US History: Semester One Final

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Across
  1. 2. A piece of media designed to sway an opinion on a topic.
  2. 3. A network of collaborators who help enslaved people escape.
  3. 6. Formed in 1861 by the southern states after their secession from the Union.
  4. 7. to leave a country
  5. 8. land ruled by another country
  6. 13. The outline of how the US government works.
  7. 15. After the Civil War the federal government wanted to rebuild the South and give rights to former slaves.
  8. 19. White terrorist group that enforced unfair laws and codes
  9. 20. People in favor of weak national government and strong state government.
  10. 22. The expansion of a country's political, economic, cultural, media, and military influence beyond its borders.
  11. 23. A document that declared independence from Great Britain with a list of reasons for their separation.
  12. 25. The process of transforming from an agricultural economy to a manufacturing economy.
Down
  1. 1. War In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence
  2. 4. Decision The Supreme Court case that ruled that slaves were property, not people, and therefore did not have the rights of citizens.
  3. 5. A type of building shared by multiple dwellings, often overcrowded, with apartments on each floor and shared access.
  4. 9. Legislative, Executive, Judicial
  5. 10. The belief that the United States must possess the land of North America, and that it is ordained by God for the United States to expand westward.
  6. 11. Reporters who exposed poor working conditions, poor living conditions, and unfair business practices in the country.
  7. 12. A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.
  8. 13. A system in which enslaved people are considered property that can be bought, sold, given, or inherited.
  9. 14. Civil War A war between the South and North over state's rights to slavery
  10. 16. The belief that slavery had to be eradicated for a variety of reasons.
  11. 17. The task that white colonists believed they needed to "civilize" other countries.
  12. 18. The social and political movement that aimed to fix issues created by Industrialization and Urbanization.
  13. 21. Slave Act Declared that any runaway slave had to be returned back to the South, and anyone caught assisting a runaway slave would face legal trouble.
  14. 24. The public killing of an individual without any legal trial or due process.