bill of rights Crossword Puzzles

Grade 7 Crossword Puzzle 2021-11-29

Grade 7 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. A form of government in which the country’s people can participate and vote for how the country is to be run.
  2. Not being dangerous or harmful and not likely to cause loss.
  3. Being protected and made safe from weather, dangerous animals, and other safety concerns.
  4. The breaking of a law, rule agreement, promise, etc.
  5. Also known as Ubuntu; a proper sense of pride and respect.
  6. Freedom of ____________. "Your voice and opinion matters" UHDR/ United Declaration of Human Rights.
  7. Different from each other.
  8. Found in Section 2 of The Constitution.
  9. A fear or dislike of people from other countries.
  10. The status of belonging to a particular nation.
  11. Being fair and right, especially in the way decision are made in applying rules or the law.
  12. Inherent rights that are believed to belong to every person, without discrimination of any kind.
  13. You have the right to a roof over your head.
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  1. _________ Rights, special rights found in Section 28 of the Constitution.
  2. An unfair difference in treatment; denying equal rights.
  3. Protection or safety from danger or harm provided by a safe place to be.
  4. A person who has a right to live in a country because he was born there or because he has been accepted with full rights in that country.
  5. The state of being male or female.
  6. Everyone has the right to freedom of ___________, thought, belief and opinion."
  7. Having the same rights, status or opportunities as another or others; being the same before the law.
  8. Treatment that is unkind, cruel, or unfair.
  9. Supreme law of the country.

22 Clues: Different from each other. • Supreme law of the country. • The state of being male or female. • Found in Section 2 of The Constitution. • Treatment that is unkind, cruel, or unfair. • You have the right to a roof over your head. • The status of belonging to a particular nation. • A fear or dislike of people from other countries. • ...

Extra Credit Puzzle 2014-11-05

Extra Credit Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. died 1622, North American Indian of the Narragansett tribe: interpreter for the Pilgrims.
  2. a riot in Boston (March 5, 1770) arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several persons.
  3. the war in America in which France and its Indian allies opposed England 1754–60: ended by Treaty of Paris in 1763.
  4. Sir William, 1621–70, English admiral.
  5. a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
  6. the war in America in which France and its Indian allies opposed England 1754–60: ended by Treaty of Paris in 1763.
  7. a member of any of the Indian tribes belonging to the Powhatan Confederacy.
  8. a village in E Virginia: first permanent English settlement in North America 1607; restored 1957.
  9. Slave codes were laws in each U.S. state, which defined the status of slaves and the rights of masters. These codes gave slave-owners absolute power over the enslaved.
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  1. The Bill of Rights[1] is an Act of the Parliament of England passed on 16 December 1689.[2] It was a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary in March 1689 (or 1688 by Old Style dating), inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England.
  2. series of religious revivals among Protestants in the American colonies, especially in New England, lasting from about 1725 to 1770.
  3. Maryland Toleration Act. The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. Passed on April 21, 1649 by the assembly of the Maryland colony, in St. Mary's City.
  4. an agreement to establish a government, entered into by the Pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower on November 11, 1620.
  5. a popular name for a member of the Religious Society of Friends.
  6. raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor (December 16, 1773) in which Boston colonists, disguised as Indians, threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against British taxes on tea and against the monopoly granted the East India Company.
  7. John, 1588–1649, English colonist in America: 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony 1629–33, 1637–40, 1642–44, 1646–49.
  8. series of laws passed by the British in 1774 in an attempt to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party; also called [ Coercive Acts ], Punitive Acts
  9. act of the British Parliament for raising revenue in the American Colonies by requiring the use of stamps and stamped paper for official documents, commercial writings, and various articles: it was to go into effect on November 1, 1765, but met with intense opposition and was repealed in March, 1766.
  10. American religious liberal, born in England: banished from Massachusetts 1637.

19 Clues: Sir William, 1621–70, English admiral. • a popular name for a member of the Religious Society of Friends. • a member of any of the Indian tribes belonging to the Powhatan Confederacy. • American religious liberal, born in England: banished from Massachusetts 1637. • died 1622, North American Indian of the Narragansett tribe: interpreter for the Pilgrims. • ...

Unit 3 Labs 2026-01-06

Unit 3 Labs crossword puzzle
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  1. bargan stuck between the defendant's lawyer and the prosecutor
  2. constitutional amendment ratified after the civil war that forbade slavery and involuntary servitude
  3. policies designed to protect people against discriminatory treatment by government individuals
  4. "congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"
  5. upheld a claim of gender discrimination
  6. communication in the form of advertising
  7. court sentences prohibited by the 18th amendment
  8. The first 10 amendments to the US constitution
  9. requirement to admit certain amount of minority students into college
  10. part of the 14th emphasizing that the law must provide equivalent protection
  11. 1944 decision that upheld the interment of more than 100,000 Americans of Japanese descent
  12. worth concept that women and men should recieve equal pay jobs
  13. publication of false and malicious statement that damage someone's reputation
  14. Nonverbalcommunication
  15. 1857 ruling that a slave who had escaped to a free state enjoyed o rights as a citizen
  16. "equally of rights nder the law shall not be denied or abridged by the US or by any state"
  17. People cannot be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.
  18. school segregation was inherently unconstituional
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  1. FUndamental freedom that protect individuals such as freedom of speech, religions, and the press.
  2. guarantees women the right to vote
  3. policy designed to give special attention to members of a disadvantage group
  4. individual accused of a crime is compelled to be a witness against himself in court
  5. freedom of press, speech, religion, assembly
  6. offensive way and that lacks serious, literacy, artistic, political, or scientific value
  7. Evidece cannot be introduced into a trial if it was not constitutionally obtained
  8. right to a personal life
  9. requires to make "reasonable accomodations" for people with disabalities
  10. constituional amendment adopted in 1870 to extend suffrage to African americans
  11. provided a constitutional justification for segregation by ruiling that a louisiana law requiring "equal but separate accomodations for the white and colored races" was constituional
  12. legal concept under which the supreme courts has nationalized the bill of rights
  13. small taxes levied on the right to vote
  14. comments,gestures,or physical contacts of a sexual nature
  15. Prohibits government from interfering with the practice of religion
  16. designed to help end formal and informal Barrie's to African americans
  17. law making racial discrimination illegal
  18. Holding that freedoms of speech and press are "fundamental personal rights and liberties protected by the due process clause"
  19. Goverment actions preventing material from being published
  20. passed in 1964 that declared poll taxes void in federal elections
  21. legal right to vote in the us

39 Clues: Nonverbalcommunication • right to a personal life • legal right to vote in the us • guarantees women the right to vote • upheld a claim of gender discrimination • small taxes levied on the right to vote • communication in the form of advertising • law making racial discrimination illegal • freedom of press, speech, religion, assembly • ...

Amendments to the Constitution 2020-12-03

Amendments to the Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. congress can levy an income tax
  2. reserved rights to the states
  3. allows DC to vote in Presidential elections
  4. women's sufferage
  5. revises the procedures for electing the President and VP
  6. not all rights are listed in the COnstitution
  7. succession to the president
  8. rights of the accused: no double jeopardy, due process
  9. 18 years old can vote
  10. congressional pay raises
  11. no quartering of troops
  12. no illegal searches and seizures
  13. abolishes slavery
  14. lame duck, changes the inauguration dates
  15. limits the president to 2 terms of office
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  1. right to vote regardless of color or race
  2. right to bear arms
  3. prohibition
  4. rights in civil cases: lawsuits
  5. limits suits against states
  6. abolishes poll taxes
  7. ends prohibition
  8. freedom of speech, press, assembly, petition & religion
  9. more rights of the accused: trial by jury & attorney
  10. no cruel and unusual punishment or excessive bail
  11. people elect the senators directly
  12. equal protection under the laws

27 Clues: prohibition • ends prohibition • women's sufferage • abolishes slavery • right to bear arms • abolishes poll taxes • 18 years old can vote • no quartering of troops • congressional pay raises • limits suits against states • succession to the president • reserved rights to the states • rights in civil cases: lawsuits • congress can levy an income tax • equal protection under the laws • ...

The Age of Reform 2025-04-10

The Age of Reform crossword puzzle
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  1. Author who believed in civil disobedience against unfair laws
  2. What women demanded in the Declaration of Sentiments
  3. Writer who encouraged Americans to trust themselves and nature
  4. Major issue abolitionists fought to end
  5. Reformer who improved prisons and mental hospitals
  6. Major theme of both the abolition and women’s rights movements
  7. Movement focused on nature, individualism, and self-reliance
  8. First women’s rights convention held in 1848
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  1. Publisher of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator
  2. Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin that exposed slavery’s cruelty
  3. Dorothea Dix fought to reform this broken system
  4. Leader of public education reform
  5. Religious revival that inspired reform movements
  6. Movement to limit or stop alcohol use
  7. Efforts to change society for the better
  8. Ending slavery in the United States
  9. Area Horace Mann wanted improved for all children
  10. Document demanding equal rights for women
  11. Former enslaved woman who spoke for women’s rights and abolition
  12. Leader of the Underground Railroad helping enslaved people escape

20 Clues: Leader of public education reform • Ending slavery in the United States • Movement to limit or stop alcohol use • Major issue abolitionists fought to end • Efforts to change society for the better • Document demanding equal rights for women • First women’s rights convention held in 1848 • Dorothea Dix fought to reform this broken system • ...

Caregiver Week 2015-09-09

Caregiver Week crossword puzzle
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  1. Being able to meet and adjust to change or a new situation or a surprise
  2. One of our values
  3. How many bill of rights are there?
  4. A relationship of mutual affection between two or more people
  5. The quality of being outstanding or extremely good
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  1. Department who looks after the social well being of residents
  2. A house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household
  3. Is an unpaid or paid person who helps individual with an impairment with his or her activities of daily living
  4. Quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
  5. Delivering delicious meals
  6. Department that makes clothes smell clean
  7. The ability to feel and identify with the emotions that their resident is experiencing
  8. Admire (someone or something) deeply, as a result of their abilities, qualities, or achievements

13 Clues: One of our values • Delivering delicious meals • How many bill of rights are there? • Department that makes clothes smell clean • The quality of being outstanding or extremely good • Quality of being honest and having strong moral principles • Department who looks after the social well being of residents • A relationship of mutual affection between two or more people • ...

Social Studies Vocabulary review 2023-06-05

Social Studies Vocabulary review crossword puzzle
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  1. treating everyone the same regardless of gender, race or religion
  2. rights that protect the group
  3. Piece of paper used for voting that lists the names of the candidates
  4. government official who works for the court
  5. A partnership that is agreed on by nations or groups of people
  6. to decide on a settlement that satisfies all parties
  7. List of items that show how much money will be spent on each item
  8. Is a region that has its own local government
  9. a proposed law
  10. Is an idea or proposal discussed and voted on at a meeting
  11. all the people affected by the decision have an equal voice. There is discussion and the final agreement represents a decision that everyone agrees to
  12. names drawn by chance from a large number of choices
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  1. funds that the government gives to those who need help to participate in a program
  2. people vote directly to make decisions rather than having representatives
  3. individuals and groups have the same opportunities in life
  4. A decision made by people who are in authority
  5. a law
  6. right to vote
  7. what someone believes, but cannot be proved to be right or wrong
  8. a statement that can be proven to be true
  9. rights you are entitled to as a person
  10. Condition that benefits the majority
  11. fair treatment of individuals and groups
  12. person who brings a complaint about another person to court
  13. people who share the same government rules and laws
  14. principles about how people should act, or standards we consider important and just
  15. Laws that are passed by a local government

27 Clues: a law • right to vote • a proposed law • rights that protect the group • Condition that benefits the majority • rights you are entitled to as a person • fair treatment of individuals and groups • a statement that can be proven to be true • Laws that are passed by a local government • government official who works for the court • Is a region that has its own local government • ...

The First Amendent 2024-09-06

The First Amendent crossword puzzle
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  1. The first amendment states that American citizens have the right to freedom of ______.
  2. Essential human right, protected by the Bill of Rights.
  3. Formal request to government, seeking redress or policy change.
  4. False information spread through print or online media, harming reputation.
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  1. Gathering of people.
  2. Congress will make no law against the establishment or practice of this.
  3. Fourth estate or new media outlets, crucial for a well-informed public.

7 Clues: Gathering of people. • Essential human right, protected by the Bill of Rights. • Formal request to government, seeking redress or policy change. • Fourth estate or new media outlets, crucial for a well-informed public. • Congress will make no law against the establishment or practice of this. • ...

Bill and Linda--50 Years! 2014-07-06

Bill and Linda--50 Years! crossword puzzle
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  1. Bill’s favorite past profession
  2. a favorite hobby during “Sunday drives” and walks together
  3. product of their family owned business
  4. celebrity the couple saw while in Carmel
  5. 50th anniversary
  6. Bill’s first college
  7. most frequent vacation destination
  8. brand of Bill’s first computer
  9. a more recent hobby for Bill
  10. name of their high school
  11. the couple and their new baby moved here in 1968
  12. reason for visiting Aptos when they discovered their future home
  13. town where they met
  14. their first date
  15. silicon valley company employed Linda in 70’s
  16. Linda’s favorite past profession
  17. their honeymoon location
  18. newspaper Bill started before the earthquake killed the housing market
  19. class where Linda and Bill met
  20. Linda’s master’s degree
  21. they enjoy going here often to see live plays and musicals
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  1. Bill’s master’s degree
  2. throughout their lives, both have done this voraciously
  3. always the most revered “people” in the Proudfoot household
  4. favorite destination (so far!)
  5. the couple have been lost here more than once
  6. name of women’s barbershop group Linda sang with
  7. Bill’s first “real” job was here
  8. fabulous location of one of Bill’s volunteer jobs
  9. Bill’s volunteer job helps seniors understand this government program
  10. Bill, Ken and Zach attend monthly lectures on this at Foothill College
  11. kitchen appliance that gets the most use at 155 McKay
  12. the current “head of household” at 155 McKay
  13. type of fruit tree in their front yard
  14. they own a collection of these painted animals from all over Mexico
  15. college from which Linda got her bachelor’s degree
  16. they attended this rock ‘n roll icon’s concert at the Cow Palace
  17. type of church they were married in
  18. Bill proposed on Linda’s ______________
  19. Linda’s maiden name
  20. both are graduates of this;Werner Ehrhart’s self-improvement course
  21. Bill’s pet name for Linda
  22. name of their cat who taught himself to use the toilet

43 Clues: 50th anniversary • their first date • town where they met • Linda’s maiden name • Bill’s first college • Bill’s master’s degree • Linda’s master’s degree • their honeymoon location • name of their high school • Bill’s pet name for Linda • a more recent hobby for Bill • favorite destination (so far!) • brand of Bill’s first computer • class where Linda and Bill met • ...

Canadian Government 2016-01-21

Canadian Government crossword puzzle
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  1. a way for a person or a group of people to make a decision
  2. a small group of mpps from all political parties meet to discuss bills
  3. a proposed law
  4. an mpp that serves as the head of a ministry
  5. the political party with the greatest number of elected members
  6. an organized discussion where participants present different opinions
  7. job is to uphold the rules of parliament and ensure that all business of the chamber is carried out in an orderly manner
  8. a process where citizens vote for a candidate to represent their constituency in the parliament
  9. the person who advises the speaker and the mpps on the rules and procedures of parliament
  10. this last step of the legislative process makes the bill a law
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  1. all political parties and independent mpps that do not belong to the governing party
  2. a person who is running in an election
  3. a sheet of paper that lists the names of all candidates standing for election
  4. an mpp who fulfills the speakers duties when the speaker is unavailable
  5. a ceremonial staff that is a symbol of the speaker's authority to oversee the legislature
  6. another term for the legislative assembly ontario
  7. steps a bill must pass through to become law
  8. one of the two law-making houses of canada's federal parliament in ottawa
  9. the room in the legislative building where mpps meet to debate
  10. a bill that has received royal assent and become law

20 Clues: a proposed law • a person who is running in an election • an mpp that serves as the head of a ministry • steps a bill must pass through to become law • another term for the legislative assembly ontario • a bill that has received royal assent and become law • a way for a person or a group of people to make a decision • ...

