US History Crossword

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Across
  1. 6. a minority group comes to resemble a much larger and dominant group
  2. 7. contenders are willing to sacrifice anything and anyone to obtain complete victory
  3. 9. a system in the US government that keeps the power of the three branches under control
  4. 10. authorized by the federal government to break up Native American land
  5. 12. Named after Christopher Columbus, a widespread transfer of various goods between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World.
  6. 14. the amendment that officially abolished slavery
  7. 17. a war between the US and Britain over the British violating the US maritime rights
  8. 20. the first British colony in North America that mysteriously disappeared
  9. 21. a large piece of land in North America the US purchased from France
  10. 23. a spot of land given to native tribes by the government
  11. 24. a prolonged period of conflict where each side tries to gradually wear down the other to the point of collapse
  12. 25. the act of withdrawing from a federation or body
  13. 27. an estate that cultivates crops through resident labor
  14. 29. the idea that the Americans had to right to expand westward as it was inevitable
  15. 30. a law passed that allowed the removal of native tribes to federal territories in exchange for white settlement in their ancestral land
  16. 31. the original constitution of the US that failed and was replaced with the current constitution
  17. 32. American white supremacist hate group targeting African-Americans
  18. 33. a military operation where enemy forces surround a town or building cutting off supplies
  19. 34. the first ten amendments of the US Constitution
  20. 35. belief in benefits of profit
Down
  1. 1. people who stayed loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution
  2. 2. state and local laws that enforced racia segregation in the southern states of the US
  3. 3. information (often misleading) used to promote a political cause or point of view
  4. 4. the act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution
  5. 5. the amendment that stated all children born on US soil are automatically US citizens
  6. 8. a system of railroads that ran through the US connecting the eastern and western parts of the country
  7. 11. the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by its people
  8. 13. any man of color or race shall not be denied his or her rights by the state or national government
  9. 15. laws passed by Parliament that restricted colonial trade
  10. 16. federal principle or system of government
  11. 18. those who fought for the freedom of the colonies from Great Britain
  12. 19. an armed uprising in western Massachusetts in response to a debt crisis and increased taxes
  13. 22. cultivated plant grown as food to sell as a profit
  14. 26. a law from Britain that prohibited colonists from settling past the Appalachian Mountains
  15. 28. loyalty to ones own region or section of their country