bill of rights Crossword Puzzles

become a citizen: a fun way - aj 2023-01-10

become a citizen: a fun way - aj crossword puzzle
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  1. the courts above the trial court are called… (2 words
  2. spending that is required by law
  3. the department that collects taxes, prints money, and deals with the nations finances
  4. the house of congress with 425 members
  5. bringing more money than it spends
  6. a place where a state rules applies and set boundaries
  7. to decide whether to approve or reject a bill
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  1. mostly deals with disputes about state laws
  2. when there is no government at all
  3. agreements between countries
  4. the things that people should be free to do without restrictions
  5. the legislative branch that passes bills into laws
  6. groups a group that focuses on commercials, video games, movies anything that involves tech
  7. a plan for spending

14 Clues: a plan for spending • agreements between countries • spending that is required by law • when there is no government at all • bringing more money than it spends • the house of congress with 425 members • mostly deals with disputes about state laws • to decide whether to approve or reject a bill • the legislative branch that passes bills into laws • ...

8.2 Creating the Constitution (Sylvia & Sadie) 2018-05-07

8.2 Creating the Constitution (Sylvia & Sadie) crossword puzzle
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  1. An ambassador to France who happened to write the Declaration of Independence.
  2. The compromise where 3/5 of the slave population are counted when setting taxes on states.
  3. The meeting state of the Constitutional Convention.
  4. every state gets an equal amount of votes in Senate but representation in the House of Representatives is based on population.
  5. Father of the Constitution (wrote Bill of Rights)
  6. Famous scientist and statesman, offered wits and wisdom.
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  1. First plan to propose a government that would have three branches.
  2. Leader of the Annapolis delegates.
  3. The hall in Philadelphia where the Constitutional Convention happened.
  4. Governer of Virginia who spoke early in the convention.

10 Clues: Leader of the Annapolis delegates. • Father of the Constitution (wrote Bill of Rights) • The meeting state of the Constitutional Convention. • Governer of Virginia who spoke early in the convention. • Famous scientist and statesman, offered wits and wisdom. • First plan to propose a government that would have three branches. • ...

Causes of civil war 2024-04-30

Causes of civil war crossword puzzle
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  1. someone who is part of the democratic party
  2. everyone has certain _____ granted by the government
  3. a bill to organize the kansas/nebraska territory
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  1. a person who wants to abolish a certain institution
  2. the crime of betraying ones country
  3. john brown led a ______ on harpers ferry

6 Clues: the crime of betraying ones country • john brown led a ______ on harpers ferry • someone who is part of the democratic party • a bill to organize the kansas/nebraska territory • a person who wants to abolish a certain institution • everyone has certain _____ granted by the government

Kennedy US History_Luke, Chris, Trevor 2022-06-06

Kennedy US History_Luke, Chris, Trevor crossword puzzle
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  1. He was this before he got into politics
  2. JFK was assassinated as he rode in a
  3. What coalition blocked JFK’s new initiatives
  4. Right before he died, he introduced _ rights bill
  5. JFK was born in the month of
  6. JFK was this old when he was elected president
  7. In 1962 he stopped all trade with
  8. Kennedy plans a man on the
  9. JFK died in this city
  10. JFK was the _____ president
  11. Worked with this man to end segregation in the south
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  1. He was born in this city
  2. The invasion of cuba to stop the missile crisis was called the “Bay of ___”
  3. The “____ race” was the conflict between Russia to see who can land on the moon first
  4. The war Kennedy fought and justified by saying it was to fight for our freedom
  5. One of his main political focuses was fighting against this
  6. He went to college here
  7. He is referred to for short as
  8. He signed the nuclear test ban
  9. The act JFK passed that proposed tax cuts

20 Clues: JFK died in this city • He went to college here • He was born in this city • Kennedy plans a man on the • JFK was the _____ president • JFK was born in the month of • He is referred to for short as • He signed the nuclear test ban • In 1962 he stopped all trade with • JFK was assassinated as he rode in a • He was this before he got into politics • ...

Kennedy Crossword Trevor Luke and Chris 2022-06-06

Kennedy Crossword Trevor Luke and Chris crossword puzzle
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  1. JFK was this old when he was elected president
  2. Worked with this man to end segregation in the south
  3. He was this before he got into politics
  4. One of his main political focuses was fighting against this
  5. JFK died in this city
  6. The invasion of cuba to stop the missile crisis was called the “Bay of ___”
  7. What coalition blocked JFK’s new initiatives
  8. In 1962 he stopped all trade with
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  1. He signed the nuclear test ban
  2. JFK was the _____ president
  3. He went to college here
  4. The war Kennedy fought and justified by saying it was to fight for our freedom
  5. He is referred to for short as
  6. He was born in this city
  7. Kennedy plans a man on the
  8. The act JFK passed that proposed tax cuts
  9. Right before he died, he introduced a _____ rights bill
  10. JFK was born in the month of
  11. JFK was assassinated as he rode in a
  12. The “____ race” was the conflict between Russia to see who can land on the moon first

20 Clues: JFK died in this city • He went to college here • He was born in this city • Kennedy plans a man on the • JFK was the _____ president • JFK was born in the month of • He signed the nuclear test ban • He is referred to for short as • In 1962 he stopped all trade with • JFK was assassinated as he rode in a • He was this before he got into politics • ...

Constitution Review 2024 SS Mikey 2024-01-03

Constitution Review 2024 SS Mikey crossword puzzle
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  1. The plan created by smaller states to have equal representation
  2. The plan created by bigger states to have representation based off of population
  3. A change to the Constitution
  4. The branch that has a Supreme Cout
  5. The first 10 amendments
  6. Settled the debate on how enslaved people should be represented
  7. The statement in which Congress can "stretch" an amendment
  8. Group that votes for the President and VP
  9. Pre-Constiution that created multiple issues
  10. The group that favored the constitution without a bill of rights
  11. The meeting that revised the Articles of Confederation
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  1. When the branches are being checked for their powers
  2. Split powers between the states and federal government
  3. An agreement to continue this trade for 20 years
  4. "The Father of The Constitution"
  5. The branch that contains the President
  6. Agreement that decided that there would be equal representation and population used in voting
  7. The branch that has Congress
  8. The statement that states that federal is always above state
  9. When powers are divided to different branches

20 Clues: The first 10 amendments • A change to the Constitution • The branch that has Congress • "The Father of The Constitution" • The branch that has a Supreme Cout • The branch that contains the President • Group that votes for the President and VP • Pre-Constiution that created multiple issues • When powers are divided to different branches • ...

Civil rights 2022-09-19

Civil rights crossword puzzle
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  1. public disorder and destruction of property or person as a way of protest
  2. set the "separate by equal" precedent in the US
  3. passed during reconstruction they abolished slavery, gave citizenship, and voting rights to newly freed African Americans
  4. supreme court case that ordered the desegregation of schools in the U.S.
  5. civil rights organization founded in 1942
  6. Keeping races apart.
  7. Black teenager brutally murdered in 1955, which shed light on Southern violence.
  8. civil rights organization that tried to protect blacks from police brutality
  9. Civil Rights organization set up by MLK.
  10. broke the color barrier in baseball by signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers
  11. refused to give up her seat on a bus, her arrest sparked the Montgomery bus boycott
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  1. Racial segregations laws directed at blacks mostly in the South
  2. Volunteers rode the interstate bus system to test the Supreme Court's decision that segregated bus terminals were unconstitutional
  3. president that signed Executive Order 9981, desegregating the armed forces
  4. Civil Rights campaign organized after the assassination of JFK, to increase voter registration in the South.
  5. 1st African American supreme court judge and appointed to the US Court of Appeals by JFK
  6. governor that fought the desegregation of the University of Alabama
  7. The president who signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
  8. civil rights organization that preached about black nationalism and black pride, Malcolm X was a member at one point.
  9. organization founded by WEB DuBois and 59 others
  10. U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled that “anti-miscegenation” statutes were unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment
  11. ordered the arrest of the freedom riders and block James Meredith from attending the University of Mississippi
  12. The president who signed the Civil Rights Act in 1957.
  13. A civil rights organization founded in April 1960 by young people (mostly college students) dedicated to nonviolent, direct action tactics

24 Clues: Keeping races apart. • Civil Rights organization set up by MLK. • civil rights organization founded in 1942 • set the "separate by equal" precedent in the US • organization founded by WEB DuBois and 59 others • The president who signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964. • The president who signed the Civil Rights Act in 1957. • ...

U.S. History Crossword 2021-05-12

U.S. History Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a safe place for Catholics to live peacefully
  2. economy driven by profit and competetion
  3. first successful English settlement
  4. break up letter; colonists declare themselves an independent nation
  5. rights you are born with; life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
  6. tax on imported goods
  7. described how territories could become states
  8. a person that wants to end slavery
  9. Union's military plan during the Civil War
  10. tried to start a slave rebellion, no one showed up, was executed
  11. a large farm; common in the south in 1700-1800s
  12. outlines our government powers
  13. first president of the U.S.
  14. loyalty to one's section rather than the whole nation
  15. forced relocation of Native Americans; many died
  16. belief it is our God given right to expand from coast to coast
  17. protest over federal whiskey tax
  18. first and only president of the U.S.
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  1. escaped slavery; returned to the south to help others escape
  2. group that supported the ratification of the Constitution
  3. group of landscape artists
  4. man made rivers, used to transport goods
  5. this was discovered in California, many moved in 1849 to find this
  6. doubled the size of the U.S.
  7. gin invented by Eli Whitney; removes seeds from cotton
  8. required colonists to house British soldiers
  9. when colonist dressed up as natives and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor as a form of protest
  10. territory gained after the Mexican-American War
  11. when people move from rural communities to rural communities
  12. first state to secede from the U.S.
  13. requires Morse Code to send messages
  14. when citizens from the same country fight against each other
  15. of rights first 10 amendments to the Constitution

33 Clues: tax on imported goods • group of landscape artists • first president of the U.S. • doubled the size of the U.S. • outlines our government powers • protest over federal whiskey tax • a person that wants to end slavery • first successful English settlement • first state to secede from the U.S. • requires Morse Code to send messages • first and only president of the U.S. • ...

1st Semester Review 2023-01-04

1st Semester Review crossword puzzle
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  1. plaintiff in case that established a right to privacy in terms of family planning
  2. first state to give women the right to vote
  3. means casting a shadow but in civics refers to the implicit right to something implied in the Constitution
  4. enumerated or directly written in the Constitution
  5. plaintiff in the case that incoprated the 6th amendment right to an attorney
  6. system of government where the power is housed solely in the national government
  7. plaintiff in case that established privacy for pregnant person in abortion right
  8. freedom of speech, religion, assembly, petition and assembly
  9. returning power from the central government back to the states or local government
  10. addresses rights, retained by the people, that are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution
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  1. when a court case makes parts of the Bill of Rights applicable to the states
  2. not given in the Constitution explicitly but derived from the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 9th amendments
  3. plaintiff in case that incorporated the "no excessive fine" clause of the 8th amendment
  4. the right to vote
  5. amendment that gives women suffrage
  6. plaintiff in case that establishes privacy in terms of sexual acts (major win for LGBTQ)
  7. deduced from the other writings (reading between the lines for meaning)
  8. system of government where power is shared between the national and state government
  9. not required to quarter or house soliders
  10. no unreasonable search and seizure is a major element
  11. amendment that class for a speedy public trial and right to counsel
  12. all powers not given to the national government belong to the state (establishes federalism)
  13. system of government where the power is housed in state or local governments
  14. amendment that established no excessive bail, cruel or unusual punishment or excessive fines

24 Clues: the right to vote • amendment that gives women suffrage • not required to quarter or house soliders • first state to give women the right to vote • enumerated or directly written in the Constitution • no unreasonable search and seizure is a major element • freedom of speech, religion, assembly, petition and assembly • ...

US History 2025-10-09

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. - Treaty that gave U.S. southwestern territories after Mexican War
  2. - Type of British "neglect" that ended after 1763
  3. - Railroad that connected Atlantic to Pacific
  4. - Bureau that aided formerly enslaved people
  5. - Steel magnate who used vertical and horizontal integration
  6. - British legislature that taxed colonists without their representation
  7. - Regional divisions intensified by slavery debates
  8. - Monroe's policy warning Europe away from the Americas
  9. - Philosophical movement emphasizing reason and natural rights
  10. - Post-Civil War effort to rebuild the South
  11. - Complete control over an industry
  12. - Movement to limit or ban alcohol consumption
  13. - Territory purchased by Jefferson in 1803
  14. - French military advisor who aided Washington at Valley Forge
  15. - Reform movement addressing industrialization's problems
  16. - Virginia's colonial representatives who established early self-government
  17. - To refuse to obey federal laws, as some states claimed
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  1. - Massachusetts colonists who sought religious freedom but didn't extend tolerance
  2. - Lincoln's proclamation freeing enslaved people in rebel states
  3. - Legal separation of races under Jim Crow laws
  4. - Type of presidential power used by Jefferson for Louisiana Purchase
  5. - Religious group that founded tolerant Pennsylvania colony
  6. - Movement of population into cities
  7. - Large Southern farm worked by enslaved people
  8. - "___ Destiny" justified expansion to the Pacific
  9. - The "Great" one created a two-house Congress
  10. - Movement to end slavery completely
  11. - Advisory system of experts established by Washington
  12. - Economic theory that nations grow strong by exporting more than importing
  13. Here are additional vocabulary words with clues:
  14. - Constitutional addition, like the Bill of Rights
  15. - Northwest ___ established how territories became states
  16. - Journalists who exposed corruption and social problems
  17. - President who warned Europe to stay out of Western Hemisphere
  18. - Shays' ___ exposed weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
  19. - First constitution that proved too weak for the new nation

36 Clues: - Complete control over an industry • - Movement of population into cities • - Movement to end slavery completely • - Territory purchased by Jefferson in 1803 • - Bureau that aided formerly enslaved people • - Post-Civil War effort to rebuild the South • - Railroad that connected Atlantic to Pacific • - The "Great" one created a two-house Congress • ...

Structure and Functions of Government 2023-10-12

Structure and Functions of Government crossword puzzle
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  1. rights rights that protect people from the actions of government,
  2. that work within the government
  3. branch responsible for making laws and approving laws
  4. state senate
  5. a town or city government run by a mayor and city council
  6. good working to create laws and rules that benefit everyone
  7. federal, state, and local governments has the power to check on the other
  8. of law: both citizens and government leaders must obey the same laws
  9. or other people
  10. should be run and appoints people to certain positions in the government
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  1. rights rights that allow people to participate freely in government
  2. branch responsible for interpreting or explaining laws
  3. and balances a system created by the Founders in which each branch of
  4. branch responsible for signing bills into law, appointing judges,
  5. the state budget, organizing the state militia, and overseeing all
  6. governor helps the governor run the state and leads the meetings of
  7. away
  8. rights rights that people are born with and cannot be
  9. the leader of a state government who makes decisions about how the
  10. government a government that serves the people of a town, city, or county

20 Clues: away • state senate • or other people • that work within the government • branch responsible for making laws and approving laws • rights rights that people are born with and cannot be • branch responsible for interpreting or explaining laws • a town or city government run by a mayor and city council • good working to create laws and rules that benefit everyone • ...

Government 4 2015-10-10

Government 4 crossword puzzle
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  1. One of two large rooms in the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings.
  2. To change or improve something.
  3. A group of Senators, MPs, or both, selected to study a specific subject or bill and write a report about it.
  4. A formal event that follows rules or traditions.
  5. Of two chambers, or rooms.
  6. A change that is made to a bill, a motion or committee report with the intention of improving it.
  7. Bills that are passed by Parliament.
  8. The bringing to an end of a Parliament, either at the end of its four-year term or if the
  9. A rule for all Canadians made by Senators.
  10. The set of rules that a country like Canada follows to work as a nation.
  11. A discussion in which the arguments for and against a subject are presented according to specific rules.
  12. To pick one person from a group of several people by voting.
  13. The city where a country's legislature is located and the government carries out its business.
  14. A group made up of all Senators and MPs from the same political party.
  15. The process of choosing a representative by vote.
  16. A proposal for a law to be considered by Parliament.
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  1. A group of all Ministers (mostly from the House of Commons and at least one from the Senate).
  2. A person living in an area in Canada represented by a MP.
  3. A proposal by a Member for either the Senator or the House of Commons to do something.
  4. The agreement by the provinces to join together to form the nation of Canada and created a federal Parliament.
  5. A king or queen of a country.
  6. The specific geographic area in Canada that a MP represents in the House of Commons.
  7. The daily official record of debates in the Senate and the House of Commons in English and French.
  8. The government's plan for how it will collect and spend money each year.
  9. A Member of the Senate or House of Commons who does not belong to a political party.
  10. A large, heavy, silver-and-gold-covered staff that is a symbol of the power and authority of Parliament.
  11. A special title given to the Senators and Cabinet Ministers for life, and the Speaker of the House of Commons.
  12. The political party with the most members elected to the House of Commons.
  13. A person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country.
  14. The person in charge of a meeting.

