US History Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. the murder of an individual by a group or mob
  2. 3. a network of people who helped thousands of slaves escape to the North
  3. 5. forbids further colonization of the Americas
  4. 9. mass migration of miners to California
  5. 14. formally announced the colonies break with Britain
  6. 17. a large farm usually specialized in growing a certain cash crop
  7. 18. laws that enforced segregation in the South
  8. 19. a group of English Protestants that wanted to purify the English Church of England
  9. 20. economic system in which most businesses are privately owned
  10. 22. French for "allow to do"
  11. 23. first colony in America
  12. 24. a country that is controlled by an outside government
Down
  1. 1. the reporting of exaggerated stories in newspapers to increase sales
  2. 4. a person who interprets the Constitution in a way that allows the federal government to take only those actions the Constitution does not specifically forbid it from taking
  3. 5. mesoamerican Empire that rose in 400 BC
  4. 6. American belief that the United States should expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean
  5. 7. cavalry regiment organized by President Theodore Roosevelt
  6. 8. queen of Hawaii
  7. 10. extending a nation's power by gaining territories
  8. 11. a person who interprets the Constitution in a way that allows the federal government to take only those actions the Constitution specifically says it can take
  9. 12. first 10 amendments to the constitution
  10. 13. first national women's rights convention
  11. 15. written by Thomas Paine
  12. 16. militaristic Mesoamerican Empire formed in the 1400s
  13. 21. led the Battle of the Little Bighorn