civil war Crossword Puzzles
History of russia 2024-06-12
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- Bolshevik leader during the October Revolution.
- A faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party led by Lenin
- Russian royal family executed in 1918
- City where the Bolshevik revolution began
- A failed military coup against the Bolsheviks in 1918
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- The opposition group against the Bolsheviks during the Civil War
- The event that led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
- The first Soviet state security organization
- Soviet economic policy introduced in 1921
- 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 • ...
History of russia 2024-06-12
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- Bolshevik leader during the October Revolution.
- A faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party led by Lenin
- Russian royal family executed in 1918
- City where the Bolshevik revolution began
- A failed military coup against the Bolsheviks in 1918
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- The opposition group against the Bolsheviks during the Civil War
- The event that led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
- The first Soviet state security organization
- Soviet economic policy introduced in 1921
- 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 • ...
History of russia 2024-06-12
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- Bolshevik leader during the October Revolution.
- A faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party led by Lenin
- Russian royal family executed in 1918
- City where the Bolshevik revolution began
- A failed military coup against the Bolsheviks in 1918
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- The opposition group against the Bolsheviks during the Civil War
- The event that led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
- The first Soviet state security organization
- Soviet economic policy introduced in 1921
- 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 • ...
History Choice Boards 2023-03-29
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- the principle that all people and institutions are subject to
- member of the Russian nobility
- a political unit founded on law and united by agreement
- Protestants in England inspired by Calvinist ideas
- a system where a ruler claims to hold total power
- the rights with which people are born with
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- Supporters of Parliament in the English Civil War
- Supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War
- power; the person in command
- the title used by Russian emperors
10 Clues: power; the person in command • member of the Russian nobility • the title used by Russian emperors • the rights with which people are born with • Supporters of Parliament in the English Civil War • a system where a ruler claims to hold total power • Protestants in England inspired by Calvinist ideas • a political unit founded on law and united by agreement • ...
The American Civil War 2023-04-25
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- The North began a process of modernization and industrialization
- The year that all the states North to Maryland abolished Slavery
- People that were opposed of Slavery formed a movement called?
- Robert E. Lee surrendered where?
- Slaves were considered ... to their owners?
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- What was the major issue that started the American Civil War?
- Field Slaves worked in them
- The American Civil War lasted from
- The most important crop grown on the plantation
- 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
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- The North began a process of modernization and industrialization
- The year that all the states North to Maryland abolished Slavery
- People that were opposed of Slavery formed a movement called?
- Robert E. Lee surrendered where?
- Slaves were considered ... to their owners?
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- What was the major issue that started the American Civil War?
- Field Slaves worked in them
- The American Civil War lasted from
- The most important crop grown on the plantation
- 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
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- The North began a process of modernization and industrialization
- People that were opposed of Slavery formed a movement called?
- The most important crop grown on the plantation
- The American Civil War lasted from
- What was the major issue that started the American Civil War?
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- Robert E. Lee surrendered where?
- Slaves were considered ... to their owners?
- Was Abraham Lincoln a part of the Confederacy or Union?
- Field Slaves worked in them
- The year that all the states North to Maryland abolished Slavery
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? • People that were opposed of Slavery formed a movement called? • ...
Civil War Battles 2025-02-19
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- Bloodiest single-day battle in American history
- Confederate victory where General Jackson was wounded
- Turning point of the Civil War fought in Pennsylvania
- Sumter First battle of the Civil War fought in South Carolina
- Union victory that gave control of the Mississippi River
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- Union forces burned this major Southern city in 1864
- Confederate victory with a disastrous Union assault
- Site of Lee’s surrender to Grant in 1865
- Siege that led to the fall of Richmond the Confederate capital
- 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 • ...
Studies Weekly 6 2025-02-24
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- In the north, slavery was _____.
- The only battle from the Civil War that took place in Indiana was the Battle of ______.
- Secret codes, paths, and hideaways that led slaves to freedom.
- After leaving the militia, Lincoln studied to become a ______.
- People who wanted to do away with slavery
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- This document freed enslaved people in the south.
- The man responsible for assassinating Lincoln
- To leave
- People seeking freedom on the Underground Railroad were called _____.
- Place where the Civil War began
10 Clues: To leave • Place where the Civil War began • In the north, slavery was _____. • People who wanted to do away with slavery • The man responsible for assassinating Lincoln • This document freed enslaved people in the south. • Secret codes, paths, and hideaways that led slaves to freedom. • After leaving the militia, Lincoln studied to become a ______. • ...
England in the 1640s 2024-12-05
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- Form of government where power is held by the people rather than a king
- What happened to Charles I in January 1649
- First battle of the English Civil War
- Surname of the judge at Charles I's trial
- Form of government where power is held by a king or queen
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- The civil war battle in 1645 that ended Royalist hopes of overall victory
- Surname of a leading Parliamentary general
- (7,5) The building outside which Charles I was beheaded
- Extreme Protestant
- First name of Charles I's wife
10 Clues: Extreme Protestant • First name of Charles I's wife • First battle of the English Civil War • Surname of the judge at Charles I's trial • Surname of a leading Parliamentary general • What happened to Charles I in January 1649 • (7,5) The building outside which Charles I was beheaded • Form of government where power is held by a king or queen • ...
Harriet tubman puzzle 2025-12-05
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- a slave/person who escaped something or their owner
- where Harriet died
- a person who is forced to do labor without pay
- a person or group of people who try to get rid of a law completely
- the county that Harriet was born in
- one of her jobs during the civil war
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- the destination of the Underground Railroad
- her job after the civil war (what she did until she died)
- Harriet’s nickname as a child
- Harriet Tubman’s name at birth
10 Clues: where Harriet died • Harriet’s nickname as a child • Harriet Tubman’s name at birth • the county that Harriet was born in • one of her jobs during the civil war • the destination of the Underground Railroad • a person who is forced to do labor without pay • a slave/person who escaped something or their owner • her job after the civil war (what she did until she died) • ...
The Vietnam war 2025-05-09
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- Issue leading to Civil War
- U.S. government founding document
- Frontier direction settlers moved
- Animal hunted by plains Indians
- Charge official with wrongdoing
- Built across the continent
- 1960s controversial war
- Colonist who opposed British rule
- British demand without colonial representation
- Act giving land to settlers
- Group deciding legal cases
- First president of United States
- Famous 1803 land purchase
- Built affordable automobile
- July 4, 1776 significance
- Refusal to buy goods
- Tax leading to colonial protests
- Industry in Texas plains
- Winter camp of Washington’s army
- Full membership in nation
- City of 1773 tea protest
- Area acquired by U.S.
- Tension between U.S. and USSR
- 16th president of United States
- Wrote Declaration of Independence
- New Deal president initials
- College that votes for president
- President during Great Depression
- Native peoples encountered settlers
- Major Southern crop
- Item dumped in harbor
- Midnight rider warned British coming
- Notorious gangster of Prohibition
- Of Representatives
- Renaissance of Black culture
- Land set aside for tribes
- Proclamation freeing enslaved people
- Age of rapid U.S. growth
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- First battle of Revolution
- Direction of U.S. expansion
- Industry started by Wright brothers
- Post-Civil War rebuilding period
- Conflict between North and South
- Essential right in Bill of Rights
- Highest U.S. court
- President’s rejection of bill
- Ban on alcohol
- Colonist who supported British rule
- Ready-to-fight colonial soldiers
- Protest walk or demonstration
- Dropped atomic bombs in WWII
- Act dividing tribal land
- Vehicle settlers used traveling West
- Right to vote
- Rush that brought settlers West
- Fought for equal rights
- Decision in a trial
- Coming to live permanently
- U.S. ally in Revolution
- Goal of civil rights movement
- Island for immigrants’ entry
- Lawmaking branch of government
- Person moving to another country
- Leader of civil rights movement
- Early Revolutionary War battle
- FDR’s economic recovery plan
- Of Rights protects freedoms
- Express delivered mail West
- First Secretary of Treasury
- President known for Indian Removal
- Oregon route for settlers
- Change or addition to Constitution
- Texas battle, “Remember” slogan
- Oil industry leader
- Battle in Pennsylvania, 1863
- 100 members lawmaking body
- Formal agreement between nations
- Steel industry leader
- President who issued famous Doctrine
- Cancel a law or tax
80 Clues: Right to vote • Ban on alcohol • Highest U.S. court • Of Representatives • Decision in a trial • Oil industry leader • Major Southern crop • Cancel a law or tax • Refusal to buy goods • Area acquired by U.S. • Item dumped in harbor • Steel industry leader • 1960s controversial war • Fought for equal rights • U.S. ally in Revolution • Act dividing tribal land • Industry in Texas plains • ...
Final Exam Review - CH 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 2024-06-07
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- Radical abolitionist and martyr after Harpers Ferry
- Party formed due to Bank veto and split over slavery issue
- His campaign motto was 54-40 or Fight!
- Amendment that abolished slavery
- This first Union strategy was achieved, but it wasn't enough
- Known as Black Moses to her people
- He issued the Emancipation Proclamation and inspired a new birth of freedom
- pushed for specific labor reforms as AFL leader
- The holiday that celebrates the end of slavery
- Southern politicians sought reclaimed power during Reconstruction
- First President of the Republic of Texas
- Commander of Union Navy who captured New Orleans
- Protective measure that encouraged people to buy American products
- Key turning point of the Civil War on the Mississippi River
- Cut wages and jobs but not rents or food prices
- Lame duck president who let the South secede
- His lenient Reconstruction Plan favored the South
- His lawsuit for freedom caused an uproar in 1857
- Constitutional guarantee of black male right to vote
- Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
- President of the Confederacy
- Bloodiest day of the Civil
- Control all phases of production
- Pro-Reconstruction Republicans and trade union activists
- Liberal Republican who lost to Grant in 1872
- New type of bullet used in Civil War
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- Captain who led the 54th Massachusetts Regiment
- Confederate capital
- Father of the American political cartoon
- Westward trade rout
- One part of the Unions first military strategy
- To gain complete control of an industry
- No slavery in lands won from Mexico; law didn't pass but cause division
- US Senator from Mississippi, succeeding the Confederate president
- Supporter of popular sovereignty, starting with Kansas
- She nursed soldiers on the battlefield and founded the American Red Cross
- Hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe who was a short-lived US prsident
- Former enslaved person and influential abolitionist
- dominate business by crushing competitors
- Constitutional guarantee of civil rights for all citizens
- Congressman attacked Sumner over a speech
- Revolutionized American industry, causing a growth spiral
- Exclusive right to sell an invented product
- Controversial Supreme Court Justice supported spread of slavery
- Carnegies ruthless plant manager
- Three-time presidential candidate known as The Great Compromiser
- He declined Lincoln's request to lead the Union Army
- Led emigrants to Texas in the 1830s
- Texans' crushing defeat became a rallying cry
- Greedy and corrupt political boss of Tammany Hall
50 Clues: Confederate capital • Westward trade rout • Bloodiest day of the Civil • President of the Confederacy • Amendment that abolished slavery • Carnegies ruthless plant manager • Control all phases of production • Bloodiest battle of the Civil War • Known as Black Moses to her people • Led emigrants to Texas in the 1830s • New type of bullet used in Civil War • ...
Civil War Prison Camps 2013-05-21
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- The lands that most camps were built on
- The main reason why prisoners died in the camps
- Leader at Andersonville
- A reason the death rates were so high
- The lack of this vitiman caused scurvy
- What happened when there were to many prisoners in a camp
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- Most gruesome prison during Civil War times
- What a lot of camps had as shelter
- The side of the Civil War with safer camps
- A shortage of this caused many prisoners to starve
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 • ...
Civil War Prison Camps 2013-05-21
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- The side of the Civil War with safer camps
- The lands that most camps were built on
- What happened when there were to many prisoners in a camp
- A shortage of this caused many prisoners to starve
- The lack of this vitiman caused scurvy
- The main reason why prisoners died in the camps
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- Leader at Andersonville
- A reason the death rates were so high
- Most gruesome prison during Civil War times
- 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 • ...
History of russia 2024-06-12
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- Bolshevik leader during the October Revolution.
