civil war Crossword Puzzles

Civil War 2026-01-21

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the south after the Civil war
  2. The 11 states that seceded from the union
  3. the rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people of the United States
  4. A war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country
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  1. Time after the civil war which southern states were rebuilt
  2. Laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the south to limit black peoples rights
  3. an agency established by Congress to help newly freed black americans
  4. A closing off area to keep people or supplies in or out

8 Clues: The 11 states that seceded from the union • A closing off area to keep people or supplies in or out • Time after the civil war which southern states were rebuilt • A war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country • an agency established by Congress to help newly freed black americans • ...

Civil War 2026-03-31

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. things that are wrong and that make people suffer
  2. to be forced to work for others without freedom or pay
  3. refers to the states in the northeastern and north-central part of the United Statesterritories areas of land
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  1. another name for the United States
  2. all the people who are born around the same time
  3. a system in which people are legally owned by another and forced to work, often without pay
  4. having the power to make your own decisions and to do what you want
  5. the states in the southeastern and south-central part of the United States

8 Clues: another name for the United States • all the people who are born around the same time • things that are wrong and that make people suffer • to be forced to work for others without freedom or pay • having the power to make your own decisions and to do what you want • the states in the southeastern and south-central part of the United States • ...

President Crossword Puzzle 2022-10-03

President Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. This president was a strong believer in United States industry and was commander in chief during the Spanish American War.
  2. This president was a large proponent of the Affordable Care Act, and it was passed under his presidency.
  3. This president changed directions from Lincoln’s reconstruction plan once in office and was the first president to be impeached.
  4. This president is the first president to serve two non consecutive terms and is best known for using the veto power on laws.
  5. This is an abbreviated name for the president that came up with the New Deal during the Great Depression.
  6. This president is famous for warning European nations to not colonize any more lands in the American territories.
  7. This president was in office during the Cuban Missile Crisis, but was not able to finish his term due to an assassination.
  8. This president conducted a massive trade deal that helped America trade with Canada and Mexico in the 90’s.
  9. This president struggled with his administration to help ease the problems of the Great Depression.
  10. This president had the shortest presidency of 31 days after passing away from pneumonia.
  11. Decided to drop the atomic bomb in World War II after only being in office for 82 days.
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  1. This president was a big advocate for the League of Nations as he believed in cooperation among nations after the first world war.
  2. This Civil War general turned president had to deal with the aftermath of the war trying to pass the Fifteenth Amendment.
  3. This president wrote the Declaration of Independence and was one of the first members of the Democratic-Republican party.
  4. Was This 16th president was commander in chief during the Civil War and famously wore a tall hat.
  5. This fiscally conservative president served during the 1920’s.
  6. This president ran on the idea that they would construct a border wall between the United States and Mexico.
  7. This president helped improve relations with the U.S.S.R and stopped fighting in Vietnam and was the only president to resign from office.
  8. The 1st president and commander in the Revolutionary War.
  9. This president was known to compromise and gets credit for penning the Constitution.
  10. This World War II general turned president tried to ease the tensions of the Cold War and started the framework for the highway system we have today.
  11. This president was famous for getting stuck in the White House bathtub.
  12. This labor supporting president tried to help preserve the earth through the creation of national parks.

23 Clues: The 1st president and commander in the Revolutionary War. • This fiscally conservative president served during the 1920’s. • This president was famous for getting stuck in the White House bathtub. • This president was known to compromise and gets credit for penning the Constitution. • ...

American words 2023-03-21

American words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A popular speach made by martin luther king(4 words)
  2. A man with a tall hat,also the president leading the nation under the civil war(2 words)
  3. Song about lynching(2 words)
  4. Something all americans have and value, an example is their rights, or equality(2 words)
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  1. The war where the slaves were set free (3 words)
  2. The people who lived in america before settelers came, also a minority now(2 words)
  3. The people first traveling to america and staying there
  4. settlers who migratet west
  5. The new world

9 Clues: The new world • settlers who migratet west • Song about lynching(2 words) • The war where the slaves were set free (3 words) • A popular speach made by martin luther king(4 words) • The people first traveling to america and staying there • The people who lived in america before settelers came, also a minority now(2 words) • ...

The Reconstruction Era 2025-06-04

The Reconstruction Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Constitutional change for civil rights
  2. The right to vote
  3. President following Johnson
  4. Southern system devastated by the Civil War
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  1. White Southerners supporting Reconstruction
  2. Branch occupying the South during Reconstruction
  3. Process against President Johnson
  4. Northern strength, lacking in the South
  5. Separation of races

9 Clues: The right to vote • Separation of races • President following Johnson • Process against President Johnson • Constitutional change for civil rights • Northern strength, lacking in the South • White Southerners supporting Reconstruction • Southern system devastated by the Civil War • Branch occupying the South during Reconstruction

Civil War 2013-12-05

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what they put on the end of their gun
  2. the north
  3. the president of the confedrent
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  1. people who had no rights
  2. the 16th president of the united states
  3. the south
  4. the war fought between 1861-1865
  5. the gun they used in the civil war

8 Clues: the south • the north • people who had no rights • the president of the confedrent • the war fought between 1861-1865 • the gun they used in the civil war • what they put on the end of their gun • the 16th president of the united states

Civil war 2014-05-19

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A iron ship used for blockading
  2. A battle
  3. A confederate general
  4. A battle fought by robert E lee
  5. war A type of batte
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  1. The north
  2. A more long ranged and powerful gun
  3. A battle
  4. The south

9 Clues: A battle • A battle • The north • The south • A confederate general • war A type of batte • A iron ship used for blockading • A battle fought by robert E lee • A more long ranged and powerful gun

Civil War 2021-10-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. west _____ seceded from the confederate states after not recognizing succession from the union
  2. The _____ proclamation was signed in 1863, freeing slaves as well as allowing them to serve in the army
  3. although african americans could serve in the army, they were in _____ units, usually staying in camps and seeing less battle than their white comrades
  4. president ______ declared an insurrection from the south in 1861
  5. the _____ address, spoken by Abraham Lincoln, was a two minute speech summing up the events of the civil war up to that point
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  1. _______ was the southern states president
  2. The southern states seceded into the ____
  3. The institution of ____ was the reason the southern states seceded

8 Clues: _______ was the southern states president • The southern states seceded into the ____ • president ______ declared an insurrection from the south in 1861 • The institution of ____ was the reason the southern states seceded • west _____ seceded from the confederate states after not recognizing succession from the union • ...

Civil war 2022-03-09

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. who won the civil war
  2. Where is the capital of the Confederacy?
  3. What political party was Abraham Lincoln a part of?
  4. Where first shot was fired that began the
  5. Which side had a larger population and more railroads?
  6. President of the Confederate States was
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  1. The name give to the north was what?
  2. What name was given to Southern states that didn't secede?
  3. war.
  4. The name give to the south was what?

10 Clues: war. • who won the civil war • The name give to the north was what? • The name give to the south was what? • President of the Confederate States was • Where is the capital of the Confederacy? • Where first shot was fired that began the • What political party was Abraham Lincoln a part of? • Which side had a larger population and more railroads? • ...

Civil War 2022-01-07

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. People opposed to slavery.
  2. Sumter this is the place the first shot was made
  3. vs south
  4. part of new warfare
  5. The southern group whose leader was Jefferson Davis
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  1. lead slaves to freedom as a spy
  2. Compromise set where Missouri became a slave state and Maine a free state. Slavery would now not be allowed above the 36,30 line of latitude
  3. Northern group. This group was lead by Abraham Lincoln.

8 Clues: vs south • part of new warfare • People opposed to slavery. • lead slaves to freedom as a spy • Sumter this is the place the first shot was made • The southern group whose leader was Jefferson Davis • Northern group. This group was lead by Abraham Lincoln. • ...

Civil War 2022-04-29

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was the president while the war was happening
  2. new kind of bullet used in battle
  3. north had a better __ than the south
  4. what side didn't do anything
  5. where were most of the battles fought
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  1. military group that rode on horses
  2. used for communication with morse code
  3. Which side was pro-slavery?
  4. Which side was anti slavery?

9 Clues: Which side was pro-slavery? • Which side was anti slavery? • what side didn't do anything • new kind of bullet used in battle • military group that rode on horses • north had a better __ than the south • where were most of the battles fought • used for communication with morse code • was the president while the war was happening

Civil War 2022-05-11

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First general of the Confederate states
  2. The president of the confederate states at the time, led the south in battle
  3. Second general of the Confederate states
  4. Well known nurse during the civil war, helped many soldiers live
  5. Abraham lincolns dog
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  1. general of the Union states
  2. The president of the union states at the time, led the north in battle
  3. The main cause of the civil war

8 Clues: Abraham lincolns dog • general of the Union states • The main cause of the civil war • First general of the Confederate states • Second general of the Confederate states • Well known nurse during the civil war, helped many soldiers live • The president of the union states at the time, led the north in battle • ...

Civil war 2022-05-11

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the president at the time
  2. a nurse in the civl war
  3. one of the soldiers in the 54th Massachusetts regiment
  4. created to help wounded soilders
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  1. the southern army
  2. the northern army
  3. "angle of the battlefeild"
  4. the wart that was fought between the confederates and the union

8 Clues: the southern army • the northern army • a nurse in the civl war • the president at the time • "angle of the battlefeild" • created to help wounded soilders • one of the soldiers in the 54th Massachusetts regiment • the wart that was fought between the confederates and the union

Civil War 2022-06-14

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Famous confederate general
  2. President of the United States in 1860
  3. Former Slave who fought for freedom
  4. Place where confederates first attacked
  5. Northern States
  6. President of the Confederacy
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  1. Lincoln is shot
  2. Southern States

8 Clues: Lincoln is shot • Southern States • Northern States • Famous confederate general • President of the Confederacy • Former Slave who fought for freedom • President of the United States in 1860 • Place where confederates first attacked

Civil war 2020-06-03

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the 16 president
  2. A legislation that didn't pass trying to get rid of slvery
  3. Between Lincoln and douglas
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  1. Started by a man named Nate
  2. Widened the division between north and the south.
  3. It was the last event in 1861
  4. Split Western territory in half
  5. An attack on the federal armory and arsenal

8 Clues: the 16 president • Started by a man named Nate • Between Lincoln and douglas • It was the last event in 1861 • Split Western territory in half • An attack on the federal armory and arsenal • Widened the division between north and the south. • A legislation that didn't pass trying to get rid of slvery

Civil War 2020-02-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plan- the Unions plan to strangle the South economically and militarily by taking over the Mississippi River and blockading Southern ports.
  2. Sumter- Confederacy attacked a federal fort in South Carolina officially starting the Civil War in 1861.
  3. Freedom and independence.
  4. the murder of a prominent person, often a political leader or ruler. Inflation- Volume of money printed increases = Prices increase = loss of value of currency. (money becomes
  5. of Gettysburg- (1863), turning point in the Civil War in which the Union defeated the Confederacy, ending hopes for a Confederate victory in the North (Bloodiest battle.)
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  1. Proclamation- Presidential executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln that declared all slaves within the rebellious states are free. (not border states)
  2. of Vicksburg- Union victory in the Mississippi River Valley that split the Confederacy from east to west.
  3. Address- Famous speech made by Abraham Lincoln to honor the soldiers of both sides that died at Gettysburg/ showed dedication to republicanism, equal rights, liberty, and Union.
  4. Court House- Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant signaling the end of the Civil War.

9 Clues: Freedom and independence. • Sumter- Confederacy attacked a federal fort in South Carolina officially starting the Civil War in 1861. • of Vicksburg- Union victory in the Mississippi River Valley that split the Confederacy from east to west. • ...

Civil War 2024-04-25

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the U.S.
  2. a state that allows slavery
  3. a group of states that seceded from the Union
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  1. a Union soldier
  2. a very fast way to send messages
  3. a building where manufacturing happens
  4. quick way to travel
  5. a Confederate citizen

8 Clues: the U.S. • a Union soldier • quick way to travel • a Confederate citizen • a state that allows slavery • a very fast way to send messages • a building where manufacturing happens • a group of states that seceded from the Union

Civil War 2023-03-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The 16th president of the United States, Lincoln preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people.
  2. election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln’s election Southern states seceded from the Union.
  3. the belief that a state’s sovereignty is more important than that of the national government.
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  1. compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
  2. Supreme Court ruling that declared enslaved people were not citizens of the United States.
  3. the act of making legally null and void
  4. the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
  5. machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that quickly removed seeds from the cotton fibers.

8 Clues: the act of making legally null and void • Supreme Court ruling that declared enslaved people were not citizens of the United States. • machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that quickly removed seeds from the cotton fibers. • the belief that a state’s sovereignty is more important than that of the national government. • ...

Civil war 2023-02-23

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What nation did the south call themselves?
  2. what was the most popular anti slavery book?
  3. who was a terrorist to the south and a hero to the north?
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  1. who was the confederates president?
  2. who was the union's president?
  3. whats the nickname for cotton in the south?
  4. what did the south produce the most of?
  5. what nation did the north call themselves?