30 Clues: Of two chambers, or rooms. • A king or queen of a country. • To change or improve something. • The person in charge of a meeting. • Bills that are passed by Parliament. • A rule for all Canadians made by Senators. • A formal event that follows rules or traditions. • The process of choosing a representative by vote. • A proposal for a law to be considered by Parliament. • ...

AH1 Vocab 3 2019-09-20

AH1 Vocab 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. trade / Trade routes that linked Americas, Europe Africa & the West Indies
  2. / Group where each member keeps control of their own internal affairs
  3. Plan of Union / Proposed as a way to colonial unity
  4. / Economic policy that held
  5. of Paris / Ended the Seven Years’ War in Europe & the French & Indin War in NA
  6. revolution / Change of leadership to Mary & William of Orange
  7. & Indian War / North American conflict, Seven Years' War
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  1. League / Alliance of Native Americans
  2. / Search for knowledge also known as the Age of Reason
  3. of 1763 / Reserved land on the western side for Native Americans
  4. Awakening / Religious revival in the colonies
  5. Acts / Laws passed to control colonial trade & ensure colonies remained profitable
  6. Bill of Rights / Allows parliament to set limits on monarchs power
  7. of trade / Relationship between countries imports & exports
  8. crops / Agricultural products grown to be sold
  9. contract / Theory,if the government did not do right by the people, they could overthrow it

16 Clues: / Economic policy that held • League / Alliance of Native Americans • Awakening / Religious revival in the colonies • crops / Agricultural products grown to be sold • Plan of Union / Proposed as a way to colonial unity • / Search for knowledge also known as the Age of Reason • & Indian War / North American conflict, Seven Years' War • ...

Unit 3 Crossword Puzzle 2022-09-26

Unit 3 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
  2. The branch of government that interprets the laws and the Constitution
  3. The ____________ Acts were directed mainly at punishing the people of Boston and Massachusetts and bringing them under control.
  4. a system with a strong but limited central government
  5. The __________ Plan of Union recognized the need for coordinating colonial defense,.
  6. The primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
  7. The ____________ College system was instituted because the delegates feared that too much democracy might lead to mob rule.
  8. The _____________ Act (1766)asserted that Parliament had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”
  9. Invented the cotton gin, a device for separating cotton fiber from the seeds
  10. The branch of government that makes laws, passes taxes, and allocates spending
  11. In King ___________’s War (1689–1697), the British launched expeditions to capture Quebec from the French, but failed.
  12. The ___________ Act (1775) declared the colonies to be in rebellion.
  13. The branch of government that recommends and carries out laws and federal programs
  14. The ___________ Act of 1764 placed duties on certain luxuries.
  15. The _____________ Act of 1765 required the colonists to provide food and living quarters for British soldiers stationed in the colonies.
  16. Colonists who actively joined the struggle against Britain.
  17. The ________________ Compromise allowed Congress to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, including placing tariffs (taxes) on foreign imports, but it prohibited placing taxes on any exports.
  18. The Bill of ___________ was designed to stop a strong central government under the Constitution from becoming a tyranny.
  19. The ________________ Compromise counted
  20. Trusting in human reason to understand the natural world and to respond to the many problems of life and society.
  21. Nova ____________ was a British Colony north of Maine which did NOT join in the Revolution.
  22. The second four Amendments of the Bill of Rights deal with the rights of the ____________.
  23. The compromise plan that provided for a bicameral (two-house) Congress which included both equal representation and representation according to population.
  24. The ____________ Act required that revenue stamps be placed on most printed paper in the colonies, including all legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, and advertisements.
  25. ______________ of powers: dividing power among different branches of government
  26. enslaved individual as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of determining a state’s level of taxation and representation.
  27. Social __________: the concept of an agreement among people to form a government to promote liberty and equality.
  28. The Articles of ______________ initially governed the United States of America.
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  1. The ______________ Rebellion resulted from Congress's act of taxing the sale of whiskey.
  2. The 1775 petition to King George III, in which they pledged their loyalty and asked the king to intercede with Parliament to secure peace and the protection of colonial rights.
  3. The first four Amendments of the Bill of Rights deal with ______________ liberties.
  4. The political body to which colonists believed they should be able to directly elect representatives
  5. The ____________ Acts (1767) enacted new duties to be collected on colonial imports of tea, glass, and paper.
  6. ____________ by Thomas Paine argued in clear and forceful language that the colonies should become independent states and break all political ties with the British monarchy.
  7. Colonial Militia
  8. _____________'s Rebellion, which stopped the collection of taxes in Massachusetts, highlighted the weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
  9. The _______________ Party supported Jefferson and tried to elect candidates in different states who opposed Hamilton’s Federalist program.
  10. The Sons and Daughters of ___________ were a secret society organized for the purpose of intimidating tax agents.
  11. Who did the British primarily battle for control of territory in the Seven Years War?
  12. The ______________ Ordinance enacted under the Articles of Confederation, provided a mechanism for migration and settlement.
  13. The ______________ Plan favored the smaller states by proposing equal representation among the States.
  14. Belief in a God who had established natural laws in creating the universe and then rarely or never intervened directly in human affairs.
  15. The philosophy of John Locke, which had a profound influence on the colonies.
  16. Supporters of the Constitution and its strong federal government
  17. Opponents of the Constitution who feared that that new government would be too strong
  18. On April 18, 1775, General Thomas Gage, the commander of British troops in Boston, sent a large force to seize colonial military supplies in the town of _______________.
  19. The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from settling west of these mountains.
  20. The ___________ Plan favored the larger states by proposing representation based upon population.
  21. Following the Seven Years war, the British policy of _____________ Neglect was abandoned.
  22. The oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention
  23. the Indian ________________ Act placed the federal government in control of all legal actions with Native Americans.
  24. Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War
  25. The _____________ Resolves called for the immediate repeal of the Intolerable Acts and for colonies to resist them by making military preparations and boycotting British goods.
  26. A one-house legislature
  27. The Boston ___________ was a conflict involving a crowd of colonists harassing guards near the custom house, eventually resulting in the deaths of five colonists.
  28. Loyalists who maintained allegiance to the king.

56 Clues: Colonial Militia • A one-house legislature • The ________________ Compromise counted • Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War • The last major battle of the Revolutionary War. • Loyalists who maintained allegiance to the king. • The oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention • a system with a strong but limited central government • ...

1st Half Review 2021-12-13

1st Half Review crossword puzzle
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  1. leads the legislative branch
  2. leads the executive branch
  3. branch of the government that makes the laws
  4. branch of the government that reviews laws to see if they are fair
  5. what a president does to a bill they like
  6. level of government that covers whole nation
  7. a rule made by the government
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  1. rulebook for American government
  2. leads the judicial branch
  3. _____ and balances: system of limiting the power of different branches of government
  4. britain country that used to control the American colonies
  5. ______ of powers: no one part of the government gets to do everything
  6. rough draft of a law
  7. what a president does to a bill they don't like (reject)
  8. founders of our country didn't want to create a _____
  9. branch of the federal government that enforces/carries out the law
  10. process of trying to get elected

17 Clues: rough draft of a law • leads the judicial branch • leads the executive branch • leads the legislative branch • a rule made by the government • rulebook for American government • process of trying to get elected • what a president does to a bill they like • branch of the government that makes the laws • level of government that covers whole nation • ...

1st Half Review 2021-12-13

1st Half Review crossword puzzle
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  1. branch of the federal government that enforces/carries out the law
  2. branch of the government that makes the laws
  3. a rule made by the government
  4. ______ of powers: no one part of the government gets to do everything
  5. rulebook for American government
  6. leads the judicial branch
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  1. britain country that used to control the American colonies
  2. level of government that covers whole nation
  3. founders of our country didn't want to create a _____
  4. branch of the government that reviews laws to see if they are fair
  5. process of trying to get elected
  6. rough draft of a law
  7. _____ and balances: system of limiting the power of different branches of government
  8. what a president does to a bill they like
  9. leads the executive branch
  10. what a president does to a bill they don't like (reject)
  11. leads the legislative branch

17 Clues: rough draft of a law • leads the judicial branch • leads the executive branch • leads the legislative branch • a rule made by the government • process of trying to get elected • rulebook for American government • what a president does to a bill they like • level of government that covers whole nation • branch of the government that makes the laws • ...

Socials 9 Government Crossword 2015-10-07

Socials 9 Government Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A university student who works for the Senate or The House of Commons
  2. Group made up of all Senators
  3. To change or improve something
  4. The political party that has the most members elected to The House of Commons
  5. A proposal for a law to be considered by Parliament
  6. A formal event that follows rules of traditions
  7. Composed of the Monarch, The Senate, and The House of Commons
  8. A group of Senators
  9. The process of choosing a representative by vote
  10. A discussion in which arguments for and against a subject are presented according to specific rules
  11. A person living in an area in Canada
  12. Person in charge of a meeting
  13. All political parties and independent Members who do not belong to a governing party
  14. The daily official record of debates in the Senate and The House of Commons in English and French
  15. The Upper House of Parliament is made up of 105 ___
  16. Of two chambers or rooms
  17. A person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country
  18. The government's plan for how it will collect and spend money each year
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  1. A word used for the stages during which a bill is debated before it is passed to be a law
  2. One of two large rooms in Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings
  3. A member of The Senate or House of Commons who does not belong to a political party
  4. To pick one person from a group of several people by voting
  5. Bills that are passed by Parliament
  6. A rule for all Canadians made by Senators, Members of Parliament and the Governor General through discussion and voting
  7. A large, heavy, silver-and-gold covered staff
  8. The periods into which a Parliament is divided
  9. A special title
  10. A king or Queen of a country
  11. Group of all Ministers
  12. The city where a country's legislature is located and the government carries out business

30 Clues: A special title • A group of Senators • Group of all Ministers • Of two chambers or rooms • A king or Queen of a country • Group made up of all Senators • Person in charge of a meeting • To change or improve something • Bills that are passed by Parliament • A person living in an area in Canada • A large, heavy, silver-and-gold covered staff • ...

Unit 2- Foundations of Government 2021-07-12

Unit 2- Foundations of Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the introduction to the constitution that outlines the goals of the United States government under the Constitution.
  2. to agree or approve officially.
  3. document that outlines the principle of the concept of separation of church and state.
  4. form of government in which the people choose their leaders in elections.
  5. Carta document drafted in England that guaranteed the political liberties of Englishmen. It limited the power of the king, granted more power to parliament, and made the king subject to the law.
  6. of Confederation original constitution of the United States, ratified in 1781, replaced by the Constitution in 1789.
  7. Government form of government in which citizens choose others to represent them through elections. These representatives then make decisions for the government.
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  1. written largely by George Mason and outlined specific civil liberties that the government could not take away. Became the basis for the Bill of Rights. Thomas Jefferson even used parts of it in the Declaration of Independence.
  2. rights that are impossible to take away or give up.
  3. to change a legal document or law.
  4. complaints or a feeling of resentment over something to believed to be wrong or unfair.
  5. to express a feeling or idea.

12 Clues: to express a feeling or idea. • to agree or approve officially. • to change a legal document or law. • rights that are impossible to take away or give up. • form of government in which the people choose their leaders in elections. • document that outlines the principle of the concept of separation of church and state. • ...

The Children’s Rights Challenge 2020-11-25

The Children’s Rights Challenge crossword puzzle
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  1. Article...(6-3) of the African Children's Charter provides for the responsibilities of children
  2. Every Zimbabwean child has a right to be provided promptly with a birth...
  3. Children have responsibilities to their ...communities, society and the State
  4. One of the five characteristics of human rights
  5. The High Court of Zimbabwe is the upper... of all children in Zimbabwe
  6. One type of human rights is ... and political rights
  7. The discipline of children should respect the human ... of children
  8. Section which provides children's rights in the Constitution of Zimbabwe
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  1. One word to describe the State's duty not to interfere with the enjoyment of rights by its citizens
  2. Basic education is from early childhood education up to the ... form
  3. Every Zimbabwean child has the right to a ...
  4. The Constitution of Zimbabwe protects children from being forced to participate in ... activities
  5. Basic entitlements for all human beings (5-6)
  6. Abbreviation for the main United Nations instrument that protects the rights of children
  7. The...(4-9)of the child is the primary consideration in all matters that concern children
  8. This means that no right can be treated in isolation from other rights
  9. Every boy and girl under the age of eighteen years

17 Clues: Every Zimbabwean child has the right to a ... • Basic entitlements for all human beings (5-6) • One of the five characteristics of human rights • Every boy and girl under the age of eighteen years • One type of human rights is ... and political rights • The discipline of children should respect the human ... of children • ...

Amer. Gov't Crossword 2022-03-24

Amer. Gov't Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. 10 years
  2. house
  3. senate
  4. ignores bill for 10 days, congress adjourns, no power to overturn
  5. 21
  6. president
  7. 4 years
  8. not signing bill, 2/3 vote to overturn
  9. congress creates
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  1. refusal to spend funds
  2. 538
  3. agreement approved by senate
  4. succession act of 1947
  5. forgiveness of crime
  6. budget
  7. political pardon

16 Clues: 21 • 538 • house • senate • budget • 4 years • 10 years • president • political pardon • congress creates • forgiveness of crime • refusal to spend funds • succession act of 1947 • agreement approved by senate • not signing bill, 2/3 vote to overturn • ignores bill for 10 days, congress adjourns, no power to overturn

Kennedy US History Luke Chris and Trevor 2022-06-06

Kennedy US History Luke Chris and Trevor crossword puzzle
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  1. JFK was this old when he was elected president
  2. Worked with this man to end segregation in the south
  3. He was this before he got into politics
  4. One of his main political focuses was fighting against this
  5. JFK died in this city
  6. The invasion of cuba to stop the missile crisis was called the “Bay of ___”
  7. What coalition blocked JFK’s new initiatives
  8. In 1962 he stopped all trade with
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  1. He signed the nuclear test ban
  2. JFK was the _____ president
  3. He went to college here
  4. The war Kennedy fought and justified by saying it was to fight for our freedom
  5. He is referred to for short as
  6. He was born in this city
  7. Kennedy plans a man on the
  8. The act JFK passed that proposed tax cuts
  9. Right before he died, he introduced a _____ rights bill
  10. JFK was born in the month of
  11. JFK was assassinated as he rode in a
  12. The “____ race” was the conflict between Russia to see who can land on the moon first

20 Clues: JFK died in this city • He went to college here • He was born in this city • Kennedy plans a man on the • JFK was the _____ president • JFK was born in the month of • He signed the nuclear test ban • He is referred to for short as • In 1962 he stopped all trade with • JFK was assassinated as he rode in a • He was this before he got into politics • ...

100 Turning Points:Unit 1 2024-09-29

100 Turning Points:Unit 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. George Washington ignites the French and Indian War-1754
  2. Samuel Morse Introduces the Telegraph-1844
  3. Tisquantum, Squanto Save the Pilgrims-1621
  4. Columbus Arrives in the “New World”-1492
  5. Constitutional Convention and First State to Ratify-1787
  6. British Burn Washington-1814
  7. Jamestown Founded-1607
  8. Gold is Discovered in California-1848
  9. Boston Massacre and Trial-1770
  10. Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence-1776
  11. Female Suffragists meet in Seneca Falls-1848
  12. Erie Canal is Started-1817
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  1. Andrew Jackson goes to battle over the Second Bank of the US-1832
  2. Bill of Rights Drafted-1789
  3. Salem Witchcraft/Trial-1692
  4. Massachusetts Settler kills a Native American, Kings Phillips War begins-1675
  5. First African Slaves sold in America-1619
  6. Supreme Court decides Dredd Scott vs. Sandford-1857
  7. Minuteman fires the “Shot Heard Round the World” Lexington and Concord-1775
  8. Indian Removal Act-1830
  9. Mayflower Arrives-1620
  10. Supreme Court decides its Supremacy with Marbury vs. Madison-1803
  11. Victory at the Battle of Yorktown-1781
  12. John C. Calhoun begins the Nullification Crisis-1828
  13. President Jefferson Purchases Louisiana from Napoleon-1803

25 Clues: Mayflower Arrives-1620 • Jamestown Founded-1607 • Indian Removal Act-1830 • Erie Canal is Started-1817 • Bill of Rights Drafted-1789 • Salem Witchcraft/Trial-1692 • British Burn Washington-1814 • Boston Massacre and Trial-1770 • Gold is Discovered in California-1848 • Victory at the Battle of Yorktown-1781 • Columbus Arrives in the “New World”-1492 • ...