- A faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party led by Lenin
- Russian royal family executed in 1918
- City where the Bolshevik revolution began
- A failed military coup against the Bolsheviks in 1918
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- The opposition group against the Bolsheviks during the Civil War
- The event that led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
- The first Soviet state security organization
- Soviet economic policy introduced in 1921
- 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 • ...
Week 18 Alabama Studies 2024-02-20
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- Third African American from Alabama to be elected to congress
- shot and killed President Lincoln
- Southerners who worked with carpetbaggers or supported the freed people
- Led an African American labor union
- First African American senator
- Started the first school for African Americans in Alabama
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- Main political party in Alabama up until the Civil War
- party that did not have much power around the Civil War time
- former Union soldiers looking for opportunities in the South
- codes that would return the freed African Americans to slavery
10 Clues: First African American senator • shot and killed President Lincoln • Led an African American labor union • Main political party in Alabama up until the Civil War • Started the first school for African Americans in Alabama • party that did not have much power around the Civil War time • former Union soldiers looking for opportunities in the South • ...
The American Civil War 2023-04-25
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- The North began a process of modernization and industrialization
- The year that all the states North to Maryland abolished Slavery
- People that were opposed of Slavery formed a movement called?
- Robert E. Lee surrendered where?
- Slaves were considered ... to their owners?
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- What was the major issue that started the American Civil War?
- Field Slaves worked in them
- The American Civil War lasted from
- The most important crop grown on the plantation
- 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
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- The North began a process of modernization and industrialization
- The year that all the states North to Maryland abolished Slavery
- People that were opposed of Slavery formed a movement called?
- Robert E. Lee surrendered where?
- Slaves were considered ... to their owners?
Down
- What was the major issue that started the American Civil War?
- Field Slaves worked in them
- The American Civil War lasted from
- The most important crop grown on the plantation
- 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? • ...
Legendary Personalities 2025-10-08
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
Angolan Civil War 2016-05-16
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- Maoist political party.
- One of few companies permitted to do business in Angola.
- The country that colonized Angola.
- What was the region supported FNLA with US and China?
- The leader of UNITA.
- Militant political party.
- Nationalist political party.
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- The Capital of Angola.
- Supported FNLA.
- Which country sent military troops to Angola?
- What kind of political ideology did MPLA have?
- What continent is Angola located on?
- Supported the MPLA.
13 Clues: Supported FNLA. • Supported the MPLA. • The leader of UNITA. • The Capital of Angola. • Maoist political party. • Militant political party. • Nationalist political party. • The country that colonized Angola. • What continent is Angola located on? • Which country sent military troops to Angola? • What kind of political ideology did MPLA have? • ...
The civil war 2021-03-09
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- nickname given to general Jackson
- industrialized states who are not dependent to slavery
- organization to help slave to freedom.
- Lincoln star general
- Abolitionist who sparked a huge slave rebellion
- book read in class on the adventure of a young girl on her way to freedom
- southern states who wanted to have slaves
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- Act permitting slave catchers to go in the free states
- movie on escapees watched in class
- Star confederate general
- abolitionist who is an ex-slave and disguised herself to free slaves
- the fort which was attacked at the beginning of the civil war
- Abolitionist who petitioned Lincoln to let black men enlist in the army
13 Clues: Lincoln star general • Star confederate general • nickname given to general Jackson • movie on escapees watched in class • organization to help slave to freedom. • southern states who wanted to have slaves • Abolitionist who sparked a huge slave rebellion • Act permitting slave catchers to go in the free states • industrialized states who are not dependent to slavery • ...
Civil War Vocab 2022-02-01
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- Union general of the Army of the Potomac who was known for being overly cautious and slow to act, but was great at training troops.
- Confederate general of the army of Virginia, basically was General of the entire Eastern theater of the war.
- Requiring people to serve in the military, similar to the draft.
- Plan the Union came up with to encircle the Confederacy, cutting them off from all outside aid while slowly tightening control until the Confederacy gave up.
- A military blockade of a city or fortified area in an attempt to get them to surrender.
- Wearing down your enemy and/or their resources by attacking or harassing them constantly.
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- Brilliant Confederate general considered to be Robert E. Lee's right arm.
- Confederate general at Fort Sumter who was involved in several other major battles throughout the war.
- A hard biscuit made of wheat flour, often the only soldiers had to eat.
- To seal off an area in order to prevent people or goods from entering or leaving.
- Union general that had a shady past but was great with strategy and refused to back down from a fight.
- To search for and raid food.
- A military policy to destroy anything that the enemy might find useful, such as crops, supplies, rail lines, buildings etc.
13 Clues: To search for and raid food. • Requiring people to serve in the military, similar to the draft. • A hard biscuit made of wheat flour, often the only soldiers had to eat. • Brilliant Confederate general considered to be Robert E. Lee's right arm. • To seal off an area in order to prevent people or goods from entering or leaving. • ...
Civil war causes 2021-12-10
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- Was to divid the Louisiana Territory
- The first African American to graduate from an American University
- Debates The _______________ were discussed and argued all over the country
- first black poet
- Proposed several measures in attempt to save the Union HenryClay A senator of Kentucky
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- To help recover slaves who had escaped to the states in the North
- Publications in 1852
- what territory was almost split in half
- Forbade slaves from assembling without a white person present
- What two new territories were established in 1854
- led a slave rebellion
- It featured many articles urging people to help the abolition movement to end slavery
- popular ____________________
13 Clues: first black poet • Publications in 1852 • led a slave rebellion • popular ____________________ • Was to divid the Louisiana Territory • what territory was almost split in half • What two new territories were established in 1854 • Forbade slaves from assembling without a white person present • To help recover slaves who had escaped to the states in the North • ...
Civil War Vocabulary 2021-03-24
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- using naval vessels to prevent shipment of food and supplies into or out of ports
- the forced enrollment of people into military service
- a person who supported the Union during the Civil War
- a local law or piece of legislation
- the civilian world during wartime
- free from outside control or self-governing
- the position that the federal government should not interfere with the states exercising their consitutional powers
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- a member of a volunteer committee organized to punish criminals
- drug used to treat malaria and other fevers
- focus on the interests of ones region
- the system where goods and services are produced, sold and purchased in a country or region
- homemade fabric
- of central or immediate importance
13 Clues: homemade fabric • the civilian world during wartime • of central or immediate importance • a local law or piece of legislation • focus on the interests of ones region • drug used to treat malaria and other fevers • free from outside control or self-governing • the forced enrollment of people into military service • a person who supported the Union during the Civil War • ...
Civil War Crossword 2021-04-07
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- order issued by Lincoln that made slaves free in the South
- Commander of the Union Army
- blockade
- Commander of the Confederate Army
- President of the Confederacy
- Southern states leaving the union
- farming
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- ownership
- location of the first battle that began the Civil War
- war between the Union and the Confederacy
- gave states their rights.
- building
- stopped slavery from expansion
13 Clues: farming • blockade • building • ownership • gave states their rights. • Commander of the Union Army • President of the Confederacy • stopped slavery from expansion • Commander of the Confederate Army • Southern states leaving the union • war between the Union and the Confederacy • location of the first battle that began the Civil War • ...
Civil War Crossword 2023-12-08
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- The prison used to hold union soldiers
- Used to transport cotton
- This abolished Slavery
- is the act of saying laws are void
- keeps the South from getting supplies
- The proclamation passed by lincoln
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- established to help African Americans and poor whites
- These people only brought their labor
- The period after the civil war
- The first Georgia city
- The South was called this
- Georgias capital
- The North was called this
13 Clues: Georgias capital • The first Georgia city • This abolished Slavery • Used to transport cotton • The South was called this • The North was called this • The period after the civil war • is the act of saying laws are void • The proclamation passed by lincoln • These people only brought their labor • keeps the South from getting supplies • The prison used to hold union soldiers • ...
Brook's Civil War 2023-12-05
13 Clues: rebuid • is a town • commander • punishment • sells stuff • secret or illegal • he is a good leader • withdrawing formally • a african american man • where state capital is • money in form of a coin • when they owned african americans • A machine that stretches cotton fibers
English Civil War 2024-02-01
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- The group of soldiers that supported Charles I.
- Charles I was sentenced to ___________________
- The soldiers that fought for Parliament.
- The English Monarchy that ruled England from 1485-1603.
- The legal body of England responsible for gathering taxes.
- Charles I was found guilty of being a ________________
- The English Monarch that died without an heir.
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- The name of the army introduced by Oliver Cromwell.
- Son of James I and second King of the Stuart Monarchy.
- Where the members of Parliament would meet.
- The document that prohibited the king from raising taxes or unlawfully arresting people.
- The military commander who took control of the Roundheads.
- The first king of the Stuart Monarchy.
13 Clues: The first king of the Stuart Monarchy. • The soldiers that fought for Parliament. • Where the members of Parliament would meet. • Charles I was sentenced to ___________________ • The English Monarch that died without an heir. • The group of soldiers that supported Charles I. • The name of the army introduced by Oliver Cromwell. • ...
The Civil War 2024-01-22
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- Granted citizenship rights to all people born in the U.S.
- The idea that states can pass laws
- A period of rebuilding the country
- Confederate prisoner of war camp
- To withdraw from the union
- A war between people of the same country
- An executive order issued by president Lincoln
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- General William Sherman's union forces from Atlanta to Savannah
- Refusal of a state to follow federal law
- Allowed new states to determine its own status
- President during the Civil War
- Sued for his freedom in federal court
- The largest battle fought in georgia
13 Clues: To withdraw from the union • President during the Civil War • Confederate prisoner of war camp • The idea that states can pass laws • A period of rebuilding the country • The largest battle fought in georgia • Sued for his freedom in federal court • Refusal of a state to follow federal law • A war between people of the same country • ...
the Civil War 2024-02-26
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- Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the ___________ Courthouse
- The era immediately following the Civil War is called ________.
- The __________ region was divided on which side to support
- The Southern states side
- The Northern states side
- The ________ region of Tennessee was ready to go to war
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- The event that took place in America between 1861-1865
- _______Kansas was an event that took place after the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was signed
- The ____________ of 1850 allowed California in as a state and created the idea of "popular sovereignty"
- Governor Isham ____________ was desperate to get Tennessee to join the Confederacy
- The 1860 Election of President _________ was the final straw that pushed the Southern states to leave
- He was the slave who sued for his freedom in 1857
- This region was pro-Union throughout the war
13 Clues: The Southern states side • The Northern states side • This region was pro-Union throughout the war • He was the slave who sued for his freedom in 1857 • The event that took place in America between 1861-1865 • The ________ region of Tennessee was ready to go to war • The __________ region was divided on which side to support • ...
civil war wepons 2019-05-19
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- a medium sized blade
- large, heavy piece of artillery, typically mounted on wheels, formerly used in warfare
- open circular discharging end of a gun
- a cigar-shaped self-propelled underwater missile designed to be fired from a ship or submarine or dropped into the water from an aircraft and to explode on reaching a target.
- a machine gun that has multiple barrels moving around a central axis and is capable of being fired at fast speeds
- A rifle is a portable, long-barrelled firearm designed for long-range precision shooting,
- an infantryman's light gun with a long barrel, typically smooth-bored, muzzleloading, and fired from the shoulder.
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- ammunition
- A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines
- A hand held bomb with fragments shaped like a pineapple
- a handheld gun with rotating barrels that spin every time shot.
- A gun barrel is a crucial part of gun-type ranged weapons such as small firearms, artillery pieces and air guns
- an instrument composed of a blade fixed into a handle, used for cutting or as a weapon.
13 Clues: ammunition • a medium sized blade • open circular discharging end of a gun • A hand held bomb with fragments shaped like a pineapple • a handheld gun with rotating barrels that spin every time shot. • large, heavy piece of artillery, typically mounted on wheels, formerly used in warfare • ...
