8th Grade Social Studies Wrap-Up

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Across
  1. 2. Bracnh of government that is the court system
  2. 7. 44th President; first Black president in US
  3. 13. Site of a masscare and a tea party
  4. 14. State that had been part of Mexico until 1836 and a US state since 1845
  5. 16. The R in CER
  6. 17. The first thing you should write on every assignment you get
  7. 18. Branch of government responsible for enforcing/carrying out the law
  8. 20. School thing you sharpen
  9. 24. Country that helped the Americans rebel then had a revolution of their own
  10. 26. Cotton ____- invented by Eli Whitney
  11. 27. River followed by Lewis and Clark
  12. 29. Freedom of ____- key part of first amendment
  13. 31. The fifth amendment says no double _______. Also a super popular game show
  14. 33. All men are created _____; writted by Jefferson who owned 200-300 slaves
  15. 37. Document that is the supreme law of the United States
  16. 39. The part of the country that relied heavily on slave labor
  17. 41. The amendment that gives us the right to trial by jury
  18. 42. Trail of ______: road Native Americans were forced on
  19. 43. 16th US President
  20. 45. One of the 3 Gs of colonialism
  21. 48. Indigenous tribe whose name became the county we are in right now
  22. 51. Right on most maps
  23. 53. State between Montana and Washington
  24. 56. John who hated slavery and raided Harper's Ferry
  25. 58. State whose name refers to red rocks
  26. 61. Frederick _____, an escaped slave turned abolitionist
  27. 62. The ______ Proclamation by Lincoln freed the slaves
  28. 63. 10 year period after the Civil War that saw progress for newly freed Black americans until the election of 1876
  29. 65. The US's neighbor to the North
  30. 68. State to our East that bled before the Civil War
  31. 70. City where the Continental Congress was held
  32. 73. Corps of _______ headed by Lewis and Clark
  33. 74. Ocean to the West of the US
  34. 75. Wrote the Declaration of Independence, then 3rd President
  35. 78. 11th President; promised expansion
  36. 82. Highest Court in the US
  37. 84. Biggest city in the US
  38. 85. Geographic tools that show us a visual representation of an area and a variety of other info
  39. 86. Last name of the father and son who were the 2nd and 6th presidents
  40. 88. Indigenous tribe whose name became the capital of Wyoming
  41. 91. Harriet- a conductor on the Underground Railroad
  42. 94. The 4th Amendment protects your right to ______
  43. 96. The C in CER
  44. 97. Meriweather _______, traveled with Clark
  45. 99. Indigenous woman who helped Lewis and Clark on their journey
  46. 101. State named for its mountains
  47. 102. _____ Sense by Thomas Paine
  48. 104. Last name of the President who served the shortest amount of time in office
  49. 105. State that joined the Union as a free state in the Compromise of 1850
  50. 106. Number of colonies that become the first US states
  51. 107. A change in the Constitution
Down
  1. 1. The Bill of _____: first 10 amendments
  2. 3. Midwestern state where Chicago is
  3. 4. State that joined the US as a free state in the Compromise of 1820
  4. 5. Another name for the Legislative Branch
  5. 6. Trail that pioneers and computer gamers went on
  6. 8. Stamp ___, Tea _____- another word for a law
  7. 9. John _____ who was a philosopher that inspired the US's founders
  8. 10. Ocean to the East of the US
  9. 11. Life, liberty, and _____
  10. 12. The Missouri one said no slavery North of 36-30
  11. 15. _____ Destiny- God said for the US to take land from Native Americans
  12. 16. Nearby baseball team and mountain range
  13. 19. The direction the US grew/expanded
  14. 21. The E in CER
  15. 22. Sheets you write on
  16. 23. The national mammal of the US
  17. 25. William _____ who traveled with Lewis
  18. 28. ____ of Mexico; body of water near TX, LA, MS, AL, and FL
  19. 30. the first 13 states were these first
  20. 31. 7th President; repsonsible for Trail of Tears
  21. 32. Form of government where people have the power to vote
  22. 34. Along with Concord, site of the 1st battle of the American Revolution
  23. 35. Super nearby state capital
  24. 36. ____ Turner who led a slave rebellion in VA
  25. 38. The tallest mountain in the US
  26. 40. River that empties into the Gulf of Mexico at New Orleans
  27. 44. The Kansas-________ Act led to Bleeding Kansas
  28. 46. Meriweather Lewis had a pet one named Seaman
  29. 47. The 2nd Amendment is the right to _____ arms
  30. 49. When you're late to class, you are ____
  31. 50. US State split into two parts
  32. 52. Another word for farming; what the South's economy was based on
  33. 54. US General in charge of the Civil War, then 18th President
  34. 55. Southeasternmost US State
  35. 57. The only state named for a US President
  36. 59. US Capital Washington ____
  37. 60. First state to ratify the Constitution
  38. 64. The ______ war was caused by slavery
  39. 66. Country the US went to war with from 1846-48
  40. 67. Country that colonized most of South and Central America
  41. 69. State that more astronauts (25) have been from than any other
  42. 70. The 8th Amendment says no cruel or unusual ____
  43. 71. Biggest US State
  44. 72. Explorer who thought the Earth was pear shaped
  45. 76. Country the US became independent from
  46. 77. 37th US President; the only one to resign
  47. 79. Closest planet to Earth
  48. 80. First permanent English colony in North America
  49. 81. Adding land to a country- like the US did with TX and HI
  50. 83. Sand ____- site of a Colorado massacre
  51. 87. Capital of Wisconsin- named for the 4th president who is also known as the Father of the Constitution
  52. 88. Grand geographic feature in Arizons
  53. 89. First president's first name
  54. 90. The French and _____ War caused England to raise taxes on its colonies
  55. 92. Caribbean country created as the result of a slave rebellion against France
  56. 93. Rhode _____; the smallest of the 50 states
  57. 95. The US government is set up with a system of checks and ______
  58. 98. The cause of the Civil War
  59. 100. The movement to get rid of slavery in America
  60. 103. First word in the name of our continent