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Across
  1. 4. the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one's life and claiming one's rights.
  2. 5. the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds.
  3. 7. the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.
  4. 9. legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement
Down
  1. 1. a group of people working together to advance their shared political, social, or artistic ideas.
  2. 2. a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal
  3. 3. relating to or characteristic of US
  4. 6. the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities
  5. 8. Acronym for the American Indian Movement