Across
- 3. to withdraw from a union
- 4. plot of land given to settlers under the Homestead Act, allowing them to claim land in the West if they lived on it and improved it
- 6. United States paid Mexico after the war; amends for wrongs done by providing payment
- 8. Promoting the interests of a section or region (such as the North or the South) instead of the entire country
- 10. 1836 nationalists, supported internal improvements and moral reforms, and desired gradual westward expansion in congruence with economic growth and modernization
- 11. the union of the Southern states that had seceded
- 12. The process of a minority group adopting the customs and culture of the dominant group, often referring to the forced assimilation of Native Americans.
- 14. president that signed Emancipation Proclamation in 1863
- 16. belief that the United States was destined to expand its territory across the continent, sea to shining sea
- 18. 1854 act of law that organized a new territory, debate about whether slavery would be legal in newly organized territory
- 20. secret network of routes & safe houses that supported escaped slaves
- 21. 1850 strong law authorizing return of a runaway slaves to their master with five years imprisonment to anyone who aided
- 22. those states remaining loyal to the United States of America
- 23. practice of positioning naval ships in front of an enemy's harbors and river openings to prevent commerce
- 24. law which order men to military service; the draft
- 25. 1820 law creating a division of free vs. slave states,banned slavery from the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands located north of the 36º 30’ parallel
Down
- 1. founder of Democratic-Republicans, direct opposition to the Federalist Party and backed a decentralized government with power to the states, favored a strict interpretation of the Constitution and believed that a strong national government was a threat to individual freedoms and state sovereignty
- 2. founded by Hamilton, backing a strong centralized federal government which limited the power of state governments; favored the development of manufacturing and industry over agriculture
- 5. Freedom from slavery
- 7. acute infectious disease that leads to skin lesions, leaves the face and limbs covered with cratered pockmarks, decimated the Indigenous Americans
- 8. the separation of groups of people based on race
- 9. The purchase of a large territory from France by the United States in 1803, significantly expanding westward territory
- 13. a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
- 15. spanning one of the large landmasses of the earth
- 17. large farm raising one main crop
- 19. person opposed to slavery and in favor of ending it