8 Clues: who was the union's president? • who was the confederates president? • what did the south produce the most of? • What nation did the south call themselves? • what nation did the north call themselves? • whats the nickname for cotton in the south? • what was the most popular anti slavery book? • who was a terrorist to the south and a hero to the north?

Civil War 2023-01-25

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. issued the Emancipation Proclamtion
  2. bloodiest battle fought on April 6th
  3. confedarate troops were called
  4. union general lep his troops where
  5. july 3rd confederacy lost its major offesive war to
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  1. many civil war battle were fought in
  2. In 1862 congress ended slavery in what district
  3. vicksbeard divided and gave control of

8 Clues: confedarate troops were called • union general lep his troops where • issued the Emancipation Proclamtion • many civil war battle were fought in • bloodiest battle fought on April 6th • vicksbeard divided and gave control of • In 1862 congress ended slavery in what district • july 3rd confederacy lost its major offesive war to

Civil war 2023-02-01

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns
  2. a blade or knife at the end of a musket
  3. a state of armed conflict between different states
  4. a log gun with a smooth bore
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  1. a person who wants to get rid of slavery
  2. a term meaning before war
  3. a shoe worn by soldiers
  4. a nickname used for the South

8 Clues: a shoe worn by soldiers • a term meaning before war • a log gun with a smooth bore • a nickname used for the South • a blade or knife at the end of a musket • a person who wants to get rid of slavery • relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns • a state of armed conflict between different states

Civil War 2023-05-24

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. In these debates, Abraham Lincoln argued with Stephen Douglas about slavery.
  2. At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor.
  3. The act allowed the people of each territory to decide whether or not to allow slavery.
  4. He organized a raid in Harpers Ferry in hopes that slaves would take weapons from an arsenal, or a collection of weapons for later use, and fight for freedom.
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  1. It allowed Missouri to become the 24th state in the United States. It also began the conflict over the spread of slavery that led to the American Civil War.
  2. It was an ugly war between groups of people who had strong beliefs about slavery.
  3. Allowed California to be admitted as a free state and the admission New Mexico Territory and Utah Territory with slavery was left to the decision of the people in relation to popular sovereignty on slavery.
  4. The United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.

8 Clues: In these debates, Abraham Lincoln argued with Stephen Douglas about slavery. • It was an ugly war between groups of people who had strong beliefs about slavery. • The act allowed the people of each territory to decide whether or not to allow slavery. • ...

civil war 2023-04-26

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to win
  2. to inherit
  3. a fort for soldiers
  4. needed
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  1. unrestricted war
  2. deaths
  3. take over
  4. fell back/went back to base

8 Clues: deaths • to win • needed • take over • to inherit • unrestricted war • a fort for soldiers • fell back/went back to base

civil war 2025-03-04

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what was something that was forced to work and got sold to white people
  2. people who don’t make sandwiches and fight in
  3. somebody who was a president and fought for slaves freedom
  4. hating on other races
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  1. where was it was fought
  2. war what was the war called?
  3. Somebody who makes sandwiches and works as a nurse in war
  4. who lost the war

8 Clues: who lost the war • hating on other races • where was it was fought • war what was the war called? • people who don’t make sandwiches and fight in • Somebody who makes sandwiches and works as a nurse in war • somebody who was a president and fought for slaves freedom • what was something that was forced to work and got sold to white people

Civil War 2025-06-09

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fight between armies
  2. a captured person
  3. group of soldier
  4. northern side
  5. to break away
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  1. 16th president
  2. southern side
  3. multiple military´s fighting

8 Clues: southern side • northern side • to break away • 16th president • group of soldier • a captured person • fight between armies • multiple military´s fighting

CIVIL WAR 2025-05-08

CIVIL WAR crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Davis president of the Confederacy
  2. north
  3. what Abraham Lincon is most famous for
  4. Scott enslaved man who sued for his freedom
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  1. Beecher Stowe author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  2. turning point
  3. south
  4. Tom's Cabin book written during the Civil War to she how slavery is bad

8 Clues: south • north • turning point • what Abraham Lincon is most famous for • Davis president of the Confederacy • Beecher Stowe author of Uncle Tom's Cabin • Scott enslaved man who sued for his freedom • Tom's Cabin book written during the Civil War to she how slavery is bad

Civil war 2025-05-12

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a military campaign led by union general william t sherman
  2. the norths plan to win the war
  3. they helped free the slaves and was a union spy
  4. the confederacy's president
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  1. they would dress as a man to fight in the war
  2. the norths way of transportation
  3. they freed the slaves
  4. a warship made of metal

8 Clues: they freed the slaves • a warship made of metal • the confederacy's president • the norths plan to win the war • the norths way of transportation • they would dress as a man to fight in the war • they helped free the slaves and was a union spy • a military campaign led by union general william t sherman

Civil war 2025-05-14

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Conflict between the north and south
  2. One of the bloodiest Battles
  3. The south
  4. The president
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  1. The north
  2. Confederate commander
  3. Main General
  4. Place for the seven days battle

8 Clues: The north • The south • Main General • The president • Confederate commander • One of the bloodiest Battles • Place for the seven days battle • Conflict between the north and south

Civil War 2023-04-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fit as a Fiddle
  2. Tough times
  3. Breechloading weapon used by soldiers
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  1. Low on the shoulders, good for parties
  2. Ankle-length, lace-up shoe
  3. Jailbird
  4. A kitchen utensil used for cooking a whole fish
  5. A bestseller written about slavery

8 Clues: Jailbird • Tough times • Fit as a Fiddle • Ankle-length, lace-up shoe • A bestseller written about slavery • Breechloading weapon used by soldiers • Low on the shoulders, good for parties • A kitchen utensil used for cooking a whole fish

soldiers heart crossword 2013-03-04

soldiers heart crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A heavy cavalry sword
  2. army the northern army during the American Civil War
  3. A person in authority
  4. recharge: load anew
  5. A person who rises in armed resistance against an established government or ruler
  6. A disposition of troops for action in battle
  7. opposite of friend
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  1. main thing to fight in war
  2. people that fight in war
  3. The distinctive clothing worn by members
  4. The piece of ground on which a battle is or was fought.
  5. Sounding rough and harsh

12 Clues: opposite of friend • recharge: load anew • A heavy cavalry sword • A person in authority • people that fight in war • Sounding rough and harsh • main thing to fight in war • The distinctive clothing worn by members • A disposition of troops for action in battle • army the northern army during the American Civil War • The piece of ground on which a battle is or was fought. • ...

Unit 5 Vocabulary 2021-02-26

Unit 5 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. to limit the purchase or consumption of food or other goods
  2. to withdraw, in this case, from the U.S
  3. to equip with machinery especially to replace human or animal labor
  4. an oil well with a copious natural flow
  5. a reform movement that tried to connect social and political problems
  6. the civilian world in wartime
  7. power is distributed between a national government and the states Freedmen – a person who has been freed from slavery.
  8. the post-­Civil War period from 1865 to 1877; the U.S. re admitted the southern states to the Union and the federal government implemented policies affecting southern states.
  9. rule by an army instead of the usual civil authorities.
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  1. a change made to a law or document, in this case the U.S. Constitution.
  2. the act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
  3. the federal union of states during the period of the American Civil War
  4. a tenant farmer who receives a share of the value of the crop minus charges for rent and other expenses
  5. excessive devotion to local interests and customs to a region of a nation
  6. the right to vote
  7. to make rules or laws to control something

16 Clues: the right to vote • the civilian world in wartime • to withdraw, in this case, from the U.S • an oil well with a copious natural flow • to make rules or laws to control something • rule by an army instead of the usual civil authorities. • to limit the purchase or consumption of food or other goods • to equip with machinery especially to replace human or animal labor • ...

What shall we read? 2022-10-25

What shall we read? crossword puzzle
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  1. What happens before you get married
  2. Our denomination
  3. The only thing we take to heaven
  4. Not conforming to acceptable standards
  5. Not impure
  6. Dramatic magic
  7. Good
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  1. The Holy _____
  2. What witches do
  3. Untrue stories
  4. ___ice of the peace
  5. the Civil ___
  6. What disney makes
  7. Not untrue
  8. What happened before us

15 Clues: Good • Not untrue • Not impure • the Civil ___ • The Holy _____ • Untrue stories • Dramatic magic • What witches do • Our denomination • What disney makes • ___ice of the peace • What happened before us • The only thing we take to heaven • What happens before you get married • Not conforming to acceptable standards

Civil War 2023-01-06

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What was the basis of the south's economy?
  2. Who had more advantages in the war?
  3. Who won the first battle of bull run?
  4. Who established the Emancipation proclamation?
Down
  1. Who wanted the war to last/wear out the opponent?
  2. What battle officially started the war?
  3. What was Winfield Scott's plan called?
  4. What were the North referred to as?

8 Clues: Who had more advantages in the war? • What were the North referred to as? • Who won the first battle of bull run? • What was Winfield Scott's plan called? • What battle officially started the war? • What was the basis of the south's economy? • Who established the Emancipation proclamation? • Who wanted the war to last/wear out the opponent?

Civil War 2021-10-12

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. _______ was the southern states president
  2. The southern states seceded into the ____
  3. the _____ address, spoken by Abraham Lincoln, was a two minute speech summing up the events of the civil war up to that point
  4. president ______ declared an insurrection from the south in 1861
Down
  1. The _____ proclamation was signed in 1863, freeing slaves as well as allowing them to serve in the army
  2. although african americans could serve in the army, they were in _____ units, usually staying in camps and seeing less battle than their white comrades
  3. west _____ seceded from the confederate states after not recognizing succession from the union
  4. The institution of ____ was the reason the southern states seceded

8 Clues: _______ was the southern states president • The southern states seceded into the ____ • president ______ declared an insurrection from the south in 1861 • The institution of ____ was the reason the southern states seceded • west _____ seceded from the confederate states after not recognizing succession from the union • ...

civil war 2023-02-24

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. brown a folk hero in the north a terrorsit in the south
  2. separates seeds from cotton
  3. clothing largest manufacturing company NY in 1850
  4. leader of the us army
  5. they were 200 to buy in the 1860's
Down
  1. soft white fiber that was really important
  2. the north
  3. the south

8 Clues: the north • the south • leader of the us army • separates seeds from cotton • they were 200 to buy in the 1860's • soft white fiber that was really important • clothing largest manufacturing company NY in 1850 • brown a folk hero in the north a terrorsit in the south

Civil War 2023-05-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This battle was another key victory for the Confederates. Again they were heavily outnumbered, but because of Lee’s genius military tactics, they defeated the Union. Even with the substantial win, the Confederates lost one of their biggest leaders,“Stonewall” Jackson.
  2. This battle was a crucial success in Tennessee for the Union Army led by Ulysses Grant because it helped pave the way for a massive operation in the Mississippi Valley later that year.
  3. This battle was the first major battle fought in Georgia. It had the second highest number of casualties after the Battle of Gettysburg.
  4. This battle was remarkable because it was the final battle of the Civil War.
Down
  1. This battle was the single most bloody battle of the war. It was a turning point in the war, effectively ending Lee's winning streak and stopping the Confederate invasion of the North. Lincoln honored the fallen in a famous speech.
  2. This battle was a major loss for the Union. Even though the Union had blown this place to pieces, when they tried to get around the Confederate army to avoid a battle, they ended up getting caught in the midst of one of the largest and bloodiest battles in the Civil War.
  3. This battle was one of the key turning points for the Union. Because of this victory, it provided President Abraham Lincoln the opportunity he wanted to announce the Emancipation Proclamation.
  4. This battle took place in northern Virginia, which helped pave the way for the first Confederate invasion of the North. This battle is also known as the Second Manassas Battle.

8 Clues: This battle was remarkable because it was the final battle of the Civil War. • This battle was the first major battle fought in Georgia. It had the second highest number of casualties after the Battle of Gettysburg. • ...

Civil War 2017-01-17

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / first major land battle of the armies in Virginia.
  2. / one of the divine rights promised in the Declaration of Independence
  3. / cut off a main Confederate supply centre,also influenced the Federal presidential election of 1864.
Down
  1. / concept that political power rests with the people who can create, alter, and abolish government.
  2. / act allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their states
  3. / one of the divine rights promised in the Declaration of Independence
  4. / He participated in the underground railroad. He also helped establish the League of Gileadites. Was sentenced to death 1859
  5. / violent disturbances in New York City that were the culmination of working-class discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War.
  6. / a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and Canada.
  7. / one of the divine rights promised in the Declaration of Independence

10 Clues: / first major land battle of the armies in Virginia. • / one of the divine rights promised in the Declaration of Independence • / one of the divine rights promised in the Declaration of Independence • / one of the divine rights promised in the Declaration of Independence • ...

