Words of the day 2

4. the basic rights and freedoms that all people should have
9. the special group of electors chosen to vote for the president and vice president
12. drinking little to no alcohol
14. the idea that the US was destined to span the continent from the atlantic to the pacific

1. a system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped
2. a work stoppage by employees as a protest against an employer to improve pay or working conditions
3. the belief that the government is subject to the will of the people
5. the right to vote
6. a system that uses arrangements of dots and dashes to represent the alphabet
7. to formally withdraw or break away from an organization, nation, alliance, or union
8. a machine that removes seeds from cotton fiber
10. to focus
11. the study of human relationships and society
13. an individual who lived in independently in the wild