Across
- 5. War between Northern and Southern states from 1861 to 1865
- 7. Speech made by William Jennings Bryan advocating for bimetallism
- 8. Groups that participated in political corruption for profit
- 14. A cycle of debt that kept freedmen under the control of former enslavers
- 15. Demonstrations like Haymarket Square, Homestead, and Pullman where workers refused to work or protested until demands were met
- 16. Banned almost all immigrants from China for a decade
- 17. Freed all enslaved people in states of rebellion
- 20. America would not start any conflict with foreign countries, but would view interference in Western Hemisphere as act of war
- 23. Predetermined tracts of land that confined natives to specific living areas in the west
- 24. Gave settlers acres of land for free or cheap prices if they settled the land
- 25. Northerners who came south after the Civil War
- 26. Efficient way to make steel faster and stronger
- 28. Organizations of workers fighting to improve working conditions
- 29. Speech made by Lincoln to dedicate battlefield to soldiers who died there
Down
- 1. War fought between the US and Spain in 1898
- 2. Laws restricting the rights of freedmen
- 3. Reports who gave widespread exposure to social issues like food contamination and housing
- 4. Granted citizenship and equal protection under the law
- 6. Abolished slavery
- 9. A strategy for North to blockade Southern ports
- 10. When a country rules over foreign areas
- 11. A political party with the interests of farmers, miners, and workers in mind
- 12. Gave all men the right to vote
- 13. A system where one person uses the lands and tools of another in exchange for share of crops
- 18. A business or corporation with complete control over producing a good or service
- 19. A trend of sensationalizing headlines to sell newspapers
- 21. Group in Congress fighting for equality of freedmen
- 22. The right to vote
- 27. Led to sell off of native lands if natives refused to claim individual tracts of land