civil war Crossword Puzzles

Unit 8 Civil War 2018-04-09

Unit 8 Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. - Political party established in the Unified States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories.
  2. - battle that General McClellan found General Lee’s battle plans, but was slow to act. This battle had no clear winner, but boosted northern morale after General Lee ordered his troops to withdraw.
  3. - Northerners who opposed using force to keep the South in the Union.
  4. - Agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal.
  5. - An 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
  6. - Law passed in 1846 that banned slavery in any territories won by the United States from Mexico.
  7. - A term referring to the idea that each territory could decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery.
  8. - battle that the Confederate army defeated the Union army in three days, but the Confederate army lost one of it's best generals (Stonewall Jackson).
  9. - battle that showed the Union and the Confederacy that their soldiers needed training. It also showed the Union that the Confederate army could stand up to the Union army.
  10. - A bloody three-day battle that ended in a Union victory. This marked a turning point in the war and the South never tried to invade the North again.
  11. - Law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military.
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  1. - Rule by the army instead of the elected government.
  2. - Military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender.
  3. - Speech made by President Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg.
  4. - person who takes advantage of a crisis to make money.
  5. - Lincoln’s 1863 declaration freeing slaves in the Confederacy.
  6. - Law passed in 1850 that required all citizens to aid in the capture of runaway slaves.
  7. - An agreement that allowed California to enter as a free state, ended the slave trade in Washington D.C., and had a strict fugitive slave law.
  8. - General of the Confederate army.
  9. - An 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving the settlers the right of popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery.
  10. - A slave state the remained in the Union during the Civil War.
  11. - the last failed Confederate charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
  12. - To withdraw from membership in a group.
  13. - This battle was fought in the west by General Grant’s Union army. The Union army won, but it was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.
  14. - All out war that affects civilians at home as well as soldiers in combat.

25 Clues: - General of the Confederate army. • - To withdraw from membership in a group. • - Rule by the army instead of the elected government. • - person who takes advantage of a crisis to make money. • - Lincoln’s 1863 declaration freeing slaves in the Confederacy. • - A slave state the remained in the Union during the Civil War. • ...

Civil War Crossword Project 2023-02-22

Civil War Crossword Project crossword puzzle
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  1. this side was made up of 23 states
  2. this battle took place on September 17,1862 in Washington county,MD
  3. 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
  4. act of closing off a place in order for nothing to go in or out
  5. an escape enslaved person
  6. how many people ran in the 1860 election
  7. price of something goes up in price
  8. a tactic used during war that helped some escape to freedom
  9. as other states began seceding, the new country became known as what
  10. this battle took place on July 1-3,1863 in Gettysburg,Pennsylvania
  11. this battle took place on July 21,1861 in Fairfax County and Prince William County,VA
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  1. this was a confederate submarine that operated through 1863-1864
  2. this was when Robert E.Lee surrendered his army on April 9,1865 in Appomattox County,VA
  3. this battle took place on April 12-13,1861 in Charleston SC
  4. this battle took place on March 8, 1862 and march 9,1862 in Hampton Roads in Virginia
  5. this discrimination of one group of people
  6. what percent of black soldiers would go on to make up of the union army
  7. on this side black soldiers could not fight for this side
  8. this is who won the election of 1860
  9. 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 project 2023-02-15

civil war crossword project crossword puzzle
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  1. who surrenders to ulysses s grant
  2. the last straw
  3. who assasinated lincoln
  4. what was the norm
  5. Frequent violence is a bad thing and people deserve rights
  6. what are greenbacks
  7. what are goobers
  8. a service for the military
  9. when was lincoln assasinated
  10. a temperary measure
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  1. what is a hornet
  2. what does jonah mean
  3. what capital did the union take from the confederate
  4. increase on money
  5. some used to escape the war
  6. what battle was the turning point in the civil war
  7. who was the most famous nurse
  8. what plan did the union use to defeat the confederates
  9. people that were free
  10. of all african americans who inlisted lost their lives

20 Clues: the last straw • what is a hornet • what are goobers • increase on money • what was the norm • what are greenbacks • a temperary measure • what does jonah mean • people that were free • who assasinated lincoln • a service for the military • some used to escape the war • when was lincoln assasinated • who was the most famous nurse • who surrenders to ulysses s grant • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-04-21

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Large-caliber guns used in warfare on land. Example,cannons and mortars.
  2. An organized operation to bring about a goal.
  3. Person who firmly believes or sympathizes with a cause.
  4. When the south seceded,they united against the Government and called themselves the _____.
  5. A metal knife-like object at the end of a musket or rifle.
  6. A small flask to carry water or any other liquid.
  7. Troops sent to strengthen a fighting force by adding an additional number of fresh soldiers.
  8. Soldiers who fight on horseback.
  9. A military unit consisting of two or more divisions.
  10. A set allowance of food or supplies.
  11. People who remained loyal to the federal government were part of the _____.
  12. A crop such as tobacco or cotton which was grown to be sold for cash.
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  1. A surgical procedure in which you remove a limb or other extremity from the body.
  2. A fight or competition with no clear victor.
  3. Friend or associate who shares one's interest or job.
  4. Economic activity based from manufacturing and raw materials.
  5. An agreement or decision. One famous example being the Missouri __________.
  6. Someone loyal to the Northern cause. Also, a famous baseball team.
  7. The southern states planned to ______ from the Union after Lincoln had won the election.
  8. Relating to money.
  9. Soldiers who fight and march on foot.
  10. The term used to describe new soldiers.
  11. A person forced to work without pay. They are also considered property.
  12. A small fight or conflict between soldiers.

24 Clues: Relating to money. • Soldiers who fight on horseback. • A set allowance of food or supplies. • Soldiers who fight and march on foot. • The term used to describe new soldiers. • A small fight or conflict between soldiers. • A fight or competition with no clear victor. • An organized operation to bring about a goal. • A small flask to carry water or any other liquid. • ...

Civil War Final Project 2023-05-10

Civil War Final Project crossword puzzle
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  1. Restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of freedmen
  2. A party formed in 1854 by antislavery groups
  3. The North
  4. Formerly enslaved people freed from slavery
  5. Issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  6. The South
  7. A person who wanted to ban all slavery
  8. The period before the war
  9. The freeing of slaves
  10. A leading black abolitionist
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  1. The formal removal of a federal official
  2. The period from the end of the Civil War to 1877
  3. Southern extremists
  4. A woman who escaped from slavery
  5. The act of leaving the Union
  6. God's control over all events
  7. Songs that expressed the suffering slaves have endured
  8. A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction
  9. Northerners who traveled South to support Reconstruction
  10. An American white supremacist hate group

20 Clues: The North • The South • Southern extremists • The freeing of slaves • The period before the war • The act of leaving the Union • A leading black abolitionist • God's control over all events • A woman who escaped from slavery • Issued the Emancipation Proclamation • A person who wanted to ban all slavery • The formal removal of a federal official • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-19

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. the Union seemed this way to go on the offensive.
  2. the significant battle where Lee had withdrawn, the North was able to claim victory.
  3. what they called it when Lee withdrew his army to a small Virginia town.
  4. a speech delivered by president Lincoln
  5. an attack against the center of the Union line
  6. this was covered with iron plates then was renamed.
  7. supporters of the war were called this
  8. the 54th led to this attack near Charleston, South Carolina
  9. Congress passed this in response to the shortage of volunteers for the Union.
  10. Lincoln announced this proclamation after the moderate success at Antietam.
  11. a battle that was one of the bloodiest encounters of the Civil War.
  12. Virginia did this with the advantages of ironclads.
  13. a word that means to suggest something without actually saying exactly what you mean.
  14. a battle that showed how badly the Union and Confederate soldiers needed training.
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  1. a word that mean ps very important
  2. a battle that took place on thickly wooden ground. Lee and Jackson defeated the Union troops in three days.
  3. in order to pay for war, Congress established this for nation for the first time.
  4. this accepted African Americans from all across the North.
  5. a battle that happened to be one of the worst defeats.
  6. this was issued formally on January 1, 1863
  7. Union countered with its own ironclad.
  8. president Lincoln suspended this
  9. South printing paper money let to this
  10. a word that has the same meaning as the word basically
  11. in this p, a military force encircles and enemy position a block-ades and bombards in order to surrender
  12. a three-day battle that was one of the most important events of the Civil War.

26 Clues: president Lincoln suspended this • a word that mean ps very important • Union countered with its own ironclad. • South printing paper money let to this • supporters of the war were called this • a speech delivered by president Lincoln • this was issued formally on January 1, 1863 • an attack against the center of the Union line • ...

Civil war crossword puzzle 2023-05-23

Civil war crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. an ironclad warship used by confederates
  2. A northerner who opposed using force
  3. an African American regiment
  4. One of the unions worst defeats
  5. a Virginia town that was the site of the confederate surrender in 1865
  6. to surround and blockades an enemy town or positions with troops in order to force it to surrender
  7. a tax on people’s earnings
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  1. a deceleration by Lincoln stating that enslaved African Americans will be free
  2. a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
  3. A battle in Pennsylvania that ended in union victory
  4. an ironclad union warship
  5. a law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
  6. A battle in Tennessee that the union won
  7. An important battle for the confederacy
  8. It’s also called the battle of sharpsburg
  9. the speech made by president Lincoln in 1863
  10. the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
  11. It’s names is also called manassa
  12. A South Carolina fort attacked by the 54th regiment
  13. the failed Confederate charge during the third day of the battle of Gettysburg

20 Clues: an ironclad union warship • a tax on people’s earnings • an African American regiment • One of the unions worst defeats • It’s names is also called manassa • A northerner who opposed using force • An important battle for the confederacy • an ironclad warship used by confederates • A battle in Tennessee that the union won • It’s also called the battle of sharpsburg • ...

US CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION 2022-03-29

US CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION crossword puzzle
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  1. - a test African American people had to take to vote
  2. - a group of politicians that believed that free slaves should have equal rights as a regular citizen
  3. - Three legged route that made up the Atlantic slave trade
  4. - 16th President of the United States
  5. - a terrorist group
  6. - the 13th, 14th, and the 15th amendments of the constitution
  7. - a organization made to protect slaves trying to be free
  8. - assassinated the 16th president of the United States
  9. - The 11 southern states that fought the Northern of the United States in the civil war
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  1. - American folk music that articulate the suffering, longing and religious passion
  2. - A machine made in 1793 that makes cotton easier to process
  3. - was the location of the first ever attack in the American civil war
  4. - separating people by their race and skin colors
  5. - A person that supported ending slavery
  6. - a transportation system used to help escape slaves
  7. - A huge farm/field where slaves were forced to work
  8. - laws that limited the rights of African Americans
  9. - voting rights passed on by their grandfathers
  10. - became President after the 16th President of the United States died
  11. - to depart from a group
  12. - a fee people had to pay to vote in elections
  13. - 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 • ...

Civil War Project Crossword 2022-05-18

Civil War Project Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  2. Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
  3. A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  4. A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
  5. A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
  6. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
  7. A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
  8. Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
  9. A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
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  1. An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  2. The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
  3. An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  4. When a person is murdered for political reasons
  5. When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
  6. A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding.
  7. The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
  8. A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  9. Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  10. A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
  11. The side of an army or military unit.

20 Clues: A cap worn by Civil War soldiers. • The side of an army or military unit. • Soldiers that fight and travel by foot. • An army of citizens used during emergencies. • When a person is murdered for political reasons • Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. • A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. • ...

Befor the civil war 2024-09-30

Befor the civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. who led Lewis and Clark on their journey
  2. who invented the cotton gin
  3. what book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write
  4. the slave that went to court
  5. reason Nat Turner got hung
  6. who were the know nothings
  7. famous general who won the battle of New Orleans
  8. who the US was fighting against in the war of 1812
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  1. who wrote the national anthem
  2. who was the president during the era of good feeling
  3. state of gold rush
  4. tribe that Sacajawea was from
  5. when we got parts of New Mexico and Arizona
  6. Fort was built on ruins of Spanish mission
  7. who was James madisons wife
  8. Fort where Texans surrender to the Mexicans
  9. leader who sold the Louisiana Purchase
  10. famous canal that was built in 18
  11. Two people explored the Louisiana Purchase
  12. what was it called when the Cherokees got kicked off their land

20 Clues: state of gold rush • reason Nat Turner got hung • who were the know nothings • who was James madisons wife • who invented the cotton gin • the slave that went to court • who wrote the national anthem • tribe that Sacajawea was from • famous canal that was built in 18 • leader who sold the Louisiana Purchase • who led Lewis and Clark on their journey • ...

