civil war Crossword Puzzles

APUSH Crossword Review Periods 4-6 2025-04-24

APUSH Crossword Review Periods 4-6 crossword puzzle
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  1. ________ v. Ferguson (1896) – Supreme Court ruling that upheld segregation under "separate but equal."
  2. Frederick __________ - Former enslaved person who became a leading abolitionist, orator, and writer
  3. “________ Kansas” - period of intense violence resulting from the Kansas-Nebraska Act
  4. ________ System – Henry Clay’s plan for economic growth: national bank, tariffs, and internal improvements.
  5. Social ________ – Idea that economic success is a result of "survival of the fittest."
  6. ________ Proclamation (1863) – Declared freedom for slaves in Confederate territory during the Civil War.
  7. ________ Act (1830) – Law that led to the forced relocation of Native Americans (Trail of Tears).
  8. ________ Age – Period of rapid economic growth and stark social inequality, marked by corruption and industrial expansion.
  9. Philosophical movement emphasizing individualism and nature (e.g., Emerson, Thoreau)
  10. Elizabeth Cady ________- Early leader of the women’s rights movement; co-organized the Seneca Falls Convention and co-authored the Declaration of Sentiments
  11. ________ Integration – Business strategy of controlling all competitors in the same industry (used by Rockefeller).
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  1. ________ Exclusion Act (1882) – First major U.S. law to restrict immigration based on nationality.
  2. ________ Purchase - Land deal in which the U.S. doubled its size by buying territory from France.
  3. ________ Acts (1867) – Divided the South into military districts; set conditions for reentry into the Union.
  4. ________ Crisis – Conflict between South Carolina and the federal government over tariff laws.
  5. ________v. Madison (1803) – Supreme Court case that established judicial review.
  6. ________ Democracy – Expansion of voting rights to more white men and focus on the "common man."
  7. ________ v. Sandford (1857) – Supreme Court ruling that African Americans were not citizens and couldn’t sue.
  8. ________ Revolution – Shift from local to national markets, driven by transportation, industrial, and agricultural innovations.
  9. ________-American War (1846–1848) – War resulting in U.S. acquisition of the Southwest (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo).
  10. ________ Address (1863) – Lincoln’s speech redefining the Civil War as a fight for equality and unity.
  11. ________ Falls Convention (1848) – First women’s rights convention; issued the Declaration of Sentiments.
  12. ________ Integration – Business strategy of controlling all steps of production (used by Carnegie).
  13. ________ Party (People’s Party) – Political movement of farmers and workers calling for economic reform (e.g., free silver).
  14. ________ Destiny – Belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across the continent.
  15. ________ Bureau – Government agency created to help former slaves transition to freedom after the Civil War.
  16. ________ of 1850 – Agreement including California's statehood and a stricter Fugitive Slave Law.

27 Clues: ________v. Madison (1803) – Supreme Court case that established judicial review. • ________ Destiny – Belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across the continent. • Philosophical movement emphasizing individualism and nature (e.g., Emerson, Thoreau) • “________ Kansas” - period of intense violence resulting from the Kansas-Nebraska Act • ...

Newbery 2025-10-22

Newbery crossword puzzle
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  1. Hundred thirteen, how many pages are there
  2. Is this book written in a diary format
  3. Who is the main character’s brother
  4. Harold was a __________ of war
  5. What is homers main way of transportation
  6. War What war was the brother in ?
  7. How many chapters are there
  8. How old is homers brother
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  1. Who is the main character
  2. What did Homers dad passed by
  3. Where was the main character born
  4. What is the main characters mother’s first name
  5. What is Homers dad’s first name
  6. What is Homer’s uncle’s first name
  7. What state is Homer from
  8. Has Homer’s brother ever lied
  9. Marlon Who owns “the law” in pine swamp

17 Clues: What state is Homer from • Who is the main character • How old is homers brother • How many chapters are there • What did Homers dad passed by • Has Homer’s brother ever lied • Harold was a __________ of war • What is Homers dad’s first name • Where was the main character born • War What war was the brother in ? • What is Homer’s uncle’s first name • ...

A Civil Crossward 2020-12-08

A Civil Crossward crossword puzzle
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  1. The captial of the South
  2. Top Confederate General
  3. McClellan
  4. The spark of the Civil War
  5. Top Union General
  6. The biggest port in the South
  7. A confederate stringhold on the Mississippi
  8. A bill passed to free slaves in the North
  9. Famous Union General
  10. The last battle of the war
  11. United States President
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  1. Famous Confederate General
  2. The assassin of Lincoln
  3. The meeting place for the surrender of the South
  4. One of the greatest victories for the North
  5. The town next to Fort Sumter
  6. The capital of the North
  7. Farragut
  8. One of the greatest victories for the South
  9. Confederate General

20 Clues: Farragut • McClellan • Top Union General • Confederate General • Famous Union General • The assassin of Lincoln • Top Confederate General • United States President • The captial of the South • The capital of the North • Famous Confederate General • The spark of the Civil War • The last battle of the war • The town next to Fort Sumter • The biggest port in the South • ...

Civil War Crossword By Madelyn Budak 2024-03-25

Civil War Crossword By Madelyn Budak crossword puzzle
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  1. Union's military strategy plan
  2. Created the Anaconda Plan
  3. Theater President Lincoln was killed at
  4. President of the US
  5. 1st state to leave the US
  6. Didn't drop flag although hurt
  7. Where Lincoln made his famous address
  8. Proclamation that freed the slaves
  9. Amendment that abolished slavery
  10. President after Lincoln's death
  11. Famous woman Confederate spy
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  1. Thomas Jackson's nickname
  2. Angel of the Battlefield
  3. Fort where 1st battle was fought
  4. Court house where the confederacy surrendered
  5. Civil War Photographer
  6. Used Total War
  7. Capital of the Confederacy
  8. Amendment that gave African Americans citizenship
  9. General for the Confederacy
  10. President of the Confederacy

21 Clues: Used Total War • President of the US • Civil War Photographer • Angel of the Battlefield • Thomas Jackson's nickname • Created the Anaconda Plan • 1st state to leave the US • Capital of the Confederacy • General for the Confederacy • Famous woman Confederate spy • President of the Confederacy • Union's military strategy plan • Didn't drop flag although hurt • ...

Ryan Texas History 2022-04-21

Ryan Texas History crossword puzzle
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  1. Leader of the Mexican army
  2. Power is divided between state and federal government
  3. The power is divided between the 3 branches
  4. government run by the people
  5. Best cash crop during the civil war
  6. First person to map texas
  7. Worldwide computer network
  8. Trouble
  9. To withdraw from a country
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  1. Adding land to a country
  2. A movement West
  3. Worst natural disaster
  4. Remember the
  5. A form of protest where people didn't leave
  6. First euorpean to stepl on texas soil
  7. Comannchee chief
  8. Organisation that controls the country
  9. Deadliest World War
  10. A financial gain
  11. Popular device in 2001 that played music

20 Clues: Trouble • Remember the • A movement West • Comannchee chief • A financial gain • Deadliest World War • Worst natural disaster • Adding land to a country • First person to map texas • Leader of the Mexican army • Worldwide computer network • To withdraw from a country • government run by the people • Best cash crop during the civil war • First euorpean to stepl on texas soil • ...

American History Crossword 2023-09-14

American History Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. First battle in the Civil War
  2. Primary Author of the Declaration of Independence
  3. Bloodiest Battle in the Civil War
  4. Gave the Gettysburg Address
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  1. Article 2 of the Constitution
  2. Europeans couldn't create new colonies in the western hemisphere because of the
  3. Colour of confederate uniforms
  4. First successful English Colony

8 Clues: Gave the Gettysburg Address • Article 2 of the Constitution • First battle in the Civil War • Colour of confederate uniforms • First successful English Colony • Bloodiest Battle in the Civil War • Primary Author of the Declaration of Independence • Europeans couldn't create new colonies in the western hemisphere because of the

Newbery 2025-10-22

Newbery crossword puzzle
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  1. is this book written in a diary format
  2. P Figg, Who is the main character
  3. hundred thirteen, how many pages are there
  4. What is the main characters mother’s first name
  5. What is Homers dad’s first name
  6. swamp, Where was the main character born
  7. what is homers w main way of transportation
  8. Has Homer’s brother ever lied
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  1. How old is homers brother
  2. What is Homer’s uncle’s first name
  3. Who is the main character’s brother
  4. What state is Homer from
  5. Marlon, Who owns “the law” in pine swamp
  6. was a Of war
  7. war,What war was the brother in ?
  8. how many chapters are there

16 Clues: was a Of war • What state is Homer from • How old is homers brother • how many chapters are there • Has Homer’s brother ever lied • What is Homers dad’s first name • P Figg, Who is the main character • war,What war was the brother in ? • What is Homer’s uncle’s first name • Who is the main character’s brother • is this book written in a diary format • ...

Union Vs. Confederacy 2025-05-30

Union Vs. Confederacy crossword puzzle
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  1. s
  2. U
  3. e
  4. d
  5. c
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  1. r
  2. i
  3. m
  4. l

9 Clues: r • s • i • m • U • e • l • d • c

U.S. History Chapter 12 2023-04-21

U.S. History Chapter 12 crossword puzzle
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  1. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States
  2. To call white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War
  3. An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees” to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans
  4. This is a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop
  5. A member of the Republican Party committed to emancipation of the slaves and later to the equal treatment and enfranchisement of the freed blacks.
  6. To charge with a crime or misconduct.
  7. This was 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.
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  1. He was the first African American Senator in 1870.
  2. This is a largely historical term used by Southerners to describe opportunistic Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War, who were perceived to be exploiting the local populace for their own financial, political, and/or social gain.
  3. To guarantee to certain States whose Governments have been usurped or overthrown a republican form of government
  4. He was the 17th president of the U.S.
  5. The period immediately after the Civil War from 1865 to 1877 when several United States administrations sought to reconstruct society in the former Confederate states in particular by establishing and protecting the legal rights of the newly freed black population.
  6. This granted African American men the right to vote.

13 Clues: He was the 17th president of the U.S. • To charge with a crime or misconduct. • He was the first African American Senator in 1870. • This granted African American men the right to vote. • This is a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop • ...

Unit 5: Global Powers 2025-05-02

Unit 5: Global Powers crossword puzzle
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  1. Period of geopolitical tension and logical conflict between the U.S. and USSR (1947-1991)
  2. replaced horse-drawn carriages and public transportation in many areas leading to a ___-dependent culture.
  3. Initially used for military observation of a region to locate an enemy, later in combat and bombing.
  4. 28th president (1913-1921), led America into war in order to “make the world safe for democracy.”
  5. Leader in the American Civil Rights Movement, advocated for nonviolent protest in the Civil Rights.
  6. Pushed the Us towards war and further increased anti-German sentiment in the U.S.
  7. Became a major tool for entertainment and political messaging after WWII.
  8. 29th president(1921-1923) Focus on returning the country to normal. Signed the Budget and Accounting Act.
  9. Her act sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the broader Civil Rights movement.
  10. A massive drop in stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange which led to the Great Depression.
  11. First global war (1914-1918)
  12. A music genre that spread globally in the 20th century.
  13. Most destructive global conflict 1939-1945
  14. A domestic innovation that changed how household labor in the 20th century worked.
  15. 32nd U.S. President (1933-1945) who led through the Great Depression and most of WWII.
  16. Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during WWII; later 34th U.S. President (1953-1961)
  17. Soviet leader who began reforms leading to USSR's collapse.
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  1. Media used to influence public opinion during wars and political movements.
  2. Armored vehicles first used in WWI to break trench warfare.
  3. A period of intense political activism in the United States, aimed at securing equal rights for Black Americans.
  4. of Hiroshima and Nagasaki The United States detonated two atomic bombs, forcing Japan to surrender and end WWII.
  5. 35th U.S. President (1961-1963) Remembered for his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  6. One of the most devastating outbreaks of disease in modern times.(555,000 died in the United States)
  7. Founded Ford Motor Company. He wanted to make cars affordable for middle-class Americans.
  8. Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism(M.A.I.N)
  9. A competition between the United States and Soviet for space dominance during the Cold War.
  10. 33rd U.S. President (1945-1953) widely remembered for his pivotal decisions during the end of World War II, specifically his approval of the atomic bomb drops on Japan
  11. Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end WWII
  12. Rapid-fire weapons that changed WWI battlefield tactics.
  13. The attack led to the United States declaring war on Japan, marking U.S. entry into WWII.

