8th Grade U.S. History Semester 2

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Across
  1. 5. 1865 Constitutional amendment that banned slavery
  2. 6. thousands of travelers used this trail going west in search of fertile land
  3. 7. time period when there were great changes in the way people worked and how goods were made
  4. 9. land transfer of California and New Mexico that American gained as a result of the war with Mexico
  5. 10. event that brought 49ers to California
  6. 11. the period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
  7. 13. philosophy the meant American was set apart to expand its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean
  8. 15. reform movement that worked to end slavery
  9. 16. Civil War battle that was considered the turning point of the war
  10. 17. group that gave President Washington advice on challenges facing the new nation
  11. 18. tax on imported goods
Down
  1. 1. declared that all slaves in rebel territories were to be free
  2. 2. compromise that preserved the balance between the North and South over the issue of slavery
  3. 3. two American explorers who traveled west and explored the lands of the Louisiana Purchase
  4. 4. more than doubled the size of the United States
  5. 8. network of escape routes out of the south for enslaved people
  6. 12. exaggerated loyalty for one’s own region
  7. 14. Southerners justified secession with the theory of