American History 1400s to 2005
Across
- 2. the disease that killed millions of indigenous peoples when the first Spaniards arrived
- 6. the name of the servants who signed a contact to come over to the New World
- 7. caused war with Mexico, and the belief that the United States borders should expand
- 8. a period in time when the nation had to "rebuild" after war
- 12. name of the war American citizens fought to forge their independence from England
- 14. the murder of 6 million Jewish people in Europe
- 16. this invention created the expansion of more cotton land, and the need for more slaves
- 17. to set apart, typically because of race or religion
- 19. name of the Hurricane that destroyed parts of Louisiana in 2005
Down
- 1. a person who believes slavery is immoral
- 3. this doubled the size of the United States
- 4. a period in time when the "arms race" between the Soviet Union took place
- 5. a chemical used in warfare that caused mass destruction by exposing chemicals to the land
- 9. because of the Indian Removal Act the Cherokee were forced to move and it was called this
- 10. a person who uses violence and fear to achieve their goals
- 11. these were built by the Haida people to memorialize who they were when they lived
- 13. American citizens were angry they had to pay these on Tea and threw the boxes overboard
- 15. when this president was elected, the south seceded shortly after
- 18. an island that the United States acquired during the Spanish-American War
- 19. war in which a country was divided by the United States into 2 at the 38th parallel