Across
- 6. a minority group comes to resemble a much larger and dominant group
- 7. contenders are willing to sacrifice anything and anyone to obtain complete victory
- 9. a system in the US government that keeps the power of the three branches under control
- 10. authorized by the federal government to break up Native American land
- 12. Named after Christopher Columbus, a widespread transfer of various goods between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World.
- 14. the amendment that officially abolished slavery
- 17. a war between the US and Britain over the British violating the US maritime rights
- 20. the first British colony in North America that mysteriously disappeared
- 21. a large piece of land in North America the US purchased from France
- 23. a spot of land given to native tribes by the government
- 24. a prolonged period of conflict where each side tries to gradually wear down the other to the point of collapse
- 25. the act of withdrawing from a federation or body
- 27. an estate that cultivates crops through resident labor
- 29. the idea that the Americans had to right to expand westward as it was inevitable
- 30. a law passed that allowed the removal of native tribes to federal territories in exchange for white settlement in their ancestral land
- 31. the original constitution of the US that failed and was replaced with the current constitution
- 32. American white supremacist hate group targeting African-Americans
- 33. a military operation where enemy forces surround a town or building cutting off supplies
- 34. the first ten amendments of the US Constitution
- 35. belief in benefits of profit
Down
- 1. people who stayed loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution
- 2. state and local laws that enforced racia segregation in the southern states of the US
- 3. information (often misleading) used to promote a political cause or point of view
- 4. the act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution
- 5. the amendment that stated all children born on US soil are automatically US citizens
- 8. a system of railroads that ran through the US connecting the eastern and western parts of the country
- 11. the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by its people
- 13. any man of color or race shall not be denied his or her rights by the state or national government
- 15. laws passed by Parliament that restricted colonial trade
- 16. federal principle or system of government
- 18. those who fought for the freedom of the colonies from Great Britain
- 19. an armed uprising in western Massachusetts in response to a debt crisis and increased taxes
- 22. cultivated plant grown as food to sell as a profit
- 26. a law from Britain that prohibited colonists from settling past the Appalachian Mountains
- 28. loyalty to ones own region or section of their country