U.S. History

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Across
  1. 4. The amendment that protects our freedom of speech and religion.
  2. 5. Led by the Sons of Liberty, this event was in reaction to the tea tax and then Britain shut down the ports of this city.
  3. 6. This book was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe,
  4. 10. A social movement that tried to end slavery in the U.S.
  5. 12. A social movement in the 1800s that women led to stop drinking amongst men and husbands.
  6. 14. An invention that helped increase the need for slaves in the South.
  7. 15. This bird was nominated by Benjamin Franklin to be our national bird, but the bald eagle was chosen instead.
  8. 16. This explorer (last name) had thought he landed near Japan, only later to find out that he was no where near Asia.
Down
  1. 1. This person was our first commander-in-chief
  2. 2. This tribe was forced to walk from Georgia to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. 4,000 died on the way.
  3. 3. A symbol of America, which was a gift from France. Located in New York City.
  4. 7. Southern States started to secede from the Union when this man was elected president.
  5. 8. This was the nickname for settlers coming to California to look for gold.
  6. 9. These are the first 3 words in the Constitution, meaning that citizens have the power of government.
  7. 11. Our unalienable rights, according to the Declaration of Independence, are ____, ____, and pursuit of happiness.
  8. 13. U.S. got this land after the Mexican American War.