Spring Semester Exam

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Across
  1. 2. Economic system that trapped many Southern farmers in debt after the Civil War.
  2. 6. Amendment giving African American men the right to vote.
  3. 11. A severe shortage of food that caused many Irish immigrants to come to the United States.
  4. 13. Inventor of the telegraph.
  5. 14. Amendment granting citizenship and equal protection under the law.
  6. 17. Law that allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to vote on slavery.
  7. 20. Conflict caused by disagreements over slavery, states’ rights, and sectionalism.
  8. 21. Railroad connecting the eastern and western United States.
  9. 22. Battle that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
  10. 23. Amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
  11. 24. Law that required escaped enslaved people to be returned to slaveholders.
Down
  1. 1. Gold discovery in California that led to western migration.
  2. 3. Agreement that ended the U.S.-Mexican War.
  3. 4. A movement to end the use of alcohol.
  4. 5. A person who worked to end slavery.
  5. 7. Reform movement connected to Emerson and Thoreau that promoted individualism and civil disobedience.
  6. 8. The idea that states could reject federal laws.
  7. 9. The belief that the United States should expand across North America.
  8. 10. Rapid growth of industry and factories in the United States.
  9. 12. Machine that increased the speed of cotton processing.
  10. 15. Doctrine warning European nations not to interfere in the Americas.
  11. 16. Movement focused on gaining equal rights and voting rights for women.
  12. 18. The forced relocation of the Cherokee to Oklahoma Territory.
  13. 19. President associated with Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears.