American History 1400s to 2005

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Across
  1. 3. this invention created the expansion of more cotton land, and the need for more slaves
  2. 5. the name of the servants who signed a contact to come over to the New World
  3. 6. a chemical used in warfare that caused mass destruction by exposing chemicals to the land
  4. 7. a person who believes slavery is immoral
  5. 8. name of the Hurricane that destroyed parts of Louisiana in 2005
  6. 9. a period in time when the nation had to "rebuild" after war
  7. 10. the murder of 6 million Jewish people in Europe
  8. 13. caused war with Mexico, and the belief that the United States borders should expand
  9. 16. American citizens were angry they had to pay these on Tea and threw the boxes overboard
  10. 17. a period in time when the "arms race" between the Soviet Union took place
  11. 19. to set apart, typically because of race or religion
  12. 20. a person who uses violence and fear to achieve their goals
Down
  1. 1. name of the war American citizens fought to forge their independence from England
  2. 2. this doubled the size of the United States
  3. 4. the disease that killed millions of indigenous peoples when the first Spaniards arrived
  4. 11. because of the Indian Removal Act the Cherokee were forced to move and it was called this
  5. 12. when this president was elected, the south seceded shortly after
  6. 14. these were built by the Haida people to memorialize who they were when they lived
  7. 15. an island that the United States acquired during the Spanish-American War
  8. 18. war in which a country was divided by the United States into 2 at the 38th parallel