United States History Terms

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A republic on the Isthmus of ___ (6)
  2. 6. United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man (9)
  3. 7. A political advocate of ___ (9)
  4. 8. Freeing someone from the control of another (12)
  5. 9. A political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society (9)
  6. 10. A secret society of white Southerners in the United States (10)
  7. 14. An Asian peninsula separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan (5)
  8. 15. A person appointed or elected to represent others (8)

Down

  1. 2. Land of the free; the USA (7)
  2. 3. Learning at school (9)
  3. 4. A change for the better as a result of correcting abuses (6)
  4. 5. A statement that limits or restricts some claim (11)
  5. 9. A state of political hostility that existed from 1945 until 1990 between countries led by (7)
  6. 11. A statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (9)
  7. 12. The legislature of the United States government (8)
  8. 13. Elected vice president in Roosevelt's 4th term (6)