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- 3. a document signed by a large number of people demanding or asking for some action from the government or another authority
- 7. order an order, having the same authority as a law, issued by the President of the United States
- 10. the specific physical features of an area of land, especially as considered with reference to its military advantages.
- 11. a person who is involved in a secret plan to do something harmful or illegal
- 12. obtaining of materials and supplies , especially with care or effort
- 13. generosity and helpfulness especially toward the needy or suffering
- 14. to give orders, or tell someone exactly what they must do, with total authority
- 15. the period 1865–77 following the Civil War, during which former Confederate states were controlled by federal government a
- 17. a tenant farmer, someone who works land that's rented from its owner (payment usially with part of the harvest)
- 19. when two-thirds of the House and Senate approve of an amendment proposal and send it to the states for a vote; 3/4 of the states must approve
- 20. a group within a larger group, especially one with slightly different ideas from the main group
- 21. so clear or obvious that no proof or explanation is needed
- 22. to start to include more different types or things
- 25. is a lying, no-good rascal; during Reconstruction -were white Southerners acting in support of the reconstruction governments
- 30. occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War.
- 31. to cut off supplies, war material or communications by surrounding a port, harbor, or city with hostile ships or troops.
- 33. the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.
- 34. a state or country is independent and not under the authority of any other country
- 35. desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness
- 36. make (something, typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely
Down
- 1. the states that did not separate from the United States, was operated by the US federal government
- 2. surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender
- 4. states slave holding states of the upper South, that chose not to secede from the Union. These states included Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri.
- 5. score is twenty so … four times twenty is eighty
- 6. separate from the country or larger group to which it belongs; stop being a member of
- 7. 1. the act of freeing a person from another person's control; 2. the process of giving people social or political freedom and rights
- 8. a person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws; rebel
- 9. a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
- 16. (military) – extra personnel sent to increase the strength of an army or similar force
- 18. A republic formed in 1861, and composed of the 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in order to preserve slavery and states' rights
- 23. put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect
- 24. take or seize (someone's property) with authority
- 26. formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
- 27. an agreement between a group of countries, political parties, or people who want to work together because of shared interests or aims
- 28. an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler
- 29. the process of coming into being, or of becoming important or prominent
- 32. an official ban on trade or other commercial activity