United States History

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. 3rd President of the United States (9)
  2. 6. The act of ___ or correcting (plural) (10)
  3. 7. A device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames (plural) (9)
  4. 8. A statement of fundamental ___ and privileges (12)
  5. 10. United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful (7)
  6. 13. United States rock star singer and pianist (5)
  7. 14. American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress (11)
  8. 15. American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride to warn the colonists in Lexington (10)

Down

  1. 1. 2nd President of the United States (9)
  2. 2. A ___ on Oahu to the west of Honolulu (11)
  3. 3. The capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca (10)
  4. 5. A formal public statement (11)
  5. 9. The successful ending of the American Revolution (12)
  6. 11. United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was (5)
  7. 12. A ___ between factions in the same country (8)
  8. 13. 16th President of the United States (7)