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Miscellaneous: Crossword Puzzle

Samantha Wood

Meant to test one's knowledge of U.S. historical events and acts.

Word Bank
Abolition, American Expeditionary Force, American System, Anti-imperialists, Articles of Confederation, Atlantic Charter, Atomic Bomb, Axis Powers, Beat Movement, Bill of Rights, Black Panthers, Boomtown, Brown v. Board, Caste System, Chinese Exclusion Act, Civil Rights Act 1964, Clayton Antitrust Act, Cold War, Compromise of 1850, Constitution, Containment, Declaration of Independence, Detente, Election of 1860, Emancipation Proclamation, FDR, Federalists, Feminine Mystique, Free trade agreements, Gilded Age, Harlem Renaissance, Japanese Internment, Jazz, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Korean War, LBJ, Laissez-Faire, League of Nations, Louisiana Purchase, National Bank, New Deal, Northwest Ordinance, Nullification Crisis, Pearl Harbor, Populists, Rachel Carson, Republican Motherhood, Second Great Awakening, Social Darwinism, Spanish-American War, Triangular Trade

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6.President after JFK who passed multiple landmark acts, such as the Voting Rights Act.
9.Early 1800's purchase of the Louisiana territory from Napoleon Bonaparte. (2 Words)
10.President famous for his New Deal Policies following the Great Depression.
11.International organization to promote world cooperation, even though it was weakened when the U.S. refused to join. (3 Words)
14.Declared all slaves in Confederate territory to be free. (2 Words)
18.Consisted of a tariff, a national bank, and the establishment of roads and canals. (2 Words)
19.3-part merchant route involving manufactured good being traded for slaves, which were traded for raw goods (sugar, coffee, chocolate). (2 Words)
20.Passed by LBJ, illegalizing segregation of minorities in public areas. (4 Words)
24.Idea to elevate the role of women by giving them the role of "keepers of the nation's conscience". (2 Words)
25.Order to prevent Chinese immigration to the U.S. for a certain amount of time. (3 Words)
26.War mostly between the Soviet Union and the U.S., to stop the spread of Communism. (2 Words)
30.Act which determined that the slave-free status in Kansas and Nebraska could be determined by popular sovereignty. (2 Words)
32.The 1700's document that issued the American colonist's claim to independence from Britain. (3 Words)
34.Writer of "Silent Spring", a book that sparked the environmentalist movement in the U.S. (2 Words)
36.Americans who did not feel that conquering other nations was a sound practice, whether for moral or religious reasons.
38.Joint declaration from the U.S. and Great Britain, affirming their stance against the Axis powers. (2 Words)
40.War in which Americans fought for the Cubans against the tyrannical-like Spanish government. (2 Words)
42.African-American cultural movement showing expression through essentially every cultural medium (song, poetry, art, etc). (2 Words)
43.Political party made to support farmers and laborers.
44.War initiated to make sure Korea didn't turn completely Communist. (2 Words)
45.Towns that would arise near mines, to easily supply miners with food, shelter, and supplies.
47.This was one of the first extremely lethal nuclear weapons developed, with its production overseen by Robert Oppenheimer in the U.S. (2 Words)
48.Supported by Hamilton; idea of a bank where the government could safely deposit money. (2 Words)
49.In early America, those who supported the ratification of the Constitution and it's acceptance as a governing document.
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1.Force of the U.S. army during World War I. (3 Words)
2.Between the Soviet Union and the U.S., showing a relaxation of tensions between them.
3.The first 10 amendments to the Constitution, guaranteeing the people of the U.S. several basic rights. (3 Words)
4.Added to the Sherman Anti-trust Act, by forbidding price discrimination, exempting labor unions from being considered trusts, and overall helping cut down monopolies. (3 Words)
5.The fight to end slavery in America.
7.A literary movement in the 1950's in which participants expressed their feelings of alienation from conventional society. (2 Words)
8.Black nationalist organization which practiced violent self-defense against the U.S. government. (2 Words)
10.This removed tariffs on goods that were crossing the border. (3 Words)
12.Bombing by Japan that caused a response of a war declaration by the U.S. (2 Words)
13.Written by Betty Friedan to explain the general unhappiness of suburban housewives with their monotonous lives. (2 Words)
15.Took Japanese families away from American homes, and into camps. (2 Words)
16.Second religious revival in America, refocusing Americans on their faith and other moral movements. (3 Words)
17.The first Constitution in the U.S. which failed and was quickly replaced. (3 Words)
21.Helped organize new U.S. territories, and set up the steps each territory needed to take to become a state. (2 Words)
22.Compromise over whether new states should be slave or free; the Fugitive Slave Law was passed. (3 Words)
23.During A. Jackson's presidency, it nullified several tariffs and passed a new tariff (the Tariff of 1828). (2 Words)
25.System of ranking Hindus into four categories, often based on familial status. (2 Words)
27.Belief that only the "fittest" will survive, skewed to try and emphasize the superiority of the white race. (2 Words)
28.Ruling document that determines the fundamental political policies of government.
29.This was landmark election slavery, because the candidates were extremely divergent on the topic. Republicans ended up winning due to divisions within the Democratic party. (3 Words)
31.Idea of a "hands-off" government or economy.
33.Name for the late 1800's, describing the tremendous increase in wealth due to the Industrial Revolution. (2 Words)
35.Idea that the Soviet Union couldn't be stopped easily, so Communism should simply be prevented from reaching other nations.
37.Landmark court case in which the "separate but equal" doctrine was ruled unjust. (3 Words)
39.In World War II, these were the nations that fought back against the Allied powers (U.S., Britain, France), including Germany and Japan. (2 Words)
41.Reforms by FDR enacted with the goal to end the Great Depression. (2 Words)
46.Popular style of music (popularized in the early 1900's) that represented some of the cultural movements of the time.

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