American History Review

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Across
  1. 3. Movement to end slavery.
  2. 5. Movement of Americans into lands farther west.
  3. 7. Number of stars on the American flag, representing the fifty states.
  4. 9. Famous personification of the United States often shown as a patriotic man with a white beard.
  5. 14. Secret network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
  6. 15. System that keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
  7. 22. Agreement that created a plan for self government among the Pilgrims.
  8. 23. _________ Proclamation; Lincoln's order declaring enslaved people in Confederate held areas free.
  9. 24. Major Civil War battle that became a turning point for the Union.
  10. 26. Period when the United States rebuilt after the Civil War and addressed the rights and status of formerly enslaved people.
  11. 30. Branch of government that makes laws.
  12. 32. Branch of government led by the president that carries out laws.
  13. 33. The capital city of the United States.
  14. 35. Land purchase from France that nearly doubled the size of the United States.
  15. 36. Decision by Southern states to leave the United States.
  16. 37. Explorers who traveled west after the Louisiana Purchase.
Down
  1. 1. War in which the American colonies fought Great Britain for independence.
  2. 2. The plan of government for the United States.
  3. 4. Agreement that attempted to maintain a balance between free and slave states.
  4. 6. Document that announced the colonies were breaking away from Great Britain.
  5. 8. Event that brought thousands of people to California hoping to become rich.
  6. 10. Massachusetts town where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired.
  7. 11. Branch of government that interprets laws.
  8. 12. Freedom from being controlled by another country.
  9. 13. General who led the Continental Army and later became the first U.S. president.
  10. 16. The legislative branch of the U.S. government, made up of the Senate and House of Representatives.
  11. 17. A form of government in which the people have a voice in how they are governed.
  12. 18. President who led the Union during the Civil War.
  13. 19. The first permanent English settlement in North America.
  14. 20. Holiday celebrating American independence.
  15. 21. Forced journey that moved thousands of Cherokee people from their southeastern homeland.
  16. 25. Number of stripes on the American flag, representing the original thirteen colonies.
  17. 27. The highest court in the United States.
  18. 28. The first ten amendments to the Constitution that protect individual freedoms.
  19. 29. Protest in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor.
  20. 31. Battle that marked the beginning of the Civil War.
  21. 34. War fought over the future of the Union and slavery.