American Government Vocab Crossword

2. Government by the people; the form of government the USA uses.
5. Giving people the right to vote.
8. When people own human beings, like property, to do all their dirty work and be their servants for free.
10. A person that wants to put an end to slavery.
12. This place was bombed by Japan to include US into World War 2
13. The side of the Civil War that wanted to give slaves freedom.
15. What the law is called before it is signed by the president
16. The basic principles and laws of America. Written in 1787, and ratified in 1788.
19. The first British settlement established in America or "the new world." Located in current day Virginia.
20. America fought within itself for the freedom of slaves.
21. The ship that transported pilgrims to "the new world."
22. A area that is under full or partial control by another country, usually a country from far away.

1. This is what the Confederate States of America did from the Union.
3. Americans fought for freedom against the British Empire.
4. The side of the Civil War that was against giving slaves freedom.
6. A worldwide economic depression where the stock market crashed wiping out millions and millions of investors.
7. The time period before a war
9. Rise in prices and decrease in the value of money.
11. The first ten amendments written in the constitution.
14. When the president decides not to pass the bill.
16. A plant that is made for financial gain rather than being used by the grower.
17. Tax on imports.
18. British people did this thing without representation which angered the colonists and was one of the causes of the American Revolution.