Canadian Government 2016-01-21

Canadian Government crossword puzzle
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  1. a way for a person or a group of people to make a decision
  2. a small group of mpps from all political parties meet to discuss bills
  3. a proposed law
  4. an mpp that serves as the head of a ministry
  5. the political party with the greatest number of elected members
  6. an organized discussion where participants present different opinions
  7. job is to uphold the rules of parliament and ensure that all business of the chamber is carried out in an orderly manner
  8. a process where citizens vote for a candidate to represent their constituency in the parliament
  9. the person who advises the speaker and the mpps on the rules and procedures of parliament
  10. this last step of the legislative process makes the bill a law
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  1. all political parties and independent mpps that do not belong to the governing party
  2. a person who is running in an election
  3. a sheet of paper that lists the names of all candidates standing for election
  4. an mpp who fulfills the speakers duties when the speaker is unavailable
  5. a ceremonial staff that is a symbol of the speaker's authority to oversee the legislature
  6. another term for the legislative assembly ontario
  7. steps a bill must pass through to become law
  8. one of the two law-making houses of canada's federal parliament in ottawa
  9. the room in the legislative building where mpps meet to debate
  10. a bill that has received royal assent and become law

20 Clues: a proposed law • a person who is running in an election • an mpp that serves as the head of a ministry • steps a bill must pass through to become law • another term for the legislative assembly ontario • a bill that has received royal assent and become law • a way for a person or a group of people to make a decision • ...

Government 2015-10-02

Government crossword puzzle
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  1. All political parties and independent Members who do not belong to the governing party
  2. To change or improve something; for example, a law or an Act of Parliament
  3. The government's plan for how it will collect and spend money each year
  4. A king or queen of a country
  5. Bills that are passed by Parliament
  6. Person with full political and civil rights in his or her country
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  1. A senator or a Member of the House of Commons
  2. The Upper House of Parliament is made up of 105 Senators
  3. A proposal for a law to be considered by Parliament
  4. Another word for constituency or electoral district

10 Clues: A king or queen of a country • Bills that are passed by Parliament • A senator or a Member of the House of Commons • A proposal for a law to be considered by Parliament • Another word for constituency or electoral district • The Upper House of Parliament is made up of 105 Senators • Person with full political and civil rights in his or her country • ...

Chapter 12 Vocab 2022-02-28

Chapter 12 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. A group of people who were not a big fan of Lincolns rebuilding plan.
  2. Granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to african americans.
  3. effect of restoring many of the restrictions of slavery.
  4. Rebuild after the war
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  1. People who helped reunite families
  2. "all persons born or naturalized in the united states".
  3. rent land for cash from the planters and keep all their harvest.
  4. Radical republicans respond to the ten percent plan in 1864 by passing the wade bill.
  5. to charge the holder of a public office with misconduct.
  6. landowners divided their land and gave each worker either freed African America or poor white.

10 Clues: Rebuild after the war • People who helped reunite families • "all persons born or naturalized in the united states". • to charge the holder of a public office with misconduct. • effect of restoring many of the restrictions of slavery. • rent land for cash from the planters and keep all their harvest. • ...

Government crossword 2021-05-10

Government crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the only way to change the constitution
  2. political power rests with the people
  3. the power of the supreme court to determine constitutionally of a law
  4. ruler is no all powerful
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  1. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
  2. demanded a bill of rights
  3. each branch has the power to restrain the other branches through a power granted to them
  4. is a form of government that allows the people to choose leadership
  5. a system of social control under which the right to make laws, and the right to enforce them
  6. having the power to make laws

10 Clues: ruler is no all powerful • demanded a bill of rights • having the power to make laws • political power rests with the people • the only way to change the constitution • is a form of government that allows the people to choose leadership • the power of the supreme court to determine constitutionally of a law • ...

Landon Verburg 2025-12-03

Landon Verburg crossword puzzle
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  1. Something you have that the government can't take away from you.
  2. A part of the government that has a supreme court.
  3. Something the government made that you will have to follow, and if you don't you will be punished.
  4. A part of the government that the president is a part of.
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  1. Something that goes through all the branches of the government before becoming a law.
  2. The thing that keeps the government from becoming too powerful.
  3. A part of the government that makes the laws.
  4. One of the houses in the legislative branch
  5. getting what you deserve.
  6. The thing that says how long a president can serve for.

10 Clues: getting what you deserve. • One of the houses in the legislative branch • A part of the government that makes the laws. • A part of the government that has a supreme court. • The thing that says how long a president can serve for. • A part of the government that the president is a part of. • The thing that keeps the government from becoming too powerful. • ...

SS8H3 and SS8H4 Crossword 2016-11-08

SS8H3 and SS8H4 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Slaves fought in the war for offers of this
  2. The type of reconciliation the colonists should look forward to with Britain according to a loyalist writer
  3. The Constitution is this law of the land
  4. Title of response to "Common Sense", "True Interest of America _______ Stated"
  5. Article IV of the Constitution outlines the role of these
  6. Britain was this and France was not
  7. The Articles of Confederation were the first step toward this
  8. The final battle of the war took place here
  9. Act that taxed imported paint
  10. Article VII is about this of the constitution
  11. Article V shows how to do this to the Constitution
  12. British reserved land this way of the Appalachians Mts for colonists
  13. The month Thomas Jefferson sent a letter to a friend about Shays' Rebellion
  14. Act that was another word for unendurable
  15. Daniel Shays was a former this of the Continental Army
  16. The Federal ____ makes the national government share power with the state government
  17. The Senate is based on this this type of representation
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  1. The month that Shays' Rebellion took place
  2. The government decided to do this to taxes
  3. French and some Indian tribes were this in the war over land in the New World
  4. Large states wanted the number of votes their state had to be based on this
  5. People saw the rebellion as one of the signs that this was at risk
  6. Percentage of people that were patriots
  7. Where Shays' Rebellion took place
  8. This number times four is the percent of people that died that were killed in battle
  9. Number of years that the Revolutionary War lasted
  10. Farmers were angry at their legislature's this
  11. The first name of the general the government sent to defend the arsenal
  12. Bill of Rights was made to do this to basic rights
  13. A constitution is this kind of record of rights and limits
  14. General Henry Knox was a close this to George Washington
  15. Georgia did this to six people to go to the Constitutional Congress
  16. Patriots dressed up as this group of people to sneak on to a British ship
  17. Helped the Patriots fight Britain
  18. Where Thomas Jefferson was during Shays' Rebellion
  19. Act put on the colonists in 1764

36 Clues: Act that taxed imported paint • Act put on the colonists in 1764 • Where Shays' Rebellion took place • Helped the Patriots fight Britain • Britain was this and France was not • Percentage of people that were patriots • The Constitution is this law of the land • Act that was another word for unendurable • The month that Shays' Rebellion took place • ...

How a Bill Becomes a Law 2021-11-28

How a Bill Becomes a Law crossword puzzle
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  1. This branch interprets laws
  2. A law starts as this
  3. A lobbyist tries to do this to a bill
  4. After a bill passes the House of Representatives, it goes to the?
  5. This branch creates laws
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  1. An idea turns into this
  2. An agreement between two parties
  3. Influences a bill
  4. Can veto a bill
  5. when a president approves a bill he does this to it.

10 Clues: Can veto a bill • Influences a bill • A law starts as this • An idea turns into this • This branch creates laws • This branch interprets laws • An agreement between two parties • A lobbyist tries to do this to a bill • when a president approves a bill he does this to it. • After a bill passes the House of Representatives, it goes to the?

Government (20Q's) 2015-10-08

Government (20Q's) crossword puzzle
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  1. Another name for the House of Commons
  2. Of two chambers, or rooms. Canada's Parliament is made up of two separate Chambers - the Senate and House of Commons.
  3. A proposal by a Member for either the Sen. or H.O.C to do something, to order something to be done, or to express an opinion on a matter.
  4. ______ is appointed by the G.G on the advice of the Prime Minister.
  5. The Parliament Buildings has three parts (West Block, ________, and East Block).
  6. The bringing to an end of a Parliament
  7. A person who speaks for you.
  8. A university student who works for the Sen. or the H.O.C.
  9. Another word for constituency or electoral district.
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  1. A person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country.
  2. A group made up of all Senators and Members of Parliament from the same political party.
  3. Another name for a backbencher: a member of Parliament who does not have an official role in the H.O.C.
  4. A rule for all Canadians made by Senators, Members of Parliament and the Governor General through discussion and voting.
  5. The Upper House is made up of 105 Senators.
  6. To pick one person from a group of several people by voting. The person with the most votes is elected.
  7. The agreement by the provinces to join together to form the nation of Canada and create a federal Parliament.
  8. The political party that forms the Government because most of its members were elected to the H.O.C than from any other party.
  9. A word used for the stages during which a bill is debated in Parliament before it is passed to become a law.
  10. A meeting of the Sen. or of the H.O.C within a session.
  11. A change that is made to a bill, a motion or a committee report with the intention of improving it.

20 Clues: A person who speaks for you. • Another name for the House of Commons • The bringing to an end of a Parliament • The Upper House is made up of 105 Senators. • Another word for constituency or electoral district. • A meeting of the Sen. or of the H.O.C within a session. • A university student who works for the Sen. or the H.O.C. • ...

The Organization of Congress 2013-11-13

The Organization of Congress crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a population count
  2. the senate member in the absence of the vice president
  3. a member of a lawmaker`s personal staff who hadles requests for help from constituents
  4. a group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcatecory of it`s standing committee`s responsability
  5. the Speaker`s top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party`s legislative program
  6. A schedule that lists the order in which bills will be consideres in Congress
  7. the process of reassignin representation based on population
  8. A persom whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
  9. a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote
  10. elected oficial who is already in office
Down
  1. a vote of formal disapproval of a member`s actions
  2. to set up new district lines after reapportionmentis complete
  3. a two-chamber legislature
  4. a period of time diring wich a legislature meets to conduct business
  5. a temporary joint committee set up when the House and the Senate have passed differntversions of the same bill
  6. The minimun number of members who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action
  7. A procedure that allows each senator to speak only I hour on a bill under debate
  8. an assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature
  9. A proposed law
  10. A private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office

20 Clues: A proposed law • a population count • a two-chamber legislature • elected oficial who is already in office • a vote of formal disapproval of a member`s actions • the senate member in the absence of the vice president • an assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature • the process of reassignin representation based on population • ...

Government #2 2015-10-07

Government #2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to change or improve something
  2. the person in charge of a meeting, directs the discussion of business
  3. the set of rules that a country follow to work as a nation
  4. large rooms in the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings, where groups meet and have discussions
  5. a person living in an area in Canada represented by a Member of Parliament
  6. a Senator or m=Member of the House of Commons
  7. the periods into which a Parliament is divided
  8. the government's plan for how to save and spend money
  9. a proposal for a new law to be considered by the Parliament
  10. another name for question period
  11. to choose a representative in an election
Down
  1. the Upper House of Parliament, is made up of 105 Senators
  2. the king or queen of a country
  3. another name for a backbencher
  4. a formal event that follows rules or traditions
  5. a person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country
  6. the leader of the party in the power and the Head of Government
  7. a person who speaks for you
  8. bills that are passed by Parliament
  9. another name for the Senate

20 Clues: a person who speaks for you • another name for the Senate • the king or queen of a country • to change or improve something • another name for a backbencher • another name for question period • bills that are passed by Parliament • to choose a representative in an election • a Senator or m=Member of the House of Commons • the periods into which a Parliament is divided • ...

Vocabulary words 2022-12-20

Vocabulary words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crime of betraying one's country
  2. the first ten commandments in the US constitution
  3. a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office
Down
  1. a person born in the U.S.
  2. a state that elects a member of the house of representatives
  3. a president who got elected but wasn't put in office yet
  4. something you have to do as part of your job
  5. a minor change or addition to improve something like an alteration

8 Clues: a person born in the U.S. • crime of betraying one's country • something you have to do as part of your job • the first ten commandments in the US constitution • a president who got elected but wasn't put in office yet • a state that elects a member of the house of representatives • a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office • ...

Bill 2018-03-21

Bill crossword puzzle
Across
  1. I like to meet new people
  2. I can solve problems
  3. I can lend a hand
  4. I like to crack a joke
  5. I love sports
Down
  1. I approach things with enthusiasm
  2. I am nice to people
  3. I can think well
  4. I make sure everybody has a go
  5. I am brave

10 Clues: I am brave • I love sports • I can think well • I can lend a hand • I am nice to people • I can solve problems • I like to crack a joke • I like to meet new people • I make sure everybody has a go • I approach things with enthusiasm

Bill 2018-03-20

Bill crossword puzzle
Across
  1. I like sports
  2. I will push forward
  3. I am smart
  4. I like a laugh
  5. I have courage
Down
  1. I am trustable
  2. I support
  3. I like an adventure
  4. I care for people
  5. I make sure everybody has a turn

10 Clues: I support • I am smart • I like sports • I am trustable • I like a laugh • I have courage • I care for people • I like an adventure • I will push forward • I make sure everybody has a turn

Introduction to Bluegrass Music 2023-09-10

Introduction to Bluegrass Music crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This city in Virginia in 1965, hosted the first weekend-long bluegrass music festival.
  2. Lester _____ played guitar and lead vocals in Monroe's band.
  3. The invention of this lead to bluegrass music being spread across the US.
  4. In the 1960s, the idea of a "bluegrass ______" was first introduced.
  5. Scruggs style playing was an innovative ______-finger picking style on the banjo.
  6. Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt formed their own group, named the _____ Mountain Boys.
  7. The last name of the popular black musician who influenced Bill Monroe's music.
  8. The roots of bluegrass music can be traced back to Ireland, ______, and England
  9. In the 1950s, Monroe started to refer to his style of music as bluegrass music, a reference to his home state, ________.
Down
  1. This man is considered the "father of bluegrass music"
  2. Chubby ____ played fiddle in Monroe's band.
  3. Howard _____ played upright bass in Monroe's band.
  4. In 1945, Earl _____ joined Bill Monroe's band.
  5. This is the instrument Bill Monroe played.
  6. Bluegrass music blends elements of ______ and blues music.
  7. Bill Monroe's band had a core combination of _________, banjo, fiddle, guitar, and bass.

16 Clues: This is the instrument Bill Monroe played. • Chubby ____ played fiddle in Monroe's band. • In 1945, Earl _____ joined Bill Monroe's band. • Howard _____ played upright bass in Monroe's band. • This man is considered the "father of bluegrass music" • Bluegrass music blends elements of ______ and blues music. • ...

Parliament Crossword 2019-07-31

Parliament Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Someone who is professionally involved in politics
  2. Where you have no choice and have to do it
  3. Having the power to make laws
  4. The in of voting we use in Australia
  5. Smaller parts of the country
  6. the lower house of the state parliament
  7. The house of Representatives
  8. Parties use to measure everyone's opinions
  9. A group of people who refer to the political party that has the majority votes
  10. The crown, the lower and upper house
  11. house The senate
  12. Australia is a part of ...
  13. takes over the premier when he can't do his job
  14. An organized vote
  15. The leader of the state government
Down
  1. The upper house of the state parliament
  2. A legislature that has two separate chambers
  3. different groups fighting for different rights
  4. Someone who has the legal right to vote
  5. the structure of parliament that Australia uses
  6. area where the member of parliament represents
  7. A draft law
  8. Important rules for the country
  9. Responsible for Australia's finances
  10. The whole of Australia
  11. When all areas of parliament come together no more than 50 times a year
  12. Represents the Queen
  13. The Queen

28 Clues: The Queen • A draft law • house The senate • An organized vote • Represents the Queen • The whole of Australia • Australia is a part of ... • Smaller parts of the country • The house of Representatives • Having the power to make laws • Important rules for the country • The leader of the state government • The in of voting we use in Australia • The crown, the lower and upper house • ...

Revolutions 2025-12-10

Revolutions crossword puzzle
Across
  1. System destroyed on the Night of August 4th in France.
  2. The Proclamation of 1763 was a ________ the King drew telling colonists not to go past the mountains.
  3. Leader of France after the revolution; crowned as Emperor.
  4. Queen Antionette in France was accused of ______________ on luxuries.
  5. A bad ____________ made people in France starving, unemployed, and upset at leaders.
  6. System in France that was unfair and divided members into 3 classes.
  7. Abuse of power; typically with stealing or doing illegal favors.
  8. Act that imposes taxes on legal documents, playing cards,
  9. Act that allowed soldiers to enter your home without permission.
Down
  1. other paper goods.
  2. Period in France directly after the revolution: the Reign of _________.
  3. Revolution fought against Great Britain.
  4. Famous American document written by Thomas Jefferson: The Declaration of _______________
  5. The 1st Amendment outlines the 5 ___________ all Americans have.
  6. Both revolutions overthrew this form of government.
  7. Meeting called by Louis XVI for all 3 estates.
  8. The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution: the Bill of ____________
  9. Leader of the American Revolution.
  10. France had money problems initially because of war _____ from helping the Americans.
  11. The primary cause of the American Revolution would be _____________ without representation

20 Clues: other paper goods. • Leader of the American Revolution. • Revolution fought against Great Britain. • Meeting called by Louis XVI for all 3 estates. • Both revolutions overthrew this form of government. • System destroyed on the Night of August 4th in France. • Act that imposes taxes on legal documents, playing cards, • ...

