US History

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. United States actor who was the elegant leading man in many films (5)
  2. 6. 36th President of the United States (7)
  3. 8. An outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously (12)
  4. 9. Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey (4)
  5. 10. A warrant granting release from punishment for an offense (7)
  6. 12. Two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule (7)
  7. 15. United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (3)
  8. 16. An American who lives in the North (6)

Down

  1. 1. A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy (7)
  2. 2. A commitment to tell the truth (4)
  3. 3. A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution (8)
  4. 4. Someone who is or has been ___ (9)
  5. 7. A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (8)
  6. 11. 16th President of the United States (7)
  7. 13. The color of the sky on a clear day (4)
  8. 14. `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American (3)