Civil War through 1920s 2023-12-06

Civil War through 1920s crossword puzzle
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  1. After decades of fighting, Plains Natives were forced to live on ?
  2. In 1915, the German u-boats sank the ? which killed 128 Americans
  3. The oil and ? industries boomed due to the expansion of railroads after the Civil War.
  4. The 18th amendment led to
  5. Gifted commander of the CSA Army
  6. Published his photos in the book "How the Other Half Lives"
  7. The Congressional Republicans’ plan included dividing the South into five ? districts
  8. Commander of the Union Army; eventual president
  9. A movement to preserve our environment
  10. Revolutionized car manufacturing, resulting in more affordable cars
  11. Critiqued Rockefeller in "The History of Standard Oil"
  12. labor ? were created to help workers increase their pay and improve working conditions during the Gilded Age
  13. Created the monopoly Standard Oil
  14. Bloodiest battle of the war; Union victory
  15. a popular socialist (political party who believed in “share the wealth”), was arrested for protesting the war and served 10 years in jail
  16. an enterprise that is the only seller of a good or service
  17. His election in 1877 ended Reconstruction
  18. Territories gained as a result of the Spanish American War include: Puerto Rico, the Philippines and ?
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  1. when one country uses its strength to benefit from another country
  2. President of the Confederate States of America
  3. wanted to reform and regulate America’s political and social landscape
  4. You should thank him for the electric lightbulb, audio recording, and motion pictures
  5. poll taxes, ? tests, and the grandfather clause deprived Black men of their right to vote
  6. Created a steel monopoly
  7. This amendment gave citizenship to all people born in America
  8. time period of rebuilding and reuniting the South back into the US
  9. Wrote "The Jungle." There's WHAT in the sausage?
  10. The island processing center in NY Harbor where immigrants were processed
  11. started in 1914 between Germany, Austria-Hungary, & the Ottoman Empire vs. Britain, France, & Russia
  12. Led the March to the Sea
  13. This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
  14. created by W.E.B. DuBois and others for the purpose of ensuring the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendment rights to African Americans
  15. This process allows voters to remove unpopular politicians from office before their term ends
  16. The more punitive and radical plan for Reconstruction
  17. this amendment established women’s suffrage in 1920
  18. The less punitive and radical plan for Reconstruction
  19. Broke the Separate Car Act to challenge the constitutionality of the law; SCOTUS said segregation was fine, "separate but equal"

37 Clues: Created a steel monopoly • Led the March to the Sea • The 18th amendment led to • Gifted commander of the CSA Army • Created the monopoly Standard Oil • A movement to preserve our environment • His election in 1877 ended Reconstruction • Bloodiest battle of the war; Union victory • President of the Confederate States of America • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-10-20

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. When states leave a union because they don’t agree with something.
  2. This person lead the confederate army.
  3. This battle gave the union control of the Mississippi River.
  4. This is where the war ended.
  5. This woman who was a nurse later founded the Red Cross.
  6. What the souths economy depended on.
  7. This person made the Gettysburg address.
  8. This battle marked the turning point in the war.
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  1. This battle was the first on union soil.
  2. The group of states who seceded from the union.
  3. This battle was fought for control of the Tennessee river.
  4. This was the first battle to use ironclads.
  5. Someone who is forced to do unpaid labor.
  6. These locations where right in the middle of the war in between both sides.
  7. A new type of warship that was made of metal.
  8. This first battle of the civil war.
  9. This was Ulysses S. Grant’s nickname.
  10. The unions army leader.
  11. The people who were fighting again see slavery.
  12. What the north’s economy depended on.

20 Clues: The unions army leader. • This is where the war ended. • This first battle of the civil war. • What the souths economy depended on. • This was Ulysses S. Grant’s nickname. • What the north’s economy depended on. • This person lead the confederate army. • This battle was the first on union soil. • This person made the Gettysburg address. • ...

Us. History Civil War 2023-10-24

Us. History Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. what states did andrew jackson try to reconstruct after abraham lincoln's death
  2. knights of the white camellia was based in__
  3. the uss monitor has rotating what?
  4. the klu klux klan was started by?
  5. one goal of the white supremacists was to maintain?
  6. the guides on the underground railroad
  7. how many states were readmitted into the union during the summer of 1868?
  8. booth escaped to___ and met up with __
  9. what did the former slaves get stuck participating in where they would far the land in return for a place to stay and very little pay?
  10. protected fugitive slaves from being caught
  11. The first person to find gold in california
  12. Robert.E.Lee was the commander of the__
  13. trained to quickly transfer the wounded
  14. who was the first and only president of the confederate states
  15. the senator that was involved with the compromise of 1859
  16. the deadliest day in american history?
  17. The estimated number of slaves freed during the underground railroad
  18. __ is the only female in history to recieve the medal of honor
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  1. what was the main medicine that revolutionized the war?
  2. booth shot lincoln because he supported__
  3. stopping slavery from spreading to the southwest
  4. what was the area the first battle of bull run took place
  5. what was the southern state first to secede?
  6. california admitted into the us as a
  7. The main cause of Mass immigration to california in 1844
  8. the battle of gettysburg marked the ___ of the civil war
  9. did stonewall Jackson's own men kill him or the enemy
  10. clara barnot was inspired to bring the __ to america after she saw it in switzerland
  11. case in which supreme court stated enslaved people were not citizens of the U.s
  12. what state was admitted as free in the compromise of 1850?
  13. what theatre was lincoln shot?
  14. who wrote the underground railroad book in 1872
  15. __ was the first woman in the united states to earn a medical degree
  16. how long was the presidents single term under the confederacy
  17. territories__ of the missouri were divided as kansas and nebraska

35 Clues: what theatre was lincoln shot? • the klu klux klan was started by? • the uss monitor has rotating what? • california admitted into the us as a • the guides on the underground railroad • booth escaped to___ and met up with __ • the deadliest day in american history? • Robert.E.Lee was the commander of the__ • trained to quickly transfer the wounded • ...

Civil War Slang Vocabulary 2023-10-23

Civil War Slang Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. To argue with someone
  2. Are you tough?
  3. Bugs in your hair
  4. A person who breaks the law
  5. Run away! Run away!
  6. Someone who brings bad luck
  7. Someone that shows off
  8. Someone who is new
  9. A person who is conceited or stuck up
  10. Someone who is close to you
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  1. A person who amputates you
  2. Green paper
  3. Another word for beaten
  4. Bread goes here
  5. A commanding officer
  6. Something that doesn't make sense
  7. Sweet and salty
  8. Don't do this in a relationship
  9. A useful weapon kept at your side
  10. These creatures sting you
  11. A guy or fellow person

21 Clues: Green paper • Are you tough? • Bread goes here • Sweet and salty • Bugs in your hair • Someone who is new • Run away! Run away! • A commanding officer • To argue with someone • Someone that shows off • A guy or fellow person • Another word for beaten • These creatures sting you • A person who amputates you • A person who breaks the law • Someone who brings bad luck • Someone who is close to you • ...

Post Civil War Vocabulary 2024-10-08

Post Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. A dry, treeless region in the middle of America.
  2. the rights of citizens
  3. recently; not long ago
  4. a rail line reaching across the nation
  5. groups of workers
  6. make someone suffer for doing wrong
  7. great fear. Groups use terror to punish people or try to force changes.
  8. killed. This word is used for the murder of a public leader.
  9. a deep, painful feeling of anger
  10. changes to a document
  11. the series of steps that Congress took to bring the Southern states back into the country
  12. a turning backward; a change to the opposite
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  1. extreme or far to one side
  2. people who come into a country to live
  3. White Southerners who worked with the new state governments
  4. the separation of people of different races
  5. acts against the law
  6. government
  7. move goods or people by a vehicle, such as a train
  8. Northerners who moved South after the war for financial gain. The name came from the idea that they carried all their things in a bag made from carpets.
  9. farmers who raise cattle (cows, bulls and steers)
  10. people who live on someone else's land and farm it for them
  11. a large, strong nail

23 Clues: government • groups of workers • acts against the law • a large, strong nail • changes to a document • the rights of citizens • recently; not long ago • extreme or far to one side • a deep, painful feeling of anger • make someone suffer for doing wrong • people who come into a country to live • a rail line reaching across the nation • the separation of people of different races • ...

After The Civil War 2025-05-07

After The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Where the first plane was flown
  2. Invented the first of these as traffic became more dangerous
  3. Wheat and corn, for example
  4. Covers all or part of 13 states, dry and flat region
  5. Land between Iowa and Rocky Mountains
  6. Resource found in Alaska
  7. Made travel faster and more convenient in 1869
  8. Constitutional Amendment allowing African American men to vote
  9. Moved parts past workers on an assembly line Bell Inventor of the telephone
  10. Separation of African Americans and Whites in public places
  11. Constitutional Amendment outlawing slavery
  12. Purchased by US in 1867
  13. Gave Settlers free land on the Great Plains
  14. What Americans thought of Alaska
  15. Our fiftieth state
  16. School built by Booker T. Washington for African Americans
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  1. Henry Ford constructed this for making cars
  2. More of these were built in the south after the Civil War
  3. these Islands became free from Spain as a result of the Spanish-American War
  4. One country rules other countries or colonies
  5. Inventor of one of the first cars
  6. Where Native Americans were forced to settle
  7. Alaska became our ______-______state in 1959
  8. A new machine
  9. Time of rebuilding after the Civil War
  10. Invented by Alexander Graham Bell
  11. Battleship sent to Cuba which exploded killing 260 Americans
  12. Constitutional Amendment giving all people Equal Rights
  13. Where thousands of Americans moved to find gold and silver
  14. What houses in the Great Plains were made of
  15. Constitutional Amendment giving citizenship to African Americans
  16. Indians used every part of this animal
  17. Made possible by the invention of the elevator by Elisha Graves Otis
  18. An American Territory
  19. Rejoined the Union in 1870

35 Clues: A new machine • Our fiftieth state • An American Territory • Purchased by US in 1867 • Resource found in Alaska • Rejoined the Union in 1870 • Wheat and corn, for example • Where the first plane was flown • What Americans thought of Alaska • Inventor of one of the first cars • Invented by Alexander Graham Bell • Land between Iowa and Rocky Mountains • ...

Causes of Civil War 2024-04-12

Causes of Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Prohibited slavery in any new states or territories above the 36"30' latitude line
  2. Northern Whigs and Northern Democrats formed this party.
  3. Articles of ____ claimed that the rights of South Carolinians hadn't been and wouldn't be protected by the federal government.
  4. Decision that said enslaved people were not citizens.
  5. Main cause of the Civil War
  6. Number of States that followed SC's secession.
  7. Argued that it was a state's right to declare laws unconstitutional and whether to nullify it or not.
  8. Ideas of this evolved into the Theory of Secession
  9. Would allow the national government to send in troops to SC to force the collection of the tariff.
  10. The ____ Crisis was a result of the protective tariff the government placed on imported goods.
  11. The states had the most power according to this theory.
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  1. Expression of loyalty or support for a certain region of one's country instead of the country as a whole.
  2. This law gave more opportunity to capture and return slaves that escaped to the North.
  3. 16th President
  4. To seperate
  5. Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  6. Allowed California to be a free state but also outlawed the slave trade in Washington DC. Said that the rest of the Mexican Cession could determine for themselves if they wanted to be a free state or a slave state.
  7. Result of the westawrd expansion and economic competition between the North and the South.
  8. Someone who wants to stop slavery
  9. Raided Harper's Ferry.

20 Clues: To seperate • 16th President • Raided Harper's Ferry. • Main cause of the Civil War • Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. • Someone who wants to stop slavery • Number of States that followed SC's secession. • Ideas of this evolved into the Theory of Secession • Decision that said enslaved people were not citizens. • The states had the most power according to this theory. • ...

Civil War Crossword puzzle 2022-03-24

Civil War Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. a large agricultural estate growing crops such as cotton or tobacco
  2. a formal public announcement
  3. to approve
  4. the act of freeing people from slavery
  5. An agreement
  6. to move from a place of danger to place of safety
  7. the ability to read
  8. A person who favors the abolition of a practice
  9. loyalty to a person or a cause
  10. to leave and no longer be a part of a nation
  11. a place where weapons are made or kept
  12. the right to live the way you want
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  1. a murder carried out for political reasons
  2. A league of people formed for an illicit purpose.
  3. The owning of other people
  4. an area owned by a country that is outside the country's main borders
  5. Association formed by people with a common interest.
  6. the act of sealing off a place to prevent goods from entering or leaving
  7. a group of senior ministers who control the policy of a government
  8. the group of people who make laws for the country
  9. the crime of trying to overthrow a government
  10. 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 puzzle 2022-03-24

Civil War Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. the ability to read
  2. a formal public announcement
  3. loyalty to a person or a cause
  4. the crime of trying to overthrow a government
  5. to move from a place of danger to place of safety
  6. A league of people formed for an illicit purpose.
  7. An agreement
  8. a group of senior ministers who control the policy of a government
  9. Association formed by people with a common interest.
  10. The owning of other people
  11. a place where weapons are made or kept
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  1. a murder carried out for political reasons
  2. the act of sealing off a place to prevent goods from entering or leaving
  3. the group of people who make laws for the country
  4. a large agricultural estate growing crops such as cotton or tobacco
  5. to leave and no longer be a part of a nation
  6. an area owned by a country that is outside the country's main borders
  7. the right to live the way you want
  8. the act of freeing people from slavery
  9. A person who favors the abolition of a practice
  10. to approve
  11. 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 - Part 3 2025-05-28

Civil War - Part 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. Which country was ready to acknowledge the South as an independent country?
  2. How many A.A. won the Congressional Medal of Honor?
  3. This battle was important to the North because it aloowed Lincoln to pass E.P.?
  4. Which was the largest city in the South?
  5. Who was the Union Admiral who led a daring attack by river on New Orleans (last name)?
  6. Who was the Union general that led forces in the western theater (last name)?
  7. Lincoln realizes the way to break the South is to break what?
  8. The 54th infantry unit, Americans first AA unit, ws from which state?
  9. Name of McClellan’s plan to conquer Richmond
  10. Which major battle in the western Theater gave the Union control of the Mississippi River Valley?
  11. General Johnston is killed and replaced by Robert E. Lee after which battle?
  12. Who wins the at Antietam?
  13. Which gifted general is shot by his own men and dies at Chancellorsville?
  14. Lincoln only outlawed slavery in rebelling states because it was what to do it in in the USA??
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  1. Had McClellan attacked at this battle the Union could have taken Richmond – ending the war
  2. What did Lincoln have to wait for before he could issue his proclamation?
  3. At which battle is Lee outnumbered 2:1 and yet still wins?
  4. Who wins the Battle of Antietam?
  5. Who was the first A.A. promoted to rank of major?
  6. Where was the A.A. regiment first assigned an important role and proved to be heroes?
  7. What famous document did Lincoln write in July of 1862?
  8. Which Union general lost, in a slaughter, at Fredericksburg?
  9. Which battle was fought once Lee and McClellan met?
  10. Lincoln's goal starting the year of 1862 was to preserve what?
  11. In which theater was the Union getting repeatedly beat in 1862?
  12. This battle was important to the South because they lost any chance for European support?

26 Clues: Who wins the at Antietam? • Who wins the Battle of Antietam? • Which was the largest city in the South? • Name of McClellan’s plan to conquer Richmond • Who was the first A.A. promoted to rank of major? • How many A.A. won the Congressional Medal of Honor? • Which battle was fought once Lee and McClellan met? • What famous document did Lincoln write in July of 1862? • ...

