Across
- 7. The thirteen territories that became the original United States
- 8. Famous document announcing American independence
- 9. A way citizens participate in elections
- 10. Leader of the executive branch
- 11. Site of a major Civil War battle
- 12. President during the Civil War
- 13. The group of Southern states that seceded
- 16. A change or addition to the Constitution
- 18. Foundational document establishing the U.S. government
Down
- 1. The ability to live without unjust restrictions
- 2. War that led to American independence
- 3. First U.S. president
- 4. System in which people were treated as property
- 5. Freedom
- 6. Freedom from another country's control
- 14. The act of setting someone free
- 15. U.S. legislative branch
- 17. Government by the people
- 18. A legally recognized member of a country
- 19. The United States during the Civil War