civil war Crossword Puzzles

Causes of Civil War 2023-10-13

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Proclamation Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.
War channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort
unfair treatment of particular groups
Plan a Union military plan for defeating the South by dividing the Confederacy in two
murder of a public figure by surprise attack
Northern states
The ideas that states, not federal government, should make final decisions that affect them.
Tom's Cabin
War A war between people of the same country.
A system of required military service

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Compromise "Compromise of 1820" over the issue of slavery in Missouri. It was decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.
Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry was an attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Compromise of 1850 (The Great Compromise) California enters as a a free state
someone who joined the movement to abolish, or end slavery
A closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out
Cotton cotton and cotton-growing considered, in the pre-Civil War South, as a vital commodity, the major factor not only in the economy but also in politics.
by harriet beecher stowe in 1853 that highly influenced england's view on the American Deep South and slavery. a novel promoting abolition. intensified sectional conflict.
tax on imported goods
loyalty to one part of the country
overeignty the right of people to make political decisions for themselves
series of escape routes and hiding places to bring slaves out of the South
Slave Law this law required that northern states forcibly returned escaped slaves to their owners.
To leave or withdraw

23 Clues: Tom's Cabin • Northern states • To leave or withdraw • tax on imported goods • loyalty to one part of the country • unfair treatment of particular groups • A system of required military service • murder of a public figure by surprise attack • War A war between people of the same country. • someone who joined the movement to abolish, or end slavery • ...

The Civil War: Prison Camps and Medical Care 2015-05-29

The Civil War: Prison Camps and Medical Care crossword puzzle

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Soldiers who were captured by an enemy force during battle.
The _ proclamation was introduced by President Lincoln in 1863 in order to abolish slavery in all Confederate territories.
The notorious Civil War prison camp located in Georgia tasked with holding captured Union Soldiers.

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By the end of the Civil War, ___________ was not longer exclusively reserved for Men.
Many issues occurred when imprisoning war prisoners, including __________.
Former government clerk _____ Barton quit her desk job in order to become a battlefield nurse during the Civil War. She later founded the American Red Cross.
A disease spread by mosquitoes, which accounted for many deaths in Medical and Battle camps.
Many people called _ would buy up large supplies of certain goods, and hold them until the price climbed and they could make a huge profit.
While most battlefield doctors were aware of the relationship between cleanliness and infection, they did not know how to ________ their equipment.
There were more than ______ the number of deaths in prison camps on each side than in actual combat.

10 Clues: Soldiers who were captured by an enemy force during battle. • Many issues occurred when imprisoning war prisoners, including __________. • By the end of the Civil War, ___________ was not longer exclusively reserved for Men. • A disease spread by mosquitoes, which accounted for many deaths in Medical and Battle camps. • ...

A Long Walk To Water 2024-05-09

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Nya's Tribe
One of the themes of the novel
What religion is being fought over
Salva's friend while walking
Nya's sister
Who Salva reunites with
What kills Salva's friend

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A Long Walk To ______
Setting Of The Story
Where Salva Was When War Broke Out
Salva's Tribe
Type of war between north and south Sudan
Where Salva is going
What is being built in Nya's village

14 Clues: Nya's Tribe • Nya's sister • Salva's Tribe • Setting Of The Story • Where Salva is going • A Long Walk To ______ • Who Salva reunites with • What kills Salva's friend • Salva's friend while walking • One of the themes of the novel • Where Salva Was When War Broke Out • What religion is being fought over • What is being built in Nya's village • Type of war between north and south Sudan

Topic 8 Crossword 2023-05-04

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in 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving the settlers of each territory the right of popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery
the first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; aslo called the Battle of ManassasVirginia - an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade Virginia - an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade
a place where guns are stored
an 1857 Supreme Court case brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
the party’s main goal was to keep slavery out of the western territories
an 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate territory
in 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the Union’s worst defeats
replaced the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, which slave owners believed was too weak
a northern who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the Union
remove themselves, from the United States
not able to be amended
the failed Confederate charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg
to publicly state that some action or person is
to suggest something without saying it directly or plainly
an ironclad Union warship
having to do with the most important part of an idea or of something
kept the number of slave and free states equal
the speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
a tax on people’s earnings
to keep in an existing state
to surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops in order to force it to surrender
a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware
something that comes before or is introductory to something
is a war between people of the same country
very important

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in 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a Union victory
a law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
a person who dies for his or her beliefs
a Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865
an African American unit in the Union army
a type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactics
making it easy for something to happen
to suggest something for people to consider
in 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a Union victory and stopped the Confederate invasion of the North
a fort in South Carolina that was the site of an attack by the African American 54th Massachusetts Regiment in 1863
a political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories
in 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy
he had been to sick to continue
a betrayal of or action against one’s country
to prove something by being an example of it
in 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland; also called the Battle of Sharpsburg
the right of people to create their government
to be made up of
an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade
proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
not eager to do somethingDemonstrate - to prove something by being an example of it
the right no to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
to find an answer or solution to something
African Americans who had fled slavery, be returned to their owners
the willingness to accept laws whether or not a person agreed with those laws

51 Clues: very important • to be made up of • not able to be amended • an ironclad Union warship • a tax on people’s earnings • to keep in an existing state • a place where guns are stored • he had been to sick to continue • making it easy for something to happen • a person who dies for his or her beliefs • remove themselves, from the United States • ...

Women of War : Daily Crossword 2016-05-26

Women of War : Daily Crossword crossword puzzle

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The year the war ended
One job that women did at an army camp
Something that was abolished after the Civil War
Our recently elected president
_____ Thousand Women assisted the Northern Army
The Northern Army
The title of our Newspaper
The Southern Army
Women who got close to the front lines
___ Hundred Women dressed as men to fight in the war (illegally)

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A Famous Nurse - "The Angel of the Battlefield"
How much money women raised for the Northern Army
A person who followed an army and sold them provisions
Clara Barton founded this organization in 1881
The War our Newspaper is reflecting on today

15 Clues: The Northern Army • The Southern Army • The year the war ended • The title of our Newspaper • Our recently elected president • One job that women did at an army camp • Women who got close to the front lines • The War our Newspaper is reflecting on today • Clara Barton founded this organization in 1881 • A Famous Nurse - "The Angel of the Battlefield" • ...

CIVIL 2025-05-09

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– The Northern states fighting to preserve the United States
– The U.S. president during the Civil War
– The Confederate general commanding the Southern forces
– The bloodiest single-day battle of the war
– The Union strategy to cut off Southern trade
– The Union general who led the North to victory
– The movement to end slavery

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– Soldiers who fought on horseback
– Cannons and heavy weaponry used in battle
– The act of freeing enslaved people
– The Southern states that seceded from the Union
– A major battle and turning point in the war
– The site where Lee surrendered to Grant
– Foot soldiers in the war
– The act of leaving the Union

15 Clues: – Foot soldiers in the war • – The movement to end slavery • – The act of leaving the Union • – Soldiers who fought on horseback • – The act of freeing enslaved people • – The U.S. president during the Civil War • – The site where Lee surrendered to Grant • – Cannons and heavy weaponry used in battle • – The bloodiest single-day battle of the war • ...

Emancipation Proclamation 2024-12-28

Emancipation Proclamation crossword puzzle

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Citizens' choice in government
Soldiers in battle
Not enslaved
Relating to citizens
Opposite of south
Rules made by the government

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Absence of war
To walk in formation
To struggle in war
To rise against authority

10 Clues: Not enslaved • Absence of war • Opposite of south • Soldiers in battle • To struggle in war • To walk in formation • Relating to citizens • To rise against authority • Rules made by the government • Citizens' choice in government

Vocab 1-15 2013-09-03

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deception by trickery
a threadlike strand of DNA
proceed all the way around
existing before war, existing before the civil war
to reject solemnly
having a bad disposition
abstinence or moderation
shedding or loosing foliage at the end of the growing season
to abolish by formal or official means

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war like or hostile in manner or temperament
invasiveness in speech and writing
favorable or marked by success
quickness and keenness of judgment or insight
to give a false representation to misrepresent
to remove material that is considered objectionable or offensive

15 Clues: to reject solemnly • deception by trickery • having a bad disposition • abstinence or moderation • a threadlike strand of DNA • proceed all the way around • favorable or marked by success • invasiveness in speech and writing • to abolish by formal or official means • war like or hostile in manner or temperament • quickness and keenness of judgment or insight • ...

congressional reconstruction 2025-05-06

congressional reconstruction crossword puzzle

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– Type of rule imposed on the South.
– Northerner who moved South after the war.
– Former enslaved people freed after the Civil War.
– To restore the South after the war.
– President’s rejection of a law.
– Amendment granting citizenship to freedmen.
– A pardon for former Confederates.

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– Southern white who supported Reconstruction.
– Amendment giving Black men the vote.
– Branch that led Reconstruction efforts.
– To charge a government official with wrongdoing.
– Racial separation in public life.
– Southern laws limiting freedmen’s rights.
– Bringing Southern states back into the Union.
– Member of Congress favoring strict Reconstruction.

15 Clues: – President’s rejection of a law. • – Racial separation in public life. • – A pardon for former Confederates. • – Type of rule imposed on the South. • – To restore the South after the war. • – Amendment giving Black men the vote. • – Branch that led Reconstruction efforts. • – Northerner who moved South after the war. • – Southern laws limiting freedmen’s rights. • ...

MODERN UNIT 2022-05-23

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war fought between Britain and its colonies in the Americas for independence
Though of the theory of natural selection and Darwinism
Fought in the French Revolution, became consul and emperor of France
civil war in China against the Qing dynasty
Taught nonviolence in India to free India from British rule
first international meetings to create peace in Europe, took place in Italy
civil war in France, many aristocrats and royals beheaded
created by Guglielmo Marconi to carry information over media without wires
created by Eli Whitney to quickly seperate cotton fibers form seeds
easier transportation of people and goods over land by these tracks
Led a slave revolt against the French in Haiti
created by Samuel Morse, communicated electric signals over a wire long-distances
created by Michael Faraday to convert mechanical energy into electricity
German philosopher who created Marxist communism
Invented the cotton gin
war between Britain and the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, Afrikaner republics won
war between France and Britain over conflict in North America, also known as French Indian War
"El Libertador", led revolts in Latin America to gain independence from Spain
medical inventions to protect against diseases and viruses
nicknamed “Teddy”, American President responsible for the Square Deal

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English philosopher, created social contract theory
created by Richard Arkwright to spin and make cotton yarn for textiles, powered by water
created by James Hargreaves to make spinning cotton more efficient
wrote Candide, French philosopher of the Enlightenment
created by Robert Fulton to transport people and goods quickly by water
Caribbean country declared free from France in 1804
man-made waterway in Egypt connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
European countries met at this conference to divide and colonize Africa
wars fought between China and the West(mainly Britain)
violent campaign begun by peasants in China against foreigners

30 Clues: Invented the cotton gin • civil war in China against the Qing dynasty • Led a slave revolt against the French in Haiti • German philosopher who created Marxist communism • English philosopher, created social contract theory • Caribbean country declared free from France in 1804 • wrote Candide, French philosopher of the Enlightenment • ...

History Crossword 2019-02-27

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The first major battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Antietam was fought in what state?
Jefferson Davis was the first and only President of the ____________ States of America.
What is the name of the document that abolished slavery in 1865? TWO WORDS
Robert E. Lee led the confederate army as a _________ during the Civil War.
His forces left a trail of destruction which destroyed military installations as well as industry.
She is most famous for making and leading slaves through the underground railroad. TWO WORDS
The ___________ Court House is where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. grant to end the war.
After escaping slavery, what did Sojourner Truth become?
The Emancipation Proclamation applied to how many slave? SPELL OUT

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The Battle of Gettysburg had the largest number of ___________ in the entire war.
He was the first president to be assassinated.
What is the name of the document the stated that all all slaves would be given their freedom. TWO WORDS
Which city was the Battle of Gettysburg fought in?
Ulysses S. Grant was the commanding general of the ______ army.
The first battle of Bull Run was the first major battle when the ______ won.
Fredrick Douglass was a great orator, statesman, and _______.
Fort _______ is a sea fort in Charleston Harbor,South Carolina.
Abraham Lincoln was the __________ president. SPELL OUT
Ulysses S. Grant became the __________ president. SPELL OUT

19 Clues: He was the first president to be assassinated. • Which city was the Battle of Gettysburg fought in? • Abraham Lincoln was the __________ president. SPELL OUT • After escaping slavery, what did Sojourner Truth become? • Ulysses S. Grant became the __________ president. SPELL OUT • Fredrick Douglass was a great orator, statesman, and _______. • ...

Test Review 2023-03-10

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One reason the American Federation of Labor (AFL) was successful was that this organization focused on the needs of __________ workers.
… The whole military force of the State is at the service of a Mr. Suttle, a slaveholder from Virginia, to enable him to catch a man whom he calls his property; but not a soldier is offered to save a citizen of Massachusetts from being kidnapped! The author of this statement is expressing dissatisfaction with the __________ -slave law, a provision included in the Compromise of 1850.
Slave owners benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in __________ v. Sanford?
In the 1800's, many people believed that __________ such as Standard Oil, were harmful to the United States.
The __________ formed during Reconstruction with the purpose of keeping African-Americans from exercising rights.
One major result of the __________’s victory in the Civil War was that the supremacy of the national government was upheld?
Throughout the Civil War, an important advantage the North had over the South was that the North had greater __________ capabilities.
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to deny __________ rights to African Americans.
Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act all contributed to the rise of __________ in the United States.
The practice of slavery was officially ended in the United States with passage of the __________ Amendment.
After the Civil War, many owners of large plantations in the South responded to the loss of enslaved labor by creating tenant farms and __________.
During the late 1800s, unions had difficulty achieving gains for workers because the __________ supported business efforts to limit the powers of unions.
Abraham Lincoln’s 1858 warning that “a house divided against itself cannot stand” referred to sectional differences over the issue of __________.
During the late 19th century, blacklists and yellow-dog contracts were used by employers against __________.
Unions use __________ bargaining to negotiate for their members as a group.
… In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to “preserve, protect, and defend it.” … President Lincoln made this statement in an effort to urge Congress to convince __________ that he posed no threat to their way of life.
During the late 1800s, most __________ voters in the South solidly supported the Democratic Party primarily because Democrats disliked the Reconstruction programs of the Republicans.
The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the __________-Nebraska Act.
After the Civil War, a significant cause of the conflict between President Andrew __________ and the Radical Republicans in Congress was disagreement over the plans for restoring Southern states to the Union.
At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was to uphold the Constitution by preserving the __________.

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The common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution was to grant basic ___________ to formerly enslaved persons.
The American Federation of Labor’s support for “__________” unionism was intended to improve wages, hours, and working conditions.
When President __________ was inaugurated several southern states had already seceded from the Union.
"The __________ should not interfere with business. The market will regulate itself over time." This quote illustrates the speaker's belief in laissez-faire.
As a result of the Missouri Compromise (1820) the ___________ of power between free and slave states was maintained.
Andrew __________ believed that the responsibility of the wealthy is to share some of their excess wealth with the community by funding libraries and educational institutions.
In the late 1800's, monopolists such as John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. P. Morgan believed that __________ is inefficient and wasteful.
election of Abraham Lincoln as president led directly to the ___________ of several Southern states from the Union?
Implementation of the __________ Codes was an attempt by southern state governments after the Civil War to limit the rights of African Americans?
After the Civil War, the most common occupations for freedmen were sharecroppers and __________ farmers.
In the late 1800s, supporters of __________ claimed that government regulation of business would be harmful to economic growth.
One way in which Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Sojourner Truth are similar is that they all supported the __________ movement.
In the last half of the 1800s, rapid __________ led to the formation of trusts, creation of labor unions, and urbanization.
The Compromise of 1877 brought an end to Radical Reconstruction by providing for the removal of federal __________ from Southern states.
The term __________ was used to criticize the tactics of big-business leaders.
President Abraham Lincoln believed that secession is unlawful and treasonous. Everything possible must be done to preserve the ___________.