YELM IN STORE 2017-07-29

YELM IN STORE crossword puzzle
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  1. NUMBER OF EYES THAT SHOULD BE WATCHING WHEN IN DUAL CONTROL
  2. WHAT IS THE NAME FOR MONEY THAT IS NO LONGER IN ACCEPTABLE SHAPE TO KEEP IN CIRCULATION?
  3. IT TAKES TWO ____ TO OPEN THE VAULT
  4. MSR CASH LIMIT (THREE WORDS)
  5. LAST NAME OF THE FACE ON THE $10 BILL
  6. CASH VERIFICATION IS COMPLETED UNDER ___ CONTROL
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  1. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IT TAKES TO GET IN THE KEY BOX
  2. THE FACE ON THE $50 BILL
  3. TRUE OR FALSE: IT'S OK TO BREAK DUAL CONTROL IF SOMEONE HAS TO GO DOWN THE HALL
  4. BRANCH CHANGEFUND LIMIT (3 WORDS)
  5. IMAGE ON THE BACK OF THE $5 BILL (2 WORDS)
  6. LARGEST BILL CURRENTLY IN CIRCULATION
  7. THE AMOUNT OF 20'S TO MAKE IT ELIGIBLE TO SHIP
  8. DUAL OR SOLE CONTROL: CASH BOXES

14 Clues: THE FACE ON THE $50 BILL • MSR CASH LIMIT (THREE WORDS) • DUAL OR SOLE CONTROL: CASH BOXES • BRANCH CHANGEFUND LIMIT (3 WORDS) • IT TAKES TWO ____ TO OPEN THE VAULT • LARGEST BILL CURRENTLY IN CIRCULATION • LAST NAME OF THE FACE ON THE $10 BILL • IMAGE ON THE BACK OF THE $5 BILL (2 WORDS) • THE AMOUNT OF 20'S TO MAKE IT ELIGIBLE TO SHIP • ...

Road to Revolution Vocabulary 2015-11-05

Road to Revolution Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Betrayal of ones country
  2. Refusal to buy certain items
  3. A delegate From Pennsylvania that came up with the Albany plan of Union
  4. To withdraw or take back
  5. An Indian tribe that was aligned with Britain in the French and Indian War
  6. Military leader of Virginia militia and became first president
  7. to defeat decisively
  8. Colonists who fought against the British
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  1. A secret society that was formed to protect the rights of colonist and fight taxation by the British government
  2. to reject or refuse a bill
  3. Delegates from the colonies appointed by the King to be the grand congress
  4. The British against the French and their Native American Allies
  5. A Native American chief that the Natives in the Ohio valley found
  6. A treaty officially ending the French and Indian war signed by Britain and France

14 Clues: to defeat decisively • Betrayal of ones country • To withdraw or take back • to reject or refuse a bill • Refusal to buy certain items • Colonists who fought against the British • Military leader of Virginia militia and became first president • The British against the French and their Native American Allies • ...

26.1 Crossword Wars 2025-02-27

26.1 Crossword Wars crossword puzzle
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  1. A movement led by average people working together
  2. Nonviolent strategy used in the Civil Rights Movement
  3. Legal doctrine opposed by civil rights activists
  4. The practice of keeping racial groups separate
  5. The type of resistance Martin Luther King, Jr. promoted
  6. President who tried to pass civil rights laws
  7. A protest where people refuse to leave a segregated space
  8. Mode of transportation at the center of the Montgomery boycott
  9. The branch of government that ruled on Brown v. Board of Education
  10. Truman outlawed segregation in the ______ and government jobs
  11. Treating other people as inhuman or like an animal
  12. City where the Brown case originated
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  1. The name of laws enforcing racial segregation in the South
  2. Arkansas governor who tried to block school integration
  3. Alabama city known for violent clashes during the Civil Rights Movement
  4. Alabama governor who opposed integration, saying “Segregation forever”
  5. Group that provided lawyers for the Brown case (abbreviated)
  6. Tactic used in the Senate to block civil rights legislation
  7. Southern students who integrated an Arkansas high school
  8. Psychological experiment used as evidence in Brown v. Board of Education
  9. Landmark Supreme Court case that ended school segregation
  10. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (abbr.)
  11. Six-year-old girl who integrated a New Orleans school
  12. The law passed in 1957 to protect voting rights
  13. Allowing people of all races to enjoy the same facilities
  14. Civil rights leader from India who inspired Dr. King

26 Clues: City where the Brown case originated • President who tried to pass civil rights laws • The practice of keeping racial groups separate • The law passed in 1957 to protect voting rights • Legal doctrine opposed by civil rights activists • A movement led by average people working together • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (abbr.) • ...

Reconstruction Terms 2024-05-08

Reconstruction Terms crossword puzzle
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  1. a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
  2. The deadliest war in American history
  3. A secret hate group in the southern U.S., active for several years after the Civil War, which aimed to suppress the newly acquired rights of Black people and to oppose carpetbaggers from the North, and which was responsible for many lawless and violent proceedings.
  4. Lincolns assassin.
  5. An alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc.
  6. Lincolns Vice President who became President after his death.
  7. The era between the years 1865 and 1877.
  8. The Freedmen's Bureau provided food, housing and medical aid, established schools and offered legal assistance.
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  1. The 15th amendment gives all male U.S citizens this right.
  2. 18th President who served 2 terms and oversaw the rehabilitation of Southern states.
  3. Many republicans in the Legislative branch were ________ in their ideas of giving African Americans equal rights.
  4. laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters.
  5. The 14th amendment gives all people born in the United States this right.
  6. A program where land was rented out to poor farmers in return for much of their crop yield.

14 Clues: Lincolns assassin. • The deadliest war in American history • The era between the years 1865 and 1877. • The 15th amendment gives all male U.S citizens this right. • Lincolns Vice President who became President after his death. • An alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc. • ...

Government #3 2015-10-13

Government #3 crossword puzzle
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  1. made up by the Senate and the House, it has the power to make laws
  2. a group made up all Senators and Members of Parliament from the same political party
  3. a person in charge of a meeting6
  4. a group of Senators, Member of Parliament elected to study a specific act or bill
  5. a formal event that follows the rules or traditions
  6. a system of government where the citizens express their political views by choosing representives to go to Parliament
  7. a person in charge of a meeting6
  8. ceremony a formal event that follows the rules or traditions
  9. an appointed Member of every party the manages its business in the House of Commons
  10. a person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country
  11. the leader ofthe party in power and the Head of the Government
  12. to pick one person from a group of several people by voting
  13. a king or queen of a country
  14. the Upper House of Parliaments made up of 105 Senators
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  1. one of Canada's 10 provinces and three territories that have the right to make laws for the people living there
  2. rule for all Canadians
  3. the city where a country's legislature is located and the government carries out its business
  4. a person appointed to the Upper House of Parliament by the Governor General on the advice of Prinme Minister
  5. a large and heavey silver-gold staff that is a symbol of powerand authority of the Parliament
  6. the last stage when a bill becomes a law
  7. amother name for a backbencher
  8. a Senetoror a Member of the House of Commons
  9. a proposal by a Member for either the Senate or the House to do something
  10. a person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country
  11. the bringing to an end of a Parliament
  12. a discussion in which arguments for and against a subject according to rules
  13. a Member of the Senate or House of Commons who does not belong to a political party
  14. a group of all Ministers

28 Clues: rule for all Canadians • a group of all Ministers • a king or queen of a country • amother name for a backbencher • a person in charge of a meeting6 • a person in charge of a meeting6 • the bringing to an end of a Parliament • the last stage when a bill becomes a law • a Senetoror a Member of the House of Commons • a formal event that follows the rules or traditions • ...

rights 2018-12-13

rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. shot by taliban
  2. author of the book
  3. nations
  4. mrs petrica class is the ____
  5. malala was how old when she got shot
  6. malala was years old when she spokeout
  7. to the world to tell others what's going on
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  1. were are all _____
  2. malala _____ supported her
  3. mrs petrica teaches _______ 4P
  4. malala is how many years today
  5. friends of malala also got shot
  6. malala got shot on what
  7. ____ have rights to
  8. malala first spoke out on a

15 Clues: nations • shot by taliban • were are all _____ • author of the book • ____ have rights to • malala got shot on what • malala _____ supported her • malala first spoke out on a • mrs petrica class is the ____ • mrs petrica teaches _______ 4P • malala is how many years today • friends of malala also got shot • malala was how old when she got shot • malala was years old when she spokeout • ...

Rights 2018-12-13

Rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who fought for rights for homeless children
  2. ______ aren't allowed to vote
  3. _______ is still allowed in some some countries, but not allowed in America
  4. ______ Nations
  5. Legal age to vote in America
  6. Every American can have their own opinion
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  1. _______ of speech
  2. All Americans have this
  3. What year did women get the right to vote in America
  4. shot by Taliban
  5. ______ amendment is about the rights of guns
  6. _____amendmant about freedom
  7. Legal age to drive
  8. People can practice any kind of ________ in America
  9. Why aren't ____ in school

15 Clues: ______ Nations • shot by Taliban • _______ of speech • Legal age to drive • All Americans have this • Why aren't ____ in school • _____amendmant about freedom • Legal age to vote in America • ______ aren't allowed to vote • Every American can have their own opinion • Who fought for rights for homeless children • ______ amendment is about the rights of guns • ...

Spelling 10/23 2018-10-23

Spelling 10/23 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. writing a number using words
  2. telling if a number is >,<, or = to another number
  3. a plan of government
  4. our country’s first plan of government; it created strong state governments, but a weak national government
  5. a way or writing a number as a sum of the value of each digit
  6. to estimate the value of a number based on a given place value
  7. to tell or write briefly about the main ideas in a selection
  8. to study something closely and carefully
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  1. repeat or copy a group of words from a text or speech
  2. express the meaning of the writer or speaker using different words
  3. to think deeply or carefully about something; look back on
  4. a member of a city, state, or country
  5. the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
  6. writing a number using only digits
  7. the value of a digit based on its position in a number
  8. introduction to the U.S. Constitution

16 Clues: a plan of government • writing a number using words • writing a number using only digits • a member of a city, state, or country • introduction to the U.S. Constitution • to study something closely and carefully • the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution • telling if a number is >,<, or = to another number • repeat or copy a group of words from a text or speech • ...

Creating the Constitution (Sylvia & Sadie) 2018-05-07

Creating the Constitution (Sylvia & Sadie) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The compromise where 3/5 of the slave population are counted when setting taxes on states
  2. the hall In Philadelphia where the Constitutional Convention happened
  3. Father of the Constitution, wrote Bill of Rights
  4. The meeting state for the Constitutional Convention
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  1. Famous scientist and statesman, lent wits and wisdom
  2. First plan that proposed a government that would have three branches
  3. Ambassador to France who happened to write the Declaraton of Independence
  4. Every state gets an equal number of votes in the Senate but representation in the House of Representatives is based on population
  5. Leader of the Annapolis delegates
  6. Governer of Virginia, spoke early in the convention

10 Clues: Leader of the Annapolis delegates • Father of the Constitution, wrote Bill of Rights • Governer of Virginia, spoke early in the convention • The meeting state for the Constitutional Convention • Famous scientist and statesman, lent wits and wisdom • First plan that proposed a government that would have three branches • ...

History 11-20 2013-12-07

History 11-20 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Dr. Martin Luther King was a leader in the civil rights _________ of the 1960’s. He was assassinated by James Earl Ray in the spring of 1968
  2. A “national” is a person who is a citizen of a nation but who lives _______
  3. The right to keep and bear arms is guaranteed by the _______ amendment in the Bill of Rights
  4. The color blue on the U.S. flag stands for reverence and _________
  5. The 1st Amendment guarantees freedom of _______, freedom of religion, and the right to peaceful assemble
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  1. Each _________ consists of a headquarters and at least two platoons
  2. In ROTC there are two kinds of awards given for high performance: unit and _______________ awards.
  3. When the flag is flown at half staff, it is ________ to the peak of the flag pole then lowered to half-staff
  4. or F When the U.S. flag is displayed with other flags from other nations the U.S. flag should be both higher and larger.
  5. The fifth amendment guaranteed the right of citizens to the due ________ of law.
  6. A famous Anti-Federalist was named _______ Jefferson

11 Clues: A famous Anti-Federalist was named _______ Jefferson • The color blue on the U.S. flag stands for reverence and _________ • Each _________ consists of a headquarters and at least two platoons • A “national” is a person who is a citizen of a nation but who lives _______ • The fifth amendment guaranteed the right of citizens to the due ________ of law. • ...

Bill of rights. HADLEIGH AND EMMA B 2022-05-13

Bill of rights. HADLEIGH AND EMMA B crossword puzzle
Across
  1. No blood for
  2. What does a prejudiced
  3. the persian gulf conflict happened in
Down
  1. Whats does ratified mean
  2. how many amendments are there
  3. at first James madison wasn't sure if adding a bill of rights to the constitution was necessary true or false

6 Clues: No blood for • What does a prejudiced • Whats does ratified mean • how many amendments are there • the persian gulf conflict happened in • at first James madison wasn't sure if adding a bill of rights to the constitution was necessary true or false

Comparatives and Superlatives 2023-03-08

Comparatives and Superlatives crossword puzzle
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  1. _____ scored higher than Jessica on his test.
  2. Bill travels the _____ to work.
  3. Jim scored the ______ on his test.
  4. Bill arrives at work ______ than Jessica.
  5. Bill will finish his assignment the ______.
  6. Jim arrives at work the ______.
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  1. Jim will finish his assignment ______ than Jessica.
  2. Jim studies longer than ______.
  3. Bill studies the ________.
  4. Jessica travels ______ than Jim.
  5. Jessica runs ____ fastest.
  6. Bill runs faster _____ Bill.

12 Clues: Bill studies the ________. • Jessica runs ____ fastest. • Bill runs faster _____ Bill. • Jim studies longer than ______. • Bill travels the _____ to work. • Jim arrives at work the ______. • Jessica travels ______ than Jim. • Jim scored the ______ on his test. • Bill arrives at work ______ than Jessica. • Bill will finish his assignment the ______. • ...

Legislative Branch 2022-02-07

Legislative Branch crossword puzzle
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  1. Leader of the Senate
  2. To formally charge and official with misconduct
  3. the two chambers of the legislative branch together
  4. Where the impeachment process starts
  5. Also known as the Elastic Clause. This stretches the power of Congress to include things not written in the Constitution
  6. This is a proposed law
  7. How a person must be to run for FL state Senate or House of Representatives
  8. How old a person must be to run for US Senate
  9. Number of senators in the US Senate per state.
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  1. How old a person must be to run for US House of Representatives
  2. Congress is the only branch of government that can declare this.
  3. The party with less representatives.
  4. The party with the most representatives.
  5. This is what happens after 10 days when the president doesn't sign a bill and Congress is not in session
  6. This type of committee is when the two chambers come together to work on a compromise bill
  7. to reject a bill
  8. This person signs state bills to make them laws
  9. the chamber that has the power of advice and consent
  10. These powers are not written in the Constitution, but Congress still has them
  11. US Congress makes this type of law
  12. How representation for the US House of Representatives is determined
  13. This type of committee is permanent
  14. Florida legislature makes this type of law
  15. The _____________ of the House is the leader of the House of Representatives

24 Clues: to reject a bill • Leader of the Senate • This is a proposed law • US Congress makes this type of law • This type of committee is permanent • The party with less representatives. • Where the impeachment process starts • The party with the most representatives. • Florida legislature makes this type of law • How old a person must be to run for US Senate • ...

CONSTITUTION 2020-09-17

CONSTITUTION crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to officially change or add to something
  2. introduction to and containing goals of the Constitution
  3. means the U.S. gov't makes the highest laws of the land that cannot be ignored
  4. 67% vote of all Congressional members that can undo a presidential veto
  5. fairness provided by courts and trials
  6. peace within the country (controlled by law enforcement)
  7. law making branch of government
  8. one who was against the Constitution
  9. the Constitution is organized into 7
  10. future generations
  11. law making group divided up into 2 houses
  12. happiness and well-being of all (programs paid for by tax dollars)
  13. abbreviation for the state that came up with the "great" compromise of 2 houses
  14. the act of canceling a law
  15. house of Congress that has an equal number of reps (2) per state
  16. the number of reps in the House of Reps is determined by a state's ________.
  17. committee made up of members of both houses to iron out differences in versions of a law
  18. the only national government job that has a life term
  19. number of years they postponed laws about slavery
  20. the Constitutional Convention met to revise the Articles of Confederation because it was too ______.
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  1. branch that interprets laws
  2. one who supported a stronger gov't under the Constitutoin
  3. after a bill is written it must have a _______ in both houses of Congress
  4. the first ten amendments are known as the _____ ____ _______.
  5. the south supported this and threatened to separate from the US if it was abolished
  6. a bill can become a law when the _________ signs it.
  7. 51% of a vote equals the ________
  8. number of slavesto be counted in the population
  9. system that prevented any one branch from having too much power
  10. small state that wanted equal representation of all states in the national gov't
  11. state with a large population that wanted more reps in the national gov't.
  12. person who believed in separation of powers of government into 3 branches
  13. government that divides up powers between a national gov't. and its smaller parts (states)
  14. branch that carries out (enforces) laws
  15. kicking a government official out of office for wrongdoing
  16. returning a runaway from the law from one state to the one seeking the fugitive
  17. freedom (protected in the Bill of Rights and by voting)
  18. a promise or pledge to uphold something
  19. born the type of citizen the president must be
  20. to approve

40 Clues: to approve • future generations • the act of canceling a law • branch that interprets laws • law making branch of government • 51% of a vote equals the ________ • one who was against the Constitution • the Constitution is organized into 7 • fairness provided by courts and trials • branch that carries out (enforces) laws • a promise or pledge to uphold something • ...

