social studies test
Across
- 4. Watched a war from a nearby ship and wrote a poem that became a national anthem
- 6. Was a saying that one day America would go from ocean to ocean.
- 7. Saved a valuable painting during a fire of the capital building the white house
- 9. A war with Great Britain for land
- 10. Trail A trail people took to get to fertile land in the west land they got.
- 11. Made the first cotton factory that was automated and did not require a lot of workers.
- 14. A channel that helped people get through New York so that supplies and boats could get to a place they normally could not get to.
- 16. Rush A thing that happened in 1849 that people had rushed to america for a valuable item.
- 18. The president of the US during a war with Great Britain in 1812
- 19. Had made a cast iron plough to farm faster and more efficiently.
- 21. Was the first president from out west and had worked in the army and let a drunken mob into the white house
Down
- 1. Had made a cotton gin to remove seeds and debris from the cotton fibers.
- 2. A more expensive but faster way to get to places that by boat or by land.
- 3. A big chunk of land bought by the US from france for 10$ million
- 5. Was a trail native Americans had to take to get back to Indian protected land and a lot of people died.
- 8. A paper saying no other colonies from europe could colonise in america or take their land
- 12. A man who did not have a lot of education but worked as a service man and a general for the army and died fighting in the alamo.
- 13. A channel that helped people get through New York so that supplies and boats could get to a place they normally could not get to.
- 15. A expedition west to explore bought land from france
- 17. A explorer that found a blue top mountain in the west after the expedition of Louis and clark
- 20. A battle fought with Mexico and a fort like building with cannons aligned across the wall to keep American soldiers safe.