30 Clues: First global war (1914-1918) • Most destructive global conflict 1939-1945 • Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end WWII • A music genre that spread globally in the 20th century. • Rapid-fire weapons that changed WWI battlefield tactics. • Armored vehicles first used in WWI to break trench warfare. • Soviet leader who began reforms leading to USSR's collapse. • ...

unit 8 vocabulary 2018-04-27

unit 8 vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. the congress not having a right to ban slavery in the west
  2. the right of people to create their government
  3. remove
  4. law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
  5. failed Confederate charge at the Battle of Gettysburg
  6. all out war that affects civilians at home as well as soldiers in combat
  7. slave state that remained in the union during the civil war
  8. The Confederate army defeated the Union army in three days, but the Confederate army lost one of it's best generals (Stonewall Jackson)
  9. This battle was fought in the west by General Grant’s Union army. The Union army won, but it was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War
  10. faced this dilemma when lincoln asked him to command the union army
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  1. an 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas giving the settlers the right of popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery
  2. political party established in the united states in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territory
  3. requiring all citizens to help catch African Americans trying to escape slavery
  4. northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the union
  5. person who takes advantage of a crisis to make money
  6. speech made by president lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
  7. lincoln’s 1863 declaration freeing slaves in the Confederacy
  8. General McClellan found General Lee’s battle plans, but was slow to act. This battle had no clear winner, but boosted northern morale after General Lee ordered his troops to withdraw
  9. creating a peaceful solution to the threat of secession by the south and civil war
  10. rule by the army instead of the elected government
  11. an 1857 supreme court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
  12. A bloody three-day battle that ended in a Union victory. This marked a turning point in the war and the South never tried to invade the North again
  13. keeping the number of slaves and free states equal
  14. military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender

24 Clues: remove • the right of people to create their government • rule by the army instead of the elected government • keeping the number of slaves and free states equal • person who takes advantage of a crisis to make money • failed Confederate charge at the Battle of Gettysburg • the congress not having a right to ban slavery in the west • ...

Civil War Vocab 2024-01-22

Civil War Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Civil War is fought between people of the ___ country
  2. states that remained loyal to the US
  3. healing time period AFTER the Civil War
  4. Cardinal direction for states that allowed slavery (NESW)
  5. blocking off an area, no supplies in or out
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  1. word that proclaimed all slaves were freed
  2. Cardinal direction for states that did NOT allow slavery (NESW)
  3. to break away
  4. states that seceeded from the US
  5. Who won the Civil War?

10 Clues: to break away • Who won the Civil War? • states that seceeded from the US • states that remained loyal to the US • healing time period AFTER the Civil War • word that proclaimed all slaves were freed • blocking off an area, no supplies in or out • Civil War is fought between people of the ___ country • Cardinal direction for states that allowed slavery (NESW) • ...

Midterm Crossword (+5 points on midterm for completing 2025-01-14

Midterm Crossword (+5 points on midterm for completing crossword puzzle
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  1. To free someone or something
  2. The immediate period after the Civil War
  3. The famous speech given by Lincoln
  4. Name of the South's new country
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  1. The ________ Slave Law that allowed kidnappers to take African Americans to the South
  2. The State that was considered to be "bleeding" over the issue of slavery
  3. President during the Civil War
  4. The ___________ Railroad
  5. Last name of the man who murdered Lincoln

9 Clues: The ___________ Railroad • To free someone or something • President during the Civil War • Name of the South's new country • The famous speech given by Lincoln • The immediate period after the Civil War • Last name of the man who murdered Lincoln • The State that was considered to be "bleeding" over the issue of slavery • ...

Civil War Review 2025-05-12

Civil War Review crossword puzzle
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  1. all black regiment was stationed in Nashville during the Civil War
  2. When did Lee’s surrender happen
  3. gave the North control of the Mississippi River
  4. considered the turning point of the Civil War
  5. enabled Lincoln to announce the Emancipation Proclamation
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  1. southern Democratic candidate in the Election of 1860
  2. President of the confederacy
  3. won at the 1st and 2nd Manassas/Bull Run battles
  4. President of the union
  5. considered the turning point of the Civil War

10 Clues: President of the union • President of the confederacy • When did Lee’s surrender happen • considered the turning point of the Civil War • considered the turning point of the Civil War • gave the North control of the Mississippi River • won at the 1st and 2nd Manassas/Bull Run battles • southern Democratic candidate in the Election of 1860 • ...

Chinese Dynasties 2023-05-23

Chinese Dynasties crossword puzzle
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  1. Type of Music
  2. Defeated the Great Qing (There were three of them)
  3. Economic Advance
  4. A period of time were China was at war fighting other Chinese states
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  1. The last Dynasty
  2. Conquered China (Foreigners)
  3. Created Crossbows
  4. Controlled China until the civil war
  5. Right After Mongol Empire
  6. Modern Day China
  7. Unified China after the period of Disunion
  8. Unified China after the Warring States Period
  9. Created the Clock
  10. Invented Isolationism
  11. First Dynasty

15 Clues: Type of Music • First Dynasty • The last Dynasty • Modern Day China • Economic Advance • Created Crossbows • Created the Clock • Invented Isolationism • Right After Mongol Empire • Conquered China (Foreigners) • Controlled China until the civil war • Unified China after the period of Disunion • Unified China after the Warring States Period • ...

US Historical Documents 2024-10-03

US Historical Documents crossword puzzle
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  1. The place in Virginia
  2. The hard one to say
  3. "This is a story all about how my life got flip turned upside down."
  4. I've got rizz, rizz, and more rizz
  5. It's not perpendicular, it's
  6. Not just street cred
  7. The time and place are right
  8. Form the text takes
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  1. Break up war
  2. of Independence
  3. The art and craft of argument
  4. Bad king 27 ways
  5. Makes sense
  6. Blowing it out of proportion
  7. Lincoln's war
  8. Got me in the feels
  9. Choose your words carefully
  10. Logos, pathos, ethos, and kairos are these
  11. The captain
  12. Give him this or death

20 Clues: Makes sense • The captain • Break up war • Lincoln's war • of Independence • Bad king 27 ways • The hard one to say • Got me in the feels • Form the text takes • Not just street cred • The place in Virginia • Give him this or death • Choose your words carefully • Blowing it out of proportion • It's not perpendicular, it's • The time and place are right • The art and craft of argument • ...

Dewey Decimal System 2020-01-06

Dewey Decimal System crossword puzzle
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  1. the planets
  2. World Records
  3. Spanish
  4. My feelings
  5. The military
  6. Origami
  7. Poetry
  8. Bible Stories
  9. Biography
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  1. Tigers
  2. Football
  3. Cooking
  4. Civil War

13 Clues: Tigers • Poetry • Spanish • Cooking • Origami • Football • Civil War • Biography • the planets • My feelings • The military • World Records • Bible Stories

Chapter 4 Section 4 2013-11-12

Chapter 4 Section 4 crossword puzzle
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  1. The first African-American senator
  2. Period of rebuilding the nation after the Civil War
  3. President after Lincoln’s assassination
  4. Gave African Americans citizenship
  5. A secret group of White Southerners who used violence to keep blacks from voting.
  6. System in which landowners gave a few acres of land to farm workers in return for a portion of their crops
  7. President who ended Reconstruction on 1877.
  8. Northerners who moved to the South after the war
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  1. Renting land from landowners for cash
  2. Banned states from denying African Americans the right to vote
  3. Minority of Republicans in Congress which were angered by Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan. They wanted to destroy the political power of former slaveholders. Most of all, they wanted African Americans to be given full citizenship and the right to vote.
  4. A federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War.
  5. White Southerners who joined the Republican Party

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

End of the Civil War (Aubrey) 2014-05-08

End of the Civil War (Aubrey) crossword puzzle
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  1. This city was a victory for the Union, they trapped the people in the city.
  2. This amendment protects all citizens rights
  3. A holiday to remember the fallen soldiers of the Civil War
  4. This city was a victory for the Confederates, In the battle the Confederates lost a general.
  5. A big general, in the confederate army
  6. This is one of the best known speeches
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  1. this amendment said that slavery must end before they join the Union
  2. This amendment said that no citizen will denied the rights to vote because of skin color
  3. The battle that happened here was the most deadliest wars in the Civil War
  4. A long walk to Savannah is the name of the this one
  5. The build of government with African American in congress
  6. A big general in the other army
  7. A city well known for one surrender for one side of the war

13 Clues: A big general in the other army • A big general, in the confederate army • This is one of the best known speeches • This amendment protects all citizens rights • A long walk to Savannah is the name of the this one • The build of government with African American in congress • A holiday to remember the fallen soldiers of the Civil War • ...

SS Civil War: Ch 9 - The War Begins 2025-03-26

SS Civil War: Ch 9 - The War Begins crossword puzzle
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  1. Fort Sumter was running out of _____, so they asked Lincoln to send more.
  2. The Union president promised, "We are not _____, but friends."
  3. Major that refused to give up Fort Sumter to the South.
  4. The first president of the Confederate States of America
  5. a continuous attack with bombs and other ammunition
  6. The type of war that began with the attack on Fort Sumter.
  7. the separate republic formed by the 11 states that seceded from the Union
  8. In this address that Lincoln promised not to touch the right to slavery
  9. Number of forts in the South that the US had control of
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  1. Lincoln's duty to save the Union and keep it together
  2. war that Confederate president fought in before the Civil War
  3. Even though there was no ____ on the supply ship headed to Sumter, the Confederate army fired on it.
  4. Lincoln knew he had to make the seceding states _______ to the Union.

13 Clues: a continuous attack with bombs and other ammunition • Lincoln's duty to save the Union and keep it together • Major that refused to give up Fort Sumter to the South. • Number of forts in the South that the US had control of • The first president of the Confederate States of America • The type of war that began with the attack on Fort Sumter. • ...

Unit 3- Chapter 4- Part 2 (No. 15-28) 2025-08-15

Unit 3- Chapter 4- Part 2 (No. 15-28) crossword puzzle
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  1. John ________ Raid in 1859, anti-slavery forces attacked Harper's Ferry in an attempt to start a slave uprising
  2. The _____ Act of 1854 created the Kansas & Nebraska territories, slavery decided by voting
  3. System of enforced servitude
  4. In the _____ decision the Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property not citizens
  5. The ____ Compromise was over the issue of slavery in Missouri, Maine and the western territories
  6. The ____ War fought with Mexico over the land in the southwest
  7. Period of economic expansion prior to the Civil War based on the growth of cotton
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  1. The _____ of 1850 created California as a free state, slavery would be decided in western territories by voting
  2. Time period before the Civil War
  3. Person who wanted to end slavery
  4. Nickname given to cotton in the South because of its economic value
  5. A ___ tarriff is tax on exported goods
  6. A _____ improvement is changes to the transportation system such as roads, canals and bridges

13 Clues: System of enforced servitude • Time period before the Civil War • Person who wanted to end slavery • A ___ tarriff is tax on exported goods • The ____ War fought with Mexico over the land in the southwest • Nickname given to cotton in the South because of its economic value • Period of economic expansion prior to the Civil War based on the growth of cotton • ...

Georgia Studies Final - Spring 2024-05-24

Georgia Studies Final - Spring crossword puzzle
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  1. The Great _____ happened when the US was very poor & many people lost jobs
  2. The first written constitution (Articles of ____)
  3. This amendment abolished slavery
  4. Wanted freedom from the King
  5. The ____ war took place between the northern & southern states
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  1. In a land ____ men could buy tickets for a chance to win land
  2. The first state created college: _____ of Georgia
  3. Wanted to remain loyal to the king during the American Revolution
  4. Eli Whitney created the cotton ___ to make it easier to process cotton
  5. The 15th amendment gave all men the right to ___
  6. Abraham ____ was the president during the Civil War
  7. The 14th amendment gave ____ to all people

12 Clues: Wanted freedom from the King • This amendment abolished slavery • The 14th amendment gave ____ to all people • The 15th amendment gave all men the right to ___ • The first state created college: _____ of Georgia • The first written constitution (Articles of ____) • Abraham ____ was the president during the Civil War • ...