Lesson 1.4 - Our Healthcare System 2020-09-10

Lesson 1.4 - Our Healthcare System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. summary of a patient’s rights regarding fair treatment and appropriate information
  2. medical providers who are extensively trained in one or two areas of health
  3. the amount you pay for healthcare services each year before your insurance company begins to take on the cost
  4. a medication that can be made by many different companies; costs less than brand-name medicines but may be just as effective
  5. a regular doctor who provides checkups, screenings, treatments, and prescriptions
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  1. a healthcare establishment where patients receive diagnosis or treatment, but do not reside overnight
  2. law passed in 2010 to expand access to insurance, address cost reduction and affordability, improve the quality of healthcare, and introduce the Patient’s Bill of Rights
  3. a hospital where patients reside overnight while receiving diagnosis, treatment, surgery, therapy, and rehabilitation
  4. a regular fee paid in exchange for insurance services

9 Clues: a regular fee paid in exchange for insurance services • medical providers who are extensively trained in one or two areas of health • a regular doctor who provides checkups, screenings, treatments, and prescriptions • summary of a patient’s rights regarding fair treatment and appropriate information • ...

keilys puzzle 2022-09-30

keilys puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. empire: Transoceanic empires that use the ocean and technological advances that eventually led to the colonization of other land and its people.
  2. d'etat: the sudden, violent overthrow of an existing government by a small group.
  3. rights: rights that cannot be taken away from someone
  4. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
  5. Nzinga: the monarch of the Mbundu people, was a resilient leader who fought against the Portuguese and their expanding slave trade in Central Africa.
  6. of rights: Comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. James Madison wrote the amendments, which list specific prohibitions on governmental power, in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties.
  7. of terror: The Reign of Terror, also called the Terror, was a period of state-sanctioned violence and mass executions during the French Revolution. Between Sept. 5, 1793, and July 27, 1794, France's revolutionary government ordered the arrest and execution of thousands of people.
  8. the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.
  9. Robespierre: Robespierre led as a dictator and used fear to control the people of France. His rule became known as the Reign of Terror. Robespierre killed anyone who opposed his ideas.
  10. of Exploration: beginning in the 1400s and continuing through the 1600s, it was a period of time when the European nations began “exploring” the world. They identified new routes to India, much of the Far East, and the Americas.
  11. sovereignty: the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power.
  12. General: a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm summoned by Louis XVI to propose solutions to France's financial problems. It ended when the Third Estate formed into a National Assembly, signaling the outbreak of the French Revolution.
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  1. L’Ouverture: born a slave in the French colony of Saint Domingue (later named Haiti), was well educated and skilled in military matters and politics. He led the people of Haiti into revolution against the French.
  2. the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
  3. slave trade: The transatlantic slave trade was an oceanic trade in African men, women, and children which lasted from the mid-sixteenth century until the 1860s. The trafficking was initiated by the Portuguese and Spanish especially after the settlement of sugar plantations in the Americas.
  4. a philosophical movement of the 18th century, characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine.
  5. Exchange: The Columbian Exchange refers to the exchange of diseases, ideas, food, crops, and populations between the New World and the Old World following the voyage to the Americas by Christo pher Columbus in 1492.
  6. Bonaparte: A popular general, Napoleon Bonaparte came to power after a coup d'état in 1799. A coupd’état is a sudden seizure and/or shift of power in a country. In this case, Napoleon seized control of France from the Jacobins. He ruled France under a dictatorship.
  7. Contract: an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection.

19 Clues: rights: rights that cannot be taken away from someone • d'etat: the sudden, violent overthrow of an existing government by a small group. • the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct. • the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area. • ...

Jennifer's Crossword-Puzzle 2022-09-30

Jennifer's Crossword-Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Robespierre: Robespierre led as a dictator and used fear to control the people of France. His rule became known as the Reign of Terror. Robespierre killed anyone who opposed his ideas.
  2. of terror: The Reign of Terror, also called the Terror, was a period of state-sanctioned violence and mass executions during the French Revolution. Between Sept. 5, 1793, and July 27, 1794, France's revolutionary government ordered the arrest and execution of thousands of people.
  3. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
  4. Contract: an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection.
  5. sovereignty: the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power.
  6. slave trade: The transatlantic slave trade was an oceanic trade in African men, women, and children which lasted from the mid-sixteenth century until the 1860s. The trafficking was initiated by the Portuguese and Spanish especially after the settlement of sugar plantations in the Americas.
  7. L’Ouverture: born a slave in the French colony of Saint Domingue (later named Haiti), was well educated and skilled in military matters and politics. He led the people of Haiti into revolution against the French.
  8. Exchange: The Columbian Exchange refers to the exchange of diseases, ideas, food, crops, and populations between the New World and the Old World following the voyage to the Americas by Christo pher Columbus in 1492.
  9. Bonaparte: A popular general, Napoleon Bonaparte came to power after a coup d'état in 1799. A coupd’état is a sudden seizure and/or shift of power in a country. In this case, Napoleon seized control of France from the Jacobins. He ruled France under a dictatorship.
  10. sovereignty: the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power.
  11. rights: rights that cannot be taken away from someone
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  1. General: a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm summoned by Louis XVI to propose solutions to France's financial problems. It ended when the Third Estate formed into a National Assembly, signaling the outbreak of the French Revolution.
  2. a philosophical movement of the 18th century, characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine.
  3. the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.
  4. empire: Transoceanic empires that use the ocean and technological advances that eventually led to the colonization of other land and its people.
  5. of rights: Comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. James Madison wrote the amendments, which list specific prohibitions on governmental power, in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties.
  6. the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
  7. Nzinga: the monarch of the Mbundu people, was a resilient leader who fought against the Portuguese and their expanding slave trade in Central Africa.
  8. d'etat: the sudden, violent overthrow of an existing government by a small group.
  9. of Exploration: beginning in the 1400s and continuing through the 1600s, it was a period of time when the European nations began “exploring” the world. They identified new routes to India, much of the Far East, and the Americas.

20 Clues: rights: rights that cannot be taken away from someone • d'etat: the sudden, violent overthrow of an existing government by a small group. • the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct. • the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area. • ...

The 6th Amendment 2014-11-20

The 6th Amendment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. in a court this person must be unbiased
  2. a man found guilty of not paying for a few beverages and stealing $5
  3. people who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place
  4. in order for the Miranda rights to apply, you must be ____ and questioned
  5. if you ____ answer before a police officer asks you questions the Miranda rights do no apply
  6. you have the right to have a ____ that defends you
  7. in 1961, you were only ____ a free lawyer if your crimes were extreme, like murder
  8. you have the right to know what you've been ____ of and why you are ____
  9. showing no prejudice for or against something; impartial
  10. the opposite of private
Down
  1. the Miranda rights does not apply when there is ____
  2. the Miranda rights must be given to you ____ the arrest
  3. a warning given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody
  4. the Miranda rights gives you the right to remain ____
  5. the Miranda rights must be given to you ____ the interragation
  6. the man who was charged of kidnapping, rape, and robbery
  7. Clarence Gideon stated ____ should have a lawyer
  8. you have to rights for a ____ and public trial
  9. a body of people (typically twelve in number)sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court
  10. you have the right to ____ your witnesses

20 Clues: the opposite of private • in a court this person must be unbiased • you have the right to ____ your witnesses • you have to rights for a ____ and public trial • Clarence Gideon stated ____ should have a lawyer • you have the right to have a ____ that defends you • the Miranda rights does not apply when there is ____ • ...

The 6th Amendment 2014-11-20

The 6th Amendment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. You have to rights for a ____ and public trial.
  2. A man found guilty of not paying for a few beverages and stealing $5.
  3. The opposite of private.
  4. In order for the Miranda rights to apply, you must be ____ and questioned.
  5. In a court this person must be unbiased.
  6. Clarence Gideon stated ____ should have a lawyer.
  7. In 1961, you were only ____ a free lawyer if your crimes were extreme, like murder.
  8. People who see an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.
  9. You have the right to have a ____ that defends you.
  10. The Miranda rights must be given to you ____ the interragation.
Down
  1. The Miranda rights does not apply when there is ____.
  2. The man who was charged of kidnapping, rape, and robbery.
  3. A warning given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody.
  4. A body of people (typically 12)sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on basis of evidence given in court.
  5. You have the right to ____ your witnesses.
  6. Showing no prejudice for or against something;impartial.
  7. You have the right to know what you've been ____ of and why you are ____.
  8. The Miranda rights must be given to you ____ the arrest.
  9. If you ____ answer before a police officer asks you questions the Miranda rights do no apply.
  10. The Miranda rights gives you the right to remain ____.

20 Clues: The opposite of private. • In a court this person must be unbiased. • You have the right to ____ your witnesses. • You have to rights for a ____ and public trial. • Clarence Gideon stated ____ should have a lawyer. • You have the right to have a ____ that defends you. • The Miranda rights does not apply when there is ____. • ...

Revolutionary Characters 2015-10-14

Revolutionary Characters crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First women to win freedom in a Massachusetts court
  2. 1st president of the United States of America
  3. A document dividing the territory north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi river
  4. The author of the Virginia Bill of Rights
  5. Infants born to a slave mother were to be freed at the age of 28
  6. The year the Articles of Confederation was approved
  7. The year the first women won freedom
  8. A league of 6 tribes
  9. A third land act in 1787
  10. The amount of free black men and women living in New Jersey in 1790
  11. The belief of changing the European monarchy style government to a democracy type
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  1. The amount of slaves George Washington owned
  2. A document that tribes tried to get rid of because it was signatures were coerced
  3. When did George Washington let his slaves go
  4. The year every state adopted the Gradual Emancipation law
  5. 1st set of laws made by Congress
  6. First 10 amendments to the Constitution
  7. The Governments Superintendent of Finance in 1782
  8. Type of import tax
  9. George Washington's role in the army
  10. The percentage of Impost tax

21 Clues: Type of import tax • A league of 6 tribes • A third land act in 1787 • The percentage of Impost tax • 1st set of laws made by Congress • The year the first women won freedom • George Washington's role in the army • First 10 amendments to the Constitution • The author of the Virginia Bill of Rights • The amount of slaves George Washington owned • ...

Jack Neeser 1B Gov. 2023-09-18

Jack Neeser 1B Gov. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. helped draft the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
  2. promised to support the Bill of Rights.
  3. advocated for a strong delineation between state and federal government powers.
  4. wrote the bulk of the essays that argued most convincingly for ratification.
  5. introduced the New Jersey Plan.
  6. lended the constitution unanimous support.
  7. contributed to the great compromise.
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  1. published his persuasive Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America.
  2. helped pave the way to the Federal Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
  3. led the Anti-Federalists at the Virginia ratifying convention in opposing the Constitution.
  4. wrote a methodical assessment of the proposed United States Constitution that was among the more important documents of the ratification debate.
  5. served on the committee that drafted the new Massachusetts Constitution of 1780.
  6. provided the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
  7. urged the people of New York not to ratify the Constitution and therefore give up powers to the government.

14 Clues: introduced the New Jersey Plan. • contributed to the great compromise. • promised to support the Bill of Rights. • lended the constitution unanimous support. • helped draft the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. • provided the first ten amendments to the Constitution. • wrote the bulk of the essays that argued most convincingly for ratification. • ...

lola taylor Enlightenment and Revolution Crossword 2022-12-21

lola taylor Enlightenment and Revolution Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. simple elegant music
  2. to make sure legeal branches dont have to much power
  3. beleives people are born with natural rights
  4. applied reason and logic to people and society
  5. thinkers of the enlightenment
  6. idea that everyone has undeniable rights
  7. contract between people and government
  8. grand extravagant music
  9. major thinkers of the time
  10. studied astronomy with a telescope
  11. satirist sponsered tolerence libery freedom relegion/speech
  12. rights people are born with
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  1. wrote declaration of independence
  2. russian ruler
  3. knowledge verifiable by experiment experience or first-hand observation
  4. absolute ruler
  5. gravity and laws of motion
  6. believed too much power will lead to tyranny
  7. the first 10 amendments/ our rights
  8. social parties
  9. wrote about womens rights
  10. sun centered solar system
  11. change in thinking about the natural world using observation
  12. divided government system
  13. goverenment should exist for the people
  14. earth centered solarsystem

26 Clues: russian ruler • absolute ruler • social parties • simple elegant music • grand extravagant music • wrote about womens rights • sun centered solar system • divided government system • gravity and laws of motion • earth centered solarsystem • major thinkers of the time • rights people are born with • thinkers of the enlightenment • wrote declaration of independence • ...

atm 2018-06-06

atm crossword puzzle
Across
  1. amy
  2. beth
  3. larry
  4. sara
  5. carissa
  6. jim
  7. denis
  8. gabrielle
  9. terry
  10. will
  11. ben
  12. andy
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  1. ry
  2. melissa
  3. chris
  4. kristin
  5. shane
  6. david
  7. andrew
  8. matt
  9. ellen
  10. deanna
  11. bill

23 Clues: ry • amy • jim • ben • beth • sara • matt • bill • will • andy • chris • shane • larry • david • ellen • denis • terry • andrew • deanna • melissa • kristin • carissa • gabrielle

SOCIAL SCIENCES BIMESTRAL EVALUATION 2024-11-13

SOCIAL SCIENCES BIMESTRAL EVALUATION crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Defended the collective will and the participation of citizens; his ideas inspired movements such as the French Revolution.
  2. Form of government where citizens delegate their power to representatives, so they can make decisions on their behalf. The Constitution is a main characteristic of this form of government.
  3. You need three requirements to get it: nationality, minimum age (18), and having a decent and honest life.
  4. Common value that all human beings share.
  5. A geographically defined area where the State exercises its authority. ((Characteristic of the State)
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  1. Form of government where one leader has the absolute control and power over the State and its people.
  2. Believed that the State’s job was to ensure individual rights; he inspired modern democracy, such as the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.
  3. Book written by Thomas Hobbes.
  4. The State is occupied by people that live within the same territory. (Characteristic of the State)
  5. Rules that regulate the behavior of people in society.

10 Clues: Book written by Thomas Hobbes. • Common value that all human beings share. • Rules that regulate the behavior of people in society. • The State is occupied by people that live within the same territory. (Characteristic of the State) • Form of government where one leader has the absolute control and power over the State and its people. • ...

The 6th Amendment 2014-11-20

The 6th Amendment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Miranda rights gives you the right to remain ____.
  2. You have the right to have a ____ that defends you.
  3. The man who was charged of kidnapping, rape, and robbery.
  4. The opposite of private.
  5. In 1961, you were only ____ a free lawyer if your crimes were extreme, like murder.
  6. A body of people (typically 12)sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on basis of evidence given in court.
  7. The Miranda rights must be given to you ____ the arrest.
  8. A warning given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody.
  9. You have the right to ____ your witnesses.
  10. In a court this person must be unbiased.
Down
  1. People who see an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.
  2. A man found guilty of not paying for a few beverages and stealing $5.
  3. The Miranda rights must be given to you ____ the interragation.
  4. If you ____ answer before a police officer asks you questions the Miranda rights do no apply.
  5. Clarence Gideon stated ____ should have a lawyer.
  6. The Miranda rights does not apply when there is ____.
  7. In order for the Miranda rights to apply, you must be ____ and questioned.
  8. Showing no prejudice for or against something;impartial.
  9. You have the right to know what you've been ____ of and why you are ____.
  10. You have to rights for a ____ and public trial.

20 Clues: The opposite of private. • In a court this person must be unbiased. • You have the right to ____ your witnesses. • You have to rights for a ____ and public trial. • Clarence Gideon stated ____ should have a lawyer. • You have the right to have a ____ that defends you. • The Miranda rights does not apply when there is ____. • ...

Founding Documents and Branches of Government 2021-09-28

Founding Documents and Branches of Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. name of the war fought between Great Britain and the US Colonies
  2. An official act taken by the 13 original American colonies in declaring ___________ from British rule
  3. The first 10 Amendments make up the "Bill of ______"
  4. The Senate and House of Representatives are a part of the _________ branch
  5. states the purpose of the document and Government
  6. At the Constitutional ________
  7. set up how the Government is organized and how the Constitution can be changed
  8. these are the changes that have made, since it was created.
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  1. The president belongs to the _______ branch
  2. There are _____ justices that sit on the Supreme Court.
  3. The preamble begins with "We the ________"
  4. The president serves as the _________ in Chief
  5. What group was most recently granted the right to vote?
  6. There were how many British Colonies?
  7. The ______ President breaks the tie-vote for the Senate.
  8. debated what should be included in the US Constitution
  9. How many senators does each state get?