Beginning of Civil War 2025-05-21

Beginning of Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. After the attack on Fort Sumter, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and this state all joined the confederacy
  2. Another word for all branches of armed forces
  3. Slave Act Southerners felt as though Northerners broke this law purposly
  4. system Northern advantage that led to raising more money
  5. The South often had to play this strategy - hoping the North would eventually give up
  6. Sumter Unofficially, the first battle of the Civil War
  7. The side that started the attack on Fort Sumter
  8. In the election of 1860, Nothern states had more of these kind of votes
  9. Temporary capital of the Southern states
  10. Compromise Line that Crittenden wanted to extend all the way to the pacific ocean
  11. The party of Lincoln
  12. Territory where Scott once lived that he used to justify his freedom
  13. ruffians People from Missouri who came into Kansas
  14. fifty Compromise needed because of the results of the Mexican American War
  15. Rights The justification, or reason, given by southern states to explain secession
  16. Democratic Winner of the election of 1856 who was still in office when South Carolina seceeded
  17. Cash crop of the Southleading up to the Civil War
  18. Animal that Scott named his plan after
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  1. Virginia This teritorry separarted from itself to join the Union in 1863
  2. Crisis that South Carolina went through and nearly seceeded during the era of Andrew Jackson over the issue of tariffs
  3. As the new president, Lincoln's goal was not save this...
  4. According Scott V Sandford, slaves are not considered one of these...
  5. Purchase after the Mexican American War that completes the dream of Manifest Destiny
  6. Winfield Scott proposed blocking the Southern ports of the Atlantic and here, to prevent the South from supplying itself
  7. Party that split into 2 because it could not agree over the issue of slavery
  8. Davis President of the South
  9. Candidate in election of 1860 that appealed to border states between the North and South who wanted to preserve the union
  10. Chief justice who oversaw Dred Scott V Sandford
  11. The number of governments in Kansas as a result of popular sovereignty
  12. Last name of a famous southern general who graduated alongside Jefferson Davis at West Point
  13. Before being president, Jefferson Davis was a senator from this state
  14. and Great Britain The South hoped these two would step in after their cotton exports were no longer able to be sold
  15. sovereignty In other words, to vote
  16. Clay Creator of both compromises
  17. Home state of Crittenden
  18. To leave or withdraw
  19. The side with a smaller population
  20. trade Abolished in Washington DC
  21. Capital of the Confederacy
  22. First name of the guy who wanted to make territory from Mexico free territory
  23. states Examples include Mississippi, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware
  24. and Louisiana Two states that seceeded from the union along with South Carolina. First state has 7 letters the second has 9
  25. Ferry John Brown raid that led to his arrest and eventual execution

43 Clues: The party of Lincoln • To leave or withdraw • Home state of Crittenden • Capital of the Confederacy • Davis President of the South • Clay Creator of both compromises • The side with a smaller population • trade Abolished in Washington DC • sovereignty In other words, to vote • Animal that Scott named his plan after • Temporary capital of the Southern states • ...

Civil War and Reconstruction 2022-02-15

Civil War and Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. large weapons used in land battles
  2. a tax levied on a person as a prerequisite for voting
  3. in U.S. history, the period immediately following the Civil War
  4. an unfair test some citizens would have to take before voting
  5. one who lacks a permanent home and wanders from place to place
  6. a rascal or troublemaker
  7. amendment, African-American men can now vote
  8. pertaining to the ownership, tenure, or cultivation of land
  9. amendment, granted citizenship to African Americans
  10. to withdraw from a group or a political union
  11. a U.S. bureau made to help African-Americans in society
  12. to murder for pay or for political reasons
  13. all the basic systems that have been created in a country, especially through technology and engineering
  14. a Northerner who went to the South to seek private gain in the aftermath of the American Civil War
  15. one who has been released from slavery
  16. the shutting off of traffic into and out of a place
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  1. people who were against slavery
  2. to work (farmland) as a sharecropper, giving a portion of the crop to the landowner
  3. an area of a country, city, or other place used for a particular purpose
  4. to accuse a person in public office of wrong or improper conduct
  5. a secret society founded in Georgia in 1915 that was inspired by the former and uses terrorist tactics to achieve segregation of African-Americans
  6. amendment, abolished slavery
  7. unfair laws made only against African-Americans during Reconstruction
  8. the doctrine that a state is subject to the will of the people who comprise that state
  9. an intense, sometimes excessive, regard for local interests or concerns
  10. having prisoners do manual labor
  11. to give evidence or testimony
  12. in the United States, all rights and powers not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution nor denied by it to the states
  13. the eleven southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 186l
  14. a person who is hurt or killed in an accident
  15. a group of states or countries united under a single government

31 Clues: a rascal or troublemaker • amendment, abolished slavery • to give evidence or testimony • people who were against slavery • having prisoners do manual labor • large weapons used in land battles • one who has been released from slavery • to murder for pay or for political reasons • amendment, African-American men can now vote • to withdraw from a group or a political union • ...

The Civil War Vocabulary 2022-04-25

The Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. speech in which Lincoln praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the war
  2. Union general whose troops won several important battles on southern soil and in the western campaign
  3. Confederate general during many battles of the Civil War
  4. ships that were heavily armored with iron
  5. federal post in Charleston, SC that surrendered to the Confederacy, marking the beginning of the Civil War
  6. Confederate plan to enlist England's aid in return for continued cotton shipments
  7. order to free Confederate slaves
  8. battle in Maryland that resulted in Lee's retreat to Virginia
  9. Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
  10. the 54th Infantry, a unit of mostly free African American solders was from this state
  11. strategy in which both civilian and military resources are destroyed
  12. battle near Manassas Junction, VA, in 1861
  13. the act of setting free
  14. four slave states that bordered the North and did not join the Confederacy
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  1. key three-day battle that was a loss for the Confederates
  2. ironclad ship and the Union's counter to the CSS Virginia
  3. six-week blockade of Vicksburg that starved the city into surrender
  4. the place where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
  5. Confederate attack that helped push Union forces out of Virginia
  6. series of battles in which Grant tried to take Richmond
  7. series of battles that forced McClellan to retreat from near Richmond
  8. battle in which Union troops gained greater control of the Mississippi River valley
  9. formerly the abandoned Union warship USS Merrimack, it became the first ironclad ship
  10. escaped slaves
  11. nickname for the Peace Democrats, a group who spoke out against the war

25 Clues: escaped slaves • the act of setting free • order to free Confederate slaves • ships that were heavily armored with iron • battle near Manassas Junction, VA, in 1861 • series of battles in which Grant tried to take Richmond • Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment • Confederate general during many battles of the Civil War • ...

Tabitha Koppel-Civil War 2022-05-11

Tabitha Koppel-Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. the general who did the Atalanta campaign
  2. a battle where 58000 troops moved into northwest Georgia
  3. the Northerner part of the u.s.a
  4. a case where dred Scott was sued for hes freedom
  5. the main case of the civil war an argument between the to sides
  6. the less commonly used term for union blockade
  7. a statement issued that freed all slaves fighting against the union
  8. a battle fought on July 1-3 1863
  9. a way to stop the Confederate army from getting supplies.
  10. the border starts between the union and confederacy
  11. a overcrowded prison over 13000 died
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  1. where general lee serenaded to general grant
  2. Sherman march from Atlanta to savanna
  3. the capital of the Confederacy
  4. a fort on the harbor of Charleston south Carolina
  5. the president for the southern states
  6. Scott case
  7. a path of destruction and chaose lead by William Sherman
  8. the southern part of the country
  9. a battle between the Antietam creek and Sharpburg Maryland.
  10. a leader at the time spoke the famous "i have a dream" speech

21 Clues: Scott case • the capital of the Confederacy • the Northerner part of the u.s.a • the southern part of the country • a battle fought on July 1-3 1863 • a overcrowded prison over 13000 died • Sherman march from Atlanta to savanna • the president for the southern states • the general who did the Atalanta campaign • where general lee serenaded to general grant • ...

Unit 7 Civil War 2023-01-25

Unit 7 Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Fear of communism
  2. President Wilson wants to silence critics o the war, known as?
  3. Name of the treaty that ended WW1?
  4. The sinking of this ship led the U.S. to join the war?
  5. Germany sent a massage to mexico promising land if they attacked the U.S. known as?
  6. "The Birth of a Nation" caused what group to form again?
  7. First source of mass communication
  8. Perfected the assembly line making cars affordable
  9. Fear of Foreigners
  10. Prohibition on Alcohol
  11. Gave women the right to vote
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  1. WW1 began by the assassination of?
  2. WW1 created jobs in northeastern and mid western cities causing Africans to move, Known as?
  3. Started in 1914 and lasted till 1918?
  4. Single-party government ruled by one person?
  5. What country was punished severely?
  6. After WW1 what did the U.S. want to become
  7. U.S didn't join League of Nation because they didn't want to lose this?
  8. An era of consumerism that lasted 1920-1929?
  9. Form of cultural expression dance known as?

20 Clues: Fear of communism • Fear of Foreigners • Prohibition on Alcohol • Gave women the right to vote • WW1 began by the assassination of? • Name of the treaty that ended WW1? • First source of mass communication • What country was punished severely? • Started in 1914 and lasted till 1918? • After WW1 what did the U.S. want to become • Form of cultural expression dance known as? • ...

Unit 7 Civil War 2023-01-25

Unit 7 Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. President Wilson wants to silence critics o the war, known as?
  2. Prohibition on Alcohol
  3. Single-party government ruled by one person?
  4. Started in 1914 and lasted till 1918?
  5. The sinking of this ship led the U.S. to join the war?
  6. What country was punished severely?
  7. WW1 began by the assassination of?
  8. Fear of Foreigners
  9. "The Birth of a Nation" caused what group to form again?
  10. Name of the treaty that ended WW1?
  11. U.S didn't join League of Nation because they didn't want to lose this?
  12. Gave women the right to vote
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  1. Germany sent a massage to mexico promising land if they attacked the U.S. known as?
  2. Perfected the assembly line making cars affordable
  3. Fear of communism
  4. WW1 created jobs in northeastern and mid western cities causing Africans to move, Known as?
  5. An era of consumerism that lasted 1920-1929?
  6. First source of mass communication
  7. After WW1 what did the U.S. want to become
  8. Form of cultural expression dance known as?

20 Clues: Fear of communism • Fear of Foreigners • Prohibition on Alcohol • Gave women the right to vote • WW1 began by the assassination of? • First source of mass communication • Name of the treaty that ended WW1? • What country was punished severely? • Started in 1914 and lasted till 1918? • After WW1 what did the U.S. want to become • Form of cultural expression dance known as? • ...

Apush Period 8-9 Crossword 2021-06-16

Apush Period 8-9 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The _ bill made it so that gun purchases needed federal background checks
  2. Barak _ was the first black president
  3. A government with very little political freedom for its citizens and often with a corrupt leader
  4. ¨ _ market economy¨
  5. _ vs Board of education ruled Plessy vs Ferguson illegal
  6. U.S with other countires
  7. The U.S tried to do this to stop communism
  8. The _ rights act of 1964 outlawed discrimination
  9. The Persain _ war was fought by Iraq and
  10. ¨No _ left behind act¨
  11. Rosa _ was another woman civil rights activist known for her bus sit
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  1. More interations bewteen different countires
  2. To avoid or not partake in something in protest
  3. The _ society
  4. People prefered a limited government
  5. Roe vs _ made abortion legal
  6. A _ attack happen on 9/11
  7. Preachers on t.v
  8. This grew in places such as in the Soviet Union
  9. _ bombs were used by the U.S
  10. He was the face of the civil rights movement and even has his own holiday

21 Clues: The _ society • Preachers on t.v • ¨ _ market economy¨ • ¨No _ left behind act¨ • U.S with other countires • A _ attack happen on 9/11 • Roe vs _ made abortion legal • _ bombs were used by the U.S • People prefered a limited government • Barak _ was the first black president • The Persain _ war was fought by Iraq and • The U.S tried to do this to stop communism • ...

American History on Film (UNIT 1) 2024-02-29

American History on Film (UNIT 1) crossword puzzle
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  1. Known as the turning point of the Civil War
  2. Who was an escaped slave in the 54th (Glory)
  3. How long was the Siege at the Alamo
  4. Leader of the Lakota Sioux (Holy Man)
  5. Colonel of the 54th Massachusetts Regimen
  6. Which country did the United States fight in the Battle of the Alamo
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  1. Color of the Uniform worn by the Union Soldiers
  2. The white female member of the Lakota Sioux
  3. President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War
  4. What town did the 54th & Montgomery's regimen destroy
  5. What type of building was the Alamo
  6. The name given to John J. Dunbar by the Lakota Sioux

12 Clues: What type of building was the Alamo • How long was the Siege at the Alamo • Leader of the Lakota Sioux (Holy Man) • Colonel of the 54th Massachusetts Regimen • The white female member of the Lakota Sioux • Known as the turning point of the Civil War • Who was an escaped slave in the 54th (Glory) • Color of the Uniform worn by the Union Soldiers • ...

The Reconstruction 2024-03-28

The Reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. what did African Americans do to get a chruch?
  2. how many amendments were added during reconstruction
  3. what was the 13th amendmen
  4. A time after the civil war
  5. which amendment says African American gets the right to vote
  6. walked During the civil war families got seperated but when reconstruction they searched for them but how?
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  1. what was national leader during Reconstruction
  2. what does the KKK stand for?
  3. who was the first African American sheriff?
  4. a system where someone owns land and lets someone rent it
  5. During Reconstruction why did many families moved toward cities?
  6. Whichamendment said that everyone would be treated fairly?

12 Clues: what was the 13th amendmen • A time after the civil war • what does the KKK stand for? • who was the first African American sheriff? • what did African Americans do to get a chruch? • what was national leader during Reconstruction • how many amendments were added during reconstruction • a system where someone owns land and lets someone rent it • ...

MWH Ch 27 Vocabulary 2021-04-07

MWH Ch 27 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. fired by Truman during Korean War
  2. US removed missiles to end Cuban Missile Crisis
  3. capital of Germany
  4. if one falls to communism, others will too
  5. US president in 1964 (last name)
  6. Soviet satellite orbited earth for 57 days
  7. Soviet premier Nikita ______
  8. evil S. U. dictator that dies in 1953
  9. U.S. president during Cuban Missile Crisis
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  1. aid to Greece & Turkey (2 words)
  2. border between N. Korea & China (2 words)
  3. civil war here prompted Truman Doctrine
  4. state where Churchill gave "Iron Curtain" speech
  5. storage of weapons
  6. era of political tension w/out armed conflict
  7. police action fought here in the 1950s
  8. island 90 miles of the coast of Florida
  9. U.S. president at END of Vietnam War

18 Clues: storage of weapons • capital of Germany • Soviet premier Nikita ______ • aid to Greece & Turkey (2 words) • US president in 1964 (last name) • fired by Truman during Korean War • U.S. president at END of Vietnam War • evil S. U. dictator that dies in 1953 • police action fought here in the 1950s • civil war here prompted Truman Doctrine • island 90 miles of the coast of Florida • ...

