Civil War Crossword
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of US Civil War & Reconstruction has 12 clues. Answers range from 5 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
Belief that it was their God given right to be a country from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
A trail from Missouri to Oregon used by pioneers to move West and develop the land.
This said that any current or future citizen, with ten dollars, could claim a homestead of up to 160 acres of government land, and “improve” the land by putting it to use as a family plot. This meant building a house and farming the soil for at least five years.
The news of this being discovered in California caused a "rush" of settlers West to try and strike it rich.
A system to allow territories to become states in an orderly way.
Loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole
Main source of income for Northern states?
Main source of income for the Southern states?
African Americans who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.
The northern states of the US that opposed slavery.
Southern States that were for slavery.
South Carolina was the first state to do this after the Election of 1860.