17 Clues: At the Constitutional ________ • There were how many British Colonies? • How many senators does each state get? • The preamble begins with "We the ________" • The president belongs to the _______ branch • The president serves as the _________ in Chief • states the purpose of the document and Government • The first 10 Amendments make up the "Bill of ______" • ...

Zion Mihalic Final Government Crossword 1-7-22 2022-01-07

Zion Mihalic Final Government Crossword 1-7-22 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. political party that is more right.
  2. disagreement brought to courts for a resolution.
  3. elections happen every time during this month.
  4. when congress passes a law.
  5. collection of all efforts a candidate makes to win an election.
  6. what does AG stand for?
  7. the people who come up with the idea of a bill.
  8. when the government spends more money than it brings in
  9. introduces a bill to the floor of the senate.
  10. when a candidate states that he or she is planning to run for president.
  11. change to the constitution.
  12. lets citizens propose laws directly.
  13. when the government brings in more money than it spends
  14. laws that make a citizens actions a crime.
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  1. A draft of a law.
  2. one major political party.
  3. when voters vote try to get a politician out by voting to replace him/her.
  4. group of advisers for the president.
  5. someone that represents the party views of a state at a national convention.
  6. people who work out the differences in the two versions of a bill, and then submits it to the government.
  7. political party that us more left.
  8. when there is no jury so a judge gives the verdict.
  9. a young person found guilty of a crime
  10. how many judges are in the supreme court?
  11. three judges hearing an appeals case.

25 Clues: A draft of a law. • what does AG stand for? • one major political party. • when congress passes a law. • change to the constitution. • political party that us more left. • political party that is more right. • group of advisers for the president. • lets citizens propose laws directly. • three judges hearing an appeals case. • a young person found guilty of a crime • ...

Toucan 2021-06-09

Toucan crossword puzzle
Across
  1. They have 4__, 2 pointing forward and 2 backward
  2. They don't_____because they live in warm weather
  3. The bill scares away animals but is only for___
  4. They eat mostly _____
  5. The Toucan uses its____to help reach and peel fruits
  6. At night they curl up and tuck the bill in its__
Down
  1. The bill is used as a _____ tool
  2. The hunters of Toucans are _____
  3. They have ____ in side of the holes of trees
  4. The Toucan____from tree to tree and doesn't fly much
  5. They live in South America in the _____jungle
  6. They live in _____which is about 6 Toucans
  7. Humans like to keep them as _____

13 Clues: They eat mostly _____ • The bill is used as a _____ tool • The hunters of Toucans are _____ • Humans like to keep them as _____ • They live in _____which is about 6 Toucans • They have ____ in side of the holes of trees • They live in South America in the _____jungle • The bill scares away animals but is only for___ • They have 4__, 2 pointing forward and 2 backward • ...

Government 2015-10-02

Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A king or queen of a country.
  2. A group of Senators, Members of Parliament, or both, selected to study a specific subject or bill and write a report about it.
  3. All political parties and independent Members who do not belong to the governing party.
  4. A person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country
  5. A meeting of the Senate or of the House of Commons within a session. Usually one day long, although a sitting can last for only a matter of minutes or may extend over a several days.
  6. Bills that are passed by Parliament.
  7. To choose a representative in an election.
  8. To change or improve something; for example, a law or an Act of Parliament
  9. A member of the senate or House of Commons who does not belong to a political party.
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  1. Canada's _______ is composed of the Monarch. the Senate and the House of Commons.
  2. The political party with the most members elected to the House of Commons usually forms the ________.
  3. A group made up of all Senators and Members of Parliament from the same political party. They meet regularly
  4. A person who speaks for you
  5. To pick one person from a group of several people by voting. The person with the most votes is elected.
  6. A person appointed to the Upper House of Parliament by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime minister. A Senator represents a region of Canada.
  7. A word used for the stages during which a bill is debated in Parliament before it is passed to become a law.
  8. A discussion in which the arguments for and against a subject are presented according to specific rules. Discussions in the Senate and the House of Commons are called ______.

17 Clues: A person who speaks for you • A king or queen of a country. • Bills that are passed by Parliament. • To choose a representative in an election. • A person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country • To change or improve something; for example, a law or an Act of Parliament • ...

APUSH Review 2025-04-30

APUSH Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Unofficial policy of relaxed royal control over colonial trade and only weak enforcement of Navigation Laws
  2. Religious revival that swept the colonies
  3. Policy of rewarding political supporters with public office, first widely employed at the federal level by Andrew Jackson.
  4. Determined that each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of apportioning taxes and representation.
  5. Notion that the sovereign people of a given territory should decide whether to allow slavery
  6. Supreme Court case that established the principle of “judicial review”—the idea that the Supreme Court had the final authority to determine constitutionality.
  7. Gathering of feminist activists in 1848 where Elizabeth Cady Stanton read her “Declaration of Sentiments,” stating that “all men and women are created equal.”
  8. first American constitution that established the United States as a loose confederation of states under a weak national Congress, which was not granted the power to regulate commerce or collect taxes.
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  1. Opponents of the 1787 Constitution who objected to the subordination of the states to the central government and feared encroachment on individuals’ liberties in the absence of a bill of rights.
  2. Constitutional amendment that extended civil rights to freedmen and prohibited States from taking away such rights without due process.
  3. Decree issued by Parliament in the wake of Pontiac’s uprising, prohibiting settlement beyond the Appalachians.
  4. Established the principle that truthful statements about public officials could not be prosecuted as libel.
  5. Failed proposal to prohibit the importation of slaves into Missouri territory and pave the way for gradual emancipation.
  6. Ordered the removal of Indian Tribes still residing east of the Mississippi to newly established Indian Territory west of Arkansas and Missouri.
  7. Amendment that sought to prohibit slavery from territories acquired from Mexico.
  8. Thomas Paine’s pamphlet urging the colonies to declare independence and establish a republican government.
  9. The transfer of goods, crops and diseases between New and Old World societies after 1492.
  10. Agricultural system employed by North American Indians as early as 1000 a.d.; maize, beans, and squash were grown together to maximize yields.
  11. Popular name for the period of one-party, Republican, rule during James Monroe’s presidency.
  12. Prohibited states from denying citizens the franchise on account of race.
  13. Constitutional amendment prohibiting all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude.
  14. Belief that the United States was destined by God to spread its “empire of liberty” across North America.
  15. exchange of rum, slaves, and molasses between the North American Colonies, Africa, and the West Indies
  16. Laws passed throughout the South to restrict the rights of emancipated blacks, particularly with respect to negotiating labor contracts.

24 Clues: Religious revival that swept the colonies • Prohibited states from denying citizens the franchise on account of race. • Amendment that sought to prohibit slavery from territories acquired from Mexico. • Constitutional amendment prohibiting all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude. • ...

Gov Unit 1 Vocab 2025-01-06

Gov Unit 1 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures.
  2. 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1789 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
  3. Personal freedoms that the government cannot abridge, particularly those guarantees found in the Bill of Rights.
  4. First ten amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing individual liberties and due process of law.
  5. Sovereignty A belief that ultimate power of government resides in the people of a nation. "Rule by the People"
  6. A form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws.
  7. An early political party headed by Thomas Jefferson; stood for less centralized government
  8. Agreement during the Constitutional Convention that Congress should be composed of a Senate, in which States would be represented equally, and a House, in which representation would be based on a State's population. AKA The Great Compromise
  9. A person appointed or elected to represent others
  10. An agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed
  11. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
  12. A document which spells out the principles (rules) by which a government runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society
  13. 1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.
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  1. of Powers an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
  2. Government The idea that certain restrictions should be placed on government to protect the natural rights of citizens.
  3. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
  4. The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population. Favored small states.
  5. 1689 laws protecting the rights of English subjects and Parliament
  6. The institution through which a society makes and enforces its ideals
  7. Formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty
  8. the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215
  9. 1776 statement, issued by the Second Continental Congress, explaining why the colonies wanted independence from Britain.
  10. "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress based on Population. The plan favored larger states.
  11. a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state.
  12. A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses

25 Clues: A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses • A person appointed or elected to represent others • 1689 laws protecting the rights of English subjects and Parliament • The institution through which a society makes and enforces its ideals • A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments • ...

New South 2016-01-06

New South crossword puzzle
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  1. Party A political party formed in the late 1800's by labor organizations and the Farmer's Alliance
  2. Frank Jewish Superintendent of the National Pencil Company (Atlanta) charged with the murder of 14 year old Mary Phagan
  3. Triumvirate The name given to three GA leaders (Joseph e. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, John B. Gordon)
  4. v. Ferguson 1896 Supreme Court case which ruled that segregation public places facilities were legal as long as the facilities were equal
  5. Cotton Exposition The three month long exhibits promoting cotton and other agriculture products
  6. Amendment An amendment to the US Constitution that gave women the right to vote (ratified 1920)
  7. Dubois Atlanta University Professor that believed truth and knowledge would help different races accept and understand each other (through social and political integration)
  8. South A term coined by Henry W. Grady and used to describe the Southern states after Reconstruction
  9. The legal right to vote, extended to African Americans by the Fifteenth Amendment, to women by the Nineteenth Amendment, and to people over the age of 18 by the Twenty-sixth Amendment.
  10. T. Washington Civil Rights Leader; President of Tuskegee Institute; believed that economic independence was the only road to social and political equality
  11. Unit System A procedure for primaries that gave the more populous counties more unit votes; established by the Neill Primary Act
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  1. Watson Developed the Rural free Delivery (RFD) Bill; supported rights for African Americans for votes but later changed sides and opposed minority rights
  2. Frank Case A Jewish man in Atlanta was placed on trial and convicted of raping and murdering a thirteen-year-old girl
  3. A separation by race
  4. Grady "Voice of the South" was the manager of the Atlanta constitution who wrote insightful and controversial editorials, one of the planners for the Atlanta International Cotton Exposition
  5. Journalists who wrote about injustices and exposed the filth of society
  6. An illegal hanging, usually by a mob
  7. Crow Laws Laws passed in the South to establish "separate-but-equal" facilities for whites and for blacks
  8. Atlanta Riot White mobs killed dozens of blacks, wounded scores of others, and inflicted considerable property damage
  9. Herndon African American entrepreneur that owned the Atlanta Mutual Insurance Company (one of the largest African American owned businesses in US today.)

20 Clues: A separation by race • An illegal hanging, usually by a mob • Journalists who wrote about injustices and exposed the filth of society • Cotton Exposition The three month long exhibits promoting cotton and other agriculture products • Amendment An amendment to the US Constitution that gave women the right to vote (ratified 1920) • ...

Creating the Constitution (Sylvia & Sadie) 2018-05-07

Creating the Constitution (Sylvia & Sadie) crossword puzzle
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  1. Leader of the Annapolis delegates
  2. the hall In Philadelphia where the Constitutional Convention happened
  3. Famous scientist and statesman, lent wits and wisdom
  4. The compromise where 3/5 of the slave population are counted when setting taxes on states
  5. Father of the Constitution, wrote Bill of Rights
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  1. Every state gets an equal number of votes in the Senate but representation in the House of Representatives is based on population
  2. First plan that proposed a government that would have three branches
  3. The meeting state for the Constitutional Convention
  4. Ambassador to France who happened to write the Declaraton of Independence
  5. Governer of Virginia, spoke early in the convention

10 Clues: Leader of the Annapolis delegates • Father of the Constitution, wrote Bill of Rights • The meeting state for the Constitutional Convention • Governer of Virginia, spoke early in the convention • Famous scientist and statesman, lent wits and wisdom • First plan that proposed a government that would have three branches • ...

Government Terms Crossword Puzzle 2022-05-23

Government Terms Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. A proposed law or policy.
  2. How the government gets money from the people
  3. A legal person of the United States.
  4. Men who wrote the Constitution.
  5. Party with more than half of the seats
  6. Group of people with the same beliefs
  7. When the federal government requires State to do something
  8. An economic depression
  9. Right to political power
  10. A legal document for petition
  11. Increase in monetary value without actually increasing
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  1. When a minority Senate holds the floor so the Majority kills the bill
  2. An election to determine a parties nominee
  3. Members of the House & Senate
  4. A system of government where power is shared by State and Nation
  5. A government form where the people vote on candidates
  6. A law passed by a government body
  7. Party with less than half of the seats
  8. An election that is not a presidential election
  9. A release from criminal punishment
  10. When the president disapproves of a bill

21 Clues: An economic depression • Right to political power • A proposed law or policy. • Members of the House & Senate • A legal document for petition • Men who wrote the Constitution. • A law passed by a government body • A release from criminal punishment • A legal person of the United States. • Group of people with the same beliefs • Party with less than half of the seats • ...

americans v british 2022-01-14

americans v british crossword puzzle
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  1. torch
  2. maize
  3. aubergine
  4. postbox
  5. tube
  6. tin
  7. pavement
  8. football
  9. railway
  10. biscuit
  11. taxi
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  1. queue
  2. boot
  3. film
  4. note
  5. mad
  6. zip
  7. trainers
  8. post
  9. bill
  10. jumper
  11. padestrian
  12. sweet

23 Clues: mad • zip • tin • boot • film • note • tube • post • bill • taxi • torch • queue • maize • sweet • jumper • postbox • railway • biscuit • trainers • pavement • football • aubergine • padestrian

British vs American 2022-01-14

British vs American crossword puzzle
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  1. crazy
  2. can
  3. allowance
  4. sweater
  5. eggplant
  6. intersection
  7. gas
  8. trash
  9. apartment
  10. trunk
  11. line
  12. sidewalk
  13. elevator
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  1. autumn
  2. schedule
  3. zipper
  4. freeway
  5. bill
  6. closet
  7. check
  8. backpack
  9. eraser
  10. zucchini

23 Clues: can • gas • bill • line • crazy • check • trash • trunk • autumn • zipper • closet • eraser • freeway • sweater • schedule • eggplant • backpack • zucchini • sidewalk • elevator • allowance • apartment • intersection

Bill Clinton 2024-05-28

Bill Clinton crossword puzzle
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  1. What was the full name of Bill Clinton's opponent from the republican party during the 1996 presidential election?
  2. Where was Bill Clinton born?
  3. What was Hillary Clinton's surname prior to marrying Bill Clinton?
  4. NAFTA eliminated _ on products sold between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.
  5. Did Bill Clinton serve one or two terms?
  6. Bill Clinton wanted to pass a bill in 1993 to help the middle class with this form of aid.
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  1. What does the "F" in NAFTA stand for?
  2. who was the 46th speaker of the house?
  3. The 27th amendment was incepted to try and combat corruption in this branch of the government.
  4. Was Bill Clinton a Democrat or Republican?

10 Clues: Where was Bill Clinton born? • What does the "F" in NAFTA stand for? • who was the 46th speaker of the house? • Did Bill Clinton serve one or two terms? • Was Bill Clinton a Democrat or Republican? • What was Hillary Clinton's surname prior to marrying Bill Clinton? • NAFTA eliminated _ on products sold between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. • ...

Rights 2018-12-14

Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. group of people who shot Malala
  2. Malala lives in _____
  3. How old is Malala today
  4. ____ for school
  5. How old was Malala shot
  6. Name of the book we read
  7. Many people have to ____ to school
  8. people want to build more
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  1. ¨Its your ____
  2. award given to someone once a year
  3. author of our book
  4. Schools don't have _____ water
  5. _______ Nations
  6. ¨Right to your _____¨
  7. girl shot for speaking up

15 Clues: ¨Its your ____ • _______ Nations • ____ for school • author of our book • Malala lives in _____ • ¨Right to your _____¨ • How old is Malala today • How old was Malala shot • Name of the book we read • girl shot for speaking up • people want to build more • Schools don't have _____ water • group of people who shot Malala • award given to someone once a year • ...

Rights 2018-12-14

Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. there aren't enough of these in schools
  2. Schools dont have clean __
  3. __ Helps Fight Poverty
  4. Where Malala grew up
  5. The amendment that allows you to own guns
  6. __thousand girls are married before eighteen
  7. in the 20th century, women could finally do this
  8. The gender that is considered as the "bad gender"
  9. __ of America
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  1. Woman who was shot in the head for speaking out for women's rights
  2. Many schools aren't __ for kids with disablities
  3. what malala was shot for
  4. The name of the list of rights for citizens of the US
  5. __`and fifty million kids live with a mental or physical disability
  6. __ Peace Prize

15 Clues: __ of America • __ Peace Prize • Where Malala grew up • __ Helps Fight Poverty • what malala was shot for • Schools dont have clean __ • there aren't enough of these in schools • The amendment that allows you to own guns • __thousand girls are married before eighteen • Many schools aren't __ for kids with disablities • in the 20th century, women could finally do this • ...

