Across
- 3. Madison / The “Father of the Constitution”
- 4. Marshall / The first Black Supreme Court Justice
- 7. War / War fought from 1775-1783 for independence
- 8. Addams / Founded the Hull House for immigrants
- 12. / The ship sunk in 1898 leading to the Spanish-American War
- 14. / The battle that began the American Revolution
- 17. Hamilton / First Secretary of the Treasury
- 21. Compromise / The compromise that admitted Missouri as a slave state
- 22. Destiny / The doctrine that justified westward expansion
- 23. / The movement to ban alcohol
- 25. / The U.S. bought this state from Russia in 1867
- 26. Purchase / Bought from France in 1803, doubled U.S. size
- 28. Act / The act that taxed printed materials in the colonies
- 30. / The system of forced labor in the South before 1865
- 33. Compromise / The compromise that counted enslaved people as part of the population
- 34. / The 19th amendment granted this right to women
- 35. Paine / Author of “Common Sense”
- 36. Washington / The first president of the United States
- 39. / Document that starts with “We the People”
- 42. / The territory added by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Down
- 1. Act / A law requiring colonists to house British soldiers
- 2. Deal / The economic program to end the Great Depression
- 5. Depression / The economic downturn that began in 1929
- 6. Roosevelt / President during the Great Depression and WWII
- 9. Earhart / The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
- 10. Doctrine / U.S. policy opposing European colonization in Americas (1823)
- 11. Proclamation / Freed enslaved people in Confederate states
- 13. / The “Trail of __” forced Native Americans west
- 15. Act / Law that made it illegal to criticize the government in 1798
- 16. / The march from Selma to Montgomery fought for this right
- 17. Lincoln / 16th President of the United States
- 18. / Famous abolitionist and former slave, Frederick __
- 19. Tubman / Leader of the Underground Railroad
- 20. Twenties / Nickname for the 1920s in the U.S.
- 21. War / The war with Mexico that added southwestern territory
- 24. v. Ferguson / The Supreme Court case that declared segregation legal (“separate but equal”)
- 27. / The first permanent English settlement in America
- 29. / The ship that carried Pilgrims to America in 1620
- 31. / The right guaranteed by the First Amendment
- 32. / The battle that was the turning point of the Civil War
- 37. Falls / Site of the 1848 women’s rights convention
- 38. of Rights / First 10 amendments to the Constitution
- 40. Jefferson / President who completed the Louisiana Purchase
- 41. Rights / The movement seeking equal rights for all citizens