36 Clues: Unions use __________ bargaining to negotiate for their members as a group. • The term __________ was used to criticize the tactics of big-business leaders. • The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the __________-Nebraska Act. • Slave owners benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in __________ v. Sanford? • ...

Clara Doyle's African Wars Crossword 2024-05-15

Clara Doyle's African Wars Crossword crossword puzzle

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An Islamic extremist group created in Somalia during the Somali Civil War
An armed uprising against Obote’s government in 1980
Also known as the Great War of Africa, lots of complex alliances, very similar to the First Congo War
Started in 1991 and continues today, one of the lengthiest and devestating conflicts in modern African history
One of the most infamous perpetrators of violence in Uganda today, a Christian extremist group
A concert in 1985 to raise funds for famine relief in Ethipoia and other African countries
the colonel who led the creation of the declaration of independence by the Eastern region of Biafra.
A multi-part conflict that led to the downfall of Emperor Haile Selassie’s regime.
500,000 to 800,000 of the minority Tutsi people murdered by the majority Hutu people as an effect of the Rwandan Civil War
Diamonds mined in a war zone and used to fund conflict
A conflict with Somalia over the disputed Ogaden border region
A UN-US-led task force to help Somalia and provide humantarian aid
The fear of the US of getting re-involved in an African conflict because of what happened in Somalia

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The leader of an authoritarian regime in Somalia
Also nicknamed Africa’s first world war, the first major conflict in the DRC that spilled over into neighboring countries
The agreement signed in 2003 that officially ended the Second Congo War
Also known as the Biafran War, a conflict that arose from political, economic, ethnic, cultural, and religious tensions resulting in Britian’s colonization of Nigeria.
A marxist-leninist dictatorship in Ethiopia
The President of Uganda who was overthrown in a 1971 coup.
A military jihadist group based in Nigeria
A Ugandan general who came into power following the fall of Obote, ruled as a dictator and considered one of the most brutal in recent world history.
A blockade imposed by the Nigerian government that resulted in widespread food shortages and famine, lead to the deaths of approximately 3 million people.
Uganda National Liberation Front
A group of people from southeastern Nigeria represented by the breakaway state of Biafra.
The war TPLF fought against the Ethiopian and Eritrean governments from 2002-2022

25 Clues: Uganda National Liberation Front • A military jihadist group based in Nigeria • A marxist-leninist dictatorship in Ethiopia • The leader of an authoritarian regime in Somalia • An armed uprising against Obote’s government in 1980 • Diamonds mined in a war zone and used to fund conflict • The President of Uganda who was overthrown in a 1971 coup. • ...

World Geography 2023-04-26

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This war was the only war the US lost
This river is the largest river in South America
Tallest peak of in Africa
What continent is South Africa on
This side of the Civil War won
This region was given to the Belgians

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Type of economic system of China
This country is currently Invading Ukraine
What is the largest ocean
This country started WW2
1st president of the US
the capital of Japan
Capital of France
The US gained its independence from them

14 Clues: Capital of France • the capital of Japan • 1st president of the US • This country started WW2 • What is the largest ocean • Tallest peak of in Africa • This side of the Civil War won • Type of economic system of China • What continent is South Africa on • This war was the only war the US lost • This region was given to the Belgians • The US gained its independence from them • ...

Vocab 1-15 2013-09-03

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to give a false representation to misrepresent
war like or hostile in manner or temperament
to abolish by formal or official means
deception by trickery
proceed all the way around
favorable or marked by success
shedding or loosing foliage at the end of the growing season
having a bad disposition
abstinence or moderation

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to reject solemnly
to remove material that is considered objectionable or offensive
a threadlike strand of DNA
quickness and keenness of judgment or insight
invasiveness in speech and writing
existing before war, existing before the civil war

Juneteenth and Presidents' Day 2022-05-24

Juneteenth and Presidents' Day crossword puzzle

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Third President of the USA
In what month is Presidents' Day celebrated
First president of the USA
Who did America fight against in the Revolutionary War
First state where Juneteenth was proclaimed a national holiday
Ethnic cuisine prepared by African Americans

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Main cause of the American Civil War
Abraham Lincoln's nickname
Most famous soul food
Was America's ally during the Revolutionary War
Nickname for laws enforcing racial segregation
President who had an affair with Marilyn Monroe
Second President of the USA
Surname of the president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Another name for the Confederation

15 Clues: Most famous soul food • Abraham Lincoln's nickname • Third President of the USA • First president of the USA • Second President of the USA • Another name for the Confederation • Main cause of the American Civil War • In what month is Presidents' Day celebrated • Ethnic cuisine prepared by African Americans • Nickname for laws enforcing racial segregation • ...

Civil War and Reconstruction Crossword (1861-1877) 2022-05-03

Civil War and Reconstruction Crossword (1861-1877) crossword puzzle

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Bloodiest battle of the Civil War, also the turning point that made Southern victory seem unlikely.
Group of congressmen led by Thaddeus Stevens which promoted the rights of African-Americans.
Mississippi city that was seized on July 4, 1863 giving the Union complete access to the Mississippi River.
President during most of Congressional Reconstruction also known for having major scandals during his tenure (Credit Mobilier and Whiskey Ring)
Amendment which provides African-Americans with due process of law and citizenship.
Document that freed slaves in Confederate states and changed the nature of the Civil War.
Supreme Court cases that basically make the 14th Amendment useless and only apply to Federal property, not state.
type of farming that replaced slavery for many African-Americans after emancipation.
Amendment which abolished slavery

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Right that was rescinded through executive order in 1861 when secessionists in Maryland harassing Union troops.
General who burned Atlanta
Pre-emancipation laws that allowed formerly enslaved people to be freed by the Union Army.
1872 law that gave former Confederate leaders the right to vote in Federal elections.
State where the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter.
Bloodiest single day in American history which led Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
President who ushered in Presidential Reconstruction, was very racist, and was impeached.
Last name of the Republican president who ended Reconstruction and came to power as a result of the Compromise of 1877.
laws issued just after emancipation to control the newly freed population (precursor to Jim Crow Laws)
these major outbursts of anger took place in NYC in 1863 after a conscription act was passed, but rich people could buy their way out.

19 Clues: General who burned Atlanta • Amendment which abolished slavery • State where the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter. • Amendment which provides African-Americans with due process of law and citizenship. • type of farming that replaced slavery for many African-Americans after emancipation. • ...

Civil War and Reconstruction 2021-02-08

Civil War and Reconstruction crossword puzzle

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Formed during reconstruction, an organization that terrorized and sometimes murdered blacks and white Republicans
Organization that helped slaves transition to life as a free citizen and setting up many schools for black americans.
Discriminatory laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans
To withdraw from a Union or a Country
Amendment to the Constitution giving newly freed slaves citizenship
President of the US during Reconstruction after Lincolns death
First State to secede from the US
Amendment to the Constitution that ended and banned slavery in the US
Final Battle of the Civil War, occurring after the South surrendered

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Using Naval gun ships to prevent a port from being used
A tenant farmer who gives a percentage of his crop for rent
The act of granting freedom
Battle that was a confederate victory, giving the south a port to use to brin
The effort to rebuild and bring the South back into the Union and attempt at unification
Battle along the border of Texas and Louisiana
President of the Confederate States of America during the war
Amendment to the Constitution giving all male citizens the right to vote regardless of their race.
Removed as Governor of Texas due to not supporting secession
Winner of the 1860 Presidential Election
Region of Texas with the highest slave population in the state

20 Clues: The act of granting freedom • First State to secede from the US • To withdraw from a Union or a Country • Winner of the 1860 Presidential Election • Battle along the border of Texas and Louisiana • Using Naval gun ships to prevent a port from being used • A tenant farmer who gives a percentage of his crop for rent • ...

Civil War- Jordan Aspinwall 2019-12-02

Civil War- Jordan Aspinwall crossword puzzle

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named commander of all Union armies
Lee's troops invaded what state
commanded Army of Northern Virginia
what ended after the war
confederates hosted a surprise attack at this fort
Lee surrendered here
bloodiest single-day battle
who had the most advantages during the war
President of the Union
the war turned to the Union after this battle
president of confederate

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shot Lincoln during a play
conflict b/t the Union and Confederacy
slave states that remained loyal to the Union
staged a surprise attack at Shiloh
first battle of the war
number one production for the south
Union troops were held prisoners here
the bloodiest engagement of the war
he was killed by his own troops returning to camp
which side did most fighting take place
general that burned Atlanta

22 Clues: Lee surrendered here • President of the Union • first battle of the war • what ended after the war • president of confederate • shot Lincoln during a play • bloodiest single-day battle • general that burned Atlanta • Lee's troops invaded what state • staged a surprise attack at Shiloh • number one production for the south • named commander of all Union armies • ...

Civil War- Madison Brummett 2019-12-02

Civil War- Madison Brummett crossword puzzle

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named commander of all Union armies
Working-Class white men targeted supporters of the war
President of the Confederate States of America
Confederates defeated Union troops at this location
war to free slaves
President of the Union
Commanded army of Northern Virginia
Lincoln replaced McDowell with McClellan
Southern Cotton was traded to European Nations
Bloodiest engagement of the war
Slave States that remained loyal to the Union

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Lee's Troops invaded Maryland
resided in the states and rebelled against the Union
conflict b/t the Union and Confederacy
Prisoners of War Camps
Similar to North's "Enrollment Act".
also known as "Manassas"
"Rich mans war, poor mans fight".
Lee surrendered at this Courthouse
fell to union troops following a siege
The Western Counties of this state applied for Statehood in the Union
Union forces were lead by Grant

22 Clues: war to free slaves • Prisoners of War Camps • President of the Union • also known as "Manassas" • Lee's Troops invaded Maryland • Bloodiest engagement of the war • Union forces were lead by Grant • "Rich mans war, poor mans fight". • Lee surrendered at this Courthouse • named commander of all Union armies • Commanded army of Northern Virginia • Similar to North's "Enrollment Act". • ...

Civil War: Arianna Parrish 2019-12-02

Civil War: Arianna Parrish crossword puzzle

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States leave the nation
slave states loyal to the union
conflict between the Union and Confederacy
Bloodiest single day battle
Lee surrendered to Grant
most fighting took place in the south
made troops into disciplined army men
Turning point of the wars
union advantage
First shots where fired
was accidentally killed by fellow troops

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Lee lost half of his army;bloodiest battle
Freed slaves from southern states
Union General who led the fall of Atlanta
brought most wealth to the economy
most notorious prison camp in south
President of Confederacy
Souths version of the enrollment act
Commander of the Union Armies in 1864
Assassinated Lincoln
blockade southern ports
President of the Union

22 Clues: union advantage • Assassinated Lincoln • President of the Union • States leave the nation • blockade southern ports • First shots where fired • President of Confederacy • Lee surrendered to Grant • Turning point of the wars • Bloodiest single day battle • slave states loyal to the union • Freed slaves from southern states • brought most wealth to the economy • ...

Civil war + Reconstruction Vocab 2021-05-07

Civil war + Reconstruction Vocab crossword puzzle

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/ A slavery compromise creating equal slave states to free states
/ lincolns plan for reconstruction
/ freedmen only have labor to offer
/ plan that wiped out the confederacy
/ laws created by state legislatures to deny AfricanAmericans citizenship rights.
/ slave that went to court where the court said slaves are property
/ surrendered to the union
/ when a state refuses to obey a federal law
/ the first U.S terrorist targeting African Americans
/ to deprive a person the right to vote
/ Laws that govern slavery

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/ the law that freed the slaves
/ a disenfranchising tactic that required voters to pay a fee in order to vote
/ a violent abolitioest that wanted to give slave guns
/ free labors being forced to work
/ led a slave revolution
/ type of test that proves you can read inorder to vote
/ only has labor to offer
/ Laws that force freedmen back into bondage
/ 17th preident of U.S

20 Clues: / 17th preident of U.S • / led a slave revolution • / only has labor to offer • / surrendered to the union • / Laws that govern slavery • / the law that freed the slaves • / lincolns plan for reconstruction • / free labors being forced to work • / freedmen only have labor to offer • / plan that wiped out the confederacy • / to deprive a person the right to vote • ...

Civil War: Chapter 2 2020-10-18

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abstinence from alcoholic drink
whigs,antislavery democrats,free spoilers
appointing people based on party loyalty
fight for better work conditions
power to decide if laws are Constitutional
freeing of enslaved persons
paper money
reducing someone's strength through pressure
nation has right to spread to Pacific
state can invalidate any federal law state deems unconstitutional
powers mentioned in Constitution
taking states out of the union

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military law
helped enslaved persons flee North
Confederate States of America
state sovereignty over territory outside domain
powers not mentioned in Constitution
preference for native-born people
individuals who advise the president
either charge or let the person go
immediate end to slavery
rebellion
closed meeting held by a party to choose a nominee
to withdraw from the union

24 Clues: rebellion • paper money • military law • immediate end to slavery • to withdraw from the union • freeing of enslaved persons • Confederate States of America • taking states out of the union • abstinence from alcoholic drink • fight for better work conditions • powers mentioned in Constitution • preference for native-born people • helped enslaved persons flee North • ...

Slavery and Civil War 2020-10-06

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troops trained to fight on horseback
has
an outsider who seeks power or success
a knife fixed to the end of a rifle and
scale
an estate where cash crops are grown on a
the act of keeping apart
doing away with a system or practice or
all the weapons and equipment that a
leave someone who needs or counts on you;
a formal public statement

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inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable
freeing someone from the control of another
in the lurch
a statement that is added to a proposal or
the authority of a state to govern another
compulsory military service
destiny a policy of imperialism rationalized as
a person who is forcibly held in servitude
belonging to a period before a war
as a weapon

21 Clues: has • scale • as a weapon • in the lurch • the act of keeping apart • a formal public statement • compulsory military service • belonging to a period before a war • troops trained to fight on horseback • all the weapons and equipment that a • inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable • an outsider who seeks power or success • a knife fixed to the end of a rifle and • ...

Civil War crossword puzzle 2021-05-26

Civil War crossword puzzle crossword puzzle

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The science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming
A breech-loading, single-shot, rifle-barreled gun primarily used by cavalry troops
The major political party in America most sympathetic to states rights and willing to tolerate the spread of slavery to the territories
the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government
Something that makes a defensive position stronger, like high mounds of earth to protect cannon or spiky breastworks to slow an enemy charge
A boundary surveyed in the 1760s that ran between Pennsylvania to the North and Delaware, Maryland and (West) Virginia to the South
the action of becoming larger or more extensive
A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action
Cannon or other large caliber firearms; a branch of the army armed with cannon
Troops, like the National Guard, who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency
a fixed point in time
describes the period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas in 1854
The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people
Used as a noun, a “flank” is the end (or side) of a military position, also called a “wing”
Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron

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A two-wheeled cart that carried one ammunition chest for an artillery piece
Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
A branch of the military mounted on horseback
also known as the North
An unrifled artillery gun which was designed to launch shells over walls and enemy fortifications
A sudden, open, unconcealed attack upon a fortified position with the intent of capturing it before its defenders could mount an effective defense
condition in which one human being was owned by another
known as the south during the civil war
the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state
was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865
The largest organizational group of soldiers, made up of one or more corps
A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot
To lie in wait for an unexpected attack
Escaped slaves who fled to the Union lines for protection

29 Clues: a fixed point in time • also known as the North • known as the south during the civil war • To lie in wait for an unexpected attack • A branch of the military mounted on horseback • the action of becoming larger or more extensive • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery • condition in which one human being was owned by another • ...