Civil War 2016-04-01

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. September 17,1862
  2. Confederate president
  3. May 18, 1863-July 4, 1863
Down
  1. Union General
  2. War April 12, 1861- may 9, 1865
  3. July 1, 1863-July 3, 1863
  4. April 12, 1861-April 14, 1861
  5. Union President

8 Clues: Union General • Union President • September 17,1862 • Confederate president • July 1, 1863-July 3, 1863 • May 18, 1863-July 4, 1863 • April 12, 1861-April 14, 1861 • War April 12, 1861- may 9, 1865

Civil War 2018-04-19

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. all persons born in the US are citizens no matter what race
  2. a process used by the federal government that re-admits the Confederate to the Union
  3. assassin of Lincoln
Down
  1. A law limiting freedom and fights of blacks
  2. Proclamation that freed all slaves within the Confederate states
  3. President of the confederacy
  4. Impeachment of this president
  5. Felt nation should forgive South

8 Clues: assassin of Lincoln • President of the confederacy • Impeachment of this president • Felt nation should forgive South • A law limiting freedom and fights of blacks • all persons born in the US are citizens no matter what race • Proclamation that freed all slaves within the Confederate states • ...

Civil War 2022-03-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. general
  2. battle of galveston
  3. governor
Down
  1. battle of sabine pass
  2. former slaves
  3. remained loyal to the union
  4. former president of Texas
  5. rights for invidual states

8 Clues: general • governor • former slaves • battle of galveston • battle of sabine pass • former president of Texas • rights for invidual states • remained loyal to the union

Civil war 2021-12-10

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to end something.
  2. wrote the Declaration of Independence
  3. leave the country
  4. some one who tried to end slavery.
  5. a black preacher
Down
  1. to settle differences.
  2. 16th president
  3. loyalty to a region

8 Clues: 16th president • a black preacher • to end something. • leave the country • loyalty to a region • to settle differences. • some one who tried to end slavery. • wrote the Declaration of Independence

Civil war 2022-04-28

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A book written by Harriet Tubman
  2. Bloodiest single battle of the civil war
  3. deadliest 1 day long battle
  4. Anti-slavery
Down
  1. War between the north and the south
  2. Pro-Slavery
  3. The south loved the idea of this and had a lot of these
  4. 16th U.S. President

8 Clues: Pro-Slavery • Anti-slavery • 16th U.S. President • deadliest 1 day long battle • A book written by Harriet Tubman • War between the north and the south • Bloodiest single battle of the civil war • The south loved the idea of this and had a lot of these

Civil war 2022-05-16

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ___invaded the north two times and was then defeated.
  2. _________was the first state
  3. ______was elected to be president in 1860.
Down
  1. who served as president of the confederate states of America?
  2. Which Political Party won the election od 1860?
  3. ______ shot lincoln in the head on April 15, 1865.
  4. July of 1863, Union forces won the ______ of Gettysburg.
  5. Who does Lincoln choose to be the new vice president?

8 Clues: _________was the first state • ______was elected to be president in 1860. • Which Political Party won the election od 1860? • ______ shot lincoln in the head on April 15, 1865. • ___invaded the north two times and was then defeated. • Who does Lincoln choose to be the new vice president? • July of 1863, Union forces won the ______ of Gettysburg. • ...

Civil War 2024-02-07

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Enslavement
  2. Slaves had to make this with there hands before machines
  3. A Slave
  4. The Harpers Ferry raid
Down
  1. President
  2. Abraham Lincoln at the time
  3. Contribute a huge number of its men to both sides
  4. Kansas Nebraska

8 Clues: A Slave • President • Enslavement • Kansas Nebraska • The Harpers Ferry raid • Abraham Lincoln at the time • Contribute a huge number of its men to both sides • Slaves had to make this with there hands before machines

civil war 2025-01-17

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to kill a important person
  2. to draft someone
  3. horseback
  4. A soldier who was wounded
Down
  1. the southern states
  2. firearms
  3. from the west
  4. a crop u can sell

8 Clues: firearms • horseback • from the west • to draft someone • a crop u can sell • the southern states • A soldier who was wounded • to kill a important person

Civil War 2025-05-16

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. north
  2. people used to fight
  3. bloodiest battle
  4. another name for union
Down
  1. west
  2. president
  3. weapon used in civil war
  4. white owners

8 Clues: west • north • president • white owners • bloodiest battle • people used to fight • another name for union • weapon used in civil war

Civil War 2024-05-22

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union General.
  2. The process to readmit the Sothern states back into the U.S.
  3. The process of accusing a pubic official of wrong doings.
  4. A system of which landowners gave farm workers land, seed, and tools in return for a large portion of the profits.
Down
  1. Separation, especially of the races.
  2. Most famous Confederate General.
  3. Opened nursing in Union army hospitals to women, supervised 3000 of them during the war.
  4. A scamp/rascal.

8 Clues: Union General. • A scamp/rascal. • Most famous Confederate General. • Separation, especially of the races. • The process of accusing a pubic official of wrong doings. • The process to readmit the Sothern states back into the U.S. • Opened nursing in Union army hospitals to women, supervised 3000 of them during the war. • ...

civil war 2024-11-27

civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is a key state because of wealth, large population and home of great military leaders like Robert E Lee. he was a general in carge of confederate troops during the civil war.
  2. Fights that broke out in kansa where many people had moved in order to vote
  3. -divide between the north(indus) and the south(agi)
  4. ran for the illinois senate seat in 1858, was a republican
  5. statements or beliefs, usually on behalf of a political party.
Down
  1. a federal fort located in the harbor of charleston, south carolina
  2. a mine state, wanted to make state not stay as territory.
  3. the union plane to shut off all southern trade and ruin their economy

8 Clues: -divide between the north(indus) and the south(agi) • a mine state, wanted to make state not stay as territory. • ran for the illinois senate seat in 1858, was a republican • statements or beliefs, usually on behalf of a political party. • a federal fort located in the harbor of charleston, south carolina • ...

Civil War 2024-05-03

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Compromise This compromise added Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and put a line at 36 30 that decided if a territory could be free or slave in the future.
  2. Party which party was founded in 1854
  3. Action of abolishing something or getting rid of
  4. Sumter who was one of the first shots of the Civil War
Down
  1. battle of Pittsburg landing is also called what
  2. withdrawing what does seceding mean
  3. To set free
  4. Plan name after a type of snake that strangles its prey

8 Clues: To set free • withdrawing what does seceding mean • Party which party was founded in 1854 • battle of Pittsburg landing is also called what • Action of abolishing something or getting rid of • Sumter who was one of the first shots of the Civil War • Plan name after a type of snake that strangles its prey • ...

Civil war 2025-01-21

Civil war crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The battle of ________ ranch was fought after the civil war ended
  2. The __________ river was essential for Supplies
  3. The Battle of ________, the north took control of the Missippi River
  4. The Battle of _______ restored Galveston harbor to the Confederacy
Down
  1. The Battle of _________ Largest battle ever fought in North America
  2. General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the ________ courthouse
  3. The battle of _______pass,the Confederate destroyed 2 union gun boats, and captured 300 Union Soldiers
  4. The battle of _________ was known as the bloddiest day of the entire civil war

8 Clues: The __________ river was essential for Supplies • The battle of ________ ranch was fought after the civil war ended • The Battle of _______ restored Galveston harbor to the Confederacy • The Battle of _________ Largest battle ever fought in North America • General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the ________ courthouse • ...

Civil War 2024-11-08

Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. group of men fighting from horse back
  2. group of men fighting on foot
  3. hard biscuit made of flour/salt/water
  4. confederate general who surrendered to Ulysses S Grant
  5. the act of breaking away from the United States to form the Confederate States
Down
  1. bag soldiers carried with their things in it
  2. 16th president of USA
  3. tin or wood container on a strap used to carry liquid

8 Clues: 16th president of USA • group of men fighting on foot • group of men fighting from horse back • hard biscuit made of flour/salt/water • bag soldiers carried with their things in it • tin or wood container on a strap used to carry liquid • confederate general who surrendered to Ulysses S Grant • ...

Finding fathers Harrington 2016-09-07

Finding fathers Harrington crossword puzzle
Across
  1. who said “ are we not on the eve of civil war
  2. who scientist
  3. the war hero of the revolutionary war
  4. nominated george Washington as presentedJefferson
  5. who read 100 books on government
  6. “ it is really an assembly of demigods”
Down
  1. Who was the voice who concerned all the small states
  2. was the delegates refused to attend
  3. who sent representatives to Philadelphia
  4. who presented the New Jersey plan
  5. who widely credited the great compromise
  6. who was overseas at their diplomatic post

12 Clues: who scientist • who read 100 books on government • who presented the New Jersey plan • was the delegates refused to attend • the war hero of the revolutionary war • “ it is really an assembly of demigods” • who sent representatives to Philadelphia • who widely credited the great compromise • who was overseas at their diplomatic post • ...

Causes of the Civil War 2022-04-12

Causes of the Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. All the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country
  2. Weapon used during the War
  3. The South
  4. City of the Capital of the Confederacy
  5. The South's main way of earning money
  6. Regiment allowing African Americans to fight in the War
Down
  1. The North
  2. President during the Civil War
  3. Battle that occurred in Sharpsburg, Maryland
  4. Common way of transportation for the North
  5. City of the Capital of the Union
  6. Cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority

12 Clues: The North • The South • Weapon used during the War • President during the Civil War • City of the Capital of the Union • The South's main way of earning money • City of the Capital of the Confederacy • Common way of transportation for the North • Battle that occurred in Sharpsburg, Maryland • Regiment allowing African Americans to fight in the War • ...

Decolonization and the Cold War 2013-04-17

Decolonization and the Cold War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 1989 scene of demonstrations in Beijing China that were brutally suppressed
  2. Polish union leader who organized resistance to communism in Poland and ended communist rule there in 1988
  3. achieving goals through symbolic protests without using violence
  4. defensive alliance formed in 1949 by wetern Europe, the US and others to defend against Soviet expansion
  5. Israeli human rights activist, spent years in Soviet concentration camp for speaking out for human rights
  6. tense cold war stand off between US and USSR over missiles in Cuba in 1962
  7. war fought from 1950-1953 between South Korea and United Nations against N Korea and China
  8. South African freedom fighter and leader of the African National Congress, first black president of South Africa
Down
  1. Chinese leader who formulated China's economic modernization while retaining brutal communist political control
  2. Polish pope who became the first non-Italian pope in over 400 years
  3. late 1960's uprising led by the Red Guards in China
  4. communist leader of the People's Republic of China Won Chinese civil war in 1949
  5. policy of complete separation of the races
  6. led the Indian independence movement with non violence and civil disobedience
  7. cold war conflict involving the US and South Vietnam and North Vietnam in the 1960's and 70's
  8. first woman prime minister of India, assassinated by her Sikh guards
  9. the process of a colony moving to independence from an outside empire or force
  10. communist Cambodian rebels who committed genocide as they attempted to transform Cambodia in the 1970's
  11. curtain" term coined by Churchill to identify the boundary between eastern and western Europe after WWII
  12. leader of Soviet Union from 1985-1991 who introduced perestroika and glasnost
  13. policy of openness to ideas and information introduced by Gorbachev

21 Clues: policy of complete separation of the races • late 1960's uprising led by the Red Guards in China • achieving goals through symbolic protests without using violence • Polish pope who became the first non-Italian pope in over 400 years • policy of openness to ideas and information introduced by Gorbachev • ...

China 1911-1969 2015-11-18

China 1911-1969 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China
  2. Name of Mao's wife and partner in the Cultural Revolution
  3. Leader of the KMT during the Chinese Civil War
  4. Capital city of China
  5. led the Red Army during the Long March (leader of CCP)
  6. Treaty after World War One, China was on the allied side
  7. This was done to find people who disliked Mao and eliminate them
  8. He was elected President of the Chinese Republic.
  9. Law that benefitted women that came in 1950
  10. Drug that many Chinese citizens were addicted to for large periods of time
  11. Key focus of the Five Year Plan
  12. died of diabetes because he was refused medical assistance
  13. system of government in which all the people of a state or polity are involved in making decisions about its affairs
Down
  1. Groups of young people who were encouraged to do Mao's bidding
  2. Last emperor of China
  3. 12th April 1927, was the violent suppression of Communist Party organisations in Shanghai by the KMT.
  4. Political, Communist ideas of Mao Zedong
  5. Political party that opposed the Communists
  6. Land Reforms in early 1950's were beneficial for development
  7. Type of warfare used by the CCP in the Chinese Civil War (successful)
  8. Cities that the USA dropped atomic bombs on in the Second World War
  9. Was declared illegal with all houses registered and visitor lists kept by street committees after Mao came into power in 1949
  10. also called the Second Five Year Plan and detrimental effects for China
  11. 1951, replaced the private banks and controlled the issuing of money.
  12. He took over the Chinese government in 1913
  13. A monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm

26 Clues: Last emperor of China • Capital city of China • Key focus of the Five Year Plan • Political, Communist ideas of Mao Zedong • Political party that opposed the Communists • Law that benefitted women that came in 1950 • He took over the Chinese government in 1913 • Leader of the KMT during the Chinese Civil War • He was elected President of the Chinese Republic. • ...