Texas After WWII 2022-05-03

Texas After WWII crossword puzzle
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  1. v. Painter major Texas case regarding equality for minorities; African American student was denied admission to UT school of Law because of his race; U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor and several colleges began to intergrate
  2. Embargo in the 1970s an effect of U.S. support of Israel during a conflict
  3. to include people of all races
  4. Joseph McCarthy leader of conflict
  5. G.I. Forum
  6. Movement -opposed big government
  7. P. Garcia dedicated his life to attaining civil rights for Mexican Americans; formed the American G.I. Forum of Texas; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
  8. (Mexican American Youth Organization)
  9. (National Organization for Women) worked for equal opportunities in employment and education for women
  10. African Americans fought for equality -Martin Luther King, Jr. became the leader of the civil rights movement
  11. v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that declared separate schools for whites and blacks were not equal; local school boards had to begin integrating immediately
  12. American Civil Rights Organizations -LULAC
  13. of U.S. troops sent to fight in the conflict
  14. Scare -fear of communism spreading around the world
  15. a residential community close to a city or town; spurred by the new interstate highway system; made it easier for people to move out of cities
  16. F. Kennedy elected president of the United States in 1960; was assassinated in Dallas, Texas; associated with the Space Race
  17. DeBakey and Denton Cooley pioneered ways of performing open heart surgery
  18. to stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia
  19. Rights Act of 1965 erased literacy tests and other obstacles for African Americans to vote; removed barriers to voting guaranteed under the 15th Amendment
  20. Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) directed all of the United States's space exploration efforts; trained astronauts, contributed to the growth of Houston
  21. Alabama year-long bus boycott
  22. highway system a network of highways that link major cities across the United States; became an excellent and efficient way to transport goods from cities where they were manufactured to other areas where they would be sold
  23. v. Texas a case involving jury selection for a trial of a Mexican American man convicted of murder; no Mexican Americans served on the jury; Supreme Court ruled in favor of Hernandez stating Mexican Americans were a protected class
  24. War the post-World War II struggle between the United States and Soviet Union for power and influence; the struggle did not involve direct fighting between those two superpowers
  25. protests against the war as it dragged on
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  1. V. Ferguson Supreme Court decision ruling that "separate but equal" public facilities were legal.
  2. of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) formed by Mexican Americans in 1929 to battle segregation; encouraged Mexican Americans to remember and honor their Mexican heritage
  3. (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund)
  4. of government welfare programs
  5. oaths (certain government employees pledged to be anti-communists)
  6. tests an exam to show whether a person can read or write
  7. A. Gonzalez, Jr. first Mexican American to serve on the Texas Supreme Court
  8. Race the competition between nations for achievements in space exploration; began when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into space
  9. about Soviet spying
  10. Rides integrated bus rides that went through segregated areas in order to draw attention to civil rights
  11. in nonviolent protests such as business boycotts, Freedom Rides, and sit-ins
  12. ended with country united under communist rule
  13. Benjy Frances Brooks first women to work in Texas as a pediatric surgeon
  14. B. Johnson served as president after Kennedy's assassination; launched the Great Society, a liberal program of change; programs included Head Start, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Medicare Act, Job Corps, and environmental protections
  15. a person who is strict in observance or traditional or established forms, ways, or beliefs
  16. a person who is not strict in observance of traditional or established forms, ways, or beliefs
  17. Belle Madison White Texas civil rights activist who set up local NAACP chapters throughout Texas; played a role in the Sweatt Supreme Court case
  18. the Middleeast; caused a severe energy crisis in the United States
  19. to refuse to buy or use particular goods or services as a form of protest
  20. War Cold War conflict; war between North and South Korea, the United States sided with the South; war ended in 1953 with two countries holding original borders
  21. a from of protest in which activists sit down inside or in front of a business, thus interfering with the businesses's normal work
  22. rights movement campaign to end unfair treatment and equal rights for all Americans
  23. States conducted hearings to investigate suspected Communists in America
  24. War -Cold War conflict
  25. Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination based on race, sex, religion, and national origin in the United States; African Americans could use non-segregated public places
  26. protest a form of action in favor of a cause that involves marches, boycotts, and possibly deliberately breaking the law to highlight opposition to that law

51 Clues: G.I. Forum • about Soviet spying • War -Cold War conflict • Alabama year-long bus boycott • of government welfare programs • to include people of all races • Movement -opposed big government • Joseph McCarthy leader of conflict • (Mexican American Youth Organization) • protests against the war as it dragged on • American Civil Rights Organizations -LULAC • ...

unit 8 2025-05-06

unit 8 crossword puzzle
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  1. Codes – Laws created by Southern legislatures during Reconstruction that restricted the civil rights of freedmen.
  2. – To revoke or withdraw formally, especially a law.
  3. Reconstruction (1866-1867) – The period of Reconstruction when Congress took responsibility for bringing the South back into the Union.
  4. - A war between the North and South in 1861 - 1865
  5. Southern states during the Civil War
  6. Amendment (1870) – Granted African American and Black men the right to vote.
  7. Northern states during the civil war
  8. Amendment (1868) – Granted U.S. citizenship to African Americans and Black people.
  9. Reconstruction (1867-1877) – The period of Reconstruction when the military took responsibility for bringing the South back into the Union; the South was divided into military districts.
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  1. Presidential decree of 1863 that stated all slaves in the South were free
  2. Legislators – During the Reconstruction Period (1867-1876), sixty-nine African American and Black people served as delegates to Georgia’s constitutional convention or as members of the state legislature. These legislators were removed from their positions after 1876.
  3. Bureau – A federal agency created in 1865 to provide aid to former enslaved people (freedmen).
  4. – To formally approve or pass.
  5. – A system where farmers worked on a landowner’s property in exchange for land, farming equipment, and seed; sharecroppers were required to give the landowner a share of the crop.
  6. Farming – A system where farmers worked on a landowner’s property in exchange for a share of the crop; unlike sharecroppers, tenant farmers usually owned their own farming equipment.
  7. Klux Klan – A terrorist organization formed to intimidate and prevent freedmen and Republicans from gaining political power in the South.
  8. Amendment (1865) – Abolished slavery in the United States.

17 Clues: – To formally approve or pass. • Southern states during the Civil War • Northern states during the civil war • - A war between the North and South in 1861 - 1865 • – To revoke or withdraw formally, especially a law. • Amendment (1865) – Abolished slavery in the United States. • Presidential decree of 1863 that stated all slaves in the South were free • ...

Civil War & Reconstruction 2020-01-12

Civil War & Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Theory that a state could choose to whether to obey or enforce federal laws
  2. military’s purpose to control who/what goes in or out of a place
  3. The effort, after the Civil War, to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back into the Union
  4. Referred to as “The South”; which seceded from the Union in order to preserve slavery and states’ rights
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  1. declared that all slaves in the Confederate states would be free.
  2. Referred to as “The North”; believe that African Americans were meant to have free will and fought to abolish slavery.
  3. system in which landowners leased a few acres of land to farmworkers in return for a portion of their crops
  4. The concern and focus for regional needs and interests (the country was divided into north and south)
  5. Act motivated by the need to fund the Civil War
  6. Rule by military authority over civil authority during times of war and emergency
  7. withdraw formally from something such as a nation

11 Clues: Act motivated by the need to fund the Civil War • withdraw formally from something such as a nation • military’s purpose to control who/what goes in or out of a place • declared that all slaves in the Confederate states would be free. • Theory that a state could choose to whether to obey or enforce federal laws • ...

Reconstruction Era 2018-04-24

Reconstruction Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of less importance, value, or quality
  2. laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the South after the Civil War
  3. a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guaranteeing all citizens equal protection of the law
  4. to put up with
  5. an agency established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed black Americans
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  1. the period of time after the Civil War in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union
  2. laws passed to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans
  3. the rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people as citizens
  4. a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolishing slavery in the United States
  5. 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 a slave
  6. to find a solution for

11 Clues: to put up with • to find a solution for • of less importance, value, or quality • laws passed to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans • the rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people as citizens • laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the South after the Civil War • ...

African Americans During Reconstruction Crossword 2025-12-18

African Americans During Reconstruction Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War
  2. A unwritten deal to settle the dispute over 1876 election
  3. Agriculture production system where landowners contribute their own lands
  4. American federal agency that started in 1865 to help enslaved people
  5. An Amendment that has a Citizenship which is given to people who were born in the U.S, including the formerly enslaved so states treat everyone fairly
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  1. A Post-Civil War credit system where the farmers would have supplies, like food and tools, from merchants, promising to repay with a portion of their future harvest
  2. Landowners system that allows tenants to use their land to grow crops
  3. A Amendment ratified in 1865, officially abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
  4. A social club for Confederate veterans in 1865 that quickly turned into a white supremacist terrorist organization
  5. Some laws passed by the Southern states post Civil War
  6. An Amendment that allows you to vote regardless of race, color or if you were formerly a slave.

11 Clues: Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War • Some laws passed by the Southern states post Civil War • A unwritten deal to settle the dispute over 1876 election • American federal agency that started in 1865 to help enslaved people • Landowners system that allows tenants to use their land to grow crops • ...

Unit 7 2021-04-29

Unit 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Light gun with a long barrel
  2. Abraham
  3. Kansas
  4. Civil
  5. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
  6. Organized military
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  1. Cannon or large caliber firearm
  2. Proclimation
  3. Bloodiest War
  4. Blacks used for labor

10 Clues: Civil • Kansas • Abraham • Proclimation • Bloodiest War • Organized military • Blacks used for labor • Light gun with a long barrel • Cannon or large caliber firearm • The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports

Christian's Civil War Crossword 2022-01-29

Christian's Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The battle of Chickamauga was fought here
  2. Who was the president of the North/Union
  3. The Union Blockade's nickname was
  4. These were the union troops in Andersonville
  5. These were the ships that gathered supplies from the Union Blockade.
  6. Who was the Vice President of the Confederacy?
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  1. The industrial center and transportation hub of Georgia during the Civil War
  2. Lincoln wrote this to free the slaves
  3. What was the bloodiest battle in Georgia
  4. This means to leave the Union or to commit "state suicide"
  5. The most important cash crop in the Confederacy
  6. Atlanta was surrendered to the Union in this month in 1864
  7. Sherman marched his army across Georgia from Atlanta to this city
  8. The president of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  9. what did atlanta use as its main transportation hub.

15 Clues: The Union Blockade's nickname was • Lincoln wrote this to free the slaves • What was the bloodiest battle in Georgia • Who was the president of the North/Union • The battle of Chickamauga was fought here • These were the union troops in Andersonville • Who was the Vice President of the Confederacy? • The most important cash crop in the Confederacy • ...

The Northern Chronicle - Civil War Crossword! 2020-11-16

The Northern Chronicle - Civil War Crossword! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where Robert E. Lee was born
  2. The longest battle of the Civil War
  3. General of the Confederate States
  4. What many girls and women wore to protect their heads and faces from the sun
  5. The puffy shorts that younger boys would wear
  6. The flexible soup recipe (Beef or _____ soup)
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  1. The city that knitted 1000 shirts in one day
  2. The shape of the fancy skirts on a lady's dress
  3. The title of our song of the month
  4. What most women did on the homefront to support soldiers
  5. The turning point of the Civil War
  6. Where Grant was born
  7. Places (plural!) where women and children often worked to make money; often did not provide enough money to live off of
  8. General of the Union
  9. The name of Lincoln's wife; who the _____'s White Cake is named after

15 Clues: Where Grant was born • General of the Union • Where Robert E. Lee was born • General of the Confederate States • The title of our song of the month • The turning point of the Civil War • The longest battle of the Civil War • The city that knitted 1000 shirts in one day • The puffy shorts that younger boys would wear • The flexible soup recipe (Beef or _____ soup) • ...

Laney 2023-11-30

Laney crossword puzzle
Across
  1. He was an American politician
  2. When one human is owned by another for work
  3. A person who works with something secret or illegal
  4. He was a leader in the abolition movement
  5. A person who waged a biracial assault against slavery
  6. The capital of Alabama
  7. It was a period in U.S History that lasted until the end of the civil war
  8. A tax on imported goods
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  1. He was a military commander and politician
  2. A withdrawal with eleven southern states from the union in 1860
  3. Confederate States of America
  4. He was a confederate general in the civil war
  5. A ship built by the confederate forces
  6. He was an African American slave who tried to sue for his freedom
  7. This machine was used to separate the sticky seeds from the fibers in cotton

15 Clues: The capital of Alabama • A tax on imported goods • Confederate States of America • He was an American politician • A ship built by the confederate forces • He was a leader in the abolition movement • He was a military commander and politician • When one human is owned by another for work • He was a confederate general in the civil war • ...

Georgias History 2024-05-09

Georgias History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Someone who starts a business in hopes of making profit.
  2. Document the awarded all land west of the Appalachian Mountains to the Natives.
  3. Laws established to segregate black and whites.
  4. Term the means hatred to Jews
  5. Boundary the separates coastal plain and piedmont.
  6. Organization that terrorized blacks to try to keep them from voting.
  7. Spanish explorer.
  8. A hilly region home to many of Georgia's largest cities including Atlanta.
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  1. 1st land grant university in Us history.
  2. Insect that destroys large amounts of cotton.
  3. Confederate Civil war prison where thousands of soldiers died.
  4. Voice of The new south
  5. One of the main reasons for the Civil war.
  6. Georgia city visited by Frankling Roosevelt to treat his polio.
  7. Name of Georgia's first city.

15 Clues: Spanish explorer. • Voice of The new south • Term the means hatred to Jews • Name of Georgia's first city. • 1st land grant university in Us history. • One of the main reasons for the Civil war. • Insect that destroys large amounts of cotton. • Laws established to segregate black and whites. • Boundary the separates coastal plain and piedmont. • ...

