America and the Law: Trying to Abolish Slavery

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Across
  1. 3. The Northern states that stayed together and fought to keep the United States united.
  2. 5. The branch of government that makes the laws, known as Congress.
  3. 6. ______of Independence, the 1776 document that announced America’s independence from Britain.
  4. 8. A system where people are owned, controlled, and forced to work without pay.
  5. 11. To completely end or get rid of something, such as slavery.
  6. 14. A situation where neither side can win, and nothing moves forward.
  7. 15. The branch of government that leads the country and enforces laws, including the President.
Down
  1. 1. _____ Fathers, the group of leaders who helped create the United States and wrote important early documents like the Constitution.
  2. 2. The national government that makes laws for the whole country.
  3. 4. Describes an economy based on farming and growing crops.
  4. 7. The Southern states that broke away from the United States.
  5. 9. A gap or weakness in a law that allows people to avoid following it fully.
  6. 10. The branch of government that interprets laws and runs the court system.
  7. 12. Describes an economy based on factories, machines, and manufacturing.
  8. 13. A level of government that controls individual territories, such as Texas or New York.