Events of Civil War 2024-04-29

Events of Civil War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A famous speech by Lincoln, rallying people to keep fighting the war after the bloodiest battle of the war.
  2. Document, that would later become the 13th Amendment of the Constitution, stating that all slaves would be free.
  3. First conflict of the Civil War, where South Carolina attacked a Union fort within their state
  4. Battle in which Grant took the Mississippi river, cutting the South in half.
Down
  1. Battle that stopped the Confederacy from pushing to Washington D.C. Also was the single bloodiest day in American history.
  2. Series of battles in the state of Georgia where a Union general tried to destroy the hope of the South by burning down everything in his path.
  3. The last battle of the Civil War, where Lee surrenders to Grant.
  4. Turning point of the Civil War where Lee loses a great deal of soldiers while trying to have them charge at the Union.

8 Clues: The last battle of the Civil War, where Lee surrenders to Grant. • Battle in which Grant took the Mississippi river, cutting the South in half. • First conflict of the Civil War, where South Carolina attacked a Union fort within their state • A famous speech by Lincoln, rallying people to keep fighting the war after the bloodiest battle of the war. • ...

US Presidents- Sue 2015-02-05

US Presidents- Sue crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the New Deal
  2. Truman Doctrine
  3. the African-American Civil Rights Movement
  4. first president of United States
Down
  1. Civil War
  2. direct the Operation Overlord
  3. the author of Bill of Rights
  4. Watergate scandal

8 Clues: Civil War • the New Deal • Truman Doctrine • Watergate scandal • the author of Bill of Rights • direct the Operation Overlord • first president of United States • the African-American Civil Rights Movement

Decolonization and the Cold War 2013-04-17

Decolonization and the Cold War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 1989 scene of demonstrations in Beijing China that were brutally suppressed
  2. Polish union leader who organized resistance to communism in Poland and ended communist rule there in 1988
  3. achieving goals through symbolic protests without using violence
  4. defensive alliance formed in 1949 by wetern Europe, the US and others to defend against Soviet expansion
  5. Israeli human rights activist, spent years in Soviet concentration camp for speaking out for human rights
  6. tense cold war stand off between US and USSR over missiles in Cuba in 1962
  7. war fought from 1950-1953 between South Korea and United Nations against N Korea and China
  8. South African freedom fighter and leader of the African National Congress, first black president of South Africa
Down
  1. Chinese leader who formulated China's economic modernization while retaining brutal communist political control
  2. Polish pope who became the first non-Italian pope in over 400 years
  3. late 1960's uprising led by the Red Guards in China
  4. communist leader of the People's Republic of China Won Chinese civil war in 1949
  5. policy of complete separation of the races
  6. led the Indian independence movement with non violence and civil disobedience
  7. cold war conflict involving the US and South Vietnam and North Vietnam in the 1960's and 70's
  8. first woman prime minister of India, assassinated by her Sikh guards
  9. the process of a colony moving to independence from an outside empire or force
  10. communist Cambodian rebels who committed genocide as they attempted to transform Cambodia in the 1970's
  11. curtain" term coined by Churchill to identify the boundary between eastern and western Europe after WWII
  12. leader of Soviet Union from 1985-1991 who introduced perestroika and glasnost
  13. policy of openness to ideas and information introduced by Gorbachev

21 Clues: policy of complete separation of the races • late 1960's uprising led by the Red Guards in China • achieving goals through symbolic protests without using violence • Polish pope who became the first non-Italian pope in over 400 years • policy of openness to ideas and information introduced by Gorbachev • ...

American Government Review 2022-04-25

American Government Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. amendment where powers are reserved for the states
  2. branch of government that interprets the laws
  3. a day that celebrates the country's birthday
  4. Americans that lived in the US before the Europeans
  5. American innovation
  6. first secretary of treasury
  7. Chief Justice of the United States
  8. a day to honor people in the US military
  9. what the 13 stripes on the flag represent
  10. Commander in Chief of the US military
  11. the term length (in years) for a member of the Senate
  12. change to the US Constitution
  13. providing education is a power for the ___ government
  14. president during the Great Depression
  15. each state has two senators because of the Great
  16. the term length (in years) for a member of the House
  17. branch that the President is in charge of
  18. branch of government that writes laws
  19. country affected during Persian Gulf War
  20. Speaker of the House
  21. amendment that anyone born in the US is a citizen
  22. America's main rival during the Cold War
Down
  1. founded free public libraries
  2. capital of Florida
  3. war between the north and the south
  4. form of government of the US
  5. papers that help understand the constitution
  6. the people who elect US Senators
  7. father of the constitution
  8. the civil rights movement fought _____
  9. founding document written in 1787
  10. concern during the Cold War
  11. appoints federal judges
  12. president during September 11
  13. territory that was purchased from the French
  14. what the 50 stars on the flag represent
  15. making treaties is a power For the ____ government
  16. day that honors those who died during service
  17. amount of Supreme Court seats
  18. author of the Declaration of Independence
  19. governor of Florida

41 Clues: capital of Florida • American innovation • governor of Florida • Speaker of the House • appoints federal judges • father of the constitution • concern during the Cold War • first secretary of treasury • form of government of the US • founded free public libraries • president during September 11 • change to the US Constitution • amount of Supreme Court seats • ...

American Government Vocab Crossword 2022-11-10

American Government Vocab Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Government by the people; the form of government the USA uses.
  2. Giving people the right to vote.
  3. When people own human beings, like property, to do all their dirty work and be their servants for free.
  4. A person that wants to put an end to slavery.
  5. This place was bombed by Japan to include US into World War 2
  6. The side of the Civil War that wanted to give slaves freedom.
  7. What the law is called before it is signed by the president
  8. The basic principles and laws of America. Written in 1787, and ratified in 1788.
  9. The first British settlement established in America or "the new world." Located in current day Virginia.
  10. America fought within itself for the freedom of slaves.
  11. The ship that transported pilgrims to "the new world."
  12. A area that is under full or partial control by another country, usually a country from far away.
Down
  1. This is what the Confederate States of America did from the Union.
  2. Americans fought for freedom against the British Empire.
  3. The side of the Civil War that was against giving slaves freedom.
  4. A worldwide economic depression where the stock market crashed wiping out millions and millions of investors.
  5. The time period before a war
  6. Rise in prices and decrease in the value of money.
  7. The first ten amendments written in the constitution.
  8. When the president decides not to pass the bill.
  9. A plant that is made for financial gain rather than being used by the grower.
  10. Tax on imports.
  11. British people did this thing without representation which angered the colonists and was one of the causes of the American Revolution.

23 Clues: Tax on imports. • The time period before a war • Giving people the right to vote. • A person that wants to put an end to slavery. • When the president decides not to pass the bill. • Rise in prices and decrease in the value of money. • The first ten amendments written in the constitution. • The ship that transported pilgrims to "the new world." • ...

Jackson and Sectionalism 2020-05-13

Jackson and Sectionalism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. In the 1828 election, there were more ______ because property requirements were eliminated
  2. Northern industrial states favored high ____ to protect manufacturers from foreign competition
  3. Anti-slavery newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison
  4. Giving government jobs to loyal campaign supporters
  5. Compromises over slavery prior to the Civil War were meant to balance power between free and slave states in this branch of the national government
  6. This state opposed the Tariff of 1832 and threatened secession
  7. Southern states relied on this type of economy before and after the Civil War
  8. Nat Turner and Gabriel Prosser led slave revolts in this state
  9. The Know-Nothings and this political party were formed when the Federalist party died after the War of 1812—WHIGS
  10. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady ______ were leaders of the women's suffrage movement
Down
  1. Event in which Native Americans were forced to march west; many died along the Way
  2. Modeled after the Declaration of Independence, the _______ Declaration outlined reasons to give women the right to vote
  3. America's victory in the Mexican War led to the U.S. acquisition of California,Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and _____.
  4. Power given to the President to prevent passage of legislation
  5. When a new state joined the Union and if forbid slavery, it was called this
  6. This area entered the Union 9 years after fights for, and winning, independence from Mexico
  7. The Missouri Compromise's separation of free and slave state areas deals solely with this territory
  8. Westward expansion and admission of new states to the Union led to increased conflict over this issue
  9. This term means a state can invalidate (void) an act of Congress
  10. Battle where "Texans" were defeated by a superior Mexican army
  11. This person vetoed the re-chartering of the Bank of the United States

21 Clues: Giving government jobs to loyal campaign supporters • Anti-slavery newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison • Power given to the President to prevent passage of legislation • This state opposed the Tariff of 1832 and threatened secession • Battle where "Texans" were defeated by a superior Mexican army • ...

Layered Learning 1950s Crossword 2025-05-05

Layered Learning 1950s Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An African American activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus which started a boycott.
  2. Was the 34th US president and oversaw the Korean War and the development of nuclear weapons by both sides.
  3. A community located on the outskirts of a city or a large town
  4. Was a Chief Justice of US and made landmark decisions which helped expand civil rights.
  5. Was a period of intense anti-communism suspicion in the US partically during the Cold War
  6. Is a independent agency and operates the US´s space program
  7. Refers to a soda shop especially one that specializes in ¨dirty¨ sodas.
  8. Is a genre of music that became hugely popular in the 1950s
  9. Was a US air force officer and was the first person to break the sound barrier
  10. Was the first person to journey into outer space
Down
  1. American singer and actor who rose to fame in the 50s
  2. A form of protest where people refuse to buy,use, or support a business to express disapproval.
  3. Was a singer and guitarist who is known as the ¨King of Rock n Roll¨.
  4. Was the first artifical satellite to orbit Earth
  5. Was the first black Supreme Court Justice. He also helped argue landmark cases like Brown V Board of Education
  6. A period of global tension between the US and the Soviet Union.
  7. Was a African American Activist during the late 50s and early 60s
  8. Fought a 3-year civil war in 1950-1953
  9. Was a case where the Supreme Court outlawed segreated schools.
  10. Was the 33rd US president and led the US through WW2 and gave the command to drop nukes on Japan to end the war.

20 Clues: Fought a 3-year civil war in 1950-1953 • Was the first artifical satellite to orbit Earth • Was the first person to journey into outer space • American singer and actor who rose to fame in the 50s • Is a independent agency and operates the US´s space program • Is a genre of music that became hugely popular in the 1950s • ...

Roman Empire to Fall of Rome Puzzle 2023-05-08

Roman Empire to Fall of Rome Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Which part of the Roman empire fell first?
  2. The Eastern Roman Empire became known as the _______ Empire.
  3. King of the Roman gods; was Zeus to the Greeks.
  4. Volcano the buried two Roman cities in 79 A.D.
  5. I tried to help Marc Antony win the civil war but we ended up committing suicide when we lost the war.
  6. These were used to bring water to Roman cities from the mountains.
  7. First Emperor of the Roman Empire; created a fire & police department for Rome.
  8. Goddess of wisdom and war for the Romans; was Athena to the Greeks.
  9. The queen of the Roman gods and goddess of marriage; Hera to the Greeks.
  10. You could make money at gladiator games by doing this.
  11. What Roman Numeral is this XXIV (you will need to write it in words)
  12. The Roman god of the underworld; Hades to the Greeks.
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  1. Tickets to see gladiator contests were __________ to the public.
  2. Roman city preserved by the eruption of a volcano in 79 A.D.
  3. This gladiator had a curved sword and a very small round shield.
  4. Known as the fisherman this gladiator used a net and trident as weapons.
  5. This group of three men came together to avenge the death of Julius Caesar.
  6. This is where most people in Rome got their water.
  7. Adopted son of Julius Caesar, helped bring Caesar’s assassins to justice.
  8. United with Octavian to bring Caesar’s assassins to justice; allied with Cleopatra but lost civil war to Octavian.
  9. Gladiators were determined heavily or lightly armed by the size of their ____.
  10. Roman emperor who sang while Rome burned and blamed the fire on the Christians.

22 Clues: Which part of the Roman empire fell first? • Volcano the buried two Roman cities in 79 A.D. • King of the Roman gods; was Zeus to the Greeks. • This is where most people in Rome got their water. • The Roman god of the underworld; Hades to the Greeks. • You could make money at gladiator games by doing this. • ...

US History Chapter 7 2025-10-27

US History Chapter 7 crossword puzzle
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  1. : To formally charge a public official with misconduct
  2. : Site of Lee’s surrender
  3. : Bureau providing aid, schools, and legal protection to freed slaves
  4. : Peace Democrat who opposed Lincoln’s war policies
  5. : President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  6. : Democrat who supported the war to preserve the Union
  7. : Confederate commander known for holding his ground at Bull Run
  8. : Government act allowing paper currency
  9. : Confederate general and overall commander of the Confederate army
  10. : Union strategy to blockade ports and split the Confederacy
  11. : Diplomatic crisis threatening British neutrality
  12. : President elected after the Compromise of 1877
  13. : Decree freeing enslaved persons in rebelling states
  14. : Union admiral who captured New Orleans
  15. : Authorization given to act as a representative
  16. : Amendment abolishing slavery
  17. : Wearing down by constant harassment or attack
  18. : Lincoln’s speech dedicating a cemetery after the battle
  19. : Led the failed assault at Gettysburg
  20. : A person freed from slavery
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  1. : Law dividing South into five military districts
  2. : Civil-War-era water mine
  3. : The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War
  4. : Requiring people to serve in the military
  5. : Military blockade of a city to force surrender
  6. : Paper money first issued by the Union
  7. : Union general who became commander of the Union Army
  8. : Legal order ensuring a lawful imprisonment
  9. : Strategy of wearing down the enemy
  10. : President impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act
  11. : Union general known for his “March to the Sea”
  12. : A pardon granted to a large group of people
  13. : Laws used in the South to control freedmen
  14. : Amendment granting citizenship and equal protection
  15. : Hard biscuit eaten by soldiers
  16. : Amendment granting voting rights regardless of race
  17. : Searching or raiding for food

37 Clues: : Site of Lee’s surrender • : Civil-War-era water mine • : A person freed from slavery • : Amendment abolishing slavery • : Searching or raiding for food • : Hard biscuit eaten by soldiers • : Strategy of wearing down the enemy • : Led the failed assault at Gettysburg • : Paper money first issued by the Union • : Government act allowing paper currency • ...