Civil War Crossword puzzle 2022-03-24

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a large agricultural estate growing crops such as cotton or tobacco
a formal public announcement
to approve
the act of freeing people from slavery
An agreement
to move from a place of danger to place of safety
the ability to read
A person who favors the abolition of a practice
loyalty to a person or a cause
to leave and no longer be a part of a nation
a place where weapons are made or kept
the right to live the way you want

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a murder carried out for political reasons
A league of people formed for an illicit purpose.
The owning of other people
an area owned by a country that is outside the country's main borders
Association formed by people with a common interest.
the act of sealing off a place to prevent goods from entering or leaving
a group of senior ministers who control the policy of a government
the group of people who make laws for the country
the crime of trying to overthrow a government
the small upper assembly in the US Congress

22 Clues: to approve • An agreement • the ability to read • The owning of other people • a formal public announcement • loyalty to a person or a cause • the right to live the way you want • the act of freeing people from slavery • a place where weapons are made or kept • a murder carried out for political reasons • the small upper assembly in the US Congress • ...

Civil war crossword project 2021-11-10

Civil war crossword project crossword puzzle

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To lie in wait for an unexpected attack.
Loyal to the Confederacy. Also Southern or Rebel.
A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action.
The lowest rank in the army.
A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored.
The long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is fired.
Troops, like the National Guard, who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency.
Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
Term for a Northerner who opposed the war effort.
To formally approve or sanction.
A large gap or “hole” in a fortification's walls or embankments caused by artillery or mines, exposing the inside of the fortification to assault.

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The science of growing crops or raising livestock; farming.
An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path.
Freedom from slavery
To practice marching, military formations, and the steps in firing and handling one's weapon.
To rush towards the enemy.
The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports.
The term used for military supplies, such as weaponry and ammunition.
A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot.
Round container used to carry water; made of wood or tin and carried over the shoulder by a strap.
A series of military operations that form a distinct phase of the War.

21 Clues: Freedom from slavery • To rush towards the enemy. • The lowest rank in the army. • To formally approve or sanction. • To lie in wait for an unexpected attack. • Loyal to the Confederacy. Also Southern or Rebel. • Term for a Northerner who opposed the war effort. • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. • ...

Civil War Vocabulary Review 2022-02-23

Civil War Vocabulary Review crossword puzzle

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A person who wanted slavery to end.
Indirect veto of a legislative bill.
Money or thing that's appropriated.
To put an end to by satisfying.
A rising against established authority.
National or individual wealth available.
Cannot be divided.
To compel, force.
A general pardon for past offenses.
A military blockade of a city or place.
Setting free from slavery.
Can't be overthrown; resistant to attack.
A plan of action or statement of a group.

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A bridge built on floating structures.
An expert in economics.
Regional prejudice, interests, hatred.
Most Republicans in Reconstruction.
Charges on imports or exports.
Conditional release from prison or jail.
The right to vote; the act of voting.
Of a republic.
Balance.
To accuse a public officer of wrongdoing.
Legal proceedings with rules.
Contract to serve or work for a period.
Closing of Confederate ports and harbors.
Refusing to trade with.

27 Clues: Balance. • Of a republic. • To compel, force. • Cannot be divided. • An expert in economics. • Refusing to trade with. • Setting free from slavery. • Legal proceedings with rules. • Charges on imports or exports. • To put an end to by satisfying. • A person who wanted slavery to end. • Most Republicans in Reconstruction. • Money or thing that's appropriated. • ...

GA Studies- Civil War 2022-01-12

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Compromise set where Missouri became a slave state and Maine a free state. Slavery would now not be allowed above the 36,30 line of latitude
an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
the plan that helped strategize and win the war
a state in which slavery and the slave trade were legal
a state of the US in which slavery was illegal
first state to secede from the Union
the state of being united or joined
general for the Confederate States of America
The battle where William T. Sherman took control of the railroads

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Compromise set to make the north and south happy by making CA a free state, but other states would now be open to slavery. a very strict fugitive slave act was set. GA Platform was created because of this compromise
Northern soldier, W.T Sherman, spread his army around the south and destroyed land and supplies.
Southern group which was lead by Jefferson Davis.
To grant someone freedom
withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization
the bloodiest day in American History
Civil war camp that killed millions of people
came after the battle of Antietam
Largest cause of the Civil War. Union believed the south should not enslave people, while the south thought otherwise
the city that Sherman took over and destroyed
Northern Group. This group was lead by Abraham Lincoln
Survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy

21 Clues: To grant someone freedom • came after the battle of Antietam • the state of being united or joined • first state to secede from the Union • the bloodiest day in American History • Civil war camp that killed millions of people • the city that Sherman took over and destroyed • general for the Confederate States of America • a state of the US in which slavery was illegal • ...

Civil War Pt Two 2021-09-24

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Treat the South with this when war over
Burned everything in their path on this
Lee's right hand man
Ran against Lincoln in 1864
This was a siege & led to people eating rats
Turning point in war
Don't have this against the South when war over
Old tactics & better guns led to higher
Bloodiest day of war

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He killed Lincoln
Court house where war officially ended
Appointed to lead Southern campaign for Union
What happened to Lincoln in Ford's Theater
Attacks against men, women & children
They suffered b/c of lack of food & supplies
The new look of the bullet (no hyphen)
This soared to 7000%
Was promoted to lead the army after taking Mississ.
City that was burned & fell to Union forces
New type of naval ship

20 Clues: He killed Lincoln • Lee's right hand man • This soared to 7000% • Turning point in war • Bloodiest day of war • New type of naval ship • Ran against Lincoln in 1864 • Attacks against men, women & children • Court house where war officially ended • The new look of the bullet (no hyphen) • Treat the South with this when war over • Burned everything in their path on this • ...

Civil War and Reconstruction 2018-11-13

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laws that segregated blacks and whites
if your grandfather couldn't vote, you can't vote
cycle of farming that former slaves were forced into. They worked until their debts were paid off.
reading and writing tests needed to vote
rebuilding of the South and the country after the Civil War
people who share a common culture
to get rid of something
Amendment that gave former slaves citizenship
a person who wanted to get rid of slavery
separation of blacks and whites

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to set free
taxes needed to vote
treating someone differently
murder of an important person
how power is won and lost
made by hand or by machine
in the country
Amendment that gave black men the right to vote
in the city
pride in your area of the country
Amendment that freed the slaves

21 Clues: to set free • in the city • in the country • taxes needed to vote • to get rid of something • how power is won and lost • made by hand or by machine • treating someone differently • murder of an important person • Amendment that freed the slaves • separation of blacks and whites • people who share a common culture • pride in your area of the country • ...

Post Civil War Crossword 2016-11-18

Post Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle

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Americas Greatest inventor
Cut workers pay leading to strike
Owning all related businesses
a way of burning impurities out of iron
stole land in Oklahoma before the big rush
obeyed the laws of the rush in Oklahoma for land
believes in survival of the fittest
strike on 8 hour work days
connected the east and west
People who bought large land areas to sell.
Government ownership of businesses
Company in complete control
Lead by terence Powderly
..... changed the relationship between the workers and owners?
Getting around anti monopoly laws

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name for a train with two engines in the front
produced sleeping cars for railroads
Driving competitors out of business with low prices
Symbol of the US becoming a world power
trying to turn Native Americans into everyday Americans.
tried to assassinate Frick
Production increases the cost of each item produced is lowered
Federal land that is for the Native Americans.
Only allowed skilled workers
Led American Railway Union
Loose association of business
Tax on imported goods.
created Morse Code
Industrialists that were praised for creating jobs
Person who signed the Homestead Act.

30 Clues: created Morse Code • Tax on imported goods. • Lead by terence Powderly • Americas Greatest inventor • tried to assassinate Frick • Led American Railway Union • strike on 8 hour work days • connected the east and west • Company in complete control • Only allowed skilled workers • Owning all related businesses • Loose association of business • Cut workers pay leading to strike • ...

Civil War Worksheet - Duy 2016-11-18

Civil War Worksheet - Duy crossword puzzle

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One of the first labor unions tried to organize all workers into unions
The way of getting around anti monopoly laws
When things are done in the same way
Leader of Knights of Labor
Set up to provide 160 acres to Indian families so they could become self sufficient.
New way of burning the impurities out of iron to producing better steel
Philosophy that believes in the survival of the fittest in business
The strike in 1893 leaded by George Pullman
Leader of the American Federation of labor
The strike in 1886
America's greatest inventor
Gaining control of many different businesses that make up all phases if a product's development
A philosophy that suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth created by those businesses

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term which means government shouldn't control the economy
People who bought large areas in land in the hope of selling it later for a profit
The strike in 1892
The war between George Custer's group and 2000 Indians
A loose association of businesses who produce the same product
The attack led by John Chivington to the Cheyenne when they moved to Sand Creek
An attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society
The leader of the Cheyenne
land parcels for the owners to help them know exactly what they owned and what they could do with it
People who cheated and went into Oklahoma early and claimed some of the best parcels of land
The act signed by President Lincoln in 1862 about the rules for land buyers
A company is in complete control of a product or service
Inventor of Morse Code which helped people sending messages over wires
Inventor of telephone
The Ghost dances of Indians to scare the officials
Federal lands that were set aside specifically for Native Americans to live on
A market structure were only a few large profitable companies control most of the production

30 Clues: The strike in 1892 • The strike in 1886 • Inventor of telephone • Leader of Knights of Labor • The leader of the Cheyenne • America's greatest inventor • When things are done in the same way • The strike in 1893 leaded by George Pullman • Leader of the American Federation of labor • The way of getting around anti monopoly laws • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2014-04-14

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this was a battle over white settlement in the Indiana territory.
this battle was one of the bloodiest encounters of the civil war.
he was the president for the north.
freedom from slavery.
this battle left more than 50,000 soldiers dead or wounded and the south NEVER invaded the north again.
this battle was one of the union's worst defeats.
the union countered with its own ironclad, the ______.
cap worn by civil war soldiers; more prevalent among union soldiers.
a northerner; someone loyal to the federal government of the united states.
to formally enroll in the army or to call roll.
to formally approve or sanction.

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someone who wishes to get rid of slavery.
in this day-long battle more than 23,000 soldiers were killed or wounded.
the lowest rank in the army.
this battle showed both the union and the confederacy that their soldiers needed training.
in this battle the union captured the Mississippi River.
in 1863 this battle was an important victory for the confederacy.
loyal to the confederate states.
he was the president for the south.
the union used its navy to ______ southern ports.

20 Clues: freedom from slavery. • the lowest rank in the army. • loyal to the confederate states. • to formally approve or sanction. • he was the president for the north. • he was the president for the south. • someone who wishes to get rid of slavery. • to formally enroll in the army or to call roll. • this battle was one of the union's worst defeats. • ...

Causes of Civil War 2016-01-27

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Tried to arm slaves for a uprising against their masters - Harper’s Ferry
1787 law that kept slavery out of the territories
John Brown’s raid of this arsenal (gun storage) was to start a slave uprising.
Slave Law (Act) to return runaway slaves to their owners.
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
servants who worked for 5-7 years for a trip to America
Political party started to stop the spread of slavery
The Liberator publisher
Movement to get rid of slavery
Liberator Newspaper for immediate abolition
His cabin is the setting of a book about the horrors of slavery
Kansas nickname due to fighting over slavery.

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Debate view supported voting over slavery (squatter sovereignty)
Self rule - squatters/popular--- means voting on slavery
The Great Compromiser
Repealed the Missouri Compromise - allowing popular sovereignty.
Free state according to the Compromise of 1850.
Leave The south began this after Lincoln’s election
Compromise that make the 36º30’ slavery line
“A nation divided cannot stand” statement in debate

20 Clues: The Great Compromiser • The Liberator publisher • Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Movement to get rid of slavery • Liberator Newspaper for immediate abolition • Compromise that make the 36º30’ slavery line • Kansas nickname due to fighting over slavery. • Free state according to the Compromise of 1850. • 1787 law that kept slavery out of the territories • ...

Manifest Destiny - Civil War 2023-10-31

Manifest Destiny - Civil War crossword puzzle

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Established in 1854 because of the Kansas - Nebraska Act - pushed an Anti - Slavery Platform.
A judicial principle that states that a person cannot be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime. Lincoln suspened this right during the war and his critics claimed it was a blatant abuse of presidential power.
John Browns attempt to raid a federal arsenal to equip slaves to rebel against their owners. Caught and hung for treason.
General of the Confederate Army. Would be a Major Advantage for the Confederate Army.
1st Battle of the Civil War in Charleston, South Carolina in April of 1861.
1. Admission of California as a free state. 2. Created Utah and New Mexico as territories who would decide the answer to the question of slavery by popular sovereignty. 3. Settled a Texas - New Mexico boundary dispute in the former's favor. 4. Ended Slave Trade in DC. 5. Stricter fugitive slave law.
Law enacted by Congress in 1793 and 1850 these laws provided for the return of escaped slaves to their owners.
Lee surrenders to Grant ending the Civil War on April 9, 1865.
Believed Kansas - Nebraska Act and that Popular Sovereignty would solve the issues of slavery.
Law passed after the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation that allowed African Americans to fight in the war.
Single Day Bloodiest Battle of the War - 23,000 killed that day. Major victory needed for Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862.
Most famous nurse who created the Red Cross and supported by Lincoln to help assist the wounded in war.
16th President of the United States, President during the Civil War, and assassinated by John Wilks Booth.
Popular Sovereignty would be used in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´.
An aggressive slogan adopted in the Oregon boundary dispute, a dispute over where the border between Canada and Oregon should be drawn.
The Idea of attacking military and civilian targets during war.
Providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land.
The idea that the people of a given territory should decide whether to allow slavery or not.
A decorative ALL Black unit during the Civil War.
1846 - 1848 Conflict over boundary dispute and the annexation of Texas.
Issed after the Battle of Antietam that declared as of January 1, 1863, all slaves in the rebellious states "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."

