American history crossword

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Across
  1. 5. The sixteenth president of the United States.
  2. 9. The agreement that tried to stop slavery in newly acquired territory.
  3. 10. The war between the American Colonies and the British Empire that resulted in the colonies becoming their own country.
  4. 12. The governing body of a country or nation.
  5. 15. The first president of the United States.
  6. 16. The system of government where power is divided between a national government and state governments.
Down
  1. 1. The act of keeping people away from each other. This mostly happened between black and white people.
  2. 2. The right to vote.
  3. 3. The second president of the United States.
  4. 4. The war between the Union (Northern States) and the Confederacy (Southern States).
  5. 6. The belief that God willed it for American colonizers to move westward.
  6. 7. The development of industries in a country.
  7. 8. A person who favors the ending of slavery.
  8. 11. The legal ending of slavery.
  9. 13. The wealth and resources of a country, especially in terms of productions and use of goods and services.
  10. 14. Forced labor that was predominantly carried out on African Americans that mostly happened in the Southern States.