Across
- 1. Lincoln’s speech honoring soldiers and national unity.
- 5. First U.S. government framework with weak central power.
- 6. First 10 amendments protecting individual freedoms (1791).
- 7. Period of rapid industrial growth and political corruption after the Civil War.
- 8. Document declaring American independence from Britain (1776).
- 13. British tax on printed materials that angered colonists (1765).
- 19. Movement of people to the U.S. for opportunity and freedom.
- 20. Global war from 1914–1918; U.S. joined in 1917.
- 22. 1803 land deal doubling the size of the U.S.
- 26. Settlement of people from one country in a new land (1600s America).
- 28. War for independence between colonies and Britain (1775–1783).
- 29. Person working to end slavery.
- 30. Movement Effort to end racial segregation and discrimination (1950s–1960s).
Down
- 2. Lincoln’s order freeing enslaved people in Confederate states (1863).
- 3. Agreement by Pilgrims to create self-government in Plymouth Colony.
- 4. Commander of the Continental Army and first U.S. president.
- 9. Organization of workers seeking better conditions and wages.
- 10. of rebuilding the South after the Civil War (1865–1877).
- 11. Movement of settlers west across North America.
- 12. Protest against British taxation by dumping tea into Boston Harbor (1773).
- 14. Framework of government established in 1787.
- 15. Journalist exposing corruption and social problems.
- 16. Conflict between North and South over slavery and states’ rights (1861–1865).
- 17. Farming system where workers paid rent with part of their crops.
- 18. FDR’s programs to address the Great Depression.
- 21. Growth of factories and industry in the late 1800s.
- 23. Belief that the U.S. was destined to expand westward.
- 24. Collapse of stock prices in 1929 starting the Great Depression.
- 25. Severe economic downturn beginning in 1929.
- 27. Time of social and political reform in the early 1900s.