Printable American History Crosswords

Test your knowledge of the United States with American History crossword puzzles. Explore the presidents, wars, and events that shaped the nation.

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American History

Hard · 11×11 · 10 words
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  1. 1. A memory kept alive in a Texan mission.
  2. 4. He resigned without being impeached.
  3. 6. A king's municipality built by John Smith.
  4. 8. Snob to arrange a revolutionary party.
  5. 9. Males turning back to a bewitching town.
  6. 10. Bull moose who promised a square deal.

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  1. 2. A list of cargo, or an obvious destiny.
  2. 3. A turnip's gone bad for these strict settlers.
  3. 5. An alteration to the founding document.
  4. 7. Greek god that landed Americans on the moon.

American History

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  1. 2. Courageous conductor of the Underground Railroad
  2. 5. Victorious Civil War general whose face graces the fifty-dollar bill
  3. 8. Native peoples residing in America prior to European arrival
  4. 10. Gray-clad fighter against the North
  5. 11. Shiny discovery at Sutter's Mill that sparked a massive rush
  6. 12. Compulsory military selection system protested heavily in the 1960s

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  1. 1. Starry banner famously sewn by Betsy Ross
  2. 3. Harbor city where tea was once steeped in salt water
  3. 4. Genoese explorer sailing the ocean blue in 1492
  4. 6. Iron horse track completed with a golden spike
  5. 7. Tall leader who delivered a famous speech at Gettysburg
  6. 9. Texan mission remembered for its tragic but heroic final stand

American History

Easy · 11×11 · 15 words
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  1. 1. Location of the 1969 Apollo 11 landing
  2. 5. Region of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  3. 6. Historic mission in Texas
  4. 9. Head of state in the United States
  5. 12. Democratic right granted to citizens
  6. 13. Confederate soldier in the Civil War
  7. 14. Formal agreement that ends a war
  8. 15. Financial charge levied on colonists

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  1. 2. Original indigenous inhabitant of the land
  2. 3. Banner featuring stars and stripes
  3. 4. Precious metal discovered in California
  4. 7. A change to the United States Constitution
  5. 8. Famous cracked bell in Philadelphia
  6. 10. Patriot famous for a midnight ride
  7. 11. Mandatory recruitment for military service

American History

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  1. 4. Paradoxically polite name for a very bloody American war.
  2. 6. A legally binding change of mind.
  3. 11. The ultimate goal of a famous 1776 breakup letter.
  4. 13. The lone star that used to be its own independent country.
  5. 14. President whose name became synonymous with depression-era shantytowns.
  6. 15. The Parisian paperwork that officially ended the revolution.
  7. 16. The state of being united, which took four years of fighting to preserve.

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  1. 1. A besieged mission that Texans are strictly instructed not to forget.
  2. 2. The ultimate destination of a very expensive 1969 road trip.
  3. 3. A prolonged and divisive jungle conflict.
  4. 5. A constitutional dry spell that made speakeasies wet.
  5. 7. A great economic slump that left many in the dust.
  6. 8. The act of freeing, famously proclaimed in 1863.
  7. 9. A scandalous hotel that became a suffix for every controversy.
  8. 10. The Alabama city where a bus seat started a movement.
  9. 12. A city whose harbor briefly functioned as a giant teapot.

American History

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  1. 1. Washington's winter quarters, Valley ___
  2. 3. Selective Service process
  3. 5. Forty-niner's quest
  4. 7. Star-spangled banner
  5. 9. Capitol Hill group
  6. 11. Oregon pioneer route
  7. 13. Subject of a rebellious tea party

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  1. 2. Bill of ___
  2. 4. Remembered mission?
  3. 6. Whistling tune of the South
  4. 8. Salem witch trial figure, often
  5. 9. Pre-statehood settlement
  6. 10. First American
  7. 12. Legislative decree, like the Stamp one

American History

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  1. 3. Major conflict like the one starting in 1861
  2. 5. Democratic right given to women in 1920
  3. 7. Law passed by a legislative body

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  1. 1. Beverage dumped into Boston Harbor
  2. 2. The Confederate states during the Civil War
  3. 3. Direction pioneers traveled to settle new lands
  4. 4. Someone who fights against their government
  5. 6. Fee on paper and goods that angered colonists
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