Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Review Power of the Supreme Court to say whether any federal, state, or local law or government action goes against the Constitution.
  2. 5. Relating to the national government
  3. 6. A person who sought the end of slavery in the United states in the early and mid-1800’s.
  4. 9. To refuse to buy items in order to protest or to force acceptance of one’s terms.
  5. 12. A formal or official meeting.
  6. 13. College - (in the US) A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president.
  7. 16. To officially leave an organization.
  8. 20. A military force made of ordinary citizens who are trained to fight in emergencies.
  9. 24. An intellectual and scientific movement of the 1700’s, that often ran against religion.
  10. 25. The highest law-making body in England.
  11. 31. Actions that keep a country from communicating and trading with other nations. Bounty - Reward or payment.
  12. 34. Incoming money from taxes or other sources.
  13. 35. A member of a class of American militiamen who volunteered to be ready for service at a minute's notice.
  14. 38. (in the US) A group of advisors to a president
  15. 39. A deadly contagious viral disease, with fever and pustules
  16. 42. A large farm with cheap labor.
  17. 43. An unfair opinion that isn’t based on facts.
  18. 44. The permanent movement of people into a country fro other countries.
  19. 45. A paid soldier who serves in the armed forces of a foreign country.
  20. 47. A member of a small group taking part in irregular or sly fighting, typically against larger regular forces. They use hit and run tactics.
  21. 48. To change or revise.
Down
  1. 1. Extreme shortage of food.
  2. 3. Having the power to make laws.
  3. 4. The ability to accept and respect different views or behaviors.
  4. 7. A sword-like stabbing blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle for use in hand-to-hand fighting.
  5. 8. A person who is running from legal authority.
  6. 10. A farmer who owns a small farm.
  7. 11. Farming Farming that produces just enough to meet immediate needs.
  8. 14. of Correspondence An organization that spread political ideas and information through Britain’s American colonies.
  9. 15. A detailed written plan for a government, with basic laws that support a government
  10. 17. Highly developed society
  11. 18. An American colonist who favored American independence.
  12. 19. A strong sense of devotion to one’s country.
  13. 21. A settlement of a dispute reached by each side giving up some of what it wants to reach an agreement.
  14. 22. A place to store weapons and military equipment.
  15. 23. A building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour to make food such as bread.
  16. 26. Destiny The belief in the United States during the 1800s that the country must extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean.
  17. 27. Ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause.
  18. 28. A plantation manager.
  19. 29. Open defiance of authority.
  20. 30. The right to vote.
  21. 32. A partnership; system in which countries agree to defend each other or to advance common causes.
  22. 33. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office.
  23. 36. A people’s shared values, beliefs, traditions, and behaviors.
  24. 37. A tax on imports, usually used in order to improve local trade
  25. 40. An American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
  26. 41. Crop - A crop raised for sale in markets such as tobacco or cotton.
  27. 46. A group of people, who leave their native country for a new land to settle, but stay connected to the parent nation.