US History Fall Final

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Across
  1. 5. Areas of land set aside by the US government for Native American tribes.
  2. 7. Political party that wanted a strong state government and pushed for a Bill of Rights.
  3. 8. Upton Sinclair's book that exposed the unsanitary practices in the Meatpacking industry.
  4. 9. This period was referred to by this name because while it looked prosperous on the surface, it hid major social problems like poverty and corruption.
  5. 12. This 1862 Act offered 160 acres of free land in the West to settlers willing to live on and cultivate it for five years.
  6. 13. His Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans were not citizens and Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
  7. 15. British acts passed to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party, closing Boston Harbor.
  8. 16. The belief that the United States was preordained to expand its dominion across the entire continent.
  9. 17. Their main goal on this expedition was to map the new territory and find a water route to the Pacific.
  10. 20. The 1770 event used as colonial propaganda showing British soldiers firing on a crowd.
  11. 22. The name of the new nation formed by the states that seceded from the Union.
  12. 23. An organized association of workers formed to protect their rights and interests.
  13. 25. The document that organized the government into three separate branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
  14. 26. A reason that attracts people to a new country, such as economic opportunity or freedom.
  15. 28. A business leader who used ruthless, unethical business practices to get rich.
  16. 30. The belief that only the fittest individuals and businesses thrive in society, often used to justify wealth inequality.
  17. 31. Proclamation issued by Lincoln that freed enslaved people only in the rebellious states.
  18. 33. The final major battle of the Revolutionary War, where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington.
  19. 34. British tax on all printed materials in the colonies, which heavily angered colonists.
  20. 36. The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union.
  21. 39. This 1854 Act repealed the Missouri Compromise and introduced popular sovereignty to the territories.
  22. 41. The rapid growth of cities, which created problems like overcrowding, poor sanitation, and disease.
  23. 42. The main way the North made money, based on factories and manufacturing.
  24. 44. A reason that causes people to leave their home country, such as war or famine.
  25. 45. The forced, deadly march of the Cherokee Nation from their homeland to Indian Territory.
  26. 46. Colonist who remained faithful to the King and Great Britain.
  27. 47. The 1882 Act that completely banned immigration of workers from China.
Down
  1. 1. President who used his power to support "universal white male suffrage" and often clashed with the Supreme Court.
  2. 2. Purchase of a vast territory from France that essentially doubled the size of the country.
  3. 3. Short speech by Lincoln dedicated to a major battlefield, redefining the war as a fight for liberty and equality.
  4. 4. The Supreme Court case that legalized racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
  5. 6. The immigration processing station in San Francisco Bay.
  6. 10. His victory in the 1860 Election, without a single Southern state, led many Southern states to consider leaving the Union.
  7. 11. A source that interprets or analyzes an event after the fact; a textbook or biography.
  8. 14. Group of Republicans during Reconstruction who sought to severely punish the South and grant full rights to freedmen.
  9. 18. The terrorist organization that used violence to suppress Black voting and restore white supremacy in the South.
  10. 19. The 1783 treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized American independence.
  11. 21. The policy of protecting the interests of native-born inhabitants against those of immigrants.
  12. 24. The type of war where armies destroy civilian resources and infrastructure to break the enemy's will to fight.
  13. 27. The main way the South made money, based on cash crops and farming.
  14. 29. This Supreme Court case ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a sovereign entity, but President Jackson ignored the decision.
  15. 30. Differences in economy, culture, and lifestyle that led to divisions between the various colonies.
  16. 32. A person who sought to end slavery in the United States.
  17. 35. The primary reason for the major increase in Irish immigration in the mid-1800s.
  18. 37. His main military strategy was to avoid large, decisive battles and keep the Continental Army intact.
  19. 38. A source created at the time of the event; an original document or artifact.
  20. 40. The Union strategy to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River to squeeze the South's economy.
  21. 43. The Civil War Amendment that granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the US.