American Civil War 2020-03-19
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- a person who supported the Confederate States in the American Civil War
- a small change or improvement that is made to a document or proposed new law
- a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
- the act of freeing somebody, especially from legal, political or social controls that limit what they can do
- the feeling of being sad that you have and show because somebody has died
- to officially leave a larger state or organization of states and become independent
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- an official statement about something important that is made to the public; the act of making an official statement
- that cannot be divided into separate parts
- series of planned activities that are intended to achieve a particular social, commercial or political aim
- a person who has been chosen to speak or vote for somebody else or for a group of people, or to take the place of somebody else
- the US (used especially at the time of the Civil War)
- a person who has escaped or is running away from somewhere and is trying to avoid being caught
- a person who is killed or injured in war or in an accident
13 Clues: that cannot be divided into separate parts • the US (used especially at the time of the Civil War) • a person who is killed or injured in war or in an accident • a person who supported the Confederate States in the American Civil War • a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S. • ...
Civil War Reconstruction 2024-03-21
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- Sugar,cotton, Tabacco
- Elected as president in 1860
- 14th Amendment
- Texas_____________ was based on slave labor
- The North was ________ tariffs
- The South was __________ tariffs
- 15th Amendment
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- The differences between the North and the South
- Rich Soil, Slavery, Cash Crops
- each state should decide if they would allow slavery
- another word for Tax
- 13th Amendment
- Rocky Soil, Factories, Large cities
13 Clues: 13th Amendment • 14th Amendment • 15th Amendment • another word for Tax • Sugar,cotton, Tabacco • Elected as president in 1860 • Rich Soil, Slavery, Cash Crops • The North was ________ tariffs • The South was __________ tariffs • Rocky Soil, Factories, Large cities • Texas_____________ was based on slave labor • The differences between the North and the South • ...
Civil War Crossword 2023-05-18
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- A person who fights in wars
- The first name of the only president of the Confederacy
- Manual work
- A violent conflict between two sides
- The nation formed by the seceded states
- A person who sustained an injury or worse during a battle
- The last name of the man who shot Abraham Lincoln
- A long lasting conflict resulting in battles between two or more sides.
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- To break away from a bigger entity
- The reason south states seceded
- A person who commands soldiers
- 16th president
- Where Lincoln gave his famous address
13 Clues: Manual work • 16th president • A person who fights in wars • A person who commands soldiers • The reason south states seceded • To break away from a bigger entity • A violent conflict between two sides • Where Lincoln gave his famous address • The nation formed by the seceded states • The last name of the man who shot Abraham Lincoln • ...
The Civil War 2025-04-25
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- Term used to recognize the end of slavery
- Term where the southern states left the union
- Southern General
- Northern General
- Conductor for the Underground Railroad
- ship protected by irom
- President during war
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- Major Battle in Tennessee
- Bloodiest battle happened in Pennslyvania
- Modernized machine gun used in the civil war
- President of the southern states
- Term used that recognized a southern citizen
- Location where Lee surrendered to Grant
13 Clues: Southern General • Northern General • President during war • ship protected by irom • Major Battle in Tennessee • President of the southern states • Conductor for the Underground Railroad • Location where Lee surrendered to Grant • Bloodiest battle happened in Pennslyvania • Term used to recognize the end of slavery • Modernized machine gun used in the civil war • ...
Chinese Civil War 2025-02-18
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- A state of armed conflict between different nations.
- A political theory derived from Karl Marx.
- A small island country in East Asia.
- involving or causing a complete or dramatic change.
- A violent Struggle.
- Relating to or characteristic of soldiers or armed forces.
- Relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns.
- A big country in Asia.
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- A state in which supreme power is held by the people.
- a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China
- A famous city in China
- The matter from which a thing is or can be made.
- A legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth
13 Clues: A violent Struggle. • A famous city in China • A big country in Asia. • A small island country in East Asia. • A political theory derived from Karl Marx. • The matter from which a thing is or can be made. • Relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns. • involving or causing a complete or dramatic change. • A state of armed conflict between different nations. • ...
After civil war 2025-09-26
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- _________ of 1877
- Northern Republicans that came to the south after the war
- Southern Whites that were republicans
- A anti black group known for killing blacks
- The Amendment that aboslished slavery
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- _________ bureau
- The Jim ____ laws legalized segregation
- Lincon's plan
- The 13th Amendment aboslished ________
- "separate but ______"
- The laws that kept blacks as second class people
- _______ Republicans
- ____-Davis Bill
13 Clues: Lincon's plan • ____-Davis Bill • _________ bureau • _________ of 1877 • _______ Republicans • "separate but ______" • Southern Whites that were republicans • The Amendment that aboslished slavery • The 13th Amendment aboslished ________ • The Jim ____ laws legalized segregation • A anti black group known for killing blacks • The laws that kept blacks as second class people • ...
Unit 5 Key Terms Puzzle 2021-12-03
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- Organized in 1816 to encourage colonization of free blacks to Africa; West African nation of Liberia founded in 1822 to serve as a homeland for them.
- Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.
- A widespread reform movement, led by militant Christians, focused on reducing the use of alcoholic beverages.
- A reformer and pioneer in the movement to treat the insane as mentally ill, beginning in the 1820's, she was responsible for improving conditions in jails, poorhouses and insane asylums throughout the U.S. and Canada. She succeeded in persuading many states to assume responsibility for the care of the mentally ill. She served as the Superintendant of Nurses for the Union Army during the Civil War.
- Agreement w/ Mexico that gave the US parts of present-day New Mexico & Arizona in exchange for $10 million; all but completed the continental expansion envisioned by those who believed in Manifest Destiny.
- Political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern states after Civil War
- an escaped slave who joined the Union army during the Civil War
- Single bloodiest day of the American Civil War; Union victory that turned back a Confederate invasion of the North.
- Supreme Court case that decided US Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in federal territories and slaves, as private property, could not be taken away without due process - basically slaves would remain slaves in non-slave states and slaves could not sue because they were not citizens
- A ''rehearsal for Reconstruction'' in an attempt to make self-reliant, productive citizens of former slaves on an island off the coast of South Carolina.
- This Act was passed by Congress which was vetoed by President Johnson. This Act invalidated the state govn'ts formed under the Lincoln & Johnson plans and all the legal decisions made by those govn'ts.
- Transcendentalist commune in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, populated from 1841 to 1847 principally by writers (Nathaniel Hawthorne, for one) and other intellectuals.
- abolished slavery
- This proviso never became law but was endorsed by the state legislature of free states, and stated that slavery was prohibited in every state acquired in the Mexican War.
- 1854 - Created Nebraska and Kansas as states and gave the people in those territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through popular sovereignty.
- A political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery
- A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
- designed to cool heated north-south tensions. calif. was admitted as a free state, texas got cash, but lost land, due to pop. sovereignty, new mexico and utah were open to slavery, and a fugitive slave law was strengthened. clearly, senate favored north
- Ideal communities that offered innovative social and economic relationships to those who were interested in achieving salvation.
- A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights.
- Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War
- Founded in 1833, the organization that sought an immediate end to slavery and the establishment of equality for black Americans. It split in 1840 after disputes about the role of women within the organization and other issues.
- Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
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- impeached for the charge of High Crimes and Misdemeanors on February 24, 1868 of which one of the articles of impeachment was violating the Tenure of Office Act. He had removed Edwin M. Stanton, the Secretary of War, from office and replaced him with Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas
- Rule adopted by House of Representatives in 1836 prohibiting consideration of abolitionist petitions; opposition, led by former president John Quincy Adams, succeeded in having it repealed in 1844.
- 1870 and 1871 laws that made it a federal offense to interfere with a citizen's right to vote
- The abolitionist strategy that sought to end slavery by persuading both slaveowners and complicit northerners that the institution was evil.
- This secured the rights of freedmen., it gave citizenship to African- Americans
- Deal made by a Republican and Democratic special congressional commission to resolve the disputed presidential election of 1876; Republican Rutherford B. Hayes, who had lost the popular vote, was declared the winner in exchange for the withdrawal of federal troops from involvement in politics in the South, marking the end of Reconstruction.
- System that allowed farmers to get more credit. They used harvested crops to pay back their loans.
- A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
- A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery elements that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory. The dispute further strained the relations of the North and South, making civil war imminent.
- Conflict between the US and Mexico that after the US annexation of Texas, which Mexico still considered its own; US troops fought primarily on foreign soil; covered by mass-circulation newspapers; Whigs opposed
- Site of a federal arsenal where a militant abolitionist attempted to start a slave rebellion
- Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.
- The bureau's focus was to provide food, medical care, administer justice, manage abandoned and confiscated property, regulate labor, and establish schools.
- Religious sect founded by Mother Ann Lee in England. The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing settled in Watervliet, New York, in 1774, and subsequently established eighteen additional communes in the Northeast, Indiana, and Kentucky.
- Democrats in the south that took back the military rule and replaced with Home rule
- Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 antislavery novel that popularized the abolitionist position.
- 1862 - Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop it. Encouraged westward migration.
40 Clues: abolished slavery • A belief that ultimate power resides in the people. • an escaped slave who joined the Union army during the Civil War • A political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery • This secured the rights of freedmen., it gave citizenship to African- Americans • ...
USHG B - Exam Review Crossword 2023-05-30
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- Someone who favors war or continuing to escalate an existing conflict as opposed to other solutions.
- Interlocking political scandals of the administration of U.S. Pres. Richard M. Nixon that were revealed following the arrest of five burglars at Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in the Watergate office-apartment-hotel complex in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1972.
- A long, costly, and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.
- The equal rights of all people and mixing of races in public places.
- Event of the Civil Rights Movement that saw people challenge segregation in the Southern bus stations.
- Those who supported U.S. intervention to stop the spread of communism, but who opposed military means, and to those who opposed U.S. intervention altogether.
- Civil Rights leader who promoted equality by any means necessary.
- Locations of the two atomic bombs the United States dropped on Japan to help end World War Two.
- Weapon with great explosive power that results from the sudden release of energy upon the splitting, or fission, of the nuclei of a heavy element such as plutonium or uranium
- Movement that tried to establish equal rights for African Americans under the law.
- The dissemination of information—facts, arguments, rumor's, half-truths, or lies—to influence public opinion.
- President of the United States that was removed from office for the Watergate Scandal
- Sought to end discrimination of any group in the United States by law.
- Political belief that was directly opposed to Democracy
- An attempt by the United States to stop the spread of Communism
- the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism, anarchism or other leftist ideologies by a society or state.
- Even of the Civil Rights Movement that saw the African American Community of Birmingham Alabama boycott the city busses for segregation.
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- Civil Rights organization that promoted equal rights through non violence
- Civil Rights leader who promoted non violence.
- A type of protest that involved not comiting any violence or even defending ones self.
- The political practice of publicizing accusations of disloyalty or subversion with insufficient regard to evidence.
- Idea that if one nation fell to Communisms, the ones around it would likely fall as well.
- The location of Japans attack on the United States which brought America into World War Two.
23 Clues: Civil Rights leader who promoted non violence. • Political belief that was directly opposed to Democracy • An attempt by the United States to stop the spread of Communism • Civil Rights leader who promoted equality by any means necessary. • The equal rights of all people and mixing of races in public places. • ...
Civil War Crossword 2023-12-30
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- Abraham Lincoln issued Proclamation in 1863, declaring all slaves in Confederate territory to be free.
- Union Battleship that engaged in the first clash of ironclads (1862).
- Battle fought in 1863, was a turning point in the Civil War and a significant Union victory.
- Union plan implemented to suffocate the Southern states by blockading ports and controlling the Mississippi River.
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- To formally withdraw
- Single Bloodiest day of fighting in the Civil War.
- President of the Confederate States of America
- Place where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, ending the Civil War.
8 Clues: To formally withdraw • President of the Confederate States of America • Single Bloodiest day of fighting in the Civil War. • Union Battleship that engaged in the first clash of ironclads (1862). • Battle fought in 1863, was a turning point in the Civil War and a significant Union victory. • ...
History chapter 1-4 2021-12-07
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- Native to a region
- Belief that color has to do with a persons traits
- Local rulers are allowed to maintain their positions
- Strengthen the power of a country
- Explored the area of Great Britain
- involving the general public or civil affairs
- Landed property
- Sociological,economic,or polticial subdivision of society
- incorporate into an existing political unit
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- Not mapped
- governor who ruled as a representative of a monarch
- Caused first war of independence.