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Appointed General of the Union Army in 1864. Most Famous of the Union Generals who would because the 18th President of the United States.
Election of Lincoln and the immediate cause of South Carolina seceding from the Union.
Slave states that didn't secede from the Union - Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, & Delaware.
Famous Abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad.
AKA - The Draft
Turning point of the war - 53,000 killed over a 3 - day period. Led to Lincoln issuing the Gettysburg Address.
Key to the Mississippi - Turning Point of the West.
A political party that opposed the extension of slavery in new territories - Slogan “free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men”.
President of the Confederate States of America.
Slaves were considered property not citizens and had no right to sue in court.
Network of escape routes out of the South to freedom in the North.
Ended the Mexican - American War in 1848. US pays $15 million and gains Mexican cession including California.
11 Southern, Slave, States who seceded from the Union after the Election of 1860.
Sixty-mile-wide swath of destruction across Georgia to deprive the Confederate army of war materials and railroad communications and break the will of the Southern people by burning towns and plantations.
A confederate general who was known for his fearlessness in leading rapid marches bold flanking movements and furious assaults. He earned his nickname at the battle of first bull run for standing courageously against union fire.
Lincoln's run for Illinois Senate that brought him into the national spotlight with his views and/or beliefs.
Introduced an amendment to a bill stating slavery would not exist in any land gained from Mexico.
The belief that it was our God Given Right to expand from ocean to ocean - Atlantic to the Pacific.
Series of violent disturbances in New York City that were the culmination of discontent with new laws passed by Congress to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War.
Bleeding Kansas is the term used to describe the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory.
Union Strategy - Block all Southern Ports - Split the Confederacy into two then slowly squeeze them into submission.
Radical abolitionist - Felt that violence was necessary to end slavery.

43 Clues: AKA - The Draft • President of the Confederate States of America. • A decorative ALL Black unit during the Civil War. • Key to the Mississippi - Turning Point of the West. • Famous Abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad. • Lee surrenders to Grant ending the Civil War on April 9, 1865. • The Idea of attacking military and civilian targets during war. • ...

Prelude to Civil War 2024-02-01

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famous conductor on the Underground Railroad
suffragists made this declaration that "all men AND women were created equal."
fighting in kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters
tax on imports and exports
manufacturing raw materials into goods
abolitionist led rebellion at Harpers Ferry; was executed for treason
Abolitionist and suffragist
law passed in Compromise of 1850, slave masters could capture escaped slaves and bring them back to their plantations
compromise in 1820; admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state
abolitionist newspaper
Senator known as the Great Compromiser

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wrote novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
abolitionist and was a former slave
the people vote
Act that repealed Missouri Compromise by allowing popular sovereignty; resulted in fighting
to formally leave a country
farming
Network of abolitionists that helped escaped slaves to freedom
to cancel
to agree or settle a disagreement
to resist or fight against authority
lead a slave rebellion in Va
right to vote
Admitted California as a free state and allowed other territories popular sovereignty

24 Clues: farming • to cancel • right to vote • the people vote • abolitionist newspaper • tax on imports and exports • to formally leave a country • Abolitionist and suffragist • lead a slave rebellion in Va • wrote novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" • to agree or settle a disagreement • abolitionist and was a former slave • to resist or fight against authority • manufacturing raw materials into goods • ...

Civil War and Reconstruction 2024-02-16

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Renting land by paying with a portion of the crop produced
Last name of the General of the Confederate Army
Last name of the President of the Confederate States
Last name of the President of the Union
Union strategy for defeating the Confederacy by "squeezing" them in
A statement issued by President Lincoln that free slaves in the Confederate states at the end of the war
An amendment to the Constitution that gave all male citizens the right to vote
Last name of the President who was almost impeached

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shutting off an area by troops or ships to keep people and supplies from moving in or out
A 3 minute speech given by President Lincoln at the site of the Gettysburg battle that inspired the Union
An agency set up to provide food, schools, and medical care to freed slaves in the South
An amendment to the Constitution that gave all African Americans citizenship and protection under the law
Bringing charges against an elected official by the House of Representatives
Amendment to the US Constitution to abolish slavery in 1865
the rebuilding or healing of the country after the war
Last name of the General of the Union Army
Laws that denied African Americans many civil rights
Requires men of a certain age to serve in the military if they are called
The separation of whites and blacks
Last name of the guy who lead the "March to the Sea"
The murder of a political or government leader
A method of warfare used to destroy the opposing army and the people's will to fight

22 Clues: The separation of whites and blacks • Last name of the President of the Union • Last name of the General of the Union Army • The murder of a political or government leader • Last name of the General of the Confederate Army • Last name of the President who was almost impeached • Last name of the President of the Confederate States • ...

Road to Civil War 2022-10-17

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One of the Great Compromisers from Kentucky
wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin in the 1850s and made Queen Victoria cry
made slavery profitable
passed in 1820 kept the balance of power in the senate among the states
Invented the Cotton gin
Another one of the Great Compromisers from Massachusetts
southerners referred to slavery as
Idea that new territories would decide the status of Slavery
Force anyone north or south to assist in the return of runaway slaves
Was seen as a rising star in the Republican party by 1858
where many slaves ran to on the underground railroad
Great compromise and fire-eater from South Carolina
This was a trade route for slaves in colonial America
In Chief justice Taney's ruling he stated Black men had no rights slave or free

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slave that was a conductor on the underground railroad
Supreme Court case ruled the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
person opposed to slavery
was an escape route north for runaway slaves
led a failed slave revolt at Harpers Ferry Virginia
He debated Lincoln in 1858 on the issue of popular sovereignty
person who openly favored succession by the 1850s
Was King in the south by the 1850s
the 1850s this territory exploded into guerilla warfare over popular Sovereignty
Ruled the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional in the mid-1850s
challenged his freedom all the way to the Supreme Court but lost in the end

25 Clues: made slavery profitable • Invented the Cotton gin • person opposed to slavery • Was King in the south by the 1850s • southerners referred to slavery as • One of the Great Compromisers from Kentucky • was an escape route north for runaway slaves • person who openly favored succession by the 1850s • led a failed slave revolt at Harpers Ferry Virginia • ...

Bleeding kansas & civil war 2023-03-06

Bleeding kansas & civil war crossword puzzle

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northeast douglas county
the distinction between right or wrong
betraying your country
a crop for the purpose of selling
someone who has committed a crime
he made the ks\ne act
the war that was fought because of slavery
to set free

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a group of people who help escaped slaves get to canada
a person who is against slavery
allows people to vote on slavery
to seal off
the 16th president
a follower or advocate of economic expansion
a famous abolitionist
the act of violence or open restraint to a government or ruler
the act of revoking a law
someone who dies for their beliefs
a state that does not allow slavery
cutting supplies from a place

20 Clues: to seal off • to set free • the 16th president • a famous abolitionist • he made the ks\ne act • betraying your country • northeast douglas county • the act of revoking a law • cutting supplies from a place • a person who is against slavery • allows people to vote on slavery • a crop for the purpose of selling • someone who has committed a crime • someone who dies for their beliefs • ...

civil war crossword puzzle 2023-02-17

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the south's new name
a fast boat the confederate used to get past the blockabe
the general who had the south surrender
where they held the surrender signing
the plan the unions made to take over the south
the first state to secede
confederate general leader of the war
the 16th president
leaving a big political party
the unions fort in the south

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one of the most bloodiest one-day battles
the cost of everything going up
the north
the union general leader of the war
the people against slavery
a confederate boat that sank the first submarine
also known as First Battle of Bull Run
the states that stayed with the north even though they had slaves
north v.s south
the turning point of the war

20 Clues: the north • north v.s south • the 16th president • the south's new name • the first state to secede • the people against slavery • the turning point of the war • the unions fort in the south • leaving a big political party • the cost of everything going up • the union general leader of the war • where they held the surrender signing • confederate general leader of the war • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-03-06

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a party who's main goal was to stop slavery
the group that wanted slaves
country fighting over slaves
an official order
stopping transportation of goods or people in an area
Texas governor
killed black people
one of the states that had slaves
a person who has been freed from slavery

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a tax placed on imported or exported goods
a state that suffered through the civil war
created to help freedmen
rights belonging to all citizens
16th president of the US
governor of Texas
received 47,548 vote in Texas
the group that doesn't want slavery
date for election of officers of the new state government
elected as Texas's first confederte governor
when people are sent to fight in the war without choice

20 Clues: Texas governor • an official order • governor of Texas • killed black people • created to help freedmen • 16th president of the US • the group that wanted slaves • country fighting over slaves • received 47,548 vote in Texas • rights belonging to all citizens • one of the states that had slaves • the group that doesn't want slavery • a person who has been freed from slavery • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-02-16

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Another name for the north during the war
The turning point of the war
Leaving a country
The last straw for the south before the war started
When a slave is freed
Freedom from slavery
A person that get hurts or killed during a war
A order by Abraham Lincoln where slaves were freed in the Union states

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a state that allowed slavery but didn't secede from the Union
The murderer of Abraham Lincoln
A person that wanted to end slavery
A human that is owned and forced to do labor by another human
Another name for the south during the war
When a political figure is murdered
An effort to stop people from getting in and out of a port
A large area of farmland where slaves worked
Leader of the Confederate army
Leader of the Union army
Before the war
Served as nurses, volunteers, etc.

20 Clues: Before the war • Leaving a country • Freedom from slavery • When a slave is freed • Leader of the Union army • The turning point of the war • Leader of the Confederate army • The murderer of Abraham Lincoln • Served as nurses, volunteers, etc. • A person that wanted to end slavery • When a political figure is murdered • Another name for the south during the war • ...

Unit 9: Civil War 2024-04-30

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Paper money issued by the U.S. government
The side or edge of a military formation
Allowed African American males to vote
A warship equipped with iron plating for protection
Abolished slavery
Decree issued by President Lincoln freeing enslaved people in those parts of the confederacy still in rebellion on Jan 1st, 1863
Stream or smaller river that feeds into a larger river
To meet; to come face to face with
A soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle
This person assassinated Abraham Lincoln

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The place where General Lee surrender to General Grant
To make stronger
Gave citizenship to all people born in the U.S.
To leave behind or give up
Refuse to give in
Reward or payment
The 16th U.S. president
A strategy of bringing war to the entire society, not just the military
The president of the Confederate States of America
To hand out; spread around

20 Clues: To make stronger • Refuse to give in • Reward or payment • Abolished slavery • The 16th U.S. president • To leave behind or give up • To hand out; spread around • To meet; to come face to face with • Allowed African American males to vote • The side or edge of a military formation • This person assassinated Abraham Lincoln • Paper money issued by the U.S. government • ...

Civil War and Reconstruction 2023-04-24

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battle that limited the confederate's communication by splitting them in two sections
after lincoln's assassination and johnson's impeachment, the _____ party took over all elections
nickname given to thomas jackson after his heroic efforts in the battle at bull run
the confederate's main supply line that was lost after the battle at vicksburg
amendment that would abolish slavery
era consisting of the freedmen's bureau, black codes, and sharecropping
the second most northern battle of the civil war that was also the bloodiest
the most northern battle fought in the civil war
amendment that gave all men, even former slaves, the right to vote

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california was added as a free state / fugitive slave law was enforced due to the _____ of 1850
the only president of the confederacy (last name)
the _____ compromise maintained the balance of the union and confederacy
state where riots broke out during the vote to allow slavery or not
president who was impeached for not enforcing radical republican policies (last name)
president who wanted to stop states from seceding and keep the union together (last name)
commanding general of the union army (last name)
confederate general who would surrender at appomattox court hosue, virginia (last name)
poll taxes and literacy tests limited african-americans ability to _____
economic advantage the union had of being able to produce their own equipment and supplies
black code that resulted in many former slaves going in to debt
200,000 of these men and women were freed and allowed to fight for the union as a result of the emancipation proclamation
transportation system that gave the union a huge advantage
first african-american congressman (last name)
amendment that gave former slaves the right to serve on juries while giving them citizenship

24 Clues: amendment that would abolish slavery • first african-american congressman (last name) • commanding general of the union army (last name) • the most northern battle fought in the civil war • the only president of the confederacy (last name) • transportation system that gave the union a huge advantage • black code that resulted in many former slaves going in to debt • ...

Civil War Crossword puzzle 2022-11-15

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The later commander of Union forces
The deadliest 1-day battle
Confederate leader who was the leader of the KKK
Which amendment freed all blacks?
Which amendment protected all blacks?
The only Confederate general to be executed
Domestic terrorists who attacked blacks
The Nation that fought the North
Republicans who wanted to punish the south
Assassinated Lincoln
The man who launched the March to the Sea

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All runaways would be returned to slavery
The deadliest battle overall
Which amendment had all black males vote?
The worst civil war POW camp
An era where the South rebuilt
runners CSA ships that smuggled supplies
This city was not burned as it had a large stash of cotton
Presidential reconstruction made by Lincoln
The commander of the confederate armies
The Nation that fought the South

21 Clues: Assassinated Lincoln • The deadliest 1-day battle • The deadliest battle overall • The worst civil war POW camp • An era where the South rebuilt • The Nation that fought the North • The Nation that fought the South • Which amendment freed all blacks? • The later commander of Union forces • Which amendment protected all blacks? • Domestic terrorists who attacked blacks • ...

U.S History: Civil War 2022-09-26

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Treaty that ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, and California in exchange for $15 million
This Act set up Kansas and Nebraska as states. Each state would use popular sovereignty to decide what to do about slavery. People who were proslavery and antislavery moved to Kansas, but some antislavery settlers were against the Act. This began guerrilla warfare.
Lincoln urged Americans not to seek revenge on slaveholders and their supporters and military after the war. Instead, he urged reconstruction of the South "with malice toward none; with charity for all."
The 11th U.S. President, he led the country during the Mexican War and sought to expand the United States
laws passed in the south just after the civil war aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit african american workers
Abolished slavery
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
Includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act, made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War
Bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico

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the belief that an individual state may restrict federal authority, belief that because the states created the United States, individual states have the power to nullify federal laws
Southwestern territory acquired by the Pierce administration to facilitate a southern transcontinental railroad and completed the lower 48 States
federal agency set up in 1865 to provide food, schools, and medical care to freed slaves in the South
stronger navy, larger population, more industrial output and a network of railroads, more food, more $$$, more telegraphs, more factories
Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river; as long as Hayes became the president
War 1846 - 1848 - President Polk declared war on Mexico over the dispute of land in Texas. At the end, American ended up with 55% of Mexico's land.
a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders
a system used on southern farms after the civil war in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
a white Southerner who joined the Republican party during the Reconstruction period. they were also considered traitors to the Southern cause. Part of the radical government, they passed much needed reforms.
Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servitude
Northerners who went to the South during Reconstruction. They carried their belongings in carpetbags, and most intended to settle in the South and make money there. Part of the radical government, they passed much needed reforms.
A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory. The dispute further strained the relations of the North and South, making civil war imminent.
The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.
violent abolitionist who murdered slaveholders in Kansas and Missouri (1856-1858) before his raid at Harpers Ferry (1859), hoping to incite a slave rebellion; he failed and was executed, but his martyrdom by northern abolitionists frightened the South.

23 Clues: Abolished slavery • The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit. • Bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico • federal agency set up in 1865 to provide food, schools, and medical care to freed slaves in the South • ...

The Civil War & Reconstruction 2022-05-02

The Civil War & Reconstruction crossword puzzle

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A "border" state
Bloodiest one-day battle in US History
Bull Run
Battle on the River
______ Courthouse; Lee's surrender
Official name of the South
"break a leg"
Union General at Atlanta
Amendment ending slavery
"won" in 1876?
Name for the North
Union General at Vicksburg
freedom
Signed the Emancipation Proclamation

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________ Bureau
People who tried to end slavery
Prez after Lincoln
Almost caught a killer
Part of Anaconda
Amendment protecting voting rights
Site of important speech
April 14th, 1865 at Ford's
Reelection battle
Fort _____ 1st battle of the war
Citizenship for Freedmen
General fired by Lincoln

26 Clues: freedom • Bull Run • "break a leg" • "won" in 1876? • ________ Bureau • A "border" state • Part of Anaconda • Reelection battle • Prez after Lincoln • Name for the North • Battle on the River • Almost caught a killer • Site of important speech • Union General at Atlanta • Citizenship for Freedmen • Amendment ending slavery • General fired by Lincoln • April 14th, 1865 at Ford's • ...

