Riot: Criss Cross

Answer clues based on the content and vocabulary words from Riot. Look for hints in the Word Bank. Print the puzzle or use on your tablet, phone, or computer.
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Across

  • 1. The recently arrived ___ were the hardest hit by the draft.
  • 4. Desperate for more ___ soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln instituted a draft.
  • 5. Riot is written in a ___ format.
  • 6. Fifteen-year-old Claire, the daughter of a ___ father and Irish mother finds herself between the two warring sides.
  • 8. The book addresses issues of race, ___, and class.

Down

  • 2. ___ Irish took out their anger on the black inhabitants of the city.
  • 3. During July, 1863, the worst ___ riots the United States had ever seen erupted in New York City.
  • 5. The race riots in New York City were so brutal that battle-hardened ___ were ordered back from Gettysburg to put down the insurrection.
  • 7. The ___ allowed the wealthy to escape serving in the army by paying a waiver.
  • 9. When the Colored ___ Asylum is looted, Claire feels obligated to help.

Word Bank

race
union
draft
soldiers
black
bigotry
orphan
screenplay
irish
immigrant