Constitution Vocabulary 2021-11-12

Constitution Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Land Ordinance of 1785-the land to be divided into townships and then the township is divided into 36 sections of one square mile each
  2. Strong federal government
  3. Weak federal government
  4. period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall and unemployment rises
Down
  1. the documents that set out basic laws, principles, organization and processes of government.
  2. of Rights- list of freedoms that the government promises to protect
  3. of Confederation- Americans first constitution
  4. Enterprise System- businesses have freedoms with little gov. interaction.
  5. Great Compromise- the merging of two plans to develop the Legislative Branch.

9 Clues: Weak federal government • Strong federal government • of Confederation- Americans first constitution • of Rights- list of freedoms that the government promises to protect • Enterprise System- businesses have freedoms with little gov. interaction. • Great Compromise- the merging of two plans to develop the Legislative Branch. • ...

Canadian Government 2016-01-21

Canadian Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this last step of the legislative process makes the bill a law
  2. a ceremonial staff that is a symbol of the speaker's authority to oversee the legislature
  3. the room in the legislative building where mpps meet to debate
  4. an mpp who fulfills the speakers duties when the speaker is unavailable
  5. the person who advises the speaker and the mpps on the rules and procedures of parliament
  6. all political parties and independent mpps that do not belong to the governing party
  7. a person who is running in an election
  8. the political party with the greatest number of elected members
  9. steps a bill must pass through to become law
  10. an organized discussion where participants present different opinions
  11. a bill that has received royal assent and become law
Down
  1. a way for a person or a group of people to make a decision
  2. an mpp that serves as the head of a ministry
  3. another term for the legislative assembly ontario
  4. a process where citizens vote for a candidate to represent their constituency in the parliament
  5. a sheet of paper that lists the names of all candidates standing for election
  6. job is to uphold the rules of parliament and ensure that all business of the chamber is carried out in an orderly manner
  7. a small group of mpps from all political parties meet to discuss bills
  8. one of the two law-making houses of canada's federal parliament in ottawa
  9. a proposed law

20 Clues: a proposed law • a person who is running in an election • an mpp that serves as the head of a ministry • steps a bill must pass through to become law • another term for the legislative assembly ontario • a bill that has received royal assent and become law • a way for a person or a group of people to make a decision • ...

Texas Government 2016-08-12

Texas Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. We the people elect representatives who make decisions for us.
  2. Our national government has no duties or powers, other than those powers specifically granted to it in the Constitution.
  3. “We the people” form the government. The authority of the government comes from the people who vote.
  4. “I have rights that are listed in the Bill of Rights!”
Down
  1. Each branch can check the other two to make sure they’re not abusing their power.
  2. Power is shared/divided between the federal (national) and state governments.
  3. Divides power into 3 branches so that too much power is not concentrated into one place.

7 Clues: “I have rights that are listed in the Bill of Rights!” • We the people elect representatives who make decisions for us. • Power is shared/divided between the federal (national) and state governments. • Each branch can check the other two to make sure they’re not abusing their power. • ...

Kaylies Crossword 2018-02-09

Kaylies Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / how the seats can be distributed in the house
  2. / ending a debate in the senate
  3. / practice of drawing district lines
  4. / a law making body of the two houses
  5. / when a bill been killed by being put aside for the time being
  6. / to prevent the senate from making a vote
  7. / is a proposed law
Down
  1. / spending money but needing the approval
  2. / powers of congress has exercised
  3. / it is also known as a law
  4. / stretched of the delegated powers
  5. / private meetings for each house
  6. / rejection of a bill
  7. / each term of congress is divided into two

14 Clues: / is a proposed law • / rejection of a bill • / it is also known as a law • / ending a debate in the senate • / powers of congress has exercised • / private meetings for each house • / stretched of the delegated powers • / practice of drawing district lines • / a law making body of the two houses • / spending money but needing the approval • ...

Civic Literacy Module 4- Lesson 1 2026-03-29

Civic Literacy Module 4- Lesson 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. North Carolina industry that focuses on growing trees for lumber
  2. governing body created by the North Carolina colony, whose laws the colonists agreed to follow over the royal governor’s
  3. industry focused on scientific growth; anchored and supported by NC universities
  4. portion of the NC state constitution written in 1776 that focuses on the rights of the individual citizen; pre-dates the Bill of Rights
  5. declared the Provincial Congress to be the sole governing body of North Carolina; nullified the authority of the royal governor
Down
  1. industry hub located in Charlotte, NC that focuses on securing and transferring safely peoples’ money
  2. declaration by North Carolina’s Provincial Congress that the colony was independent from Great Britain
  3. reserves powers not enumerated (listed) in the Constitution for the federal government for the states
  4. the division of power between the federal government and state governments
  5. North Carolina industry that focuses on generating revenue through travel to notable natural and man-made attractions across the state
  6. North Carolina is the 4th largest exporter of goods as part of this industry

11 Clues: North Carolina industry that focuses on growing trees for lumber • the division of power between the federal government and state governments • North Carolina is the 4th largest exporter of goods as part of this industry • industry focused on scientific growth; anchored and supported by NC universities • ...

None 2024-01-06

None crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name of an Oglala war chief
  2. An Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana
  3. A person who felt that the reservation system was holding back Indians
  4. A dominant tribal force in the Northwest Plains
  5. One of the first acts that majorly reduced the size of Indian homelands
  6. The first prime minister of Canada
  7. The act that put and end to the “treaty period”
  8. An amendment to the Dawes Act that stripped triable power in the 1880’s
  9. A group that was involved in direct action, particularly in the Pacific Northwest, with a main focus on treaty and fishing rights
  10. He said, the “real aim of this bill is to get Indian lands and open them up to settlement”
  11. This was a law that put an end to the erosion of Indian homelands through allotment
Down
  1. This act created the INdian Claims Commission in 1946
  2. This tribe was allotted 657 acres of land per household in 1907
  3. The Hopi Name for ancestors
  4. The governor of Minnesota who forced Indians to hand over ~11 million acres of prime woodlands to the government
  5. A period of time when over 1.3 million acres of Indian land was removed from trust status
  6. An Indian man in the book whose life follows a seasonal cycle for making money
  7. The group of officials who were tasked with making agreements with Indian tribes
  8. This was the first comprehensive assessment of Indian living conditions in the US since 1850
  9. The organization created in 1885 to try and stop provisions of the IRA
  10. Where the original 5 tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy lived
  11. Indian tribe who lives in the Great Lakes region
  12. ______ owe their existence to a $145 tax bill on a trailer in a remote northern village on the Leech Lake Reservation
  13. A group of tribes who lived along the Atlantic Coast
  14. This Chief’s name translates to hole in the day in english

25 Clues: The Hopi Name for ancestors • The name of an Oglala war chief • The first prime minister of Canada • An Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana • A dominant tribal force in the Northwest Plains • The act that put and end to the “treaty period” • Indian tribe who lives in the Great Lakes region • A group of tribes who lived along the Atlantic Coast • ...

Jayden Baker - government crossword puzzle. 2022-05-10

Jayden Baker - government crossword puzzle. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the first article in the constitution.
  2. group of representatives that are expert on the topic of the bill.
  3. the name of georgia's "congress"
  4. A crime that is not considered a crime committed by an adult.
  5. the name of the paragraph in the constitution that states why it exists.
  6. _______ of the senate
  7. the person that must be with you every step of the juvenile process.
  8. the name of the person that votes for you in congress.
  9. someone under 18 that commits a crime that would be considered a crime committed by an adult.
  10. the name of the officer that decides if there is enough evidence to file a report against you.
  11. the original constitution over the U.S
Down
  1. the thing that gives everyone their rights.
  2. to divide the workload between branches.
  3. the branch of government that checks to see if things done by the other branches are constitutional.
  4. to kill someone
  5. the leader of the executive branch.
  6. the thing called when one branch "checks" the other branches.
  7. the branch of government that enforces laws.
  8. the branch of government that creates laws
  9. the head of the executive branch that leads georgia "starts with a g"

20 Clues: to kill someone • _______ of the senate • the name of georgia's "congress" • the leader of the executive branch. • the first article in the constitution. • the original constitution over the U.S • to divide the workload between branches. • the branch of government that creates laws • the thing that gives everyone their rights. • the branch of government that enforces laws. • ...

Legislative branch 2014-10-05

Legislative branch crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 2 branches of legislative
  2. 2nd leading offical in senate
  3. preceding officer of house of rep.
  4. members divided by 2 per state
  5. offical of executive branch under the BIGP
  6. group for special purpose
  7. deny bill from becoming law
  8. both houses join this group
  9. vote for senators directly by people
  10. collected every 10 yrs
  11. process of taking offical out of office
Down
  1. head of majority party in congress
  2. draft of suggestive law
  3. # of members based on state population
  4. levy income taxes
  5. adapt to ideas of both houses
  6. makes laws
  7. permenant committee
  8. a writ
  9. head of minority party in congress

20 Clues: a writ • makes laws • levy income taxes • permenant committee • collected every 10 yrs • draft of suggestive law • 2 branches of legislative • group for special purpose • deny bill from becoming law • both houses join this group • 2nd leading offical in senate • adapt to ideas of both houses • members divided by 2 per state • head of majority party in congress • ...

HR and Environment 2025-04-28

HR and Environment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one consequence of deforestation that leads to harder ground, dry soil, and warmer temperatures
  2. the peak season month of Antarctic sea ice extent
  3. empirical dataset measuring basic human rights violations in a country by agents of the state (3 words)
  4. conducting criminal proceedings against those alleged to violate human rights is a form of ___ power used by IOs
  5. UN resolution outlining the rights of all people (abbreviate it)
  6. one of the four ways to prosecute genocide. Involves states using their legal definitions for genocide, along with their own punishments (2 words)
  7. a country that saw significant improvement in deforestation rates in 2023
  8. the 1948 UN proceeding that defined and codified genocide in international law (use its two words abbreviation)
  9. UN court that can hear cases brought against other states, such as violations in the Genocide Convention (abbreviate it)
  10. individual human rights are ___ generational rights
  11. a way NGOs can address human rights by calling out violators publicly (3 words)
  12. international norm that states should protect citizens and that other states should intervene if citizens are not being protected (3 words but abbreviate it)
  13. type of court to punish violations of Genocide Convention. First one was for Rwanda. (4 words)
  14. a country like Afghanistan currently has a ____ PTS value
  15. the year with the lowest peak month of Arctic sea ice extent
  16. similar to a public good, given to all regardless of participation
Down
  1. 2024 was the ____ year on record
  2. second highest risk factor for world deaths (as of 2021)
  3. creating commissions or councils to research and protect human rights is a form of ___ power used by IOs
  4. the environment is a ________ as it is something that is depleted or not protected because it is not owned by a single entity
  5. a way states can address human rights by acknowledging the abuse and giving voice to victims (2 words)
  6. court founded by treaty that can criminally prosecute individuals for genocide (abbreviate it)
  7. the ____ treaty stipulates this area shall be used for scientific purposes only and that no countries can lay territorial claims
  8. a country like Ireland currently has a ____ PTS value
  9. one threat to the environment that involves the warming of the planet at an above average rate
  10. when it comes to pollution, ____ pollution has more deaths (as of 2021) attributed to it
  11. societal human rights are ___ generational rights
  12. a country with nearly 30% desert and an estimate timeline of 300 years to reverse desertification
  13. a net loss of trees
  14. only country with a nuclear-powered icebreaker
  15. the peak season month of Arctic sea ice extent
  16. the year with the lowest peak month of Antarctic sea ice extent
  17. group human rights are ____ generational rights

33 Clues: a net loss of trees • 2024 was the ____ year on record • only country with a nuclear-powered icebreaker • the peak season month of Arctic sea ice extent • group human rights are ____ generational rights • the peak season month of Antarctic sea ice extent • societal human rights are ___ generational rights • individual human rights are ___ generational rights • ...

Liams Crossword 2021-05-27

Liams Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the federal principle or system of government.
  2. A _______ is granted by the president or a governor and it exempts you from a sentence, charge or fine.
  3. prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another.
  4. intro to the constitution, starts with the words "we the people."
  5. _______ powers are powers not clearly listed but inferred, they help execute expressed powers
  6. the ________ party is the primary conservative party.
  7. ______-taxes are where LOCAL governments get the majority of their money, most of it is spent on education.
Down
  1. ________ powers are those listed clearly in the constitution.
  2. the ______ party is the primary liberal party.
  3. ______ opinion is what thoughts everyone has in common, where candidates try to appeal.
  4. head of the executive branch
  5. The _________ court is the highest appeal court in the U.S
  6. the first ten amendments are the bill of ______.
  7. ______-taxes is where STATE gets the majority of its money

14 Clues: head of the executive branch • the federal principle or system of government. • the ______ party is the primary liberal party. • the first ten amendments are the bill of ______. • the ________ party is the primary conservative party. • The _________ court is the highest appeal court in the U.S • ______-taxes is where STATE gets the majority of its money • ...

CROSSWORD PUZZLE ON POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE 2023-01-26

CROSSWORD PUZZLE ON POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. holds the power to settle controversies involving rights that are legally demandable and enforceable
  2. country leader
  3. to formally accuse a public official of misconduct committed while in office.
  4. the elected head of a city, town, or other municipality.
  5. person standing for election
  6. a government’s absolute power of authority
  7. what people do on polling day
  8. The activities or affairs engaged in by a government
  9. house the official residence and workplace of the president
  10. a family in which multiple members are involved in politics
  11. 24 politicians who have been elected to a Senate.
  12. The ____ of Representatives is part of the legislative branch of government.
  13. “We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane society, and establish a Government that shall embody...”
Down
  1. “top down approach”
  2. an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
  3. more than half especially in a vote
  4. promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their Government is doing.
  5. an addition to a constitution
  6. composed of the president and the vice president
  7. the result of balanced budgets, rational spending, and the elimination of waste and duplication.
  8. a small group of people within a government who give advice to the highest leader
  9. document sent to congress by the President to tell his ideas on how government money should be spent
  10. box container for completed voting slips
  11. Rule by the people
  12. Ideas that go through committees in the House and Senate
  13. A power of the president used to prevent a bill from becoming law.
  14. to end a meeting
  15. The different sectors are considered government partners in attaining development goals.
  16. body in charge of running the country
  17. branch of government has the ability to make laws

30 Clues: country leader • to end a meeting • Rule by the people • “top down approach” • person standing for election • an addition to a constitution • what people do on polling day • more than half especially in a vote • body in charge of running the country • box container for completed voting slips • an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. • a government’s absolute power of authority • ...

Liams Crossword 2021-05-27

Liams Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ______ opinion is what thoughts everyone has in common, where candidates try to appeal.
  2. prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another.
  3. ________ powers are those listed clearly in the constitution.
  4. the ______ party is the primary liberal party.
  5. head of the executive branch
  6. the ________ party is the primary conservative party.
  7. A _______ is granted by the president or a governor and it exempts you from a sentence, charge or fine.
  8. the federal principle or system of government.
Down
  1. _______ powers are powers not clearly listed but inferred, they help execute expressed powers
  2. the first ten amendments are the bill of ______.
  3. The _________ court is the highest appeal court in the U.S
  4. ______-taxes is where STATE gets the majority of its money
  5. ______-taxes are where LOCAL governments get the majority of their money, most of it is spent on education.
  6. intro to the constitution, starts with the words "we the people."

14 Clues: head of the executive branch • the ______ party is the primary liberal party. • the federal principle or system of government. • the first ten amendments are the bill of ______. • the ________ party is the primary conservative party. • The _________ court is the highest appeal court in the U.S • ______-taxes is where STATE gets the majority of its money • ...

Liams Crossword 2021-05-27

Liams Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ______ opinion is what thoughts everyone has in common, where candidates try to appeal.
  2. prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another.
  3. ________ powers are those listed clearly in the constitution.
  4. the ______ party is the primary liberal party.
  5. head of the executive branch
  6. the ________ party is the primary conservative party.
  7. A _______ is granted by the president or a governor and it exempts you from a sentence, charge or fine.
  8. the federal principle or system of government.
Down
  1. _______ powers are powers not clearly listed but inferred, they help execute expressed powers
  2. the first ten amendments are the bill of ______.
  3. The _________ court is the highest appeal court in the U.S
  4. ______-taxes is where STATE gets the majority of its money
  5. ______-taxes are where LOCAL governments get the majority of their money, most of it is spent on education.
  6. intro to the constitution, starts with the words "we the people."