Adam Civil War Crossward 2022-06-02

Adam Civil War Crossward crossword puzzle

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General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War his nickname came from the First Battle of Bull Run where he and his troops "stood like a stone wall
Voters got to choose whether a free or slave state
the last name of Union General and 18th president
A senator from Massachusetts and a militant opponent of slavery gave a speech in 1856 called " The Crime Against Kansas" which was very anti-slavery. two days later he was beaten with a cane by Preston Brooks.
Created in 1854, the main focus is preventing the extension of slavery.
made all men eligible for military service but you could pay a substitute or pay an exemption fee, It caused riots for the poor.
Citizens are legally required to help in the capture of escaped slaves; in a rigged system with no jury or trial.
The Union army gained greater control of the Mississippi River valley. The bloodiest battle in history.
Last name of the Union general and Democratic nominee for the presidency in 1880
Last name of Union General and a major architect of Modern Warfare
The most famous Southern leader, Lee was a general in charge of the South's eastern forces
was the single bloodiest day in history with 22 thousand casualties battle lasted 12 hours Britain decided to stay out of the war, and this battle convinced Lincoln to get rid of slaver

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Controlled the seas with their superior navy
Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas's election during the mid-1850s
General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War his nickname came from the Battle of Bull Run where he and his troops "stood like a stone wall, he was later killed by friendly fire
Fierce Battles between Free-soilers & Abolitionist vs. pro-slavery forces John Brown Massacre
Last name of Union general and Rhode Island Governer and inventor of the Carbine
A key battle that finally turned the tide against the Confederates.
Political party that believed that slavery should not be expanded into new territory
South Carolina chose to attack and on April 21, 1861, the war began
A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 that highly influenced opinion in U.S.
an all-out war that affects civilians at home as well as soldiers in combat; Sherman used it on his march
Last name of a Union General and the man who was nicknamed fighting joe
Laws were passed by the Southern states in 1865 and 1866 after the Civil War. These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African American freedom compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt.
last name of the Union General and 24th governer of New Jersey

25 Clues: Controlled the seas with their superior navy • the last name of Union General and 18th president • Voters got to choose whether a free or slave state • last name of the Union General and 24th governer of New Jersey • Last name of Union General and a major architect of Modern Warfare • A key battle that finally turned the tide against the Confederates. • ...

Civil War: Significant People 2022-11-28

Civil War: Significant People crossword puzzle

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served as a Superintendent of Army Nurses; created the first generation of American mental asylums
U.S. commanding officer of the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Chickamauga and Chattanooga
18th U.S. President; lead the Union Army during the American Civil War
Stage actor; assassinator of Abraham Lincoln
U.S. Army officer; helped lead during Mexican-American War and Civil War
Union army officer who was in command of a regiment of African American troops
Nurse who becomes one of the most honored women in American History
started a rebellion known as the Southampton Insurrection
General of the Confederate States
former U.S. Secretary of State during John Quincy Adam's Presidency
slave who sued over being denied freedom
President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865
american journalist who helped organize both the New England and American Anti-Slavery Society
U.S. Army officer who became a major general for the Confederate States Army
American commander of the U.S. Army garrison of Fort Sumter
16th president of the United States
6th President of the United States

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An architect of the American abolitionist movement; lectured for the American Anti-Slavery Society
American abolitionist; rose to fame after publishing The Narrative of the Life of (himself)
Served as an engineer during Mexican-American War and was transferred east by President Lincoln as a Union general
strong hate for slavery; started
helped many slaves escape to the North via the Underground Railroad
an American abolisionist of New York Dutch heritage and a women's rights activist
former U.S. Senator for the Democratic party; one who promoted the Kansas-Nebraska Act
former U.S. Secretary of State during Millard Fillmore's Presidency
was formerly enslaved and a Carpenter; accused of planning a major slave revolt in 1822
author of the book Uncle Tom's Cabin
Wife of Abraham Lincoln
Famous military leader and Union general who played a crucial role in the victory over the Confederate States
One of the best-known commanders of the Confederate States Army after Robert E. Lee

30 Clues: Wife of Abraham Lincoln • strong hate for slavery; started • General of the Confederate States • 6th President of the United States • 16th president of the United States • author of the book Uncle Tom's Cabin • slave who sued over being denied freedom • Stage actor; assassinator of Abraham Lincoln • President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 • ...

Path to Civil War 2023-05-04

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States that permitted slavery
Group of slaves that went out West to escape slavery
States that outlawed slavery
The Treaty of ________ Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War
Father of Texas
General who led the Texans. Not Mr. Walker's home town.
Woman who made many trips to free slaves from the South
Massive migration to California for a precious metal
This compromise allowed Maine to enter the United States
Famous battle that resulted in a battle cry.
Group that went to California to find gold.

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The belief that the United States had the right to claim land from east to west.
Mexican general that fought the Texans
Texas was this after it gained Independence. (It's Name)
Famous trail that led settlers out west.
"Railroad" that helped many slaves escape slavery
Woman that represents the United States
The Kansas-________ Act allowed some territories to vote on slavery
Slave laws that made the Northern states return escaped slaves
Group that moved cattle out west.
Popular ________ lets the people vote and decide on issues
Religious group that went to Utah to flee persecution.

22 Clues: Father of Texas • States that outlawed slavery • States that permitted slavery • Group that moved cattle out west. • Mexican general that fought the Texans • Woman that represents the United States • Famous trail that led settlers out west. • Group that went to California to find gold. • Famous battle that resulted in a battle cry. • ...

Civil War and Reconstruction 2025-04-11

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Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
Also known as the Union, was led by Abraham Lincoln
Maine was added as a free state and a line was drawn at the 36'30" and slavery was not allowed north of it
A network used by Harriet Tubman and others to escape slavery and flee to the north
Battle in which the Union army laid siege to a city and gained control of the Mississippi River after their victory
Leading general for the Union Army
A government office that tried to help support newly freed slaves and poor white people
An anti-slavery book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
First battle of the Civil War when Confederate forces bombarded a Union fort
A practice of forcing people to work without pay and in terrible conditions for the benefit of others, was common in South
This addition to the Bill of Rights gave African Americans the right to vote
This addition to the Bill of Rights allowed all people born in the US to become citizens
The loyalty to your one region of the USA instead of the nation as a whole

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When a state or territory officially leaves a country
This addition to the Bill of Rights made slavery illegal and freed all slaves
This declaration stated that all slaves in the rebellious Southern states were freed
Battle that was the turning point of the war
Northerners were required to return any runaway slaves back to their owners
Also known as the Confederacy, was led by Jefferson Davis
Top general for the Confederate Army

20 Clues: Bloodiest battle of the Civil War • Leading general for the Union Army • Top general for the Confederate Army • Battle that was the turning point of the war • Also known as the Union, was led by Abraham Lincoln • When a state or territory officially leaves a country • An anti-slavery book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe • ...

History Crossword 2019-02-27

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She is most famous for making and leading slaves through the underground railroad. TWO WORDS
Robert E. Lee led the confederate army as a _________ during the Civil War.
The Emancipation Proclamation applied to how many slave? SPELL OUT
After escaping slavery, what did Sojourner Truth become?
Fort _______ is a sea fort in Charleston Harbor,South Carolina.
The first major battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Antietam was fought in what state?
What is the name of the document that abolished slavery in 1865? TWO WORDS
The ___________ Court House is where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. grant to end the war.
Abraham Lincoln was the __________ president. SPELL OUT

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The Battle of Gettysburg had the largest number of ___________ in the entire war.
Fredrick Douglass was a great orator, statesman, and _______.
What is the name of the document the stated that all all slaves would be given their freedom. TWO WORDS
He was the first president to be assassinated.
Which city was the Battle of Gettysburg fought in?
Jefferson Davis was the first and only President of the ____________ States of America.
Ulysses S. Grant was the commanding general of the ______ army.
His forces left a trail of destruction which destroyed military installations as well as industry.
Ulysses S. Grant became the __________ president. SPELL OUT
The first battle of Bull Run was the first major battle when the ______ won.

History Crossword 2019-02-27

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Fredrick Douglass was a great orator, statesman, and _______.
After escaping slavery, what did Sojourner Truth become?
The first major battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Antietam was fought in what state?
Which city was the Battle of Gettysburg fought in?
The Emancipation Proclamation applied to how many slave? SPELL OUT
What is the name of the document the stated that all all slaves would be given their freedom. TWO WORDS
Fort _______ is a sea fort in Charleston Harbor,South Carolina.
The ___________ Court House is where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. grant to end the war.
Ulysses S. Grant was the commanding general of the ______ army.

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What is the name of the document that abolished slavery in 1865? TWO WORDS
The Battle of Gettysburg had the largest number of ___________ in the entire war.
He was the first president to be assassinated.
Ulysses S. Grant became the __________ president. SPELL OUT
His forces left a trail of destruction which destroyed military installations as well as industry.
Robert E. Lee led the confederate army as a _________ during the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis was the first and only President of the ____________ States of America.
She is most famous for making and leading slaves through the underground railroad. TWO WORDS
Abraham Lincoln was the __________ president. SPELL OUT
The first battle of Bull Run was the first major battle when the ______ won.

APUSH Court Cases and Docs but it's fun and yay apush gonna get a 5 on the exam 2025-04-24

APUSH Court Cases and Docs but it's fun and yay apush gonna get a 5 on the exam crossword puzzle

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introduced the rights of citizens and the powers of the federal government and state governments.
Hamilton, Madison, and John Jay wrote these in promotion of the ratification of the US Constitution.
government has the right to limit free speech at times of crisis (such as war).
created the League of Nations and made Germany pay war reparations.
gave Congress the power to establish a national bank and state governments could not tax the federal government.
gives the right to self-incrimination and speak to an attorney.
took an official stance of what the Civil War was really for (the end of slavery) and removed any possible international support of the Confederates.
created judiciary review; gave more power to the Supreme Court.
established the practice of segregation.
a speech given by Lincoln after one of the deadliest battles of the Civil War.
desegregated schools.

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decided that African Americans were not considered citizens, so they do not have rights.
came before the US constitution which gave limited powers to the federal government.
made the internment camps where Japanese Americans were held in constitutional.
stated the American colonies as free from British rule.
emphasized the need for neutrality within foreign policy and warned citizens of political parties.
acknowledged the Cherokee land and their rights to it.
written by Thomas Paine to address the need for independence from England.
legalized abortion in 1973.

19 Clues: desegregated schools. • legalized abortion in 1973. • established the practice of segregation. • acknowledged the Cherokee land and their rights to it. • stated the American colonies as free from British rule. • gives the right to self-incrimination and speak to an attorney. • created judiciary review; gave more power to the Supreme Court. • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2022-04-14

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Gettysburg _________
A battle in which the Union tried to dislodge Confederates from their bunkers. This failed miserably and the Union lost two times as many men as the Confederates
the first major land battle of the American Civil War. the South pushed the Union Army back to DC since the southerners won. 1861, was guarded by PGT Beauregard. South victory led to boosted morale. People picnicked to watch, we're shocked by death.
Union commander who took over for Scott during the first part of the war
16th president of the United States; helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederacy;
Harriet ________
A smoothbore gun with a long barrel that fired lead balls.
Place where the Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg took place
was An American statesman and politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865.

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Grant besieged the city from May 18 to July 4, 1863, until it surrendered, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union.
A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States
A person who wanted slavery in the United States
_____________ Proclamation
Grant besieged the city from May 18 to July 4, 1863, until it surrendered, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union.
Bloodiest day in American Civil War and American History, with 25,000 casualties.

15 Clues: Harriet ________ • Gettysburg _________ • _____________ Proclamation • A person who wanted slavery in the United States • A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States • A smoothbore gun with a long barrel that fired lead balls. • Place where the Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg took place • ...

ACE 2023-06-22

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16th president of the United States.
One of the founders of the ACE program.
One of the principles of war. Enough said.
Founded by Billy Mitchel in 1947.
Used for safety in mines and computers.
One of the principles of war. Place the enemy in a disadvantageous position through the flexible application of combat power.
Bad for your drink and computer memory.
The Civil war general that the base of US cyber command is named after.
5+5=A in this number system.
Splinter. Alternatively, a popular red team tool developed by Bishop Fox.
One of the principles of war. Strike the enemy at a time or place or in a manner for which he is unprepared.
The hall the ACE interns stay in.
The location of what is often considered the turning point of the Civil War.
One of the principles of war. Direct every military operation toward a clearly defined, decisive, and attainable objective.
Is not an option.
One of the principles of war. Never permit the enemy to acquire an unexpected advantage.
Following through with what you say you're going to do. One of the ACE core values.
What leaders are.

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Common mammal that inhabits Rome.
Being a master of your craft. One of the ACE core values.
The name of a hidden website on the ace battlefield.
Doing what's right, even in the face of personal peril. One of the ACE core values.
The nation that won the most in 2020 ACE capstone.
Home of the colosseum.
One of the principles of war. Seize, retain, and exploit the initiative.
Operating system used for ACE this summer.
Second year interns who return to help with the program.
Superuser do. Alternatively, the name of an adorable corgi.
& development.
Number of miles ACE interns run every week.
1+1=10 in this number system.
Programming language made by Google. Used on the ACE battlefield.
The last step of the PBED.
One of the principles of war. Defined as: concentrate the effects of combat power at the decisive place and time.
Giving people what they need, when they need it. One of the ACE core values.

35 Clues: & development. • Is not an option. • What leaders are. • Home of the colosseum. • The last step of the PBED. • 5+5=A in this number system. • 1+1=10 in this number system. • Common mammal that inhabits Rome. • Founded by Billy Mitchel in 1947. • The hall the ACE interns stay in. • 16th president of the United States. • One of the founders of the ACE program. • ...

chapter 12 2022-04-12

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is a largely historical term used by Southerners to describe opportunistic Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War, who were perceived to be exploiting the local populace for their own financial, political, and/or social gain.
The ___era was the period after the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877
The ___ were a group of politicians who formed a faction within the Republican party that lasted from the Civil War into the era of Reconstruction
is a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop.
The ___ to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments
is the process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct

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The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the ___
The ___ to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government and each state from denying or abridging a citizen's right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
The ___ of 1864 was a bill "to guarantee to certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown a republican form of government" proposed for the Reconstruction of the South
___ restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.
In United States history the term scalawag referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
was an American politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a college administrator
___ was the 17th president of the United States serving from 1865 to 1869

13 Clues: The ___era was the period after the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877 • ___ was the 17th president of the United States serving from 1865 to 1869 • The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the ___ • was an American politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a college administrator • ...

Historical Events 2024-07-27

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- Civil War battle and Lincoln’s address.
- Charter of liberties in 1215.
- Genocide during World War II.
- Agreement that ended World War I.
- Site of the 1944 D-Day invasion.
- 1941 attack that led the U.S. into WWII.
- System of racial segregation in South Africa.
- Era of alcohol ban in the U.S.
- 1969 Apollo 11 achievement.

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- Severe global economic downturn in the 1930s.
- Ship that sank in 1912.
- Period of revival in art and learning.
- Movement that led to Protestantism.
- Scandal that led to Nixon's resignation.
- Barrier that divided Germany until 1989.