Rights 2018-12-14

Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. if you don´t agree with something you can ____ peacefully
  2. you to have a right to have a ____ that identifies you
  3. safe from harm
  4. Having a say
  5. someone who is keen to get on at work
  6. someone who works hard
  7. shot in the head by Taliban
  8. the right to not die
  9. if safe you should be allowed to live with both _____
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  1. someone who takes care over work they are given to do
  2. someone who is enthusiastic to do something
  3. who you choose to hang out with
  4. having belief in yourself
  5. what everyone should have
  6. everyone should be treated _____

15 Clues: Having a say • safe from harm • the right to not die • someone who works hard • having belief in yourself • what everyone should have • shot in the head by Taliban • who you choose to hang out with • everyone should be treated _____ • someone who is keen to get on at work • someone who is enthusiastic to do something • someone who takes care over work they are given to do • ...

Rights 2018-12-13

Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. slavery was ___ a very long time ago by Abraham Licnoln
  2. at this age girls are allowed to get married in the United States
  3. we are all ___
  4. in some places families would rather have a son than a _____
  5. what Malala stood up for
  6. ___nations
  7. the state in which access to rights or opportunities is unaffected by gender
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  1. shot by Taliban
  2. ____ countries in the world still legally restrict women's movement (p.g. 137)
  3. author of book
  4. when most women obtained the right to vote (p.g. 139)
  5. kids have the right to be protected from ___ (#11 on page from yesterday)
  6. ___amendment about guns
  7. everyone under ___ has these rights (on page of rights from yesterday)
  8. ___Malala

15 Clues: ___Malala • ___nations • author of book • we are all ___ • shot by Taliban • ___amendment about guns • what Malala stood up for • when most women obtained the right to vote (p.g. 139) • slavery was ___ a very long time ago by Abraham Licnoln • in some places families would rather have a son than a _____ • at this age girls are allowed to get married in the United States • ...

Rights 2018-12-13

Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. shot by Talibans while on a bus
  2. _________ Nations
  3. ____ is still allowed in some countries
  4. Women produce _____ percent of all the food in the world
  5. ___ amendment about guns
  6. Women voted in Pakinstan in the year ______
  7. The legal age for girls to get married in Ohio
  8. author of the textbook
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  1. In ______ women can't drive even with the permission of their husband
  2. Why aren't _____ in school
  3. What year did women get the right to vote
  4. Who did Malala help to get an education
  5. In the year ___eighteen every state in the U.S. had laws requiring kids to go to elementary and finish elementary school
  6. What is the legal age for girls to get married in Massachusetts
  7. In at least ____ women do not have the same inheritance rights as their brothers

15 Clues: _________ Nations • author of the textbook • ___ amendment about guns • Why aren't _____ in school • shot by Talibans while on a bus • Who did Malala help to get an education • ____ is still allowed in some countries • What year did women get the right to vote • Women voted in Pakinstan in the year ______ • The legal age for girls to get married in Ohio • ...

RiGhTs 2018-12-13

RiGhTs crossword puzzle
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  1. have to listen to you seriously
  2. no one is allowed to ______ you
  3. you are allowed to be helped by _______ if you are homeless
  4. the country where women can not step out the door
  5. you always have these every day
  6. you have the right to___ and rest
  7. zack _______
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  1. you have the right to be protected from it
  2. everyone has them
  3. _____ have the right to privacy
  4. you have the right to be raised by your____ if possible
  5. You have the right to be free from ___ abuse
  6. uni___
  7. you have the right to give you
  8. Everyone under 18 has ___ rights

15 Clues: uni___ • zack _______ • everyone has them • you have the right to give you • _____ have the right to privacy • have to listen to you seriously • no one is allowed to ______ you • you always have these every day • Everyone under 18 has ___ rights • you have the right to___ and rest • you have the right to be protected from it • You have the right to be free from ___ abuse • ...

Rights 2018-12-13

Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. having a say in something
  2. a skill to do something
  3. you have the right to not die
  4. you have the right to live with both of your _______
  5. you have the right to a ____ that identifies you
  6. safe from harm
  7. to reject
  8. shot in the head by Taliban
  9. what everyone should have
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  1. have the right to believe in yourself
  2. you can choose who you want to hang out with
  3. decision on what you do
  4. if you don't agree with something you can _______ peacefully
  5. the state of being free from public attention
  6. everyone should be treated _____

15 Clues: to reject • safe from harm • a skill to do something • decision on what you do • having a say in something • what everyone should have • shot in the head by Taliban • you have the right to not die • everyone should be treated _____ • have the right to believe in yourself • you can choose who you want to hang out with • the state of being free from public attention • ...

Rights 2018-12-13

Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. Pakistan girl who stood up for Childrens education rights
  2. The person who split the peace prize with Malala is from ____
  3. Everyone under 18 has these rights
  4. This woman helped Black people start standing up for themselves starting with not getting up out of her seat on the bus
  5. You have the right to be raised by your parents
  6. You have the right to be protected from kidnapping
  7. You have the right to br protected from abuse
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  1. You have the right to play and rest
  2. This president had Polio(Type initials)
  3. The last name of the author who wrote the book we are reading
  4. you have the right to privacy
  5. You have the right to give your opinion and for adults to take it seriously
  6. The kid who helped so many homeless children that started with a red wagon
  7. Man who stood up for black rights(Type Initials)
  8. You have the right to be alive

15 Clues: you have the right to privacy • You have the right to be alive • Everyone under 18 has these rights • You have the right to play and rest • This president had Polio(Type initials) • You have the right to br protected from abuse • You have the right to be raised by your parents • Man who stood up for black rights(Type Initials) • ...

BCL M3 Vocabulary 2021-11-21

BCL M3 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. - government exercise absolute power on all aspects of life and take away the rights of individual citizens
  2. - means one person or political party has political power
  3. - A bill passed by the Congress
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  1. - Government where there is a king or queen
  2. - People that leave their country to settle permanently in another
  3. - no government
  4. - one person has supreme political power
  5. - Are laws, regulations, procedures, or administrative actions that lawmakers make to address certain topics

8 Clues: - no government • - A bill passed by the Congress • - one person has supreme political power • - Government where there is a king or queen • - means one person or political party has political power • - People that leave their country to settle permanently in another • ...

Unit 9 vocab 2018-05-07

Unit 9 vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. legal separation of people based on racial and ethnic differences
  2. of 1877 a deal that allowed Rutherford Hayes to become president as long as he promised to withdraw troops from the South, this event ended Reconstruction
  3. Percent Plan Lincoln's plan that allowed a southern state to reenter the Union after 10% of it's voters swore an oath of loyalty to the U.S.
  4. bagger derogatory nickname given to a northerner who moved to the south after the Civil War
  5. Klux Klan
  6. Republican member of Congress during Reconstruction who wanted to ensure the freedman received the right to vote
  7. Bureau government agency founded during Reconstruction to help former slaves
  8. test examination to see if a person can read and write that was used to restrict voting rights
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  1. person who rents a plot of land from another person and farms it in exchange for a share of the crop
  2. Amendment an 1865 amendment that bans slavery throughout the nation
  3. society organized in the South after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by mean of violence
  4. Bill an 1864 plan for Reconstruction that denied the right to vote to any ex-Confederate soldier
  5. tax payment required before a person can vote
  6. Amendment:an 1868 amendment that guarantees citizenship rights to freed slaves
  7. codes Southern laws that severely limited the right of African Americans after the war
  8. Crow Laws southern laws that were meant to segregate the races
  9. Amendment:an 1869 amendment the forbids any state to deny African Americans the right to vote
  10. derogatory term given to white Republicans in the south who supported Reconstruction

18 Clues: Klux Klan • tax payment required before a person can vote • Crow Laws southern laws that were meant to segregate the races • legal separation of people based on racial and ethnic differences • Amendment an 1865 amendment that bans slavery throughout the nation • Bureau government agency founded during Reconstruction to help former slaves • ...

Texas Gov. Extra Credit Crossword 2022-02-22

Texas Gov. Extra Credit Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the power, exercised by the House, the Senate, or both chambers jointly, to investigate problems facing the state.
  2. a district in which one official is elected rather than multiple officials.
  3. a proposed law that has been sponsored by a member of the legislature and submitted to the clerk of the House or Senate.
  4. a bill that applies to all people and/or property in the state.
  5. the second step in the legislative process, during which a bill is assigned to the appropriate standing committee by the Speaker (for House bills) or the lieutenant governor (for Senate bills).
  6. occurring every two years.
  7. a resolution, commonly a proposed amendment to the Texas Constitution or ratification of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, that must pass both the House and Senate but that does not require the governor's signature.
  8. the power of the House to impeach and of the Senate to convict members of the executive and judicial branches of state government.
  9. the legislature's power over the executive branch; for example, the legislature determines the size of appropriations for state agencies.
  10. a permanent committee with the power to propose and write legislation that covers a particular subject, such as finance or agriculture.
  11. a legislative session called by the governor that addresses an agenda set by him or her and that lasts no longer than 30 days.
  12. a person who is represented by an elected official.
  13. an expression of opinion on an issue by a legislative body.
  14. a bill affecting only units of local government, such as a city, county, or special district.
  15. the third step in the legislative process, during which a bill is killed, amended, or heard by a standing committee.
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  1. according to the Texas Constitution, the formal charge by the House of Representatives that leads to a trial in the Senate and possibly to the removal of a state official.
  2. a resolution that concerns only the Texas House or Senate, such as the adoption of a rule or the appointment of an employee, and that does not require the governor's signature.
  3. the fourth step in the legislative process, during which a bill referred by a standing committee is scheduled for floor debate by the Calendars Committee.
  4. a resolution that is of interest to both chambers of the legislature and must pass both the House and Senate and generally be signed by the governor.
  5. a joint committee created to work out a compromise on House and Senate versions of a piece of legislation.
  6. non legislative activities legislators perform to assist people living in their districts, including writing letters of recommendation, giving speeches to civic groups, or working to solve a problem for someone in their community.
  7. according to the Texas Constitution, the governor's power to turn down legislation; can be overridden by a two-thirds vote of both the House and Senate.
  8. a step in the legislative process during which a bill is killed by the chair of the standing committee to which it was referred, as a result of his or her setting the bill aside and not bringing it before the committee.
  9. the 140-day period, occurring only in odd-numbered years, during which the Texas legislature meets to consider and pass bills.
  10. daily payment to a public official engaged in state business.
  11. a tactic used by members of the Senate to prevent action on legislation they oppose by continuously holding the floor and speaking until the majority backs down. Once given the floor, senators have unlimited time to speak as long as they follow Senate rules, and it requires a vote of three-fifths of the Senate to end a filibuster.
  12. a bill that gives an individual or corporation a special exemption from state law.
  13. having a legislative assembly composed of two chambers or houses.
  14. the legislature's mandated role in counting returns in the elections for governor and lieutenant governor.
  15. the first step in the legislative process, during which a member of the legislature drafts a bill and files a copy of it with the clerk of the House or secretary of the Senate.

30 Clues: occurring every two years. • a person who is represented by an elected official. • an expression of opinion on an issue by a legislative body. • daily payment to a public official engaged in state business. • a bill that applies to all people and/or property in the state. • having a legislative assembly composed of two chambers or houses. • ...

Citizenship Test 2023-11-30

Citizenship Test crossword puzzle
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  1. The number of years in one House of Representatives term.
  2. This house of congress has 435 members.
  3. The spread of _____ was a major concern of the United States in the cold war.
  4. This ocean is on the west coast of the United States.
  5. The last name of our first president.
  6. The current President is Joe _________
  7. James __________ is one of Oklahomas senators.
  8. We vote for president in what month?
  9. This house of Congress has 100 members
  10. Country to the North of the United States
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  1. What is the economic system of the United States called?
  2. The country that borders the United States on the South.
  3. How many senators does each state have?
  4. The war between the North and South is known as the _____ war.
  5. An amendment is a _________ or addition to the constitution.
  6. Who is the leader of the Executive Branch.
  7. The United States purchased this territory in 1803
  8. The president who issued the emancipation proclamation.
  9. The ocean that is on the east side of the United States.
  10. How many amendments are there in the bill of rights
  11. The constitution is the _________ law of the land?
  12. The number of years in one senate term

22 Clues: We vote for president in what month? • The last name of our first president. • The current President is Joe _________ • This house of Congress has 100 members • The number of years in one senate term • How many senators does each state have? • This house of congress has 435 members. • Country to the North of the United States • Who is the leader of the Executive Branch. • ...

Kennedy Us History Trevor Luke and Chris 2022-06-06

Kennedy Us History Trevor Luke and Chris crossword puzzle
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  1. JFK was this old when he was elected president
  2. Worked with this man to end segregation in the south
  3. He was this before he got into politics
  4. One of his main political focuses was fighting against this
  5. JFK died in this city
  6. The invasion of cuba to stop the missile crisis was called the “Bay of ___”
  7. What coalition blocked JFK’s new initiatives
  8. In 1962 he stopped all trade with
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  1. He signed the nuclear test ban
  2. JFK was the _____ president
  3. He went to college here
  4. The war Kennedy fought and justified by saying it was to fight for our freedom
  5. He is referred to for short as
  6. He was born in this city
  7. Kennedy plans a man on the
  8. The act JFK passed that proposed tax cuts
  9. Right before he died, he introduced a _____ rights bill
  10. JFK was born in the month of
  11. JFK was assassinated as he rode in a
  12. The “____ race” was the conflict between Russia to see who can land on the moon first

20 Clues: JFK died in this city • He went to college here • He was born in this city • Kennedy plans a man on the • JFK was the _____ president • JFK was born in the month of • He signed the nuclear test ban • He is referred to for short as • In 1962 he stopped all trade with • JFK was assassinated as he rode in a • He was this before he got into politics • ...

Kennedy Crossword 2022-06-06

Kennedy Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. JFK was this old when he was elected president
  2. Worked with this man to end segregation in the south
  3. He was this before he got into politics
  4. One of his main political focuses was fighting against this
  5. JFK died in this city
  6. The invasion of cuba to stop the missile crisis was called the “Bay of ___”
  7. What coalition blocked JFK’s new initiatives
  8. In 1962 he stopped all trade with
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  1. He signed the nuclear test ban
  2. JFK was the _____ president
  3. He went to college here
  4. The war Kennedy fought and justified by saying it was to fight for our freedom
  5. He is referred to for short as
  6. He was born in this city
  7. Kennedy plans a man on the
  8. The act JFK passed that proposed tax cuts
  9. Right before he died, he introduced a _____ rights bill
  10. JFK was born in the month of
  11. JFK was assassinated as he rode in a
  12. The “____ race” was the conflict between Russia to see who can land on the moon first

20 Clues: JFK died in this city • He went to college here • He was born in this city • Kennedy plans a man on the • JFK was the _____ president • JFK was born in the month of • He signed the nuclear test ban • He is referred to for short as • In 1962 he stopped all trade with • JFK was assassinated as he rode in a • He was this before he got into politics • ...

Kennedy Crossword Trevor Luke and Chris 2022-06-06

Kennedy Crossword Trevor Luke and Chris crossword puzzle
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  1. JFK was this old when he was elected president
  2. Worked with this man to end segregation in the south
  3. He was this before he got into politics
  4. One of his main political focuses was fighting against this
  5. JFK died in this city
  6. The invasion of cuba to stop the missile crisis was called the “Bay of ___”
  7. What coalition blocked JFK’s new initiatives
  8. In 1962 he stopped all trade with
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  1. He signed the nuclear test ban
  2. JFK was the _____ president
  3. He went to college here
  4. The war Kennedy fought and justified by saying it was to fight for our freedom
  5. He is referred to for short as
  6. He was born in this city
  7. Kennedy plans a man on the
  8. The act JFK passed that proposed tax cuts
  9. Right before he died, he introduced a _____ rights bill
  10. JFK was born in the month of
  11. JFK was assassinated as he rode in a
  12. The “____ race” was the conflict between Russia to see who can land on the moon first

20 Clues: JFK died in this city • He went to college here • He was born in this city • Kennedy plans a man on the • JFK was the _____ president • JFK was born in the month of • He signed the nuclear test ban • He is referred to for short as • In 1962 he stopped all trade with • JFK was assassinated as he rode in a • He was this before he got into politics • ...

Patient Access Week Crossword 2024-03-28

Patient Access Week Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Your Rights and Protections Against _______ Medical Bills
  2. Patients qualify for Medicare for age, disability, or _____
  3. EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and ____ Act)
  4. Location of new Riverside hospital opening in 2026
  5. Insurance for service members, veterans, and family
  6. Directions, maps, information on how to get to the correct location
  7. Money that must be paid by guarantor before insurance benefits pay
  8. Accreditation organization that approves Riverside during yearly visits
  9. President and Chief Executive Officer of Riverside (Dr.)
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  1. Questionnaire completed to determine filing order for Medicare patients
  2. HIPAA (Health Insurance _____ and Accountability Act)
  3. Who is responsible for the bill
  4. Insurance that is always last in filing order
  5. Spend your time between registrations clearing accounts from here
  6. Certification needed to move to a Tier II or III registrar
  7. Specific percentage of the cost that guarantor is responsible for
  8. Riverside system used to track safety issues and catches
  9. System used to view your pay slips
  10. Liability organization that works TPL and Worker's Comp accounts for Riverside
  11. Official count/list of patient population

20 Clues: Who is responsible for the bill • System used to view your pay slips • Official count/list of patient population • Insurance that is always last in filing order • EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and ____ Act) • Location of new Riverside hospital opening in 2026 • Insurance for service members, veterans, and family • ...

