Social Studies
Across
- 1. a dry region found in parts of the southwestern U.S.
- 3. a change to the Constitution
- 6. the national bird of the United States
- 9. the first president of the United States
- 13. what the U.S. declared in 1776
- 14. the number of stripes on the American flag
- 16. a person who moves to a new country
- 17. the largest state overall in the United States
- 20. the ocean on the west coast of the U.S.
- 22. a government where people vote for leaders
- 24. the number of states in the United States
- 25. the city where the capital of the U.S. is located
- 27. the first permanent English settlement in America
Down
- 2. the upper house of Congress, has 100 members
- 4. a holiday celebrating early settlers and Native Americans
- 5. the month Independence Day is celebrated
- 7. the lawmaking branch of the U.S. government
- 8. large flat lands in the central United States
- 10. the president during the Civil War
- 11. early settlers who came to America for religious freedom
- 12. the ocean on the east coast of the U.S.
- 15. another word for freedom
- 18. a system where people were treated as property
- 19. the state where the Statue of Liberty is located
- 21. the document that outlines the U.S. government
- 23. the war between the North and South
- 26. an early settlement ruled by another country