What Is Juneteenth?: Criss Cross

Answer clues based on the content and vocabulary words from What Is Juneteenth? by Kirsti Jewel. Look for hints in the Word Bank. Print the puzzle or use it on your tablet, phone, or computer.

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Across

  • 3. to make something illegal or not allowed by law
  • 7. a very sad event, often with serious consequences​
  • 8. to make something illegal or not allowed by law
  • 12. to show how something works or to express feelings clearly
  • 14. a feeling of worry or care about something important
  • 15. extremely difficult and exhausting​
  • 16. to refuse to give something or to say something isn’t true

Down

  • 1. to make a place your home or to solve a problem or disagreement​
  • 2. to feel pain or hardship
  • 4. a statement that someone has done something wrong or bad​
  • 5. a long journey, usually by water or through space
  • 6. giving a lot of time and effort to something because you care about it​
  • 9. to follow or chase after something, often with a goal in mind​
  • 10. doing very well; growing or succeeding
  • 11. a rule or law that limits what you can do or how something can happen​
  • 13. to force someone to work and live as a slave

Word Bank

enslave
suffer
outlaw
abolish
grueling
voyage
thriving
denied
demonstrated
concern
restriction
pursued
dedicated
tragedy
accusation
settle