Across
- 1. groups of workers who press for better working conditions and member benefits
- 5. most famous conductor
- 8. taking their states out of the Union
- 13. a decree freeing all enslaved persons in states
- 14. withdraw, from the Union
- 17. moderation in the consumption of alcohol
- 18. jackson’s decision formed a new political party
- 19. began following his troops seeking food and shelter
- 20. the Confederate States of America
- 22. the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
- 23. On the journey, known to the Cherokee as the the
- 24. was the idea that the nation was meant to spread to the Pacific
- 25. the wearing down of one side by the other through exhaustion of soldiers and resources
Down
- 2. one of the best senior officers in the United States Army
- 3. banning slavery in the United States
- 4. a Missouri slave who had been taken north to work in free territory for several years
- 6. A key to many African Americans’ escape from the South was the
- 7. the practice of appointing people to government jobs based on party loyalty and support
- 9. became one of the best-known orations in American history
- 10. clear sign from the voters, to end slavery permanently by amending the Constitution
- 11. utting off its food and supplies and bombarding the city until its defenders gave up
- 12. powers not explicitly listed in the Constitution but necessary for the government to do its job
- 15. system to select presidential candidates
- 16. who had escaped from slavery in Maryland
- 21. the individuals who would head Thomas Jefferson and others favored less government interference in the economy