Civil War Crossword 2022-12-16

Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Emancipation ________
  2. Side the South was on during the Civil War
  3. Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
  4. Side the North was on during the Civil War
  5. Last name of the 16th president of the United States
  6. Clara Barton, an American nurse, founded this organization to aid Union soldiers
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  1. First full-scale battle of the C.W. (Hint: starts with the name of an animal)
  2. Last name of the 18th president of the United States and Commanding General of the Union Army
  3. First state to secede from the Union
  4. Total number of Confederate states
  5. Last name of the only C.S.A President
  6. Confederate General ____ E. Lee

12 Clues: Emancipation ________ • Confederate General ____ E. Lee • Total number of Confederate states • First state to secede from the Union • Last name of the only C.S.A President • Side the South was on during the Civil War • Side the North was on during the Civil War • Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant? • Last name of the 16th president of the United States • ...

Emmalyn's Crossword Puzzle 2019-02-27

Emmalyn's Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. gold was taken to him to be tested
  2. General-in-Chief
  3. Commanding General
  4. Slaves would be given freedom
  5. House Lee surrendered and ended war
  6. there was a big gold rush here
  7. Amendment Abolished Slavery
  8. the 10th state
  9. the 49th state
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  1. of Antietam 1st major battle of the Civil War
  2. his motto was "Be sure your right-then go ahead
  3. The 4th state
  4. Lieutenant General
  5. 1st and only president of the Confederate States Of America
  6. Nurse,Cook,Scout,& Spy
  7. the 50th state
  8. Helped recruit black troops for the Union army
  9. Great Orator,Writer & Statesman
  10. the 7th state
  11. 16th President

20 Clues: The 4th state • the 7th state • the 50th state • 16th President • the 10th state • the 49th state • General-in-Chief • Lieutenant General • Commanding General • Nurse,Cook,Scout,& Spy • Amendment Abolished Slavery • Slaves would be given freedom • there was a big gold rush here • Great Orator,Writer & Statesman • gold was taken to him to be tested • House Lee surrendered and ended war • ...

The Republic In Crisis 2023-04-27

The Republic In Crisis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Representatives who fought for the people's rights.
  2. A society in which men have all the power.
  3. A professional soldier.
  4. War A war between groups in the same country.
  5. People who influenced early Rome.
  6. a change that can make things better.
  7. Tables Laws
  8. Stories about famous people.
  9. Wealthy patricians.
  10. Of Plebs People who were allowed to make laws.
  11. Elected judicial officers.
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  1. A group of many gods.
  2. Adjoining lands
  3. Reject.
  4. A roman dictator.
  5. People who had complete control.
  6. land surrounded by water.
  7. Citizens vote for their leaders.
  8. Rome's most brilliant speakers.
  9. river A crossing point of Rome.

20 Clues: Reject. • Tables Laws • Adjoining lands • A roman dictator. • Wealthy patricians. • A group of many gods. • A professional soldier. • land surrounded by water. • Elected judicial officers. • Stories about famous people. • Rome's most brilliant speakers. • river A crossing point of Rome. • People who had complete control. • Citizens vote for their leaders. • ...

Social study words 2023-04-28

Social study words crossword puzzle
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  1. a society in which men have the power
  2. a change to make a situation better
  3. reject
  4. a representative who fought for their rights
  5. development over several centuries
  6. stories
  7. an administrative district of a larger empire
  8. poor farmers and craftsmen
  9. land surrounded by water on three sides
  10. north africa city
  11. a ruler in Rome
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  1. hamilcar's son
  2. people who had absolute power
  3. the small group of wealthy patricians
  4. citizens who vote for their leaders
  5. wealthy landowners
  6. River located at a key crossing point
  7. professional soldiers
  8. war a war between groups in the same country
  9. a group of many gods

20 Clues: reject • stories • hamilcar's son • a ruler in Rome • north africa city • wealthy landowners • a group of many gods • professional soldiers • poor farmers and craftsmen • people who had absolute power • development over several centuries • citizens who vote for their leaders • a change to make a situation better • a society in which men have the power • ...

USA 2025-04-11

USA crossword puzzle
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  1. National bird of the USA
  2. War that gained USA independence
  3. Famous statue in New York Harbor
  4. Document that declared independence from Britain
  5. Amount of colonies in USA
  6. Type of government in the USA
  7. US national anthem
  8. Monument with four presidents’ faces
  9. Amount of states in USA
  10. US Independence Day
  11. Legislative branch of the US government
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  1. Headquarters of the US Department of Defense
  2. President during the Civil War
  3. First president
  4. President’s residence
  5. Personification of the US government
  6. Supreme law of the United States
  7. National symbol of the USA
  8. US Capital
  9. Symbol of American independence

20 Clues: US Capital • First president • US national anthem • US Independence Day • President’s residence • Amount of states in USA • National bird of the USA • Amount of colonies in USA • National symbol of the USA • Type of government in the USA • President during the Civil War • Symbol of American independence • War that gained USA independence • Famous statue in New York Harbor • ...

Civil War Tic-Tac-Toe 2021-09-28

Civil War Tic-Tac-Toe crossword puzzle
Across
  1. War
  2. Slave Act
  3. Washington
  4. of 1812
  5. and Clark
  6. v Madison
Down
  1. of independence
  2. Douglass
  3. Scott
  4. Address

10 Clues: War • Scott • Address • of 1812 • Douglass • Slave Act • and Clark • v Madison • Washington • of independence

The Fifties 2023-03-06

The Fifties crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Civil rights leader and Baptist minister
  2. American president who made the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb
  3. Creator of the Pollio Vaccine
  4. Massive growth in suburb population
  5. A region across the south and southwestern parts of the U.S.A
  6. American singer/dancer in the fifties
  7. Civil rights activist that didn't give up her seat on the bus
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  1. Dismiss from military service
  2. Stereotypical family in the fifties
  3. American military officer who later became president
  4. A person who challenged racial laws in the south
  5. American Politician who's goal was to eliminate communism.
  6. A project launched by the United States to explore states
  7. Speaker and leader during the civil rights movement
  8. A federal act to help with veterans after the war
  9. A massive wave of babies born after WWII

16 Clues: Dismiss from military service • Creator of the Pollio Vaccine • Stereotypical family in the fifties • Massive growth in suburb population • American singer/dancer in the fifties • Civil rights leader and Baptist minister • A massive wave of babies born after WWII • A person who challenged racial laws in the south • A federal act to help with veterans after the war • ...

End of the Year 2021-06-16

End of the Year crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What was the North called in the Civil War?
  2. What type of adaptation is this: hibernation
  3. What constant is approximated as 3.14?
  4. What comes at the end of your introduction?
  5. What should an introduction start with?
  6. Is Google a source?
  7. What is the powerhouse of the cell?
  8. The main argument in persuasive writing
  9. What is the period after the Civil War called?
  10. The first sentence in a paragraph
Down
  1. What is the worst brand of water?
  2. What the other side would say in an argument
  3. Mortgages and credit card payments are examples of what?
  4. What type of adaptation is this: an animal gains camouflage
  5. A bird sitting in a tree has which type of energy?
  6. Two ratios that are equal to one another is called a ______
  7. Persuasive appeal: using facts and logical argument to persuade
  8. Persuasive appeal: making the audience feel emotions
  9. A book, document, website used to provide evidence in research
  10. DNA is stored in which part of the cell?
  11. Persuasive appeal: Using your job/position to get the audience to trust you

21 Clues: Is Google a source? • What is the worst brand of water? • The first sentence in a paragraph • What is the powerhouse of the cell? • What constant is approximated as 3.14? • What should an introduction start with? • The main argument in persuasive writing • DNA is stored in which part of the cell? • What was the North called in the Civil War? • ...

Year 8 History 2025-07-08

Year 8 History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The answer to Q1 on the picture sheet
  2. Animals said to help witches.
  3. Supporters of the king.
  4. Movement to end the slave trade.
  5. Professional army created by Parliament.
  6. Swellings caused by the plague.
  7. Farms where enslaved Africans were forced to work.
  8. Used to pull down buildings and stop the fire.
  9. The 30th word from the cryptogram puzzle
  10. Insects that spread the plague.
  11. James I believed kings were chosen by God.
  12. Where the Great Fire of London started.
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  1. The journey enslaved Africans endured across the Atlantic.
  2. Cromwell ruled this type of government.
  3. Soldiers who fought on horseback.
  4. James I was also king of this country before ruling England.
  5. Cromwell led a brutal campaign here.
  6. A tax Charles I collected without Parliament's approval.
  7. Leader of the Gunpowder Plot.
  8. Man caught guarding the gunpowder under Parliament.
  9. Building targeted in the Gunpowder Plot.
  10. Known as the "Witchfinder General."
  11. Supporters of Parliament.
  12. First major battle of the Civil War.
  13. Weapons used by Civil War soldiers.
  14. Charles I was put on this before his death.

26 Clues: Supporters of the king. • Supporters of Parliament. • Animals said to help witches. • Leader of the Gunpowder Plot. • Swellings caused by the plague. • Insects that spread the plague. • Movement to end the slave trade. • Soldiers who fought on horseback. • Known as the "Witchfinder General." • Weapons used by Civil War soldiers. • Cromwell led a brutal campaign here. • ...

history 2022-10-06

history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A famous conductor of the underground railroad.
  2. A nickname for northerners who were against the civil war.
  3. Soldiers who would travel and fight by foot.
  4. A person who runs a country.
  5. A law that was passed by congress in 1850.
  6. A army of citizens used during emergencies.
  7. Foreshadowed the violence over the future of Slavery.
  8. Openly opposed slavery
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  1. Is used to help others gain their freedom.
  2. The most significant event to shape American history during the first half of the 19th century.
  3. A soldier who is wounded or killed during battle.
  4. A term used to describe people who supported the union.
  5. Soldiers used to carry their food in.
  6. A person who wanted to eliminate or abolish slavery.
  7. Relied on slave labor
  8. A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate states.
  9. The side of an army or military unit.
  10. Putting the local interests and Customs ahead of the entire country.
  11. A nickname for the South.
  12. Soldiers would eat this during the civil war.

20 Clues: Relied on slave labor • Openly opposed slavery • A nickname for the South. • A person who runs a country. • Soldiers used to carry their food in. • The side of an army or military unit. • A law that was passed by congress in 1850. • Is used to help others gain their freedom. • A army of citizens used during emergencies. • Soldiers who would travel and fight by foot. • ...

New south people 2022-02-08

New south people crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who was a civil war soldier who created a rocking chair company?
  2. Who was a millionaire who worked at a barber shop in ATL?
  3. Who created the Haines Technical and Normal school in Augusta?
  4. Who created Riches department store?
  5. Which president created the NCAA?
  6. Who invented Coca-Cola?
  7. Who founded the girl scouts?
  8. What black man was forced to sit in the back of a train care, in the old part of it?
  9. Who wrote the book called "Up from Slavery"?
Down
  1. Who owned Jekyll Island when the Jekyll Island club was created?
  2. Who was the GA governor during the civil war and a member of the Bourbon triumvirate?
  3. Who was the first woman in the US senate?
  4. Who wrote the book called "Bear Rabbit"?
  5. Who help come up with Freedmen's Bureau?
  6. Who was a GA cowboy?
  7. Who was the first black president of a GA college?
  8. Who was the first black politician of GA?
  9. Who created the Niagara movement?
  10. Who came up with the Agrarian Ideal?
  11. Who pushed for mail to get delivered to rural areas?

