Country Crossword: USA (Reelected)
Across
- 1. Near conflict with Britain over territory in the Pacific Northwest.
- 4. Symbol of St. Louis
- 5. The first National Monument in the United States
- 10. Counterculture movement in San Francisco with hundreds of thousands of participants.
- 14. English author who wrote "Common Sense", a famous human rights activist who called George Washington an incompetent hypocrite.
- 17. Washington Post cartoonist who coined the term "McCarthyism"
- 21. Second largest city, home of Hollywood.
- 23. Remains of a Mississippian megacity in southern Illinois.
- 25. March led by the SCLC, SNCC, and DCVL to protest segregated voting laws.
- 26. Birthplace of grunge, located in Washington State.
- 28. Lakota religious leader who resisted US expansion into his people's lands.
- 32. Tennessee Williams' tragedy about a schoolteacher and her manipulative brother-in-law.
- 33. One of Hemmingway's most famous pieces, set between two eggs.
- 38. The Lakota and their allies defeat Custer's American forces
- 42. American servicemen and whites attack Latin, Black, and Filipino youth in 1943.
- 44. Japanese-American who opposed the Japanese Internment camps issued by Franklin D Roosevelt.
- 46. "Call me Ishmael."
- 52. Capital of the United States.
- 53. Was definitely not a crook
- 56. The oldest state capital in the US.
- 57. His waging of the Mexican-American war would not only grant the United States immense territory, but also begin Latin American distrust towards the US.
- 59. Floridian beach city called "The Gateway to Latin America"
- 61. Geyser on a 44-minute timer.
- 62. 26th president known for both his conservationist and trust-busting policies and his imperialistic views
- 64. Lowest and hottest point in the US.
- 65. Quartz batholith in Yosemite National Park
- 66. Series of prosecutions and executions against a "supernatural" "threat."
- 67. Minister and prominent civil rights activist.
Down
- 2. Deadliest battle of the Civil War.
- 3. Poet in the Harlem Renaissance who wrote "The Weary Blues"
- 6. Poet and transcendentalist known for "Walden Pond" and "Civil Disobedience"
- 7. Valley of Sandstone buttes considered sacred to the Navajo.
- 8. Apache military leader who fought the US in the Apache-United States Conflict.
- 9. Civil rights and Pan-Africanist activist, a vocal opponent of the Atlanta Compromise.
- 11. Depending on the source, these were either invented by the Amish in Pennsylvania or in Maine.
- 12. Contains the first library, stock exchange, zoo, and hospital in the United States.
- 13. Abolitionist who escaped enslavement and wrote "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July"
- 15. Pompous pearly presidential palace
- 16. Invented the lightning rod and bifocals and wrote "The Pennsylvania Gazette."
- 18. "Sin City"
- 19. Major proponent of realism who supported the bombing of Cambodia, the Argentine military junta, and the Bangladesh Genocide
- 20. Battle in New York State that convinced France to officially ally with the American Colonies.
- 22. Oldest city in the US, located in Florida.
- 24. Al Capone was held at this prison, which would be occupied by Native American activists in the 70s.
- 27. Invented in Philadelphia. Some people use cheese wiz instead of cheese, for some reason I cannot fathom.
- 29. Fiery orange bridge that crosses the San Francisco Bay
- 30. Had a tea party.
- 31. The largest city in the US
- 33. Arizona rift that contains rocks from the very beginning of earth's history.
- 34. Novel by William Faulkner detailing the fall of Mississippian aristocrats, known for its stream-of-consciousness style
- 35. Riots that are generally credited with beginning the gay rights movement.
- 36. The birthplace of jazz, has French origins.
- 37. Largest city in Texas, known as "Space City"
- 39. Abolitionist who led the Harper's Ferry raid.
- 40. One of the founders of the Iroquois Confederacy.
- 41. Ban on Alcohol.
- 43. Art Deco skyscraper that King Kong scaled.
- 44. Conflicts with Native Americans led by the Wampanoag Metacom that led to the gradual loss of land for New England natives.
- 45. Protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
- 47. Wetland system known for alligators, manatees, and pythons (that last one is not supposed to be there)
- 48. Maine classic originally served as prison food.
- 49. Founder of the Red Cross.
- 50. Largest city in the Midwest, where the skyscraper was invented.
- 51. Longest known cave system in the world.
- 54. In this building, both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were ratified.
- 55. Novel by William Steinbeck following two men as they try to make a living during the Dust Bowl.
- 56. A gift from France.
- 58. These sweet drinks originally were alcoholic; Ivar Coulson popularized a nonalcoholic chocolate version in 1922.
- 60. Remains of an Ancestral Pueblan settlement in southern Colorado.
- 63. Considered the godmother of rock and roll.