First term 100 Turning Points 2022-10-06

First term 100 Turning Points crossword puzzle
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  1. Massachusetts Settler kills a Native American, Kings Phillips War begins
  2. Salem Witchcraft/Trial-1692
  3. First African Slaves sold in America-1619
  4. Boston Massacre and Trial-1770
  5. Indian Removal Act-1830
  6. Victory at the Battle of Yorktown-1781
  7. Jamestown Founded-1607
  8. Samuel Morse Introduces the Telegraph-1844
  9. Gold is Discovered in California-1848
  10. Mayflower Arrives-1620
  11. Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence-1776
  12. Erie Canal is Started-1817
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  1. Female Suffragists meet in Seneca Falls-1848
  2. Supreme Court decides Dredd Scott vs. Sandford-1857
  3. Supreme Court decides its Supremacy with Marbury vs. Madison-1803
  4. Andrew Jackson goes to battle over the Second Bank of the US-1832
  5. Columbus Arrives in the “New World”-1492
  6. Tisquantum, Squanto Save the Pilgrims-1621
  7. John C. Calhoun begins the Nullification Crisis-1828
  8. Constitutional Convention and First State to Ratify-1787
  9. George Washington ignites the French and Indian War-1754
  10. Bill of Rights Drafted-1789
  11. British Burn Washington-1814
  12. President Jefferson Purchases Louisiana from Napoleon-1803
  13. Minuteman fires the “Shot Heard Round the World” Lexington and Concord-1775

25 Clues: Jamestown Founded-1607 • Mayflower Arrives-1620 • Indian Removal Act-1830 • Erie Canal is Started-1817 • Salem Witchcraft/Trial-1692 • Bill of Rights Drafted-1789 • British Burn Washington-1814 • Boston Massacre and Trial-1770 • Gold is Discovered in California-1848 • Victory at the Battle of Yorktown-1781 • Columbus Arrives in the “New World”-1492 • ...

100 Turning Points - First Term 2022-09-28

100 Turning Points - First Term crossword puzzle
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  1. The British burnt down what city in 1812?
  2. During who's presidency did the Nullification crisis happen?
  3. What ship did the first slaves coming to America sail in?
  4. What month did the congress adopt the Declaration of Independence?
  5. Who did Dredd Scott fight against in court?
  6. THe Seneca Falls Convention fought for ____?
  7. What did Jefferson purchase from Napoleon?
  8. Who drafted the Bill of Rights?
  9. How many months did it take to approve the Constitution?
  10. Andrew Jackson went to the battle over what bank?
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  1. Who sailed in the Mayflower?
  2. What war was a result of settlers killing an Indian?
  3. Who taught the Pilgrims how to survive?
  4. what were people accused of in Salem?
  5. Why did many people move to California in 1848?
  6. What war had "The shot heard round the world?"
  7. Where is Yorktown?
  8. What transportation project started in 1817?
  9. Who invented the Telegraph?
  10. Who cause the French to Surrender in the French and Indian War?
  11. Who went against James Madison?
  12. How many people were killed in the Boston Massacre?
  13. Andrew Jackson signed the _______

23 Clues: Where is Yorktown? • Who invented the Telegraph? • Who sailed in the Mayflower? • Who went against James Madison? • Who drafted the Bill of Rights? • Andrew Jackson signed the _______ • what were people accused of in Salem? • Who taught the Pilgrims how to survive? • The British burnt down what city in 1812? • What did Jefferson purchase from Napoleon? • ...

Unit 3 Vocabulary 2017-11-03

Unit 3 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. list of freedoms that the government promises to protest, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
  2. the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
  3. of 1785 set up a system for settling the Northwest Territory, it created the townships that we have today
  4. the first American constitution, created a very loose alliance of the 13 independent states
  5. a principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branch
  6. a system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them
  7. A written plan of government
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  1. an agreement at the Constitutional Convention that three fifths of the enslaved residents in any state be counted in its population
  2. proposed by James Madison, it called for a strong national government with representation being based on a states population
  3. a British document signed in 1215 that contained two basic ideas: monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic right
  4. a plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states
  5. the plan at the Constitutional Convention, favored by smaller states, that called for three branches of government with a single-chamber legislature
  6. to change
  7. set up a government for the Northwest Territory, guaranteed basic rights to settlers, and outlawed slavery
  8. a supporter of a strong federal government
  9. to approve
  10. a supporter of a strong federal government

17 Clues: to change • to approve • A written plan of government • a supporter of a strong federal government • a supporter of a strong federal government • a system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them • a principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branch • ...

Human Rights 2025-04-14

Human Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. no one is above the law
  2. generation of rights focused on economic and social rights
  3. rights rights central to what it means to be human
  4. State v State for international law
  5. Rights should be equally applicable to all people or countries, and do not change according to cultures or beliefs.
  6. rights Right to something, require positive action by those in power
  7. generation of rights focused on Group and collective rights, right to self determination, peace, development, environmental protection
  8. rights Freedom from something; let human beings be free from interference
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  1. Ideas and other norms (such as human rights) should reflect cultural practices and traditions, rather than universal principles.
  2. the freedom of individuals to live a life without excessive interference from those in power
  3. the concept of fair treatment, usually based on an agreed and accepted set of laws
  4. nonbinding declaration explaining the rights a government should apply
  5. A permanent international court established to investigate, prosecute, and try individuals accused of commiting most serious crimes of concern
  6. they cannot be taken away

14 Clues: no one is above the law • they cannot be taken away • State v State for international law • rights rights central to what it means to be human • generation of rights focused on economic and social rights • rights Right to something, require positive action by those in power • nonbinding declaration explaining the rights a government should apply • ...

STAAR Key Concepts 2022-05-24

STAAR Key Concepts crossword puzzle
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  1. - a place for Catholics to live peacefully.
  2. - law establishing a way for admitting new states to the United States, territories govern themselves.
  3. - First government, Congress can negotiate treaties and declare war, no executive branch.
  4. - the turning point of the American Revolution when France joined the Americans.
  5. - supported the Constitution, and believed that it created a more stable Union, Alexander Hamilton & James Madison
  6. - an agreement that decided how many representatives large and small states would send to Congress.
  7. - belief British should have the permission of colonists to pass taxes, which was the main reason for the American Revolution.
  8. - Transatlantic Slave Trade, plantations, cash crops, and fertile soil led to a different economy than the north.
  9. - rights all people have from birth; life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness; Declaration of Independence.
  10. - Roger Williams started religious tolerant Rhode Island.
  11. - the British response to the Boston Tea Party, which increased tension between the colonists and the British.
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  1. - 1st anti-slavery group that lived in Pennsylvania.
  2. - fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding, & harbors.
  3. - British controlled colonial trade and that angered the colonists.
  4. - agreement over how slaves would count for representation and taxation purposes.
  5. - claimed land in New World to profit from fur trading.
  6. - claimed Florida, Texas, and California & built missions.
  7. - a law forbidding colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains, and this angered the colonists.
  8. - wealth, religion, expand empires, claim of territory.
  9. - against the Constitution, believed it needed a Bill of Rights, Patrick Henry & George Mason
  10. - last major battle resulting in a British defeat, Britain then signed the Treaty of Paris and recognized the United States' independence.

21 Clues: - a place for Catholics to live peacefully. • - fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding, & harbors. • - 1st anti-slavery group that lived in Pennsylvania. • - claimed land in New World to profit from fur trading. • - wealth, religion, expand empires, claim of territory. • - Roger Williams started religious tolerant Rhode Island. • ...

Us history crossword puzzle 2023-05-16

Us history crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Rights Movement Bill which prohibited discrimination based on race
  2. Line separating areas if settlement from less densely populated areas
  3. Type of factor that causes people to leave one place for another
  4. The enforced separation of different racial groups
  5. powers powers Alliance between germany, italy, and japan against the allied
  6. Town that sprang up overnight, often in a mining area
  7. The supply of food ans supplies to west berlin by Britan and American military air transport during the blockade
  8. The government act that granted free land to settlers after improving it for 6 months
  9. Lincoln's ____________ Proclamation declared that slaves in states in rebellion would be free in January 1863
  10. of confederation Initial constitution adopted by the second continental congress that established a loose leage of individual states and was later replced in 1787 by the united states constitution
  11. The 14th Amendment established everyone's right to Due _______
  12. Failed 1961 U.S. invasion of Cuba
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  1. Name of the railroad that was completed in 1869
  2. Just after the Civil War, _____ _____ were written by Southern states to prevent freedmen from having the same rights as whites
  3. Early skirmished between colonists and british troops, sparking
  4. Constitutional Amendment that prohibits slavery throughout the United States
  5. An emancipated slave
  6. Temporary stop in fighting; truce
  7. A person who agitated to end slavery
  8. Term for a freedman who enters into a farming deal with former owner to work the land and divide the harvest
  9. A person who beleives that all forms of goverment are oppressive and should be abolished
  10. a war that affects all countries
  11. Southern white who supported Reconstruction

23 Clues: An emancipated slave • a war that affects all countries • Temporary stop in fighting; truce • Failed 1961 U.S. invasion of Cuba • A person who agitated to end slavery • Southern white who supported Reconstruction • Name of the railroad that was completed in 1869 • The enforced separation of different racial groups • Town that sprang up overnight, often in a mining area • ...

Famous African Americans 2023-06-19

Famous African Americans crossword puzzle
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  1. Douglass (Abolitionist and writer)
  2. Hughes (Poet and writer)
  3. Harris (Vice President of the United States)
  4. Angelou (Author and poet)
  5. Morrison (Author and Nobel laureate)
  6. Tubman (Abolitionist and activist)
  7. Williams (Tennis player)
  8. Truth (Abolitionist and women's rights activist)
  9. Kaepernick (Former NFL player and activist)
  10. X (Civil rights activist)
  11. Parks (Civil rights activist)
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  1. Rice (Former U.S. Secretary of State)
  2. Mandela (South African anti-apartheid revolutionary)
  3. Obama (44th President of the United States)
  4. Jordan (Basketball player)
  5. Parks (Civil rights activist)
  6. Luther King Jr. (Civil rights leader)
  7. (Singer and actress)
  8. Winfrey (Media mogul and philanthropist)
  9. Ali (Boxing legend and activist)

20 Clues: (Singer and actress) • Hughes (Poet and writer) • Williams (Tennis player) • Angelou (Author and poet) • X (Civil rights activist) • Jordan (Basketball player) • Parks (Civil rights activist) • Parks (Civil rights activist) • Ali (Boxing legend and activist) • Douglass (Abolitionist and writer) • Tubman (Abolitionist and activist) • Morrison (Author and Nobel laureate) • ...

AP Gov Unit 2 Review Executive & Judicial Branch 2025-04-28

AP Gov Unit 2 Review Executive & Judicial Branch crossword puzzle
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  1. ___ Jurisdiction: The authority of a court to act as the first court to hear a case, which included the finding of facts in the case
  2. Judicial ___: A philosophy of constitutional interpretation that justices should wield the power of judicial review, sometimes creating bold new policies
  3. The rule of precedent, whereby a rule or law contained in a judicial decision is commonly viewed as binding on judges whenever the same question is presented
  4. Judicial ___: A philosophy of constitutional interpretation that justices should be cautious in overturning laws
  5. An informal veto caused when the president chooses not to sign a bill within ten days, during a time when Congress has adjourned at the end of a session
  6. Presidential appeals to the public to pressure other branches of government to support his policies
  7. The process of removing a president from office
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  1. Written comments issued by presidents while signing a bill into law that usually consist of political statements or reasons for signing the bill but that may also include a president’s interpretation of the law itself
  2. A Supreme Court decision that establishes judicial review over federal laws
  3. Executive ___: An agreement between a president and another nation that does not have the same durability in the American system as a treaty but does not require Senate ratification
  4. Argument by Alexander Hamilton that the federal judiciary would be unlikely to infringe upon rights and liberties but would serve as a check on the other two branches
  5. The authority of the Supreme Court to strike down a law or executive action if it conflicts with the Constitution
  6. A tactic through which presidents reach out directly to the American people with the hope that the people will, in turn, put pressure upon their representatives and senators to press for a president’s policy goals
  7. Executive ___: Policy directives issued by presidents that do not require congressional approval
  8. ___ Jurisdiction: The authority of a court to hear and review decisions made by lower courts in the system.
  9. Executive ___: A right claimed by presidents to keep certain conversations, records, and transcripts confidential from outside scrutiny, especially that of Congress

16 Clues: The process of removing a president from office • A Supreme Court decision that establishes judicial review over federal laws • Executive ___: Policy directives issued by presidents that do not require congressional approval • Presidential appeals to the public to pressure other branches of government to support his policies • ...

atm 2018-06-06

atm crossword puzzle
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  1. denis
  2. beth
  3. larry
  4. kristin
  5. ry
  6. gabrielle
  7. will
  8. shane
  9. carissa
  10. david
  11. amy
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  1. deanna
  2. bill
  3. terry
  4. melissa
  5. andrew
  6. ben
  7. ellen
  8. chris
  9. sara
  10. andy
  11. jim
  12. matt

23 Clues: ry • ben • jim • amy • bill • beth • will • sara • andy • matt • terry • denis • larry • ellen • chris • shane • david • deanna • andrew • melissa • kristin • carissa • gabrielle

Judicial Branch Review 2025-04-09

Judicial Branch Review crossword puzzle
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  1. A common prase regarding the Bill of Rights is to "plead the ____"
  2. What case was against the Federal Government regarding Japanese interment camps during World War II?
  3. What case protected the 1st Amendment regarding a symbolic school protest in Des Moines?
  4. Providing for peaceful protests is part of the First?
  5. What types of judges does the President appoint?
  6. What do Supreme Court jJustices write after a case is over?
  7. What is considered the court of last resort?
  8. What does Judicial Review determine about a case?
  9. The 1st Amendment protects ___, even if you don't like what is being said.
  10. Who is supposed to do what the law requires, not what is popular?
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  1. Which amendment requires a warrent for searches?
  2. Which Branch creates the system of courts underneath the Supreme Court?
  3. What is the role of the Judicial Branch?
  4. What type of Jurisdiction only hears cases on appeal?
  5. Which Amendment protects Freedom of Religion?
  6. What is Article III of the Constitution?

16 Clues: What is the role of the Judicial Branch? • What is Article III of the Constitution? • What is considered the court of last resort? • Which Amendment protects Freedom of Religion? • Which amendment requires a warrent for searches? • What types of judges does the President appoint? • What does Judicial Review determine about a case? • ...

Oasis Klasse, November 2022 2022-11-08

Oasis Klasse, November 2022 crossword puzzle
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  1. _______ kaufte eine Maschine um die Tiere
  2. Garten abzuwehren.
  3. Donna liest ________ am liebsten.
  4. Nancy mag ihre _______ am liebsten.
  5. Carins Geburtstag ist in ___.
  6. Bill reist auf den ______ in Europa gern.
  7. _______ ging nach Las Vegas in Juli.
  8. Carin schläft _______ 7 und 8 Stunden.
  9. May möchte eine ______ nach Cape Cod machen.
  10. _____ lehrte eine Schauspiel Klasse im Oasis.
  11. Maureen schläft gewöhnlich ______ oder 9 Stunden.
  12. Nancy schläft _______ 7 Stunden.
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  1. Barbara schaut ______ am liebsten.
  2. Maureen reist auf dem Wasser im _____ gern.
  3. Carin schaut ______ am Fernsehen gern.
  4. _____ besuchte seine Familie in Colorado.
  5. Donna geht ins Bett um halb _____.
  6. Bill schläft _______ 6 oder 7 Stunden.
  7. Ihre Familie und Bekannte besuchten 3-4 Tage.
  8. Bill schaut ______ am Fernsehen gern.
  9. Maureen schaut ______ am Fernsehen gern.

