U.S. Extra Credit Project

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Across
  1. 2. Rush – “1848–1855 migration to California for gold”
  2. 6. – “Invented by Samuel Morse to send messages quickly over long distances”
  3. 8. Compromise – “1820 law balancing free and slave states”
  4. 10. – “Man-made waterways like the Erie Canal improved trade”
  5. 15. – “Native American guide for Lewis and Clark”
  6. 19. Tea Party – “Colonial protest against British taxation, 1773”
  7. 20. Tubman – “Led slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad”
  8. 21. of Independence – “1776 document declaring U.S. independence”
  9. 22. Purchase – “1803 land deal that doubled U.S. territory”
  10. 23. – “1865–1877 era rebuilding the South after the Civil War”
  11. 25. War – “1861–1865 conflict between North and South”
  12. 27. Railroad – “Network of secret routes helping escaped slaves”
  13. 28. – “Movement to end slavery in the U.S.”
  14. 29. Brown – “Abolitionist who raided Harper’s Ferry”
  15. 30. Franklin – “Founding Father, inventor, and diplomat”
Down
  1. 1. Revolution – “Shift from handmade goods to mechanized production”
  2. 3. Engine – “Powered factories, trains, and steamboats during Industrial Revolution”
  3. 4. of 1812 – “Conflict between the U.S. and Britain over trade and territory”
  4. 5. Schools – “Expansion of education for children in the 19th century”
  5. 7. Proclamation – “1863 order freeing slaves in Confederate states”
  6. 9. Party – “Political party founded in 1854 opposing expansion of slavery”
  7. 11. Douglass – “Former slave and leading abolitionist”
  8. 12. Jefferson – “Author of the Declaration of Independence”
  9. 13. Washington – “First U.S. president and Revolutionary War general”
  10. 14. Gin – “Eli Whitney invention that boosted Southern cotton production”
  11. 16. Lincoln – “President who led the U.S. through the Civil War”
  12. 17. Jackson – “7th president known for the Indian Removal Act”
  13. 18. of Tears – “Forced relocation of Native Americans in the 1830s”
  14. 24. Falls Convention – “1848 meeting advocating women’s rights”
  15. 26. Madison – “’Father of the Constitution’”