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US History Crossword- Christian Lee

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battle of the American Civil War fought on September 17, 1862, between Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union Gen.
parts that are for practical purposes, identical. They are made to specifications that ensure that they are so nearly identical that they will fit into any assembly of the same type.
was invented by Cyrus McCormick in 1831. This machine was used by farmers to harvest crops mechanically. For hundreds of years, farmers and field workers had to harvest crops by hand using a sickle or other methods, which was an arduous task at best.
The machine used for separating cotton from its seeds in a quick amount of time.
presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, during the Civil War.
period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas
a machine used to sew fabric and materials together with thread. These were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies
Quicker way to increase trade by providing the means for transporting agricultural products and manufactured goods across the country
a series of rules that forbade the raising, consideration, or discussion of slavery in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1836 to 1844.
363-mile waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River in upstate New York. It spurred the first great westward movement of American settlers, gave access to the rich land and resources west of the Appalachians and made New York the preeminent commercial city in the United States
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Financial panic in the United States caused by the declining international economy and over-expansion of the domestic economy. Because of the invention of the telegraph by Samuel F. Morse in 1844, the Panic of 1857 was the first financial crisis to spread rapidly throughout the United States.
a small town in S Pennsylvania, southwest of Harrisburg: scene of a crucial battle (1863) during the American Civil War
device or system that allows the transmission of information by coded signal over distance.
a conflict between the United States and Mexico, fought from April 1846 to February 1848. ... It stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (the Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (the U.S. claim).
the idea that the United States is destined—by God
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War.