USA Crossword Puzzle Attempt 3

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Across
  1. 3. WWII Pacific theater veteran who was fired by Eisenhower for suggesting nuking China
  2. 7. French founded birthplace of jazz
  3. 9. Highest peak in North America
  4. 11. Protest against a pipeline that would put the indigenous people at risk
  5. 13. Considered the godmother of rock and roll
  6. 15. Old Faithful’s Home
  7. 17. Found in Colorado, this was built my the Ancestral Pueblo
  8. 19. This fiery orange suspension bridge was once the longest in the world
  9. 20. Birthplace of grunge
  10. 22. Invented the Lightning rod and an important diplomat in the American Revolution
  11. 24. Progressive city by the bay
  12. 26. The official presidential residence
  13. 27. Second largest city, home of Hollywood
  14. 32. Important bay between Maryland and Virginia that serves as a home for 3,600 species of plants and animals
  15. 33. WWII court decision against a prominent civil rights activist that attempted to legitimize Japanese Internment Camps
  16. 34. Birthplace of cheesesteaks and Will Smith
  17. 36. California Canyon and home of Half Dome
  18. 38. Wrote “Silent Spring” in response to the near extinction of the bald eagle through DDT, which led to the formation of the EPA
  19. 40. Major influence in the realism political philosophy, and had a significant role in US involvement in Vietnam
  20. 42. “The entertainment capital of the world”
  21. 44. Snuck a Confederate slave ship into Union harbors, freeing himself and the ship’s crew
  22. 47. This Arizona rift may be up to 70 million years old and contains rocks from the very beginning of Earth
  23. 51. Chicago mobster who had been interred at Alcatraz and Eastern State Penitentiary.
  24. 52. Oglala leader of the Lakota forces who defeated General Custer and the American Army at the Battle of Little Bighorn
Down
  1. 1. Sacred site to the Diné used as a classic Western backdrop
  2. 2. Oil magnate and famous robber baron
  3. 4. One of the faces of the Civil Rights Movement, wrote “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
  4. 5. Gigantic Minnesota store
  5. 6. Harlem Renaissance poet who wrote “The Weary Blues”
  6. 8. Utah national park known for its hoodoos.
  7. 10. The longest river in North America
  8. 12. King Kong’s Climb
  9. 14. Headquarters of Coca Cola burned down by William Sherman in the Civil War
  10. 16. One of the catalysts for the civil war, ruled that black Americans did not have the rights of citizens.
  11. 18. Oldest colonial city in the US.
  12. 21. Battle in New York State won by Benedict Arnold that prompted a French declaration of war against Britain.
  13. 23. Was a prolific activist long before the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  14. 25. The civil war battle with the greatest casualties.
  15. 28. Oldest state capital in the US.
  16. 29. Third largest city, home of the Tribune Tower
  17. 30. Largest city in US
  18. 31. Building where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were ratified
  19. 33. Hurricane that devastated New Orleans, which has regions that have still not recovered.
  20. 35. One of the legendary founders of the Iroquois Confederacy; a namesake belt is featured on the modern Iroquois flag.
  21. 37. Capital of the US
  22. 39. A gift from France to the US
  23. 41. The oldest active warship in the world
  24. 43. Highly religious, Kansas born leader of the Harper’s Ferry raid that kickstarted the Civil War, “his soul goes marching on.”
  25. 45. Forceful removal of Cherokee, Choctaw, and other Indigenous Americans from their homeland
  26. 46. English writer who wrote in support of the American Revolution
  27. 48. Remains of a Precolumbian megacity found in Illinois
  28. 49. Wetland system in Florida that contains alligators, manatees, mangrove forests and more
  29. 50. Large New England City known for its tea party