American History Crossword for Adults

This hard crossword about American history has 16 entries on a 15 by 15 grid, 7 across and 9 down.

Answers average 7.6 letters and the longest runs twelve, clued as "The ultimate goal of a famous 1776 breakup letter" (11 Across). It crosses five other answers, so getting it early opens up much of the grid.

  • 16 clues
  • 15 x 15 grid
  • Hard
  • Answers 4 to 12 letters

The three longest answers

  1. 11 Across (12)The ultimate goal of a famous 1776 breakup letter
  2. 5 Down (11)A constitutional dry spell that made speakeasies wet
  3. 8 Down (12)The act of freeing, famously proclaimed in 1863

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Across

  1. 4. Paradoxically polite name for a very bloody American war.
  2. 6. A legally binding change of mind.
  3. 11. The ultimate goal of a famous 1776 breakup letter.
  4. 13. The lone star that used to be its own independent country.
  5. 14. President whose name became synonymous with depression-era shantytowns.
  6. 15. The Parisian paperwork that officially ended the revolution.
  7. 16. The state of being united, which took four years of fighting to preserve.

Down

  1. 1. A besieged mission that Texans are strictly instructed not to forget.
  2. 2. The ultimate destination of a very expensive 1969 road trip.
  3. 3. A prolonged and divisive jungle conflict.
  4. 5. A constitutional dry spell that made speakeasies wet.
  5. 7. A great economic slump that left many in the dust.
  6. 8. The act of freeing, famously proclaimed in 1863.
  7. 9. A scandalous hotel that became a suffix for every controversy.
  8. 10. The Alabama city where a bus seat started a movement.
  9. 12. A city whose harbor briefly functioned as a giant teapot.

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