14 Clues: head of the executive branch • the ______ party is the primary liberal party. • the federal principle or system of government. • the first ten amendments are the bill of ______. • the ________ party is the primary conservative party. • The _________ court is the highest appeal court in the U.S • ______-taxes is where STATE gets the majority of its money • ...

Liams Crossword 2021-05-27

Liams Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the federal principle or system of government.
  2. A _______ is granted by the president or a governor and it exempts you from a sentence, charge or fine.
  3. prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another.
  4. intro to the constitution, starts with the words "we the people."
  5. _______ powers are powers not clearly listed but inferred, they help execute expressed powers
  6. the ________ party is the primary conservative party.
  7. ______-taxes are where LOCAL governments get the majority of their money, most of it is spent on education.
Down
  1. ________ powers are those listed clearly in the constitution.
  2. the ______ party is the primary liberal party.
  3. ______ opinion is what thoughts everyone has in common, where candidates try to appeal.
  4. head of the executive branch
  5. The _________ court is the highest appeal court in the U.S
  6. the first ten amendments are the bill of ______.
  7. ______-taxes is where STATE gets the majority of its money

14 Clues: head of the executive branch • the federal principle or system of government. • the ______ party is the primary liberal party. • the first ten amendments are the bill of ______. • the ________ party is the primary conservative party. • The _________ court is the highest appeal court in the U.S • ______-taxes is where STATE gets the majority of its money • ...

Journalism 2026-02-12

Journalism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ___ service; a news agency that gathers and distributes news, photos, and other content to other publications (for example, Associated Press or Reuters)
  2. a proposal for a story
  3. taking pictures to help report the news
  4. the set time when a journalist needs to submit a story
  5. the writer or creator's name
  6. the part of a newspaper that lists key staff
Down
  1. not ice cream, but an exclusive story
  2. the qualities of a story that mean it's worthy of being news
  3. the words that go under a picture to explain what's happening
  4. a piece of information provided by a source
  5. an alternate spelling for lead, which is the first paragraph or sentence of a story
  6. a person who reports on current events
  7. the amendment in the Bill of Rights that guarantees freedom of the press
  8. a news article that goes deeper into a topic

14 Clues: a proposal for a story • the writer or creator's name • not ice cream, but an exclusive story • a person who reports on current events • taking pictures to help report the news • a piece of information provided by a source • a news article that goes deeper into a topic • the part of a newspaper that lists key staff • the set time when a journalist needs to submit a story • ...

Can't find my crossword 2025-06-13

Can't find my crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants (7 letters)
  2. Ruling body of a country (10 letters)
  3. A nation's fundamental legal document (12 letters)
  4. Type of system with a central government and states/provinces (7 letters)
  5. A constitutional monarchy with ten provinces and three territories (6 letters)
  6. System advocating for common ownership of property (9 letters)
  7. A community of people living together (7 letters)
  8. A system of rules that a society or government develops (3 letters)
  9. The current governing party in Canada (7 letters)
  10. A proposed law (4 letters)
  11. What the Charter of ____ and Freedoms protects (6 letters)
  12. Canada's system of government, with a King as Head of State (8 letters)
Down
  1. The process of expressing a choice in an election (6 letters)
  2. Often involves elections and debates (8 letters)
  3. A system of government where citizens elect representatives (9 letters)
  4. he official opposition party in the current Canadian Parliament (12 letters)
  5. A legal resident of a country (7 letters)
  6. Pertaining to local government (9 letters)
  7. Free market economy (10 letters)
  8. Political ideology with extreme nationalism and suppression of opposition (7 letters)

20 Clues: A proposed law (4 letters) • Free market economy (10 letters) • Ruling body of a country (10 letters) • A legal resident of a country (7 letters) • Pertaining to local government (9 letters) • Often involves elections and debates (8 letters) • A community of people living together (7 letters) • The current governing party in Canada (7 letters) • ...

Civil Liberties 2024-11-12

Civil Liberties crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Part of the 14th amendment that forbids states from denying unalienable rights without due process
  2. Political freedoms that protect citizens from government abuses of power
  3. Clause that prevents the government from restricting religious belief
  4. Process in which provisions from the Bill of Rights are applied to all levels of government
Down
  1. Clause that prevents the government from sponsoring any religion

5 Clues: Clause that prevents the government from sponsoring any religion • Clause that prevents the government from restricting religious belief • Political freedoms that protect citizens from government abuses of power • Process in which provisions from the Bill of Rights are applied to all levels of government • ...

Gov Vocab 2022-01-06

Gov Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens.
  2. first ten amendments to the constitution.
  3. french guy
  4. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the constitution and helped write Federalist Papers
  5. president on one dollar bill
  6. Article 1, section 8, clause 18 of the constitution giving congress the right to pass all laws "necessary&proper" to carry out the other powers listed in Article 1.
  7. english political philosopher whose social contract theory belived that in order to live together, individuals in a society give up their natural rights to a higher authority for protection.
  8. the distribution of power between the national government among legislative, executive, and judicial branches; no one branch has too much power.
  9. power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, countries, parishes, or towns.
Down
  1. king/queen control all aspects of life: social, enconomic, and political- often times tied to divine right of kings (authority from god).
  2. supporter of the new constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances.
  3. the people are the only source of power for any and all government actions; government can only govern with the consent of the governed.
  4. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful.
  5. believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property
  6. powers saved for the states in our system of federalism, guaranteed in the Ninth Amendment to the constitution.
  7. the government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people.
  8. the first plan the government adopted in the U.S. after the revolution; it was a loose association of states with no authority to tax, no national army, and no cheif executive.
  9. type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority.
  10. belief that monarchs were chosen by god; gave the monarch unlimited authority.
  11. explains the purposes of the constitution, and defines the power of the new government as originating from the people of the United States.

20 Clues: french guy • president on one dollar bill • first ten amendments to the constitution. • believed in natural rights- life, liberty and property • government attempts to control all facets of the lives of its citizens. • belief that monarchs were chosen by god; gave the monarch unlimited authority. • ...

Crossword Puzzle On Politics and Governance 2024-08-22

Crossword Puzzle On Politics and Governance crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The branch of government responsible for interpreting laws and administering justice.
  2. - Fundamental principles and laws that define and govern a country.
  3. Rights - The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
  4. - A state of disorder due to the absence or non-recognition of authority.
  5. - The obligation of individuals or organizations to account for their actions and accept responsibility.
  6. - a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done.
  7. - This is a formal process of selecting people for an official job through voting.
  8. - Using economic or political influence to control other countries, often by former colonial powers.
  9. - Sequence of rulers from the same family or group.
  10. - Way in which power is exercised in managing a country or organization.
  11. - Action of guiding or directing a group or organization.
  12. - Institution that rules a country and enforces laws.
  13. Supreme power or authority; the authority of a state to govern itself.
  14. - A system of government by one person with absolute power.
  15. The profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations.
  16. The process of charging a public official with misconduct.
Down
  1. - A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives.
  2. A body of non-elected government officials and administrative policy-making group.
  3. - Honesty in decision-making and operations.
  4. - A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives.
  5. - A person who is a member of a particular country and has specific rights, duties, and privileges because of it.
  6. - A government ruled by a dictator with absolute authority.
  7. - Course of action or set of principles adopted by an organization or government.
  8. A formal change or addition proposed or made to a law or constitution.
  9. - Process of making or enacting laws.
  10. The power of a president or governor to reject a bill proposed by a legislature.
  11. - Effort to influence voters and support candidates or causes.
  12. The branch of government responsible for implementing and enforcing laws.
  13. The right to vote in political elections.
  14. A system in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.

30 Clues: - Process of making or enacting laws. • The right to vote in political elections. • - Honesty in decision-making and operations. • - Sequence of rulers from the same family or group. • - Institution that rules a country and enforces laws. • - Action of guiding or directing a group or organization. • The process of charging a public official with misconduct. • ...

Crossword Puzzle on Politics and Governance 2024-08-22

Crossword Puzzle on Politics and Governance crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done.
  2. - Institution that rules a country and enforces laws.
  3. - Process of making or enacting laws.
  4. - Course of action or set of principles adopted by an organization or government.
  5. The right to vote in political elections.
  6. The process of charging a public official with misconduct.
  7. - Honesty in decision-making and operations.
  8. - A state of disorder due to the absence or non-recognition of authority.
  9. The branch of government responsible for interpreting laws and administering justice.
  10. - This is a formal process of selecting people for an official job through voting.
  11. Rights- The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
  12. Supreme power or authority; the authority of a state to govern itself.
  13. A body of non-elected government officials and administrative policy-making group.
  14. - Action of guiding or directing a group or organization.
Down
  1. - Fundamental principles and laws that define and govern a country.
  2. - A person who is a member of a particular country and has specific rights, duties, and privileges because of it.
  3. The power of a president or governor to reject a bill proposed by a legislature.
  4. - Sequence of rulers from the same family or group.
  5. - A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives.
  6. - A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives.
  7. - Using economic or political influence to control other countries, often by former colonial powers.
  8. The profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations.
  9. - The obligation of individuals or organizations to account for their actions and accept responsibility.
  10. - Way in which power is exercised in managing a country or organization.
  11. A formal change or addition proposed or made to a law or constitution.
  12. - Effort to influence voters and support candidates or causes.
  13. A system in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.
  14. - A government ruled by a dictator with absolute authority.
  15. - A system of government by one person with absolute power.
  16. The branch of government responsible for implementing and enforcing laws.

30 Clues: - Process of making or enacting laws. • The right to vote in political elections. • - Honesty in decision-making and operations. • - Sequence of rulers from the same family or group. • - Institution that rules a country and enforces laws. • - Action of guiding or directing a group or organization. • The process of charging a public official with misconduct. • ...

Legislative branch 2023-11-06

Legislative branch crossword puzzle
Across
  1. draft of suggestive law
  2. right for people to vote for senate directly
  3. 2nd highest ranked official in senate
  4. permenant committee
  5. preceding officer of house of repersentive
  6. makes laws
  7. upper house of congress
  8. two house legislative
Down
  1. join ideas of both houses
  2. process of taking offical of duty for unlawful activity
  3. 2nd highest ranking offical in executive
  4. made of 2 houses
  5. leader of minority party in congress
  6. deny a bill from becoming law
  7. collected every 10yrs
  8. leader of majority party in congress
  9. group for special purpose
  10. a writ
  11. right to levy taxes

19 Clues: a writ • makes laws • made of 2 houses • permenant committee • right to levy taxes • collected every 10yrs • two house legislative • draft of suggestive law • upper house of congress • join ideas of both houses • group for special purpose • deny a bill from becoming law • leader of minority party in congress • leader of majority party in congress • 2nd highest ranked official in senate • ...

Bill and Linda--50 Years! 2014-07-06

Bill and Linda--50 Years! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of church they were married in
  2. Linda’s master’s degree
  3. celebrity the couple saw while in Carmel
  4. Linda’s favorite past profession
  5. the couple have been lost here more than once
  6. class where Linda and Bill met
  7. they attended this rock ‘n roll icon’s concert at the Cow Palace
  8. fabulous location of one of Bill’s volunteer jobs
  9. Bill’s pet name for Linda
  10. most frequent vacation destination
  11. product of their family owned business
  12. their first date
  13. silicon valley company employed Linda in 70’s
  14. a more recent hobby for Bill
  15. reason for visiting Aptos when they discovered their future home
  16. Bill’s master’s degree
  17. the current “head of household” at 155 McKay
  18. Linda’s maiden name
  19. both are graduates of this;Werner Ehrhart’s self-improvement course
  20. always the most revered “people” in the Proudfoot household
  21. 50th anniversary
Down
  1. Bill’s volunteer job helps seniors understand this government program
  2. name of their high school
  3. Bill’s first “real” job was here
  4. their honeymoon location
  5. newspaper Bill started before the earthquake killed the housing market
  6. name of women’s barbershop group Linda sang with
  7. the couple and their new baby moved here in 1968
  8. Bill’s first college
  9. Bill’s favorite past profession
  10. name of their cat who taught himself to use the toilet
  11. type of fruit tree in their front yard
  12. town where they met
  13. throughout their lives, both have done this voraciously
  14. they enjoy going here often to see live plays and musicals
  15. Bill proposed on Linda’s ______________
  16. favorite destination (so far!)
  17. college from which Linda got her bachelor’s degree
  18. Bill, Ken and Zach attend monthly lectures on this at Foothill College
  19. they own a collection of these painted animals from all over Mexico
  20. a favorite hobby during “Sunday drives” and walks together
  21. kitchen appliance that gets the most use at 155 McKay
  22. brand of Bill’s first computer

43 Clues: their first date • 50th anniversary • town where they met • Linda’s maiden name • Bill’s first college • Bill’s master’s degree • Linda’s master’s degree • their honeymoon location • name of their high school • Bill’s pet name for Linda • a more recent hobby for Bill • class where Linda and Bill met • favorite destination (so far!) • brand of Bill’s first computer • ...

Government 3 2015-10-11

Government 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to place a document befor the senate, the HOC or a committee for consideration
  2. a group made up of all senators and MP's from the same political party and they meet regularly
  3. bills that are passed by parliament
  4. one of three parts of parliament. MP's meet and debate in this chamber.
  5. a member of the senate or HOC who does not belong to a political party
  6. to change or improve something; for example, a law or an Act of Parliament
  7. a senator or a member of the HOC
  8. another name for the senate
  9. a proposal for a new law to be considered by parliament
  10. the government of Canada that acts and speaks for the whole country
  11. another word for constituency or electoral district
  12. the specific geographic area in Canada that a MP represents in the HOC (riding/electoral district)
  13. the government's plan for how it will collect and spend money each year
  14. the upper House of Parliament and is made up of 105 senators
  15. Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of Canada is this. She is represented in Canada by the Governor General
Down
  1. another name for the HOC
  2. a person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country
  3. a change that is made to a bill, a motion or a committee report with the intention of improving it
  4. the steps by which bills are approved by parliament and become laws
  5. a king or queen of a country
  6. a person who speaks on behalf of you
  7. another name for question period
  8. a formal event that follows rules for traditions
  9. a person living in an area in Canada represented by a member of parliament
  10. an appointed member of every party that manages its business in the HOC Chamber

25 Clues: another name for the HOC • another name for the senate • a king or queen of a country • a senator or a member of the HOC • another name for question period • bills that are passed by parliament • a person who speaks on behalf of you • a formal event that follows rules for traditions • another word for constituency or electoral district • ...

Bill2Law 2023-10-26

Bill2Law crossword puzzle
Across
  1. strong supporter of a party or cause
  2. place where bill goes to get a number
  3. 2 sides come together to cooperate/agree
  4. an unrelated change the senate can attach to a bill
  5. period of congress, usually 2 years
  6. when the president disapproves a bill
Down
  1. a senator can keep talking to delay or kill a bill
  2. voter in legislative district
  3. source to suggest a bill besides special interest group or private citizen
  4. committee gets a bill after a subcommittee but before it goes to house floor

10 Clues: voter in legislative district • period of congress, usually 2 years • strong supporter of a party or cause • place where bill goes to get a number • when the president disapproves a bill • 2 sides come together to cooperate/agree • a senator can keep talking to delay or kill a bill • an unrelated change the senate can attach to a bill • ...

Grade 7 Crossword Puzzle 2021-11-29

Grade 7 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A form of government in which the country’s people can participate and vote for how the country is to be run.
  2. Not being dangerous or harmful and not likely to cause loss.
  3. Being protected and made safe from weather, dangerous animals, and other safety concerns.
  4. The breaking of a law, rule agreement, promise, etc.
  5. Also known as Ubuntu; a proper sense of pride and respect.
  6. Freedom of ____________. "Your voice and opinion matters" UHDR/ United Declaration of Human Rights.
  7. Different from each other.
  8. Found in Section 2 of The Constitution.
  9. A fear or dislike of people from other countries.
  10. The status of belonging to a particular nation.
  11. Being fair and right, especially in the way decision are made in applying rules or the law.
  12. Inherent rights that are believed to belong to every person, without discrimination of any kind.
  13. You have the right to a roof over your head.
Down
  1. _________ Rights, special rights found in Section 28 of the Constitution.
  2. An unfair difference in treatment; denying equal rights.
  3. Protection or safety from danger or harm provided by a safe place to be.
  4. A person who has a right to live in a country because he was born there or because he has been accepted with full rights in that country.
  5. The state of being male or female.
  6. Everyone has the right to freedom of ___________, thought, belief and opinion."
  7. Having the same rights, status or opportunities as another or others; being the same before the law.
  8. Treatment that is unkind, cruel, or unfair.
  9. Supreme law of the country.

