US History Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. the longest and most severe economic downturn in modern history. It began with the U.S. stock market crash in 1929
  2. 4. also known as the Great War which lasted from 1914 to 1918, changed the way wars were fought
  3. 5. the supreme law of the U.S, creates the national government, divides power into three branches, and protects the basic rights of citizen
  4. 7. the historic founding document in which the 13 American colonies stated they were free and independent states, no longer under British rule
  5. 8. the 19th-century movement of American settlers into the American West. It doubled the size of the nation, driven by the belief in "Manifest Destiny"
Down
  1. 1. a decade of great economic growth, fun, and new styles after WWI. People enjoyed jazz music, dancing, and new inventions like cars and radios
  2. 2. a social and political campaign to abolish segregation and discrimination against African Americans and other minorities
  3. 6. a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945, started in part by actions of German dictator Adolf Hitler