21 Clues: Garten abzuwehren. • Carins Geburtstag ist in ___. • Nancy schläft _______ 7 Stunden. • Donna liest ________ am liebsten. • Barbara schaut ______ am liebsten. • Donna geht ins Bett um halb _____. • Nancy mag ihre _______ am liebsten. • _______ ging nach Las Vegas in Juli. • Bill schaut ______ am Fernsehen gern. • Carin schaut ______ am Fernsehen gern. • ...

bill cliton 2022-05-09

bill cliton crossword puzzle
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  1. ran against clinton in 1992
  2. he dint bring economic change but
  3. he failed to bring this to middle class
  4. North America Free Trad Agreement
  5. nature
  6. where clinton was born
  7. bill clinton was the second ever
  8. he planed on doing this__national
  9. he was charged with this in the grand jury
  10. bill clintons mother
  11. he had a affir also known as_________
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  1. his father died by__3 months after hewasborn
  2. bill clitons father
  3. he was in office when tis war was happening
  4. people view of rumors spread about him
  5. he lyed under this and it ened him
  6. how he portrayed himself
  7. ran against clinton in 1992

18 Clues: nature • bill clitons father • bill clintons mother • where clinton was born • how he portrayed himself • ran against clinton in 1992 • ran against clinton in 1992 • bill clinton was the second ever • he dint bring economic change but • North America Free Trad Agreement • he planed on doing this__national • he lyed under this and it ened him • he had a affir also known as_________ • ...

Citizenship Test 2023-01-10

Citizenship Test crossword puzzle
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  1. a judge on the supreme court
  2. the thing that the people vote on
  3. the legislative branch of the government
  4. when the state and national government share power and responsibility
  5. the amount of representatives in the House
  6. everyone, including the president, must follow the law (three words)
  7. the money the government spends and earns (two words)
  8. a government’s plan to deal with other nations (two words)
  9. the leader of a democracy
  10. the first ten amendments of the Constitution (three words)
  11. the branch of government that interprets the law
  12. freedoms that are protected by the government
  13. the branch of government that enforces the law
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  1. the month that the people vote
  2. the law of the land
  3. the branch of government that writes the laws
  4. a system of government lead by elected representatives of the people
  5. number of branches in the government
  6. having two branches or government
  7. an agreement between countries
  8. the amount of U.S senators (two words)
  9. how long a president serves
  10. the things we are supposed to do
  11. the group of heads of the executive departments of the government
  12. the draft of a law

25 Clues: the draft of a law • the law of the land • the leader of a democracy • how long a president serves • a judge on the supreme court • the month that the people vote • an agreement between countries • the things we are supposed to do • the thing that the people vote on • having two branches or government • number of branches in the government • the amount of U.S senators (two words) • ...

United State of America by Ricky Lieu 2015-05-11

United State of America by Ricky Lieu crossword puzzle
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  1. the right to act, speak or think as one wants
  2. Power using intimidation or threats
  3. Capability to exercise power within the laws and policies
  4. Made up of the house of representatives and senate
  5. The state of being free within society
  6. The principle of being independent and self-reliant.
  7. Country of freedom
  8. Leader of america
  9. Given name of the president
  10. A set of rules a country has to follow
  11. A law before it is passed by the legislature and approved by the executive
  12. Branch which enforces laws
  13. Has 100 members
  14. Made up of the heads of fifteen departments
  15. Power which depends on size and technology
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  1. Power of being seen as desirable by other states
  2. the Fundamental rules of state
  3. Power to influence others through negotiation
  4. Bribing or persuading
  5. Branch which controls supreme courts
  6. Branch which makes laws
  7. Power of force to persuade someone
  8. Power to influence using trade
  9. Armed conflict between different countries
  10. Having political or administrative control
  11. Formal choice by vote of a person for a political office
  12. The state of having the same rights and opportunities
  13. Last name of the president

28 Clues: Has 100 members • Leader of america • Country of freedom • Bribing or persuading • Branch which makes laws • Branch which enforces laws • Last name of the president • Given name of the president • the Fundamental rules of state • Power to influence using trade • Power of force to persuade someone • Power using intimidation or threats • Branch which controls supreme courts • ...

Government test reveiw 2025-09-15

Government test reveiw crossword puzzle
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  1. any system of public rule
  2. powerful group of rulers that maintain power for a long time
  3. head of the executive branch
  4. the upper house of congress
  5. lower house of congress
  6. vote for leaders
  7. electorate makes dicisions that bind entire electorates
  8. absents of government
  9. first ten amendments of the constitution
  10. the leader has absolute power, without people’s consent
  11. Power is in the hands of a single person(king or queen)
  12. love for one’s country
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  1. conformity to gods holy standards
  2. highest federal court in the US
  3. elect the president and vice president
  4. given to government by us constitution
  5. consisting of majority of all voting citizens
  6. the legislature of us government
  7. power lays in a body of citizens who elect people to rule
  8. government that is ruled by a few powerful people
  9. state and national government share the same power and derive all authority from the people
  10. power to rule is in the hands of a single individual
  11. has many diverse religions
  12. government has total control over the lives of the citizens
  13. English document made by nobles

25 Clues: vote for leaders • absents of government • love for one’s country • lower house of congress • any system of public rule • has many diverse religions • the upper house of congress • head of the executive branch • highest federal court in the US • English document made by nobles • the legislature of us government • conformity to gods holy standards • ...

Griswold v. Connecticut 2015-08-31

Griswold v. Connecticut crossword puzzle
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  1. a written opinion by one or more judges of a court which agrees with the decision made by the majority of the court, but states different reasons as the basis for his or her decision
  2. is a judicial opinion agreed to by more than half of the members of a court. A majority opinion sets forth the decision of the court and an explanation of the rationale behind the court's decision
  3. acts as a safeguard from arbitrary denial of life, liberty, or property by the Government outside the sanction of law
  4. protects a person against being compelled to be a witness against himself or herself in a criminal case
  5. the state of being allowed by or in agreement with a constitution
  6. principle that limits governmental intrusion into private family matters, such as those involving sexual relations between married persons
  7. addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War
  8. the outer bounds of authority emanating from a law
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  1. addresses rights, retained by the people, that are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution
  2. the part of the Bill of Rights that prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause
  3. the highest federal court of the United States
  4. an opinion in a legal case written by one or more judges expressing disagreement with the majority opinion of the court which gives rise to its judgment
  5. an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances
  6. the state or condition of being free from being observed or disturbed by other people
  7. clause permits an individual to refuse to disclose information that could be used against him or her in a criminal prosecution
  8. a court case that is studied because it has historical and legal significance. The most significant cases are those that have had a lasting effect on the application of a certain law, often concerning your individual rights and liberties
  9. a device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy
  10. a written law passed by a legislative body
  11. an abstract but perceptible thing that issues or originates from a source
  12. a federal act passed by the United States Congress on March 3, 1873, as the Act for the "Suppression of Trade in, and Circulation of, Obscene Literature and Articles of Immoral Use". The Act criminalized usage of the U.S. Postal Service to send any of the following things: erotica. contraceptives

20 Clues: a written law passed by a legislative body • a device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy • the highest federal court of the United States • the outer bounds of authority emanating from a law • the state of being allowed by or in agreement with a constitution • an abstract but perceptible thing that issues or originates from a source • ...

Government crossword 2023-12-13

Government crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. organization which consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league.
  2. the permanent professional branches of a government's administration
  3. advocate or supporter of democracy.
  4. The lesser number
  5. funds given by a person or organization
  6. the greater number.
  7. the first ten amendments
  8. belonging to, or characteristic of a republic.
  9. government limited in power
  10. laws, considered collectively.
Down
  1. the federal principle or system of government.
  2. powers granted to the Federal government Article I, Section 8
  3. a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
  4. the practice of exchanging favors
  5. the supreme law of the United States of America
  6. political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise.
  7. power of the courts of a country to examine the actions of the legislative, executive, and administrative arms of the government
  8. a proposed law
  9. policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy, and interest groups
  10. the practice or policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups regarded as disadvantaged
  11. favoring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas.

21 Clues: a proposed law • The lesser number • the greater number. • the first ten amendments • government limited in power • laws, considered collectively. • the practice of exchanging favors • advocate or supporter of democracy. • funds given by a person or organization • the federal principle or system of government. • belonging to, or characteristic of a republic. • ...

Black civil rights 2025-05-19

Black civil rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – What activists were fighting for, especially in the South
  2. – Goal of the Civil Rights Movement
  3. – A form of protest by refusing to use or buy something
  4. – First name of the woman who refused to give up her bus seat
  5. – The opposite of segregation
  6. – First name of the Black Muslim civil rights leader
  7. – The movement’s name
  8. – Last name of the leader who gave the “I Have a Dream” speech
  9. – Peaceful protest tactic at lunch counters
Down
  1. – City known for a major 1965 voting rights march
  2. – MLK’s philosophy of protest
  3. – A key principle the movement aimed to achieve
  4. – Rosa Parks’ protest took place here
  5. – Word from King’s most famous speech
  6. – Civil rights organization founded in 1909 (abbreviation)
  7. – City where nine students integrated a high school in 1957
  8. – Organized walk to protest injustice
  9. – Student-led civil rights group (abbreviation)
  10. – Right that was denied to many African Americans
  11. – Name for the laws enforcing segregation

20 Clues: – The movement’s name • – MLK’s philosophy of protest • – The opposite of segregation • – Goal of the Civil Rights Movement • – Rosa Parks’ protest took place here • – Word from King’s most famous speech • – Organized walk to protest injustice • – Name for the laws enforcing segregation • – Peaceful protest tactic at lunch counters • ...

8-7 Vokabeln 2022-04-26

8-7 Vokabeln crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mr.waiter
  2. Bill Please
  3. tip
  4. calculate total/add up
  5. calculated
Down
  1. already
  2. has given
  3. piece of paper
  4. has done
  5. young lady (do not say)
  6. has barked
  7. the dog barks
  8. the bill
  9. the receipt
  10. mr.waiter
  11. I would like to pay please
  12. Keep the change

17 Clues: tip • already • has done • the bill • mr.waiter • has given • mr.waiter • has barked • calculated • Bill Please • the receipt • the dog barks • piece of paper • Keep the change • calculate total/add up • young lady (do not say) • I would like to pay please

Martin Luther King Junior 2024-04-27

Martin Luther King Junior crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - "Location where King delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech in 1963."
  2. - "Fellow civil rights leader with whom King had differing but complementary approaches."
  3. - "Landmark legislation passed after King's tireless advocacy."
  4. - "King strongly emphasized this for progress and equality."
  5. - "Short name for King's iconic 'I Have a Dream' address."
  6. - "Civil rights leader known for his commitment to nonviolence and equality."
  7. - "City where Martin Luther King Jr. was born and raised."
  8. - "U.S. federal holiday commemorating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr."
  9. - "Core principle in Martin Luther King Jr.'s approach to civil rights."
  10. - "Conference co-founded by Martin Luther King Jr. to coordinate civil rights efforts."
  11. - "Award won by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964 for his work in civil rights."
  12. - "King's vision for societal change, focusing on love and compassion."
Down
  1. - "Martin Luther King Jr. was tragically killed in Memphis in 1968."
  2. - "City where King wrote his famous 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail.'"
  3. - "Famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1963 March on Washington."
  4. - "Event sparked by Rosa Parks, leading to King's rise as a civil rights leader."
  5. - "Reference to King's speech on the eve of his assassination, 'I've Been to the Mountaintop.'"
  6. - "City known for the 1965 march led by King to fight for voting rights."
  7. - "Religion that guided Martin Luther King Jr.'s philosophy of nonviolence."
  8. - "Name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife and civil rights advocate."

20 Clues: - "Short name for King's iconic 'I Have a Dream' address." • - "City where Martin Luther King Jr. was born and raised." • - "King strongly emphasized this for progress and equality." • - "Landmark legislation passed after King's tireless advocacy." • - "Martin Luther King Jr. was tragically killed in Memphis in 1968." • ...

Age of Enlightenment Vocab 2022-09-15

Age of Enlightenment Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. We are all born into nature and we have basic morals that we follow and know right from wrong
  2. The idea that the people being governed must approve of what their government is doing
  3. People who apply the methods of science to understand society
  4. Wrote “Leviathan”; Thought people were cruel, greedy, and selfish; Thought people should give up their natural rights to an absolute monarchy; Created a “Social contract”
  5. New theories and facts were discovered and old ones were disproved
  6. To have a modern, and well-informed outlook
  7. The government restricts access to information
  8. Private gatherings where people talked about new ideas, rights, etc.
Down
  1. Author of “Vindication of the Rights of Women”. Believed in equal education and more rights for women.
  2. Continuation of the Scientific Revolution where many new ideas came about relating to government, economics, religion, and human rights
  3. Wrote “The Spirit of the Laws”. Thought absolute power was dangerous.
  4. a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do.
  5. Wrote “The Social Contract”
  6. Governmental system where one king has absolute power
  7. An agreement among people to give up their natural rights to a ruler, which will result in the organization of society
  8. belief in the benefits of profitable trading. Mercantilism was based on the idea that a nation's wealth and power were best served by increasing exports and so involved increasing trade
  9. Freedom of Thought. "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." (Freedom of Speech)
  10. Safe places for Enlightenment thinkers to meet and discuss their new ideas with others
  11. Wrote "Two Treatises of Government"; People are born with natural rights of life, liberty, and property. It is the Government's responsibility to protect natural rights and be limited; Consent of the Governed = If the people think the government is abusive, they can overthrow it
  12. All humans were born with natural rights and the people should have a say in who rules them. With limited, good rules people will be happy. People should put others above themselves.

20 Clues: Wrote “The Social Contract” • To have a modern, and well-informed outlook • The government restricts access to information • Governmental system where one king has absolute power • People who apply the methods of science to understand society • New theories and facts were discovered and old ones were disproved • ...

Words 2022-09-27

Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. waste
  2. salary
  3. insurance
  4. tax
  5. invest
  6. borrow
  7. save
  8. loan
  9. lend
Down
  1. mortgage
  2. pay
  3. charge
  4. inherit
  5. cost
  6. budget
  7. bill
  8. earn
  9. owe

18 Clues: pay • tax • owe • cost • bill • earn • save • loan • lend • waste • salary • charge • invest • borrow • budget • inherit • mortgage • insurance

Legislative Branch 2023-10-19

Legislative Branch crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Set up new district lines after reapportionment
  2. A person whose a member of Congress elected to represent
  3. proposed law
  4. __________ legislative two Chamber legislative
  5. Assistant to the party floor leader
  6. A population count
  7. A motion to place on a bill in the Senate thats alerts
  8. Meeting
  9. Reassigning representation based on population
  10. to draw a district's boundaries to gain an advantage
Down
  1. As a whole
  2. Elect official who is already in office
  3. A schedule that list the order in which bills are consider in Congress
  4. A method of defeating bill in Senate by stalling
  5. A private meeting of party to choose candidates
  6. A minimum number of members needed for official legislative action
  7. A vote of formal disapproval of a member action

17 Clues: Meeting • As a whole • proposed law • A population count • Assistant to the party floor leader • Elect official who is already in office • __________ legislative two Chamber legislative • Reassigning representation based on population • Set up new district lines after reapportionment • A private meeting of party to choose candidates • ...

TCI Chapter 12 Crossword Puzzle 2022-12-09

TCI Chapter 12 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The committee that has the power to move a bill and add rules for debate on the bill
  2. who assigns bills to committees in the Senate
  3. What ends a filibuster
  4. When someone, during a speech, talks for a long time to delay or prevent a bill from passing legislation in the Senate
  5. A number of votes greater than a simple majority
  6. A bill with so many riders attached to it that it seems to offer something for everyone
  7. when two opposing groups agree to vote for each other
  8. Who is chosen on the first day of a new Congress
Down
  1. A high school junior who works as a messanger and errand runner in the house or senate
  2. what power does the Majority Party and speaker have during debates
  3. A method of voting in which members register their votes individually either by voice in the Senate and electronically in the House
  4. An amendment attached to a bill that has little or no relation to the subject of the bill
  5. How long is a general debate in the House

13 Clues: What ends a filibuster • How long is a general debate in the House • who assigns bills to committees in the Senate • A number of votes greater than a simple majority • Who is chosen on the first day of a new Congress • when two opposing groups agree to vote for each other • what power does the Majority Party and speaker have during debates • ...

djdjd 2024-02-09

djdjd crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A formal indication of a choice between options
  2. Last name of the second female Supreme Court Justice
  3. Conductor on the Underground Railroad
  4. Youngest Nobel Prize laureate for her advocacy of education
  5. The quality of being fair and reasonable
  6. Pioneering female aviator
  7. The advocacy of women's rights on the basis of equality of the sexes
  8. An experienced and trusted adviser
  9. Legal entitlements pertaining to societal standards
  10. State of being equal, especially in status or rights
Down
  1. Last name of the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic
  2. First name of a civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat
  3. First woman to win a Nobel Prize
  4. A surname of prominent British suffragettes
  5. First name of the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts
  6. The right to vote in political elections, fought for by women
  7. A walk or procession by a group to protest or celebrate
  8. Powerful song linked with a particular group or cause
  9. Something transmitted by or received from an ancestor
  10. Sojourner's last name, an abolitionist, and women's rights activist

20 Clues: Pioneering female aviator • First woman to win a Nobel Prize • An experienced and trusted adviser • Conductor on the Underground Railroad • The quality of being fair and reasonable • A surname of prominent British suffragettes • A formal indication of a choice between options • Legal entitlements pertaining to societal standards • ...