U.S. Involvement in WWI 2021-02-08

U.S. Involvement in WWI crossword puzzle
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  1. US spent 30...dollars on the war
  2. first military draft since the...war
  3. we join forces with the...entente
  4. month US entered the war
  5. 4.7...Americans served during WWI
  6. Americans fought on the...front
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  1. the ship German U-Boats sunk
  2. US declares war on...
  3. used to influence civilians to join the military
  4. more people died of this than of combat

10 Clues: US declares war on... • month US entered the war • the ship German U-Boats sunk • Americans fought on the...front • US spent 30...dollars on the war • we join forces with the...entente • 4.7...Americans served during WWI • first military draft since the...war • more people died of this than of combat • used to influence civilians to join the military

Emancipation Proclamation 2024-12-29

Emancipation Proclamation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Leader of a country
  2. First name of the U.S. President
  3. Northern states in the Civil War
  4. Political divisions in a country
  5. 16th U.S. President
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  1. Official announcement
  2. What was granted to slaves
  3. Country where the Emancipation Proclamation was issued
  4. Relating to citizens
  5. Forced labor system

10 Clues: Leader of a country • Forced labor system • 16th U.S. President • Relating to citizens • Official announcement • What was granted to slaves • First name of the U.S. President • Northern states in the Civil War • Political divisions in a country • Country where the Emancipation Proclamation was issued

mrs.gottschall is awesome 2012-11-16

mrs.gottschall is awesome crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the goddess of war
  2. equality of civil rights
  3. in a bellicose manner or warlike like manner or temperments
  4. an uprising
  5. think war or good about thinking war
  6. knowing all subjects
  7. relating to all humanity
  8. a cure for all problems
  9. a wire or rod used in sending out and receiving electromagenetic waves
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  1. a system of exerices that promote fitness
  2. a noisy uproar
  3. aggresive or warlike
  4. the branch of physics related to the motion of air and other gases
  5. british
  6. a message carried by air craft
  7. opposed to the study of the atmosphere near Earth's surface
  8. something you expose and mix it with air or other gases
  9. unlimeted view over a wide area

18 Clues: british • an uprising • a noisy uproar • the goddess of war • aggresive or warlike • knowing all subjects • a cure for all problems • equality of civil rights • relating to all humanity • a message carried by air craft • unlimeted view over a wide area • think war or good about thinking war • a system of exerices that promote fitness • ...

Tripp Abraham Lincoln 2021-02-19

Tripp Abraham Lincoln crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lincoln died at the ____Theater In 1865 April 15th .
  2. Lincoln became the ________ president of the united states of America.
  3. After the union won the civil war ended in 1865, he was ____________.
  4. lincoln’s mother died in _____________ 5 1818
  5. Lincoln was a ________ and a statesmen.
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  1. His parents were born in ____________.
  2. Abraham lincoln freed the_______ because Lincoln thought it was not right.
  3. Abraham lincoln was born on __________ 12th 1809 in Kentucky.
  4. Abraham Lincoln led the union in the ______ war.
  5. The family moved from _________ to Indiana .

10 Clues: His parents were born in ____________. • Lincoln was a ________ and a statesmen. • The family moved from _________ to Indiana . • lincoln’s mother died in _____________ 5 1818 • Abraham Lincoln led the union in the ______ war. • Lincoln died at the ____Theater In 1865 April 15th . • Abraham lincoln was born on __________ 12th 1809 in Kentucky. • ...

Civil War Prison Camps 2013-05-21

Civil War Prison Camps crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The side of the Civil War with safer camps
  2. Most gruesome prison during Civil War times
  3. The main reason why prisoners died in the camps
  4. The lands that most camps were built on
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  1. A reason the death rates were so high
  2. Leader at Andersonville
  3. What happened when there were to many prisoners in a camp
  4. A shortage of this caused many prisoners to starve
  5. What a lot of camps had as shelter
  6. The lack of this vitiman caused scurvy

10 Clues: Leader at Andersonville • What a lot of camps had as shelter • A reason the death rates were so high • The lack of this vitiman caused scurvy • The lands that most camps were built on • The side of the Civil War with safer camps • Most gruesome prison during Civil War times • The main reason why prisoners died in the camps • ...

product 2 2015-04-09

product 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / there was a tremendous supply of _____ labor
  2. / planters could no longer invest in ____
  3. village / a settlement where the workers at a mill lived
  4. / cotton was harvest and wool into ___
  5. / raw ____ was turned into cigars and cigarettes
  6. / the poor did not have money to own their own farm so they ____ farm land
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  1. / _____ was the most commonly grown crop
  2. / some families where ______ who worked for others on farm
  3. war / North Carolinian's lost most of their money to the civil war
  4. / most mills where ____ mills

10 Clues: / most mills where ____ mills • / cotton was harvest and wool into ___ • / _____ was the most commonly grown crop • / planters could no longer invest in ____ • / there was a tremendous supply of _____ labor • / raw ____ was turned into cigars and cigarettes • village / a settlement where the workers at a mill lived • ...

Civil War Part 1 2024-05-14

Civil War Part 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. name of slave who is center of supreme court case
  2. kansas after abolitionists and pro slavery forces fight one another
  3. union army named after a river
  4. fort bombed by south carolina which starts civil war
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  1. confederate commander in the West
  2. confederate commander of the army of northern virginia
  3. union general who wins the battle of shiloh
  4. ferry attacked by john brown
  5. battle in Maryland that inspires lincoln to issue the emancipation proclamation
  6. Run First major battle of civil war

10 Clues: ferry attacked by john brown • union army named after a river • confederate commander in the West • Run First major battle of civil war • union general who wins the battle of shiloh • name of slave who is center of supreme court case • fort bombed by south carolina which starts civil war • confederate commander of the army of northern virginia • ...

The American Civil War 2023-04-25

The American Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The North began a process of modernization and industrialization
  2. The year that all the states North to Maryland abolished Slavery
  3. People that were opposed of Slavery formed a movement called?
  4. Robert E. Lee surrendered where?
  5. Slaves were considered ... to their owners?
Down
  1. What was the major issue that started the American Civil War?
  2. Field Slaves worked in them
  3. The American Civil War lasted from
  4. The most important crop grown on the plantation
  5. Was Abraham Lincoln a part of the Confederacy or Union?

10 Clues: Field Slaves worked in them • Robert E. Lee surrendered where? • The American Civil War lasted from • Slaves were considered ... to their owners? • The most important crop grown on the plantation • Was Abraham Lincoln a part of the Confederacy or Union? • What was the major issue that started the American Civil War? • ...

The American Civil War 2023-04-25

The American Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The North began a process of modernization and industrialization
  2. The year that all the states North to Maryland abolished Slavery
  3. People that were opposed of Slavery formed a movement called?
  4. Robert E. Lee surrendered where?
  5. Slaves were considered ... to their owners?
Down
  1. What was the major issue that started the American Civil War?
  2. Field Slaves worked in them
  3. The American Civil War lasted from
  4. The most important crop grown on the plantation
  5. Was Abraham Lincoln a part of the Confederacy or Union?

10 Clues: Field Slaves worked in them • Robert E. Lee surrendered where? • The American Civil War lasted from • Slaves were considered ... to their owners? • The most important crop grown on the plantation • Was Abraham Lincoln a part of the Confederacy or Union? • What was the major issue that started the American Civil War? • ...

The American Civil War 2023-04-25

The American Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The North began a process of modernization and industrialization
  2. The year that all the states North to Maryland abolished Slavery
  3. People that were opposed of Slavery formed a movement called?
  4. Robert E. Lee surrendered where?
  5. Slaves were considered ... to their owners?
Down
  1. What was the major issue that started the American Civil War?
  2. Field Slaves worked in them
  3. The American Civil War lasted from
  4. The most important crop grown on the plantation
  5. Was Abraham Lincoln a part of the Confederacy or Union?

10 Clues: Field Slaves worked in them • Robert E. Lee surrendered where? • The American Civil War lasted from • Slaves were considered ... to their owners? • The most important crop grown on the plantation • Was Abraham Lincoln a part of the Confederacy or Union? • What was the major issue that started the American Civil War? • ...

Battle of Fort Sumter 2023-05-22

Battle of Fort Sumter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fort Sumter was named after a _____ Hero
  2. It wasn't _____ until the Civil War began
  3. This was the Confederate capital after the battle
  4. He fired the first shot onto Fort SUmter
  5. This is the date of when Fort Sumter fell
  6. The Battle of Fort Sumter marked the ___ of the Civil War
  7. Fort Sumter sits on a ____ island
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  1. This is who led the battle
  2. Fort Sumter was built to protect ____
  3. This is how many Union troops died at Fort Sumter

10 Clues: This is who led the battle • Fort Sumter sits on a ____ island • Fort Sumter was built to protect ____ • Fort Sumter was named after a _____ Hero • He fired the first shot onto Fort SUmter • It wasn't _____ until the Civil War began • This is the date of when Fort Sumter fell • This was the Confederate capital after the battle • ...

Civil War Battles 2025-02-19

Civil War Battles crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union forces burned this major Southern city in 1864
  2. Turning point of the Civil War fought in Pennsylvania
  3. Sumter First battle of the Civil War fought in South Carolina
  4. Siege that led to the fall of Richmond the Confederate capital
  5. Union victory that gave control of the Mississippi River
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  1. Confederate victory where General Jackson was wounded
  2. Site of Lee’s surrender to Grant in 1865
  3. Bloodiest single-day battle in American history
  4. Confederate victory with a disastrous Union assault
  5. 1862 battle in Tennessee with heavy casualties

10 Clues: Site of Lee’s surrender to Grant in 1865 • 1862 battle in Tennessee with heavy casualties • Bloodiest single-day battle in American history • Confederate victory with a disastrous Union assault • Union forces burned this major Southern city in 1864 • Confederate victory where General Jackson was wounded • Turning point of the Civil War fought in Pennsylvania • ...

The Reconstruction Era 2022-11-28

The Reconstruction Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. enforcing segregation in south after the civil war
  2. right granted by the constitution to give people equal treatment
  3. agency established at the end of the Civil War to help newly freed African Americans
  4. change to constitution ratified in 1878 declaring states can't deny anyone's right to votes becasue of race, color, or once a slave
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  1. ratified in 1865 abolishing slavery in the U.S.
  2. laws passed in 1965 and 1866 to limit rights of African Americans
  3. change to constitution ratified in 1868 giving citizenship to anyone born in U.S.
  4. Time after Civil War when southern states were brought back into the union

8 Clues: ratified in 1865 abolishing slavery in the U.S. • enforcing segregation in south after the civil war • right granted by the constitution to give people equal treatment • laws passed in 1965 and 1866 to limit rights of African Americans • Time after Civil War when southern states were brought back into the union • ...

Reconstruction Era 2022-11-14

Reconstruction Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. took away the civil rights of freedom
  2. helped lincoln do presidential reconstruction
  3. confederate loses
  4. political group following from the Civil War
  5. reconstruction that divided the south into five military bases.
  6. 16th president playing a big part in reconstruction
  7. Black men could vote
  8. resides on land by their owners
  9. big migration to the north
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  1. white hate group that targeted black males
  2. reconstruction Johnson and Lincoln worked for
  3. Keeping black people under their owners
  4. abolished slavery in the U.S
  5. reconstruction that divided the congress with bill of rights.
  6. farmers who only have their work
  7. protection under laws
  8. changing a official
  9. seek elections
  10. white southerner who partnered with northern Republicans
  11. to build something new

20 Clues: seek elections • confederate loses • changing a official • Black men could vote • protection under laws • to build something new • big migration to the north • abolished slavery in the U.S • resides on land by their owners • farmers who only have their work • took away the civil rights of freedom • Keeping black people under their owners • white hate group that targeted black males • ...

English Monarchy Crossword 2024-02-22

English Monarchy Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These monarchs worked with Parliament to rule England (Including Henry VIII and Elizabeth)
  2. supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War. Name comes from the helmets worn by soldiers in the Parliament’s army
  3. several acts of Parliament that limited the power of the monarchy and restated the rights of English citizens
  4. The last Tudor Monarch who died childless
  5. the act of killing a king or monarch
  6. In 1534 _____ named king as head of Church of England
  7. Protestants who differed with the Church of England
  8. nonviolent revolution in which Britain’s Parliament invited Mary I daughter of King James II and her husband William of Orange to replace James II forcing him from the throne.
  9. The restoration of Charles II to the throne of England after the Commonwealth
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  1. the leader of the supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War, who went on to lead the short-lived Commonwealth between 1649 and 1658
  2. James I was the first ____ monarch, who repeatedly clashed with Parliament
  3. This monarch ignored Parliament like his father and dissolved Parliament in 1629
  4. Royalists Supporters of Charles I during the English Civil War
  5. Charles I was a Stuart monarch who inherited the throne in 1625 and dissolved Parliament, and then fought the ______ against it
  6. – a monarchy that rules in partnership with Parliament or another governing body
  7. a group of dissenters who sought to “purify” the church of Catholic practices

16 Clues: the act of killing a king or monarch • The last Tudor Monarch who died childless • Protestants who differed with the Church of England • In 1534 _____ named king as head of Church of England • Royalists Supporters of Charles I during the English Civil War • James I was the first ____ monarch, who repeatedly clashed with Parliament • ...