15 Clues: - Ship that sank in 1912. • - 1969 Apollo 11 achievement. • - Charter of liberties in 1215. • - Genocide during World War II. • - Era of alcohol ban in the U.S. • - Site of the 1944 D-Day invasion. • - Agreement that ended World War I. • - Movement that led to Protestantism. • - Period of revival in art and learning. • - Civil War battle and Lincoln’s address. • ...

Iroquois 2022-11-14

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Was the __________ War a civil war for the Iroquois
Why did the Iroquois win lots of battles
In 1777 the Battle of _____ was in 1777
Tuscarora joined the?
How long were longhouses?
sold firearms to the Iroquois in 1640

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What did winning the war mean for the Iroquois
What was a benefit of the confederacy
The ______ started in 1142
Joined in 1712
John Sullivan The general known for burning down towns
How long did they do raids on New France
how long were hunting trips
What did they live in?
the ______ were allies of their enemies

15 Clues: Joined in 1712 • Tuscarora joined the? • What did they live in? • How long were longhouses? • The ______ started in 1142 • how long were hunting trips • What was a benefit of the confederacy • sold firearms to the Iroquois in 1640 • In 1777 the Battle of _____ was in 1777 • the ______ were allies of their enemies • Why did the Iroquois win lots of battles • ...

MCU knowlage 2021-05-03

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nickname of Thors hammer
Natasha Romanofs superhero name
shrinking hero
Bruce Banners superhero name
newest show as of May 2021
Aprentice of Tony Stark
Clint Bartons superhero name
Team consisting of Starlord Drax and others

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Tony starks superhero name
Who are the og avengers not in Captain America:Civil War
Shortened version of Capatian America used in the movies
Shinking flying hero
the next movie as of May 2021
Team of many different superheros
Thors hammer
Whitch side of the civil war had Hawkeye and Antman
the first show 2021
Odins Firstborn son
Love intrest of Steve Rogers
Steve Rogers superhero name
Wife of Clint Barton

21 Clues: Thors hammer • shrinking hero • the first show 2021 • Odins Firstborn son • Shinking flying hero • Wife of Clint Barton • Aprentice of Tony Stark • nickname of Thors hammer • Tony starks superhero name • newest show as of May 2021 • Steve Rogers superhero name • Bruce Banners superhero name • Love intrest of Steve Rogers • Clint Bartons superhero name • the next movie as of May 2021 • ...

Parker 2022-01-21

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Christmas in Spanish
first major land battle of the Civil War
early metal battleships
a version of french braid but on top of your
southern states, pro-slavery
not letting anything in or out
a way to greet someone in English
greatest singer of all time sang Wonder
northern states, ant-slavery
biggest jellyfish

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HEY SISTERS!!!
seemingly absurd or self-contradicting
frees slaves in the South, makes the war about slavery
can be changed
first confederate president
help you see
self-control or freedom
made from red and yellow
a national pandemic
keeps your pants from falling down

20 Clues: help you see • HEY SISTERS!!! • can be changed • biggest jellyfish • a national pandemic • Christmas in Spanish • early metal battleships • self-control or freedom • made from red and yellow • first confederate president • southern states, pro-slavery • northern states, ant-slavery • not letting anything in or out • a way to greet someone in English • keeps your pants from falling down • ...

Reconstruction Review 2016-03-04

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Amendment - Rights to vote for all
- republic party for uncompromising opposition to slavery
- land using
Tax - payment for voting
V. Ferguson - court case
Douglas - abolitionist
Amendment - no cruel or unusual punishments
Johnson - 18th president
Crow Laws - Not a person
South - Atlanta constitution
Wilkes Booth - Assassinated someone

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Revels - Preacher
Klux Klan - the group group
- it started after the civil war
- southern whites that support the reconstruction
- Separate
Act - removed voting restrictions
codes - Restricting black peoples rights
Plan - specified that southern states should be readmitted
Stanton - Secretary of the war
Amendment - Citizenship to all born in the US

21 Clues: - Separate • - land using • Revels - Preacher • Douglas - abolitionist • Tax - payment for voting • V. Ferguson - court case • Johnson - 18th president • Crow Laws - Not a person • Klux Klan - the group group • South - Atlanta constitution • Stanton - Secretary of the war • - it started after the civil war • Act - removed voting restrictions • Amendment - Rights to vote for all • ...

Cold War 2024-03-27

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North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation
Leader of China after Zedong
The North in the Vietnam and Korean War
Country that owned Vietnam until 1954
Leader of Communist China
Eisenhower _____
Peace without a treaty
Dictator of Cuba
Leader of USSR after Stalin

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Location of a protest in China, 1989
Keep Communism in one area
Leader in US during Cuban Missile Crisis
_____ Plan
Country Pol Pot took power in
Idea that if one country falls to Communism, more will
Civil War in Argentina
___ Convention
Target of Khmer Rouge's genocide
Country Ho Chi Minh took power in

20 Clues: _____ Plan • ___ Convention • Eisenhower _____ • Dictator of Cuba • Civil War in Argentina • Peace without a treaty • Leader of Communist China • Keep Communism in one area • Leader of USSR after Stalin • Leader of China after Zedong • Country Pol Pot took power in • Target of Khmer Rouge's genocide • Country Ho Chi Minh took power in • North Atlantic Treaty Organisation • ...

AP US History crossword puzzle 2022-05-16

AP US History crossword puzzle crossword puzzle

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US Attack Germany
Supreme court judicial
split of colonies from GB
Made factory jobs numbing
Economic revolution
US wont tolerate colonization
Long drought and poor crops
Germany contacting Mexico
Transport system Est and Wst
attempt at constitution

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Nixon trying to find results
count slaves as part person
1930 Economic crash
Transfer of Slaves To US
separate unconstitutional
war over slavery
1930s programs to fix crash
Worst US president ever
Japanese attack on US
Moved south for invention

20 Clues: war over slavery • US Attack Germany • 1930 Economic crash • Economic revolution • Japanese attack on US • Supreme court judicial • Worst US president ever • attempt at constitution • Transfer of Slaves To US • split of colonies from GB • Made factory jobs numbing • separate unconstitutional • Germany contacting Mexico • Moved south for invention • count slaves as part person • ...

American History 2025-09-13

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General who led Union forces in the Civil War
Author of the Declaration of Independence
War hawk President during War of 1812
California city where gold was first discovered
Abolitionist who led raids in Kansas
Constitutional Convention city
New York island that processed immigrants
First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
Constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote

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President known as "Old Hickory"
Trail used by pioneers moving west
President who served four terms
Harbor attacked on December 7, 1941
First African American Supreme Court Justice
Amendment that ended slavery
President assassinated in Dallas, 1963

16 Clues: Amendment that ended slavery • Constitutional Convention city • President who served four terms • President known as "Old Hickory" • Trail used by pioneers moving west • Harbor attacked on December 7, 1941 • Abolitionist who led raids in Kansas • War hawk President during War of 1812 • President assassinated in Dallas, 1963 • Author of the Declaration of Independence • ...

President 2023-07-20

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A First African-American president, "Yes We Can" slogan.
A Led during WWI, created League of Nations.
A Conservative, "Reaganomics," helped end Cold War.
A Led during WWII, dropped atomic bombs.
A Charismatic, focused on space exploration.
A WWII general, Interstate Highway System.
A New Deal, served four terms, led during WWII.
A Championed voting rights, opposed National Bank.

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A Declaration of Independence author, Louisiana Purchase.
A Led during Civil War, abolished slavery.
A Economic prosperity, faced impeachment.
A First president, Revolutionary War leader.
A Energetic leader, expanded national parks.
Bush A Served during 9/11, War on Terror.
A Succeeded after JFK, "Great Society" programs.

15 Clues: A Led during WWII, dropped atomic bombs. • A Economic prosperity, faced impeachment. • Bush A Served during 9/11, War on Terror. • A Led during Civil War, abolished slavery. • A WWII general, Interstate Highway System. • A First president, Revolutionary War leader. • A Led during WWI, created League of Nations. • A Energetic leader, expanded national parks. • ...

North/South, Economics of Slavery 2024-05-15

North/South, Economics of Slavery crossword puzzle

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Mills These factories were a key component of the Northern industrial economy during the 19th century.
Crop Cotton, tobacco, and sugar were examples of these crops in the antebellum South.
This process was more advanced in the Northern states compared to the South during the 19th century.
Slave Act This law was highly controversial and increased tensions between the North and South over the issue of slavery.
Disparity This gap grew larger as industrialization progressed in the North while the South remained reliant on agrarian economies.
This crop fueled the Southern economy during the antebellum period.

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This mindset contributed to tensions between the North and South leading up to the Civil War.
These individuals fought against the institution of slavery on moral grounds.
Trade This practice was banned in the United States in 1808, but the domestic slave trade continued to thrive.
These large farms were central to the Southern economy before the Civil War.
Cotton This phrase reflects the importance of cotton production to the Southern states before the Civil War.
Labor This system was prevalent in the Northern states during the antebellum period.

12 Clues: This crop fueled the Southern economy during the antebellum period. • These large farms were central to the Southern economy before the Civil War. • These individuals fought against the institution of slavery on moral grounds. • Labor This system was prevalent in the Northern states during the antebellum period. • ...

Effects of the Civil War 2023-05-04

Effects of the Civil War crossword puzzle

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_________ was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Many __________, mostly of Irish, German, or Scandinavian descent, came to the US looking for a better life.
Former Union general who became president as a result of the election of 1868.

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An organized group of white supremacists who despise African-Americans
Became president when the previous was assassinated and was also the first president to be impeached.
The abolishment of ________ led to millions of free black citizens.
The _____________ Railroad was finished in 1869 when the Union Pacific and Central Pacific met. This was a result of the railroad boom after the Civil War
The ______ Act of 1872 outlawed former Confederates from voting or holding office.
The aftermath of the Civil War left the former ____________ devastated and in shambles.
The Fourteenth and Fifteenth ________ made all people born in the US citizens and gave African-American men the right to vote, respectfully.
The period of history after the Civil War, from 1865 to 1877.
This system separates colored people from whites in society

12 Clues: _________ was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. • This system separates colored people from whites in society • The period of history after the Civil War, from 1865 to 1877. • The abolishment of ________ led to millions of free black citizens. • An organized group of white supremacists who despise African-Americans • ...

The Civil Rights Movement 2023-05-14

The Civil Rights Movement crossword puzzle

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Act that banned tests or devices that prevent voter registration
Charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks
Word used to describe the separation of people by race
Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
She sat on the bus and didn't move
The right to vote
City in Alabama where the buses were boycotted
Protestors would sit at segregated lunch counters and refuse to leave until they were served
Refusing to buy or use something as a way of protesting

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A fee that people were required to pay in order to vote
Incorporating a group into a community
Act that banned discrimination
Set of programs launched by Lyndon B. Johnson to address major issues in the country
March on __________
A secret society that began after the Civil War that advocated white supremacy; the group rose again during the Civil Rights Movement
I have a _____
Civil rights leader that thought blacks should be independent of whites and protested with violence
Laws that kept black people and white people separated

18 Clues: I have a _____ • The right to vote • March on __________ • Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson • Act that banned discrimination • She sat on the bus and didn't move • Incorporating a group into a community • City in Alabama where the buses were boycotted • Word used to describe the separation of people by race • Laws that kept black people and white people separated • ...

history chapter 14 2021-03-12

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the man with the nick name ''
Proclamation.
first shot to fir at the Civil War.
was in charge of capturing New Orleans
Johnson developed the Confederate defensive strategy
battle of bull ton
word for draft
surrender Grant"
a two day fight

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develop the anaconda plan.
that the slaves in Confederated held areas were free
refers to northern unionists
who's photographs of corpses shocked the whole America
a law that if you have more than 20 slaves you do not have to go to war.
war between the north and south

15 Clues: Proclamation. • word for draft • a two day fight • surrender Grant" • battle of bull ton • develop the anaconda plan. • refers to northern unionists • the man with the nick name '' • war between the north and south • first shot to fir at the Civil War. • was in charge of capturing New Orleans • that the slaves in Confederated held areas were free • ...

Africa-Emmanuel 2021-12-09

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forced to leave their country during a war
A powerful leader during the civil war in 1987-2006
Easy to control
A really hot desert in the northern part of Afirca
They had to walk in the night for refuge
Emmanuel's best friend
Children got picked to go to war

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When European countries took over Africa for resources
Europeans decided to split up Africa
Children with guns
Traded for guns
The biggest failure during the scramble for Africa
A very dangerous army
Segregation
Killing a large amount of people for their religion

15 Clues: Segregation • Traded for guns • Easy to control • Children with guns • A very dangerous army • Emmanuel's best friend • Children got picked to go to war • Europeans decided to split up Africa • They had to walk in the night for refuge • forced to leave their country during a war • The biggest failure during the scramble for Africa • ...

Reconstruction. 2022-12-01

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a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1870, declaring that states cannot deny anyone the right to vote because of race or color or because the person was once enslaved
the rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people, especially equal treatment under the law
laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former Confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans
commonly described as
the period of time after the Civil War in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union

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an agency established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed black Americans
a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guaranteeing all individuals equal protection of the law
to put up with
of less importance, value, or quality
a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolishing slavery in the United States
laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the South after the Civil War
to find a solution for

12 Clues: to put up with • commonly described as • to find a solution for • of less importance, value, or quality • laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the South after the Civil War • a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolishing slavery in the United States • ...

LN Crossword 2024-01-02

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The president during the Spanish-American War
Democratic and Populist leader who ran unsuccessfully three times for the U.S. presidency
1883 law that created a civil service system for the federal government in an attempt to hire employees on a merit system rather than on a spoils system
The practice of the political party in power giving jobs and appointments to its supporters, rather than to people based on their qualifications
An employee in the U.S. Department of Agriculture who worked to improve the lives of farmers and the agricultural industry
A speech by the "boy orator" which spoke for "the plain people of this country", the farmers
policy of designating monetary units in terms of their value in gold
currency not backed by gold or silver
farmers’ organization formed after the Civil War

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in an era known for its corruption, this president maintained a reputation for integrity.
Government departments and their non-elected employees
People’s Party; political party formed in 1891 to advocate a larger money supply and other economic reforms
a political party’s organization that wins voter loyalty and guarantees power to a small group of leaders, who often abuse it for their own gain
Former Civil War general who proved unable to keep corruption and scandal from troubling his presidential administration
network of farmers’ organizations that worked for political and economic reforms in the late 1800s

15 Clues: currency not backed by gold or silver • The president during the Spanish-American War • farmers’ organization formed after the Civil War • Government departments and their non-elected employees • policy of designating monetary units in terms of their value in gold • in an era known for its corruption, this president maintained a reputation for integrity. • ...

Chapter 4 Section 4 2013-11-12

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A secret group of White Southerners who used violence to keep blacks from voting.
President after Lincoln’s assassination
Gave African Americans citizenship
System in which landowners gave a few acres of land to farm workers in return for a portion of their crops
Period of rebuilding the nation after the Civil War
Northerners who moved to the South after the war

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Minority of Republicans in Congress which were angered by Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan. They wanted to destroy the political power of former slaveholders. Most of all, they wanted African Americans to be given full citizenship and the right to vote.
Banned states from denying African Americans the right to vote
A federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War.
The first African-American senator
President who ended Reconstruction on 1877.
White Southerners who joined the Republican Party
Renting land from landowners for cash

13 Clues: The first African-American senator • Gave African Americans citizenship • Renting land from landowners for cash • President after Lincoln’s assassination • President who ended Reconstruction on 1877. • Northerners who moved to the South after the war • Period of rebuilding the nation after the Civil War • White Southerners who joined the Republican Party • ...

