American Government Vocab Crossword
Across
- 2. Government by the people; the form of government the USA uses.
- 5. Giving people the right to vote.
- 8. When people own human beings, like property, to do all their dirty work and be their servants for free.
- 10. A person that wants to put an end to slavery.
- 12. This place was bombed by Japan to include US into World War 2
- 13. The side of the Civil War that wanted to give slaves freedom.
- 15. What the law is called before it is signed by the president
- 16. The basic principles and laws of America. Written in 1787, and ratified in 1788.
- 19. The first British settlement established in America or "the new world." Located in current day Virginia.
- 20. America fought within itself for the freedom of slaves.
- 21. The ship that transported pilgrims to "the new world."
- 22. 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.
- 3. Americans fought for freedom against the British Empire.
- 4. The side of the Civil War that was against giving slaves freedom.
- 6. A worldwide economic depression where the stock market crashed wiping out millions and millions of investors.
- 7. The time period before a war
- 9. Rise in prices and decrease in the value of money.
- 11. The first ten amendments written in the constitution.
- 14. When the president decides not to pass the bill.
- 16. A plant that is made for financial gain rather than being used by the grower.
- 17. Tax on imports.
- 18. British people did this thing without representation which angered the colonists and was one of the causes of the American Revolution.