Unit 4: Tennessee's Coming of Age

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Across
  1. 3. Passage that witnessed the death of 2 million Africans
  2. 5. Where American diplomats traveled to negotiate peace with Britain
  3. 7. Controversial newspaper released by Elihu Embree
  4. 10. Jackson enlisted River Pirates at this Battle
  5. 12. Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians made up the majority of these
  6. 15. Invented the cotton gin
  7. 16. State that required emancipated slaves to leave the state within a year
  8. 19. Our founding fathers did not condemn this in early documents
  9. 21. Andrew Jackson's home
  10. 23. These limited the basic rights, movements, and liberties of slaves
  11. 24. Saved the Virginia company at Jamestown
  12. 25. TN War Hawk remembered for his pro-war stance against Britain
  13. 27. Hired by wealthy families to teach their children
  14. 28. Established the Nashoba Commune
  15. 29. Natural Disaster that created Reelfoot Lake
  16. 32. One of the ways slaves resisted slavery
  17. 33. Nickname given to Memphis
  18. 34. City in TN named for an Egyptian City
  19. 35. An attack at this bend was led by Andrew Jackson
Down
  1. 1. Party that controlled the South
  2. 2. The constitutional process that would stop slavery
  3. 3. Freeing of one's slaves
  4. 4. Vast majority of Tennesseans "common folk"
  5. 6. Slaves found solace in this famous "Sermon"
  6. 8. Wealthy plantations owners utilizing the slavery system
  7. 9. Location in TN that witnessed slaves be set free on 2,000 acres of land
  8. 11. Andrew Jackson's wife
  9. 13. This person led a major rebellion against slave owners
  10. 14. Nickname given to the South, also known as Dixieland
  11. 17. This person's original Declaration of Independence condemned slavery
  12. 18. Slavery was most common in this region of TN
  13. 20. America gained this around the world after the War of 1812
  14. 22. Slavery was least common in this region of TN
  15. 26. Current Capital of TN
  16. 30. The threat of these people made the Deep South off limits to settlers
  17. 31. First Capital of TN