us history 15x15

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Across
  1. 4. — War between North and South
  2. 9. — First U.S. president
  3. 11. — Political scandal involving Nixon
  4. 12. — Western trail used by settlers
  5. 13. — Civil rights leader Martin Luther ___
  6. 14. — July 4, 1776 document
  7. 15. — 1803 land purchase from France
  8. 16. — Midnight rider who warned the British were coming
Down
  1. 1. — First ten amendments are called Bill of ___
  2. 2. — Symbol with 50 stars representing the U.S.
  3. 3. — First permanent English colony in America
  4. 5. — City where the Constitution was written
  5. 6. — U.S. governing document beginning “We the People”
  6. 7. — U.S. national legislature
  7. 8. — President during the Civil War
  8. 10. — Ship that brought the Pilgrims