US History 1 Final Exam Review 2026-01-04

US History 1 Final Exam Review crossword puzzle
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  1. a combination of the Virgina Plan and New Jersey Plan
  2. was designed to help pay the war debt
  3. the actual hill for the Battle of Bunker Hill
  4. this government agency assisted people after the Civil War
  5. manifest _______
  6. killed many of the early settlers in the colonies
  7. important crop in Colonial America
  8. pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that united the colonist
  9. the first English settlement in the colonies
  10. this compromise added Missouri and Maine to the US
  11. they explored the Louisiana Purchase area
  12. known for his march to the sea
  13. hired by G.Washington and helped train troops
  14. this convention was intended to fix our government plan
  15. towns that popped up during Westward Expansion
  16. he led the Sons of Liberty
  17. this plan represented the large states
  18. the Pilgrims made this agreement on the Mayflower
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  1. this plan represented the smaller states
  2. a servant that worked for 4 to 7 years
  3. ________ of Confederation was our first plan of government
  4. he was the president for the Confederacy
  5. he is associated with the steel industry
  6. The fourteenth amendment granted this to former slaves
  7. the French and Indian war created this problem
  8. he won the election of 1860
  9. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 led to this event
  10. he is associated with the oil industry
  11. the time period right after the Civil War
  12. this president followed Lincoln and was impeached
  13. this man was an extremist and was known for violence
  14. angry colonists vs. British redcoats led to this
  15. Harriet Beecher _____ wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
  16. colonial soldiers who were ready to fight at a moments notice

34 Clues: manifest _______ • he led the Sons of Liberty • he won the election of 1860 • known for his march to the sea • important crop in Colonial America • was designed to help pay the war debt • a servant that worked for 4 to 7 years • he is associated with the oil industry • this plan represented the large states • this plan represented the smaller states • ...

civil war crossword puzzle 2013-04-04

civil war crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. contributed to the the abolutionist cause
  2. this was the first word used in the New York times
  3. event that preserved the union
  4. railroad aboulutionist created this help slaves
  5. two teritories kansas and nebraska
  6. a person against the opposite confederate
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  1. sumtner first spark that started the civil war occur here opposed abolution
  2. owner of a plantation
  3. soverieghty a person who votes if slaves are allowed
  4. conducted the underground railroad
  5. defiance to their government
  6. southerners believed they could leave their union
  7. these set of people ended slavery
  8. california was able to enter the union as a free slave
  9. leader a general of the union
  10. who touches a white heads hair dies like a dog
  11. lead a rebellion
  12. general on federal side who came on command in june 1862

18 Clues: lead a rebellion • owner of a plantation • defiance to their government • leader a general of the union • event that preserved the union • these set of people ended slavery • conducted the underground railroad • two teritories kansas and nebraska • contributed to the the abolutionist cause • a person against the opposite confederate • ...

Pre-Civil War Timeline 2023-10-12

Pre-Civil War Timeline crossword puzzle
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  1. Proviso unsuccessful proposal in the US to ban slavery territory from Mexico (1846)
  2. Liberty Laws pre-civil war laws passed by N state governments to counteract the fugitive slave acts (1851)
  3. Slave Act Act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if in free state (1850)
  4. Compromise Missouri=slave state Maine=non slave state (1820)
  5. of 1860 Abe Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860
  6. of 1850 Admission of California as a "free state"
  7. Railroad efforts of enslaved African Americans trying to gain their freedom by escaping bondage (1850s)
  8. Act Repealed the Missouri Compromise, created new territories, allowed popular sovereignty (1854)
  9. Tom's Cabin enslaved person being transported by boat to New Orleans (1852)
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  1. Brown's Raid Brown and his men captured citizens and seized armory and arsenal (1859)
  2. Kansas Series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas territory (1856)
  3. Party Short-lived coalition political party in the US (1848)
  4. Lloyd Printer, publisher, abolitionist, suffragist, civil rights activist, author of the liberator
  5. Scott Enslaved people were not citizens of the US and get no protection (1857)
  6. Debates Douglas=nationalizing slavery? Lincoln=abolitionist? (1858)
  7. Secedes to protect the states rights, disagreements over slavery (1861)
  8. Doctrine Douglas says a territory could prevent slavery by failing to pass favorable legislation (1858)
  9. Party Emerged to combat the expansion of slavery into the American territories (1854)

18 Clues: of 1850 Admission of California as a "free state" • Compromise Missouri=slave state Maine=non slave state (1820) • of 1860 Abe Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860 • Party Short-lived coalition political party in the US (1848) • Debates Douglas=nationalizing slavery? Lincoln=abolitionist? (1858) • ...

Antebellum/Civil War Crossword 2022-12-13

Antebellum/Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Campaign to take GA's main rail & manufacturing center
  2. Plan to keep the South from trading cotton for European weapons
  3. Supreme Court Case that said no black people could be citizens
  4. What Lincoln gained from the fall of Atlanta
  5. Battle after first invasion of GA
  6. Commander of prison who was executed for war crimes
  7. What many prisoners died of at Andersonville Prison
  8. a person who thought all slaves should be freed immediately
  9. state that wanted to come into the Union as free state by itself.
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  1. What document changed the focus of the Civil War from secession to slavery.
  2. Platform that led to southern states accepting the Compromise of 1850
  3. People who Lincoln wanted to discourage from helping the South.
  4. Crisis where South Carolina that threatened to not follow a federal tariff law
  5. Who marched to the sea in GA, leaving a path of destruction
  6. What the states had to do in 1850 to keep the country together
  7. to make a law nonexistent in a state
  8. President who threatened to invade a state that did not enforce a tariff
  9. a type of law that said all slaves had to be returned to their master

18 Clues: Battle after first invasion of GA • to make a law nonexistent in a state • What Lincoln gained from the fall of Atlanta • Commander of prison who was executed for war crimes • What many prisoners died of at Andersonville Prison • Campaign to take GA's main rail & manufacturing center • Who marched to the sea in GA, leaving a path of destruction • ...

After the Civil War/Westward Expansion 2024-05-12

After the Civil War/Westward Expansion crossword puzzle
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  1. This area became highly industrial, eventually bleeding into the midwest.
  2. This was the president that started Reconstruction.
  3. Even after the civil war, the South remained reliant on this to maintain an economy.
  4. This Act in 1862 led settlers to go to the west to claim land to build houses.
  5. These people would transport cows via cattle drives before trains were increasingly popular.
  6. This plan, created by Lincoln, involved restoring Southern Government and getting 10% of all voters to pledge loyalty to the US.
  7. This amendment abolished slavery permanently.
  8. After the economy in the South bloomed, they mass produced lumber, coal and this plant that is usually associated with slavery.
  9. Johnson was hated by many because his reconstruction lead the way for the South to enact these codes to restrict black rights.
  10. This president ended the Civil War.
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  1. This group of people in the South were the creators of the Jim Crow Laws after they regained political power; were defeated in the war.
  2. These people had their land forcibly removed as people moved west.
  3. This amendment meantstates could not deny rights towards any citizen.
  4. This area was devastated after the war. Their money was worthless and many of their railroads and farms were completely destroyed.
  5. The south was considered this part of the nation economically.
  6. This group of people wanted the slaves to be given rights quickly and for the South to be punished heavily; impeached Johnson.
  7. This railroad was finished right after the War and helped settlers travel west.
  8. Three amendments were made during this time to create this for all American citizens.
  9. These laws segregated African Americans and Whites, removing the rights that African Americans fought for.
  10. This amendment said that people could not be denied voting rights based on race.

20 Clues: This president ended the Civil War. • This amendment abolished slavery permanently. • This was the president that started Reconstruction. • The south was considered this part of the nation economically. • These people had their land forcibly removed as people moved west. • This amendment meantstates could not deny rights towards any citizen. • ...

A Long Walk to Water 1-10 2025-09-30

A Long Walk to Water 1-10 crossword puzzle
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  1. : Nya’s younger sister who becomes sick
  2. : Quality Salva shows by never giving up
  3. : River the group must cross
  4. : Shown by the old woman who helps Salva
  5. : Salva’s main source of strength and motivation
  6. : Long trip across the desert and Nile
  7. : Dangerous, dry land Salva’s group must cross
  8. : Boy forced to flee during the civil war
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  1. : Feeling that helps characters survive tough times
  2. : Relative who encourages Salva to keep going
  3. : Vital resource both Salva and Nya struggle to find
  4. : Dangerous animal in the Nile River
  5. : Country where the story takes place
  6. : Where Nya’s family must take Akeer for help
  7. : Suffering caused by lack of water
  8. : Person forced to leave their home because of war
  9. : Girl who must walk for water every day
  10. : Another constant struggle for Salva’s group
  11. : Insects that sting Salva’s group while gathering honey
  12. : Conflict that forces Salva from his home

20 Clues: : River the group must cross • : Suffering caused by lack of water • : Dangerous animal in the Nile River • : Country where the story takes place • : Long trip across the desert and Nile • : Nya’s younger sister who becomes sick • : Quality Salva shows by never giving up • : Girl who must walk for water every day • : Shown by the old woman who helps Salva • ...

civil war cross word 2025-05-19

civil war cross word crossword puzzle
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  1. ___amputations had the most deaths
  2. this weapon wasn't used in the war due to it only being used for close combat
  3. the nickname of a famous confederate general
  4. the first battle of the war
  5. Ulysses S. Grant took over ___ in order to gain control over the Mississippi
  6. what plant was always shipped to GB and France from the south
  7. the name of Lincoln's speech at gettysburg
  8. the only death during fort Sumter
  9. the south called themselves___
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  1. general Lee's plan was found inside___
  2. a huge cemetery is held in this town due to the many deaths
  3. the blockade used to stop trade among the south
  4. the initials of the state that was first to secede
  5. the first name of General burnside
  6. which side had a hotter climate
  7. the country the south was trying to gain aid from
  8. made up 20% of the union army
  9. the response McClellan gave to every order

18 Clues: the first battle of the war • made up 20% of the union army • the south called themselves___ • which side had a hotter climate • the only death during fort Sumter • ___amputations had the most deaths • the first name of General burnside • general Lee's plan was found inside___ • the name of Lincoln's speech at gettysburg • the response McClellan gave to every order • ...

Unit 9 Reconstruction Vocabulary 2018-05-08

Unit 9 Reconstruction Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Crow Laws laws that separated people of different races in public places in the South
  2. uncomplimentary nickname for a northerner who went to the South after the Civil War
  3. tax tax required before a person can vote
  4. legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
  5. codes Southern laws that severely limited the rights of African Americans after the Civil War
  6. Amendment an 1869 amendment to the United States Constitution that forbids any state to deny African Americans to the right to vote because of race
  7. Republican member of Congress during Reconstruction who wanted to ensure that freedmen received the right to vote
  8. Bureau government agency founded during Reconstruction to help former slaves
  9. Amendment an 1865 amendment to the United States Constitution that bans slavery throughout the nation
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  1. of 1877 a deal that allowed Rutherford Hayes to become president as long as he promised to withdraw troops from the South, this event ended Reconstruction
  2. derogatory term given to white Republicans in the south who supported Reconstruction
  3. person who rents a plot of land from another person and farms it in exchange for a share of the crop
  4. test examination to see if a person can read and write; used in the past to restrict voting rights
  5. Klux Klan secret society organized in the South after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of violence
  6. Bill an 1864 plan for Reconstruction that denied the right to vote or hold office to anyone who had volunteered to fight for the Confederacy
  7. Amendment an 1868 amendment that guarantees citizenship rights to freed slaves
  8. Percent Plan Lincoln’s plan that allowed a southern state to form a new government after 10 percent of its voters swore an oath of loyalty to the United States

17 Clues: tax tax required before a person can vote • legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences • Bureau government agency founded during Reconstruction to help former slaves • Amendment an 1868 amendment that guarantees citizenship rights to freed slaves • uncomplimentary nickname for a northerner who went to the South after the Civil War • ...