20 Clues: Who was a GA cowboy? • Who invented Coca-Cola? • Who founded the girl scouts? • Who created the Niagara movement? • Which president created the NCAA? • Who created Riches department store? • Who came up with the Agrarian Ideal? • Who wrote the book called "Bear Rabbit"? • Who help come up with Freedmen's Bureau? • Who was the first woman in the US senate? • ...

Civil War & Reconstruction 2020-01-11

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

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

Civil War Vocabulary 2024-05-10

Civil War Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A vital piece of equipment carried by both Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. Was used to carry all sorts of belongings that soldiers needed to stay alive while in camp or on the march.
  2. A steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor.
  3. Made from leather, a common type of shoe in the Civil War.
  4. Known as the North or the United States. This was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
  5. A league or alliance of confederate states.
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  1. A northerner who moved to the south during the period of Reconstruction (1865-1877) for economic, social, and sometimes political opportunities.
  2. Large property dependent on the labor of enslaved people. Also known as a labor camp.
  3. The term originated in the mid-1860s which is a slang term for U.S. paper dollars.
  4. A person who wants to stop or abolish slavery.
  5. Soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot.
  6. Ranged weapons that launch munitions.

11 Clues: Ranged weapons that launch munitions. • A league or alliance of confederate states. • A person who wants to stop or abolish slavery. • Soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot. • Made from leather, a common type of shoe in the Civil War. • A steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor. • ...

Cross Word Puzzle 2021-02-04

Cross Word Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a member of the British reforming and constitutional party
  2. the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles
  3. was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
  4. a member or supporter of the Conservative Party.
  5. King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651
  6. that rebellion is the worst of political crimes.
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  1. a member or supporter of the Parliamentary party in the English Civil War.
  2. a royal charter of rights
  3. an independent country or community, especially a democratic republic.
  4. a supporter of King Charles I in the English Civil War
  5. an English general and statesman
  6. the highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.

12 Clues: a royal charter of rights • an English general and statesman • King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 • was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland • a member or supporter of the Conservative Party. • that rebellion is the worst of political crimes. • the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles • a supporter of King Charles I in the English Civil War • ...

Crossword #1 2026-01-13

Crossword #1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ex-slaves returned to work on plantations
  2. used to prevent african-americans from voting
  3. the time period from 1865-1877 after the Civil War ended
  4. president who wanted to forgive the south and bring them back to the union
  5. made ex-slaves citizens and promised them equal protection
Down
  1. politicians that wanted to punish the South for starting the Civil War
  2. organization that helped ex-slaves by building schools
  3. officially ended slavery in the United States
  4. laws that separated blacks and whites in public places
  5. terrorist group that attacked african-americans
  6. a word that means "to separate"
  7. gave ex-slaves the right to vote

12 Clues: a word that means "to separate" • gave ex-slaves the right to vote • ex-slaves returned to work on plantations • officially ended slavery in the United States • used to prevent african-americans from voting • terrorist group that attacked african-americans • organization that helped ex-slaves by building schools • laws that separated blacks and whites in public places • ...

Reconstruction 2026-04-01

Reconstruction crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What the 14th amendment granted to all people born in the US
  2. African American slaves that were freed after the Civil War
  3. A powerful group in Congress that passed the Reconstruction Acts
  4. The name of Lincoln's reconstruction plan
  5. Laws passed in the South that attempted to restrict the rights of freedmen
Down
  1. First African American to be elected in office
  2. First president to be assassinated
  3. Man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater
  4. Rebuilding after the Civil War
  5. A cult that was formed to commit violent acts against freedmen
  6. Voting Rights
  7. Freedmen that borrowed land from land owners in exchange for a portion of their harvest

12 Clues: Voting Rights • Rebuilding after the Civil War • First president to be assassinated • The name of Lincoln's reconstruction plan • First African American to be elected in office • Man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater • African American slaves that were freed after the Civil War • What the 14th amendment granted to all people born in the US • ...

The Civil War (Christian Sta. Maria) Mangilao, Guam 2017-02-13

The Civil War (Christian Sta. Maria) Mangilao, Guam crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The battle where the Confederates attempt to take over the North.
  2. leading a group of people or an organization.
  3. A former general that became the 18th President of the U.S.
  4. The 13th Amendment abolishes _______.
  5. The march that destroyed Atlanta, Georgia.
  6. Abraham Lincoln's assassination was done by __________.
  7. A plan from the Union that uses a "snakey" tactic.
  8. Jefferson Davis was the Confederate's _________.
  9. The general who fought for Virginia.
  10. Drafting.
  11. The final major battle in the Civil War.
  12. An organization that provides emergency assistance in the United States.
Down
  1. The one advantage the Confederate States have more than the Union.
  2. The process of being set free from any restrictions.
  3. Your basic rights in court.
  4. The Appomattox was the _____ battle in the Civil War.
  5. The person who's face is on the U.S. penny and on the $5 bill.
  6. The one side of Virginia that fought with the Union.
  7. A public or official announcement.
  8. Antietam was one of the most single _________ battles in American History.
  9. The group of people who separated from the U.S.
  10. The Confederate's first win over the Union.
  11. ÷

23 Clues: ÷ • Drafting. • Your basic rights in court. • A public or official announcement. • The general who fought for Virginia. • The 13th Amendment abolishes _______. • The final major battle in the Civil War. • The march that destroyed Atlanta, Georgia. • The Confederate's first win over the Union. • leading a group of people or an organization. • ...

Historical Events 2023-11-25

Historical Events crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 1955 refusal to give up her bus seat, sparking civil rights activism.
  2. 1950s-1960s fight for equality and justice in the U.S.
  3. Tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union post-WWII.
  4. 14th to 17th-century European cultural and artistic revival.
  5. 1970s political scandal leading to the resignation of a U.S. president.
  6. 14th-century pandemic with devastating effects in Europe.
  7. Iconic 1969 music festival symbolizing the counterculture.
  8. Flourishing civilization along the Nile River.
  9. Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001.
Down
  1. Severe economic downturn in the 1930s.
  2. Symbolic end of the Cold War in 1989.
  3. First successful moon landing in 1969.
  4. Leader in the American civil rights movement.
  5. 18th-century transition to new manufacturing processes.
  6. Systematic racial segregation in South Africa (1948-1994).
  7. 1789 event leading to the end of the French monarchy.
  8. Global conflict from 1939 to 1945.
  9. War for U.S. independence from British rule.
  10. 16th-century expedition, first to circumnavigate the globe.
  11. Conflict in Southeast Asia from 1955 to 1975.

20 Clues: Global conflict from 1939 to 1945. • Symbolic end of the Cold War in 1989. • Severe economic downturn in the 1930s. • First successful moon landing in 1969. • War for U.S. independence from British rule. • Leader in the American civil rights movement. • Conflict in Southeast Asia from 1955 to 1975. • Flourishing civilization along the Nile River. • ...

Civil war causes and results 2024-04-11

Civil war causes and results crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a book about the struggles of slavery
  2. an African American revolt that failed before it began
  3. the south's society with the union was _________
  4. a system of safe houses and people who would help escaped slaves
  5. 18% of the southerners who fought ____
  6. _____ were left to care for the household
  7. the idea that states can secede if they feel like their rights are being violated
  8. lowered the protective tariff for south carolina
  9. the confederates were ________ about losing
Down
  1. the southern way of life had to ______ completely
  2. declared that african Americans were not citizens
  3. elected Abraham Lincoln as president
  4. prohibited slavery above the 36 30 latitude line
  5. it was hard for the south to _______
  6. the southern economy was _______ after the civil war
  7. ____________ made it hard for men to make money
  8. allowed states to determine if they wanted to be a free or a slave state
  9. the south's political _________ was decreased
  10. allowed California to be a free state but outlawed slavery in washington
  11. the slaves were _____ after the civil war

20 Clues: elected Abraham Lincoln as president • it was hard for the south to _______ • a book about the struggles of slavery • 18% of the southerners who fought ____ • _____ were left to care for the household • the slaves were _____ after the civil war • the confederates were ________ about losing • the south's political _________ was decreased • ...

Joe Wadel 5th hour 2023-03-06

Joe Wadel 5th hour crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the practice or policy of territorial or economic expansion
  2. a person who does not support slavery
  3. a state that does support slavery
  4. principles concerning something is right or wrong
  5. the surrounding of a city or town by an army attempting to capture it
  6. a person who killed people to stop slavery
  7. not in accord
  8. a barrier to a city or town
  9. a person who does support slavery
  10. a political concept that gives authority over a state or territory to the people who lived there
Down
  1. a line that divited the usa into two
  2. a person who has escaped from a place
  3. someone being sold and held against there will
  4. dying because of a cause
  5. a person who worked to end slavery
  6. first fight of the civil war(in baldwin city
  7. a state that does not support slavery
  8. person put in jail for not supporting slavery
  9. the president at the time of the civil war
  10. a person who fought for women rights
  11. first state governor of kansas

21 Clues: not in accord • dying because of a cause • a barrier to a city or town • first state governor of kansas • a state that does support slavery • a person who does support slavery • a person who worked to end slavery • a line that divited the usa into two • a person who fought for women rights • a person who has escaped from a place • a person who does not support slavery • ...

January 7 Review 2026-01-06

January 7 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. smallest piece of any matter. Uncuttable.
  2. largest metric prefix
  3. 1st battle of the Civil War
  4. The center of an atom
  5. Union General who created blockade Anaconda plan
  6. The battle between the Monitor and Virginia was the first battle between ?? ships.
  7. layer of the Earth made of melted rock
  8. State of matter where particles are apart and moving fast
  9. State of matter where particles are close and vibrating.
  10. Commanding General of the Armies of Virginia
  11. The amount of particles matter has. With gravity equals weight.
  12. Tool that increased need for slaves in Southern States
  13. State of matter where particles are apart and sliding
  14. Abolitionist who rescued slaves along the Under Ground Railroad
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  1. People who were morally opposed to slavery.
  2. President of the United States during the Civil War
  3. smallest metric prefix
  4. buzzing around an atom. Negative particles
  5. Confederate General and hero at Manassas.
  6. layer of the Earth made of solid metal.
  7. tool that measures volume
  8. The amount of space matter takes up.
  9. tool that compares mass

23 Clues: largest metric prefix • The center of an atom • smallest metric prefix • tool that compares mass • tool that measures volume • 1st battle of the Civil War • The amount of space matter takes up. • layer of the Earth made of melted rock • layer of the Earth made of solid metal. • smallest piece of any matter. Uncuttable. • Confederate General and hero at Manassas. • ...

Ch. 14 The Divided Nation 2026-03-31

Ch. 14 The Divided Nation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first southern state to secede from the union
  2. His debates with Douglas won him fame as an opponent of slavery.
  3. Chief Justice wrote the controversial Supreme Court decision­ Dred Scott v Sanford.
  4. Uncle Tom's ________, written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  5. The battle at _____ _________ in 1861 marked the beginning of the Civil War.
  6. readily accept
  7. to withdraw
  8. set apart or separate
  9. Henry ______ Proposed the Compromise of 1850 to deal with the crisis over slavery.
Down
  1. dispute or argument
  2. Stephen Douglas thought the issue of slavery should be left up to the ________.
  3. ______ war is where people fight within the same country
  4. Jefferson _______ was president of the Confederate States of America
  5. John _______ led a raid on U.S. army weapons in Harper's Ferry that created tension for proslavery & abolitionists.
  6. Stephen __________ was a candidate for senate supported popular sovereignty for western territories
  7. runaway enslaved people
  8. false or misleading information
  9. enslaved person sued for his freedom
  10. law where northerners assisted with the arrest of any person accused with being a runaway slave.
  11. to make clear

20 Clues: to withdraw • to make clear • readily accept • dispute or argument • set apart or separate • runaway enslaved people • false or misleading information • enslaved person sued for his freedom • first southern state to secede from the union • ______ war is where people fight within the same country • Uncle Tom's ________, written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe • ...