- Descendents of original Dutch settlers
- Nations power over other lands
- Officials from colonizing country
- To send a product
- Political unit that depends on another government for its protection
- Indian National Congress
- Indian Soldiers
- Journalist who found Livingstone
20 Clues: Not mapped • Indian Soldiers • Landed property • To send a product • Native to a region • Indian National Congress • Nations power over other lands • Journalist who found Livingstone • Caused first war of independence. • Officials from colonizing country • Strengthen the power of a country • Explored the area of Great Britain • Descendents of original Dutch settlers • ...
History chapter 1-4 2021-12-07
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- Native to a region
- Belief that color has to do with a persons traits
- Local rulers are allowed to maintain their positions
- Strengthen the power of a country
- Explored the area of Great Britain
- involving the general public or civil affairs
- Landed property
- Sociological,economic,or polticial subdivision of society
- incorporate into an existing political unit
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- Not mapped
- governor who ruled as a representative of a monarch
- Caused first war of independence.
- Descendents of original Dutch settlers
- Nations power over other lands
- Officials from colonizing country
- To send a product
- Political unit that depends on another government for its protection
- Indian National Congress
- Indian Soldiers
- Journalist who found Livingstone
20 Clues: Not mapped • Indian Soldiers • Landed property • To send a product • Native to a region • Indian National Congress • Nations power over other lands • Journalist who found Livingstone • Caused first war of independence. • Officials from colonizing country • Strengthen the power of a country • Explored the area of Great Britain • Descendents of original Dutch settlers • ...
History chapter 1-4 2021-12-07
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- Native to a region
- Belief that color has to do with a persons traits
- Local rulers are allowed to maintain their positions
- Strengthen the power of a country
- Explored the area of Great Britain
- involving the general public or civil affairs
- Landed property
- Sociological,economic,or polticial subdivision of society
- incorporate into an existing political unit
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- Not mapped
- governor who ruled as a representative of a monarch
- Caused first war of independence.
- Descendents of original Dutch settlers
- Nations power over other lands
- Officials from colonizing country
- To send a product
- Political unit that depends on another government for its protection
- Indian National Congress
- Indian Soldiers
- Journalist who found Livingstone
20 Clues: Not mapped • Indian Soldiers • Landed property • To send a product • Native to a region • Indian National Congress • Nations power over other lands • Journalist who found Livingstone • Caused first war of independence. • Officials from colonizing country • Strengthen the power of a country • Explored the area of Great Britain • Descendents of original Dutch settlers • ...
History chapter 1-4 2021-12-07
Across
- Native to a region
- Belief that color has to do with a persons traits
- Local rulers are allowed to maintain their positions
- Strengthen the power of a country
- Explored the area of Great Britain
- involving the general public or civil affairs
- Landed property
- Sociological,economic,or polticial subdivision of society
- incorporate into an existing political unit
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- Not mapped
- governor who ruled as a representative of a monarch
- Caused first war of independence.
- Descendents of original Dutch settlers
- Nations power over other lands
- Officials from colonizing country
- To send a product
- Political unit that depends on another government for its protection
- Indian National Congress
- Indian Soldiers
- Journalist who found Livingstone
20 Clues: Not mapped • Indian Soldiers • Landed property • To send a product • Native to a region • Indian National Congress • Nations power over other lands • Journalist who found Livingstone • Caused first war of independence. • Officials from colonizing country • Strengthen the power of a country • Explored the area of Great Britain • Descendents of original Dutch settlers • ...
Civil War Crossword 2023-01-30
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- The northern general who marched to the sea through georgia.
- The northern general who led the north to victory.
- The southern general Jackson's nickname.
- The highly respected southern general.
- The northern army, against slavery.
- The leader of the underground railroad
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- The cautious and indecisive northern general.
- The town where Lee finally surrendered.
- The southern army, wanted slavery.
- The formerly enslaved man who wrote autobiographies and fought against slavery.
- The woman who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
- The first battle of the civil war.
- The president of the united states and the Union, was against slavery.
13 Clues: The southern army, wanted slavery. • The first battle of the civil war. • The northern army, against slavery. • The woman who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin • The highly respected southern general. • The leader of the underground railroad • The town where Lee finally surrendered. • The southern general Jackson's nickname. • The cautious and indecisive northern general. • ...
Civil War Crossword 2023-01-18
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- Said, "All Slaves are Free!" January 1, 1863
- the Georgia General Assembly debated whether the state should join its fellow southern states in breaking away from the north
- Most notorious prisoner of war camp; officially named "Fort Sumter."
- A legal idea that states could cancel and ignore any federal laws that were considered unconstitutional.
- Missouri slave that sued for his freedom; was denied by the United State Supreme Court due to an all-white jury.
- Largest Union defeat; failure to follow-up on this victory lead to Sherman's Atlanta campaign.
- established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850
- Battles which led to Atlanta and railroads being completely destroyed and burned down.
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- Abraham Lincoln was elected which caused the South to succeed from the Union.
- Civil War Strategy designed to prevent the South from shipping its cotton to England in return for weapons and supplies.
- A state's interest should take priority over federal government.
- William T. Sherman burned down everything from Atlanta to Savannah.
- legislation were California was admitted as a free state, while southern states received the Fugitive Slave Act.
13 Clues: Said, "All Slaves are Free!" January 1, 1863 • A state's interest should take priority over federal government. • William T. Sherman burned down everything from Atlanta to Savannah. • Most notorious prisoner of war camp; officially named "Fort Sumter." • established Georgia's conditional acceptance of the Compromise of 1850 • ...
English Civil War 2017-10-03
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- Charles spent a lot of money on it
- This was a cause of the civil war
- a member of Parliament who rebels against Charles
- The king was appointed by God
- William Laud introduced a new one of these to Scotland
- The first name of Charles' wife
- This was a cause of the civil war
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- The religion of Charles' wife
- This was a cause of the civil war
- The name of Charles' father who was king before him
- most people in England were this religion
- Charles did not believe he should have to share power with them
- A Catholic rebellion took place here
- Charles was also king of this country
- The number of years Charles ruled without Parliament for
15 Clues: The religion of Charles' wife • The king was appointed by God • 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 crossword 2021-11-20
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- widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.
- American author and abolitionist.
- package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states
- Law was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free-Soilers.
- enslaved African-American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom
- 11th president of the usa
- widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.
- territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
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- was a United States federal legislation that stopped northern attempts to forever prohibit slavery's expansion by admitting Missouri as a slave state
- American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
- In the Treaty, Mexico agreed to surrender all claims to Texas and accept the Rio Grande as the boundary of that state.
- loyalty to ones own region or section of the country rather than to the country as a whole.
- mini civil war between pro- and anti-slavery forces that occurred in Kansas from 1856 to 1865.
- 16th president of the united states
14 Clues: 11th president of the usa • American author and abolitionist. • 16th president of the united states • territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. • enslaved African-American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom • loyalty to ones own region or section of the country rather than to the country as a whole. • ...
Civil War Crossword 2021-12-07
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- wartime nurse.
- bloodiest battle in American history.
- Nicknamed "Young Napoleon,"
- Northern territory and against slavery
- confederate general
- soldiers who fought with small arms
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- Confederate victory in Virginia
- Union states that still have slavery
- plan to shut off all Southern trade
- Union tactic to capture Richmond
- doctrine that freed slaves.
- place where Civil War began.
- tax on annual incomes over $800.
13 Clues: wartime nurse. • confederate general • doctrine that freed slaves. • Nicknamed "Young Napoleon," • place where Civil War began. • Confederate victory in Virginia • Union tactic to capture Richmond • tax on annual incomes over $800. • plan to shut off all Southern trade • soldiers who fought with small arms • Union states that still have slavery • ...
Civil war crossword 2023-12-04
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- A presidential proclamation that ended slavery in rebellion states
- the deadliest battle in the wae
- General who led "March to the sea"
- the enrollement act that was passed to provide fresh manpower for the union army
- A general who was shot by his own troops
- also called of the first battle of bull run
- general who surrendered to Ulysses S Grant
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- North states after 11 southern slaves states seceded
- An unrecognized breakaway republic in the southern
- A military strategy proposed by Union General Infield Scott
- the place Robert E Lee surrendered
- a war between the union and confederacy
- Created the possibility of civil and socical freedom fro african americans
13 Clues: the deadliest battle in the wae • the place Robert E Lee surrendered • General who led "March to the sea" • a war between the union and confederacy • A general who was shot by his own troops • general who surrendered to Ulysses S Grant • also called of the first battle of bull run • An unrecognized breakaway republic in the southern • ...
Civil War- Beginnings 2020-09-18
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- this region depended on slavery, agriculture, and plantations
- a word used to describe a person who was against slavery
- this many states broke away from the US once President Lincoln was elected
- this region had many factories and generally opposed slavery
- the idea that states had a right to block laws they did not like
- was elected President in the election of 1860
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- this compromise said Maine would be a free state, Missouri a slave state and drew a line
- last name of the slave who sued for his freedom
- this means having strong ties to one region
- Popular ___________ means having the people of a new state choose 'slave' or 'free'
- this was a major component of the Southern economy
- the last name of the non-winning candidate in the election of 1860
- Northerners favored policies that supported this
13 Clues: this means having strong ties to one region • was elected President in the election of 1860 • last name of the slave who sued for his freedom • Northerners favored policies that supported this • this was a major component of the Southern economy • a word used to describe a person who was against slavery • this region had many factories and generally opposed slavery • ...
The Civil War 2022-02-23
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- Promoting the interests of a section or region (such as the North or the South) instead of the entire country.
- an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
- Also called the North or the United States
- an enslaved African-American man who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for freedom for themselves and their two daughters
- To admit defeat and give up in the face of overwhelming odds.
- A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people
- When a person is murdered for political reasons.
- Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
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- passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850
- the states that seceded from the United States of America to form their own nation
- a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
- the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
- Land within the mainland boundaries of the country that had not yet become a state by 1861.
13 Clues: Also called the North or the United States • When a person is murdered for political reasons. • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. • To admit defeat and give up in the face of overwhelming odds. • an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. • a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. • ...
Civil War Vocab 2022-03-22
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- large estate/farm in the south
- term for a confederate soldier
- president of the north
- someone who moved to the south to seek profit
- nickname for a northerner
- to withdraw from a group
- concern in local interests rather than national
- name for the southern states
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- name for the army of the north
- movement to end slavery
- The time before the Civil War
- to murder someone of power or authority
- president of the confederacy
13 Clues: president of the north • movement to end slavery • to withdraw from a group • nickname for a northerner • president of the confederacy • name for the southern states • The time before the Civil War • name for the army of the north • large estate/farm in the south • term for a confederate soldier • to murder someone of power or authority • ...
Civil War Vocabulary 2015-03-31
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- to place within a trench, or ditch, for defense; to place in a strong defensive position
- corpus a legal order that guarantees a prisoner the right to be heard in court.
- the side or edge of a military formation
- freed slaves in parts of the South that were in rebellion. Allowed African Americans to join the military.
- a soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle
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- to formally join a military force
- state state on the border between the North and South: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
- refusal to give in
- a reward or payment
- a system of selecting people for required military service
- war a strategy of bringing war to the entire society, not just the military
- a warship equipped with iron plating for protection
- stream or smaller river that flows into a larger river
13 Clues: refusal to give in • a reward or payment • to formally join a military force • the side or edge of a military formation • a warship equipped with iron plating for protection • stream or smaller river that flows into a larger river • a system of selecting people for required military service • a soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle • ...
AAC Civil War 2023-02-22
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- runners supplies for Texas
- Known texas town for celebrating
- is Brownsville important cotton traders
- lincoln Emancipation proclamation
- Bureau African Americans
- controls brownsville once
- amendment outlawed slavery
- smith palmito ranch battle
- of Galveston Enslaved workers built in coast
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- controles brownsville once
- amendment protected rights
- governors Stopping general Smith
- Lee April 9th 1865 surrender
- african american jobs
- of the Palmito Ranch general smith commander
15 Clues: african american jobs • Bureau African Americans • controls brownsville once • controles brownsville once • runners supplies for Texas • amendment protected rights • amendment outlawed slavery • smith palmito ranch battle • Known texas town for celebrating • Lee April 9th 1865 surrender • governors Stopping general Smith • ...