Black History Crossword Puzzle by Bryce Fleishauer Period 5 2020-02-24

Black History Crossword Puzzle by Bryce Fleishauer Period 5 crossword puzzle
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  1. The court case from Kansas eventually made it to the Supreme Court, which ruled that “_______ but equal educational facilities are inherently unequal.”
  2. The initial goal of Morehouse College was to train former slaves to be _________ ministers.
  3. The number of black students to enter the Little Rock Central High School main building in 1957.
  4. This Buffalo Soldier received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic deeds during the Indian Wars on the frontier.
  5. This man left monetary funds to establish the school of Cheyney University.
  6. The initial pay for the Buffalo Soldier was ______ dollars per month. (numbers in letters)
  7. South Carolina State University has an undergraduate ______ Engineering Program that no other school in the state of South Carolina has.
  8. A brave group of men who fought in the civil war that included six all black cavalry and infantry regiments.
  9. One of the first schools to have an all-black faculty was ________ University.
  10. Born into slavery in the 19th century, this abolitionist leader became one of the most famous intellectuals of his time, who noticed a connection between literacy and slavery.
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  1. This Buffalo Soldier fought in the Civil War, Indian Wars, and the Spanish American War before he retired in 1901.
  2. In the Summer of 1950, 13 parents in _____, Kansas were not allowed to register their children for the upcoming school year.
  3. century.
  4. This Buffalo Soldier served in the 10th Cavalry and 24th Infantry and was killed when the Germans sank a steamship in 1917.
  5. This civil rights activist is largely known for his famous speech in 1963 and was born and buried in Atlanta.
  6. Most Regiments of the Buffalo Soldiers served here.
  7. The last name of an accomplished advisor to several U.S. presidents who died at the age of 59.

17 Clues: century. • Most Regiments of the Buffalo Soldiers served here. • This man left monetary funds to establish the school of Cheyney University. • One of the first schools to have an all-black faculty was ________ University. • The initial pay for the Buffalo Soldier was ______ dollars per month. (numbers in letters) • ...

Reconstruction Vocab 2025-09-01

Reconstruction Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Laws in the South that enforced segregation and unequal treatment of African Americans after Reconstruction.
  2. Taking away someone’s right to vote.
  3. The act of making peace and coming back together after a fight or conflict.
  4. The rights that belong to every citizen, such as equal treatment under the law and the right to vote.
  5. To officially approve or accept something, like an amendment.
  6. A change or addition to the U.S. Constitution.
  7. The time after the Civil War (1865–1877) when the United States worked to rebuild the South and bring the Southern states back into the Union.
  8. W written plan for how the government works.
  9. The forced separation of people, usually by race, in schools, housing, or public places.
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  1. Formerly enslaved people who were freed after the Civil War.
  2. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments that ended slavery, gave citizenship, and protected voting rights.
  3. The act of freeing enslaved people.
  4. A government decision to forgive people for crimes, often related to politics or war.

13 Clues: The act of freeing enslaved people. • Taking away someone’s right to vote. • W written plan for how the government works. • A change or addition to the U.S. Constitution. • Formerly enslaved people who were freed after the Civil War. • To officially approve or accept something, like an amendment. • ...

Civil Rights 2023-01-26

Civil Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. Famous speech made on the steps of Lincoln Memorial
  2. Granted African American men the right to vote
  3. Laws in South that enforced Racial segregation
  4. First African American to earn a Phd from Harvard, cofounded the NAACP
  5. Inspired by MLK, joined congress, received presidential Medal of Freedom
  6. Sparked the Montgomery bus boycotts
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  1. Protested segregated bus terminals, took bus trips through the American South
  2. Era after the civil war
  3. Foremost leader of Civil Rights movement, assassinated 1968
  4. Civil Rights leader and Muslim Minister
  5. Landmark Supreme Court ruling establishing racial segregation in Schools as unconstitutional

11 Clues: Era after the civil war • Sparked the Montgomery bus boycotts • Civil Rights leader and Muslim Minister • Granted African American men the right to vote • Laws in South that enforced Racial segregation • Famous speech made on the steps of Lincoln Memorial • Foremost leader of Civil Rights movement, assassinated 1968 • ...

The Civil War Crossword 2015-10-20

The Civil War Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. September 17, 1862, remains the bloodiest single day in American history. The Union victory left more than 22,000 men killed or wounded in one day of fighting.
  2. A republic formed in February of 1861 and composed of the eleven Southern states that seceded from the United States
  3. A general term for the United States during the Civil War which also was used to refer to the Northern army.
  4. Northern troops attacked General Robert E. Lee's forces, but the Confederates were firmly dug in on high ground and repelled the attack.
  5. Prominent American abolitionist, journalist and social reformer. Editor of radical abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator", and one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
  6. 16th president of the United States; helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederacy; an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery.
  7. The free African American published his "Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World" which encouraged enslaved people to rebel.
  8. President of the Confederate States of America
  9. This Union victory was won at a terrible cost: each side lost more than 10,000 men killed, wounded, or missing. Americans were appalled at the number of casualties.
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  1. Union war plan by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi River, and to take an army through heart of south
  2. This Confederate victory showed General Robert E. Lee's brilliance as a military commander. With Union forces threatening to outflank him, Lee divided his forces and ordered an attack that outflanked the Union instead
  3. One of the most prominent African American figures in the abolitionist movement; escaped from slavery; advocated freedom from slavery & full citizenship rights for all blacks
  4. 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. An American political activist, abolitionist, women's rights advocate, and supporter of the women's suffrage movement.
  6. a Massachusetts born abolitionist and women's rights advocate. She wrote novels about slavery, women's rights and Native American rights.
  7. Union general who planned to block southern ports and take control of the Mississippi River
  8. A large battle in the American Civil War, took place in southern Pennsylvania from July 1 to July 3, 1863. The battle is named after the town on the battlefield. Union General George G. Meade led an army of about 90,000 men to victory against General Robert E. Lee's Confederate army of about 75,000.
  9. formal separation from an alliance or federation

18 Clues: President of the Confederate States of America • formal separation from an alliance or federation • Union general who planned to block southern ports and take control of the Mississippi River • A general term for the United States during the Civil War which also was used to refer to the Northern army. • ...

Civil War Crossword Puzzle 2017-05-02

Civil War Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Confederate President
  2. Commander of Confederate Army
  3. Name given to Lee's Army
  4. Lee's first invasion, stopped at Sharpsburg
  5. First major battle of western campaign
  6. Clear favorite to win at war's start
  7. Speech that reunites nation in Pennsylvania
  8. Led his "march" from Atlanta to Savannah
  9. Elected United States President in 1860 & 1864
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  1. Name given to seceding states
  2. Leader of U.S. Army at war's end
  3. Northern plan to cut off South's access to supplies
  4. Name for U.S. Army
  5. Union victory gives them control of Mississippi River
  6. Southern Democrat in 1860
  7. Frees Confederate slaves
  8. Favored popular sovereignty over slavery
  9. Early Confederate victory that gave hope to South

18 Clues: Name for U.S. Army • Confederate President • Frees Confederate slaves • Name given to Lee's Army • Southern Democrat in 1860 • Name given to seceding states • Commander of Confederate Army • Leader of U.S. Army at war's end • Clear favorite to win at war's start • First major battle of western campaign • Favored popular sovereignty over slavery • ...

The Angolan Civil War 2022-02-15

The Angolan Civil War crossword puzzle
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  1. A left sided form of government
  2. Continent of Angola's location
  3. The country taking control of Angola from the very begining
  4. A right sided form of government
  5. Biggest consequence
  6. The Angolan Civil ---
  7. National Front for the Liberation of Angola
  8. "the fact or state of being independent"
  9. National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
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  1. A war in which opposite sides use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly
  2. Name of the Angolan murdered president
  3. The capital that the MPLA was taking control of.
  4. "a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one"
  5. Name of the agreement signed for independence
  6. "freedom from disturbance; tranquility"
  7. People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola
  8. A war between the US and Soviet Union
  9. They would flood in soldiers from this country to defend the capital

18 Clues: Biggest consequence • The Angolan Civil --- • Continent of Angola's location • A left sided form of government • A right sided form of government • A war between the US and Soviet Union • Name of the Angolan murdered president • "freedom from disturbance; tranquility" • "the fact or state of being independent" • National Front for the Liberation of Angola • ...

Civil War and reconstruction 2022-11-14

Civil War and reconstruction crossword puzzle
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  1. Assassinated Lincoln
  2. Forced blacks back to farms
  3. Name for the South
  4. 16th president
  5. Place where they kept Union soldiers
  6. gave Blacks equal protection
  7. General for the Union
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  1. were kicked out of congress
  2. gave Blacks the right to vote
  3. Name for the North
  4. Terrorist group that stopped black males from voting
  5. General for the confederacy
  6. Led march to the sea and the Atlanta campaign
  7. wanted to punish the South for the war
  8. 17th president
  9. Also known as Lincoln's plan
  10. Deadliest battle
  11. gave Blacks freedom

18 Clues: 17th president • 16th president • Deadliest battle • Name for the North • Name for the South • gave Blacks freedom • Assassinated Lincoln • General for the Union • were kicked out of congress • General for the confederacy • Forced blacks back to farms • Also known as Lincoln's plan • gave Blacks equal protection • gave Blacks the right to vote • Place where they kept Union soldiers • ...

Civil War Cross Word 2022-11-16

Civil War Cross Word crossword puzzle
Across
  1. female med school graduate
  2. Confederate Ironclad
  3. Southern states that seceded from the Union
  4. First female military officer
  5. Anti-Slavery Newspaper
  6. Paper currency used by Union
  7. Potomac, fired by Lincoln
  8. Founded American Red Cross
Down
  1. Union Ironclad
  2. Anti-War democrats
  3. Confederate General
  4. "Stone Wall" _______
  5. bleeding _______
  6. Gave improvised speech at anti-slavery meeting
  7. South Carolinian fort
  8. publisher of the Liberator
  9. Nothern States
  10. Union General

18 Clues: Union General • Union Ironclad • Nothern States • bleeding _______ • Anti-War democrats • Confederate General • "Stone Wall" _______ • Confederate Ironclad • South Carolinian fort • Anti-Slavery Newspaper • Potomac, fired by Lincoln • female med school graduate • publisher of the Liberator • Founded American Red Cross • Paper currency used by Union • First female military officer • ...

Civil War Trading Cards 2023-05-23

Civil War Trading Cards crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Union General
  2. Famous for their successful bayonet charge in the Battle of Gettysburg
  3. Female nurse who started American Red Cross
  4. Confederate General
  5. First and only president of the Confederate states
  6. Female Surgeon who was captured by the Confederacy
  7. Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
  8. One of the most prominent politicians of the mid-19th century.
  9. First African American teacher to publicly teach African Americans at only 14 years old
Down
  1. Dressed as a man to join the war
  2. Diarist who wrote "A Diary from Dixie"
  3. Abolitionist and Women's rights activist who created Swarthmore college
  4. 30th Governor of Rhode Island
  5. First African America Field officer in the US Army
  6. Formerly Enslaved person who helped Abe Lincoln in the Civil War
  7. Given the nickname "Stonewall" due to his stubborn nature in battle
  8. Commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Armies to victory
  9. Female Confederate Spy

18 Clues: Union General • Confederate General • Female Confederate Spy • 30th Governor of Rhode Island • Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" • Dressed as a man to join the war • Diarist who wrote "A Diary from Dixie" • Female nurse who started American Red Cross • First African America Field officer in the US Army • First and only president of the Confederate states • ...

Cold War Beginning 2020-11-01

Cold War Beginning crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An extension of the Truman Doctrine
  2. US aided West Berlin with food, etc.
  3. President Truman did this to MacArthur
  4. Chiang Kai-Shek had a problem with this
  5. Both the US and USSR used the UN to do this
  6. How many political parties the US has
  7. geographic division of european nations
  8. Soviets surrounded Berlin with a _______
  9. This word means total control of citizens
  10. Private property controlled by government
  11. The faction in China's Civil War
  12. Stalin felt that war between US/USSR was
  13. divided at the 38th parallel
  14. China fought against this nation in WWII
  15. Stalin felt communism and capitalism were
  16. Truman___: millions to help fight communism
  17. Chinese cross___to pursue American forces
  18. Supported Chinese nationalists
  19. How many political parties the USSR had
  20. US general who commanded troop in Korea
Down
  1. US wanted post-wwII Europe to have
  2. Peacekeeping organization founded in 1945
  3. Communist leader in China
  4. Stalin promised this to Poland but reneged
  5. A surprise landing against the N. Koreans
  6. The US general promises a quick victory
  7. Formed in 1949 to protect western nations
  8. Truman became president when _______died
  9. Private property controlled by individuals
  10. conflict between US/USSR, involving others
  11. USSR's answer to NATO
  12. Some in congress felt the US ___ China
  13. Stalin was upset at US for this secret
  14. US policy of stopping spread of communism
  15. The first nation US helped with money
  16. Stalin wanted to control_______in E. Europe
  17. One faction of China's Civil War
  18. Supported Chinese communists
  19. The US general wanted to do this to China
  20. The Korean War ended in this
  21. MacArthur's firing produced ___at first

41 Clues: USSR's answer to NATO • Communist leader in China • divided at the 38th parallel • Supported Chinese communists • The Korean War ended in this • Supported Chinese nationalists • The faction in China's Civil War • One faction of China's Civil War • US wanted post-wwII Europe to have • An extension of the Truman Doctrine • US aided West Berlin with food, etc. • ...