The Ultimate Presidents Crossword 2024-04-28

The Ultimate Presidents Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. He was an American war hero who went on to become the 12th President and the second to die in office.
  2. President Grover Cleveland is the only president to serve non-consecutive terms. He was also a member of this political party.
  3. This is the middle name of the Sixth President and son of John Adams. It is also the name of the town where the senior and junior John Adams were born.
  4. President Truman made the decision to drop two atomic bombs on this country to end the Second World War.
  5. He is the oldest man to ever be elected president.
  6. President John Tyler was the only president to be buried under a foreign flag. Name this short-lived union of Southern states, who opposed the Union, during the Civil War.
  7. He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and started the “Great Society” and the “War on Poverty.”
  8. President Chester Arthur was a member of the Republican Party, which was founded to abolish slavery. It is also known by this acronym.
  9. This president was president during the September 11th Attacks, and his father was president.
  10. President Benjamin Harrison, grandson of President William Henry Harrison, was a big proponent of these taxes on imported goods.
  11. Barack Obama was the first African-American president in American History, and he lived in this foreign countries for a few years when he was a child.
  12. This president was the first to die in office and was known as "Old Tippecanoe."
  13. This French emperor and military leader sold the Louisiana Territory to America under Thomas Jefferson, doubling the size of the United States.
  14. Woodrow Wilson was president during World War One and had this first name.
  15. James Madison became known as the Father of the Constitution,the supreme law of the United States, which was written in convention in this city.
  16. Jimmy Carter is the longest lived president ever, and his vice president was named Walter _______.
  17. This president and real estate developer was formerly a reality TV show host. He is also the only president to not be a descendant of American slave owners.
  18. This president elected in 1920 promised a “Return to Normalcy” during his presidency, but he was involved in the Teapot Dome Scandal and died in office.
  19. President William McKinely presided over the victory during the Spanish-American War, during which the United States gained control of this future 50th State.
  20. President Rutherford B. Hayes became the second president to win the presidency without winning the popular vote. He beat Samuel ______.
  21. President James K. Polk annexed this current state during the Mexican-American War, along with California and New Mexico.
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  1. This 20th President was the second to be assassinated. His last name is also the name of a cartoon cat.
  2. The First President of the United States and a general during the Revolutionary War.
  3. Abraham Lincoln signed this proclamation freeing the slaves in the Southern States during the Civil War.
  4. This amendment banning slavery was added to the Constitution while Andrew Johnson was president.
  5. This Seventh President had John C. Calhoun and Martin Van Buren as vice president. He also was known by the nickname "Old Hickory".
  6. James Monroe, known for the Monroe Doctrine, was one of eight presidents from this state.
  7. Gerald Ford was actually born with this first name.
  8. This president with the first name Theodore is on Mount Rushmore next to Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln.
  9. This president and general signed the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 to build highways throughout the nation for defense and for speed in commerce.
  10. He was the first president to be born when the United States was a country in Kinderhook, New York.
  11. President Coolidge worked to balance the budget and presided over a roaring economy. He also was the president to give American Indians citizenship, propose the first anti-lynching legislation, and build Mount Rushmore. His nickname was “________ Cal.”
  12. He was the youngest man ever elected to the presidency, and he had to deal with the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963.
  13. President Franklin Pierce signed off on this purchase which settled border disputes between America and Mexico, allowing for the construction of a transcontinental railroad.
  14. This 40th President of the United States was formerly an actor. As president, he cut taxes, regulations, and spending leading to a time of economic prosperity. He also took an aggressive stance against the Soviets leading to the fall of the USSR.
  15. President Herbert Hoover had a famous ___ on the Colorado River named after him.
  16. President William Howard Taft was the only president to also be the Chief Justice of this Highest Court in America.
  17. After ascending to the presidency after the death of President Taylor, President Millard Fillmore signed the Fugitive _____ Act.
  18. This wife of President Bill Clinton ran for president in 2016.
  19. He was president immediately before Abraham Lincoln and the outbreak of the Civil War. Historians generally fault him for not doing enough to prevent the Civil War.
  20. He was president during the Apollo 11 moon landing and also opened up China for trade and diplomacy, but he was also involved in the Watergate Scandal and became the first president to resign.
  21. President George H.W. Bush presided over victory during the Gulf War which began because this country invaded Kuwait.
  22. This Civil War general was president when the Transcontinental Railroad was finished in 1869.
  23. This president presided over the Great Depression, the New Deal, and World War Two.
  24. During the John Adams Administration, this diplomatic scandal where French diplomats attempted to bribe American diplomats. It became known as ___ Affair.

45 Clues: He is the oldest man to ever be elected president. • Gerald Ford was actually born with this first name. • This wife of President Bill Clinton ran for president in 2016. • Woodrow Wilson was president during World War One and had this first name. • President Herbert Hoover had a famous ___ on the Colorado River named after him. • ...

Technology in the Civil War 2024-01-22

Technology in the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The H.L.-
  2. These started being used in attempts to break Union blockades
  3. The plan made by the Union to blockade the South (2 words)
  4. Tried to break the blockades
  5. President Lincoln used these to transport supplies and soldiers to Union armies
  6. The new bullets used during the Civil War
  7. underwater missiles sent to sink ships
  8. The war was meant to preserve what? (2 words)
  9. Side of the war with the most railroad coverage
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  1. "The March to the Sea" is also commonly called (2 words, a punctuation mark)
  2. President during the war (2 words)
  3. Union and Confederacy are also the- (3 words)
  4. Robert Smalls stole the C.S.S.-
  5. Inventor of the telegraph (2 words)
  6. These were used to communicate easily from long distances during the time of the war

15 Clues: The H.L.- • Tried to break the blockades • Robert Smalls stole the C.S.S.- • President during the war (2 words) • Inventor of the telegraph (2 words) • underwater missiles sent to sink ships • The new bullets used during the Civil War • Union and Confederacy are also the- (3 words) • The war was meant to preserve what? (2 words) • ...

Chapter 5 Crossword 2021-09-24

Chapter 5 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Obligation imposed on government to take posititve action to protect citizens from any illegal action of government agencies and of other private citizens
  2. Doctrine that public accommodations could be segregated by race but still be considered equal
  3. One of three Civil War amendments; It guaranteed voting rights for African american men
  4. Provision of the fourteenth Amendment guaranteeing citizens "the equal protection of the laws" This clause has been the basis for the civil rights of African Americans, women, and other groups
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  1. Laws enacted by southern states following reconstruction that discriminated against African Americans
  2. One of three Civil War amendment;It abolished slavery
  3. The use of any unreasonable and unjust criterion of exclusion
  4. One of three Civil War amendments; it guaranteed equal protection and due process

8 Clues: One of three Civil War amendment;It abolished slavery • The use of any unreasonable and unjust criterion of exclusion • One of three Civil War amendments; it guaranteed equal protection and due process • One of three Civil War amendments; It guaranteed voting rights for African american men • ...

US Historical Events and People 2020-04-16

US Historical Events and People crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The border separating communist North Korea and democratic South Korea
  2. Prominent female civil rights activist, largely known for refusing to give up her seat
  3. An engineer who assisted in the launch of the WorldWideWeb which was a large step towards connecting the entire world through one source.
  4. The commander of the UN during the Korean war. Brains of the nearly impossible "anvil plan"
  5. A young African American who was killed over racial tensions and sparked the Chicago race riots, an influential event in an ongoing racial dispute in the country.
  6. Prominent male civil rights activist, largely known for his "I have a dream" speech. Along with other figures, inspired and fueled the civil rights movement.
  7. General Douglas MacArthur's 1-in-5,000 chance plan to seize Inchon and relieve forces in Pusan.
  8. The act of separating the population based on their race. Caused wide controversy and conflict amidst the civil rights movement.
  9. The summer after the end of WWI in which racial tensions reached a peak due to discontent from White men returning home to African Americans 'stealing their jobs'
  10. The target city for MacArthur's operation
  11. another prominent civil rights figure, who instead of taking a peaceful approach, held a view to solve the problem with violence. Caused controversy on his moral standpoint.
  12. 35th US President. Large step towards developing civil rights and devastatingly handsome.
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  1. An African American combat unit in WWI, an effort by African Americans to prove themselves just as capable as their white counterparts.
  2. the location of Eugene William's death, and where the Chicago race riots officially began.
  3. the name of the program that brought Americans to the moon. This operation proved the American spirit and nationalism.
  4. International peacekeeping force, large participant in Korean war
  5. A division formed by available forces in Korea and the US for force to utilize for MacArthur's operation
  6. One of the first astronauts on the moon, marked United State's victory of the space race, fueled homeland pride
  7. Scientist who discovered penicillin. Caused a very large breakthrough in the field of medicine which has saved countless lives since.
  8. Event in which Southern Blacks 'migrated' to the North for job opportunities and new lives while men were fighting in WWI. This planted family roots and diversified the population for years to come.

20 Clues: The target city for MacArthur's operation • International peacekeeping force, large participant in Korean war • The border separating communist North Korea and democratic South Korea • Prominent female civil rights activist, largely known for refusing to give up her seat • ...

freedom 2022-03-21

freedom crossword puzzle
Across
  1. and rescued 70 enslaved people
  2. first American president
  3. if a country is over ______
  4. a northern country on earth
  5. its the name of this
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  1. civil rights activist
  2. president during civil war
  3. held 13 rescue missions to help slaves
  4. America has a bill on it
  5. the author of the declaration of independence
  6. something other people don't have

11 Clues: its the name of this • civil rights activist • America has a bill on it • first American president • president during civil war • if a country is over ______ • a northern country on earth • and rescued 70 enslaved people • something other people don't have • held 13 rescue missions to help slaves • the author of the declaration of independence

Emancipation Proclamation 2024-12-29

Emancipation Proclamation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Human beings
  2. Rules that people must follow
  3. Stopped completely
  4. Legal protections
  5. Group of soldiers
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  1. Absence of war or conflict
  2. Relating to citizens
  3. People who were forced to work
  4. State of not being enslaved
  5. Conflict between groups

10 Clues: Human beings • Legal protections • Group of soldiers • Stopped completely • Relating to citizens • Conflict between groups • Absence of war or conflict • State of not being enslaved • Rules that people must follow • People who were forced to work

Chronicles of a Death Foretold 2022-08-10

Chronicles of a Death Foretold crossword puzzle
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  1. the narrator is...
  2. political civil war
  3. setting
  4. motif heavily related to santiago
  5. experimental modernism, movement
  6. time
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  1. type of town responsibility
  2. main character
  3. GI towards angela
  4. performative theme
  5. reconstruction of narrative
  6. fantastical elements in realistic world
  7. milkstore
  8. angela's possession
  9. published when

15 Clues: time • setting • milkstore • main character • published when • GI towards angela • the narrator is... • performative theme • political civil war • angela's possession • type of town responsibility • reconstruction of narrative • experimental modernism, movement • motif heavily related to santiago • fantastical elements in realistic world

Legendary Personalities 2025-10-08

Legendary Personalities crossword puzzle
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  1. Voice of civil rights in America
  2. India’s first prime minister
  3. Indian emperor who embraced peace
  4. Warrior queen of Jhansi
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  1. British wartime leader
  2. Fought apartheid in South Africa
  3. Led nation through civil war
  4. Mughal ruler known for tolerance
  5. French general turned emperor
  6. Advocate of non-violence

10 Clues: British wartime leader • Warrior queen of Jhansi • Advocate of non-violence • Led nation through civil war • India’s first prime minister • French general turned emperor • Voice of civil rights in America • Fought apartheid in South Africa • Mughal ruler known for tolerance • Indian emperor who embraced peace

The Civil War 2021-12-08

The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. general increase in prices
  2. farm owner rents a plot of land
  3. people killed or wounded
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  1. pardon
  2. sum of money paid to encourage volunteers
  3. laws to control freed men and women
  4. smaller river that flows into a larger river
  5. legal proceeding that provides protection against unlawful imprisonment
  6. a period of rebuildling
  7. the most bitter and bloody war
  8. formally charge him
  9. meaning "scoundrel" or "worthless rascal"
  10. warship

13 Clues: pardon • warship • formally charge him • a period of rebuildling • people killed or wounded • general increase in prices • the most bitter and bloody war • farm owner rents a plot of land • laws to control freed men and women • sum of money paid to encourage volunteers • meaning "scoundrel" or "worthless rascal" • smaller river that flows into a larger river • ...

civil war vocab 2022-02-26

civil war vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Compromise 1820 - Allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, Maine to enter the union as a free state, prohibited slavery north of latitude 36˚ 30' within the Louisiana Territory (1820).
  2. of Guadalupe Hidalgo ,Treaty that ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, and California in exchange for $15 million.
  3. Rights - 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.
  4. K Polk The 11th U.S. President, he led the country during the Mexican War and sought to expand the United States.
  5. Kansas A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory.
  6. The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.
  7. Nebraska act 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.
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  1. Proviso Bill, that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico
  2. American 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
  3. Purchase Southwestern territory acquired by the Pierce administration to facilitate a southern transcontinental railroad and completed the lower 48 States
  4. Slave Act 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
  5. - Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
  6. of 1850 Includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act, made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War.

13 Clues: The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit. • - Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole • Proviso Bill, that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico • ...

English Civil War 2017-10-03

English Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. A member of Parliament who rebels against Charles
  2. A Catholic rebellion took place here
  3. Charles did not believe he should have to share power with them
  4. Most people in England were this religion
  5. The religion of Charles' wife
  6. Charles was also king of this country
  7. The first name of Charles' wife
  8. This was a cause of the civil war
  9. This was a cause of the civil war
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  1. This was a cause of the civil war
  2. William Laud introduced a new one of these to Scotland
  3. The king was appointed by God
  4. Charles spent a lot of money on it
  5. The name of Charles' father who was king before him
  6. The number of years Charles ruled without Parliament for

15 Clues: The king was appointed by God • The religion of Charles' wife • The first name of Charles' wife • This was a cause of the civil war • This was a cause of the civil war • This was a cause of the civil war • Charles spent a lot of money on it • A Catholic rebellion took place here • Charles was also king of this country • Most people in England were this religion • ...

Civil War North 2019-05-06

Civil War North crossword puzzle
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  1. state along a border.
  2. Crisis
  3. who wants Abolition on a practice such as slavery.
  4. Scott Decision
  5. attempt to defuse the rivalries which were caused by Missouri wanting slavery permitted.
  6. Rights
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  1. on imports and exports
  2. crisis that involved the federal government and North Carolina.
  3. allow Kansas and Nebraska decide if they want to have slavery or not.
  4. Scott was a slave who wanted to be free because of his reason that he lived in a free state with his master.
  5. Nebraska Act
  6. State
  7. rights and powers held by individual states.

13 Clues: State • Crisis • Rights • Nebraska Act • Scott Decision • state along a border. • on imports and exports • rights and powers held by individual states. • who wants Abolition on a practice such as slavery. • crisis that involved the federal government and North Carolina. • allow Kansas and Nebraska decide if they want to have slavery or not. • ...