African Wars Crossword Bao Han Do 2024-05-16

African Wars Crossword Bao Han Do crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The concert that included many celebrities to raise fund for famine relief in Ethiopia
  2. Nchi", Kenyan troops fought Al-Shabaab and buffer zone inside Somalia established
  3. The dictator that increases ethnic and class divisions due to corruption, economic mismanagement, and much more
  4. In July 2009, militant Islamist and jihadist rebel group rebelled against the Nigerian government. It aimed to establish an Islamic state in the region
  5. He overthrew ruling elite but he was also a dictator
  6. Scorched-earth tactics that killed hundreds of thousands people were killed and millions were displaced
  7. Crisis of 1960-1965, Patrice Lumumba was overthrown after the independence and the rise to power of dictator Joseph-Desire Mobutu, folllowing a series of civil wars and proxy wars
  8. The war between Ethiopia and Somali. Mengistu's Soviet and Cuban allies contributed a huge part in Ethiopian victory
  9. The most lengthy and devastating conflicts in modern African history. Somali and wider region of the Horn of East Africa were heavily affected
  10. A consequence of the civil war that resulted in hundreds of thousands to millions Ethiopian deaths
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  1. the humanitarian organization evolved from JCA that providing medical assistance to civilians in Biafra
  2. The significant and tumultuous periods that reshaping political landscape and social make-up
  3. a significant conflict that left a lasting impact on the history, politics, and society of Nigeria because of its violence
  4. Leader of rebel forces that later became the leader of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  5. People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia established by the Derg to maintain its rule; it failed after the Cold War had ended
  6. A civil war and international military conflict which took place mostly in Zaire
  7. international non-government organizations that raising funds for starving Biafrans
  8. Clinton administration didn't in intervene in the Rwandan genocide after the fear about battles with Somalian militias
  9. The operation made by United Nations Security Council to provide humanitarian relief and restore order in Somali
  10. authoritarian rule
  11. leader of the Nigerian government who ordered troops to surround Biafra in response to Biafra's secession
  12. Seko, A dictator that is anti-imperialist and anti-communist
  13. Agreement, In 2003, it ended the war in Congo
  14. an ethnic group mostly found in northern Nigeria
  15. Marxist-Leninist military dictatorship

25 Clues: authoritarian rule • Marxist-Leninist military dictatorship • Agreement, In 2003, it ended the war in Congo • an ethnic group mostly found in northern Nigeria • He overthrew ruling elite but he was also a dictator • Seko, A dictator that is anti-imperialist and anti-communist • A civil war and international military conflict which took place mostly in Zaire • ...

1960's 2019-11-12

1960's crossword puzzle
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  1. The 36th President
  2. Make love not war
  3. a civil rights group
  4. lead the march on Washington
  5. was under leadership of MLK
  6. voice for the black Muslim faith
  7. Our 35th President
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  1. effort made by African Americans for equal rights
  2. three day music festival
  3. Competition between the U.S and the Soviet Union
  4. they passed three main parts of civil rights
  5. 37th president
  6. what changed the american culture in the 60's

13 Clues: 37th president • Make love not war • The 36th President • Our 35th President • a civil rights group • three day music festival • was under leadership of MLK • lead the march on Washington • voice for the black Muslim faith • they passed three main parts of civil rights • what changed the american culture in the 60's • Competition between the U.S and the Soviet Union • ...

American History Unit 3 Vocab 2024-09-24

American History Unit 3 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. The compulsory enlistment of individuals into military service, often called a draft.
  2. Slave Act A law requiring the return of runaway slaves to their owners, even if found in free states, enacted in 1850.
  3. The period following the Civil War aimed at rebuilding the United States.
  4. Law The imposition of military control over normal civilian functions.
  5. Plan A Union strategy during the Civil War aimed at blockading Southern ports and controlling the Mississippi River to suffocate the Confederacy
  6. The act of freeing someone from slavery or oppression.
  7. To withdraw formally from a federation or body.
  8. A military tactic involving surrounding and isolating a fortified place to compel surrender.
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  1. The act of a state declaring a federal law invalid within its borders, asserting states' rights over federal authority.
  2. Exceptionalism The idea that the United States is inherently different from other nations, often characterized by its democratic ideals and unique historical mission.
  3. Paper currency issued by the U.S. during the Civil War that was not backed by gold or silver.
  4. Warfare A strategy of warfare that involves targeting not just the enemy's military but also its economic resources and civilian infrastructure.
  5. Destiny The 19th-century belief that Westward expansion of the U.S. was a divine right.
  6. An agreement reached by mutual concession, often used to resolve disputes or differences.
  7. Corpus A legal principle that protects against unlawful detention.

15 Clues: To withdraw formally from a federation or body. • The act of freeing someone from slavery or oppression. • Corpus A legal principle that protects against unlawful detention. • Law The imposition of military control over normal civilian functions. • The period following the Civil War aimed at rebuilding the United States. • ...

Civil War Tic-Tac-Toe 2021-09-28

Civil War Tic-Tac-Toe crossword puzzle
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  1. War
  2. Slave Act
  3. Washington
  4. of 1812
  5. and Clark
  6. v Madison
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  1. of independence
  2. Douglass
  3. Scott
  4. Address

10 Clues: War • Scott • Address • of 1812 • Douglass • Slave Act • and Clark • v Madison • Washington • of independence

Early Years of the War 2017-04-05

Early Years of the War crossword puzzle
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  1. Of greater importance or value.
  2. The general who commanded the US Army during the Civil War and later became the 18th President of the US
  3. Was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician.
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  1. to make stronger, to make more effective.
  2. Was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
  3. A 19th-century warship with armor plating.
  4. A person killed or injured in a war or accident.

7 Clues: Of greater importance or value. • to make stronger, to make more effective. • A 19th-century warship with armor plating. • A person killed or injured in a war or accident. • Was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. • Was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician. • ...

chapter 12 2022-04-13

chapter 12 crossword puzzle
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  1. reconstruction
  2. Bill-this bill created framework
  3. against a public official for misconduct.
  4. politicians
  5. Revels-American politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a college administrator.
  6. seceded states come back to reform the United States (1865-1877).
  7. Bureau-provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans.
  8. Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
  9. Republicans-a group
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  1. Amendment-granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.
  2. system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop.
  3. Johnson-After the death of Lincoln he became the
  4. Amendment-The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
  5. codes-restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.
  6. president.
  7. formed a faction
  8. political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
  9. the republican party.
  10. the re-admittance of the confederate states.

19 Clues: president. • politicians • reconstruction • formed a faction • Republicans-a group • the republican party. • Bill-this bill created framework • against a public official for misconduct. • the re-admittance of the confederate states. • Johnson-After the death of Lincoln he became the • seceded states come back to reform the United States (1865-1877). • ...

Important People During The Civil War 2023-03-30

Important People During The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. Confederate Military Officer during the Civil War
  2. President of the Confederate States during the Civil War
  3. Union General during the Civil War
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  1. Confederate General during the Civil War
  2. President of the United States during the Civil War

5 Clues: Union General during the Civil War • Confederate General during the Civil War • Confederate Military Officer during the Civil War • President of the United States during the Civil War • President of the Confederate States during the Civil War

Black History Month 2013-02-22

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. leader of the Civil Rights Movement.
  2. MLK believed a _______ protest was the strongest weapon.
  3. When is black history month?
  4. Lincoln/ 16th president of the U.S.A
  5. most of those sold into slavery worked here.
  6. Saddly, Lincoln was ______ in 1865.
  7. rights/ human rights that can not be taken away.
  8. national association for hte advancement of colored people.
  9. Trade/ transatlantic trading patterns of slaves in exchange for goods is called...
  10. seperate but _____ doctrine of 1954.
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  1. sugar, rum and tobacco were called ____items...
  2. Passage/ route from Africa to the Americas
  3. what brought about the civil war?
  4. Virginia colony with the first african slaves.
  5. a proclamation of 1863, ending slavery was called the ___________ proclamation.
  6. parks/ women responsible for the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  7. after the emancipation, what kind of tensions existed?
  8. people against slavery were called...
  9. how many presidental terms did lincoln serve?
  10. "I have a _______"" is a famous speech by MLK jr.
  11. the goal of the emancipation was to ____ slavery.

21 Clues: When is black history month? • what brought about the civil war? • Saddly, Lincoln was ______ in 1865. • leader of the Civil Rights Movement. • Lincoln/ 16th president of the U.S.A • seperate but _____ doctrine of 1954. • people against slavery were called... • Passage/ route from Africa to the Americas • most of those sold into slavery worked here. • ...

History vocabulary 2 2023-03-02

History vocabulary 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. John brown to the north
  2. southern states dislike
  3. the us civil war
  4. alcohol during temperance
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  1. had to be rewritten into constitution
  2. highest power
  3. Oklahoma in the civil war

7 Clues: highest power • the us civil war • John brown to the north • southern states dislike • Oklahoma in the civil war • alcohol during temperance • had to be rewritten into constitution

Civil War Cross Word 2022-04-05

Civil War Cross Word crossword puzzle
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  1. president who freed slaves
  2. first major battle in which the
  3. won
  4. The first battle of the civil war
  5. turning point battle with 50,000 dead and union victory
  6. document that freed slaves issued by Abraham Lincoln
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  1. woman who led slaves through the underground railroad
  2. he was the general for the union army and became the 18th president
  3. president of the confederacy during the civil war

9 Clues: won • president who freed slaves • first major battle in which the • The first battle of the civil war • president of the confederacy during the civil war • document that freed slaves issued by Abraham Lincoln • woman who led slaves through the underground railroad • turning point battle with 50,000 dead and union victory • ...

Deondre's Ancient Rome crossword 2016-11-21

Deondre's Ancient Rome crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. of law the idea that people should live
  2. to refuse something
  3. two chief leaders in Rome
  4. s person who promotes artistic
  5. and ancient inhabitant
  6. a person with power
  7. the language originally spoken in ancient Rome
  8. a common person
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  1. a person trained to fight
  2. a philosophy
  3. war a war with two groups from the same country
  4. capital of Rome
  5. a group of men
  6. a large arena
  7. Romana a 200 year period of peace

15 Clues: a philosophy • a large arena • a group of men • capital of Rome • a common person • to refuse something • a person with power • and ancient inhabitant • a person trained to fight • two chief leaders in Rome • s person who promotes artistic • Romana a 200 year period of peace • of law the idea that people should live • the language originally spoken in ancient Rome • ...

Citizenship VPC Famous People 2024-05-10

Citizenship VPC Famous People crossword puzzle
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  1. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
  2. Worked for women's rights.
  3. Started the first free libraries.
  4. Vice President of the United States.
  5. Freed the slaves.
  6. Came to America in 1492.
  7. President of the United States.
  8. The father of our country.
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  1. Governor of Virginia.
  2. President during World War 1.
  3. The second president.
  4. President during the Depression and WW2.
  5. Leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
  6. President during World War 2.
  7. Wrote the Federalist Papers.

15 Clues: Freed the slaves. • Governor of Virginia. • The second president. • Came to America in 1492. • Worked for women's rights. • The father of our country. • Wrote the Federalist Papers. • President during World War 1. • President during World War 2. • President of the United States. • Started the first free libraries. • Leader in the Civil Rights Movement. • ...

Vladimir Lenin Crossword 2025-12-11

Vladimir Lenin Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Economic policy after War Communism
  2. Lenin’s executed brother
  3. Leader of the Bolsheviks
  4. “What Is to Be Done?” (Lenin’s work)
  5. Lenin’s political faction
  6. Armed supporters who stormed the palace
  7. Government overthrown in 1917
  8. University Lenin was expelled from
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  1. Palace seized by the Bolsheviks (Winter Palace)
  2. Civil War economic system
  3. Revolutionary group tied to Lenin’s brother
  4. Country where Lenin lived during WWI
  5. Soviet Lenin influenced in 1917
  6. Lenin’s birthplace
  7. Village where Lenin died

15 Clues: Lenin’s birthplace • Lenin’s executed brother • Leader of the Bolsheviks • Village where Lenin died • Civil War economic system • Lenin’s political faction • Government overthrown in 1917 • Soviet Lenin influenced in 1917 • University Lenin was expelled from • Economic policy after War Communism • Country where Lenin lived during WWI • “What Is to Be Done?” (Lenin’s work) • ...

