington's Chaplain
- First Lady of Fort Worth
- 1st woman to attend & graduate from medical school in Texas
- TCU Trustee
- Mayor who served as Senator in the 20th & 21st Leg.
- Tried to enforce the "Sunday Laws"
- Organized & established the Fort Worth Suffrage Organizatio
- First public park in downtown Fort Worth
- Fort Worth's First Postmistress
- Delivered speech during Gen. Lafayette's Triumphal Tour
- Applied for and installed over 30 Texas State Historical Markers
- Surveyor of Peter's Colony
- Created a scandal for fraudulent divorce
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- Elected to State Legislature but didn't feel he could perform the duties
- Lawyer for the Railroad Commission
- Shot and killed J. Jeff Courtney in dispute over county seat
- 1st person born in Fort Worth to play major league baseball
- "The Demon of the Sky"
- Considered one of the "Fathers of Fort Worth"
- Charged with desertion during the Civil War
- Surgeon during the Civil War
- First webmaster for FWGS
- The Horse Fountain pays tribute to this judge
- First Fort Worth Librarian
- Owned the DelMonte Bar and others
25 Clues: TCU Trustee • "The Demon of the Sky" • First Lady of Fort Worth • First webmaster for FWGS • First Fort Worth Librarian • Surveyor of Peter's Colony • George Washington's Chaplain • Surgeon during the Civil War • Fort Worth's First Postmistress • Owned the DelMonte Bar and others • Lawyer for the Railroad Commission • Tried to enforce the "Sunday Laws" • ...
Gettysburg 2025-06-10
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- Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address on _________ 19, 1863
- "all men are created equal was from the ___________ of Independence
- General Lee surrendered to Union General _________
- "consecrate and hallow" mean to declare something _______
- In June of 1863 Lee's Army entered the North into __________
- Confederate commander at Gettysburg
- The 11 states that broke from the Union
- What word does Lincoln purposely use 5 times during the Address?
- Gettysburg proved to be the ________ point of the Civil War
- Union commander at Gettysburg
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- "________ score and 7 years ago"
- The phrase "a new birth of freedom" refers to the __________ Proclamation
- Battle in Pennsylvania resulting in 51,000 casualties
- Union troops held the high ground on Cemetery ________
- The North during the Civil War
- The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on __________ 1, declaring enslaved people free
- The primary speaker at Gettysburg was Edward __________
- The name of the charge ordered by General Lee on July 3
- Who delivered the Gettysburg Address?
- The Charge was named after General ________ Pickett
20 Clues: Union commander at Gettysburg • The North during the Civil War • "________ score and 7 years ago" • Confederate commander at Gettysburg • Who delivered the Gettysburg Address? • The 11 states that broke from the Union • General Lee surrendered to Union General _________ • The Charge was named after General ________ Pickett • ...
The Civil War Aguon, KaitlynJo 2017-02-13
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- was the courts order that says that a person who is jailed has to appear before the court to determine why he or she is being jailed
- Proclamation is an order issued by Lincoln freeing slaves behind CONFEDERATE(SOUTH)lines
- was the most decisive battle of the war
- was the president who freed slaves
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- was the union victory
- was confederate general
- was the union general and also captured 2 confederate forts in tennessee
- was the president for the confederate during the civil war
- was the unions 3 part strategy to conquer the south
- was the site of the confederate surrender
- is the drafting of civilians to serve in the army
- was the beginning of the civil war
- was the union victory in Mississippi
13 Clues: was the union victory • was confederate general • was the beginning of the civil war • was the president who freed slaves • was the union victory in Mississippi • was the most decisive battle of the war • was the site of the confederate surrender • is the drafting of civilians to serve in the army • was the unions 3 part strategy to conquer the south • ...
Layered Learning 1950s Crossword 2025-04-28
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- a form of protest
- american singer and guitarist
- activist and political philosopher who was a prominent leader during the civil rights movement
- called the king of rock and roll
- country that had a war from 1950 to 1953
- political repression during the late 1940s and early 1950s
- government agency founded in 1958
- many people lived here during the 1950s
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- geopolitical tesion between the Soviet Union and the United States
- music genre started in the late 1940s and early 1950s
- earth satellite launched in 1957
- attorney and chief justice of the Supreme Court
- United States air force officer
- Soviet pilot and cosmonaut
- social event where teenagers would dance in their socks
- american activist in the civil rights movement
- 34th president from 1953 to 1961
- civil rights lawyer and associate Supreme Court Justice
- 33rd president from 1945 to 1953
- decision that made segregation in schools unconstitutional
20 Clues: a form of protest • Soviet pilot and cosmonaut • american singer and guitarist • United States air force officer • earth satellite launched in 1957 • called the king of rock and roll • 34th president from 1953 to 1961 • 33rd president from 1945 to 1953 • government agency founded in 1958 • many people lived here during the 1950s • country that had a war from 1950 to 1953 • ...
