Across
- 1. Unfair treatment of a person/group because they belong to a certain group.
- 3. A railway line that connected the east and west of the US.
- 5. Laws that was passed by Southern states after the civil was that severely limited the rights of enslaved people.
- 7. A huge flat area of land in the center of North America known for its grasslands and rich soil.
- 9. 19th century belief that the US was destined to expand its territory.
- 12. When a smaller group of people adapt to the customs, languages, and culture it lives among.
- 14. US law that offered 160 acres of public land for free to anyone willing to move west, build homes, and farm land for 5 years.
- 15. State/local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern side.
- 16. Hard reading/writing test given to people who are trying to vote.
Down
- 2. An area of land managed by a Native American tribal nation under the US government.
- 4. Forced separation of black people from white people.
- 6. A negative nickname for a person from the North to South after the civil war.
- 8. A fee that people have to pay to vote.
- 10. Town that grew quickly because people rushed there to get rich, often after gold or oil.
- 11. Farmer who farms someone else's land for crops.
- 13. Frontier home build of sod.