US History 2024 Fall Exam
Across
- 1. Equal protection under the law, citizenship for all born in US
- 4. Gave women the right to vote
- 6. Sudden drop in stock prices in 1929
- 7. Laws limiting the number of immigrants
- 10. Gave free land to settlers in the West, brought more farmers to the Great Plains
- 11. Protection against unreasonable searches
- 14. Shantytowns named after President Hoover
- 17. British ship sunk by Germans, killing Americans
- 18. To cancel or remove a law
- 21. Period of new music and cultural changes
- 24. US policy to intervene in Latin American affairs
- 28. Journalism that exposes social problems
- 29. Connected East and West coasts by rail, built government support and immigrant labor
- 32. Wilson's plan for peace after WW1
- 37. Prejudice against immigrants led to laws restricting immigration
- 42. German submarines
- 44. Government's hands-off approach to business, led to growth of big companies and monopolies
- 45. Banned alcohol in the US
- 47. Rules that separated Black and White people, passed after Reconstruction ended
- 49. The right to vote in political elections
- 51. Fair treatment through the normal judicial system
- 53. Countries fighting against Germany in WW1
- 54. People moving to a new country to live
- 55. Personal freedoms protected by law
- 56. Groups formed by workers, fought for better pay and working conditions
- 57. International organization to prevent future wars
- 58. Voting age lowered to 18
- 59. Abolished slavery, outlawed involuntary servitude
Down
- 1. Freedom of speech, religion, press
- 2. Lincoln's strategy to slowly defeaEmancipation
- 3. Famous speech by Lincoln, emphasized equality and preserving the Union
- 5. Growth of cities as people move from rural areas
- 8. Rapid growth of factories and industry
- 9. Not enough people buying goods
- 12. Germany and its allies in WW1
- 13. Using economic power to influence other countries
- 15. Northerners who opposed the war, wanted to end the fighting immediately
- 16. Laws limiting free speech during wartime
- 19. African American artistic movement
- 20. Movement of African Americans to Northern cities
- 22. Women's right to vote
- 23. Roosevelt's programs to fight the Depression
- 25. US warning to Europe to stay out of the Americas
- 26. Right to remain silent, right to due process
- 27. Secret German message to Mexico, angering Americans
- 30. Agreement ending WW1
- 31. Policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs
- 33. Making more goods than people can buy
- 34. To approve or confirm officially
- 35. Collected supplies, worked as nurses, soldiers, or spies
- 36. Freed most slaves in rebel states in 1863
- 38. Government loans to fund the war
- 39. Right to vote regardless of race
- 40. No cruel and unusual punishment, no excessive bail or fines
- 41. Society focused on buying goods
- 43. Fear of communists in America
- 46. Right to bear arms
- 48. Severe drought in the Great Plains
- 50. Ban on making and selling alcohol
- 52. When one company controls an entire industry