This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Westward Expansion & Industrialization has 20 clues. Answers range from 4 to 24 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The years including 1800 to 1899
An individual who opposed slavery as a moral wrong which violated religious teaching and basic human rights
Entrance, joining
Products entering a country from a foreign source
A new idea or invention
A policy of avoiding alliances and other types of involvement in the affairs of the other nations
A machine invented by Eli Whitney that separated seeds from cotton and made cotton easier to harvest. As a result cotton became the most profitable cash crop in the South and the demand for slaves increased
Evil, unjust acts
A Kentucky Senator known as the "Great Compromiser"
Man-made waterway built across New York State in the early 1800's to connect the Atlantic Ocean with the Midwest through the Great Lakes
Products leaving a country for foreign markets
The awarding of jobs or the granting of favors or advantages by government officials to political supporters and workers. The term was coined during the administration of Andrew Jackson
Cloth
An early to mid 19th Century phenomena that witnessed the development of interstate highways, canals and early railroads in the United States
1848 meeting of women and some men in Seneca Falls, NY that issued a Declaration of Rights and Sentiments marking the beginning of the women's suffrage movement
A building equipped with machinery to grind grain
The movement which led to Prohibition, the attempt to outlaw the production and sale of alcoholic beverages in the US
Government-designated areas Native American Indians were forced to live
Adding to something larger or more important i.e a territory
US inventor of the Cotton Gin