Civil War Vocab 2021-02-15
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- Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
- to be free
- Warships covered with protective iro plates
- a type of rule in which military is in charge and citizens rights are suspended
- All out attacks aimed at destroying an enemy's army, its resources and its peoples will to fight.
- A system of required military service
- Tax on money people receive
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- state Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri,West Virginia
- An attempt to capture a place by surrounding it with military forces and cutting it off until the people inside surrender
- Military term for persons killed, wounded or missing in action
- not favoring either side
- Military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it
- general rise in prices
13 Clues: to be free • general rise in prices • not favoring either side • Tax on money people receive • A system of required military service • Warships covered with protective iro plates • Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment • state Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri,West Virginia • Military term for persons killed, wounded or missing in action • ...
Civil War Crossword 2021-05-19
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- James Buchanan of the Democrats won this against Millard Fillmore of the American Party.
- The fallowing quote is from who. "Now if... I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice and MINGLE MY BLOOD... with the blood of millions in this slave country"(McGraw 5).
- A Supreme Court case were a slave would sue his owner because he was taken into free states.
- On December 20, 1860 South Carolina voted to secede from the Union, and Mr.Crittenden proposed the idea of more for the south and slavery.
- Who's quote is this, "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors"(McGraw 3).
- This battle is marked as the battle that started the Civil War.
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- the idea to allow states citizens to vote on a free state or slave state.
- Abe Lincoln would have a series of heated debates and the were known as _____-_______ _______.
- an act that made it a law to return any escape slave.
- Abe Linclon won this election against John Bell
- This new nation has Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia had joined and South Carolina had seceded.
- this act made these two new territories an area open to slavery
- bill that made new territories have no limit on slavery, but Californiaa is a free state.
13 Clues: Abe Linclon won this election against John Bell • an act that made it a law to return any escape slave. • this act made these two new territories an area open to slavery • This battle is marked as the battle that started the Civil War. • the idea to allow states citizens to vote on a free state or slave state. • ...
Civil War vocabulary 2022-10-21
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- to give up something to end an argument/ an agreement reached when both sides give up something they want to solve an argument
- freedom from something
- government forgiveness of crimes
- war between people of the same country.
- the act of ending something, especially slavery
- to leave a group
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- to argue or discuss
- the group of states that broke away from the United States in 1860-1861
- a period of rebuilding, or the rebuilding of the South after the Civil War
- the practice of owning people as property
- To give credit or recognition
- a result or consequence
- a series of actions to accomplish a goal
13 Clues: to leave a group • to argue or discuss • freedom from something • a result or consequence • To give credit or recognition • government forgiveness of crimes • war between people of the same country. • a series of actions to accomplish a goal • the practice of owning people as property • the act of ending something, especially slavery • ...
Civil War Review 2022-09-05
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- under the concept of popular sovereignty, this act that gave Kansas and Nebraska the right to self-determine whether they would enter the union as a slave state or a free state
- the belief that the expansion of the US was both justified and inevitable which led to the mass killing of indigenous populations & the eventual claiming of all modern day America
- Supreme Court decision that said,“a negro, whose ancestors were imported into [the U.S.], and sold as slaves,” whether enslaved or free, could not be an American citizen and therefore did not have standing to sue in federal court.
- The compromise in the Constitution that allowed southern states to count their enslaved people as ⅗ of a person for the purposes of population for Congress
- a person who favors the abolition of the institution of slavery.
- the ability of new territories to determine if slavery should be allowed through referendum.
- in an effort to maintain the delicate balance of power between slave states and free states, Maine was admitted to the Union as a free state and Missouri was admitted as a slave state
- These laws made concessions to both free and slave states in an attempt to placate both sides of the slavery debate and preserve the union. The south gained by the strengthening of the fugitive slave law, the north gained a new free state, California. Texas lost territory but was compensated with 10 million dollars to pay for its debt. Slave trade was prohibited in Washington DC, but slavery was not.
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- a conglomeration of southern states that committed treason and rebelled against the US in an effort to retain the practices of slavery.
- a series of violent civil conflicts between pioneers in Kansas over the issue of whether Kansas would be a slave state or a free state
- undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
- The act of taking a state out of the Union of the United States of America.
- a Collection of 20 free states and 4 border slave states that remained loyal to the national government after the onset of the Civil War.
13 Clues: a person who favors the abolition of the institution of slavery. • The act of taking a state out of the Union of the United States of America. • the ability of new territories to determine if slavery should be allowed through referendum. • undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being. • ...
Abolitionists/Civil War 2019-10-21
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- Being set free
- Wrote the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Famous Union General
- Killed 60 slaves masters and their families
- Died with his sons after the raid on a Kansas arsenal
- Name for the North during the war
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- The fight to end slavery
- Conductor of the Underground Railroad
- Name for the South after they seceded
- Confederate General
- Major Southern cash crop
- Produced in Northern factories
- Eleven South States that left the U.S.
13 Clues: Being set free • Confederate General • Famous Union General • The fight to end slavery • Major Southern cash crop • Produced in Northern factories • Name for the North during the war • Conductor of the Underground Railroad • Name for the South after they seceded • Eleven South States that left the U.S. • Killed 60 slaves masters and their families • ...
The Civil War 2024-03-18
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- Last name of Union General.
- Last name of Confederate General.
- This military strategy caused a shortage of goods and food in the south due to the Union Army cutting off southern forces.
- This PLAN used by the Union Navy to cut off the south's supplies.
- This document declared that all slaves in the southern Confederate states should be set free. This was known as the ___ Proclamation.
- I am the president of the Union, or the United States.
- One of the greatest reasons that the north was able to defeat the south was because the Union had more resources. Resources were ________ differences (think about money).
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- Name we use for the South.
- I am the president of the Confederate States of America.
- This is the name given to the day that slavery was abolished and declared illegal in Texas.
- Because the Union blocked southern ports, the Confederacy was unable to receive or send out goods. This led to a decline in ____ production because they were unable to sell as much. THINK: What crop does the south make money on?
- My job used to be staying home and caring for my family while the men were at war, but now I am working in factories and on farms. I am a ______.
- Name we use for the North.
13 Clues: Name we use for the South. • Name we use for the North. • Last name of Union General. • Last name of Confederate General. • I am the president of the Union, or the United States. • I am the president of the Confederate States of America. • This PLAN used by the Union Navy to cut off the south's supplies. • ...
Civil War Newspaper 2025-04-01
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- First name of person who wrote an anti slavery paper
- Last name of person who created an army to free slaves in the South
- What was the first American tool of mass communication
- What ball was used in the Civil War and made firing guns way faster
- First name of the creator of the Underground railroad
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- What rights did Lincoln believe that all people should have no matter their race
- What slave act made it a crime to help runaway slaves
- Lincoln president who wanted to abolish slavery
- First name of person who started a campaign with 7 other slaves
- First name of person who went to court to become a freed slave
- believed in slavery
- didn't believe in slavery
- First name of the person who created the Cotton Gin
13 Clues: believed in slavery • didn't believe in slavery • Lincoln president who wanted to abolish slavery • First name of the person who created the Cotton Gin • First name of person who wrote an anti slavery paper • What slave act made it a crime to help runaway slaves • First name of the creator of the Underground railroad • ...
Civil War statistics 2025-05-08
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- The total soldiers for the Union?
- What was the North's total population pre-war?
- Miles of railroad tracks in the North?
- How many Confederate soldiers died?
- How many black soldiers fought in the war?
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- How many Union soldiers died?
- What was the South's total population pre-war?
- Confederate soldiers wages
- How many horse casualties occured?
- Northern injuries
- Southern injuries
- Miles of railroad tracks in the South?
- How many woman soldiers for the confederacy?
- White Union soldiers wages
14 Clues: Northern injuries • Southern injuries • Confederate soldiers wages • White Union soldiers wages • How many Union soldiers died? • The total soldiers for the Union? • How many horse casualties occured? • How many Confederate soldiers died? • Miles of railroad tracks in the South? • Miles of railroad tracks in the North? • How many black soldiers fought in the war? • ...
Civil War Review 2025-05-12
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- Court House, Where did Robert E Lee surrender
- Davis, who was the president of the Confederacy?
- and Wait Out, Name the Southern military strategy
- of friendly fire at the Battle of Chancellorsville
- March to the Sea, Which campaign most significantly impacted the outcome of the 1864 election?
- True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation freed all the enslaved people in the United States
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- the Confederates' resources and spirit, Sherman’s Total War was intended to achieve what end?
- Jackson, -Lee’s “Righthand Man”
- the name “Stonewall” because his unit remained firm under enemy fire
- description above is associated with which of the following historical figures?
- tribute to the fallen Union troops and to motivate Union troops, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was intended to achieve what?
- which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
- which of the following helped to carry out the Anaconda plan?
13 Clues: Jackson, -Lee’s “Righthand Man” • Court House, Where did Robert E Lee surrender • Davis, who was the president of the Confederacy? • and Wait Out, Name the Southern military strategy • of friendly fire at the Battle of Chancellorsville • which of the following helped to carry out the Anaconda plan? • which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War? • ...
Civil War & Reconstruction 2025-09-10
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- amendment (1865) to the Constitution of the United States that formally abolished slavery
- was an unwritten deal, informally arranged among U.S. Congressmen, that settled the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election. It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and formally ending the Reconstruction Era
- removed voting restrictions and office-holding disqualification against most of the Southerners who participated in the Civil War
- Loyalty to the interests of your own region rather than the interests of the whole nation
- criminal codes that protected African-Americans’ right to vote, to hold office, to serve on juries, and receive equal protection of laws; the laws also allowed the federal government to intervene when states did not act to protect these rights.
- the process by which the states that had seceded were reorganized as part of the Union after the Civil War, which took place from 1865–77.
- restored the United States as a unified nation: by 1877, all of the former Confederate states had drafted new constitutions, acknowledged the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, and pledged their loyalty to the U.S. government.
- an agency of the War Department set up in 1865 to assist freed slaves in obtaining relief, land, jobs, fair treatment, and education
- restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War
- guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
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- Reconstruction plan by President Johnson that allowed former Confederates who pledged loyalty to the Union received amnesty and pardon; all of their property was restored, the highest officials in the Confederacy had to apply to Johnson in person for pardon States could be restored fully into the Union after they wrote new constitutions that accepted the abolition of slavery, repudiated secession, and canceled the Confederate debt.
- states that anyone born in the United States is a citizen and has the rights of a citizen, guarantees "due process" of law, and "equal protection” of the laws to all citizens.
- was an order by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to free slaves in 10 states that were in rebellion against the Union in 1863 (it did not apply to the slaves in the border states)
13 Clues: amendment (1865) to the Constitution of the United States that formally abolished slavery • Loyalty to the interests of your own region rather than the interests of the whole nation • guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” • ...
Clara Barton 2022-05-19
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- The war fought over the moral issue of slavery.
- Clara faced prejudice because of the lack of ___ ____ at the time.
- The quality Clara showed through her efforts risking her life for others. (starts with the letter "S")
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- A raid led by abolitionist John Brown.
- The association that Clara founded.
- The first major battle of the civil war where Clara helped soldiers who were wounded.
- The bloodiest single day battle of the civil war.
- This form of care was needed from Clara in the war.
8 Clues: The association that Clara founded. • A raid led by abolitionist John Brown. • The war fought over the moral issue of slavery. • The bloodiest single day battle of the civil war. • This form of care was needed from Clara in the war. • Clara faced prejudice because of the lack of ___ ____ at the time. • ...
Complete the crossword below 2014-10-07
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- Indians who remained with the Union (the North) during the Civil War.
- Conflict that involves revenge killings.
- Large group of religious congregations, such as the Presbyterians, Methodists, Quaker, Baptist.
- Person who disagrees with the majority.