Key Terms To Study 2023-01-18

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A White Supremacist that got impeached
Court Case ruled:Black people can't be citizens
Book that exposed horrors of slavery
the process after the civil war to bring black people back into society
Most former slaves had this job
Bloodiest battle of war; Lee Lost
This President won with no southern votes

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Martyr that led a rebellion in Harper's Ferry
Destroyed Southern Morale
terrorist group that put fear in black voters
Laws about segregation/black codes
Successful war policy used by North
What wins championships
Freed Some Slaves

14 Clues: Freed Some Slaves • What wins championships • Destroyed Southern Morale • Most former slaves had this job • Bloodiest battle of war; Lee Lost • Laws about segregation/black codes • Successful war policy used by North • Book that exposed horrors of slavery • A White Supremacist that got impeached • This President won with no southern votes • ...

Arkansas Civil War Battles 2016-05-06

Arkansas Civil War Battles crossword puzzle

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Battle on October 25, 1863
Battle on December 7, 1862
Battle on September 1, 1863
Battle on January 14, 1865
Battle on April 18, 1864
Battle that lasted from June 5, 1864 to June 6, 1864
Battle on April 30, 1864
Battle on January 17, 1865
Battle that lasted from April 9, 1864 to April 14, 1864

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Battle on September 10, 1863
Battle that lasted from March 6, 1862 to March 8, 1862
Battle that lasted from May 1, 1863 to May 2, 1863
Battle that lasted from January 9, 1863 to January 11, 1863
Battle on July 7, 1862
Battle on April 25, 1864
Battle on February 17, 1862
Battle on July 4, 1863
Battle that lasted from April 3, 1864 to April 4, 1864
Battle on August 27, 1863
Battle on November 28, 1862

20 Clues: Battle on July 7, 1862 • Battle on July 4, 1863 • Battle on April 25, 1864 • Battle on April 18, 1864 • Battle on April 30, 1864 • Battle on August 27, 1863 • Battle on October 25, 1863 • Battle on December 7, 1862 • Battle on January 14, 1865 • Battle on January 17, 1865 • Battle on September 1, 1863 • Battle on February 17, 1862 • Battle on November 28, 1862 • ...

The English Civil War 2016-04-28

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a government that is controlled by the people who live under it
A ruler with unrestricted authority.
a person given special treatment
Strict laws, often printed on blue paper.
false and malicious statements against the monarch, which are considered treason
a ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly
a series of wars fought between Catholics and Protestants in Europe
to settle a dispute, with both sides giving up a part of what they demand
a king, queen, emperor, or empress with unlimited power
to plunge suddenly under water and out again
careless and lavish spending, wastefulness
the legislative body in England
wagons of supplies, as well as people, needed to support an army.
a device consisting of wooden board with holes for head and arms, in which offenders were exposed to public scorn
a follower of the teachings of John Calvin, a leader of the Protestant Reformation

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a literary workin which corruption, foolishness, or abuses are held up to ridicule and contempt
A supporter of Charles 1; derived from the french word chevalier, meaning "horseman".
A royal court where sessions were held in secret.
legal and military customs that ordered society in medieval Europe
a fleet of ships sent by Spain in 1588 to invade English
A document affirming specific rights for English citizens.
Jewellery used but not personally owned by the royal family.
the great Charter, which guaranteed the English people certain civil rights and limited the powers of the monarch
any Christian not belonging to the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Church
settlement and control of the land of others for the purpose of extracting resources
A government where there is no king or queen; power rest with the citizens who vote to elect their leaders.
the rights of a citizen, such as safety, protection from discrimination, and the right to vote
to take goods by force.
a king or queen
a payment of one-tenth of a person's earnings

30 Clues: a king or queen • to take goods by force. • the legislative body in England • a person given special treatment • A ruler with unrestricted authority. • Strict laws, often printed on blue paper. • careless and lavish spending, wastefulness • to plunge suddenly under water and out again • a payment of one-tenth of a person's earnings • ...

Pre Civil War Era 2017-05-16

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big farms that white males owned
A character in Uncle Tom's Cabin who escaped to Canada so her family wasn't seperated
People in the North generally got a better one of these than Southerners, and slaves were not allowed to get this at all.
someone who made slaves obedient to their masters by abusing them
a type of slave who watched and punished other slaves
This is where white males made bids on slaves and sold others.
A character in Uncle Tom's Cabin who's main purpose was to exploit how bad plantation owners were by getting whipped to death near the end of the book.
most of these people came to the North from other countries
An era in the 19th century where factories and steam engines started to be made, boosting the North's economy ten times the amount of the South (two words)
A free black male who went to the Supreme Court asking questions such as "Did congress have the right to make any laws at all concerning slavery?" but was outvoted by the Southern judges. (Two words, name)

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The South's main cash crop on plantations
Many of these were posted for catching runaway slaves
a comrpramise that made Maine a free state and another state a slave state. (two words)
Many people question whether the Civil War was this word.
A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe to exploit the terrible parts of slavery (initials)
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin (initials)
people who were treated as property
Someone who is fighting to get rid of slavery
The South threatened to do this to the North if they didn't get what they want
a rule that tabled all petitions against slavery (Two words)
what the slaves used to communicate with each other
the age most slaves started working
Uncle Tom's Cabin affected many Northerners to take action
prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control.
Eli Whitney made this in an attempt to slow down slavery, but it backfired and made it worse (two words)
What the Boston Morning Post claimed Uncle Tom's Cabin was

26 Clues: big farms that white males owned • people who were treated as property • the age most slaves started working • Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin (initials) • The South's main cash crop on plantations • Someone who is fighting to get rid of slavery • prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control. • what the slaves used to communicate with each other • ...

The American Civil War 2013-05-18

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slave states that bordered states in which slavery was illegal
bloody battle in Tennessee won by Grant
Confederate victory in Virginia, during which Lee stopped Union campaign against Richmond
document issued by Lincoln that all slaves in Confederate-held territory were free
Confederate ironclad ship, later renamed the Virginia
Union ironclad ship
Northern Democrats who favored peace with the South
commander of Union army in the east
Confederate general who fought at Gettysburg
Civil War nurse who later founded the American Red Cross
Union general who won battles in the west
confederate general commander of the Army of Northern Virginia

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battle in Maryland that ended Lee's first invasion of the North
battle in 1863 in Pennsylvania when Union forces stopped a Confederate invasion of the North
the surrounding of the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, by Union forces
first major battle of the Civil War
Union fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina
town in Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant
Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy
failed assault on union positions on final day of Battle of Gettysburg

20 Clues: Union ironclad ship • first major battle of the Civil War • commander of Union army in the east • bloody battle in Tennessee won by Grant • Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy • Union general who won battles in the west • Confederate general who fought at Gettysburg • town in Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant • ...

Civil War Crossword puzzle 2021-02-04

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located in Charleston, SC
Union
fight a defensive war
Confederacy
Anaconda Plan
Union had 22,000 miles of this
South had a very strong -------- due to amazing officers
A soldier who sent his wife a letter when he thought he was going to die
Union leader
took over their husbands jobs along with their own
the Union defended themselves and the North had to fight and protect
pilot on the confederate transport, he gave the union information

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10,000 slaves were left behind and given jobs
Confederate leader
Hunley
southern farms provided this for their army
when did the battle of Fort Sumter happen
Narrow, bulletproof iron, submarine, first submarine to sink a ship
joined the army, helped their families, or found jobs in north, more freedom
were given more jobs than they had
All African American soldiers

21 Clues: Union • Hunley • Confederacy • Union leader • Anaconda Plan • Confederate leader • fight a defensive war • located in Charleston, SC • All African American soldiers • Union had 22,000 miles of this • were given more jobs than they had • when did the battle of Fort Sumter happen • southern farms provided this for their army • 10,000 slaves were left behind and given jobs • ...

Civil War--Reconstruction Puzzle 2022-04-08

Civil War--Reconstruction Puzzle crossword puzzle

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Amendment allowing Black men to vote
Amendment granting citizenship to Blacks
Racist laws that hurt Blacks after the war
Another name for the South
Southerners seen as traitors after the war
The side that lost the war
Rebuilding the South after the war
General of the South
The side that won the war
Capital of the North
Another name for the North
Actor who assassinated President Lincoln
General of the North

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President of the South
Northerners who came South after the war
Capital of the South
The deadliest battle of the war
Amendment ending slavery
Nickname of southern soldiers
President of the North
The river both sides wanted to control
Nickname of northern soldiers

22 Clues: Capital of the South • General of the South • Capital of the North • General of the North • President of the South • President of the North • Amendment ending slavery • The side that won the war • Another name for the South • The side that lost the war • Another name for the North • Nickname of southern soldiers • Nickname of northern soldiers • The deadliest battle of the war • ...

Civil War Crossword puzzle 2022-03-24

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a large agricultural estate growing crops such as cotton or tobacco
a formal public announcement
to approve
the act of freeing people from slavery
An agreement
to move from a place of danger to place of safety
the ability to read
A person who favors the abolition of a practice
loyalty to a person or a cause
to leave and no longer be a part of a nation
a place where weapons are made or kept
the right to live the way you want

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a murder carried out for political reasons
A league of people formed for an illicit purpose.
The owning of other people
an area owned by a country that is outside the country's main borders
Association formed by people with a common interest.
the act of sealing off a place to prevent goods from entering or leaving
a group of senior ministers who control the policy of a government
the group of people who make laws for the country
the crime of trying to overthrow a government
the small upper assembly in the US Congress

US CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION 2022-03-29

US CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION crossword puzzle

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- a test African American people had to take to vote
- a group of politicians that believed that free slaves should have equal rights as a regular citizen
- Three legged route that made up the Atlantic slave trade
- 16th President of the United States
- a terrorist group
- the 13th, 14th, and the 15th amendments of the constitution
- a organization made to protect slaves trying to be free
- assassinated the 16th president of the United States
- The 11 southern states that fought the Northern of the United States in the civil war

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- American folk music that articulate the suffering, longing and religious passion
- A machine made in 1793 that makes cotton easier to process
- was the location of the first ever attack in the American civil war
- separating people by their race and skin colors
- A person that supported ending slavery
- a transportation system used to help escape slaves
- A huge farm/field where slaves were forced to work
- laws that limited the rights of African Americans
- voting rights passed on by their grandfathers
- became President after the 16th President of the United States died
- to depart from a group
- a fee people had to pay to vote in elections
- The 18th President of the United States

22 Clues: - a terrorist group • - to depart from a group • - 16th President of the United States • - The 18th President of the United States • - A person that supported ending slavery • - a fee people had to pay to vote in elections • - voting rights passed on by their grandfathers • - separating people by their race and skin colors • ...

The Civil War Crossword 2022-05-05

The Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle

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____ were commonly spies.
What guarantees accused individuals the right to a hearing before getting jailed?
What Union general is known for hesitating?
Who was Lincoln's vice president?
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
How many border states were there?
At the beginning of the war only the ____ allowed African Americans to serve.
____ is when goods remain the same but the price goes up.
First battle of Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Vicksburg, Gettysburg which one is missing?
how many battles did the Confederacy loose?
How many terms did President Lincoln serve?

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What battle was a game changer?
How many battles did the Union loose?
Who was president at the start of the war?
The emancipation ____ had a huge impact on both the North and South.
____ are when someone is injured or killed in a war.
How many battles were drawn.
Who was a conductor of the Underground Railroad and a spy for the Union?
Many felt ____ was an inappropriate job for women, yet they still did this job.
How many terms did Buchanan serve?
The Monitor and the ____ were two warships.
Where did most of the battles take place?
Where was President Lincoln's vice president from?
Lincoln was assassinated ____ 4, 1865
____ means to free.

25 Clues: ____ means to free. • ____ were commonly spies. • How many battles were drawn. • What battle was a game changer? • Where was Lincoln assassinated? • Who was Lincoln's vice president? • How many terms did Buchanan serve? • How many border states were there? • How many battles did the Union loose? • Lincoln was assassinated ____ 4, 1865 • Where did most of the battles take place? • ...

Civil War Vocabulary Crossword 2022-05-11

Civil War Vocabulary Crossword crossword puzzle

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To hand out.
To compare with respect to differences.
Refusal to give in.
Soldier who was killed, wounded, captured, or missing.
Events occur one after the other.
Extreme
To go the opposite direction.
To become more suited to new conditions.
To formally charge a public official with Misconduct.
Reward/Payment

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To meet; to come face-to-face with.
Paper money issued by the U.S government.
To stop temporarily.
To prevent from being involved in something.
To find meaning in something.
The side or edge of military formation.
To make stronger.
An alternate or replacement.
To formally join a military force.
System of selecting people for required military service.

20 Clues: Extreme • To hand out. • Reward/Payment • To make stronger. • Refusal to give in. • To stop temporarily. • An alternate or replacement. • To find meaning in something. • To go the opposite direction. • Events occur one after the other. • To formally join a military force. • To meet; to come face-to-face with. • To compare with respect to differences. • ...

Civil War and Reconstruction 2022-06-01

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The Treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl.
Helped cut off supplies to Confederate troops and weakened the morale of the Confederates.
Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg
Also known as the Battle of First Manassas
Earned nickname at the First Battle of Manassas; charged his army toward Union
We visited this battlefield;)
restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of Black people and ensure their availability as a cheap labour force.
A type of farming where families rent small plots of land from a landowner in return for a portion of their crop
Took place in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing
an informal unwritten deal that settled the dispute of the 1876 U.S. Presidential election

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the reconstruction plan stated that southern state could be readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters swore an Oath Of Allegiance to the Union.
Initially a colonel in the Union volunteer army.
Declared that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are now free
followed the Civil War
Also known as “Invisible Empire of the South”
required that 50 percent of a state's White males take a loyalty oath to the United States
Confederate general in charge of the Southern army during the Civil War.
passed under President Johnson and outline the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states.
Confederates would open fire under general Beauregard against Union troops, led by Gen. Anderson on April 12, 1861.

20 Clues: followed the Civil War • We visited this battlefield;) • Took place in Vicksburg, Mississippi • Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg • Also known as the Battle of First Manassas • Also known as “Invisible Empire of the South” • Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing • Initially a colonel in the Union volunteer army. • ...

Civil war + Reconstruction Vocab 2021-05-07

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/ slave that went to court where the court said slaves are property
/ a disenfranchising tactic that required voters to pay a fee in order to vote
/ freedmen only have labor to offer
/ free labors being forced to work
/ a violent abolitioest that wanted to give slave guns
/ laws created by state legislatures to deny AfricanAmericans citizenship rights.
/ the law that freed the slaves
/ lincolns plan for reconstruction
/ the first U.S terrorist targeting African Americans
/ to deprive a person the right to vote

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/ A slavery compromise creating equal slave states to free states
/ plan that wiped out the confederacy
/ surrendered to the union
/ 17th preident of U.S
/ Laws that govern slavery
/ when a state refuses to obey a federal law
/ type of test that proves you can read inorder to vote
/ Laws that force freedmen back into bondage
/ led a slave revolution
/ only has labor to offer

20 Clues: / 17th preident of U.S • / led a slave revolution • / only has labor to offer • / surrendered to the union • / Laws that govern slavery • / the law that freed the slaves • / free labors being forced to work • / lincolns plan for reconstruction • / freedmen only have labor to offer • / plan that wiped out the confederacy • / to deprive a person the right to vote • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-10-24

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A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot.
Cannon or other large caliber firearms.
The basic unit of the Civil War soldiers.
The science of growing crops or raising livestock.
Small sewing kit soldiers used to repair their garments.
Escaped slaves who fled the Union lines for protection.
Loyal to the government of the United States. Also know as the Union, Yankee, or Northerns.
Freedom of slavery.

