Across
- 3. Executive order by Abraham Lincoln that allowed slaves to join the Union Army
- 5. Government system in which the citizens elect representatives to make decisions for us. This is the system the US uses.
- 7. A battle between the US army and the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne tribes.
- 11. To adjust fully into another culture.
- 12. the Court case in which Dredd scott couldn't legally file a lawsuit because he was property, not a citizen.
- 13. Banned the colonies trading sugar and molasses with any countries besides Britan
- 14. When the confederate General Lee surrendered to General Grant, of the Union.
- 17. a government agency that set out to help freed slaves find employment
- 18. Commander in chief of the Colonies during the Revolutionary War, also the 1st President of the United States.
- 19. People that were AGAINST slavery during the Civil War.
- 20. Created the Indian Reservations.
- 22. made to provide federal funding for building railways across the US.
- 24. Document that declared the colonies' independence from Great Britan.
- 26. War between the USA and Mexico from 1846-1848
- 27. in charge of the artillery and fought in the Revolutionary War
- 29. Required the sale of ALL paper documents be marked with a stamp, which had to be payed for.
- 30. Amendment that allowed former slaves to vote.
- 31. Abraham Lincoln's assassin.
- 32. the forced relocation of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, and other tribes from their native land in northern Georgia to a designated spot in Oklahoma.
Down
- 1. Comprised the first ten amendments to the constitution.
- 2. King of Great Britan during the Revolutionary War.
- 4. Amendment that declared Slavery fully illegal.
- 6. A battle in Virginia in which the French stepped in and helped the Union soldiers win.
- 8. Main author of the Declaration of Independence.
- 9. A set of laws in the confederate states that enforced racial segregation.
- 10. The popular trail that was used for settlers to move west. It ran from Independence, MI to Fort Vancouver.
- 15. Treaty that settled the Mexican American War; USA got northern chunk of Mexico.
- 16. To divide or break away
- 21. The horrific massacre of the Indian village of Sand Creek by the US army.
- 23. A chunk of land the US bought from the French in 1803 that covers the majority of the midwest.
- 25. Amendment that gave former slaves US citizenships and therefore constitutional rights.
- 28. Government system in which the citizens vote for every decision.