Social Studies Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. Used a spiked cylinder to remove seeds from cotton fibers
  2. 8. Identical pieces that could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers
  3. 9. A channel that is dug across land and filled with water
  4. 11. A device that used electrical signals to send messages
  5. 12. Roads made of sawed-off logs, laid side by side
  6. 14. Religious folk songs that blended biblical themes with the realities of slavery
  7. 17. Inventor of the telegraph. Devised a code known as the “Morse code”
  8. 18. Denial of equal rights or equal treatment to certain groups of people
  9. 20. People who invest capital, or money in a business to earn a profit
  10. 21. Built and improved version of the English machines
Down
  1. 2. Led the most famous slave revolt in 1831
  2. 3. Gradually, machines took the place of many hand tools
  3. 4. In 1755, Boone and a party of 30 men cleared a new route to the West
  4. 5. Laws that controlled every aspect of their lives
  5. 6. Toll roads
  6. 7. The rapid manufacture of large numbers of identical objects
  7. 10. People who wanted to preserve the country for white American-born protestants
  8. 13. Clay A channel that is dug across land and filled with water
  9. 15. The growth of cities due to movement of people from rural areas to cities
  10. 16. Brings workers and machinery together in one place
  11. 19. Widespread starvation