Editor Walter Kelly, M.A. Managing Editor Karen J. Goldfluss, M.S. Ed. Editor in Chief Sharon Coan, M.S. Ed. Cover Artist Denise Bauer Art Coordinator Kevin Barnes Art Director CJae Froshay Imaging Alfred Lau Product Manager Phil Garcia Publisher Mary D. Smith, M.S. Ed. Author Loren Krogstad Teacher Created Resources, Inc. 6421 Industry Way Westminster, CA 92683 www.teachercreated.com ISBN: 978-0-7439-3768-9 2003 Teacher Created Resources, Inc. Reprinted, 2010 Made in U.S.A. The classroom teacher may reproduce copies of materials in this book for classroom use only. The reproduction of any part for an entire school or school system is strictly prohibited. No part of this publication may be transmitted, stored, or recorded in any form without written permission from the publisher.
Table of Contents Introduction........................... 3 Section I: Word Searches and Research Clues 1. Colonial Period..................... 4 2. The American Revolution............. 6 3. Creating a Constitution............... 8 4. The Constitution................... 10 5. George Washington................. 12 6 John Adams....................... 14 7. Thomas Jefferson................... 16 8. Benjamin Franklin.................. 18 9. War of 1812....................... 20 10. Industrial Revolution in the U.S........ 22 11. Andrew Jackson.................... 24 12. The West......................... 26 13. James Polk........................ 28 14. The Mexican-American War (1846 1848)... 30 15. Zachary Taylor..................... 32 16. Abraham Lincoln................... 34 17. The Pre-Civil War Era............... 36 18. Civil War (1861 1862)............... 38 19. Civil War (1863 1865)............... 40 20. The Reconstruction Period............ 42 21. American Industrialization........... 44 22. The American Frontier............... 46 23. The Progressive Era................. 48 24. World War I....................... 50 25. The Roaring Twenties............... 52 26. Hoover and the Great Depression....... 54 27. FDR and the Great Depression......... 56 28. World War II...................... 58 29. Harry Truman..................... 60 30. The Korean War.................... 62 31. The Eisenhower Administration........ 64 32. John F. Kennedy................... 66 33. The Civil Rights Movement........... 68 34. Lyndon B. Johnson................. 70 35. The Vietnam War................... 72 36. Richard Nixon..................... 74 37. The Watergate Affair................ 76 38. Gerald Ford....................... 78 39. Jimmy Carter...................... 80 40. Ronald Reagan..................... 82 41. The George Bush Years.............. 84 42. William (Bill) Clinton............... 86 43. George W. Bush.................... 88 44. Presidential Parade.................. 90 Section II: Research Answers............ 91 Section III: Word Search Answers....... 134 #3768 U.S. History Word (Re)Searches 2 Teacher Created Resources, Inc.
The Colonial Period Word Search #1 D J A M E S O G L E T H O R P E T M T N T E E J H W N K U A N W V G I W L E K W E U G G F D T G U T I H J W M T C H L E J G K L Y W D R E S U U D K T L N R X T X J K R S H A Q I Z S T Q G H O N M Y T L T Z Y R E V A L S N M J S L Y Q R T G A M R I A I C T G I J A T J E A M C K U H E L N L A W M C U A O K O H S R R S A H V J J Y A E C R P I L G R I M S L F D C L I Y F B U H A T W X E R A A S I O P P W S A B L J U S N B D G M T W H U L A T O I W U E N G L D U N X M S G F I Y K T I M D Y P O R H T N I W N H O J O B F V G H K E W N G U C Y R I E W N N A R B V K W D C R G J N Q V J E A R L S R S L M L U W B J E D X A F J W I C N A D I U E Y S K K Y I Y N H T K T T D H E P Q V O S R G A U J R U R K D U G H I Y I S G N J K C M H O I O H G T J A M E S T O W N O A R Z B F I O R R I O G D U W M S Y J A V U T N A R F R E N C H A N D I N D I A N W A R S R R A A E #3768 U.S. History Word (Re)Searches 4 Teacher Created Resources, Inc.