22 Clues: Different from each other. • Supreme law of the country. • The state of being male or female. • Found in Section 2 of The Constitution. • Treatment that is unkind, cruel, or unfair. • You have the right to a roof over your head. • The status of belonging to a particular nation. • A fear or dislike of people from other countries. • ...

Grade 7 Crossword Puzzle 2021-11-29

Grade 7 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A form of government in which the country’s people can participate and vote for how the country is to be run.
  2. Not being dangerous or harmful and not likely to cause loss.
  3. Being protected and made safe from weather, dangerous animals, and other safety concerns.
  4. The breaking of a law, rule agreement, promise, etc.
  5. Also known as Ubuntu; a proper sense of pride and respect.
  6. Freedom of ____________. "Your voice and opinion matters" UHDR/ United Declaration of Human Rights.
  7. Different from each other.
  8. Found in Section 2 of The Constitution.
  9. A fear or dislike of people from other countries.
  10. The status of belonging to a particular nation.
  11. Being fair and right, especially in the way decision are made in applying rules or the law.
  12. Inherent rights that are believed to belong to every person, without discrimination of any kind.
  13. You have the right to a roof over your head.
Down
  1. _________ Rights, special rights found in Section 28 of the Constitution.
  2. An unfair difference in treatment; denying equal rights.
  3. Protection or safety from danger or harm provided by a safe place to be.
  4. A person who has a right to live in a country because he was born there or because he has been accepted with full rights in that country.
  5. The state of being male or female.
  6. Everyone has the right to freedom of ___________, thought, belief and opinion."
  7. Having the same rights, status or opportunities as another or others; being the same before the law.
  8. Treatment that is unkind, cruel, or unfair.
  9. Supreme law of the country.

22 Clues: Different from each other. • Supreme law of the country. • The state of being male or female. • Found in Section 2 of The Constitution. • Treatment that is unkind, cruel, or unfair. • You have the right to a roof over your head. • The status of belonging to a particular nation. • A fear or dislike of people from other countries. • ...

Grade 7 Crossword Puzzle 2021-11-29

Grade 7 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A form of government in which the country’s people can participate and vote for how the country is to be run.
  2. Not being dangerous or harmful and not likely to cause loss.
  3. Being protected and made safe from weather, dangerous animals, and other safety concerns.
  4. The breaking of a law, rule agreement, promise, etc.
  5. Also known as Ubuntu; a proper sense of pride and respect.
  6. Freedom of ____________. "Your voice and opinion matters" UHDR/ United Declaration of Human Rights.
  7. Different from each other.
  8. Found in Section 2 of The Constitution.
  9. A fear or dislike of people from other countries.
  10. The status of belonging to a particular nation.
  11. Being fair and right, especially in the way decision are made in applying rules or the law.
  12. Inherent rights that are believed to belong to every person, without discrimination of any kind.
  13. You have the right to a roof over your head.
Down
  1. _________ Rights, special rights found in Section 28 of the Constitution.
  2. An unfair difference in treatment; denying equal rights.
  3. Protection or safety from danger or harm provided by a safe place to be.
  4. A person who has a right to live in a country because he was born there or because he has been accepted with full rights in that country.
  5. The state of being male or female.
  6. Everyone has the right to freedom of ___________, thought, belief and opinion."
  7. Having the same rights, status or opportunities as another or others; being the same before the law.
  8. Treatment that is unkind, cruel, or unfair.
  9. Supreme law of the country.

22 Clues: Different from each other. • Supreme law of the country. • The state of being male or female. • Found in Section 2 of The Constitution. • Treatment that is unkind, cruel, or unfair. • You have the right to a roof over your head. • The status of belonging to a particular nation. • A fear or dislike of people from other countries. • ...

Politics and Governance - Crossword Puzzle 2022-02-10

Politics and Governance - Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a Branch of knowledge that deals with systems of government; the analysis of political activity and behavior
  2. The Philippine congress is the country’s ___________ department.
  3. The Lower Chamber of the Congress of the Philippines is known by what name
  4. Father of Political Science
  5. NOT included in the Bill of Rights
  6. The leader of the lower house is known as...
  7. An election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen
Down
  1. He is the 13th President of the Philippines
  2. What is regarded by the State as a "primary social economic force?"
  3. First President of the Philippines
  4. The President is the Head of State and Head of Government, and functions as the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines

11 Clues: Father of Political Science • First President of the Philippines • NOT included in the Bill of Rights • He is the 13th President of the Philippines • The leader of the lower house is known as... • The Philippine congress is the country’s ___________ department. • What is regarded by the State as a "primary social economic force?" • ...

Glorious Revolution 2022-04-05

Glorious Revolution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where did the Glorious Revolution take place?
  2. King James was overthrown by a protestant daughter named what?
  3. The glroious revolution is called glorious because it was achieved without any ____?
  4. Many had left Europe because of the strong____views
  5. The document that was signed in the Glorious revolution was called the Bill of ____?
Down
  1. What religion did king James worship?
  2. What was the name of the king that got overthrown?
  3. How did society get around during the Glorious Revolution?
  4. After significant pressure from William, the Parliament agreed to a joint what?
  5. A what rose up and gathered in the streets of boston to overthrow the governor of the Dominion of New England?

10 Clues: What religion did king James worship? • Where did the Glorious Revolution take place? • What was the name of the king that got overthrown? • Many had left Europe because of the strong____views • How did society get around during the Glorious Revolution? • King James was overthrown by a protestant daughter named what? • ...

legislative branch 2021-10-26

legislative branch crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the Speaker's top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party's legislative program and to steer important bills through the House
  2. a temporary committee formed to study one specific issue and report its findings to the Senate or the House
  3. a group of people who share common goals and organize to influence government and policy
  4. a resolution passed in the same form by both houses
  5. a proposed law to authorize spending money
  6. argue about a subject, especially in a formal manner
  7. The annual series of meetings of a Congress
  8. a paid representative of an interest group who contacts government officials on behalf of these interest groups
  9. a session at which a committee listens to testimony from people interested in the bill
  10. a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under a debate
  11. a temporary joint committee set up when the House and Senate have passed different versions of the same bill
  12. a vote of formal disapproval of a member's actions
  13. motions placed on a bill in the Senate that alert party leaders that if unanimous consent were to be sought, they would object
  14. rejection of a bill by the president
  15. a proposed law
  16. to draw a districts boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
  17. an elected member of the majority party who assists the Speaker of the House and the majority leader to coordinate ideas on, and garner support for, proposed legislation
  18. a motion by all members of the Senate who are present to set aside formal rules and to consider a bill from the calendar
  19. a group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee's responsibility
Down
  1. a two chamber legislature
  2. the official chair of the Senate; usually the most senior member of the majority party
  3. elected at the beginning of each new Congress by the entire House, traditionally a member of the majority party
  4. The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census
  5. a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
  6. a vice president's only constitutional duty is to preside over the Senate
  7. the minimum number of members who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action
  8. a permanent committee in congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues
  9. the action or process of inheriting a title or office
  10. he second highest-ranking individual in the minority party
  11. a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote
  12. a special committee of congress that has the authority to establish rules or methods for expediting legislative action
  13. an event held before an election at which members of a political party select delegates to send to national party convention, at which they will also vote to nominate a candidate; a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office
  14. elected officials who are already in office
  15. to change, alter
  16. the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census
  17. seek to influence a politician or public official on an issue

36 Clues: a proposed law • to change, alter • a two chamber legislature • rejection of a bill by the president • a proposed law to authorize spending money • The annual series of meetings of a Congress • elected officials who are already in office • a vote of formal disapproval of a member's actions • a resolution passed in the same form by both houses • ...

Constitution Word Search 2022-12-07

Constitution Word Search crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Branch that interprets the law
  2. When two sides come to an agreement
  3. Branch that makes the law
  4. The idea that the national government should tell the states what to do
  5. a formal consent
  6. What we call the group of people who give the president advice
Down
  1. The Idea that states should tell the national government what to do
  2. The idea that government is made by the people and has to listen to them (hint this one is going to be two words)
  3. Branch that enforces the law
  4. ____ of Rights are the first 10 amendments to the constitution

10 Clues: a formal consent • Branch that makes the law • Branch that enforces the law • Branch that interprets the law • When two sides come to an agreement • What we call the group of people who give the president advice • ____ of Rights are the first 10 amendments to the constitution • The Idea that states should tell the national government what to do • ...

Constitutional Convention 2018-10-11

Constitutional Convention crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Most babies learn to ____ before their first birthday.
  2. The president's job is to ______ the laws that Congress makes.
  3. A country that has a king or queen is a ______
  4. We both can't have what we want, so let's ______.
  5. Brian has worked with computers for years, and he is an _____.
  6. The states _____ about borders and trade.
  7. The bridge is so _____ that cars must cross it one at a time.
  8. The caterpillar spins a _______ around itself before changing into a moth.
  9. I don't understand; please ______ what you said.
  10. The rescuers had to swim through ______ and icy waters.
Down
  1. The first ten _____ of the Constitution are called the Bill of Rights.
  2. A _____'s job is to collect and care for items in a museum.
  3. Mexico is on the southern ______ of the Unite States.
  4. In 1787, the delegates gathered for the Constitutional ____.
  5. SEALS usually wear an oxygen tank when they ______ in the ocean.
  6. Maria's family _____ are in Italy.
  7. The United States has three _______ of government.

17 Clues: Maria's family _____ are in Italy. • The states _____ about borders and trade. • A country that has a king or queen is a ______ • I don't understand; please ______ what you said. • We both can't have what we want, so let's ______. • The United States has three _______ of government. • Mexico is on the southern ______ of the Unite States. • ...

Liams Crossword 2021-05-27

Liams Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ______ opinion is what thoughts everyone has in common, where candidates try to appeal.
  2. prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another.
  3. ________ powers are those listed clearly in the constitution.
  4. the ______ party is the primary liberal party.
  5. head of the executive branch
  6. the ________ party is the primary conservative party.
  7. A _______ is granted by the president or a governor and it exempts you from a sentence, charge or fine.
  8. the federal principle or system of government.
Down
  1. _______ powers are powers not clearly listed but inferred, they help execute expressed powers
  2. the first ten amendments are the bill of ______.
  3. The _________ court is the highest appeal court in the U.S
  4. ______-taxes is where STATE gets the majority of its money
  5. ______-taxes are where LOCAL governments get the majority of their money, most of it is spent on education.
  6. intro to the constitution, starts with the words "we the people."

14 Clues: head of the executive branch • the ______ party is the primary liberal party. • the federal principle or system of government. • the first ten amendments are the bill of ______. • the ________ party is the primary conservative party. • The _________ court is the highest appeal court in the U.S • ______-taxes is where STATE gets the majority of its money • ...

Unit 3 Labs 2026-01-06

Unit 3 Labs crossword puzzle
Across
  1. bargan stuck between the defendant's lawyer and the prosecutor
  2. constitutional amendment ratified after the civil war that forbade slavery and involuntary servitude
  3. policies designed to protect people against discriminatory treatment by government individuals
  4. "congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"
  5. upheld a claim of gender discrimination
  6. communication in the form of advertising
  7. court sentences prohibited by the 18th amendment
  8. The first 10 amendments to the US constitution
  9. requirement to admit certain amount of minority students into college
  10. part of the 14th emphasizing that the law must provide equivalent protection
  11. 1944 decision that upheld the interment of more than 100,000 Americans of Japanese descent
  12. worth concept that women and men should recieve equal pay jobs
  13. publication of false and malicious statement that damage someone's reputation
  14. Nonverbalcommunication
  15. 1857 ruling that a slave who had escaped to a free state enjoyed o rights as a citizen
  16. "equally of rights nder the law shall not be denied or abridged by the US or by any state"
  17. People cannot be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.
  18. school segregation was inherently unconstituional
Down
  1. FUndamental freedom that protect individuals such as freedom of speech, religions, and the press.
  2. guarantees women the right to vote
  3. policy designed to give special attention to members of a disadvantage group
  4. individual accused of a crime is compelled to be a witness against himself in court
  5. freedom of press, speech, religion, assembly
  6. offensive way and that lacks serious, literacy, artistic, political, or scientific value
  7. Evidece cannot be introduced into a trial if it was not constitutionally obtained
  8. right to a personal life
  9. requires to make "reasonable accomodations" for people with disabalities
  10. constituional amendment adopted in 1870 to extend suffrage to African americans
  11. provided a constitutional justification for segregation by ruiling that a louisiana law requiring "equal but separate accomodations for the white and colored races" was constituional
  12. legal concept under which the supreme courts has nationalized the bill of rights
  13. small taxes levied on the right to vote
  14. comments,gestures,or physical contacts of a sexual nature
  15. Prohibits government from interfering with the practice of religion
  16. designed to help end formal and informal Barrie's to African americans
  17. law making racial discrimination illegal
  18. Holding that freedoms of speech and press are "fundamental personal rights and liberties protected by the due process clause"
  19. Goverment actions preventing material from being published
  20. passed in 1964 that declared poll taxes void in federal elections
  21. legal right to vote in the us

39 Clues: Nonverbalcommunication • right to a personal life • legal right to vote in the us • guarantees women the right to vote • upheld a claim of gender discrimination • small taxes levied on the right to vote • communication in the form of advertising • law making racial discrimination illegal • freedom of press, speech, religion, assembly • ...

Government 2025-03-11

Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The person who appoints the Prime Minister
  2. A member of Parliament represents this area
  3. The leader of the Labour Party and current Prime Minister
  4. The UK has this type of monarchy
  5. The Prime Minister's group of key decision-makers
  6. The parliamentary house that can review but not permanently block laws
  7. A proposal going through Parliament before becoming a law
  8. The paper used for voting in elections
  9. A Parliament-approved bill becomes this
  10. The event where MPs are chosen by public vote
Down
  1. The House of Lords can delay laws for up to this long
  2. A person who runs in an election
  3. An election held between general elections due to an MP leaving office
  4. The person who leads the government
  5. The voting system used in UK general elections
  6. One of the devolved governments that has legislative powers
  7. The lower house of Parliament with 650 MPs
  8. The stage where the House of Commons first reads a bill
  9. The upper house of Parliament with over 800 members
  10. The main function of Parliament

20 Clues: The main function of Parliament • A person who runs in an election • The UK has this type of monarchy • The person who leads the government • The paper used for voting in elections • A Parliament-approved bill becomes this • The person who appoints the Prime Minister • The lower house of Parliament with 650 MPs • A member of Parliament represents this area • ...

AP Gov Unit 2 2023-04-23

AP Gov Unit 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An office created in 1947 to coordinate the president's foreign and military policy advisers. Its formal members are the president, vice president, secretary of state, and secretary of defense, and it is managed by the president's national security assistant.
  2. The authority of Congress to block a presidential action after it has taken place. The Supreme Court has held that Congress does not have this power
  3. A law passed in 1973 spelling out the conditions under which the president can commit troops without congressional approval.
  4. Party leaders who work with the majority leader or minority leader to count votes beforehand and lean on waverers whose votes are crucial to the passage of a bill favored by the party
  5. A legislature divided into two houses
  6. A proposed law, drafted in legal language; Anyone can draft a bill, but only members of the House or the Senate can formally submit one for consideration
  7. Government departments headed by presidential appointees to help establish public policy and operate a specific policy area of governmental activity
  8. Chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature
  9. Federal projects, grants, and contracts available r=to state and local governments, businesses colleges, and other institutions in a congressional district
  10. A sudden, unpredictable, and potentially dangerous event requiring the president to play the role of crisis manager.
  11. System in which the chairmanship of a committee is given to the member with the longest continuous service
  12. Congress monitors policies of the executive branch
  13. Placed limit of two terms for presidential terms of office
  14. A lengthy speech designed to delay the vote on a bill; used only in the Senate
Down
  1. The political equivalent of an indictment in criminal law, prescribed by the Constitution; The House has the power to do this to the president
  2. Party leaders in both chambers involve themselves in the legislative process much earlier and more deeply than they used to, using a variety of special procedures
  3. Committees in each house of Congress that handle bills in different policy areas
  4. The principal leader of the minority party in the House or the Senate
  5. Addresses presidential succession, disability, and vice-presidential vacancies
  6. Responsible for scheduling bills, influencing committee assignments, and rounding up votes on behalf of the party's legislative positions
  7. An office mandated by the Constitution, chosen in practice by the majority party, has both formal and informal powers, and second in line to succeed the presidency should that office become vacant
  8. Orders issued by the president that carry the force of law
  9. Congressional committees formed when the Senate and House pass a particular bill in different forms, irons our the differences and revises the bill
  10. A group of members of Congress sharing some interest or characteristic; many are composed of members from both parties and from both houses
  11. A veto taking place when Congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill to the president, who simply lets it die by neither signing nor vetoing it.
  12. Activities of members of Congress that help constituents as individuals, particularly by cutting through bureaucratic red tape to get people what they think they have a right to get
  13. The most important influencers of their committee’s agendas; plays the dominant rules in scheduling hearings, hiring staff, appointing subcommittees, and managing committee bills when they are brought before the Full House
  14. Individuals that already hold office
  15. holds that Republicans will not allow the House to vote on a bill unless it has the support of the majority of the Republican caucus

29 Clues: Individuals that already hold office • A legislature divided into two houses • Congress monitors policies of the executive branch • Orders issued by the president that carry the force of law • Placed limit of two terms for presidential terms of office • Chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature • ...

