U.S. History

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Across
  1. 5. Document signed by Pilgrims to establish self-government
  2. 7. The first permanent English settlement in North America (1607)
  3. 12. The first ten amendments to the Constitution
  4. 14. Massive U.S.-led effort to supply West Berlin by air (1948)
  5. 15. Site of the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history
  6. 16. The "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"
  7. 19. Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
  8. 22. Era of illegal alcohol manufacture and sale (1920-1933)
  9. 23. Amendment that abolished slavery (1865)
  10. 28. Territory purchased from Russia in 1867 ("Seward's Folly")
  11. 31. President assassinated in Dallas in 1963
  12. 32. Civil rights leader who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech
  13. 33. State where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
  14. 34. First woman appointed to the Supreme Court (1981)
  15. 35. Secret project that developed the first atomic bomb
  16. 36. Colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped tea into the harbor here
  17. 39. Invention by Eli Whitney that revolutionized the Southern economy
  18. 42. Space Shuttle that tragically exploded in 1986
  19. 43. Explorer duo who reached the Pacific in 1805 (with 'and')
  20. 44. 1876 battle also known as "Custer's Last Stand"
  21. 46. Standard Oil tycoon and first American billionaire
  22. 47. Wisconsin Senator who led "Red Scare" witch hunts
  23. 48. The "Golden Spike" connected this transport system in 1869
  24. 49. Principal author of the Declaration of Independence
  25. 50. 1803 land deal with France that doubled the nation’s size
Down
  1. 1. Site of the first nuclear power plant accident in the U.S.
  2. 2. 19th-century belief that the U.S. was destined to span the continent
  3. 3. First African American President of the United States
  4. 4. Surprise 1941 attack that pulled the U.S. into WWII
  5. 6. Target of the September 11 terrorist attacks in NYC
  6. 8. 1920 amendment granting women the right to vote
  7. 9. The trail taken by Cherokee people during forced removal
  8. 10. Common name for the 1849 gold seekers
  9. 11. Invention by the Wright Brothers in 1903
  10. 13. This 1886 statue was a gift from France
  11. 17. 1954 case that ruled "separate but equal" unconstitutional
  12. 18. 1812 war site where the "Star-Spangled Banner" was written
  13. 20. 1863 decree that legally "freed" slaves in Confederate states
  14. 21. 1898 war that led to the U.S. gaining Guam and Puerto Rico
  15. 24. First U.S. President and Revolutionary War General
  16. 25. Scandal that led to Richard Nixon’s resignation
  17. 26. Gold was discovered here in 1848, sparking a massive migration
  18. 27. 1960s war that sparked massive domestic protests
  19. 29. The 1929 event that triggered the Great Depression
  20. 30. 2021 event at the U.S. Capitol following the 2020 election
  21. 37. Major global sporting event being hosted across the U.S. in 2026
  22. 38. The 1836 mission siege where Crockett and Bowie fell
  23. 40. FDR's series of programs to recover from the Depression
  24. 41. 1989 event marking the symbolic end of the Cold War
  25. 45. The first word spoken from the moon's surface in 1969