The Colonial Period (cont.) Directions: Fill in the blanks with the name, term, or phrase that best fits each statement below. Then, circle the answers on page 4. Note: Answers can appear horizontally, vertically, diagonally, forwards, or backwards in the word search puzzle. 1. Commercial Outpost established in 1607 in the Chesapeake Bay region by a group of men from the Virginia Company 2. The group of separatists who landed the Mayflower in Massachusetts in 1620 and settled at a site called Plymouth 3. The movement of English Puritans during the 1630s to the Americas 4. The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (full name) 5. After leaving Massachusetts, he founded a new colony that eventually would become Rhode Island. (full name) 6. Lord Baltimore established this colony in 1634 for Catholics escaping persecution in England. 7. The Dutch West India Company established this colony which included the Hudson River Valley, Long Island, and areas along the Delaware River, eventually to be called New York. 8. He created Pennsylvania as a home for Quakers escaping persecution in England. (full name) 9. Founder and governor of Georgia in 1732 (full name) 10. Economic policy involving the transfer of wealth from the colonies to England, the Mother country 11. This system of forced labor brought many Africans to the southern colonies. 12. Witch trials in this Massachusetts town led to the death of 20 people found guilty of witchcraft. 13. War between France and Britain from 1754 to 1763, fought in North America Teacher Created Resources, Inc. 5 #3768 U.S. History Word (Re)Searches
The American Revolution Word Search #2 E C N E D N E P E D N I F O N O I T A R A L C E D B A T T L E O F Y O R K T O W N O L G F S D E F M K N U I A U F Y Y U I K J H G F D D W A S D F V B E O Y R M I H Y S I L L A W N R O C D R O L I O I C T T E T R E A T Y O F P A R I S E D V B S A N Y J G F W J K J E I E W T O W N S H E N D A C T S T K N C F K E N A T H A N I E L G R E E N E O O L R Y I V J L R K T K R P A U L R E V E R E L L Y U A F H B K P T L G J Y T L W E R F E B R E Y U W S P K S N B L Y O H H F H Y E H N K J D R D J R E B A K A G V O H I N G L A S A D W Q Q A W U I O P Y E L W F R I G U B F O I U Y T A H B B B N M C X Z T R E D Y U F Y G D J I K W E A L O Y A L I S T S N A G S U Y D R H S Q F T U I E O I K K W E Y H I O F R A N C E S J A V B N H A S A Q H R T Y P O I T E O T K T R A K W V E R C T J U U M P A S T R E S I E Y D R T C A P M A T S L M B C Z X D E L I K O O G O S S U I L Y U S O N S O F L I B E R T Y F B #3768 U.S. History Word (Re)Searches 6 Teacher Created Resources, Inc.
The American Revolution (cont.) Directions: Fill in the blanks with the name, term, or phrase that best fits each statement below. Then, circle the answers on page 6. Note: Answers can appear horizontally, vertically, diagonally, forwards, or backwards in the word search puzzle. 1. Laws by Parliament in 1774 that put major restrictions on the citizens of Massachusetts 2. Passed by Parliament in 1765, this British law taxed all legal papers in the colonies. 3. Protest by the Sons of Liberty on December 16, 1773, in which members of the group threw tea from East India Company vessels into Boston Harbor 4. The 1767 Acts of Parliament placing duties on imported items such as paper, tea, and glass 5. Secret organization of American colonists in the 1760s that protested the Stamp Act as well as other laws of Parliament 6. In September of 1774, the First Continental Congress met in this city to organize opposition to the Intolerable Acts. 7. Courier who rode to Lexington to inform the militia that the British were coming (full name) 8. In 1775, a Continental Army was established to be headed by this man. 9. This document, on July 4, 1776, declared the United States a nation independent from Great Britain. 10. Label given to the colonists who sided with the British in this conflict 11. Benjamin Franklin was key in convincing this European country to enter this war on the side of the Americans. 12. Last major battle of the Revolutionary War that led to the surrender of British forces in 1781 13. General who assumed command of American troops in the South in 1780 (full name) 14. In 1783, this treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War as Britain officially recognized the independence of the U.S. 15. British General who surrendered at Yorktown (title and name) Teacher Created Resources, Inc. 7 #3768 U.S. History Word (Re)Searches