The Civil War 2013-05-17

The Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. led the Union army
  2. President of the Confederacy
  3. state did not secede from the Union but had slaves
  4. divided the country in half with an imaginary line to keep slave states and free states equal
  5. led the Confederate army
  6. one of the bloodiest battles
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  1. limited Confederate supplies
  2. famous speech delivered by President Lincoln
  3. an imaginary line that divided the North and South
  4. state slavery was not permitted
  5. freed all slaves
  6. President of the Union
  7. state slavery was a choice

13 Clues: freed all slaves • led the Union army • President of the Union • led the Confederate army • state slavery was a choice • limited Confederate supplies • President of the Confederacy • one of the bloodiest battles • state slavery was not permitted • famous speech delivered by President Lincoln • an imaginary line that divided the North and South • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-04-14

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. confederate troops surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
  2. made the kkk
  3. helped capture new york
  4. main commander of the army
  5. bloodiest single day on U.S.soil
  6. a plan to block and squeeze in the confederacy
  7. ended slavery
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  1. first and only confederate president
  2. very loyal to confederacy
  3. at bull run, he holds his ground (hence his nickname)
  4. marked the beginning of the war
  5. led to the confederates surrendering
  6. turning point of the war

13 Clues: made the kkk • ended slavery • helped capture new york • turning point of the war • very loyal to confederacy • main commander of the army • marked the beginning of the war • bloodiest single day on U.S.soil • first and only confederate president • led to the confederates surrendering • a plan to block and squeeze in the confederacy • ...

Civil War Reconstruction 2023-04-20

Civil War Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Senators who wanted to punish the South after the Civil War
  2. Northerners who moved to the South
  3. Proposed that Congress should be in charge of reconstruction
  4. To charge The President with misconduct in office
  5. Discriminatory Laws
  6. Abraham Lincoln's Vice-President
  7. The right for any US Citizen to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude
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  1. Assisted former slaves and poor whites in the south
  2. The right for any person born in or naturalized in the United States to become a US Citizen
  3. White Southerners who joined the Republican party
  4. Division and giving of land, seeds and tools
  5. The period during which The United States began to rebuild after the Civil War
  6. First African American Senator

13 Clues: Discriminatory Laws • First African American Senator • Abraham Lincoln's Vice-President • Northerners who moved to the South • Division and giving of land, seeds and tools • To charge The President with misconduct in office • Assisted former slaves and poor whites in the south • White Southerners who joined the Republican party • ...

Civil War Review 2023-01-18

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. wanted to capture atl
  2. 2nd bloodiest battle place
  3. rights held by a state
  4. notorious millitary prison
  5. state of being a slave
  6. said all slaves were free
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  1. let California be a free state
  2. up held Georgias rights to slavery
  3. naval strategy
  4. Abraham Lincoln won
  5. disagrement abt secedeing
  6. atlanta to savannah
  7. case that took place 1846-1857

13 Clues: naval strategy • Abraham Lincoln won • atlanta to savannah • wanted to capture atl • rights held by a state • state of being a slave • disagrement abt secedeing • said all slaves were free • 2nd bloodiest battle place • notorious millitary prison • let California be a free state • case that took place 1846-1857 • up held Georgias rights to slavery

civil war vocab 2023-01-18

civil war vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are and henceforth shall be free.
  2. An enslaved African american that sued for his freedom.
  3. Abraham Lincoln became president.
  4. A condition in which one human being was owned by another
  5. To frighten Georgian civilians into abandoning the confederate cause
  6. California became a free state but allowed others to still have slavery
  7. the second bloodiest battle of the civil war
  8. The union tried to prevent any goods,troops, and weapons from entering the southern states.
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  1. the larges military prison of the civil war
  2. The theory that individual states can invade federal laws or judicial decisions they deem unconstitutional
  3. The acceptance of the compromise of 1850
  4. The rights and powers of an individual
  5. to destroy the army of Tennessee, capture Atlanta and cut off vital confederate supply lines.

13 Clues: Abraham Lincoln became president. • The rights and powers of an individual • The acceptance of the compromise of 1850 • the larges military prison of the civil war • the second bloodiest battle of the civil war • An enslaved African american that sued for his freedom. • A condition in which one human being was owned by another • ...

The Spill 07/01/20 2020-07-01

The Spill 07/01/20 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This state plans to change its flag.
  2. During the Civil War, the South was known as the _____________.
  3. George Washington was the first U.S. _____________.
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  1. The U.S. capital city is in the _____________ of Columbia.
  2. Frederick Douglass worked to end _____________.
  3. Some people want Washington, D.C. to be the 51st _____________.
  4. In the 1950s, NASA was segregated. This means people were kept apart based on skin _____________.
  5. Alaska and _____________ joined the Union in 1959.
  6. The Union and the Confederacy fought in the Civil _____________.
  7. Mary W. Jackson was an _____________ at NASA.

10 Clues: This state plans to change its flag. • Mary W. Jackson was an _____________ at NASA. • Frederick Douglass worked to end _____________. • Alaska and _____________ joined the Union in 1959. • George Washington was the first U.S. _____________. • The U.S. capital city is in the _____________ of Columbia. • During the Civil War, the South was known as the _____________. • ...

Civil War Prison Camps 2013-05-21

Civil War Prison Camps crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Most gruesome prison during Civil War times
  2. The side of the Civil War with safer camps
  3. A reason the death rates were so high
  4. The lands that most camps were built on
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  1. The lack of this vitiman caused scurvy
  2. Leader at Andersonville
  3. What happened when there were to many prisoners in a camp
  4. The main reason why prisoners died in the camps
  5. A shortage of this caused many prisoners to starve
  6. What a lot of camps had as shelter

10 Clues: Leader at Andersonville • What a lot of camps had as shelter • A reason the death rates were so high • The lack of this vitiman caused scurvy • The lands that most camps were built on • The side of the Civil War with safer camps • Most gruesome prison during Civil War times • The main reason why prisoners died in the camps • ...

American Literature II 2021-02-16

American Literature II crossword puzzle
Across
  1. described as "the most famous black writer in the world" by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
  2. literary movement developed in post-Civil War USA
  3. main character in Jewett's "A White Heron"
  4. The (blank) Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  5. term meaning before the Civil War
  6. story by Author William Dean Howells
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  1. where Aunt Georgina was traveling from in Cather's "A Wagner Matinee"
  2. battle written about by Ambrose Bierce
  3. literary style depicting a particular region
  4. surname of the author with the pen name Mark Twain

10 Clues: term meaning before the Civil War • story by Author William Dean Howells • battle written about by Ambrose Bierce • main character in Jewett's "A White Heron" • literary style depicting a particular region • literary movement developed in post-Civil War USA • The (blank) Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman • surname of the author with the pen name Mark Twain • ...

Freedom Crossword Puzzle 2022-05-05

Freedom Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. African Americans used the Underground _______________ to get to freedom.
  2. if you have liberty you are ____________
  3. The main crop of the South in the 1800s
  4. Cast a ballot or make a decision
  5. The Declaration of Independence says all men are created _______________
  6. President during the Civil War
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  1. The Bill of Rights is part of this important document
  2. to run away from danger
  3. The North and the South fought in the ____________ war
  4. people who were forced to work against their will

10 Clues: to run away from danger • President during the Civil War • Cast a ballot or make a decision • The main crop of the South in the 1800s • if you have liberty you are ____________ • people who were forced to work against their will • The Bill of Rights is part of this important document • The North and the South fought in the ____________ war • ...

History of russia 2024-06-12

History of russia crossword puzzle
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  1. Bolshevik leader during the October Revolution.
  2. A faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party led by Lenin
  3. Russian royal family executed in 1918
  4. City where the Bolshevik revolution began
  5. A failed military coup against the Bolsheviks in 1918
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  1. The opposition group against the Bolsheviks during the Civil War
  2. The event that led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
  3. The first Soviet state security organization
  4. Soviet economic policy introduced in 1921
  5. White Army general during the Civil War

10 Clues: Russian royal family executed in 1918 • White Army general during the Civil War • Soviet economic policy introduced in 1921 • City where the Bolshevik revolution began • The first Soviet state security organization • Bolshevik leader during the October Revolution. • A failed military coup against the Bolsheviks in 1918 • ...

Famous Civil War Battles 2025-02-19

Famous Civil War Battles crossword puzzle
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  1. Bloodiest single-day battle in American history
  2. Confederate victory where General Jackson was wounded
  3. Turning point of the Civil War fought in Pennsylvania
  4. Sumter First battle of the Civil War fought in South Carolina
  5. Union victory that gave control of the Mississippi River
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  1. Union forces burned this major Southern city in 1864
  2. Confederate victory with a disastrous Union assault
  3. Site of Lee’s surrender to Grant in 1865
  4. Siege that led to the fall of Richmond the Confederate capital
  5. 1862 battle in Tennessee with heavy casualties

10 Clues: Site of Lee’s surrender to Grant in 1865 • 1862 battle in Tennessee with heavy casualties • Bloodiest single-day battle in American history • Confederate victory with a disastrous Union assault • Union forces burned this major Southern city in 1864 • Confederate victory where General Jackson was wounded • Turning point of the Civil War fought in Pennsylvania • ...

1946-1970 2025-04-30

1946-1970 crossword puzzle
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  1. civil rights activist
  2. major power war between north korea and south korea
  3. soviet union secretly installing missiles in cuba to launch attacks on u.s. cities
  4. race between soviets and america to reach mankind to the moon first
  5. key leader in the american civil rights movement, working to achieve equality for african americans through peaceful protests
  6. the significant increase in population
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  1. court case that states segregation in schools is unconstitutional
  2. war between northern vietnam and southern vietnam
  3. the 35th president
  4. movement to end segregation

10 Clues: the 35th president • civil rights activist • movement to end segregation • the significant increase in population • war between northern vietnam and southern vietnam • major power war between north korea and south korea • court case that states segregation in schools is unconstitutional • race between soviets and america to reach mankind to the moon first • ...

Reconstruction 2025-11-12

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Johnson Who's the president after Lincoln?
  2. Which part of the US seperated?
  3. Amendment Which Amendment allowed Color people to vote?
  4. What was the thing that Lincoln wants to do after the civil war?
  5. President during the Civil War?
  6. Amendment Which Amendment ended slavery?
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  1. bureau What helped freed slaves and poor people in the south?
  2. A person who belongs to the country
  3. What was the event that freedmen worked on white farms land?
  4. When people are treated the same

10 Clues: Which part of the US seperated? • President during the Civil War? • When people are treated the same • A person who belongs to the country • Amendment Which Amendment ended slavery? • Johnson Who's the president after Lincoln? • Amendment Which Amendment allowed Color people to vote? • What was the event that freedmen worked on white farms land? • ...

History Vocabulary 2025-03-10

History Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a fancy word for draft
  2. to make someone a slave
  3. the act of an armed force of its commander enter a country or region so as to subjugate or occupy it
  4. a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
  5. the idea that the people are the source of a government's power and authority
  6. the act of canceling something
  7. proslavery Missourians who voted and participated in Kansas's territorial politics
  8. who believed only violent action could end slavery
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  1. seal off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
  2. the South during the Civil War
  3. the practice or system of owning slaves
  4. a person who works in the government
  5. soldiers that fought for the Union
  6. the North during the Civil War
  7. formally put an end to

15 Clues: a fancy word for draft • formally put an end to • to make someone a slave • the South during the Civil War • the North during the Civil War • the act of canceling something • soldiers that fought for the Union • a person who works in the government • the practice or system of owning slaves • who believed only violent action could end slavery • ...

Shattered 2025-12-14

Shattered crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What did Ian and Berta drink during the night
  2. Where does Jacques wish to go to
  3. Where does Ian what jack to go for his drinking problem
  4. Where does Berta wana go live someday
  5. How many kids does Berta donate money to in Guatemala
  6. What did Jack give to Ian
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  1. How many people were killed in the Guatemala civil war
  2. How old did Ian Turn
  3. Around how many people did jack and his crew save in Rwanda
  4. Where did Berta go before Canada
  5. What was Jack drinking on the bench at the park
  6. What was Eduardo's job back at home
  7. What is the name of the guy that Berta is talking about
  8. Where did Berta want to go with Ian
  9. How many years did the Civil War last

15 Clues: How old did Ian Turn • What did Jack give to Ian • Where did Berta go before Canada • Where does Jacques wish to go to • What was Eduardo's job back at home • Where did Berta want to go with Ian • Where does Berta wana go live someday • How many years did the Civil War last • What did Ian and Berta drink during the night • What was Jack drinking on the bench at the park • ...

Civil War 2019-01-24

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. "THE SOUTH";THE ELEVEN STATES THAT SECEDED
  2. THE LAST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR
  3. D;FKAS;FKAS'
Down
  1. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  2. ASLKFJASLFJL;ASFJ
  3. THE BLOODIEST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR
  4. DFLAFKS;F

7 Clues: DFLAFKS;F • D;FKAS;FKAS' • ASLKFJASLFJL;ASFJ • THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA • THE LAST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR • THE BLOODIEST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR • "THE SOUTH";THE ELEVEN STATES THAT SECEDED

Constitution and Bill of Rights 2023-03-07

Constitution and Bill of Rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. gaurentees the right to trail in most civil cases
  2. pratection against illegal trail
  3. the man who wrote the constitution
  4. freedom of religion
  5. the fifth ammendments gives you the... rights
  6. a legal document by a judge to go into your house
  7. ¨I plead the...¨
  8. intentionally hurting a persons reputation
  9. how many amendments are there
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  1. other rights beyond the constution
  2. freedom of speech
  3. the sixth amendment give you the right to a...
  4. slavery one of the civil war amendments
  5. the government cannot...
  6. the bill of...

15 Clues: the bill of... • ¨I plead the...¨ • freedom of speech • freedom of religion • the government cannot... • how many amendments are there • pratection against illegal trail • other rights beyond the constution • the man who wrote the constitution • slavery one of the civil war amendments • intentionally hurting a persons reputation • the fifth ammendments gives you the... rights • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2022-05-13

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The idea that the authority of a state is created through the consent of the people, with their votes
  2. President during the Civil War. Successful at holding the Union together and abolishing slavery
  3. made Missouri a slave state but banned slavery north of Missouri's northern border
  4. a Supreme Court decision that said African American could not be citizens and a ban on slavery was unconstitutional.
Down
  1. Required that all escaped slaves be returned to the slave owners
  2. What we call a war fought within a country, against itself
  3. Violent uprising of pro and anti-slavery activists when the Missouri Compromise was repealed
  4. Someone who fought to end slavery
  5. To withdraw or separate from, as the southern states did during the Civil War

9 Clues: Someone who fought to end slavery • What we call a war fought within a country, against itself • Required that all escaped slaves be returned to the slave owners • To withdraw or separate from, as the southern states did during the Civil War • made Missouri a slave state but banned slavery north of Missouri's northern border • ...

