U.S. History Cumulative Crossword

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  1. 3. The main job of the Legislative Branch.
  2. 4. The man who was general of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
  3. 6. The meeting in which the founding fathers, 55 of them, met together to fix the old government, and instead wrote a new one.
  4. 9. Africans were captured from their homelands and brought to the Americas through the ____________ Passage.
  5. 10. This amendment gave all African-American men the right to vote.
  6. 11. Historians estimate that the percentage of Native Americans wiped out by disease is almost what?
  7. 14. This set of laws were established in the South to segrate blacks from whites, make voting nearly impossible, and would exist for decades after the war.
  8. 18. The passage used by escaping slaves that actually was above ground and was a series of safe houses and abolitionists that would help people go north.
  9. 20. the three major tribes found in South America were the Inca, the Maya, and the ______________________.
  10. 21. The ____________________ proclamation freed all slaves in the rebellious states during the Civil War.
  11. 23. Who would become the first president of the United States?
  12. 24. The main job of the Judicial Branch.
  13. 27. The branch of government managed by the president and his/her cabinet.
  14. 28. Which act required that colonists pay for a stamp to go on every piece of paper goods they used?
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  1. 1. The number of amendments in the Constitution.
  2. 2. The man who was president during the Civil War.
  3. 5. The upper house of Congress. Is part of the Legislative branch.
  4. 7. The number of branches in our government today.
  5. 8. The name of the first government the founders established for the United States.
  6. 9. The idea that the United States was destined to move and expand westward to spread ideas, culture, and Christianity.
  7. 12. What was the name of the King who tried to quell the rebellious colonists?
  8. 13. The French-Indian war was fought between Britain and which other country?
  9. 15. The beginning of the Constitution.
  10. 16. This word means "two-houses" or "two chambers."
  11. 17. The nickname given to Harriet Tubman for helping escaped slaves.
  12. 19. The "father" or main author of the Constitution of the United States.
  13. 22. What we call the era (about 20 years) after the Civil War.
  14. 25. The quartering act required that colonists _________ and feed soldiers for free.
  15. 26. The highest court in the land.