Democratic Revolution 2023-04-19

Democratic Revolution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. moral in an honest, brave, and kind way
  2. The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States.
  3. formal leaders within established religions
  4. Our assertive and rightful. alignment with imperial legacy.
  5. modern movement
  6. It forced king charles to sign the petition of right.
  7. a period of radical political and societal change in France
Down
  1. was a French military commander and political leader
  2. He was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from March 27, 1625, until his execution in 1649.
  3. was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution
  4. sukore rulesreluers of a country
  5. people in general
  6. The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, adopted as a single unit in 1791
  7. 1600s and 1700 movment that shapedthr modrts goverment

14 Clues: modern movement • people in general • sukore rulesreluers of a country • moral in an honest, brave, and kind way • formal leaders within established religions • was a French military commander and political leader • It forced king charles to sign the petition of right. • 1600s and 1700 movment that shapedthr modrts goverment • ...

OLIVER TWIST 2025-10-22

OLIVER TWIST crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Main Character in the story
  2. Where does Oliver live
  3. what caused Bill to fall of the edge
  4. _____ Sikes
  5. Artful dodgers first name
  6. Bill Killed _______
Down
  1. Gang Leader
  2. Who wrote Oliver Twist
  3. what did oliver sleep with at the undertakers home
  4. The Name of Bill Sikes Dog

10 Clues: Gang Leader • _____ Sikes • Bill Killed _______ • Who wrote Oliver Twist • Where does Oliver live • Artful dodgers first name • The Name of Bill Sikes Dog • Main Character in the story • what caused Bill to fall of the edge • what did oliver sleep with at the undertakers home

Family 2020-12-24

Family crossword puzzle
Across
  1. kelsey
  2. Tristin
  3. April
  4. camren
  5. Hunter
  6. Adilyn
  7. Jerry
  8. Allison
  9. Brycen
  10. August
  11. Phyllis
  12. James
Down
  1. Fletcher
  2. Leigh
  3. McKenna
  4. Jimmy
  5. Bill
  6. Rodney
  7. ann
  8. Kelly
  9. Hadley
  10. Chris
  11. Candice
  12. Timmy

24 Clues: ann • Bill • April • Leigh • Jimmy • Kelly • Chris • Jerry • Timmy • James • kelsey • Rodney • Hadley • camren • Hunter • Adilyn • Brycen • August • Tristin • McKenna • Candice • Allison • Phyllis • Fletcher

americans v british 2022-01-14

americans v british crossword puzzle
Across
  1. torch
  2. zip
  3. taxi
  4. jumper
  5. nore
  6. sweet
  7. holiday
  8. starter
  9. footvall
  10. postbox
  11. bill
  12. lorry
  13. handbag
  14. biscuit
Down
  1. post
  2. shop
  3. queue
  4. railway
  5. tube
  6. wardrode
  7. rucksack
  8. rubber
  9. motorbike
  10. boot

24 Clues: zip • post • shop • taxi • tube • nore • bill • boot • torch • queue • sweet • lorry • jumper • rubber • railway • holiday • starter • postbox • handbag • biscuit • wardrode • rucksack • footvall • motorbike

Family 2022-05-06

Family crossword puzzle
Across
  1. emily
  2. shannon
  3. james
  4. elisa
  5. rorie
  6. barbara
  7. rick
  8. violet
  9. kaylee
  10. dana
  11. bill
Down
  1. paul
  2. benjamin
  3. leeann
  4. christina
  5. josh
  6. debbie
  7. patrick
  8. bub
  9. vivie
  10. krystal
  11. lincoln
  12. tess
  13. doug

24 Clues: bub • paul • josh • rick • tess • dana • doug • bill • emily • james • elisa • rorie • vivie • leeann • debbie • violet • kaylee • shannon • patrick • barbara • krystal • lincoln • benjamin • christina

READING (Plessy v. Ferguson) 2024-12-03

READING (Plessy v. Ferguson) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Court that delivered verdict in Plessy v. Ferguson
  2. People defeated a bill that would have nullified Reconstruction laws
  3. Plessy case said this amendment only applied to voting
  4. Last name of SC Justice who wrote in Plessy case
  5. Type service Court said 14th Amendment applied to
  6. Sitting in the railroad of your choice was considered a ___ right by the Court in Plessy case
Down
  1. Case delivered on May 18, 1896
  2. Rights Court said 14th Amendment did not apply to

8 Clues: Case delivered on May 18, 1896 • Last name of SC Justice who wrote in Plessy case • Rights Court said 14th Amendment did not apply to • Type service Court said 14th Amendment applied to • Court that delivered verdict in Plessy v. Ferguson • Plessy case said this amendment only applied to voting • People defeated a bill that would have nullified Reconstruction laws • ...

Government Assessment Review 2023-02-03

Government Assessment Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Bill of Rights is a specific example of which Principle?
  2. A weak constitution that governed America during and a bit after the Revolutionary War.
  3. Which branch "creates" laws?
  4. Important set of laws that outlines a government
  5. No cruel and unusual punishment. (amendment #)
  6. Large states wanted representation based on what?
  7. This rebellion was one event that led to the Constitutional Convention.
  8. Which "plan" led to the House of Representatives?
  9. Which branch "enforces" laws?
  10. Anything not in the Constitution for the Federal Government to take care of is left up to the states. (amendment #)
Down
  1. Someone who opposed the Constitution.
  2. First 10 amendments to the Constitution.
  3. Which branch "interprets" laws?
  4. The principle that allows people to vote for their representatives
  5. A legislative branch consisting of two parts, or houses. (For the U.S. it is the Senate and the House of Representatives).
  6. Out of every 5 enslaved people, how many would count toward taxation and representation?
  7. Which "plan" led to the Senate?
  8. This was how many votes each state got under the Articles of Confederation.

18 Clues: Which branch "creates" laws? • Which branch "enforces" laws? • Which branch "interprets" laws? • Which "plan" led to the Senate? • Someone who opposed the Constitution. • First 10 amendments to the Constitution. • No cruel and unusual punishment. (amendment #) • Important set of laws that outlines a government • Large states wanted representation based on what? • ...

Legislative Terms 2018-02-28

Legislative Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to agree to an amendment from the other house
  2. the period of 120 days that the legislature meets
  3. the room in which the whole Assembly or Senate meets
  4. made up of two houses
  5. a change to a bill or law
  6. a draft of a proposed law
  7. the period of time between legislative sessions
  8. the power by which the governor can prevent a bill from becoming law
Down
  1. a person represented by an elected official
  2. to conclude a meeting
  3. a group of members of the same political party
  4. the presiding officer of the Assembly
  5. happening every two years
  6. a meeting of a committee
  7. Latin phrase meaning “without day”

15 Clues: to conclude a meeting • made up of two houses • a meeting of a committee • happening every two years • a change to a bill or law • a draft of a proposed law • Latin phrase meaning “without day” • the presiding officer of the Assembly • a person represented by an elected official • to agree to an amendment from the other house • a group of members of the same political party • ...

Legislative Branch 2023-11-17

Legislative Branch crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When the President doesn't sign a bill
  2. Two chambers of Congress
  3. Representation in the House depends on a state's _________.
  4. The Party that controls the Senate
  5. What laws are called before they're laws
  6. This person serves as the Speaker (last name)
  7. President of the Senate
  8. This chamber of congress is comprised of 100 members
Down
  1. Every state gets _________ Senators
  2. The Party that controls the House
  3. Representation in the House is based on the _______ Plan
  4. This person signs a bill so it can become a law
  5. This chamber of congress is comprised of 435 members
  6. Representation in the Senate is based on the ________ Plan
  7. The leader of the House of Representatives

15 Clues: President of the Senate • Two chambers of Congress • The Party that controls the House • The Party that controls the Senate • Every state gets _________ Senators • When the President doesn't sign a bill • What laws are called before they're laws • The leader of the House of Representatives • This person serves as the Speaker (last name) • ...

puzzle 2025-07-17

puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ways branches limit each other
  2. Relating to national government
  3. Legislative branch of U.S. govt
  4. Government by the people
  5. Charge a public official
  6. Choosing government leaders
  7. Upper house of Congress
  8. Proposed law
  9. Head of the Executive Branch
Down
  1. Lower house of Congress
  2. Work to get elected
  3. Ways branches share power
  4. How long an official stays in office
  5. Highest court in the U.S.
  6. Change to the Constitution
  7. Supreme law of the land
  8. Branch that interprets laws
  9. President’s advisors
  10. Congress limits a presidential veto
  11. President rejects a bill

20 Clues: Proposed law • Work to get elected • President’s advisors • Lower house of Congress • Supreme law of the land • Upper house of Congress • Government by the people • Charge a public official • President rejects a bill • Ways branches share power • Highest court in the U.S. • Change to the Constitution • Branch that interprets laws • Choosing government leaders • Head of the Executive Branch • ...

Lucy Kollman Revision Crossword 2022-08-12

Lucy Kollman Revision Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A process by which a group of people can decide things fairly.
  2. Legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement.
  3. The branch of government responsible for approving new laws and putting them into action.
  4. The Australian Parliament has two houses meaning it is...
  5. A government that is run by the people.
  6. The branch of government responsible for applying the law.
  7. A group of people governing an organized community.
Down
  1. What we call the leader of the Australian Government.
  2. A set of rules which describes how a country or state is run.
  3. A vote decided by the people to make changes to the Constitution.
  4. A proposed law.
  5. A form of government in which a community is run entirely by a king or queen.
  6. Someone who is legally accepted as belonging to a certain country.

13 Clues: A proposed law. • A government that is run by the people. • A group of people governing an organized community. • What we call the leader of the Australian Government. • The Australian Parliament has two houses meaning it is... • The branch of government responsible for applying the law. • A set of rules which describes how a country or state is run. • ...

Chapter 5 - The Legislative Branch 2018-10-31

Chapter 5 - The Legislative Branch crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To draw a district's boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
  2. A private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office
  3. An assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature
  4. A person a member of Congress has been elected to represent
  5. a period of time during which a legislature meets to conduct business
  6. A method of defeating a bill in which a senator talks until a majority either abandons the bill or agrees to modify it
  7. A vote of formal disapproval of a member's actions
  8. two-chamber legislature
  9. The process of reassigning representation based on population, comes after every census
Down
  1. The Speaker's top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party's legislative program and to steer important Bills through the House
  2. The Senate member, elected by the Senate, who stands in as president of the Senate in the absence of the Vice President
  3. A population count
  4. To set up new district lines after reapportionment is complete
  5. A schedule that lists the order in which bills will be considered in Congress
  6. As a whole; for example, statewide
  7. Elected official that is already in office
  8. The minimum number of members who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action
  9. A proposed law
  10. A procedure that allows each senator to speak only 1 hour on a bill that is under debate

19 Clues: A proposed law • A population count • two-chamber legislature • As a whole; for example, statewide • Elected official that is already in office • A vote of formal disapproval of a member's actions • An assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature • A person a member of Congress has been elected to represent • ...

Government 3 2015-10-11

Government 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a change that is made to a bill, a motion or a committee report with the intention of improving it
  2. another name for the HOC
  3. a person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country
  4. the steps by which bills are approved by parliament and become laws
  5. the upper House of Parliament and is made up of 105 senators
  6. another name for the senate
  7. bills that are passed by parliament
  8. to place a document befor the senate, the HOC or a committee for consideration
  9. the government's plan for how it will collect and spend money each year
  10. a formal event that follows rules for traditions
  11. a king or queen of a country
  12. a person who speaks on behalf of you
  13. another word for constituency or electoral district
  14. to change or improve something; for example, a law or an Act of Parliament
Down
  1. a senator or a member of the HOC
  2. another name for question period
  3. Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of Canada is this. She is represented in Canada by the Governor General
  4. a person living in an area in Canada represented by a member of parliament
  5. the government of Canada that acts and speaks for the whole country
  6. a proposal for a new law to be considered by parliament
  7. the specific geographic area in Canada that a MP represents in the HOC (riding/electoral district)
  8. one of three parts of parliament. MP's meet and debate in this chamber.
  9. a group made up of all senators and MP's from the same political party and they meet regularly
  10. a member of the senate or HOC who does not belong to a political party
  11. an appointed member of every party that manages its business in the HOC Chamber

25 Clues: another name for the HOC • another name for the senate • a king or queen of a country • a senator or a member of the HOC • another name for question period • bills that are passed by parliament • a person who speaks on behalf of you • a formal event that follows rules for traditions • another word for constituency or electoral district • ...

Role Models 2025-12-01

Role Models crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Founder of the Marist Brothers and advocate for education.
  2. Jewish diarist who hid during the Holocaust.
  3. Musician and peace activist, co-founder of The Beatles.
  4. Metal singer whose coming-out challenged stigma in rock culture, inspiring LGBTQ+ fans to embrace themselves confidently.
  5. Rescued thousands of Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto.
  6. Civil rights leader known for the “I Have a Dream” speech.
  7. Farmworker rights leader who organized nonviolent labor movements.
  8. Leader of India’s nonviolent independence movement.
  9. Human rights advocate and key figure behind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  10. Ginsburg Supreme Court Justice who advanced gender equality.
  11. Holocaust survivor and writer who documented his experiences in If This Is a Man.
Down
  1. Anti-apartheid leader and first Black president of South Africa.
  2. Catholic nun who served the poor and founded the Missionaries of Charity.
  3. Civil rights icon and Freedom Rider.
  4. German industrialist who saved Jewish workers during WWII.
  5. Holocaust survivor and author of Night.
  6. Girls’ education activist and youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
  7. Civil rights activist who refused to give up her bus seat.
  8. Youth climate activist who sparked a global movement.

19 Clues: Civil rights icon and Freedom Rider. • Holocaust survivor and author of Night. • Jewish diarist who hid during the Holocaust. • Leader of India’s nonviolent independence movement. • Youth climate activist who sparked a global movement. • Musician and peace activist, co-founder of The Beatles. • Founder of the Marist Brothers and advocate for education. • ...

LEGAL TERMS 2016-11-28

LEGAL TERMS crossword puzzle
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  1. A written law passed by a legislative body.
  2. A judge who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offences and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.
  3. A law made by parliament.
  4. A legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for review of the decision of a lower court.
  5. A document presented to a house of Parliament by a person or group of people asking for action on a matter.
  6. The settling of disputes (especially labor disputes) between two parties by an impartial third party, whose decision the contending parties agree to accept.
  7. The head of the national government, the chief minister in some countries, including Australia.
  8. To end a session of Parliament without dissolving either House and therefore without a subsequent election.
  9. A body of rules that delineate private rights and remedies, and govern disputes between individuals in such areas as contracts, property, and Family Law; distinct from criminal or public law.
  10. A legislative body consisting of two branches, chambers or houses.
  11. An offence rendering the person who commits it liable to be charged with a serious crime that warrants a trial by jury.
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  1. The signing of a bill by the Governor-General, which is the last step in making a bill into an Act of Parliament, or law.
  2. A document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or another body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice.
  3. The notion that, in a free society, the Parliament, the executive government and the courts are separate and act independently without interference from each other.
  4. A principle or rule established in a previous legal case that is either binding on or persuasive for a court or other tribunal when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts.
  5. A person who has committed a crime.
  6. A proposal for a new law which has been presented to Parliament.
  7. An assembly of elected representatives, usually having an upper and a lower house which, with the head of state (the Queen, represented by the Governor-General or Governor), makes the laws for the country or state.
  8. A special court or group of people who are officially chosen, especially by the government, to examine (legal) problems of a particular type.
  9. The group of senior ministers in a government.

