Unit 3 Crossword (1770-1880)

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Across
  1. 2. Set of laws including the admission of California and a harsher Fugitive Slave Act.
  2. 3. "The labor system in the post-Civil War South that replaced slavery, often trapping farmers in debt."
  3. 5. "The British practice of seizing U.S. sailors and forcing them into the Royal Navy, a cause of the War of 1812."
  4. 6. Amendment that legally abolished slavery in the U.S.
  5. 7. "New England literary and philosophical movement emphasizing individualism, nature, and self-reliance (Emerson, Thoreau)."
  6. 9. Laws in the South after Reconstruction to enforce racial segregation and deny Black citizens their rights.
  7. 12. Led the famous slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in stricter slave codes.
  8. 13. The ""Great Compromiser"" who proposed the American System and the Compromise of 1850."
  9. 15. Forced relocation of the Cherokee Nation
  10. 18. Period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South and integrating formerly enslaved people.
  11. 21. Infrastructure project that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean via New York City.
  12. 23. Leading suffragist and early advocate for women's rights at the Seneca Falls Convention.
  13. 24. Confederate General who fought for his home state, Virginia.
  14. 25. Reform movement dedicated to the complete ending of slavery.
  15. 26. The president that famously campaigned as "Champion of the common man"
  16. 27. Act that introduced popular sovereignty to determine slavery in Western territories.
  17. 28. Commodore who forcibly opened Japan to U.S. trade in the 1850s.
  18. 29. Economic shift in the 1800s where people began buying and selling goods rather than making them for themselves.
Down
  1. 1. Idea that the residents of a territory should vote to decide whether to allow slavery or not.
  2. 4. "Union General who accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox."
  3. 8. 1863 battle considered the turning point of the Civil War.
  4. 10. 19th-century belief that the U.S. was ordained by God to expand westward towards the Pacific.
  5. 11. Invention that made short-staple cotton profitable and dramatically increased the demand for enslaved labor.
  6. 14. His election in 1860 triggered the secession of the Southern states.
  7. 16. The famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, nicknamed ""Moses."""
  8. 17. The president responsible for the Louisiana purchase
  9. 19. Innovation that revolutionized communication by allowing nearly instantaneous transmission of messages via electrical wires.
  10. 20. Withdrawal of Southern states from the Union after Lincoln's election.
  11. 22. Conflict that resulted in the U.S. acquiring the massive Mexican Cession.
  12. 24. 1803 land deal that doubled the size of the U.S. and secured the Mississippi River.