- Land set aside for an Indian tribe to live on.
- Term for the South during the Civil War.
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- A person who flees her or his homeland to avoid the dangers of war.
- Document listing the people's powers of free action that government cannot interfere with.
- Subdivision of the government that interprets the laws in individual cases.
- withdrawn or separated from an organization such as a federation of states.
10 Clues: Person who disagrees with the majority. • Conflict that involves revenge killings. • Term for the South during the Civil War. • Land set aside for an Indian tribe to live on. • A person who flees her or his homeland to avoid the dangers of war. • Indians who remained with the Union (the North) during the Civil War. • ...
Civil War Crossward 2023-04-03
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- used to shoot people
- what happened to many men
- What caused non-combative deaths
- The people who wanted everyone to have equal rights
- Another word for disiperance
- The unions enemy
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- what was going on
- the BLOODIEST battle
- what they were fighting for
- civil war time president
- People working with no freedom
- what the slaves collect
12 Clues: The unions enemy • what was going on • the BLOODIEST battle • used to shoot people • what the slaves collect • what happened to many men • civil war time president • what they were fighting for • Another word for disiperance • People working with no freedom • What caused non-combative deaths • The people who wanted everyone to have equal rights
Ivan Van - Period 2-5 Review Crossword Puzzle 3 2021-05-08
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- This party was largely focused on the single issue of opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories of the United States. It later merged into the Republican Party.
- This clause only allowed a man to vote if his grandfather or father had voted prior to January 1, 1867; at that time, most African Americans had been slaves, therefore causing most African Americans to be ineligible to vote while excluding whites from poll taxes and literacy tests.
- A phrase commonly used to restrict the increasing hire of Irish Immigrants. People were complaining that they were taking the "white mans" jobs.
- This treaty ended the war between the United States and Mexico. By its terms, Mexico had to ceded 55 percent of its territory, including parts of present-day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, to the United States; expanding the US by 1/3 and opening debates over slavery.
- An unwritten deal, informally arranged among U.S. Congressmen, that settled the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election. It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and ending the Reconstruction Era
- This bill required that 50 percent of a confederate state's white males to take a loyalty oath to be readmitted to the Union. In addition, states were required to give blacks the right to vote. However, this was pocket vetoed by Lincoln and never went into effect.
- A legal arrangement with regard to agricultural land in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land. Usually the tenant were overcharged and left in debt, basically making them slaves against but in a legal sense.
- This act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and allowed for popular sovereignty. producing a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.
- Occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War.
- The result of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, 16,000 Native Americans were marched over 1,200 miles of rugged land. Over 4,000 of these Indians died of disease, famine, and warfare.
- A tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote, usually used in order to prevent blacks from voting (due to most of them being poor).
- A war between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America. The principal cause of the war was the status of slavery in the United States, especially in the territories.
- A Supreme Court Decision which states that slaves are not citizens and could not sue and that slaves were property and therefore could not be taken away without due process (congress could not abolish slavery), and finally stated that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional, this opened the north to slavery.
- amendment that abolished slavery
- A package of separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War. Included: California is a free state, slave trade is abolished in DC, popular sovereignty determines whether Kansas and Nebraska are free or slave states, and North has to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.
- A test administered as a precondition for voting, often used to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote as most blacks were illiterate.
- Also known as Custer’s Last Stand, was a war culminated in June 1876, when Colonel George A. Custer and all his men invaded and were killed by Sioux Indians at this battle in southern Montana, after gold was found on the reservation.
- A group that was organized after the Civil war to initiate white supremacy. The Southern establishment of white men took charge by passing discriminatory laws known as the black codes. These codes gave whites almost unlimited power over freed blacks. The KKK masked themselves and burned black churches, schools, and terrorized black people.
- Amendment that granted citizenship and equal protection of the law (due process) for African Americans, overturned the Dred Scott Decision. No Ex-Confederates could hold US office.
- An important agency of early Reconstruction established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War.
- Provided suffrage for African American males.
- The political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including the support of immigration-restriction measures. Usually come in the form of hate towards immigrants.
- The period after the American Civil War, during which the United States grappled with the challenges of reintegrating into the Union the states that had seceded and determining the legal status of African Americans.
- A movement largely based in the United States which sought to gain equal rights and opportunities and greater personal freedom for women such as suffrage.
- The principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power.
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- An unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. Was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War.
- Issued on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. This proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
- An act that was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.
- A series of acts of Congress that promoted the construction of a "transcontinental railroad" in the United States through authorizing the issuance of government bonds and the grants of land to railroad companies.
- An invention by Samuel Morse that used a system of dots and dashes to send messages across long distances electronically through a wire. It connected the differnet hemispheres of the world, allowing for more communication between people.
- One of two major political parties in the United States. Founded as a coalition opposing the extension of slavery into Western territories, this party fought to protect the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.
- Laws created by white southerners to enforce racial segregation across the South. Restricted actions of freed blacks in the South.
- a conflict between the United States and Mexico, stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (the Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (the U.S. claim). This war ended through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
- An abolitionist society whos goals were to convince both white Southerners and Northerners of slavery's inhumanity. The organization sent lecturers across the North to convince people of slavery's brutality. The speakers hoped to convince people that slavery was immoral and ungodly and thus should be outlawed.
- Enacted during the Civil War, this act provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. Claimants were required to “improve” the plot by building a dwelling and cultivating the land.
- One of the most infamous political machines in American history, this Democratic Party machine played a major role in controlling New York City and New York politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s.
- The election in which Union's victory and election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln was guaranteed, due to high voter counts in the North and split democratic candidates. This started the civil war as the South threatened to secede if Abraham Lincoln was elected, which inevitably happened.
- Militant American abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in hopes that it would spark a slave rebellion, ultimately failed and were caught and hanged soon after.
- A federal Law in which Prohibited the President from removing a member of his cabinet without seeking approval of Senate. President Johnson was impeached for violating this act.
- The group European immigrants who came mainly from Northern and Central Europe (Germany and England), they were mostly protestant and they came in groups of families they were highly skilled, older in age, and had moderate amount of money in addition, they were quick to assimilate with the American citizens.
- A violent beating from Representative Preston Brooks on Senator Charles Sumner after Sumner two days earlier in which he fiercely criticized slaveholders, including a relative of Brooks, Andrew Butler. Contributed significantly to the country's polarization over the issue of slavery and has been considered symbolic of the "breakdown of reasoned discourse" and the use of violence that eventually led to the Civil War.
- On November 29, 1864, roughly 700 federal troops attacked a village of 500 Cheyenne and Arapaho. An unprovoked attack on men, women, and children, the massacre marked a turning point in the relationship between American Indian tribes and the Federal Government.
- A group of younger mostly male dominant immigrants, coming from Eastern and Southern Europe from countries like Italy, Poland, Greece, Russia in search of Economic opportunities, but most of them never intended to become American citizen, they were either catholic, orthodox, or Jewish they came impoverished, unskilled, and illiterate also most of these immigrants came separately as a form of smaller groups or individuals like a father and son or single men who were looking for jobs.
- An unrecognized breakaway state in existence, that fought against the United States of America during the American Civil War. An explicitly white-supremacist, pro-slavery, and antidemocratic nation-state, dedicated to the principle that all men are not created equal.
- A nativist group that was created to combat foreign influences and to uphold and promote traditional American ways. They wanted to ban Catholics from holding offices and called for tougher immigration and naturalization laws.
- A mini civil war between pro- and anti-slavery forces that occurred in Kansas from 1856 to 1865. Following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, thousands of Northerners and Southerners came to the newly created Kansas Territory, resulting in extreme tensions and violent civil confrontations.
- The remaining Americans (Northerners) that stayed within the United States after the secession of the Southern States. They opposed slavery, but originally was fighting the Civil War simply to keep the nation intact.
47 Clues: amendment that abolished slavery • Provided suffrage for African American males. • Occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War. • Laws created by white southerners to enforce racial segregation across the South. Restricted actions of freed blacks in the South. • ...
Reconstruction Crossword 2022-11-22
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- allow the south's __ participation in Congress
- the amendment that grants citizenship to people born in the United States, including former enslaved people
- the guy that took over reconstruction after Lincoln was assassinated
- __ and protect civil rights for black people
- the amendment that forbids slavery and involuntary servitude unless used as a punishment
- readmitting the southern states and allowing their future involvement in congress falls under this category of goals
- the things the government wanted to accomplish during reconstruction
- the guy who started post-war preparations before a formal surrender happened
- the amendment that allowed black men to vote
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- the branch of government that assumed responsibility for reconstruction with the president
- when a person buys a portion of land from a landowner in exchange for some of their crops
- the 13th, 14th, and 15th were added during reconstruction
- the economy the government wanted to restore after the war
- a person that occupies land that's being rented from a landlord
- an organization made in 1865 by Congress that helped former slaves and poor white people in the south after the war
- political, economical, and __
- restoring the southern economy and rebuilding structures fall under this category of goals
- a plan made by Lincoln t allow past confederate states back into the Union after a portion of their voters took an oath to the Union
- the time period after the Civil War that was used to focus on the rebuilding of the U.S.
- the racist and white supremacist group that achieved their political goals during the reconstruction era (last word in their name)
20 Clues: political, economical, and __ • __ and protect civil rights for black people • the amendment that allowed black men to vote • allow the south's __ participation in Congress • the 13th, 14th, and 15th were added during reconstruction • the economy the government wanted to restore after the war • a person that occupies land that's being rented from a landlord • ...
unit 5 westward expansion 2024-04-11
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- by 1880 ,the __ had almost completely disappeared from the great plains (wk 20)
- the american __ where not bystander in civil war (wk 19)
- stephen dougles was a __ from illinois in in 1858 (wk 18)
- the cotton gin was a __ wooden box with a crank on the side (wk 17)
- The greatest ___for the US during the War of 1812 actually happened after the Treaty of Ghent.(wk 15)
- the cause of the __ of enslaved people (wk 19)
- ___reveals was a veteran of the union army (wk 20)
- they only had what the __ enslaved had given them (wk 21)
- he__ to learn more about them(wk 16)
- The US wished to remain neutral __the war between Great Britain and France. (wk 15)
- During the early 18th century the __ States was a new country. (WK15)
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- during the first Industrial revolution the Economy of the united states __ (wk 17)
- __ in every colony and then in every state (wk 18)
- on april 9th the __ army surrendered and the civil war came to a end (wk 20)
- pennsylvaina and __had a argument about the border between them in 1763 (wk 18)
- for __ four cents an acre (wk 16)
- there where not many jobs __ in the cities (wk 19 )
- samuel __ was born in England in 1768 (wk 17)
- the freedom bureau kept the records that history still use __ (wk 20)
- the battle of new Orleans was fought over the mouth of the __ river (wk 15)
- there is no __ that the transcontinental railroad changed america forever (wk 21)
21 Clues: for __ four cents an acre (wk 16) • he__ to learn more about them(wk 16) • samuel __ was born in England in 1768 (wk 17) • the cause of the __ of enslaved people (wk 19) • __ in every colony and then in every state (wk 18) • ___reveals was a veteran of the union army (wk 20) • there where not many jobs __ in the cities (wk 19 ) • ...
American History Final Exam Practice 2025-05-20
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- President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
- This theory stated that if one country fell to Communism, many would follow
- Military alliance of Democratic countries during Cold War
- This was the first object sent into space
- This project led to the creation of the first Atomic Bomb
- This group fought for the rights of Native Americans
- Civil Rights icon that refused to move on a Montgomery bus
- This theory attempted to keep communism in its borders
- Process of providing supplies to the people of West Berlin
- This court case established "separate but equal"
- Economic plan to rebuild Eastern Europe by the Soviets
- This group fought for the rights of migrant farm workers
- This 1965 Act ended discrimination in poll booths during elections
- Economic plan to rebuild Western Europe by the Americans
- This 1964 Act ended discrimination in public facilities
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- President famous for Watergate and ending Vietnam War
- President during the height of the Vietnam War
- This was the mass movement of people to the outskirts of cities
- President known for Conservatism during the 1980s
- Military alliance of Communist Eastern European countries
- This was the belief that Communists were in the U.S. government
- Laws in the South that targeted African Americans
- This was the closest the United States got to nuclear annihilation
- Main opponent of the United States during the Cold War
- Major leader of the Civil Rights movement that led peaceful protests
- President that dropped the atomic bomb on Japan ending WWII
- President that was a leading general during WWII
27 Clues: President during the Cuban Missile Crisis • This was the first object sent into space • President during the height of the Vietnam War • President that was a leading general during WWII • This court case established "separate but equal" • President known for Conservatism during the 1980s • Laws in the South that targeted African Americans • ...
