Across
- 3. The main problem faced by the US after the Revolutionary War
- 4. The reason the Irish fled to America
- 8. This 'proclamation' allowed black men to join the Union Army
- 9. A person living in a country who is not a citizen of that country
- 12. Grant's goal in the West during the Civil War was to capture THIS river
- 15. Most of the battles in the Civil War were fought here
- 16. How the US acquired Texas
- 18. Another word for nullify
- 20. Creator of the Steel Plow
- 21. These are factors that drive people from their country and may include crop failure
- 23. The Union's biggest advantage during the Civil War
- 24. What type of 'house' Lincoln felt the US was on the eve of the Civil War
- 25. The 15th Amendment says you cannot stop someone from doing this based on their skin color
- 26. The Industrial Revolution caused a high demand for this
- 28. A Northerner that went South after the Civil War
- 29. Translator and guide for Lewis and Clark
Down
- 1. The first Secretary of the Treasury
- 2. People opposed to slavery
- 5. Author of the Star Spangled Banner
- 6. During the Civil War an Income _____ was first levied
- 7. The nickname for Plains Farmers
- 10. The main cause of the War of 1812
- 11. the most famous runaway slave turned abolitionist turned printer
- 13. The largest immigrant group that came to the US in the mid-1850s
- 14. This state was added to the Union as a free state as a part of the Compromise of 1850
- 16. Both Westerners and Southerners relied on this for their livelihood
- 17. The Louisiana Purchase was agreed upon to make sure the US gained THIS city (abbrev)
- 19. Appomattox is where this man surrendered
- 22. This 'act' attempted to turn Native Americans into white people
- 27. What South Carolina threatened to do if they weren't allowed to nullify laws