8th grade history crossword 2022-05-06

8th grade history crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. amendment, guarantees slaves the right to vote.
  2. the general of the confederate army
  3. the act where slaves worked on a plantation for money but pay a living fee. (legal slavery)
  4. southerns who supported the union
  5. a group of people who sought to purify the church.
  6. northerners who move south to make money
  7. bureau, the group of people that helps slaves begin school and getting jobs and housing.
  8. a man or woman that is under contract to work in the 13 colonies.
  9. Republicans, people that thought that Lincoln was being to easy on the southern states during Reconstruction
  10. the first black person to make it to U.s senate.
  11. the first state to succeed from the union
  12. the first full-scale battle of the Civil War
Down
  1. the first major battle of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.
  2. a joint stock company
  3. the people that settled Pennsylvania
  4. , the main conductor on the underground railroad.
  5. the first gov document of the Plymouth colony.
  6. the first gov in the 13 colonies
  7. protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773
  8. The first great battle of the Revolutionary War
  9. A democracy where everyone has a say about what happens.
  10. the act that began segregation.
  11. a revival that swept through the 13 colonies during the 1730´s
  12. A business owned collectively by his shareholder's
  13. the laws that began segregation
  14. the war in between the states
  15. amendment, Made slavery illegal.
  16. amendment, the amendment that guarantees citizenship to all slaves born in the U.S
  17. one of the first successful colony'sin north america

29 Clues: a joint stock company • the war in between the states • the act that began segregation. • the laws that began segregation • the first gov in the 13 colonies • amendment, Made slavery illegal. • southerns who supported the union • the general of the confederate army • the people that settled Pennsylvania • northerners who move south to make money • ...

Wurd Wurk 0.4 I tink 2022-05-10

Wurd Wurk 0.4 I tink crossword puzzle
Across
  1. further back in position; of or nearer the rear or hind end, especially of the body or a part of it.
  2. well meaning and kindly.
  3. a person who gives money or other help to a person or cause.
  4. Has a trunk
  5. having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
  6. Likes to chase mice
  7. a person who is dissatisfied and rebellious.
  8. Flying mammal
  9. Large marsupial
  10. a person who commits a crime or some other wrong.
  11. occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War.
  12. characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm.
Down
  1. Man's best friend
  2. cause or arrange for (something) to take place at a time later than that first scheduled.
  3. an additional remark at the end of a letter, after the signature and introduced by “P.S.”.
  4. favorable or advantageous; resulting in good.
  5. an advantage or profit gained from something.
  6. the utterance or bestowing of a blessing, especially at the end of a religious service.
  7. (of a piece of equipment or machinery) fail to function normally or satisfactorily.
  8. precede in time; come before (something) in date.
  9. an examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death.
  10. ineffective or bungling; clumsy.
  11. coming before in time; earlier.
  12. the intention or desire to do evil; ill will.
  13. depressing; dreary.
  14. Shiba inu
  15. an intermittent and remittent fever caused by a protozoan parasite that invades the red blood cells. The parasite is transmitted by mosquitoes in many tropical and subtropical regions.
  16. occurring or existing after a war, in particular the American Civil War.

28 Clues: Shiba inu • Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • depressing; dreary. • well meaning and kindly. • coming before in time; earlier. • ineffective or bungling; clumsy. • a person who is dissatisfied and rebellious. • favorable or advantageous; resulting in good. • an advantage or profit gained from something. • ...

Social Studies Review GB 2022-03-31

Social Studies Review GB crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one of the three beams
  2. how old was alexander
  3. what belonged to sparta
  4. who captured odyssues
  5. did alexander ever lose a battle
  6. Mars
  7. who killed agamemnon
  8. king of persia
  9. what was hades roman name
  10. who did odyssues say his name was to the cyclops
  11. one of the greeks ran miles
  12. how long where the sarissa's
  13. what was Ares god of
  14. what was demeter's roman name
  15. what age did the spartans take children
Down
  1. alexander's father
  2. how many men across
  3. how many years was odysseus's journey
  4. how long did it take to defeat sparta
  5. Juno
  6. one of the topics they learned
  7. venus
  8. neptune
  9. king of sparta
  10. athens fought a team for the civil war known as peloponnisian war
  11. one of the arts
  12. Jupiter
  13. Minerva
  14. mercury

29 Clues: Juno • Mars • venus • neptune • Jupiter • Minerva • mercury • king of sparta • king of persia • one of the arts • alexander's father • how many men across • who killed agamemnon • what was Ares god of • how old was alexander • who captured odyssues • one of the three beams • what belonged to sparta • what was hades roman name • one of the greeks ran miles • how long where the sarissa's • ...

AAS Unit 2 Vocabulary Crossword 2022-05-19

AAS Unit 2 Vocabulary Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. machine created to remove seeds from cotton
  2. slaves counted as 3/5 of a person
  3. part of slave wedding ceremony
  4. formation of new states and banned slavery in the region
  5. soldiers who fought during the War of 1812
  6. pre-civil war
  7. slaves who worked as carpenters, blacksmiths, or other skilled labor
  8. slaves who worked as cooks, maids, or butlers
  9. slaves chained or roped together
Down
  1. forbid American settlement pass the Appalachian Mountains
  2. supreme law for the United States
  3. person who wants to abolish slavery
  4. pre-constitution
  5. adopted on July 4, 1776 called for independence from Britain
  6. revolutionary war veteran and abolitionist
  7. holding areas used by slave traders
  8. legal freeing of slaves
  9. colony of free African Americans founded on the West African Coast
  10. declared the colonies to be independent states
  11. permitted Missouri to enter as slave and Maine to enter the union as free state

20 Clues: pre-civil war • pre-constitution • legal freeing of slaves • part of slave wedding ceremony • slaves chained or roped together • supreme law for the United States • slaves counted as 3/5 of a person • person who wants to abolish slavery • holding areas used by slave traders • revolutionary war veteran and abolitionist • soldiers who fought during the War of 1812 • ...

Roman History 2021-04-27

Roman History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Leader of Romans during 2nd Punic war
  2. Julius vs. Pompey
  3. Octavian vs. Marc Antony
  4. Who organized the first Roman professional army?
  5. Who becomes the 1st Emperor of Rome?
  6. What was Augustus' reign called?
  7. The order in which offices must be held
Down
  1. Carthaginian leader in the 2nd Punic war
  2. What does Alea iacta est mean?
  3. Last pharaoh of Egypt
  4. Highest public official during the republic
  5. Who fought for the poor?
  6. Who was murdered by the senate and a great general?
  7. A group of three men who led during the end of the republic
  8. What Roman event happened in 753 BC?
  9. Caesar’s military campaign
  10. Who is the famous orator who spoke against Caesar?
  11. Who was Caesar’s right hand man and was in the 2nd triumvirate?
  12. Who engaged in a civil war against Caesar and fled to Egypt?
  13. Wars between Roman and Carthage

20 Clues: Julius vs. Pompey • Last pharaoh of Egypt • Who fought for the poor? • Octavian vs. Marc Antony • Caesar’s military campaign • What does Alea iacta est mean? • Wars between Roman and Carthage • What was Augustus' reign called? • What Roman event happened in 753 BC? • Who becomes the 1st Emperor of Rome? • Leader of Romans during 2nd Punic war • ...

American Pride 2019-06-14

American Pride crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Branch of the military founded on June 14, 1775
  2. Civil War-era song now played at military funerals
  3. The face on the $5 bill
  4. America’s favorite pastime
  5. Native American woman who befriended American colonists
  6. Thomas Jefferson’s home
  7. Became an independent branch of the military after World War II
  8. "Born in the USA" singer
  9. U.S. national mammal
Down
  1. Nickname for member of the U.S. Coast Guard
  2. Author of the national anthem
  3. Woman credited for creating the U.S. flag
  4. Became the 37th state in 1867.
  5. Location of the Liberty Bell
  6. Southernmost state that was part of the original 13 colonies
  7. Known for his large signature on the Declaration of Independence
  8. A component of the U.S. Department of the Navy
  9. Seaborne branch of the U.S. military
  10. The first official American colony, located in Virginia
  11. Name of the cultural icon of World War II who symbolized women workers

20 Clues: U.S. national mammal • The face on the $5 bill • Thomas Jefferson’s home • "Born in the USA" singer • America’s favorite pastime • Location of the Liberty Bell • Author of the national anthem • Became the 37th state in 1867. • Seaborne branch of the U.S. military • Woman credited for creating the U.S. flag • Nickname for member of the U.S. Coast Guard • ...

African Wars Crosswords Ivonne 2024-05-21

African Wars Crosswords Ivonne crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Leader who arranged the NRA
  2. Non-Government Organization
  3. battle between rebels and a combined force
  4. Leader of the repressive dictatorship
  5. Nigerian Civil War
  6. drought, crop failure, food disruption,
  7. War: Fight with Somalia over boarder
  8. General of Nigeria Government
  9. Concert to raise funds for famine
  10. People’s Democratic of Ethiopia,
  11. Ethnic group of Southeast Nigeria
  12. Tigray People’s Liberation front, rebel group
Down
  1. Uganda National Liberation Front
  2. Eritrean People's liberation front
  3. insurgency that began in 2009
  4. Ethiopian Red Terrors, to repress the rebels
  5. Uganda military dictator, most brutal
  6. President of Tanzania
  7. war to challenge peace and stability.
  8. National Resistance Army
  9. Fulani Ethnic group of Northern Nigeria
  10. President of Uganda, overthrown in a coup
  11. leader of Libya and ally of Amin
  12. Leader of the Christian extremist organization, LRA
  13. Uganda National Liberation Army
  14. Marxist-Leninist dictatorships

26 Clues: Nigerian Civil War • President of Tanzania • National Resistance Army • Leader who arranged the NRA • Non-Government Organization • insurgency that began in 2009 • General of Nigeria Government • Marxist-Leninist dictatorships • Uganda National Liberation Army • Uganda National Liberation Front • leader of Libya and ally of Amin • People’s Democratic of Ethiopia, • ...

The Cold War 2023-05-09

The Cold War crossword puzzle
Across
  1. willingness to almost go to war to get the other side to back down
  2. Give aid to Western European countries
  3. military alliance of western, non communist countries
  4. Executed for espionage and selling secrets to Soviets
  5. fear of communists infiltrating U.S. Government
  6. Pledge to contain and help other countries resist communism
  7. Imaginary line that separates Warsaw Pact and Nato countries in Europe
  8. Fired for questionning President Truman
  9. where Nationalists fled following China's Civil War
  10. country divided into East and West after WWII
  11. Rivalry between United States and Soviet Union
Down
  1. Soviet response to NATO
  2. 4 tons of food, fuel and medicine delivered by air
  3. Eastern European countries controlled by Soviets
  4. House UnAmerican Activities Committee
  5. Do not let Communism spread
  6. War in Asia to contain communism
  7. Senator from Wisconsin who orchestrated Red Scare
  8. First Satellite into space
  9. type of plane shot down by Soviets; created and incident

20 Clues: Soviet response to NATO • First Satellite into space • Do not let Communism spread • War in Asia to contain communism • House UnAmerican Activities Committee • Give aid to Western European countries • Fired for questionning President Truman • country divided into East and West after WWII • Rivalry between United States and Soviet Union • ...

Civil War crossword Puzzle 2021-03-26

Civil War crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is a woman severd fornurses.
  2. was the first state to secede from the Union in December 1860.
  3. is a merchant vessel used for evading a naval blockade of a port or strait.
  4. served as the capital of the Confederate States of America for almost the whole of the American Civil War.
  5. led tros to victory in tennessee and mississippi.
  6. army resorted to material law.
  7. commander of the confederate
  8. comander of western forces.
  9. of the date 1861-1865.
Down
  1. government for the North
  2. was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States.
  3. is the union war strategy.
  4. of America elected Jefferson dives as their presidnet and established their capital in Virginia.
  5. is an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor.
  6. was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States.
  7. States border that occupies 4 states; Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri.
  8. is a color of the South.
  9. is a color for the North.

18 Clues: of the date 1861-1865. • government for the North • is a color of the South. • is a color for the North. • is the union war strategy. • comander of western forces. • is a woman severd fornurses. • commander of the confederate • army resorted to material law. • led tros to victory in tennessee and mississippi. • is an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor. • ...

Civil War Voltaire Salvador 2017-02-14

Civil War Voltaire Salvador crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to seperate from a state or country.
  2. The start of the civil war.
  3. where the 2nd part of the Anaconda plan took place. (Confederate army was divided)
  4. march was when William Tecumseh Sherman destroyed Georgia.
  5. Proclamation only freed slaves from the southern states.
  6. Plan A three-part strategy by which the union proposed to defeat the confederacy.
  7. The bloodiest single-day battle in American history.
  8. Corpus A court order requiring authorities to bring a prisoner before a court.
  9. Davis was the president of the Confederate.
  10. where Robert E Lee surrendered to the union.
Down
  1. was the turning point for the union army.
  2. building where products could be mass produced.
  3. Virginia didn't want to secede from the U.S.
  4. The draft.
  5. What every military leader should have...
  6. A confederation formed in 1861 by the southern states.
  7. Lincoln was the 16 president of the united states.
  8. E Lee was the commander of the Confederate Army.