Social Studies Semester 2 Review 2023-05-12
Across
- art, food, music, people, and way of life in a country
- he invented the electric lightbulb
- WW2 helped end it
- Steve Jobs started this company
- more opportunities for work is an example of a _____
- very sudden increase in size
- the USA was the largest ______ producer in the 20th century
- a territory needs this to become a state
- Italy, Germany, and Japan formed this in WW2
- Bill Gates started this company
- this sport became popular in the 1920s
- ______ theater was very popular in the 1920s
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- it ended with the end of the civil war
- separation of people based on their skin color
- they have power to make a new state in the USA
- goods became _____ in the economic boom of the 1920s
- the _____ twenties is what the period after WW1 is called
- technological improvement in the 1920s
- this people settled in the central parts of the USA
- he or she must sign a bill that turns a territory into a state
- this country attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
- industry connected to people traveling
- refusing to buy a product or use a service as a protest
- war the war between the north and south in the USA in 1860s
- the side the USA was on in WW2
- when the economy is weak, people have ______
- music that was popular in the 1920s
- something that helped people transport goods over rivers and waterways
- they had control of Cuba, the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico at the end of the Spanish American War
29 Clues: WW2 helped end it • very sudden increase in size • the side the USA was on in WW2 • Steve Jobs started this company • Bill Gates started this company • he invented the electric lightbulb • music that was popular in the 1920s • it ended with the end of the civil war • technological improvement in the 1920s • industry connected to people traveling • ...
Montt's Regime 2025-05-09
Across
- Guatemalan military unit responsible for massacres during Ríos Montt's regime.
- Víctores Guatemalan president ousted Ríos Montt in 1983.
- 82 1982 military operation aimed at rural pacification.
- Fernando Ramírez Guatemalan journalist who died during protests against Ríos Montt's political ambitions.
- y Frijoles Guatemalan military strategy combining civilian cooperation and armed defense.
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- Guatemala's indigenous population targeted during counterinsurgency.
- (Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica) Guatemalan human rights organization documenting atrocities during the civil war.
- de Autodefensa Civil Guatemalan term for "self-defense patrols" formed during Ríos Montt's regime.
- (Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico) Guatemalan commission investigating human rights violations during the civil war.
- Erres Guatemalan city where over 200 civilians were killed in a 1982 massacre.
- (Frente Republicano Guatemalteco) Guatemalan political party founded by Ríos Montt in 1989.
11 Clues: 82 1982 military operation aimed at rural pacification. • Víctores Guatemalan president ousted Ríos Montt in 1983. • Guatemala's indigenous population targeted during counterinsurgency. • Guatemalan military unit responsible for massacres during Ríos Montt's regime. • Erres Guatemalan city where over 200 civilians were killed in a 1982 massacre. • ...
Lead up to the civil war 2025-10-20
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- An American abolitionist in the decades preceding the Civil War
- An agricultural product that increased slavery in the south
- A law that admitted Missouri as a slave state
- the political and social movement to end slavery and the slave trade
- required the seizure and return of escaped enslaved people to their owners
- a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that held the U.S. Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African descent
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- A series of five legislatives acts meant to prevent the civil war
- A law that allowed residents to vote on slavery
- A system in which enslaved people are treated as personal property
- A conflict between Mexico and the United States over territories
- a series of violent civil confrontations in the Kansas Territory
11 Clues: A law that admitted Missouri as a slave state • A law that allowed residents to vote on slavery • An agricultural product that increased slavery in the south • An American abolitionist in the decades preceding the Civil War • A conflict between Mexico and the United States over territories • a series of violent civil confrontations in the Kansas Territory • ...
socials 9 2022-10-27
Across
- the practice of magic
- a Civil War that erupted when gov Berkeley tried to stop farmers from removing Indians
- separatists who had completely split away
- an independent country or community, especially a democratic republic
- someone trying to purify the established church from within
- Colonial America’s first elected legislature
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- a written agreement to abide by the rules of the colony
- antiestablishment agitators
- a person who believes in deism
- supporters of the parliament of England during the English Civil War
10 Clues: the practice of magic • antiestablishment agitators • a person who believes in deism • separatists who had completely split away • Colonial America’s first elected legislature • a written agreement to abide by the rules of the colony • someone trying to purify the established church from within • supporters of the parliament of England during the English Civil War • ...
History 2023-03-29
Across
- the principle that all people and institutions are subject to
- member of the Russian nobility
- a political unit founded on law and united by agreement
- Protestants in England inspired by Calvinist ideas
- a system where a ruler claims to hold total power
- the rights with which people are born with
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- Supporters of Parliament in the English Civil War
- Supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War
- power; the person in command
- the title used by Russian emperors
10 Clues: power; the person in command • member of the Russian nobility • the title used by Russian emperors • the rights with which people are born with • Supporters of Parliament in the English Civil War • a system where a ruler claims to hold total power • Protestants in England inspired by Calvinist ideas • a political unit founded on law and united by agreement • ...
The American Civil War 2023-04-25
Across
- The North began a process of modernization and industrialization
- The year that all the states North to Maryland abolished Slavery
- People that were opposed of Slavery formed a movement called?
- Robert E. Lee surrendered where?
- Slaves were considered ... to their owners?
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- What was the major issue that started the American Civil War?
- Field Slaves worked in them
- The American Civil War lasted from
- The most important crop grown on the plantation
- 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? • ...
Countries of the Middle East 2023-12-18
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- this country was founded by Kemal Ataturk
- this country is led by an ayatollah
- This country has the largest population in the mideast
- this country was devastated by civil war and ISIS
- a landlocked country in the middle east
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- Saddam Hussain once invaded this country
- This country was rocked by a large explosion in 2020
- this country is in a civil war, Houthi Rebels
- This country was devastated by ISIS, and the genocide of the Yazidi
- this country hosts the yearly Hajj
10 Clues: this country hosts the yearly Hajj • this country is led by an ayatollah • a landlocked country in the middle east • Saddam Hussain once invaded this country • this country was founded by Kemal Ataturk • this country is in a civil war, Houthi Rebels • this country was devastated by civil war and ISIS • This country was rocked by a large explosion in 2020 • ...
History of russia 2024-06-12
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- Bolshevik leader during the October Revolution.
- A faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party led by Lenin
- Russian royal family executed in 1918
- City where the Bolshevik revolution began
- A failed military coup against the Bolsheviks in 1918
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- The opposition group against the Bolsheviks during the Civil War
- The event that led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
- The first Soviet state security organization
- Soviet economic policy introduced in 1921
- 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 • ...
American History Final Exam Review 2022-05-16
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- pledge to warn before attacking neutral ships by Germany
- location of famous concentration camp in Poland
- killing an entire ethnic group
- Last name of the leader of the AFL
- location of battle that used island hopping
- shares of ownership in a company
- Location where soldiers waited 24 for medical treatment
- Last name of 1st female elected to Congress
- Last name of senator who opposed the League of Nations
- attempt to force block movement of people and goods into or out of a place
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- Name of Treaty that ended WWII
- policy of extending the nations rule over other territories and countries
- Last name of president that keep us out of the War
- Name of the riot to strike for an 8 hour workday
- type of war where civilians are brought into the war
- Turning Point battle of the Civil War
- Last name of the author of Native Son
- Topic of Lincoln Douglas debates
- system of protecting ships as war defense
- understanding between nations
- Last name of presidential Constitutional Union Party candidate
21 Clues: understanding between nations • Name of Treaty that ended WWII • killing an entire ethnic group • Topic of Lincoln Douglas debates • shares of ownership in a company • Last name of the leader of the AFL • Turning Point battle of the Civil War • Last name of the author of Native Son • system of protecting ships as war defense • location of battle that used island hopping • ...
Civilization 2014-03-13
Legendary Personalities 2025-10-08
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 • Mughal ruler known for tolerance • Fought apartheid in South Africa • Indian emperor who embraced peace
US History Review 2024-04-26
Across
- Loser of the French and Indian War
- Father of the Constitution
- Final major battle of the Revolution
- Primary author of the Declaration of Independence
- Proclamation declare all slaves in rebelling states free
- First Vice President
- Period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
- Author of Common Sense
- People were more loyal to their region than the Country
- opposite of rural
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- The name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed on
- Primary cause of the War of 1812
- The first successful English Colony in North America
- tried to start a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry
- Person who was against slavery
- President of the "Common Man"
- Gained their Independence from Mexico in 1836
- First Secretary of the Treasury
- Religion of William Penn
19 Clues: opposite of rural • First Vice President • Author of Common Sense • Religion of William Penn • Father of the Constitution • President of the "Common Man" • Person who was against slavery • First Secretary of the Treasury • Primary cause of the War of 1812 • Loser of the French and Indian War • Final major battle of the Revolution • The name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed on • ...
Vocab 1.1 2025-09-04
Across
- Also called Black Codes, these southern laws were designed to control freedmen and their descendants, as well as help plantation owners take advantage of their former slaves.
- Adopted in February 1870, this addition to the Constitution guarantees the right to vote regardless of race.
- Formerly enslaved people who were freed after the US Civil War.
- When a farmer gives a part of the crops he or she grows to their landlord as a form of rent payment.
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- Former rebels used this negative term to describe white southerners who supported Republicans and Reconstruction.
- The time period (1865-1877) following the US Civil War when the defeated southern states were rebuilt.
- When an unlawful mob puts someone to death by hanging them, often mutilating the body afterwards.
- Adopted in January 1865, this addition to the Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
- A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
- Adopted in July 1868, this addition to the Constitution grants citizenship to everyone born in the US and protects civil and political liberties.
10 Clues: Formerly enslaved people who were freed after the US Civil War. • When an unlawful mob puts someone to death by hanging them, often mutilating the body afterwards. • When a farmer gives a part of the crops he or she grows to their landlord as a form of rent payment. • ...
WW1 2023-04-21
Across
- A speech from Abraham Lincon
- The opinions or actions of people who believe that a country should use military methods to gain power.
- Trying to keep others away from an area that they use or control.
- Refusal to take part in a war between other powers.
- A form of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens.
- During the U.S. civil war this side supported slavery
- the country that was blamed for WW1 and had to pay for the damages
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- A form of government run by the people
- president during WW1
- during the U.S. civil war this side opposed slavery
10 Clues: president during WW1 • A speech from Abraham Lincon • A form of government run by the people • Refusal to take part in a war between other powers. • during the U.S. civil war this side opposed slavery • During the U.S. civil war this side supported slavery • Trying to keep others away from an area that they use or control. • ...
The Civil War and Alabama 2024-02-08
Across
- was scarce in Alabama when the Civil War started
- the U.S. maintained the balance between "free" and "slave" states with
- was the last Confederate ship fighting in the Battle of Mobile Bay
- was the first state to secede from the Union when Lincoln was elected president
- are the states who left the Union
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- led the Confederate troops that attacked the men at Fort Sumter
- required all people escaping enslavement to be captured by lase enforcement and returned to their enslavers
- wrote and issued the Emancipation Proclamation
- Civil War battles took place in Alabama
- is a war where citizens within a country are fighting against each other
10 Clues: are the states who left the Union • Civil War battles took place in Alabama • wrote and issued the Emancipation Proclamation • was scarce in Alabama when the Civil War started • led the Confederate troops that attacked the men at Fort Sumter • was the last Confederate ship fighting in the Battle of Mobile Bay • ...
Clara Barton 2022-05-19
Across
- The war fought over the moral issue of slavery.
