CROSSWORD HISTORY

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Across
  1. 3. take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully.
  2. 8. Andrew Jackson. The law, as described by Congress, provided "for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal east of the river Mississippi".
  3. 9. all of that part of the United States west of the Mississippi, and not within the States of Missouri and Louisiana, or the Territory of Arkansas
  4. 11. Principal chief of the Cherokee Indians for nearly forty years, John Ross served during one of the most tumultuous periods of the tribe's history. He is best remembered as the leader of the Cherokees during the time of great factional debates in the 1830s over the issue of relocating to Indian Territory
  5. 13. tenth president of the United States
  6. 15. relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land. Or a person who advocates a redistribution of landed property, especially as part of a social movement.
  7. 16. the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.
  8. 17. a major US recession that began in spring 1837 and lasted until the mid-1840s
  9. 20. Winfield Scott was a hero of the Mexican War (1846–1848), the last Whig Party candidate for U.S. president, and commanding general of the United States Army at the start of the American Civil War
  10. 21. The rights people were denied at the beginning except for rich white men
Down
  1. 1. a protective tariff passed by Congress to shield American manufacturing from British competition
  2. 2. equal protection of the laws; an aversion to a moneyed aristocracy, exclusive privileges, and monopolies, and a predilection for the common man; majority rule; and the welfare of the community over the individual.
  3. 4. a short and striking or memorable phrase used in advertising.
  4. 5. maintained that the states have the right to overrule any unconstitutional laws, with the decision being unchallenged by any federal entity
  5. 6. A depression is a dramatic and sustained downturn in economic activity, with symptoms including a sharp fall in economic growth, employment, and production
  6. 7. The Whig Party was a mid-19th century political party in the United States. Alongside the Democratic Party, it was one of two major parties
  7. 9. a general rise in prices
  8. 10. the Trail of Tears was the forced westward migration of American Indian tribes from the South and Southeast
  9. 12. an agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting or arguing for a certain time.
  10. 14. a meeting of a deliberative or judicial body to conduct its business Or a period devoted to a particular activity.
  11. 18. the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.
  12. 19. exercise a veto against (a decision or proposal made by a law-making body).