Russian Revolution 2023-05-03

Russian Revolution crossword puzzle
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  1. The Russian tsar's child
  2. Treaty that ended Russo-Japanese war
  3. Tsar of Russia starting in 1884
  4. Battle in WWI resulting in a Russian defeat
  5. Rasputin was well known as a Party ______
  6. Disease that afflicted the tsar's son
  7. Lenin's second-in-command
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  1. Main Russian commander in the Russo-Japanese war
  2. Losing army in Russian Civil War
  3. Year that Nicholas abdicated: 191_
  4. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
  5. Dictator of USSR following Lenin
  6. What Russia failed to modernize before WWI

13 Clues: Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov • The Russian tsar's child • Lenin's second-in-command • Tsar of Russia starting in 1884 • Losing army in Russian Civil War • Dictator of USSR following Lenin • Year that Nicholas abdicated: 191_ • Treaty that ended Russo-Japanese war • Disease that afflicted the tsar's son • Rasputin was well known as a Party ______ • ...

The Gettysburg Address 2015-04-10

The Gettysburg Address crossword puzzle
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  1. The President wanted the Address to keep the Union .
  2. How many days did the Battle last?
  3. The Union consisted of these states.
  4. original Address by the President was to be .
  5. southerners made money on farms or
  6. (blank) score and seven years ago means 87 years ago.
  7. The President was actually very (this) when giving the speech.
  8. The President said "our fathers brought forth...a new nation" which refers to the (blank)who helped build our county.
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  1. The Confederacy consisted of these states.
  2. President during the Civil War.
  3. Who gave a two hour formal speech?
  4. buildings and homes had to be used for
  5. The President's Memorial is located in
  6. A famous battle of the Civil War - Battle of
  7. The Gettysburg Address is considered one of the most (blank) speeches in our country's history.
  8. How many copies of the Gettysburg Address were written?

16 Clues: President during the Civil War. • How many days did the Battle last? • Who gave a two hour formal speech? • southerners made money on farms or • The Union consisted of these states. • buildings and homes had to be used for • The President's Memorial is located in • The Confederacy consisted of these states. • A famous battle of the Civil War - Battle of • ...

Important People During The Civil War 2023-03-30

Important People During The Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. President of the United States during the Civil War
  2. President of the Confederate States during the Civil War
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  1. Confederate Military Officer during the Civil War
  2. Union General during the Civil War
  3. Confederate General during the Civil War

5 Clues: Union General during the Civil War • Confederate General during the Civil War • Confederate Military Officer during the Civil War • President of the United States during the Civil War • President of the Confederate States during the Civil War

History 2018-01-19

History crossword puzzle
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  1. only responsible to god
  2. a policy to have no alliance or economic or political relations
  3. administrative organization that relies on non elective officials
  4. the braided ponytail worn by chinese males.
  5. soldier in the elite guard (Ottoman)
  6. supporters of parliament (eng. Civil war)
  7. head of noble family in Japan
  8. life, liberty, property ( born with)
  9. supporters of king (eng. Civil war)
  10. does not conform to doctrine
  11. military/ political holder (Ottoman)
  12. a landowner who lend land to poor farmers
  13. French Protestants
  14. principles in economics in the 17th century
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  1. forced voyage of enslaved Africans
  2. Spanish had the right to use native americans
  3. formed by outside conquerors who unify a nation
  4. customary beliefs
  5. generally accepted theory
  6. a political system whose ruler holds all power
  7. Eng. Protestants
  8. settlement of people in a new land
  9. no government
  10. daimyo was forced to stay home when the lord was gone
  11. rapid increase in prices
  12. labor system on Peru to draft indigenous people to work

26 Clues: no government • Eng. Protestants • customary beliefs • French Protestants • only responsible to god • rapid increase in prices • generally accepted theory • does not conform to doctrine • head of noble family in Japan • forced voyage of enslaved Africans • settlement of people in a new land • supporters of king (eng. Civil war) • soldier in the elite guard (Ottoman) • ...

US Women Crossword Puzzle | Created by Abhi Iyer 2024-05-22

US Women Crossword Puzzle | Created by Abhi Iyer crossword puzzle
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  1. Blind and deaf, but overcame disabilities
  2. Tennis player with 23 grand slams, sister to the planet tennis player
  3. Provided water to soldiers during the American Revolution
  4. Led the Rhode Island colony
  5. Nurse for the Civil War soldiers
  6. Cracked Soviet and Japanese military cryptic messages
  7. Investigated mental hospitals undercover
  8. Bedridden Mexican painter
  9. The first African-American 1st Lady
  10. First African-American singer to switch genres
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  1. First female vice president
  2. A former politician who ran for congress
  3. Spread a virus despite being asymptomatic
  4. Explored the country with a baby and 2 others
  5. Singer-songwriter who negotiates her own deals
  6. Tennis player named after a planet
  7. Beat the records of college basketball
  8. Her child was the first European born in the New World
  9. Feminist and advocate for equal rights
  10. Created a film studio with her husband
  11. Spy for the confederacy
  12. Temperance advocate, destroyed booze with hatchets
  13. Built insane asylums & a monument for Civil War soldiers who died
  14. TV hostess, greatest philantropist in US history
  15. Tennis player who won 39 grand slam titles

25 Clues: Spy for the confederacy • Bedridden Mexican painter • First female vice president • Led the Rhode Island colony • Nurse for the Civil War soldiers • Tennis player named after a planet • The first African-American 1st Lady • Beat the records of college basketball • Feminist and advocate for equal rights • Created a film studio with her husband • ...

Constitution and Bill of Rights 2023-03-07

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

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

Roman Republic 2025-03-13

Roman Republic crossword puzzle
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  1. Roman general, married to Caesar's daughter
  2. What Rome became after the fall of the Roman Republic
  3. grand-nephew of Caesar
  4. Title given to Octavian by the Senate
  5. Roman term for someone who has power to command
  6. large land estates staffed with slaves
  7. Egyptian queen who had a child with Caesar
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  1. Tiberius _____________ who suggested land should be given back to the Roman people
  2. Roman general who lifted the land requirements for Roman soldiers
  3. the place where Pompey fled and was beheaded
  4. Two words; literally Roman Peace; a period of time which began with Augustus's bringing the end to a century of civil war
  5. The day Caesar was assassinated (3 words)
  6. the richest man in Rome, part of the First Triumvirate
  7. River which Caesar crossed and started a civil war
  8. Caesar's right hand man, married to Cleopatra

15 Clues: grand-nephew of Caesar • Title given to Octavian by the Senate • large land estates staffed with slaves • The day Caesar was assassinated (3 words) • Egyptian queen who had a child with Caesar • Roman general, married to Caesar's daughter • the place where Pompey fled and was beheaded • Caesar's right hand man, married to Cleopatra • ...

Reconstruction Unit 9 2020-03-29

Reconstruction Unit 9 crossword puzzle
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  1. Lincoln's Vice President Andrew ______________ took over after the assassination.
  2. South Carolina and North Carolina were part of the _______________ military district under the Radical Republican plan.
  3. The ________________ codes were a series of laws put into place in the South to restrict the civil rights of Freedmen.
  4. The federal government's promise of 40 acres and a ________________ was not seen by many blacks during reconstruction.
  5. The _________________ Republicans were a political party that wanted to punish the South after the Civil War.
  6. The Democratic party in the South ran on a platform of a return to _______________ supremacy.
  7. Daniel ___________________ was the commander of the 2nd military district.
  8. Rutherford B. _________________ won the Presidential election of 1876 by agreeing to end reconstruction in the South.
  9. A massacre took place in _______________, SC after a mob attacked a group of black soldiers killing 6.
  10. A _________________ was a name given to a white southerner that did not support the confederacy during the war.
  11. The 15th amendment gave black males the power to __________________ for the first time.
  12. The ___________________ shirts were a group of white democrats used intimidation, violence, and voter fraud to get Wade Hampton elected Governor of South Carolina.
  13. __________________ was the name given to former slaves
  14. _________________ was a time period of rebuilding and reunification of the south after the Civil War
  15. Under the radical republican plan the south was divided into ______________ military districts.
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  1. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln at ______________ theater in Washington, DC.
  2. Under the SC constitution of 1868 _______________ could own property in their own name for the first time.
  3. The entire ________________ of the south was destroyed during the war including roads, buildings, and railroad lines.
  4. The _______________ was terrorist organization that targeted carpetbaggers, blacks, and Radical Republicans during reconstruction.
  5. A ____________________ was the name given to Northern whites that moved south after the war.
  6. President Abraham _________________________ was assassinated on April 14, 1865.
  7. The 13th amendment abolished ____________ in the United States.
  8. ___________________ is a form of farming in which workers work the land for a share of the crop.
  9. The Freedmen's _________________ was established in 1865 to provide food, clothing, medical supplies, and jobs to needy blacks.
  10. The greatest success of the Freedmen's bureau was in their building of freedmen’s _______________ to teach blacks to read and write.

25 Clues: __________________ was the name given to former slaves • The 13th amendment abolished ____________ in the United States. • Daniel ___________________ was the commander of the 2nd military district. • President Abraham _________________________ was assassinated on April 14, 1865. • ...

Civil War Test Review 2013-02-24

Civil War Test Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The ____________ states had slavery, but were kept in the Union by force
  2. The Southern ________________ were not as useful as those in the North because they were not standardized
  3. Lincoln declared all slaves free in areas under southern control when he issued the _______________ Proclamation
  4. The President of the Union was Abraham _____________________
  5. The military tradition in the south have the Confederacy an early advantage in quality __________________
  6. Lincoln's ability to get information from all over via telegraph gave the North a ______________ overview
  7. The idea of using all of the manufacturing might of the north to help win the war was known as a War _______________
  8. Winfield Scott's plan to surround and crush the south was known as the _______________ Plan
  9. The deadly new bullet used on both sides was known as the ______________ Ball.
  10. The violent abolitionist that murdered five pro-slavery people in Kansas was John ___________
  11. The process of state breaking away from the union is known as __________________
  12. John Brown and his men raided the federal arsenal at _______________ Ferry WV.
  13. The unexpected invention of the Cotton Gin made ________________ much more profitable
  14. The South hoped that Great ____________ would support them because their need for cotton
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  1. The Union navy was used to __________________ Southern ports
  2. Harriet Tubman was a major figure in the operation of the _________________ Railroad
  3. The issues that drove the North and South apart over time are known as _____________ issues
  4. Frederick Douglass was a well known ____________________
  5. The man who proposed letting Kansas vote on being pro or anti-slavery was _______________ Douglas
  6. The most famous general of the Confederacy was Gen. Robert E. __________
  7. The Union navy was the first nation to use an underwater boat known as a ________________
  8. Horse mounted soldiers were known as ________________ troops
  9. The general that turned the tide of the war in favor of the Union was Gen U.S.___________
  10. The President of the Confederacy was _____________________ Davis
  11. The new armored ships that changed naval warfare forever were known as ________________
  12. All of the technological advances and new methods of fighting led the Civil War to be known as the first _____________ war
  13. The Union general that drove his army south through George and to the sea was Gen. William T. ______________
  14. Letting the people of Kansas vote on slave/free-slave status is known as __________________ sovereignty
  15. The ____________-Nebraska Act helped to push the nation toward civil war

29 Clues: Frederick Douglass was a well known ____________________ • The Union navy was used to __________________ Southern ports • The President of the Union was Abraham _____________________ • Horse mounted soldiers were known as ________________ troops • The President of the Confederacy was _____________________ Davis • ...