Random Crossword for Future Me 2024-01-11

Random Crossword for Future Me crossword puzzle
Across
  1. i.e. Typhoid Mary
  2. the third derivative
  3. for charades
  4. DN(A)
  5. rotate
  6. suggest into
  7. shortened
Down
  1. word misuse
  2. healing post-Civil War
  3. israel's prime minister 2023
  4. volcanic rock
  5. cream puff
  6. get rid of

13 Clues: DN(A) • rotate • shortened • cream puff • get rid of • word misuse • for charades • suggest into • volcanic rock • i.e. Typhoid Mary • the third derivative • healing post-Civil War • israel's prime minister 2023

US Historical Events and People 2020-04-16

US Historical Events and People crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The border separating communist North Korea and democratic South Korea
  2. Prominent female civil rights activist, largely known for refusing to give up her seat
  3. An engineer who assisted in the launch of the WorldWideWeb which was a large step towards connecting the entire world through one source.
  4. The commander of the UN during the Korean war. Brains of the nearly impossible "anvil plan"
  5. A young African American who was killed over racial tensions and sparked the Chicago race riots, an influential event in an ongoing racial dispute in the country.
  6. Prominent male civil rights activist, largely known for his "I have a dream" speech. Along with other figures, inspired and fueled the civil rights movement.
  7. General Douglas MacArthur's 1-in-5,000 chance plan to seize Inchon and relieve forces in Pusan.
  8. The act of separating the population based on their race. Caused wide controversy and conflict amidst the civil rights movement.
  9. The summer after the end of WWI in which racial tensions reached a peak due to discontent from White men returning home to African Americans 'stealing their jobs'
  10. The target city for MacArthur's operation
  11. another prominent civil rights figure, who instead of taking a peaceful approach, held a view to solve the problem with violence. Caused controversy on his moral standpoint.
  12. 35th US President. Large step towards developing civil rights and devastatingly handsome.
Down
  1. An African American combat unit in WWI, an effort by African Americans to prove themselves just as capable as their white counterparts.
  2. the location of Eugene William's death, and where the Chicago race riots officially began.
  3. the name of the program that brought Americans to the moon. This operation proved the American spirit and nationalism.
  4. International peacekeeping force, large participant in Korean war
  5. A division formed by available forces in Korea and the US for force to utilize for MacArthur's operation
  6. One of the first astronauts on the moon, marked United State's victory of the space race, fueled homeland pride
  7. Scientist who discovered penicillin. Caused a very large breakthrough in the field of medicine which has saved countless lives since.
  8. Event in which Southern Blacks 'migrated' to the North for job opportunities and new lives while men were fighting in WWI. This planted family roots and diversified the population for years to come.

20 Clues: The target city for MacArthur's operation • International peacekeeping force, large participant in Korean war • The border separating communist North Korea and democratic South Korea • Prominent female civil rights activist, largely known for refusing to give up her seat • ...

Reconstruction 2025-04-22

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a tax required before a person can vote.
  2. Something applied or created based on authority.
  3. expect or look ahead
  4. a person who rents a plot of land from another person and farms it in exchange for a share of the crop.
  5. the southern laws that severely limited the rights of African Americans after the Civil War
  6. a government pardon
  7. offering a choice
  8. a secret society organized in the south after the civil war to reassert white supremacy by means of violence.
  9. an agreement by republican presidential candidate Ruther B. Hayes to end Reconstruction in return for congressional Democrats accepting his inauguration as President after the disputed election of 1876.
  10. in the post-reconstruction South, a law that excused a voter from a literacy test if his grandfather had been eligible to vote on January 1, 1867.
  11. the men and women who had been enslaved
  12. to make use of
  13. the rebuilding of the south after the Civil War
  14. to intervene in order to stop or change something
  15. an 1865 amendment to the United States Constitution that banned slavery throughout the nation.
  16. an 1869 amendment to the United States Constitution that forbids any state to deny African Americans the right to vote because of race.
Down
  1. a white southerner who supported the republicans during Reconstruction.
  2. an 1868 amendment to the United States Constitution that guarantees equal protection of the laws
  3. to bring charges of serious wrongdoing against a public figure.
  4. for a particular purpose
  5. a government agency founded during Reconstruction to help former slaves.
  6. a term used to describe the south in the late 1800s when efforts were being made to expand the economy by building industry
  7. an 1896 court case in which Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public facilities was legal as long as the facilities were equal
  8. an examination to see if a person can read and write; used in the past to restrict voting rights.
  9. a legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences.
  10. an 1867 law that threw out the southern state governments that refuse to ratify the fourteenth amendment
  11. ability or capacity
  12. laws that separated people of different races in public places in the south.
  13. an uncomplimentary nickname for a northerner who went to the south after the Civil War
  14. well known for some bad quality or effect

30 Clues: to make use of • offering a choice • a government pardon • ability or capacity • expect or look ahead • for a particular purpose • the men and women who had been enslaved • a tax required before a person can vote. • well known for some bad quality or effect • the rebuilding of the south after the Civil War • Something applied or created based on authority. • ...

Reconstruction 2023-12-11

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. anyone born or naturalized in the Us to be a citizen
  2. Black males forced into labor
  3. Segregated black and white peoples in public places way after reconstruction
  4. Gives every male no matter race or color the right to vote
  5. abolished slavery and forced labor
  6. Post civil war era to bring the north and south into one
Down
  1. Racist terror and violence, often organized by groups like the Ku Klux Klan, targeted black institutions and symbols of achievement during Reconstruction.
  2. The manifestations of this area aimed to undermine Black progress, leading to the imposition of "Jim Crow" laws, which enforced racial segregation
  3. supremacist group that brought terror to African Americans
  4. Splits white and black people
  5. The country reconstruction is in
  6. President during slavery
  7. War over slavery and states rights
  8. Embraced racist ideologies and it later moved federal support in the south
  9. The area had economic competition and racial tensions led to discriminatory practices in the job market and segregated neighborhoods.
  10. Limited the rights of African Americans during reconstruction
  11. compromised on racial issues to gain political support.

17 Clues: President during slavery • Splits white and black people • Black males forced into labor • The country reconstruction is in • War over slavery and states rights • abolished slavery and forced labor • anyone born or naturalized in the Us to be a citizen • compromised on racial issues to gain political support. • Post civil war era to bring the north and south into one • ...

push and pull factors 2021-06-10

push and pull factors crossword puzzle
Across
  1. work opportunities
  2. disrespectful
  3. hospitals,restraunts,shops
  4. unsafe
  5. entertainment
Down
  1. tsunamis, earthquakes
  2. emergency
  3. civil, violence
  4. too expensive
  5. school

10 Clues: unsafe • school • emergency • too expensive • disrespectful • entertainment • civil, violence • work opportunities • tsunamis, earthquakes • hospitals,restraunts,shops

push and pull factors 2021-06-10

push and pull factors crossword puzzle
Across
  1. work opportunities
  2. disrespectful
  3. hospitals,restraunts,shops
  4. unsafe
  5. entertainment
Down
  1. tsunamis, earthquakes
  2. emergency
  3. civil, violence
  4. too expensive
  5. school

10 Clues: unsafe • school • emergency • too expensive • disrespectful • entertainment • civil, violence • work opportunities • tsunamis, earthquakes • hospitals,restraunts,shops

push and pull factors 2021-06-10

push and pull factors crossword puzzle
Across
  1. work opportunities
  2. disrespectful
  3. hospitals,restraunts,shops
  4. unsafe
  5. entertainment
Down
  1. tsunamis, earthquakes
  2. emergency
  3. civil, violence
  4. too expensive
  5. school

10 Clues: unsafe • school • emergency • too expensive • disrespectful • entertainment • civil, violence • work opportunities • tsunamis, earthquakes • hospitals,restraunts,shops

Social Effects of the War 2014-12-10

Social Effects of the War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to help with the war effort women became this to help heal the wounded soldiers.
  2. The president during the civil and said the war was a rebellion.
  3. Granted land to the states to make universities or sell to the public to make money.
  4. the proclamation that made slaves free in the rebellion states.
  5. Crow laws that led to disadvantages for African Americans
  6. runs against Lincoln in the election of 1864
  7. These were freed after the civil war and was a main cause to the war.
Down
  1. railroad railroad that started in Chicago and went to Sacramento.
  2. act that offered land to people in the west.
  3. these happened in New York in regard to the fear that Freed Slaves will take jobs away from white lower class.

10 Clues: act that offered land to people in the west. • runs against Lincoln in the election of 1864 • the proclamation that made slaves free in the rebellion states. • The president during the civil and said the war was a rebellion. • Crow laws that led to disadvantages for African Americans • railroad railroad that started in Chicago and went to Sacramento. • ...

Legendary Personalities 2025-10-08

Legendary Personalities crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Warrior queen of Jhansi
  2. Voice of civil rights in America
  3. British wartime leader
  4. French general turned emperor
  5. India’s first prime minister
Down
  1. Indian emperor who embraced peace
  2. Advocate of non-violence
  3. Mughal ruler known for tolerance
  4. Fought apartheid in South Africa
  5. Led nation through civil war

10 Clues: British wartime leader • Warrior queen of Jhansi • Advocate of non-violence • Led nation through civil war • India’s first prime minister • French general turned emperor • Mughal ruler known for tolerance • Fought apartheid in South Africa • Voice of civil rights in America • Indian emperor who embraced peace

Food During The Civil war Crossword 2018-05-10

Food During The Civil war Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A flower based food that was common for soldiers to eat?
  2. a cornmeal concotion that soldiers ate?
  3. Who won the Civil War?
  4. What compartments gave soldiers uncooked rations of flower, salt,etc?
  5. A disease that caused bleeding gums disordered finger nails and sometimes death?
  6. Who stole food from local farmers?
Down
  1. What two armys had to forage food early in conflict?
  2. How much money did southern families spend each night?
  3. What army had access to sutler stores?
  4. How many years was the Civil War?

10 Clues: Who won the Civil War? • How many years was the Civil War? • Who stole food from local farmers? • What army had access to sutler stores? • a cornmeal concotion that soldiers ate? • What two armys had to forage food early in conflict? • How much money did southern families spend each night? • A flower based food that was common for soldiers to eat? • ...

Civil War Prison Camps 2013-05-21

Civil War Prison Camps crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A shortage of this caused many prisoners to starve
  2. Leader at Andersonville
  3. A reason the death rates were so high
  4. Most gruesome prison during Civil War times
  5. What a lot of camps had as shelter
Down
  1. What happened when there were to many prisoners in a camp
  2. The main reason why prisoners died in the camps
  3. The lack of this vitiman caused scurvy
  4. The side of the Civil War with safer camps
  5. The lands that most camps were built on

10 Clues: Leader at Andersonville • What a lot of camps had as shelter • A reason the death rates were so high • The lack of this vitiman caused scurvy • The lands that most camps were built on • The side of the Civil War with safer camps • Most gruesome prison during Civil War times • The main reason why prisoners died in the camps • ...

Reconstruction Review 2024-01-11

Reconstruction Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. allowed poor farmers to rent land by paying with a share of crops
  2. the separation of people based on race or religion
  3. african american leader and lawyer around the time of the civil war
  4. the period of time after the civil war
  5. key to expanding businesses and agriculture
  6. legally established segregation
Down
  1. african americans who educated and achieved excellence
  2. provided help to freed african americans
  3. unfair treatment of others based on differences
  4. a negative opinion about someone not based on facts

10 Clues: legally established segregation • the period of time after the civil war • provided help to freed african americans • key to expanding businesses and agriculture • unfair treatment of others based on differences • the separation of people based on race or religion • a negative opinion about someone not based on facts • ...

Civil War Crossword 2023-10-05

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the president during the civil war
  2. this act made it possible for people to own land aslong as they stayed there for 5 years
  3. the last name of the general of the south
  4. where first battle took place in
  5. what the north were called
  6. the main reason the civil war happened
Down
  1. what the rights are called in the Constitution
  2. what the south were called
  3. the three branches of the U.S powers
  4. The last name of the general of the north

10 Clues: what the south were called • what the north were called • where first battle took place in • the president during the civil war • the three branches of the U.S powers • the main reason the civil war happened • the last name of the general of the south • The last name of the general of the north • what the rights are called in the Constitution • ...

Missouri Compromise 2024-01-25

Missouri Compromise crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Made to keep the Civil war from happening.
  2. This compromise would temporarily _____ the Civil War.
  3. Added as a slave state.
  4. Slave and Free states are supposed to be at a _____ amount.
  5. What type of state was made below the 36˚,30 parallel.
Down
  1. The part of the government that passed the law.
  2. Added as a free state.
  3. What the Compromise was meant to prevent.
  4. What Free states wanted to ban.
  5. What type of state was made above the 36˚,30 parallel.

10 Clues: Added as a free state. • Added as a slave state. • What Free states wanted to ban. • What the Compromise was meant to prevent. • Made to keep the Civil war from happening. • The part of the government that passed the law. • What type of state was made above the 36˚,30 parallel. • This compromise would temporarily _____ the Civil War. • ...

Black Civil Rights 2024-05-28

Black Civil Rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Racist group formed after the American Civil War
  2. Terror attack in 2017
  3. The KKK often use a burning 'what' as their symbol?
  4. The President who enacted the Emancipation Proclamation
  5. The action or process of setting free
  6. This racist group was comprised of former soldiers in which army?
Down
  1. Laws that enforced segregation
  2. In the 1920's the KKK reached its largest with around _______ members
  3. _____ Civil War raged from 1861-1865
  4. Because of these laws, ________ in the South and other parts of America was segregated

10 Clues: Terror attack in 2017 • Laws that enforced segregation • _____ Civil War raged from 1861-1865 • The action or process of setting free • Racist group formed after the American Civil War • The KKK often use a burning 'what' as their symbol? • The President who enacted the Emancipation Proclamation • This racist group was comprised of former soldiers in which army? • ...