18 Clues: The draft. • The start of the civil war. • to seperate from a state or country. • was the turning point for the union army. • What every military leader should have... • Davis was the president of the Confederate. • Virginia didn't want to secede from the U.S. • where Robert E Lee surrendered to the union. • building where products could be mass produced. • ...

Civil War Voltaire Salvador 2017-02-14

Civil War Voltaire Salvador crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Corpus A court order requiring authorities to bring a prisoner before a court.
  2. Virginia didn't want to secede from the U.S.
  3. was the turning point for the union army.
  4. where the 2nd part of the Anaconda plan took place. (Confederate army was divided)
  5. A confederation formed in 1861 by the southern states.
  6. What every military leader should have...
  7. Proclamation only freed slaves from the southern states.
  8. where Robert E Lee surrendered to the union.
  9. Davis was the president of the Confederate.
  10. Lincoln was the 16 president of the united states.
Down
  1. building where products could be mass produced.
  2. The start of the civil war.
  3. to seperate from a state or country.
  4. The draft.
  5. march was when William Tecumseh Sherman destroyed Georgia.
  6. E Lee was the commander of the Confederate Army.
  7. Plan A three-part strategy by which the union proposed to defeat the confederacy.
  8. The bloodiest single-day battle in American history.

18 Clues: The draft. • The start of the civil war. • to seperate from a state or country. • was the turning point for the union army. • What every military leader should have... • Davis was the president of the Confederate. • Virginia didn't want to secede from the U.S. • where Robert E Lee surrendered to the union. • building where products could be mass produced. • ...

Topic 8 vocab project 2023-05-05

Topic 8 vocab project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - government by consent of the governed
  2. - having to do with the most important part of an idea or of something
  3. - northern who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the union
  4. - a betrayal of or action against one's country
  5. - the bipartisan antislavery party founded in the United States in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories
  6. - a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
  7. - a law that rewuired people of certian age to enlist in the military
  8. - 1862 civil war battle in Virginia
  9. - an 1863 declaration by president lincol freeing enslaved african american in confederate territory
  10. - not eager to do something
  11. - to withdraw from membership in a group
  12. - an agreement over slavery by which California joined the union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
  13. - to publicly state that some action of a person is wrong or bad
  14. - a runaway
  15. - the right no to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
  16. - one of the two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
  17. - to find an answer or solution to something
  18. - to keep in an existing state
  19. - a person who dies for his or her beliefs
  20. - to be made up of
  21. - a place where guns are stored
  22. - a war between people of the same country
  23. - making it easy for something to happen
  24. - an 1857 supreme court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
  25. - to prove something by being an exsample of it
Down
  1. - to suggest something for people to consider
  2. - the speech made the president lincoln in 1863 after the battle of gettysburg
  3. - one that could not be changed
  4. - something that comes before or is introductory
  5. - an 1863 civil war battle in pennsylvania that ended in a union victory and stopped the conderate invasion of the north
  6. - the first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassas
  7. - the failed conderate charge during the third day of battle of gettysburg
  8. - a type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactics
  9. - an agreement proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal
  10. - 1862 civil war battle in Tennessee that ended in a union victory
  11. - a virginia town that was the site of the conferate surrender in 1865
  12. - to suggest without saying directly or plainly
  13. - an 1854 law that establishes the territory of Nebraska and Kansas, giving the settlers of each territory the rights of popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery
  14. - an african american unit in the union army
  15. - 1863 civil war battle in virginia; important victory for the conderacy
  16. - very important
  17. - proslavery bans from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
  18. - a military force encircles an enemy position and blockades and bombards
  19. - a political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories
  20. - an ironclad Union warship
  21. - a tax on peoples earnings
  22. - the willingness to accept laws whether or not a person agrees with those laws
  23. - Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware
  24. - an ironclad warship used by the confederates in an attempt to break the union's blockade

49 Clues: - a runaway • - very important • - to be made up of • - not eager to do something • - an ironclad Union warship • - a tax on peoples earnings • - to keep in an existing state • - one that could not be changed • - a place where guns are stored • - 1862 civil war battle in Virginia • - government by consent of the governed • - to withdraw from membership in a group • ...

Topic 8 Vocab Crossword 2023-05-05

Topic 8 Vocab Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay,to keep the number of slave and free states equal
  2. a tax on people's earrings
  3. an African American unit in the Union army
  4. a betrayal of or action against one's country
  5. president Lincoln's speech
  6. important
  7. a type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and-runs tactics
  8. to be made up of
  9. a person who dies for his or hers beliefs
  10. the bipartisan anti slavery party founded in the United States in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories
  11. 15,000 men charged against the center of the union
  12. government by the consent of the governed
  13. having to do with the most important part of an idea or something
  14. one of two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves
  15. a runaway
  16. to prove something by being an example of it
  17. the three day battle
  18. to withdraw from membership in a group
  19. an agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave state law was passed
  20. an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the Union's worst defeats
  21. the willingness to accept laws whether or not a person agreed with those laws
  22. Ruffians proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas
  23. a rise in prices but a decrease in the value of money
  24. an 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland; also called Battle of Sharpsburg
  25. one that could not be changed
  26. a small Virginia town
Down
  1. to keep in an existing state
  2. a military force encircles an enemy position and blockades and bombards it in order to force it to surrender
  3. an 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the confederacy
  4. a place where guns are stored
  5. an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade
  6. an 1854 law that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving settlers of each territory the right of popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery
  7. an 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended Union victory
  8. Kentucky, Missouri,Maryland, and Delaware
  9. a war between people of the same country
  10. making it easy for something to happen
  11. an ironclad Union warship
  12. an 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate territory
  13. to publicly state that some action or person is wrong or bad
  14. to suggest without saying directly or plainly
  15. a northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the Union
  16. the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
  17. a fort in South Carolina that was the site of an attack by the African American 54th Massachusetts regulament in 1863
  18. the first major battle of the civil war; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassas
  19. an 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories
  20. a political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories
  21. to find an answer or solution to something
  22. something that comes before or is introductory to something
  23. not eager to do something
  24. to suggest something for people to consider
  25. a law that requires people of a certain age to enlist into the military

51 Clues: important • a runaway • to be made up of • the three day battle • a small Virginia town • an ironclad Union warship • not eager to do something • a tax on people's earrings • president Lincoln's speech • to keep in an existing state • a place where guns are stored • one that could not be changed • making it easy for something to happen • to withdraw from membership in a group • ...

“Stephens’ Class Challenge” 2022-05-27

“Stephens’ Class Challenge” crossword puzzle
Across
  1. King of England during the Revolutionary War
  2. defeated Gen. Lee and a two-term president
  3. Explored the West with Clark
  4. Texas became a nation and was called the Lone Star ________
  5. turning point of the Civil War
  6. Jefferson doubled the size of the US with this purchase
  7. where was the Constitutional Convention held
  8. freedom is not ____
  9. the first Republican president
  10. a type of jerky from the Highlands
  11. someone who wants to get rid of slavery
  12. the trail that many pioneers took west
Down
  1. the best medicine for entitlement
  2. changes or additions to the constitution
  3. The final battle of the Revolutionary War
  4. this female abolitionist may soon be on the $20 bill
  5. Leader of Mexico during Texas rebellion
  6. the president of the Southern Confederacy
  7. the first Democrat president
  8. history tends to ______ its self
  9. she wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin

21 Clues: freedom is not ____ • she wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Explored the West with Clark • the first Democrat president • turning point of the Civil War • the first Republican president • history tends to ______ its self • the best medicine for entitlement • a type of jerky from the Highlands • the trail that many pioneers took west • Leader of Mexico during Texas rebellion • ...

American Pride 2019-06-14

American Pride crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Woman credited for creating the U.S. flag
  2. Native American woman who befriended American colonists
  3. Location of the Liberty Bell
  4. Name of the cultural icon of World War II who symbolized women workers
  5. Known for his large signature on the Declaration of Independence
  6. U.S. national mammal
  7. A component of the U.S. Department of the Navy
  8. Civil War-era song now played at military funerals
  9. Became the 37th state in 1867
  10. Author of the national anthem
  11. Seaborne branch of the U.S. military
Down
  1. Nickname for member of the U.S. Coast Guard
  2. Southernmost state that was part of the original 13 colonies
  3. Thomas Jefferson’s home
  4. "Born in the USA" singer
  5. The first official American colony, located in Virginia
  6. Became an independent branch of the military after World War II
  7. The face on the $5 bill
  8. America’s favorite pastime
  9. Branch of the military founded on June 14, 1775

20 Clues: U.S. national mammal • Thomas Jefferson’s home • The face on the $5 bill • "Born in the USA" singer • America’s favorite pastime • Location of the Liberty Bell • Became the 37th state in 1867 • Author of the national anthem • Seaborne branch of the U.S. military • Woman credited for creating the U.S. flag • Nickname for member of the U.S. Coast Guard • ...

Across Five Aprils 2012-12-21

Across Five Aprils crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Hill that the Creghingtons lived on
  2. Is married to Tom
  3. The president during the Civil War
  4. This burned down one night
  5. Ellen needed this to help her headaches
  6. Got killed because of the Burdow family
  7. Gave Jethro a piece of candy when he came to Newtown
  8. Brother who died in the war
  9. Matt had this after Jethro returned from Newtown
Down
  1. Brother who is fighting for the Confederates
  2. The place were Tom died
  3. The guy that was caught stealing from Sam Gardiner
  4. The Mother of 12 kids
  5. The youngest of the 12 kids
  6. He helped Jethro on the bridge
  7. The state that the Creghingtons lived in
  8. The school teacher and is in love with Jenny
  9. The person that wanted a newspaper from Newtown
  10. Fought in the Mexican War
  11. In love with the school teacher

20 Clues: Is married to Tom • The Mother of 12 kids • The place were Tom died • Fought in the Mexican War • This burned down one night • The youngest of the 12 kids • Brother who died in the war • He helped Jethro on the bridge • In love with the school teacher • The president during the Civil War • The Hill that the Creghingtons lived on • Ellen needed this to help her headaches • ...

Last Names of U.S. Presidents 2026-01-16

Last Names of U.S. Presidents crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Second U.S. president.
  2. Only U.S. president to serve more than 2 terms.
  3. Current president of the United States.
  4. President on the $20 bill.
  5. First U.S. president to attend a baseball game while in office.
  6. President in between Trump's two terms.
  7. U.S. president that served most of the 1980's.
  8. U.S. president that served as a Northern General during Civil War.
  9. Last president to be assassinated.
  10. President credited with freeing the slaves.
  11. Third U.S. president who help write the Declaration of Independence.
Down
  1. U.S. president that lived the longest.
  2. First U.S. president of the 21st century.
  3. First African-American U.S. president.
  4. World War 2 U.S. general that became president.
  5. U.S. president that ended World War 2 by dropping the bombs.
  6. First president of the United States
  7. First left-handed U.S. president.
  8. U.S. president with the most kids (15).
  9. Only U.S president to resign from office.

20 Clues: Second U.S. president. • President on the $20 bill. • First left-handed U.S. president. • Last president to be assassinated. • First president of the United States • U.S. president that lived the longest. • First African-American U.S. president. • Current president of the United States. • President in between Trump's two terms. • U.S. president with the most kids (15). • ...

Andersonville Prison 2026-04-08

Andersonville Prison crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The infamous polluted stream running through the camp
  2. Group of prisoners who preyed on fellow inmates
  3. Month in 1864 when overcrowding peaked dramatically
  4. Trial faced by Wirz after the war
  5. Overcrowding led to extreme ______ conditions
  6. The camp lacked proper ______ for shelter
  7. Number of prisoners who died at Andersonville (approx.)
  8. The prison became a symbol of wartime ______
Down
  1. Guards who oversaw the camp
  2. First name of Wirz, tried after the war
  3. Prisoners often suffered from severe ______
  4. Today, the site is preserved as a National ______ Site
  5. State where Andersonville Prison was located
  6. Commandant of Andersonville Prison
  7. Prisoner nickname for the deadline boundary inside the camp
  8. Confederate prison camp officially named Camp
  9. Lack of adequate ______ contributed to suffering
  10. Material used for the prison’s enclosing walls
  11. Disease caused by poor sanitation and contaminated water
  12. Union prisoners were held here during the American ______ War

20 Clues: Guards who oversaw the camp • Trial faced by Wirz after the war • Commandant of Andersonville Prison • First name of Wirz, tried after the war • The camp lacked proper ______ for shelter • Prisoners often suffered from severe ______ • State where Andersonville Prison was located • The prison became a symbol of wartime ______ • Overcrowding led to extreme ______ conditions • ...