Challenge and Change: History of the Jews in America
Civil War (1860) Through the Rise of Zionism (1948)
Games and Puzzle Solutions for Book 2
Chapter 1
Start with the letter T. Move 1 letter up, down, right, left, or diagonally to find out the name of this famous speech. End with the letter Y.
E V B I E A V
I L O H B L E
E W T F S R Y
Who gave the speech? Morris Jacob Raphall
Who responded to it? Michael Heilprin and David Einhorn
("The Bible View of Slavery" was given by Morris Jacob Raphall and the men who responded to it were Michael Heilprin and David Einhorn.)
Chapter 2
Confederate and Union Sympathizers
Find the names of the Confederate and Union sympathizers hidden in the box. Circle the Union names in blue and the Confederate names in red.
Union: Spiegel, Etting, Gratz, Rosewater, Mayer, Karpeles, Behrend, Salomon, Smith
Confederate: Moses, Gleitzman, Leon, Levy, Mordecai, Pember, Osterman, Phillips
B S C L Q E G M B K D B J S W X V N Y N U O L R T L U R L E V Y K G E C R E Y A M O W P E K B K C D X Z O D G M P Q G G H R Z I Z K N Q I H Y A N A M R E T S O K Q T E D T R I H X L V H Y R Q S D Y O R Z A F Z V I S E J N H S W D M K H V M M V D N D E G E Z J X A O N E M R Q F A E K P S E O T H H R K B N E V V H X N A E O I S P T D T U Q H Q Q T L A E R M M P B P E I W I U V N I S N G G P B B S N C I J N F M E M Y L Q R W E E O H A D G L D G C S Q H P A X T L R P I T N N T L C Y B I G T F G Z E B W K N O Q W N I W U Z Z N Z E T S X G H E V O X B W H T S M D Q G O V Q Y L Q M K Q Q L X P S A L O M O N K Z X P N R O S E W A T E R I Y E T A C
Chapter 3
Decode this famous quote. Who said it? What was he talking about?
Hint: Z is an A; T is a G; 3 is an N; 6 is an M
G7 X73WV63 Z X2ZHH RH G7 HZB GSV 2VZHG G7 DI73T GSV
T77W DRGS GSV YZW
"To condemn a class is to say the least to wrong the good with the bad."
President Abraham Lincoln said this in reaction to General Grant's Order No. 11.
Chapter 4
Names and Important Terms Chapter 4
Across2. Territory
5. Abbreviation for organization that helped arriving immigrants
6. The island where most immigrants landed
8. Alternative port of entry
10. Huge statue
13. The lowest class of travel
Down
1. Jews who left the Balkan countries
2. The destination of Zionist immigrants
3. Yiddish for a town
4. "Give me your tired..."
7. Organized riot
9. Worker
11. _________ Aleichem, Yiddish story teller
12. He suggested "Your stirring myriad"
Answers:
Across: 2. Pale 5. HIAS 6. Ellis 8. Galveston 10. Colossus 13. Steerage
Down: 1. Sephardic 2. Palestine 3. Shtetl 4. Lazarus 7. Pogrom 9. Serf
11. Sholem 12. Gray
Chapter 5
Match the names or places in the first column with the terms in the second column.
- Castle Garden 6 Jewish College of America
- Lower East Side 4 Henry Street Settlement
- Sweatshop 7 The Forverts
- Lillian Wald 3 Long hours, low wages
- G’milut Hasidim Association 8 Jewish King Lear
- City College of New York 9 Actor/Director
- Abraham Cahan 1 Ellis Island
- Jacob Gordin 10 92nd Street YMHA
- Jacob Adler 5 Hebrew Free Loan Society
- Jacob Schiff 2 "Downtown"
Chapter 6
Unscramble these important words from the chapter.
- SANDNAML 1. LANDSMAN
- COISMLSIA 2. SOCIALISM
- NHAUINARTAINSMI 3. HUMANITARIANISM
- NIKUT LOMA 4. TIKUN OLAM
- APSHOWTES 5. SWEATSHOP
- ONINU 6. UNION
- NAROIBTIART 7. ARBITRATION
- KESIRT 8. STRIKE
- ECPTIK 9. PICKET
- INOEPSN 10. PENSION
Chapter 7
Unscramble these names and match them with the descriptions.
ZEHLR MEIBARUNB HAEFCFSR
SUDYERF RUZALAS SEGAMN
DZOSL AITNW OHAN
TIAKSOWH SRETHECHC EISW
1. Founder of Zionism
HERZL
2. Founder of Ararat
NOAH
3. Writer of "An Epistle to the Hebrews
LAZARUS
4. French army officer
DREYFUS
5. Delegate to the First Zionist Congress
SCHAFFER
6. Founder of Hadassah
SZOLD
7. Inventor of the term "Zionism"
BIRENBAUM
8. Creator of Israeli flag
ASKOWITH
9. Famous American author
TWAIN
10. Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary
SCHECHTER
11. First president of Hebrew University
MAGNES
12. Founder of the Federation of American Zionists
WISE
Chapter 8
Find the names and terms hidden in the box below.
Brandeis; Joint; Yishuv; Diaspora; Wise; Zionism; Balfour Declaration; Golda; ZOA; Palestine; Weizmann; Magnes.
I V R G N S S D B Z V I G E N Z I W V R D U E H Z I O K U G F O U T E B I A N N O Q B A G Q H Y B E L I H W Y H G B L F K R P I S B G Y Z D V I A A E B B E L M A W I M H M C O A S M M T V F A U A E N Y K A C D T W E O M S I N O I Z B A D N Z F I R H L G M J B J P X Y E B N E K F A M C Q S T F T G P I M Z S K P I B S S D M K S Z H B W N Z J B V V U S P B H F Q X R J J L J U V B V Q Y Y O L H U H L O I V I Q G V E S I A P R P J A J O I N T Q T J U B K Z R W A B Z E D D H P X B E K N H K D E X D N P F N O I T A R A L C E D R U O F L A B V S S J O Q W L R U M G P D N G T N P A L E S T I N E D L C Z R K B Y N Z B Z K O Z I G M Z F Y O S T U Z K
Chapter 9
Start with the letter T and end with the letter W. Move one letter up, down, right, left, or diagonally to discover the famous quote.
S E M T
I N H I
O W T E
"The time is now."
Who said this?
Golda Meir said this when trying to raise money in response to the Arab attack on the new State of Israel.