20 Clues: A law made by parliament. • A person who has committed a crime. • A written law passed by a legislative body. • The group of senior ministers in a government. • A proposal for a new law which has been presented to Parliament. • A legislative body consisting of two branches, chambers or houses. • ...

B2 2022-03-29

B2 crossword puzzle
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  1. African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist
  2. American social reformer for education
  3. Abolitionist who is associated with the American Colonization Society
  4. Leader of the Second Great Awakening
  5. American educator who taught disabled people
  6. American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement
  7. Leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S.
  8. American Quaker, abolitionist, and women's rights activist
  9. American social reformer who worked for reform in prisons
  10. Founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church
  11. Book that advocated for women's rights that was written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  12. American clergyman who is known as one of the founders of the American Colonization Society
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  1. American educational reformer
  2. One of the only Southern women who became an abolitionist
  3. A woman who was a leading suffragist dedicated her life to battling inequality on all fronts
  4. Prominent theologian who was a reformer during the Civil War era
  5. Known for temperance novel "Ten Nights in a Barroom and What I Saw There"
  6. Women's rights advocate associated with the Transcendentalism Movement
  7. People who sought to abolish slavery during the 19th century
  8. Abstinence from alcohol

20 Clues: Abstinence from alcohol • American educational reformer • Leader of the Second Great Awakening • American social reformer for education • American educator who taught disabled people • Founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church • Leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. • African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist • ...

Constitution Review 2021-09-15

Constitution Review crossword puzzle
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  1. This Article outlines the powers of the Judicial Branch.
  2. Freedom of speech is protected under this Amendment.
  3. This Branch interprets the laws.
  4. Government is divided but works together at the State & Federal level, kind of like a marble cake this is known as________________.
  5. This Amendment gave women the right to vote.
  6. How many branches of government are there?
  7. A __________ to the Constitution is known as an Amendment.
  8. This Branch creates the laws.
  9. The Legislative Branch is made up of the Senate and __________________.
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  1. The ____________ is in charge of the Executive Branch.
  2. The Bill of Rights are the first _______ Amendments.
  3. This Branch enforces the laws.
  4. This Amendment ended slavery.
  5. The introduction paragraph of the Constitution.
  6. This was America's first outline of government, but was replaced with the Constitution because it was too weak.
  7. How many Articles are in the Constitution?
  8. Those who supported a strong National Government and the Constitution.
  9. This Article outlines the powers of the Legislative Branch.
  10. Popular Sovereignty means the government gets its power from the ____________.
  11. This Article outlines the powers of the Executive Branch.
  12. This is known as the law of the land, it is supreme over everything in the US.
  13. This Amendment protects your right to bear arms.

22 Clues: This Amendment ended slavery. • This Branch creates the laws. • This Branch enforces the laws. • This Branch interprets the laws. • How many branches of government are there? • How many Articles are in the Constitution? • This Amendment gave women the right to vote. • The introduction paragraph of the Constitution. • This Amendment protects your right to bear arms. • ...

Section 2, Crossword Puzzle 2025-12-08

Section 2, Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. War, the conflict between the Union and Confederacy from 1861–1865.
  2. the shift from hand-made goods to machine production.
  3. land set aside for Native American tribes.
  4. of Rights, the first ten amendments guaranteeing individual freedoms.
  5. a territory controlled by another nation.
  6. Boom, a period of rapid mining growth, especially for copper in Arizona.
  7. an Arizona political process that allows voters to remove an elected official.
  8. the edge of settled land where expansion occurred.
  9. Movement, early 1900s reforms that aimed to fix corruption and improve society.
  10. a region under control of the U.S. government but not yet a state.
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  1. the written plan of government for the United States.
  2. of Tears, the forced relocation of Native American tribes.
  3. a forcible overthrow of a government or system.
  4. the act of freeing enslaved people.
  5. a religious settlement created by Spanish colonizers.
  6. a change or addition to the U.S. Constitution.
  7. the status of becoming an official U.S. state.
  8. the right to vote in political elections.
  9. land given to settlers by the government to encourage western migration.
  10. the enforced separation of groups, especially by race.

20 Clues: the act of freeing enslaved people. • a territory controlled by another nation. • the right to vote in political elections. • land set aside for Native American tribes. • a change or addition to the U.S. Constitution. • the status of becoming an official U.S. state. • a forcible overthrow of a government or system. • the edge of settled land where expansion occurred. • ...

Enlightment and Revolution 2021-03-18

Enlightment and Revolution crossword puzzle
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  1. a social critics during mid-1700s in France
  2. influential French writer
  3. the ruler most admired by the philosophes
  4. large drawing rooms in which were held regular social gathering
  5. monarchs new ideas or made reforms
  6. The earth-centered view of the universe
  7. a strong advocate of education for women
  8. a European art style of the 1600s and 1700s
  9. a agreement which people created a goverment
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  1. formulated the first laws on motion in the field of astronomy
  2. A change in the thinking of Europe
  3. a figure of the Enlightment, writer and a supporter of freedom
  4. A constitution of ten amendments
  5. power is divided between national and state governments
  6. the believed of the truth could be discovered through logical thinking
  7. was the main artistic style in 1700s
  8. a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
  9. It is Newton's way of thinking about the role of God in the universe
  10. a pen name used by Franćois Marie Arouet
  11. the first to show that the natural laws that govern motion on Earth

20 Clues: influential French writer • A constitution of ten amendments • A change in the thinking of Europe • monarchs new ideas or made reforms • was the main artistic style in 1700s • The earth-centered view of the universe • a pen name used by Franćois Marie Arouet • a strong advocate of education for women • the ruler most admired by the philosophes • ...

American Civil Rights: The Long Struggle for Dignity (Dr. E-Q2-G8) 2024-10-14

American Civil Rights: The Long Struggle for Dignity (Dr. E-Q2-G8) crossword puzzle
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  1. What is the name of the one Supreme Court Justice who did not agree with the decision in Plessy vs Ferguson?
  2. Which Court has the last word on the interpretation of the US Constitution in America?
  3. The phrase used to refer to a set of laws, usually in the south, that segregated non-whites from whites
  4. The Voting Rights Act 1965 Recognized The importance of providing legal protections for the voting rights of non-white people, included getting rid of “______ tests”.
  5. A term that refers to a Supreme Court case that decides a particularly controversial or important issue, and is viewed as changing the law on that subject for nearly forever
  6. A Latin phrase for rules or practices followed as a matter of fact but are not actually the law.
  7. The name of the Supreme Court case in 1896 that decided that the US government could be required to assist in the capture of formerly enslaved people who were living in free (non-slavery) states.
  8. A term used to refer to community organizing
  9. The civil rights act of 1964 was The first civil rights act that was not found _______ by the Supreme Court.
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  1. The elimination of slavery
  2. Civil _________ is a non-violent form of advocacy for Civil rights
  3. Without the free speech and other protections of the ——— Amendment, it would’ve been an even greater struggle to advance civil rights in this country.
  4. A verb for arguing to advance or protect the rights of oneself for another
  5. Something that is done in everyday practice but is not required by law. Literally, a matter of fact.
  6. An essential part of a democratic Society secured by the First Amendment to the US Constitution
  7. Abbreviation for the group who took over Alcatraz, forming a movement to advance the rights of the people of Native American Nations
  8. Legal rights granted by statute that protect people's right to be free of discrimination
  9. 1866 was the first time the US enacted civil rights protections for non-white people in the United States. (The president vetoed it and the Senate had overridden the veto by a 2/3 vote!)

18 Clues: The elimination of slavery • A term used to refer to community organizing • Civil _________ is a non-violent form of advocacy for Civil rights • A verb for arguing to advance or protect the rights of oneself for another • Which Court has the last word on the interpretation of the US Constitution in America? • ...

Constitution Wrap-Up 2023-01-16

Constitution Wrap-Up crossword puzzle
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  1. compromise Compromise made my congress in how to count slave representation
  2. madison Person who wrote the Bill of Rights
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  1. of independence Break up letter to King George
  2. Document before it's a law

4 Clues: Document before it's a law • madison Person who wrote the Bill of Rights • of independence Break up letter to King George • compromise Compromise made my congress in how to count slave representation

Chapter 2 Homework - Mains 2016-09-13

Chapter 2 Homework - Mains crossword puzzle
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  1. / Being forced to leave one's home country as punishment or for political reasons
  2. The economic theory that colonies exist to bring profit to the mother country
  3. A proposed law
  4. A person who occupies a land or property that he or she does not own
  5. A tax on goods that come from other countries; a tax on imports
  6. A document granting special rights to a person or group
  7. A reward or payment
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  1. An owner or a manager
  2. A system for giving out land
  3. A fee paid one a year for living or farming on someone else's land
  4. A two-house legislature
  5. An official ban on trade
  6. / A piece of land on a high, steep cliff, usually next to water
  7. A small group of people who disagree with or challenge the authority of the people in power

14 Clues: A proposed law • A reward or payment • An owner or a manager • A two-house legislature • An official ban on trade • A system for giving out land • A document granting special rights to a person or group • A tax on goods that come from other countries; a tax on imports • / A piece of land on a high, steep cliff, usually next to water • ...

Gov: Unit 4 Review 2026-03-09

Gov: Unit 4 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime
  2. A process that extended the protections of the Bill of Rights against the actions of state and local governments
  3. Right to trial by jury in civil cases
  4. Protection from this is included in the 5th amendment. "The right to remain silent"
  5. Protects Americans against unreasonable searches and seizures. No soldier, Gov agent, or police can search your home without a search warrant.
  6. a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.
  7. Establishes women's suffrage--right to vote cannot be denied on account of gender
  8. fair treatment through the normal judicial system
  9. All persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens. No State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
  10. Passed in 1964, Reinforced the 14th amendment; banned discrimination in public accommodations, prohibited discrimination in any federally assisted program, outlawed discrimination in most employment
  11. The right to vote in the United States cannot be denied based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
  12. the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
  13. the right to vote in political elections
  14. A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote
  15. (1215) a charter limiting the power of the Monarch laying out individual freedoms that King John was forced to sign; it made the king obey the same laws as the citizens of his kingdom
  16. the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality within a society
  17. A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote
  18. the prosecution of a person twice for the same offense. Protected from this in the 5th amendment.
  19. forbids excessive bail and cruel or unusual punishment
  20. Passed in 1965, a law designed to help end formal and informal barriers to African-American suffrage. Reinforced the 15th Amendment.
  21. An agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed
  22. Establishes the official voting age to be 18 years old
  23. 5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, petition
  24. A principle of constitutional government; a government whose powers are defined and limited by a constitution.
  25. Limited rights of Black Americans. Literacy tests, grandfather clauses and poll taxes limited black voting rights
  26. Amendment includes the right to counsel, the right to confront witnesses, and the right to a speedy and public trial with a jury of peers.
  27. nonverbal communication, such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
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  1. Constitutional freedoms guaranteed to all citizens; protected FROM the government
  2. Right to bear arms
  3. the idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property
  4. 1628. Signed by Charles I. No imprisonment without due cause; no taxes levied without Parliament's consent; soldiers not housed in private homes; no martial law during peace time.
  5. Designed to protect the rights of persons accused of crimes, including protection against double jeopardy, self-incrimination, and punishment without due process of law.
  6. First 10 amendments to the Constitution
  7. Clause in the First Amendment that says the government may not establish an official religion.
  8. The government may not house (quarter) soldiers in private homes without the consent of the owner
  9. First Amendment prohibits government from interfering with the practice of religion. Citizens are free to practice any religion of their choosing.
  10. Provides for representation of Washington, D.C. in the Electoral College
  11. 1689. It guaranteed certain rights to English citizens and declared that elections for Parliament would happen frequently. Created a limited monarchy, a system in which they shared their power with Parliament and the people.
  12. principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern
  13. Sovereignty A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
  14. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
  15. A legal paper, issued by a court, giving police permission to make an arrest, seizure, or search.
  16. "Federalism" The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
  17. Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of poll taxes
  18. Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law
  19. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
  20. states that people's rights are not limited to just those listed in the Constitution; "Implied" rights

47 Clues: Right to bear arms • Right to trial by jury in civil cases • First 10 amendments to the Constitution • the right to vote in political elections • fair treatment through the normal judicial system • forbids excessive bail and cruel or unusual punishment • Establishes the official voting age to be 18 years old • 5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, petition • ...

History & Heritage 2024-04-17

History & Heritage crossword puzzle
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  1. A written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power, by which an institution such as a colony, company, or city is created and its rights and privileges defined.
  2. of Rights: The collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
  3. The characters of the ancient Egyptian writing system, which used pictorial symbols to represent words or sounds.
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  1. A large vault or chamber used for burial of the dead, especially a royal or monumental one.
  2. A period in European history, covering the span between the 14th and 17th centuries, marked by a revival in art, science, and culture originating in Italy.
  3. The study and tracing of lines of family descent.
  4. War: A global conflict affecting the majority of the world's nations, particularly referencing the First and Second World Wars of the 20th century.
  5. Describing a society that does not have a centralized government or a formal state structure.

8 Clues: The study and tracing of lines of family descent. • A large vault or chamber used for burial of the dead, especially a royal or monumental one. • Describing a society that does not have a centralized government or a formal state structure. • The characters of the ancient Egyptian writing system, which used pictorial symbols to represent words or sounds. • ...

Texas Government 2023-02-06

Texas Government crossword puzzle
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  1. legal forgiveness of a crime
  2. Power to the people
  3. _______ & balances: Each branch of the federal government has the power to control some actions of the other branches
  4. A proposed law
  5. Made up of the House and Senate
  6. This branch makes laws
  7. A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
  8. A system of government where the people elect representatives to make laws
  9. the First 10 amendments made to the constitution protect _______ rights
  10. First 10 amendments made to the constitution
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  1. Sets the basic framework of the government
  2. the basic administrative unit of local government
  3. The idea that states share power with the national government
  4. A tax on a sale of merchandise or services
  5. _______ of powers: Each branch of government gets its own powers, keeping any one branch from getting too powerful
  6. informed and active membership in a political community
  7. This branch interprets laws
  8. This branch enforces laws
  9. principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern
  10. ______ government: The idea that no one individual should have total power
  11. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.

21 Clues: A proposed law • Power to the people • This branch makes laws • This branch enforces laws • This branch interprets laws • legal forgiveness of a crime • Made up of the House and Senate • Sets the basic framework of the government • A tax on a sale of merchandise or services • First 10 amendments made to the constitution • A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses • ...

QA & OP Crossword Puzzle 2023-11-07

QA & OP Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. What food chain is the most popular?
  2. Where does Bill W live?
  3. What is another word for evil?
  4. Who currently has the best record in the NFL?
  5. What is a child's favorite holiday?
  6. How many grandchildren does Doreen have?
  7. How many Top Gun movies are there?
  8. What is the last name of the Chicago Bear's head coach?
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  1. Who is the richest person in the United States?
  2. What is the most popular season of the year?
  3. What is the first name of our CEO?
  4. What is Peggy Orr's birth name?
  5. Who has been on the QA team the longest?
  6. What is the end of the shoelace called?
  7. What is the most popular Hostess product?
  8. Who is Taylor Swift dating?
  9. Who was the first woman pilot to fly solo?
  10. What is the hottest planet?
  11. The bishop of Rome is also known as?
  12. What bill type does a doctor bill on?

20 Clues: Where does Bill W live? • Who is Taylor Swift dating? • What is the hottest planet? • What is another word for evil? • What is Peggy Orr's birth name? • What is the first name of our CEO? • How many Top Gun movies are there? • What is a child's favorite holiday? • What food chain is the most popular? • The bishop of Rome is also known as? • What bill type does a doctor bill on? • ...

Civil Rights 2015-04-09

Civil Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. One of the most important groups in the Civil Rights Movement.
  2. Organization of militant African Americans founded in 1966.
  3. prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections.
  4. American Muslim Minister and human rights activist.
  5. Case that established White and Black schools for children.
  6. Famous court case that was the outcome of laws requiring racial segregation.
  7. protest by African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama, against racial segregation.
  8. Form Of protest where participants sit and refuse to move.
  9. Segregation imposed by law.
  10. Leader of the African American Civil rights movement
  11. African American Religious organization founded in 1930.
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  1. Movement in the 1960s that urged African American to use their collective political and economic power to gain equality.
  2. Demonstration in which people rallied for economic equality and civil rights.
  3. effort to register African American Voters in Mississippi.
  4. Protest by activist who rode buses through southern states to test their compliance with the ban of segregation.
  5. "The first lady of civil rights."
  6. Outlawed discrimination in public places and employment based on race, religion, or origin.
  7. law that established a federal civil rights commission.
  8. Law that banned literacy tests and empowered the federal government to oversee voter registration.
  9. Segregation by unwritten custom of tradition.

