Across
- 2. of Tears: The immigration route of southeastern Indian tribes forcibly removed from their native land to Indian Territory.
- 4. One skilled in negotiations or building relationships with foreign leaders and nations.
- 6. a mosquito-borne chronic illness characterized by chills and fever
- 7. Ordinance: Act of the U.S. Congress prohibiting the practice of slavery in the land north and west of the Ohio River.
- 8. The practice of owning human beings as laborers.
- 9. of 1837: A severe economic depression caused by falling cotton prices, failure of the wheat crop in the United States, and financial hardships in England.
Down
- 1. A raft-like boat used for floating downstream.
- 3. Gazette: Newspaper founded by William Woodruff at Arkansas Post in 1819 before being moved to Little Rock in 1821 after relocation of the territorial capital. The current Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is the oldest, continuously published newspaper west of the Mississippi River.
- 5. Spring: Discovered in 1850 and made a state park in 1957, Mammoth Spring is Arkansas's largest spring. Nine million gallons of water flow from the spring on an hourly basis. The spring forms a ten-acre lake and then flows southward to become the Spring River, where residents and visitors alike enjoy floating and trout fishing.
- 6. Compromise: A settlement of a dispute between slave and free states, contained in several laws passed during 1820 and 1821. Northern legislators had tried to prohibit slavery in Missouri, which was then applying for statehood.