Across
- 2. Codes, Laws that limited African Americans right to vote and serve on a jury
- 4. Amendment that gave citizenship to African Americans
- 5. The North favored this since it supported and protected Northern businesses
- 10. The reuniting of the South back into the North
- 11. Ranch, The last battle of the Civil War fought in Texas
- 12. Wars, Conflicts between Native Americans and the U.S. government
- 15. Taylor, This man crossed the Nueces River and set up camp near the Rio Grande, which started the Mexican American War
- 16. Soldiers, African Americans who served in the West, protected Anglo settlers and built roads
- 17. To formally separate/leave
- 18. Southern states had loyalty to their state versus the U.S. government
Down
- 1. The Election of Lincoln paved the way for South Carolina to secede and lead to the creation of the Confederate States of America
- 2. The most important food source to Native Americans
- 3. Amendment that gave political power to African Americans
- 6. An economic necessity in Southern states
- 7. Amendment that emancipated slaves across the U.S.
- 8. Cession, A large piece of land between West Texas and California that was won after the Mexican American War
- 9. Rights, Southern states wanted to maintain power for themselves & was afraid of the U.S. government
- 13. Grande, U.S. wanted this river as the Southern boundary of the U.S
- 14. Destiny, After the Mexican American war, this idea was finally achieved to complete the U.S.