Pre Civil War Crossword 2013-06-03

Pre Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. President of the Confederate States of America
  2. This bill passed in 1833 to further the collection of imports and duties
  3. Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin (last name)
  4. Admitted into the Union during the Compromise of 1850
  5. First Fort to surrender during the Civil War
  6. Judges appointed at the last minute
  7. The most successful ordinance passed by the Articles of Confederation
  8. (int) Corrupt Bargain of 1824
  9. Organization opposed to slavery
  10. Destiny to travel out West
  11. Both the Union and the CSA wanted to win the support of these states
  12. British Economic Theory in the 17th century
  13. Territorial purchase with Mexico in order to build a Railway
  14. Territory purchased in 1803
  15. British soldiers fired into a crowd in this city
  16. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are called the
  17. Leader of the Federalist papers
  18. This topic would eventually lead to the civil war
  19. Pilgrims who wanted to purify the English Church
  20. Commodore who sailed to Japan in 1853
  21. First Colonial Legislature in England
  22. Common Sense
  23. Landmark Supreme Court Case in 1857
  24. Wrote the Declaration of Independance
  25. “The Prophet”
  26. Invented the cotton gin
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  1. War of 1812 is also known as this President’s war
  2. Doctrine discouraging further colonization of the New World
  3. This Frontier “embodied the true American Spirit”
  4. Colony owned by an individual
  5. Weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led to the U.S
  6. This state entered as a free state during the Compromise of 1821
  7. Convention where states of New England met to discuss their grievances
  8. Brought the French into the War of Independance
  9. Compromise of 1821
  10. Tariff of 1828
  11. This mineral brought thousands of people to California in 1840’s
  12. Passage used to transport slaves to the New World
  13. Attempted to incite a slave revolt in Virginia (last name)
  14. First Republican President
  15. Initiated a war with France in 1753-1754
  16. Gave “A City upon a hill” speech
  17. Led a rebellion in Virginia, 1676
  18. SImple silversmith who gained fame during the American Revolution
  19. “The Great Compromiser”
  20. The British did this to American sailors in the early 1800’s
  21. Founded by Lord Baltimore
  22. pro nullification during the Nullification crisis
  23. Most hated tax imposed by the British before the American Revolution

49 Clues: Common Sense • “The Prophet” • Tariff of 1828 • Compromise of 1821 • “The Great Compromiser” • Invented the cotton gin • Founded by Lord Baltimore • Destiny to travel out West • First Republican President • Territory purchased in 1803 • Colony owned by an individual • (int) Corrupt Bargain of 1824 • Organization opposed to slavery • Leader of the Federalist papers • ...

American Civil War Crossword 2013-04-11

American Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an analgesic and narcotic drug
  2. a mussel loading cannon
  3. plan an outline strategy for subduing the seceding states in the civil war
  4. a place where weapons and military equipment are stored or made by a country, person, or group
  5. a number of democrats who oppose the civil war
  6. a person who favors abolishing a custom, law, or practice.
  7. having or relating to a system of Gov. in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs
  8. a warship with a streamlined hull designed to operate completely submerged in the sea for long periods
  9. generosity, liberality, or abundance, plenty
  10. an act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
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  1. a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrenders
  2. a series of military operations intended to achieve a particular objective, confined to a particular area
  3. goods that have been imported or exported illegally
  4. an armed ship owned and officered by private individuals holding a Gov. commission and authorized for use in war
  5. an alliance formed for an unlawful purpose
  6. the action of with drawing formally form membership of a federation or body.
  7. a 19th century warship with armor plating
  8. musket several types of small arms produced by the Springfield armory
  9. a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports
  10. the action or fact of joining together or being joined together

20 Clues: a mussel loading cannon • an analgesic and narcotic drug • a 19th century warship with armor plating • an alliance formed for an unlawful purpose • generosity, liberality, or abundance, plenty • a number of democrats who oppose the civil war • goods that have been imported or exported illegally • a person who favors abolishing a custom, law, or practice. • ...

The American Civil War 2013-05-18

The American Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Civil War nurse who later founded the American Red Cross
  2. battle in Maryland that ended Lee's first invasion of the North
  3. commander of Union army in the east
  4. town in Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant
  5. Union general Sherman's destructive march across Georgia
  6. document issued by Lincoln that all slaves in Confederate-held territory were free
  7. bloody battle in Tennessee won by Grant
  8. battle in 1863 in Pennsylvania when Union forces stopped a Confederate invasion of the North
  9. Union ironclad ship
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  1. Union general who won battles in the west
  2. first major battle of the Civil War
  3. Confederate victory in Virginia, during which Lee stopped Union campaign against Richmond
  4. Confederate ironclad ship, later renamed the Virginia
  5. failed assault on union positions on final day of Battle of Gettysburg
  6. regiment of African-American soldiers that gained fame for its courageous assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina
  7. the surrounding of the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, by Union forces
  8. Northern Democrats who favored peace with the South
  9. Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy
  10. Confederate general who fought at Gettysburg
  11. Union fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina

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

Civil War - Diana Eaves 2019-12-02

Civil War - Diana Eaves crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Led Union forces at Shiloh.
  2. Bloodiest single day of fighting; known as Sharpsburg.
  3. Riots that targeted upper class white men, African Americans, and war supporters.
  4. The South's economy was dependent on this.
  5. Led March to the Sea; cut through GA to weaken Confederacy.
  6. River controlled by Union forces.
  7. President of the Union.
  8. Implemented drafting in 1863.
  9. Confederate victory; known as the First Manassas.
  10. Southern states _______ and formed the Confederacy.
  11. South supplied the North and Europe this raw material.
  12. Lee surrendered at this courthouse in 1865.
  13. Turning point of the war in favor of the Union.
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  1. City burned down by Sherman.
  2. Confederate general accidentally killed by his own troops.
  3. Rebellion in lower south; SC attacked supply ships.
  4. Freed slaves living in states against the Union.
  5. The North was based on this type of economy.
  6. Assassinated Lincoln in a theater on April 14, 1865.
  7. Led Confederate troops and invaded Maryland.
  8. Located in GA; one of the most brutal Prisoner of War Camps.
  9. Conflict between the union and the confederacy.
  10. Bloodiest engagement of the war; over 50,000 casualties.

23 Clues: President of the Union. • Led Union forces at Shiloh. • City burned down by Sherman. • Implemented drafting in 1863. • River controlled by Union forces. • The South's economy was dependent on this. • Lee surrendered at this courthouse in 1865. • The North was based on this type of economy. • Led Confederate troops and invaded Maryland. • ...

Civil War - Jenna Sweat 2019-12-02

Civil War - Jenna Sweat crossword puzzle
Across
  1. South Carolina fort
  2. capital of the Confederacy
  3. states that seceded
  4. bloodiest single day of the war
  5. conflict b/t the Union and Confederacy
  6. the south's only agricultural advantage
  7. Georgia prison camp
  8. southern economy based on...
  9. famous Union general; wins the war
  10. Lincoln's assassin
  11. president of the Confederacy
  12. theater where Lincoln was shot
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  1. Union general that burned Atlanta
  2. northern economy based on...
  3. courthouse where Lee surrendered
  4. states that did not secede
  5. __ proclamation: freed Confederate slaves
  6. Thomas Jackson; shot by his own troops
  7. president of the Union
  8. turning point
  9. famous Confederate general; lost to Grant
  10. bloodiest engagement
  11. to force to join the war

23 Clues: turning point • Lincoln's assassin • South Carolina fort • states that seceded • Georgia prison camp • bloodiest engagement • president of the Union • to force to join the war • capital of the Confederacy • states that did not secede • northern economy based on... • southern economy based on... • president of the Confederacy • theater where Lincoln was shot • ...

Civil War- Zak Swinson 2019-12-02

Civil War- Zak Swinson crossword puzzle
Across
  1. General who planned an attack and led Union troops into Shiloh
  2. capital of the Confederate states
  3. plagued camp life and proved to be deadly
  4. Eleven Southern states had seceded and formed the ______
  5. major crop of the South
  6. the North's biggest advantage over the South
  7. made all men 20-45 eligible for draft
  8. bloodiest single-day of fighting in the war
  9. most of the fighting happened in what region
  10. conflict b/t the Union and Confederacy
  11. The states seceded in order to maintain this practice
  12. President of Confederacy
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  1. The South was based on agriculture, but the North had the most
  2. allowed to enlist in the Union Army after 1862
  3. prison that held over 30,000 prisoners
  4. this battle was the bloodiest engagement of the war
  5. President Lincoln sent ships to S.C. b/c they were low on ___
  6. President of the Union
  7. slave states that remained loyal to the Union
  8. the war begun in this location
  9. some citizens of this state opposed secession
  10. battle that increased confidence of Confederate troops

22 Clues: President of the Union • major crop of the South • President of Confederacy • the war begun in this location • capital of the Confederate states • made all men 20-45 eligible for draft • prison that held over 30,000 prisoners • conflict b/t the Union and Confederacy • plagued camp life and proved to be deadly • bloodiest single-day of fighting in the war • ...

Civil War - Celina Peter 2019-12-02

Civil War - Celina Peter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. most of the fighting took place in the south, called "________ Advantage"
  2. north had this type of production as an advantage
  3. conflict between the union and the confederacy
  4. provided exemption for owners of 20+ slaves
  5. president of the union (the north)
  6. the south owned 25% of the nation's _____
  7. ensuing engagement was more deadly than that at shiloh; diplomatic victory
  8. freed slaves living in states rebelling against union
  9. important border state because it bordered washington d.c.
  10. created army of potomac
  11. slave states that remained loyal to the union
  12. these states waited for lincoln's call of volunteers to seceed
  13. were responsible for most of the fighting during war
  14. had the disadvantage due to 11 states, lower population and half being slaves
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  1. union forces against confederates; union was initially successful
  2. had the advantage of size and population, 23 states
  3. all men 20-45 eligible for draft, exemptions were allowed, substitutions
  4. lincoln morally opposed _______ and did not support its spread
  5. southern cotton was traded to european nations
  6. fighting took place over three days; bloodiest battle
  7. path of destruction 60 miles wide from atlanta to savannah
  8. south fought to preserve their way of life
  9. called for blockade of southern ports and capture mississippi river
  10. lee retreated from petersburg
  11. common form of medical care for civil war soldiers
  12. similar to the north's "enrollment act"
  13. this man's troops invaded maryland
  14. fell to union troops following a siege
  15. seven countries formed the ___________ states of america
  16. the south's main crop
  17. union forces led by grant; confederates staged surprise attack

31 Clues: the south's main crop • created army of potomac • lee retreated from petersburg • president of the union (the north) • this man's troops invaded maryland • fell to union troops following a siege • similar to the north's "enrollment act" • the south owned 25% of the nation's _____ • south fought to preserve their way of life • provided exemption for owners of 20+ slaves • ...

Civil War Crossword puzzle 2021-02-04

Civil War Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. located in Charleston, SC
  2. Union
  3. fight a defensive war
  4. Confederacy
  5. Anaconda Plan
  6. Union had 22,000 miles of this
  7. South had a very strong -------- due to amazing officers
  8. A soldier who sent his wife a letter when he thought he was going to die
  9. Union leader
  10. took over their husbands jobs along with their own
  11. the Union defended themselves and the North had to fight and protect
  12. pilot on the confederate transport, he gave the union information
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  1. 10,000 slaves were left behind and given jobs
  2. Confederate leader
  3. Hunley
  4. southern farms provided this for their army
  5. when did the battle of Fort Sumter happen
  6. Narrow, bulletproof iron, submarine, first submarine to sink a ship
  7. joined the army, helped their families, or found jobs in north, more freedom
  8. were given more jobs than they had
  9. All African American soldiers

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

The Civil War Crossword 2021-02-12

The Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who was elected in the 1860 election and was the leader of the Union?
  2. Who Does Lincoln send to restock and restore Fort Sumter?
  3. Lee thinks of this battle as his best win and victory tactically. Lee starts to think that he can't be stopped and is invulnerable.
  4. There were ___ battles during the time period of the Seven Day's Battle.
  5. The battle where the Confederacy divides into two.
  6. In which battle was Albert S. Johnston killed in?
  7. George G. ____ was the US general at the Battle of Gettysburg
  8. In the Battle Of First Manassas, she was killed by Union artillery in a crossfire and was the only casualty that was a citizen.
  9. This event made the beginning of the Civil War official.
  10. They were victorious in the Battle of Antietam.
  11. This is when Confederates ran through the smoke from canons yelling and screaming.
  12. What were states that didn't leave and secede from the Union and still had slavery called?
  13. _________ was the leader of the Confederate States.
  14. In this battle, Robert E. Lee is officially promoted to the role of Southern Commander.
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  1. This was the first battle between ships shielded and covered with iron.
  2. 15% of the Navy was made up of these people of color.
  3. Lincoln fired this man because he was supposed to destroy and attack the Rebel army, but didn't and ignored the order.
  4. The battle that was Known as the bloodiest single day in the history of America.
  5. White Southerners were threatening to ____ any African American soldiers they caught
  6. Proclamation This document only concerned the rebellious Southern states and Lincoln believed that the document could help inspire slaves to run away from their masters and go to territory controlled by the Union.
  7. This is who the word and term "sideburns" comes from.
  8. What battle was the Tennessee River secured in by the Union?
  9. Charge The battle where the Confederates lost over half of their men and Lee asked to be removed from his position, but he wasn't allowed.
  10. This was the battle where Burnside, while people were shooting at him, leaves and resigns his position.
  11. The speech given by Lincoln honoring all the soldiers that died in the Battle of Gettysburg.

