Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. Washington
A. American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer who supported the American colonist's fight
2. pilgrim
B. First Monday in September in the United States and Canada
3. Lincoln
C. Gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
4. Edison
D. Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over
5. Franklin
E. Low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant
6. Benjamin
F. American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride to warn the colonists in Lexington
7. George
G. The capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca
8. Abraham
H. 16th President of the United States
9. Mayflower
I. United States inventor
10. Crusades
J. Militant civil rights leader
11. Vietnam
K. The successful ending of the American Revolution
12. slavery
L. Christian martyr
13. electricity
M. A legal holiday in the United States
14. telephone
N. Someone who journeys in foreign lands
15. constitution
O. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac
16. declaration
P. Fourth Thursday in November in the United States
17. independence
Q. A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end (plural)
18. fourth of july
R. United States historian noted for studies of Black American history
19. labor day
S. A formal public statement
20. thanksgiving
T. Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
21. Rosa Parks
U. The state of being under the control of another person
22. Malcolm X
V. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea
23. Thomas Paine
W. Energy associated with electric charges, used to power lights and devices.
24. Paul Revere
X. United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man