Across
- 2. Economic system that trapped many Southern farmers in debt after the Civil War.
- 6. Amendment giving African American men the right to vote.
- 11. A severe shortage of food that caused many Irish immigrants to come to the United States.
- 13. Inventor of the telegraph.
- 14. Amendment granting citizenship and equal protection under the law.
- 17. Law that allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to vote on slavery.
- 20. Conflict caused by disagreements over slavery, states’ rights, and sectionalism.
- 21. Railroad connecting the eastern and western United States.
- 22. Battle that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
- 23. Amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
- 24. Law that required escaped enslaved people to be returned to slaveholders.
Down
- 1. Gold discovery in California that led to western migration.
- 3. Agreement that ended the U.S.-Mexican War.
- 4. A movement to end the use of alcohol.
- 5. A person who worked to end slavery.
- 7. Reform movement connected to Emerson and Thoreau that promoted individualism and civil disobedience.
- 8. The idea that states could reject federal laws.
- 9. The belief that the United States should expand across North America.
- 10. Rapid growth of industry and factories in the United States.
- 12. Machine that increased the speed of cotton processing.
- 15. Doctrine warning European nations not to interfere in the Americas.
- 16. Movement focused on gaining equal rights and voting rights for women.
- 18. The forced relocation of the Cherokee to Oklahoma Territory.
- 19. President associated with Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears.