Week Five Crossword

1. First ten amendments to the Constitution.
5. Period of rebuilding and integrating the Southern states after the Civil War.
8. Supporters of a strong central government.
9. People who fought to end slavery.
13. The state of being free from outside control.
15. Thinker who advocated for the separation of powers.
16. The Southern states that seceded from the Union.
18. The supreme law of the United States.
19. Opponents of a strong central government.
20. Site of a major Civil War battle in 1863.
23. System of forced labor that was a key issue leading to the Civil War.
24. Changes or additions to the Constitution.

2. The act of withdrawing from the Union.
3. Philosopher who wrote about the social contract.
4. Conflict between the North and South from 1861 to 1865.
6. President who led the U.S. during the Civil War.
7. System of government where power is divided between national and state governments.
8. Former slaves who were freed after the Civil War.
10. Philosopher known for the idea of natural rights.
11. The act of freeing enslaved people.
12. The Northern states during the Civil War.
14. Intellectual movement influencing democratic ideas.
17. Explorer who reached the Americas in 1492.
21. Document asserting American independence from Britain.
22. President who never own slaves but did not fully support abolitionism.