Ind. Rev./West. Exp./Reform Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Abolitionist who escaped slavery, ran a newspaper called the North Star
  2. 4. Peace agreement that ended the Mexican-American War
  3. 13. Women's rights advocate who organized the Seneca Falls Convention
  4. 14. Completed in 1869, this transportation route connected the East Coast and the West Coast
  5. 18. Invention that allowed for faster, long-distance communication
  6. 20. Waterway that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
  7. 23. Early transportation route that connected Maryland to Illinois
  8. 27. Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery
  9. 28. The right to vote
  10. 29. Invention that greatly increased free time for women
  11. 36. Major economic shift away from agrarianism towards manufacturing
  12. 37. Inventor of the steel plow
  13. 38. Changing society for the better
  14. 39. Inventor of the telegraph and the code by which it communicates
  15. 45. The rights to an invention and its profits
  16. 46. Invention that enabled faster land transportation
  17. 49. A new product that enhances the ability to complete a task
  18. 53. The pinnacle achievement of the temperance movement
  19. 54. Man who brought the Industrial Revolution to America
  20. 55. Northwestern destination for many westward pioneers
  21. 56. Escaped slave and conductor on the Underground Railroad
  22. 57. Improvement upon an existing product, idea, or method
Down
  1. 1. 1862 law that gave free land to westward settlers
  2. 2. Women's rights advocate who formed the Equal Rights Association
  3. 5. West African colony set up by U.S. as a destination for freed slaves
  4. 6. Inventor of the spinning jenny
  5. 7. Invention that enabled mass production of identical components
  6. 8. Constitutional amendment that granted suffrage to women
  7. 9. Inventor of the steam engine
  8. 10. Invention that enabled faster water transportation
  9. 11. Women's rights advocate who organized the Seneca Falls Convention
  10. 12. Belief that the U.S. had a right to expand from coast to coast
  11. 15. Invention that greatly strengthened the threads and fabrics produced by a spinning jenny
  12. 16. Ran a factory system that employed young, unmarried girls
  13. 17. Constitutional amendment that that granted suffrage to black males
  14. 19. Inventor of the sewing machine
  15. 21. Inventor of the water frame power loom
  16. 22. Inventor of the steamboat
  17. 24. Manufacturing method where all steps of production occur in the same location
  18. 25. 1848 gathering of women's rights advocated in New York
  19. 26. Conflict that gave U.S. ownership of the West
  20. 30. Constitutional amendment that that granted citizenship to former slaves
  21. 31. Invention that greatly sped up the production of cloth
  22. 32. Secretive route by which slaves escaped from South to North
  23. 33. POTUS who acquired most of the West in the name of Manifest Destiny
  24. 34. The basis for nearly all mechanized labor during the Industrial Revolution
  25. 35. 1849 event that quickly populated California
  26. 40. Language of dots and dashes used by the telegraph for communication
  27. 41. Artificial waterway that connects two bodies of water
  28. 42. Early transportation route that connected Maryland to Illinois
  29. 43. 1853 land acquisition in southern Arizona that completed the lower 48 states
  30. 44. Social reform movement that advocated prohibition of alcohol
  31. 47. Inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts
  32. 48. Getting rid of or doing away with something (e.g. slavery)
  33. 50. Assuming ownership of a territory
  34. 51. Invention that maximized efficiency of cotton processing
  35. 52. Invention that enabled the settlement of the Great Plains