The Red Badge of Courage 2024-04-24
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- lieutenant that led the regiment
- the tall soldier
- what hit Henry in the head
- Henry dreams of having this
- what color represents courage
- setting of the story
- side Henry fought for
- does not share her sons glorified visions of war
- war fought in this book
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- author of the Red Badge of courage
- side that fought against the union
- artillery used in the civil war
- young private who flees from the battle
- a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
- symbolizes blood in battle
- word used for Henry escaping war
- nickname for Jim conklin
- something Henry struggles with
- where does Henry hide
- the loud soldier
20 Clues: the tall soldier • the loud soldier • setting of the story • side Henry fought for • where does Henry hide • war fought in this book • nickname for Jim conklin • what hit Henry in the head • symbolizes blood in battle • Henry dreams of having this • what color represents courage • something Henry struggles with • artillery used in the civil war • lieutenant that led the regiment • ...
Contemporary Period Crossword Parsa B. 2023-05-23
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- a new technology that supports train travel
- activist for equal education for girls
- a conflict in part caused by ww2 in the middle east
- a kind of warfare primarily used in ww2
- mass murder event of Jews and other minorities in eastern europe
- Indian civil rights activist
- mobile innovation made for war
- a bomb that is identified as a nuclear weapon, made in the twentieth century
- prominent African-American civil rights movement activist
- Italian dictator
- introduced technological advances such as tanks and airplanes
- an event named after the city where the US dropped an atomic bomb
- a new technology that revolutionized travel, made during the industrial revolution
- US president assassinated in Dallas, Texas
- a kind of warfare primarily used in ww1
- First leader of Soviet Russia's new government
- a rising movement caused by the effects of colonialism in America
- new medical innovation that allowed for the prevention of bacterial infection
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- a proxy war that divided an asian nation between communist and capitalist ideals
- a war in which the ho chi minh trail was used
- a new technology used underwater
- Lenin's successor
- assassinated, caused ww1
- ended apartheid
- a new technology that could fire more ammunition faster
- an indirect war fought between USSR and USA
- equality for all genders, mostly campaigned by women
- a revolutonary device that allowed for the spread of literacy
- Germany's dictator and leader of Nazis
- a war caused by germany invading poland
- effect of USA stock market crash
- terrorist attack in New York
32 Clues: ended apartheid • Italian dictator • Lenin's successor • assassinated, caused ww1 • Indian civil rights activist • terrorist attack in New York • mobile innovation made for war • a new technology used underwater • effect of USA stock market crash • activist for equal education for girls • Germany's dictator and leader of Nazis • a kind of warfare primarily used in ww2 • ...
Civil War and Reconstruction 2021-01-26
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- System An economy based on agricultural mass production of cash crops grown on large farms that used slave labor.
- Codes Restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War
- Bureau An agency of the War Department set up in 1865 to assist formerly enslaved people in obtaining equal rights.
- Proclamation President Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation that freed the slaves.
- War A war fought between northern states and southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America
- Preconceived opinion about someone that is not based on reason or actual experience.
- Crow Laws State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States
- The forced separation of different racial groups.
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- Courthouse On April 9, 1865, the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the McLean House signaling the end of the nation's Civil War.
- Sovereignty The controversial political doctrine according to which the people of federal territories should decide for themselves whether their territories would enter the Union as free or slave states.
- Steam-powered warships where a wooden ship was protected from enemy fire by bales of cotton lining its sides
- Plan The military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott called for a naval blockade of the Confederate coast.
- The effort after the war was over to reintegrate Southern states from the Confederacy and 4 million newly-freed people into the United States.
- A type of farming in which families rent small plots of land from a landowner in return for a portion of their crop to be given to the landowner at the end of each year.
- Soldier that was loyal to the Union.
- Soldier that was loyal to the Confederacy.
16 Clues: Soldier that was loyal to the Union. • Soldier that was loyal to the Confederacy. • The forced separation of different racial groups. • Proclamation President Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation that freed the slaves. • Preconceived opinion about someone that is not based on reason or actual experience. • ...
