Across
- 3. Southern side in the Civil War
- 5. Organized group sharing similar beliefs about government
- 7. Current number of Supreme Court justices
- 10. Agreement that maintained the balance between free and slave states in 1820
- 11. Group of officials who advise the President
- 12. Idea that citizens should decide important political issues through voting
- 13. Method used to officially elect the President of the United States
- 16. Number of years in a presidential term
- 20. War fought between the Union and Confederacy from 1861–1865
- 21. Jefferson-era law that stopped American trade with foreign nations
- 22. Length of a Supreme Court justice’s term
- 25. To make sure laws are carried out
- 26. Inventor whose machine revolutionized cotton farming
- 27. Conflict between the United States and Great Britain sometimes called the “Second War for Independence”
- 28. Supreme Court case that ruled Congress could not ban slavery in territories
- 31. Policy of avoiding alliances and involvement in foreign conflicts
- 32. Agreement negotiated with Britain that angered many Americans who supported France
- 34. First major federally funded highway in the United States
- 35. Method by which Supreme Court justices are chosen by the President
- 36. Waterway connecting the Great Lakes region to the Atlantic coast
- 40. Law requiring escaped enslaved people to be returned to enslavers
- 43. Early political party that supported a powerful central government
- 44. Congressional chamber where every state has two members
Down
- 1. Belief that Americans were meant to spread across the continent from coast to coast
- 2. Forced march of the Cherokee to lands west of the Mississippi River
- 4. Presidential election that led several Southern states to secede
- 6. Describes a legislature with two separate chambers
- 8. Congressional chamber with representation based on population
- 9. Jefferson’s political party that favored states’ rights
- 14. Harriet Beecher Stowe novel that increased anti-slavery feelings in the North
- 15. Highest court in the United States judicial system
- 17. Fraction of Congress needed to override a veto
- 18. Lincoln’s order freeing enslaved people in Confederate states
- 19. Large Southern farm that often relied on enslaved labor
- 23. Branch of government responsible for the nation’s courts
- 24. Principle that prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful
- 29. Northern side in the Civil War
- 30. Constitutional system that shares power between national and state governments
- 33. Machine that greatly increased cotton production in the South
- 37. Nickname for the violent conflict over slavery in Kansas Territory
- 38. Diplomatic incident involving French demands for bribes from American representatives
- 39. Power allowing courts to determine whether laws are constitutional
- 41. Pennsylvania battle considered the turning point of the Civil War
- 42. Abolitionist who attacked a federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry