US History Midterm Review Crossword

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  1. 5. Immigrants from Europe arrived in this city's Ellis Island, next to the Statue of Liberty, quickly answerin 29 questions to enter the USA. This city was also America's largest at the time and was among the first to urbanize. (3 letters, abbreviation)
  2. 6. A city in America's West that experienced a large earthquake in 1906 and was the site of arrival for many Chinese immigrant in America before the 'Yellow Peril.'
  3. 7. A canal project created by the US in a Central American country to expand and help America's capitalist empire in 1903-1914. Many people died to help create this canal.
  4. 9. This city in Illinois was a center of transportation and raw resource industries like for beef, trains, and steel. The book called "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair was set here in one of the meat factories.
  5. 10. A political movement made to fight against the economic system that pursues profits at the expense of workers’ health, happiness, and freedom. The goal of this system is to return that power from companies to the workers.
  6. 15. One of the reforms that people fought for in the early 1900s - it's goal was the end of sale and drinking of alcohol in the US. The Eighteenth Amendment achieved prohibition in the US in 1917/1919.
  7. 17. A racist system of belief that emphasizes that the white people who immigrated to the US first are superior to others, including Blacks, Asians, and new White immigrants.
  8. 18. People are separated according to their race. In the US South, Jim Crow laws forced black people to be separated from white people in most aspects of society, like schools and with public services.
  9. 19. Transportation used in a city to carry a lot of people, developed in industrial times to take them to work more quickly in dense urbanized ciities. (Two Words).
  10. 20. 16th president of the US, led the country through the Civil War but he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth towards the end of the war. (Last Name)
  11. 21. This is a self-feeding cycle by which new technology allows materials and goods to be produced faster and cheaper. Then, because more resources are available, more money can be spent on new technologies and factories. The cycle continues again. This system is a part of capitalism.
  12. 23. A city in the US state of Michigan, famous for its car manufacturing.
  13. 24. The process of increasing growth and density of cities after and because of the industrial revolution and increasing population.
  14. 25. The coming of people from other countries to live in a foreign country.
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  1. 1. One of the industry leaders in the development of cars in Detroit and the assembly line production process. (Two words)
  2. 2. A system by which strong nations extend their political, military, and economic control over other weaker lands and nations.
  3. 3. The US bought this land from Russia in the far north of North America in 1867 - it's another example of the USA's imperial growth to control more and more land around the world.
  4. 4. An economic system that maximizes profits through the continuous expansion of industry and development of technology.
  5. 8. The political movement to end slavery and free the slaves around the world.
  6. 11. A place where Native Americans were forcibly settled after the US conquered North America.
  7. 12. A system where people are forced to work while being owned by another person.
  8. 13. 26th president of the US, he was a great leader in the progressive age because he helped pass many positive, progressive reforms. (Last Name)
  9. 14. A route by which slaves escaped from the South to North or Canada. (Two Words)
  10. 16. Mass-produced entertainment, art, and more, made for everyone, especially the working-poor – this product is easy to make and easy to spread with technology. Examples include arcades, radios, entertainment, amusement parks, and baseball
  11. 22. 1 or more companies attempt to control the entire economy of an industry and it allows companies to control prices, supply, demand, etc. without any competition or outside forces.