6th Period

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Across
  1. 3. – The USS ship whose explosion in 1898 increased tensions before the Spanish-American War.
  2. 5. – The global event starting in 2020 intended to help prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
  3. 6. – A type of chemical gas used in World War I that led to the evolution of sophisticated gas masks.
  4. 8. – The state of freedom granted to the nation by a 1776 document signed by 56 men.
  5. 9. – The landing site in New England where 102 passengers signed a governing "Compact" in 1620.
  6. 10. – The original "Star-Spangled" item that is considered the most important artifact from the War of 1812.
  7. 12. – The leader of Germany whose rise to power and invasion of Poland led to World War II.
  8. 13. – The 1863 "Proclamation" issued by Abraham Lincoln as an order to free enslaved people.
  9. 14. – The 1787 document signed by 39 delegates to create a more advanced government system.
  10. 16. – The 1803 purchase that added 828,000 square miles and doubled the size of the U.S.
  11. 17. – The man named as the likely assassin of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas.
  12. 19. – The group that surrendered in 1865, ending the Civil War and securing a Union victory.
  13. 21. – The "Civil" type of Act mentioned in the title of the 1964 history slide.
  14. 22. – The group that led the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001.
Down
  1. 1. – The specific constitutional amendment number mentioned in the title of slide 17.
  2. 2. – The local fighters British troops shot at during the 1775 "shots heard round the world."
  3. 4. – The network where people shared ideas before the 1983 invention of the internet.
  4. 7. – The decade-long economic crisis triggered by the stock market crash of 1929.
  5. 11. – The name of the 11th mission that successfully landed humans on the moon in 1969.
  6. 14. – The ideology the U.S. aimed to stop from spreading in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.
  7. 15. – The "Country" whose many competing claims brought about the French and Indian War.
  8. 18. – The invention the Wright brothers used at Kitty Hawk to stay off the ground for 12 seconds in 1903.
  9. 20. – The emotional name given to the forced 1838–1839 removal of Native Americans.