20 Clues: Segregation imposed by law. • "The first lady of civil rights." • Segregation by unwritten custom of tradition. • American Muslim Minister and human rights activist. • Leader of the African American Civil rights movement • law that established a federal civil rights commission. • African American Religious organization founded in 1930. • ...

Part 3: Social Studies 2023-06-12

Part 3: Social Studies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Papyris, pyramids, and sports.
  2. Tea, the number zero, and the decimal system.
  3. The amendment on quartering (housing) soldiers during war.
  4. Gunpowder, fireworks, compass, silk, and ink.
  5. Southern states that formed an unrecognized country from 1861 to 1865
  6. The amendment on the right to a fair trial.
  7. The amendment on search and arrest (rights before you get arrested).
  8. created first streets, roads, and aqueducts.
  9. System of government that is ruled by law.
  10. The amendment on states’ rights.
  11. The amendment on rights in criminal cases (rights after you get arrested).
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  1. System of government that is ruled by majority.
  2. money, the steam engine, democracy, the Olympics
  3. System of government that is ruled by a few.
  4. The amendment on bail, fines, and punishment.
  5. System of government that is ruled by representative of God.
  6. The amendment on the right to bear arms.
  7. The amendment on rights that are not specified in the constitution.
  8. The Supreme Court case ruling that slaves are not citizens, which took away the right of states wanting to ban slavery.
  9. The amendment on rights in civil cases.
  10. The amendment on freedom of speech, petition, and assembly.
  11. culture developed Algebra
  12. The tribes that contributed to 70% of today’s modern languages in Africa.

23 Clues: culture developed Algebra • Papyris, pyramids, and sports. • The amendment on states’ rights. • The amendment on rights in civil cases. • The amendment on the right to bear arms. • System of government that is ruled by law. • The amendment on the right to a fair trial. • System of government that is ruled by a few. • created first streets, roads, and aqueducts. • ...

Women's History 2026-02-02

Women's History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. birth control movement founder Margaret
  2. computing pioneer Ada
  3. early suffrage leader Elizabeth Cady
  4. reformer of mental health care Dorothea
  5. Underground Railroad conductor Harriet
  6. acclaimed poet and memoirist Maya
  7. suffragist Susan B
  8. computer programming innovator Grace
  9. author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
  10. early colonial American poet Anne
  11. site of 1848 women’s rights convention
  12. physicist who helped explain nuclear fission Lise
  13. feminist and journalist Gloria
  14. aviation pioneer Amelia
  15. early feminist and abolitionist Lucretia
  16. author of The Feminine Mystique Betty
  17. inventor and actress Hedy
  18. abolitionist and women’s rights advocate Sojourner
  19. civil rights icon Rosa
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  1. right to vote in political elections
  2. primatologist studying chimpanzees Jane
  3. trailblazing astronomer and computing leader Grace
  4. novelist and civil rights activist Alice
  5. education activist and Nobel laureate Yousafzai
  6. first woman on US Supreme Court Sandra Day
  7. first female US presidential major party nominee Hillary
  8. social reformer and Nobel Peace laureate Jane
  9. pioneer of radioactivity research Marie
  10. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader
  11. founder of modern nursing Florence
  12. American Red Cross founder Clara
  13. disability rights advocate Helen
  14. Mexican painter Frida
  15. first female UK prime minister Margaret
  16. transcendentalist writer Margaret
  17. librarian and early cataloging leader Dorothy
  18. women’s rights leader Elizabeth Cady
  19. women’s rights advocate Sojourner
  20. influential anthropologist Margaret
  21. aviation trailblazer Amelia

40 Clues: suffragist Susan B • computing pioneer Ada • Mexican painter Frida • civil rights icon Rosa • aviation pioneer Amelia • inventor and actress Hedy • aviation trailblazer Amelia • feminist and journalist Gloria • Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader • American Red Cross founder Clara • disability rights advocate Helen • acclaimed poet and memoirist Maya • transcendentalist writer Margaret • ...

Legislative Branch 2021-10-26

Legislative Branch crossword puzzle
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  1. the action or process of inheriting a title or office
  2. to review most bills after they come from the full committee and before they go to the full chamber for consideration
  3. a motion by all members of the Senate who are present to set aside formal rules and to consider a bill from the calendar
  4. annual series of meetings in Congress
  5. a group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee’s responsibility
  6. the minimum number of members who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action
  7. to set up new district lines after reapportionment is complete
  8. a formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward
  9. a motion placed on a bill in the Senate that alerts party leaders that if unanimous consent were to be sought, they would object
  10. a temporary joint committee set up when the House and the Senate have passed different versions of the same bill
  11. two house legislature
  12. a vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions
  13. a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote
  14. a permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues
  15. a resolution passed in the same form by both houses
  16. the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census
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  1. an official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president
  2. to investigate the suggested bills,before sending it to the full House or Senate for debate and a vote
  3. to draw a district’s boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
  4. a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate
  5. a proposed law to authorize spending money
  6. an event held before an election at which members of a political party select delegates to send to the national party convention, a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office
  7. political advocacy efforts carried out by the general public and members of interest groups, sometimes under the guidance of their professional lobbyists
  8. a high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president.
  9. rejection of a bill by the president
  10. a temporary committee formed to study one specific issue and to report its findings to the House or Senate
  11. to change, alter
  12. leaders serve as spokesmen for their parties' positions on the issues.
  13. elected official who is already in office
  14. a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
  15. a paid representative of an interest group who contacts government officials on behalf of these interest groups
  16. leader of the H.O.R.
  17. a group of people that seeks to influence public policy on the basis of a particular common interest or concern
  18. the Speaker’s top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party’s legislative program and to steer important bills through the House
  19. a session at which a committee listens to testimony from people interested in the bill
  20. a proposed law

36 Clues: a proposed law • to change, alter • leader of the H.O.R. • two house legislature • rejection of a bill by the president • annual series of meetings in Congress • elected official who is already in office • a proposed law to authorize spending money • a vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions • a resolution passed in the same form by both houses • ...

Legislative Branch 2021-10-26

Legislative Branch crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the action or process of inheriting a title or office
  2. to review most bills after they come from the full committee and before they go to the full chamber for consideration
  3. a motion by all members of the Senate who are present to set aside formal rules and to consider a bill from the calendar
  4. annual series of meetings in Congress
  5. a group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee’s responsibility
  6. the minimum number of members who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action
  7. to set up new district lines after reapportionment is complete
  8. a formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward
  9. a motion placed on a bill in the Senate that alerts party leaders that if unanimous consent were to be sought, they would object
  10. a temporary joint committee set up when the House and the Senate have passed different versions of the same bill
  11. two house legislature
  12. a vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions
  13. a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote
  14. a permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues
  15. a resolution passed in the same form by both houses
  16. the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census
Down
  1. an official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president
  2. to investigate the suggested bills,before sending it to the full House or Senate for debate and a vote
  3. to draw a district’s boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
  4. a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate
  5. a proposed law to authorize spending money
  6. an event held before an election at which members of a political party select delegates to send to the national party convention, a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office
  7. political advocacy efforts carried out by the general public and members of interest groups, sometimes under the guidance of their professional lobbyists
  8. a high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president.
  9. rejection of a bill by the president
  10. a temporary committee formed to study one specific issue and to report its findings to the House or Senate
  11. to change, alter
  12. leaders serve as spokesmen for their parties' positions on the issues.
  13. elected official who is already in office
  14. a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
  15. a paid representative of an interest group who contacts government officials on behalf of these interest groups
  16. leader of the H.O.R.
  17. a group of people that seeks to influence public policy on the basis of a particular common interest or concern
  18. the Speaker’s top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party’s legislative program and to steer important bills through the House
  19. a session at which a committee listens to testimony from people interested in the bill
  20. a proposed law

36 Clues: a proposed law • to change, alter • leader of the H.O.R. • two house legislature • rejection of a bill by the president • annual series of meetings in Congress • elected official who is already in office • a proposed law to authorize spending money • a vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions • a resolution passed in the same form by both houses • ...

B2 2022-03-29

B2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Women's rights advocate associated with the Transcendentalism Movement
  2. American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement
  3. African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist
  4. One of the only Southern women who became an abolitionist
  5. American clergyman who is known as one of the founders of the American Colonization Society
  6. Abstinence from alcohol
  7. People who sought to abolish slavery during the 19th century
  8. Leader of the Second Great Awakening
  9. Leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S.
  10. American social reformer who worked for reform in prisons
  11. Known for temperance novel "Ten Nights in a Barroom and What I Saw There"
  12. American educational reformer
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  1. American social reformer for education
  2. American Quaker, abolitionist, and women's rights activist
  3. Founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church
  4. Book that advocated for women's rights that was written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  5. American educator who taught disabled people
  6. A woman who was a leading suffragist dedicated her life to battling inequality on all fronts
  7. Prominent theologian who was a reformer during the Civil War era
  8. Abolitionist who is associated with the American Colonization Society

20 Clues: Abstinence from alcohol • American educational reformer • Leader of the Second Great Awakening • American social reformer for education • American educator who taught disabled people • Founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church • Leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. • African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist • ...

How a Bill Becomes a Law 2021-11-28

How a Bill Becomes a Law crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This branch interprets laws
  2. A law starts as this
  3. A lobbyist tries to do this to a bill
  4. After a bill passes the House of Representatives, it goes to the?
  5. This branch creates laws
Down
  1. An idea turns into this
  2. An agreement between two parties
  3. Influences a bill
  4. Can veto a bill
  5. when a president approves a bill he does this to it.

10 Clues: Can veto a bill • Influences a bill • A law starts as this • An idea turns into this • This branch creates laws • This branch interprets laws • An agreement between two parties • A lobbyist tries to do this to a bill • when a president approves a bill he does this to it. • After a bill passes the House of Representatives, it goes to the?

Unit 2 Extra Credit Crossword 2021-10-06

Unit 2 Extra Credit Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was a young, indecisive absolute monarch who was executed by Robespierre
  2. This phrase became the rallying cry of the American Revolution
  3. this form of government is represented in the English Bill of Rights
  4. This was the first governing document in the U.S.
  5. Purchased by Thomas Jefferson. Napoleon was more focused on Europe
Down
  1. Similarities in Absolutism in this area include militaristic society, serfdom, and Religious tolerance
  2. What did Peter the Great want to do in Russia
  3. This was revoked by Louis XIV that took away the religious freedom for the Huguenots
  4. This branch of government interprets laws
  5. radical year and a half period of the French Revolution where 20,000 people were executed by the guillotine
  6. This estate was responsible for pay all the taxes
  7. The best example of an absolute monarch
  8. Government where the leader has total control
  9. The idea that the sun is at the center of the universe

14 Clues: The best example of an absolute monarch • This branch of government interprets laws • What did Peter the Great want to do in Russia • Government where the leader has total control • This estate was responsible for pay all the taxes • This was the first governing document in the U.S. • The idea that the sun is at the center of the universe • ...

Liams Crossword 2021-05-27

Liams Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ______ opinion is what thoughts everyone has in common, where candidates try to appeal.
  2. ________ powers are those listed clearly in the constitution.
  3. the ________ party is the primary conservative party.
  4. head of the executive branch
  5. the federal principle or system of government.
Down
  1. _______ powers are powers not clearly listed but inferred, they help execute expressed powers
  2. intro to the constitution, starts with the words "we the people."
  3. the first ten amendments are the bill of ______.
  4. ______-taxes is where STATE gets the majority of its money
  5. A _______ is granted by the president or a governor and it exempts you from a sentence, charge or fine.
  6. The _________ court is the highest appeal court in the U.S
  7. ______-taxes are where LOCAL governments get the majority of their money, most of it is spent on education.
  8. prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another.
  9. the ______ party is the primary liberal party.

14 Clues: head of the executive branch • the federal principle or system of government. • the ______ party is the primary liberal party. • the first ten amendments are the bill of ______. • the ________ party is the primary conservative party. • ______-taxes is where STATE gets the majority of its money • The _________ court is the highest appeal court in the U.S • ...

Liams Crossword 2021-05-27

Liams Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the federal principle or system of government.
  2. A _______ is granted by the president or a governor and it exempts you from a sentence, charge or fine.
  3. prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another.
  4. intro to the constitution, starts with the words "we the people."
  5. _______ powers are powers not clearly listed but inferred, they help execute expressed powers
  6. the ________ party is the primary conservative party.
  7. ______-taxes are where LOCAL governments get the majority of their money, most of it is spent on education.
Down
  1. ________ powers are those listed clearly in the constitution.
  2. the ______ party is the primary liberal party.
  3. ______ opinion is what thoughts everyone has in common, where candidates try to appeal.
  4. head of the executive branch
  5. The _________ court is the highest appeal court in the U.S
  6. the first ten amendments are the bill of ______.
  7. ______-taxes is where STATE gets the majority of its money

14 Clues: head of the executive branch • the federal principle or system of government. • the ______ party is the primary liberal party. • the first ten amendments are the bill of ______. • the ________ party is the primary conservative party. • The _________ court is the highest appeal court in the U.S • ______-taxes is where STATE gets the majority of its money • ...

Articles of confederation 2026-03-06

Articles of confederation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Known as the Father of the constitution
  2. He is often called the father of Our Country
  3. Other delegates favored a weaker federal governemnt that gave more power over the states and people
  4. He preferred life in Virginia to politics,
  5. He got Enrolled at king's collage in New York
  6. The economy of the South relied on people to keep farms and plantations running
  7. During the articles of Confederation each state interacted with the
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  1. a delegate From New Jersey proposed a different plan.
  2. He was a talented inventor, scientist ,diplomat, and writer
  3. Some delegates wanted to add a bill of rights to the constitution to protect important
  4. came form a Large Massachusetts family of 11 children.
  5. Our wise established Union and Amity between the Five Nations
  6. of Connecticut came up with an idea that bridged ideas from both plans
  7. He studied many subjects, including science, architecture

14 Clues: Known as the Father of the constitution • He preferred life in Virginia to politics, • He is often called the father of Our Country • He got Enrolled at king's collage in New York • a delegate From New Jersey proposed a different plan. • came form a Large Massachusetts family of 11 children. • He studied many subjects, including science, architecture • ...

Canada From 1900 - Now 2018-06-16

Canada From 1900 - Now crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The entirely Canadian run battle of WW1 which is widely considered to be Canada's greatest military achievement.
  2. The name of the beach which the Canadian army took during the allied forces invasion of Normandy, 1944
  3. The Canadian who won the Nobel Peace Prize for solving the Suez Canal Crisis by creating the UN Peacekeepers.
  4. The location of the start of Canadian conquest during WW2 into Italy.
  5. The title of the kidnapping of two Canadian government officials by the FLQ in 1970.
  6. The event when a munitions ship and a Norwegian passenger vessel collided causing the largest explosion in history until the era of the atomic bomb.
  7. The bill enacted by the Canadian government to suspend the rights of specific minorities in Canada from 1914 - 1920.
  8. The name of the original Canadian flag.
  9. The name of the quintuplets who were treated like zoo animals during the Great Depression in Canada.
  10. The mass movement of relief camp workers in BC to get to the capital of Canada to protest for their rights and wages which lead to the Regina Riot.
  11. The Canadian Government's act to forcefully relocate Japanese Canadians to the west of the Rockies.
  12. The memorial to the Newfoundland regiment in the Battle of the Somme
  13. The beach in which Canadian soldiers were massacred by German defenses in a sea landing into France in 1942.
  14. The Canadian pilot who shot down the German legendary pilot "The Red Baron"
Down
  1. The name of the lawsuit filled by the Alberta famous five achieving massive women's rights increases in Canada.
  2. These government started institutions that saw to the assimilation of over 100,000 aboriginal peoples creating a massive black mark in Canadian history.
  3. The focus of Prime Ministers Pierre Trudeau's goals for Canada (a ___ _____)
  4. The act of government forcing people to join the army in Canada during both world wars.
  5. The Canadian - American defense system across North West Territories and Alaska created in The Cold War
  6. The location of the largest strike in Canadian history starting in 1919.
  7. The Prime Minister who introduced "The New Deal" as a solution to the Great Depression in Canada
  8. Voted to be the greatest Canadian ever who fought for our healthcare and lead the CCF.

22 Clues: The name of the original Canadian flag. • The memorial to the Newfoundland regiment in the Battle of the Somme • The location of the start of Canadian conquest during WW2 into Italy. • The location of the largest strike in Canadian history starting in 1919. • The Canadian pilot who shot down the German legendary pilot "The Red Baron" • ...