- Clara faced prejudice because of the lack of ___ ____ at the time.
- The quality Clara showed through her efforts risking her life for others. (starts with the letter "S")
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- A raid led by abolitionist John Brown.
- The association that Clara founded.
- The first major battle of the civil war where Clara helped soldiers who were wounded.
- The bloodiest single day battle of the civil war.
- This form of care was needed from Clara in the war.
8 Clues: The association that Clara founded. • A raid led by abolitionist John Brown. • The war fought over the moral issue of slavery. • The bloodiest single day battle of the civil war. • This form of care was needed from Clara in the war. • Clara faced prejudice because of the lack of ___ ____ at the time. • ...
Civics Final Exam Review 2024-03-28
Across
- One of the native american tribes in Louisiana
- number of years a president serves
- Amendment that made it to where male citizen of any race (can vote).
- a change to the Constitution
- branch of government that review laws
- number of years a senator is elected
- income taxes?
- Who makes federal laws?
- Gulf war fought by the United States in the 1990s
- war fought by the United States in the 1960s
- first Postmaster General of the United States
- Who was the first president?
- What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? bill of __?
- During WWII, the US fought Germany, Italy and what other country?
- During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
- Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
- attacked the US on September 11, 2001
- Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
- What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
- In what month do we vote for President?*
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- Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
- Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
- How many U.S. Senators are there?
- Who led the United States during the Civil War?
- What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
- person in charge of the executive branch
- amendment that allowed women's suffrage
- Who was President during World War I?
- What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
- what is the supreme law of the land?
- age required to be able to vote
- number of years a representative is elected
- What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
- What is the economic system in the United States?*
- highest court in the United States
- right of citizens
- How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
- Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
- the 15th of what month is the last day to file
39 Clues: income taxes? • right of citizens • Who makes federal laws? • a change to the Constitution • Who was the first president? • age required to be able to vote • How many U.S. Senators are there? • number of years a president serves • highest court in the United States • number of years a senator is elected • what is the supreme law of the land? • branch of government that review laws • ...
Revolution in England 2021-11-02
Across
- The king's supporters in the English Civil War
- Another name for the Royalists
- Parliament's supporters in the English Civil War
- While Cromwell ruled, England did not have a ____ for almost 10 years
- The way the Oliver Cromwell ruled England
- By the late 1600's, English monarchs had to obey the ____ and govern together with Parliament
- After Oliver Cromwell died, ____ brought back the monarchy
- James I believed in the _____ of kings
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- English Bill of Rights created this
- This king was put to death by Oliver Cromwell
- Many of the members of Parliament's House of Commons
- No _____ had to be fought in the Glorious Revolution
- When William and Mary arrived with their army, James fled to _____
- Many European monarchs believed they got their power from _____
14 Clues: Another name for the Royalists • English Bill of Rights created this • James I believed in the _____ of kings • The way the Oliver Cromwell ruled England • This king was put to death by Oliver Cromwell • The king's supporters in the English Civil War • Parliament's supporters in the English Civil War • Many of the members of Parliament's House of Commons • ...
April 2023-03-30
Across
- this season starts with the same letter as April
- the feast jesus celbrated with his apostles before the agony in the garden
- this battle of the Civil War was fought on April 9th, 1865
- this holiday is celebrated on April 9th when Jesus ressurected
- the amount of days in April
- this battle of the Civil War was fought on April 6th, 1862
- a holiday in April that celebrates our planet on April 22
- the season April is in
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- first holiday in april celebrated on April 1st
- a holiday in April celbrating the patriots of our country on April 17
- the day easter is on
- fun little things we pull on April Fool's Day
- _____ _______ bring May flowers
- the man who rose from the dead
14 Clues: the day easter is on • the season April is in • the amount of days in April • the man who rose from the dead • _____ _______ bring May flowers • fun little things we pull on April Fool's Day • first holiday in april celebrated on April 1st • this season starts with the same letter as April • a holiday in April that celebrates our planet on April 22 • ...
Russian Revolution 2025-02-18
Across
- What did Lenin call the Russian working class people?
- This means to step down as king.
- Who led the Bolsheviks?
- Who helped Alexandra rule Russia while Nicolas was fighting in WWI?
- What army did the Allies support in the Russian Civil War?
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- What document got Russia out of WWI?
- Who was in charge of spreading Communist propaganda in Russia?
- Who did Stalin have assassinated in Mexico?
- What army was made up of communists in the Russian Civil War?
- Who failed to make political, social, and economic changes in Russia?
- What were the Communist secret police called?
- What does the word “Bolsheviks” mean?
- Who was the more moderate group of Russians who supported a less radical revolution?
- Who took over the USSR after Lenin's death?
14 Clues: Who led the Bolsheviks? • This means to step down as king. • What document got Russia out of WWI? • What does the word “Bolsheviks” mean? • Who did Stalin have assassinated in Mexico? • Who took over the USSR after Lenin's death? • What were the Communist secret police called? • What did Lenin call the Russian working class people? • ...
Technologies & Innovations by: Madi Manwill & Caroline Fuller 2014-01-28
Across
- Ball The type of bullet invented during the civil war
- The earliest innovation ever invented that was used in the war
- The invention used to send messages throughout the war
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- Morse The person who invented morse code
- Musket a type of gun used
- Army The inventors of the rifle
- The most important invention of the Civil War
7 Clues: Musket a type of gun used • Army The inventors of the rifle • Morse The person who invented morse code • The most important invention of the Civil War • Ball The type of bullet invented during the civil war • The invention used to send messages throughout the war • The earliest innovation ever invented that was used in the war
Midterm Review Mods 7,8,9 2021-04-05
Across
- the battle held here was one of the most important in determining the outcome of the war
- the Supreme Court decision that indicated that slaves were property and never had the right to be free
- Robert E. Lee surrendered at this court house and the Civil War was officially over
- the southern states felt they had no choice but to do this, they lost their voice in government
- they had the advantage during the Civil War, with a bigger population, better transport systems, better food supply, etc.
- this Act divided territory in the west and allowed for popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue, this overturned the Missouri Compromise
- the idea that God had ordained the expansion of the U.S. territory from coast to coast
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- the ability for the people to choose for themselves, Stephen Douglas was a big advocate for this idea
- Lincoln advocated that this was the only way to end slavery
- this amendment freed the slaves in all the country
- preserving this was the North's main reason for getting involved in the war
- Northerner's felt that a war with Mexico could be a plot to expand this
- the proclamation that freed slaves only in Confederate states
13 Clues: this amendment freed the slaves in all the country • Lincoln advocated that this was the only way to end slavery • the proclamation that freed slaves only in Confederate states • Northerner's felt that a war with Mexico could be a plot to expand this • preserving this was the North's main reason for getting involved in the war • ...
Clara Barton 2022-05-19
Across
- The war fought over the moral issue of slavery.
- Clara faced prejudice because of the lack of ___ ____ at the time.
- The quality Clara showed through her efforts risking her life for others. (starts with the letter "S")
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- A raid led by abolitionist John Brown.
- The association that Clara founded.
- The first major battle of the civil war where Clara helped soldiers who were wounded.
- The bloodiest single day battle of the civil war.
- This form of care was needed from Clara in the war.
8 Clues: The association that Clara founded. • A raid led by abolitionist John Brown. • The war fought over the moral issue of slavery. • The bloodiest single day battle of the civil war. • This form of care was needed from Clara in the war. • Clara faced prejudice because of the lack of ___ ____ at the time. • ...
Civil War Crossward 2023-04-03
Across
- what happened to many men
- what was going on
- People working with no freedom
- civil war time president
- the BLOODIEST battle
- what the slaves collect
- what they were fighting for
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- The unions enemy
- What caused non-combative deaths
- Another word for disiperance
- The people who wanted everyone to have equal rights
- used to shoot people
12 Clues: The unions enemy • what was going on • the BLOODIEST battle • used to shoot people • what the slaves collect • what happened to many men • civil war time president • what they were fighting for • Another word for disiperance • People working with no freedom • What caused non-combative deaths • The people who wanted everyone to have equal rights
DR 36 2023-03-10
Across
- an advantage or profit gained from something
- occurring or existing after a war, in particular the American Civil War
- an additional remark at the end of a letter, after the signature and introduced by “P.S.”
- depressing; dreary
- cause or arrange for (something) to take place at a time later than that first scheduled
- a person who gives money or other help to a person or cause
- a person who is dissatisfied and rebellious
- further back in position; of or nearer the rear or hind end, especially of the body or a part of it
- occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War
- fail to function normally or satisfactorily
- an intermittent and remittent fever caused by a protozoan parasite that invades the red blood cells. The parasite is transmitted by mosquitoes in many tropical and subtropical regions
- a service in which the congregation is blessed with the Blessed Sacrament, held mainly in the Roman Catholic Church
- coming before in time; earlier
- the intention or desire to do evil; ill will
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- favorable or advantageous; resulting in good
- precede in time; come before (something) in date
- having or showing a wish to do evil to others
- a person who commits a crime or some other wrong
- an examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death
- characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm
- after noon
- well meaning and kindly
- ineffective or bungling; clumsy
- occurring before noon
24 Clues: after noon • depressing; dreary • occurring before noon • well meaning and kindly • coming before in time; earlier • ineffective or bungling; clumsy • a person who is dissatisfied and rebellious • fail to function normally or satisfactorily • favorable or advantageous; resulting in good • an advantage or profit gained from something • ...
The Civil War - Study Guide 2024-03-10
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- A person who works without getting paid.
- This word has the same meaning as the word secede.
- This invention increased the production of cotton.
- Where the largest Civil War battle in NC was fought.
- A war between citizens of the same country,
- Issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
- This had always been an important to NC's economy.
- Time after the Civil War to rebuild the country.
- This state was the first to secede from the Union.
- This region produced crops that fed Confederate troops.
- Eager to prevent or put and end to.
- A person who is treated as the property of another person and made to work without pay.
- People who fought to end slavery.
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- The act of leaving to form a separate country.
- The paper that declared an end to slavery in the Confederacy.
- For a few months this town provided the only access the Confederacy had to the Atlantic Ocean and European trade,
- A fight between two groups of people.
- Southern states that left the union.
- A small group of sailors who sailed goods in and out of Southern seaports under the guns of Northern ships.
- Few cities, little trade or industry, roads were rough and difficult to travel. NC was this after the Revolutionary War.
- The attack on this place caused North Carolina to leave the US and join the Confederacy.
- The amendment that made African Americans citizens of the US.
- For a long time, judges ruled that segregation was legal as long as it was...
- Northern states that fought to end slavery.
24 Clues: People who fought to end slavery. • Eager to prevent or put and end to. • Southern states that left the union. • A fight between two groups of people. • Issued the Emancipation Proclamation. • A person who works without getting paid. • A war between citizens of the same country, • Northern states that fought to end slavery. • The act of leaving to form a separate country. • ...
CW to Reconstruction 2023-09-08
Across
- Defined Citizenship for all Americans
- Hero of the Civil War for the Union
- Leader of the Radical Republicans in the Senate
- Laws designed to discriminate the Freed Slaves
- This battle was seen as the Turning point of the War
- Federal Agency created to help educate the Freed Slaves
- Lincoln Issued this after Antietam
- assassinated President Lincoln
- Constitutional Amendment that freed the slaves
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- Place where General Lee Surrendered
- South attempt to rewrite the War as a noble cause over States Rights
- Presidential Reconstruction occurred under him
- Leader of the Radical Republicans in the House
- Vice President Andrew JJohnson was from what southern state
- Organization after the War that used terror, violence, and other means to scare off former slaves
- Many former slaves were forced to work on tenent farms as this
- Aim was to grant and protect the right to vote to Freed slaves
- Only person stripped of their citizenship for the war
- President Johnson challenged Congresses authority by firing him
- After this battle Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
20 Clues: assassinated President Lincoln • Lincoln Issued this after Antietam • Place where General Lee Surrendered • Hero of the Civil War for the Union • Defined Citizenship for all Americans • Presidential Reconstruction occurred under him • Leader of the Radical Republicans in the House • Laws designed to discriminate the Freed Slaves • ...
