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 This 1854 Act repealed the Missouri Compromise and introduced popular sovereignty to the territories.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