Across
- 2. To prepare
- 6. A new development or invention
- 7. Unfair treatment
- 9. A system of dots and dashes that represent the alphabet
- 10. To give an official authority to do something
- 11. Laws in a Southern state that controlled enslaved people
- 13. An unfair opinion not based on facts
- 15. The ability to read and write
- 17. An extreme shortage of food
- 19. A measure of how much a worker can produce with a given amount of time and effort
- 20. Farmer who owns a small farm
- 22. Person opposed to immigration
- 23. Ship with sleek hulls and tall sails that "clipped" time from long journeys
- 24. A device that used electric signals to send messages
Down
- 1. To change significantly
- 3. Short
- 4. A work stoppage by employees as a protest against an employer
- 5. The trade of enslaved people among states in the United States
- 8. Result
- 12. Group of workers with the same trade, or skill
- 14. A system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped
- 16. Group of people who live in the same area
- 18. Plantation manager
- 21. An African-American religious folk song
- 25. Permitted by law