25 Clues: They were victorious in the Battle of Antietam. • In which battle was Albert S. Johnston killed in? • The battle where the Confederacy divides into two. • _________ was the leader of the Confederate States. • 15% of the Navy was made up of these people of color. • This is who the word and term "sideburns" comes from. • ...

civil war crossword puzzle 2021-02-08

civil war crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The common weapon of the Civil War infantryman, it was a firearm fired from the shoulder. It differed from a regular musket by the grooves (called rifling) cut into the inside of the barrel. When the exploding powder thrusts the bullet forward, the grooves in the barrel make it spin, just like a football spirals through the air. Rifle-muskets were more accurate and had a longer range than smoothbore weapons.
  2. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports.
  3. Amendment which officially outlawed slavery
  4. Large logs painted to look like cannons; used to fool the enemy into thinking a position was stronger than it really was.
  5. The bullet was designed for muzzle-loading rifle-muskets. It was invented by two Frenchmen, Henri-Gustave Delvigne and Claude-Étienne Minié (pronounced “min-ee-ay”). It was small enough to load quickly, and had a special feature that let it take advantage of a rifled-barrel. When the rifle-musket was fired, expanding gas from the gunpowder blast was caught in the hollow base of the bullet forcing it against the rifled grooves inside the barrel.
  6. A metal blade, like a long knife or short sword, that could be attached to the end of a musket or rifle-musket and used as a spear or pike in hand-to-hand combat.
  7. Another name for the Model 1857 gun howitzer. This lighter, more maneuverable field artillery piece fired 12 pound projectiles and was very popular with both Federal and Confederate armies.
  8. Someone who does something because they want to, not because they need to. Most Civil War soldiers, especially in the beginning of the War, were volunteers. Men joined the armies on both sides because they wanted to fight for their cause.
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  1. A rifled artillery piece with a reinforcing band at the rear, or breech. Parrott guns were used by both the Army and the Navy, and ranged from 10-pounders to 300-pounders. They were named after their designer, Robert Parker Parrott.
  2. A war between different groups or regions in the same country
  3. place of battle
  4. An area that is devastated, or destroyed, by something, such as a flood, storm, or war
  5. line A boundary surveyed in the 1760s that ran between Pennsylvania to the North and Delaware, Maryland and (West) Virginia to the South. It became a symbolic division between free states and slave states.
  6. freedom of choice
  7. Union soldiers during the Civil War; people from the northern States
  8. Loyal to the Confederacy
  9. A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder. Thrust from exploding powder shoots the bullet forward like a chest pass in basketball.
  10. The nickname given to the Confederate soldiers
  11. the South
  12. the north
  13. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.

21 Clues: the South • the north • place of battle • freedom of choice • Loyal to the Confederacy • Amendment which officially outlawed slavery • The nickname given to the Confederate soldiers • Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. • A war between different groups or regions in the same country • Union soldiers during the Civil War; people from the northern States • ...

Pre Civil War Era 2017-05-16

Pre Civil War Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The South threatened to do this to the North if they didn't get what they want
  2. A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe to exploit the terrible parts of slavery (initials)
  3. This is where white males made bids on slaves and sold others.
  4. what the slaves used to communicate with each other
  5. People in the North generally got a better one of these than Southerners, and slaves were not allowed to get this at all.
  6. someone who made slaves obedient to their masters by abusing them
  7. people who were treated as property
  8. A character in Uncle Tom's Cabin who escaped to Canada so her family wasn't seperated
  9. prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control.
  10. Eli Whitney made this in an attempt to slow down slavery, but it backfired and made it worse (two words)
  11. a type of slave who watched and punished other slaves
  12. An era in the 19th century where factories and steam engines started to be made, boosting the North's economy ten times the amount of the South (two words)
  13. Uncle Tom's Cabin affected many Northerners to take action
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  1. The South's main cash crop on plantations
  2. a rule that tabled all petitions against slavery (Two words)
  3. a comrpramise that made Maine a free state and another state a slave state. (two words)
  4. Many people question whether the Civil War was this word.
  5. What the Boston Morning Post claimed Uncle Tom's Cabin was
  6. big farms that white males owned
  7. Many of these were posted for catching runaway slaves
  8. Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin (initials)
  9. A free black male who went to the Supreme Court asking questions such as "Did congress have the right to make any laws at all concerning slavery?" but was outvoted by the Southern judges. (Two words, name)
  10. Someone who is fighting to get rid of slavery
  11. A character in Uncle Tom's Cabin who's main purpose was to exploit how bad plantation owners were by getting whipped to death near the end of the book.
  12. most of these people came to the North from other countries
  13. the age most slaves started working

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

The American Civil War 2019-04-01

The American Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A name given by former Confederates to Southern whites who supported Reconstruction in the South.
  2. An addition to the Constitution that granted African American men the right to vote.
  3. An addition to the Constitution that abolished slavery.
  4. What did the Union need to control in order to take control of the western Confederate states?
  5. A soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle.
  6. A warship equipped with iron plating for protection.
  7. A period of time following the Civil War in which the North and South tried to rebuild economically and socially.
  8. A system of selecting people for required military service.
  9. What caused the death of many soldiers even before they got onto the battlefield?
  10. A Union plan in which they would surround the South and cut off all supply lines in or out.
  11. The union soldiers were also known as what?
  12. A system of farming in which a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds and receives a share of the crop.
  13. Law requiring separation of African Americans and whites in public places.
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  1. A state located between the North and the South: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri.
  2. A strategy of bringing war to the entire society, not just the military.
  3. To unite, or to blend into a united whole.
  4. To formally join a military force.
  5. A decree freeing enslaved people in those parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion on Jan. 1, 1863.
  6. Which side had a larger population and more resources?
  7. Where did a majority of the battles take place?
  8. A Northern white who moved to the South after the war.
  9. Captured during battle, these men lived in terrible conditions with their enemy standing guard.
  10. Which side had better military leaders and knew the landscape best?
  11. The confederates were also known as what?

24 Clues: To formally join a military force. • The confederates were also known as what? • To unite, or to blend into a united whole. • The union soldiers were also known as what? • Where did a majority of the battles take place? • A warship equipped with iron plating for protection. • Which side had a larger population and more resources? • ...

Post Civil War Crossword 2016-11-18

Post Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These people did not understand the ownership of land
  2. People who bought a lot of land to sell it later for a profit
  3. Controlling the many different businesses that make up the faces of a products development
  4. The leader of the American Federation of Labor
  5. Inventor of the talking telegram in 1876
  6. This person led the first labor union called the Knights of Labor
  7. A strike against McCormick's factory for better pay
  8. The police force that helped at the Homestead Strike
  9. A tax put on imported goods
  10. A very rich man who was owner of carnegie steel
  11. An earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide
  12. The leader of the American Railway Union
  13. When a company is on complete control of a product
  14. A group of people who did not feel that the two main political parties were doing enough to protect their interests
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  1. An attempt by the government to turn native americans into the rest of the society
  2. Suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth
  3. Was called America's greatest inventor
  4. Dropping your prices low to drive competitors out of business
  5. The cheaters who went into Oklahoma early and claimed the best land
  6. A strike Carnegie Steel that broke out in a fight
  7. The thousands of people who raced into Oklahoma to get land
  8. Very successful producer of sleeping cars for railroads
  9. This assured people that it was worth the risk to move out west and become a property owner
  10. The person who tried to assassinate Henry Frick but failed
  11. A loose association of businesses who produce the same product
  12. A philosophy that believes in survival of the fittest in businesses, also believes the government should stay out of business
  13. Federal land that was set aside for native americans to live on
  14. This invention helped extend the life of food
  15. A system of long and short pulses
  16. A way of getting around anti monopoly laws

30 Clues: A tax put on imported goods • A system of long and short pulses • Was called America's greatest inventor • Inventor of the talking telegram in 1876 • The leader of the American Railway Union • A way of getting around anti monopoly laws • This invention helped extend the life of food • The leader of the American Federation of Labor • ...

Unit 8 Civil War 2018-04-09

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

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

Civil War Crossword Project 2023-02-22

Civil War Crossword Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this side was made up of 23 states
  2. this battle took place on September 17,1862 in Washington county,MD
  3. this was when a union general led 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah,Georgia on November 15-December 21 1864
  4. act of closing off a place in order for nothing to go in or out
  5. an escape enslaved person
  6. how many people ran in the 1860 election
  7. price of something goes up in price
  8. a tactic used during war that helped some escape to freedom
  9. as other states began seceding, the new country became known as what
  10. this battle took place on July 1-3,1863 in Gettysburg,Pennsylvania
  11. this battle took place on July 21,1861 in Fairfax County and Prince William County,VA
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  1. this was a confederate submarine that operated through 1863-1864
  2. this was when Robert E.Lee surrendered his army on April 9,1865 in Appomattox County,VA
  3. this battle took place on April 12-13,1861 in Charleston SC
  4. this battle took place on March 8, 1862 and march 9,1862 in Hampton Roads in Virginia
  5. this discrimination of one group of people
  6. what percent of black soldiers would go on to make up of the union army
  7. on this side black soldiers could not fight for this side
  8. this is who won the election of 1860
  9. to break apart from

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

civil war crossword project 2023-02-15

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

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

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-04-21

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

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

Civil War Final Project 2023-05-10

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

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

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-19

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

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

Civil war crossword puzzle 2023-05-23

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

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

US CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION 2022-03-29

US CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - a test African American people had to take to vote
  2. - a group of politicians that believed that free slaves should have equal rights as a regular citizen
  3. - Three legged route that made up the Atlantic slave trade
  4. - 16th President of the United States
  5. - a terrorist group
  6. - the 13th, 14th, and the 15th amendments of the constitution
  7. - a organization made to protect slaves trying to be free
  8. - assassinated the 16th president of the United States
  9. - The 11 southern states that fought the Northern of the United States in the civil war
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  1. - American folk music that articulate the suffering, longing and religious passion
  2. - A machine made in 1793 that makes cotton easier to process
  3. - was the location of the first ever attack in the American civil war
  4. - separating people by their race and skin colors
  5. - A person that supported ending slavery
  6. - a transportation system used to help escape slaves
  7. - A huge farm/field where slaves were forced to work
  8. - laws that limited the rights of African Americans
  9. - voting rights passed on by their grandfathers
  10. - became President after the 16th President of the United States died
  11. - to depart from a group
  12. - a fee people had to pay to vote in elections
  13. - The 18th President of the United States

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

Civil War Project Crossword 2022-05-18

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

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

Befor the civil war 2024-09-30

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

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

Civil War through 1920s 2023-12-06

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

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

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2023-10-20

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

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

Us. History Civil War 2023-10-24

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

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

Civil War Slang Vocabulary 2023-10-23

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

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

Post Civil War Vocabulary 2024-10-08

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

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

After The Civil War 2025-05-07

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

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

Causes of Civil War 2024-04-12

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

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

Civil War Crossword puzzle 2022-03-24

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

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

Civil War Crossword puzzle 2022-03-24

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

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

Civil War - Part 3 2025-05-28

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

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

Beginning of Civil War 2025-05-21

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

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