Across
- 2. E. Lee Leader of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
- 4. Scott Decision 1857 Supreme Court case declaring enslaved people had no rights
- 6. S. Grant Union general who became the 18th president
- 7. Tubman Woman who led enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad
- 8. Gin Device by Eli Whitney that increased cotton production
- 11. Shift to factories, machines, and mass production
- 14. Nebraska Act Law allowing popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska
- 17. Destiny Belief that Americans were destined to expand westward
- 19. Early transportation innovation improving river travel
- 25. C. Calhoun Senator known for promoting states’ rights and nullification
- 26. Invention by Samuel Morse that revolutionized communication
- 27. Purchase Land deal that doubled the size of the U.S. in 1803
- 28. American War U.S. conflict caused partly by Texas annexation
- 29. K. Polk U.S. president famous for expansionism during the 1840s
Down
- 1. Bureau Federal agency created to aid freed slaves after the Civil War
- 3. Acts Laws dividing the South into military districts after the Civil War
- 5. Movement Movement dedicated to ending slavery
- 9. of Tears Forced relocation of Native Americans in the 1830s
- 10. Jefferson Third president who authorized the Louisiana Purchase
- 12. Farming system that trapped many freedmen in debt after the Civil War
- 13. Jackson President known for the “Era of the Common Man”
- 15. of 1812 War between the U.S. and Britain sparked by impressment
- 16. Compromise Agreement admitting Missouri as slave and Maine as free
- 18. Rights Movement seeking legal and social equality for women
- 20. Major transportation system that expanded rapidly in the 1800s
- 21. Douglass Escaped slave who became a leading abolitionist speaker and writer
- 22. System Henry Clay’s economic plan of tariffs and internal improvements
- 23. of 1850 Set of laws passed to ease sectional tensions
- 24. Lincoln President who led the Union during the Civil War