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Troops like the National Guard who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency.
A soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action
A fortified location where powder or supplies were stored.
A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured.
Loyal to the Confederacy, also the Southern or Rebel.
Resisting or protecting against attack from someone
Stipulation adopted by both the Union and Confederate governments allowed certain draftees to pay a fee in order to avoid military services.
The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people.
A large group of soldiers usually led by a brigadier general.
The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports.
A branch of the military mounted on horseback.
To formally approve or sanction.
To practice marching, military formations and the steps in firing and handling one's weapon.

21 Clues: Freedom of slavery. • To formally approve or sanction. • Cannon or other large caliber firearms. • The basic unit of the Civil War soldiers. • A branch of the military mounted on horseback. • The science of growing crops or raising livestock. • Resisting or protecting against attack from someone • Loyal to the Confederacy, also the Southern or Rebel. • ...

Civil War (NO NOTES) 2024-02-23

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This is the Southern side.
Who revolted?
Who led African Americans to freedom?
Who was an African American Sailor?
This group of people sought freedom.
This is the Southern economy.
This is the Northern economy.
This group of people supported the Confederacy.
These people wanted to end slavery.
This state has west in it's name.
Who was elected President in 1860?
Who played a major role in the Battle of Bull Run?
Who is 1 out of the 3 men who escaped?

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Who created the American Red Cross?
Who is the Commander of Northern Virginia?
This group of people joined the Union Army& Navy.
Who led a raid?
This group of people didn't take sides.
This is the Confederacy capital.
Who is the General of the Union?
Bouns:This is the capital of the Union.
Who was 1 out of 2 spies in the Union Army?
Who is 1 out of the 3 men who escaped?
Who is 1 out of the 3 men who escaped?
Who was 1 out of 2 spies in the Union Army?

25 Clues: Who revolted? • Who led a raid? • This is the Southern side. • This is the Southern economy. • This is the Northern economy. • This is the Confederacy capital. • Who is the General of the Union? • This state has west in it's name. • Who was elected President in 1860? • Who created the American Red Cross? • Who was an African American Sailor? • These people wanted to end slavery. • ...

CiVIL wAR CroSSWoRD PuZzLE 2019-05-23

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Soil Party What political party did not want land gained in the Mexican America War to allow slavery.
The North and South realized the war was going to be a long hard struggle after the first Battle of _________________________.
False or misleading information that is spread to further a cause.
The admission of ___________________ to the Union led to the Compromise of 1850
A system of required military service
military term for a person that is killed, wounded, or missing in action.,
Midwest state that suffered widespread violence
Western counties of __________ refused to secede & later formed their own state.
What was the most important body of water to both sides during the war?
Outlawed slavery in the North and in the southern states that were rebelling. This did not do much as there was already no slavery in the north and the southern states did not listen.
A constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment.
The fall of what city forced General Lee to surrender to the Union?
To withdraw
The ___________ had better generals and a lifestyle that prepared them more for war.
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War that was fought in Pennsylvania. After this battle the Union had the upper hand.

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Rule in which the military is in charge & citizen's rights are suspended.
A military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it.
A war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country.
What are these three things a result of -- Free Soil Party formed, Southerners became increasingly concerned that the North was trying to end slavery and Slavery in new territories was undecided was a result of ___________.
President Lincoln was assassinated at Fords Theatre by ______________________.
Name of the first permanent English settlement in American.
The ___________had more soldiers and more supplies to help fund their side of the war.
All out attacks aimed at destroying an enemy's army & peoples will to fight.
Legislation that provided for the admission of Maine to the United States as a free state along with Missouri as a slave state, thus maintaining the balance of power between North and South in the United States Senate.
tax on money that people receive.
general rise in prices.
that allowed people in these two territories to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
goal was to unite the _________________.
The five pillars of the __________________ are your freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition
Warships that were covered with iron plats; The Monitor and the Merrimack
Northern Democrats who opposed the war and wanted an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates.
An attempt to capture a place by surrounding it with military forces and cutting it off until the people inside surrender.

32 Clues: To withdraw • general rise in prices. • tax on money that people receive. • A system of required military service • goal was to unite the _________________. • Midwest state that suffered widespread violence • A constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment. • Name of the first permanent English settlement in American. • ...

Civil War- Alyssa Crowe 2019-12-02

Civil War- Alyssa Crowe crossword puzzle

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Union general that defeats Lee
Bloodiest single-day of fighting in the war
After Antietam, Lincoln drafted this to free slaves.
Slave states that remained loyal to the Union were known as
Conflict between the Union and Confederacy
Bloodiest engagements of the war (lasted 3 days)
President of the Confederacy
Union general that burns Atlanta
Consisted of states of the Deep South (e.g.; South Carolina)

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Most medical care for injured soldiers resulted in
This was the South's main crop
The Confederates advocated for
Murdered President Lincoln while attending a play
Site of Confederate surrender, calling for the end of the war
The northern economy was based primarily on
President of the Union
general of the Confederate army
The southern economy was based primarily on
Confederate leader during the Battle of Bull Run
Most fighting in the war took place here
First shots of the war were fired here
Lincoln was against the _________ of slavery

22 Clues: President of the Union • President of the Confederacy • This was the South's main crop • Union general that defeats Lee • The Confederates advocated for • general of the Confederate army • Union general that burns Atlanta • First shots of the war were fired here • Most fighting in the war took place here • Conflict between the Union and Confederacy • ...

Moving to Civil War 2020-02-21

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slave who sued for his freedom
ran with Free Soil Party in 1848
became a slave state after a compromise
president who signed the Compromise of 1850
became a free state in 1850 compromise
led a slave rebellion in 1831
war hero who won presidency in 1848
lost to Stephen Douglas in 1858
he worked out compromises
this purchase gave us the southern third of Arizona
president who refused to run in 1848
won the election of 1852

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he captured Harper's Ferry
this party was born after Kansas-Nebraska Act
was the first Republican to run for president
his proviso would ban slavery in Mexican Cession
party nicknamed Know-Nothing
state nicknamed Bleeding
was sent in to take Harper's Ferry back
main senator behind popular sovereignty
writer whose book sold 2 million copies in 1850s
this party died after 1852

22 Clues: state nicknamed Bleeding • won the election of 1852 • he worked out compromises • he captured Harper's Ferry • this party died after 1852 • party nicknamed Know-Nothing • led a slave rebellion in 1831 • slave who sued for his freedom • lost to Stephen Douglas in 1858 • ran with Free Soil Party in 1848 • war hero who won presidency in 1848 • president who refused to run in 1848 • ...

Civil War Vocab words 2020-08-31

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church that is official of bishop
relating to an empire
crowd of individuals
to decorate and make pretty
asking urgently to do something
showing contempt
fine and smooth yarn spun
number of things into a cluster
expressing a complaint
recognizing something
making a confused noise
suffering or distress

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speaking loud and powerful
upward motive
goes on forever and ever
intured or put oneself between
enemies to discuss terms of truce or agreement
being unable to think properly
to happen before desire
so many
lots of room inside
impossible to understand
ruler, especially an autocratic one
suffering age
people engaging in risk business hoping to make large profits

25 Clues: so many • upward motive • suffering age • showing contempt • lots of room inside • crowd of individuals • relating to an empire • recognizing something • suffering or distress • expressing a complaint • to happen before desire • making a confused noise • goes on forever and ever • impossible to understand • fine and smooth yarn spun • speaking loud and powerful • to decorate and make pretty • ...

Civil War Key Terms 2024-05-08

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midwesterners who thought that the war was unnecessary and did not want abolition
Complete end of slavery
ships heavily armored with iron
Developed a two-part strategy to destroy the South’s economy and capture the Mississippi River
Stories that were part of oral tradition and usually included animals with human characteristics
a graduate of Westpoint was the general of the Confederacy
organized the shipping of medicine to the battlefields
commanded the largest unit in the south of over 15,000 men
asked to lead defensive maneuvers after Mcclellan was fired he took command of the Union Army
Large-scale farmers who owned more than 20 slaves
Crop brokers who managed the cotton trade farmers sold their cotton to merchants who then made a deal with them
Men that farmers and planters hired to watch over and direct how slaves worked
gave the gettysburg address

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Owners of small farms who were mostly white people who immigrated and owned few to no slaves at all
Folk songs that mixed with African and European music and played in a religious way
trained in high discipline and was the general of the Union Army
the freeing of slaves
attacked two forts in New Orleans with warships blending in with the environment
The favoring of the interests of one race over the other races and religions
escaped slaves who had the right to join the army
the first woman to be a doctor in the war
To formally withdraw from the union

22 Clues: the freeing of slaves • Complete end of slavery • gave the gettysburg address • ships heavily armored with iron • To formally withdraw from the union • the first woman to be a doctor in the war • escaped slaves who had the right to join the army • Large-scale farmers who owned more than 20 slaves • organized the shipping of medicine to the battlefields • ...

Civil War Crossword puzzle 2024-03-22

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was the president of the Confederate States
Was a major battle with 51112 casualties
Was a navel commander for the US Army who directed a lot of torpedoes
Was a blockade along the Mississippi that prevented the Confederacy from exporting goods to Europe
Led the 20th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry
Was the largest Confederate prison
Was killed by his own troops in the Battle of Chancellorsville
Was the general of U.S. Volunteers, organizing and training Kentucky and Tennessee volunteers
The attack on this fort marked the beginning of the American Civil War
Was a Confederate ship that was burned to protect it from the Union Army
Fought in the Battle of Antietam as the Union commander
Was where General Lee surrendered on April 9, 1865
Was a Confederate general who was nicknamed "Old War Horse"

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Was a Union General at the Battle of Fredericksburg
Was famous for leading a charge during the battle of Gettysburg
Was the deadliest battle in the history of the US
Was famous for destroying Shenandoah Valley
He led Union forces in campaigns through the South, marching through Georgia and the Carolinas
The battle was a Confederate victory because of Union retreat
Was a Union General at the Battle of Chancellorsville
Was a main city and was where the main railroad for the Confederate army
Led a regiment at Balls Bluff and died in that Battle
Was fought on the Mississippi River and was a Union victory because of Confederate surrender
Was a ship built for the US Navy in 1862
Participated in the capture of John Brown at Harpers Ferry in 1859
Said that all slaves in the southern states were free as of January 1, 1863
Was the last Confederate general to surrender in the Civil War
Was the commander of the Confederate army
Led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy
was fought on April 6–7, 1862 in Tennessee
was the 16th president of the United States

31 Clues: Was the largest Confederate prison • Was a major battle with 51112 casualties • Was a ship built for the US Navy in 1862 • Was the commander of the Confederate army • was fought on April 6–7, 1862 in Tennessee • was the president of the Confederate States • Was famous for destroying Shenandoah Valley • was the 16th president of the United States • ...

Civil War and Reconstuction 2024-08-16

Civil War and Reconstuction crossword puzzle

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ensure observance of laws and rules
join the military
a tenant farmer who owes a portion of each harvest for rent
an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
a statement that is added to a proposal or document
an action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place
something shown to the public
the activity of building something again
a reformer who favors putting an end to slavery
come into possession of
a war measure isolating an area of importance
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
a social system that provides different facilities for minority groups
as reported or stated by

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freeing someone from the control of another
overcome by superior force
bring into existence
the act of charging an official with an offense committed while in office
a union of political organizations
formal separation from an alliance or federation
a political unit formed from previously independent groups
a formal public statement
an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale
an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
how something is done or how it happens
be shown or be found to be
murder; especially of socially prominent persons
causing fear or dead or terror

28 Clues: join the military • bring into existence • come into possession of • as reported or stated by • a formal public statement • overcome by superior force • be shown or be found to be • something shown to the public • causing fear or dead or terror • a union of political organizations • ensure observance of laws and rules • how something is done or how it happens • ...

Civil war Crossword puzzle 2023-02-23

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after the war
Know as the last straw
It's in South Carolina
when america expanded to find more land in the west
He's a general
when Abraham Lincoln said that all men are created equal
south
Capital of the confederacy
Missouri was founded
The main way the north made money
The north's way of surrounding the south
North
President of the United states
The main way the south made their money

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A union victory one of the most famous battles in Pennsylvania
they had to decide if they wanted to be a free state or slave state
When Kansas wanted to be a free state
smoke from guns that fogged up the battlefield
The African american man who went to court to argue about slaves rights he was an abolitionist h
Most common gun used by soldiers

20 Clues: south • North • after the war • He's a general • Missouri was founded • Know as the last straw • It's in South Carolina • Capital of the confederacy • President of the United states • Most common gun used by soldiers • The main way the north made money • When Kansas wanted to be a free state • The main way the south made their money • The north's way of surrounding the south • ...

Civil War Crossword Project 2023-02-22

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this side was made up of 23 states
this battle took place on September 17,1862 in Washington county,MD
this was when a union general led 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah,Georgia on November 15-December 21 1864
act of closing off a place in order for nothing to go in or out
an escape enslaved person
how many people ran in the 1860 election
price of something goes up in price
a tactic used during war that helped some escape to freedom
as other states began seceding, the new country became known as what
this battle took place on July 1-3,1863 in Gettysburg,Pennsylvania
this battle took place on July 21,1861 in Fairfax County and Prince William County,VA

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this was a confederate submarine that operated through 1863-1864
this was when Robert E.Lee surrendered his army on April 9,1865 in Appomattox County,VA
this battle took place on April 12-13,1861 in Charleston SC
this battle took place on March 8, 1862 and march 9,1862 in Hampton Roads in Virginia
this discrimination of one group of people
what percent of black soldiers would go on to make up of the union army
on this side black soldiers could not fight for this side
this is who won the election of 1860
to break apart from

20 Clues: to break apart from • an escape enslaved person • this side was made up of 23 states • price of something goes up in price • this is who won the election of 1860 • how many people ran in the 1860 election • this discrimination of one group of people • on this side black soldiers could not fight for this side • this battle took place on April 12-13,1861 in Charleston SC • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-03-06

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right belonging to all citizens
rule by an army instead of the usual civil authorities
finally surrendered to Union general Ulysses S. Grant
an official order
Peoples absents meant more of this
was placed under the command of general Paul Octave Hebert
gained support in congress to take control of Reconstruction
a tax placed on imported or exported goods
has been celebrated as day of freedom among African Americans

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part of a state or other area marked off for a special purpose
action to stop transportation of goods or people
person who has been freed from slavery
a change made to a law, bill, or document
Took matters into their own hands
was governor in 1869
held its own convention
where weapons were manufactured
agreed to accept Texas back into the Union
used threats and violence to prevent African Americans from voting or registering to vote
Union supported there formed secret society

20 Clues: an official order • was governor in 1869 • held its own convention • right belonging to all citizens • where weapons were manufactured • Took matters into their own hands • Peoples absents meant more of this • person who has been freed from slavery • a change made to a law, bill, or document • agreed to accept Texas back into the Union • ...

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