WK6 Crossword 1492-1861

2. First ten amendments to the Constitution.
5. System of government where power is divided between national and state governments.
7. - Intellectual movement influencing democratic ideas.
10. The act of freeing enslaved people.
12. Former slaves who were freed after the Civil War.
16. - Explorer who reached the Americas in 1492.
17. - Thinker who advocated for the separation of powers.
18. The Northern states during the Civil War.
19. President who never own slaves but didn't fully support abolitionism.
21. The supreme law of the United States.
23. The state of being free from outside control.
24. The Southern states that seceded from the Union.
25. Opponents of a strong central government.

1. Conflict between the North and South from 1861 to 1865.
3. Supporters of a strong central government.
4. Period of rebuilding and integrating the Southern states after the Civil War.
6. The act of withdrawing from the Union.
8. System of forced labor that was a key issue leading to the Civil War.
9. President who led the U.S. during the Civil War.
11. People who fought to end slavery.
13. Philosopher who wrote about the social contract.
14. Changes or additions to the Constitution.
15. Document asserting American independence from Britain.
20. Site of a major Civil War battle in 1863.
22. - Philosopher known for the idea of natural rights.