The answer to the crossword puzzle for the term 'DIVIDED U.S. TERR.' is DAK, which stands for the Dakota Territory. The Dakota Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from 1861 to 1889. It was divided into the states of North and South Dakota in 1889. The Dakota Territory included the northernmost part of present-day Nebraska and the extreme western parts of present-day Minnesota and Iowa.