bill of rights Crossword Puzzles

Government 3 2015-10-11

Government 3 crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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 • ...

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. • ...

Politics and Governance - Crossword Puzzle 2022-02-10

Politics and Governance - Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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?" • ...

puzzle 2025-07-17

puzzle crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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.
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  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. • ...

Legislative Terms 2018-02-28

Legislative Terms crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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) • ...

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 • ...

Chapter 5 - The Legislative Branch 2018-10-31

Chapter 5 - The Legislative Branch crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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 • ...

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. • ...

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. • ...

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. • ...

7th and 8th Grade Social Studies Crossword 2026-05-18

7th and 8th Grade Social Studies Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Fairness under the law
  2. A drawing of land or places
  3. A new law being suggested
  4. A person who guides others
  5. The leader of a state
  6. Things found in nature that people use
  7. A large fight between groups
  8. A rule that people must follow
  9. Things people are allowed to do
  10. A person who belongs to a country
  11. Farming and growing crops
  12. A smaller part of a country
  13. Being able to live without control
  14. The kind of weather in a place
  15. Buying and selling goods
  16. Freedom from another country's rule
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  1. A form of government where people vote
  2. A natural stream of water
  3. Money people pay to the government
  4. The number of people in an area
  5. Being treated the same as others
  6. One of the large land areas on Earth
  7. The job of the leader of the United States
  8. The main city of a state or country
  9. The system that makes rules for a country
  10. An area with similar features
  11. To choose a leader
  12. A land with its own government
  13. How money is made and used

29 Clues: To choose a leader • The leader of a state • Fairness under the law • Buying and selling goods • A natural stream of water • A new law being suggested • Farming and growing crops • A person who guides others • How money is made and used • A drawing of land or places • A smaller part of a country • A large fight between groups • An area with similar features • ...

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

READING (Plessy v. Ferguson) crossword puzzle
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  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 • ...

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
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  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
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  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
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  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

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
Across
  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. • ...

Texas Government 2023-02-06

Texas Government crossword puzzle
Across
  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 • ...

Unit 2 Extra Credit Crossword 2021-10-06

Unit 2 Extra Credit Crossword crossword puzzle
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  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
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  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
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  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.
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  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
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  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.
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  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
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  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 • ...

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
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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 • ...

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 • ...

Bill of Rights Vocabulary Amendments 2-10 2024-02-04

Bill of Rights Vocabulary Amendments 2-10 crossword puzzle
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  1. Strong reasons to think that the person or property was involved in a crime.
  2. Following set legal procedures. It includes the idea that the laws to be followed must be reasonable.
  3. Is the government’s right to take private property—usually land—for public use.
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  1. Putting someone on trial for a crime of which he or she was previously found innocent.
  2. A sum of money used as a security deposit. In exchange for being let out of jail, the person pays the sum and promises to appear at the trial.
  3. People officially charged with crimes.
  4. Giving evidence that could lead to one being found guilty of a crime.
  5. A court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect's home or business and take specific items as evidence.
  6. Is a document issued by a body called a grand jury that formally charges someone with a crime.

9 Clues: People officially charged with crimes. • Giving evidence that could lead to one being found guilty of a crime. • Strong reasons to think that the person or property was involved in a crime. • Is the government’s right to take private property—usually land—for public use. • Putting someone on trial for a crime of which he or she was previously found innocent. • ...

Role Models 2025-12-01

Role Models crossword puzzle
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  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.
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  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. • ...

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

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. • ...

Legislative branch 2014-10-05

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

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

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? • ...

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL 2024-05-30

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL crossword puzzle
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  1. The process of running for a political office
  2. The leader of a state government
  3. The part of government that interprets laws and makes sure they are fair
  4. The power of courts to declare laws and actions of the government unconstitutional
  5. The group of people who make laws for the United States, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives
  6. A change or addition to a constitution or law
  7. One part of Congress where the number of representatives is based on the state's population
  8. The highest court in the United States, which makes decisions about laws and the Constitution
  9. A piece of paper or electronic form used to record a vote
  10. A system of government where the people have the power to make decisions through voting
  11. A written plan that outlines the rules and structure of a government
  12. A person who is a member of a country and has rights and responsibilities
  13. The length of time a person serves in a political office
  14. A rule made by the government that people must follow
  15. The system of government where power is divided between a central government and smaller regional governments
  16. Money that people pay to the government for services and infrastructure
  17. Duties or things that people are expected to do
  18. The group of people who make rules and laws for a country, state, or community
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  1. The process of choosing leaders by voting
  2. The ceremony where a new leader is officially sworn into office
  3. The leader of a city or town government
  4. One part of Congress where each state has two representatives
  5. The power of a president or governor to reject a bill passed by the legislature
  6. The part of government that enforces laws and runs the day-to-day operations
  7. The decisions and actions taken by the government to solve problems or achieve goals
  8. The part of government that makes laws
  9. A plan for how money will be spent by the government
  10. The leader of a country, often elected by the people
  11. A person chosen to speak or act for others in a government
  12. A group of people with similar ideas about government who work together to get their candidates elected
  13. The freedoms and protections that belong to every person
  14. A person who is running for a political office
  15. A proposal for a new law that is presented to a legislature
  16. A member of the Senate
  17. To make a choice for a leader or decision, often by marking a ballot

35 Clues: A member of the Senate • The leader of a state government • The part of government that makes laws • The leader of a city or town government • The process of choosing leaders by voting • The process of running for a political office • A change or addition to a constitution or law • A person who is running for a political office • ...

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?

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? • ...

Progressive Era Vocabulary 2015-12-15

Progressive Era Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Allowed the Federal gov to inspect meat sold across the state lines and required inspection of meat processing plants
  2. Created the Federal Reserve Board to oversee banks and manage reserve funds
  3. African American leader who advocated for full civil rights and political rights for black people, leader of NAACP
  4. Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the US
  5. A US federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West
  6. Lead by W.E.B. Dubois, wanted rights for African Americans, they tried getting it by demanding immediate social and economic equality
  7. Domestic program formed upon three basic ideas: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection
  8. Authorized the federal gov to regulate railroad rates and set maximum prices for ferries, bridge tolls, and oil pipelines
  9. andDrugAct Allowed federal inspection of food and medicine and banned the shipment and sale of impure food and the mislabeling of food and medicine
  10. Gave Congress the power to collect taxes on people’s income
  11. Teddy Roosevelt’s political party
  12. African American leader who urged southern black people to emphasize skills that could make them successful in the contemporary economy
Down
  1. Lowered tariffs on imported goods and established a graduate income tax on the richest 5% of Americans
  2. Instituted the direct election of Senators by the people of each state
  3. Strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act by spelling out the specific activities businesses could not do, exempted unions from antitrust laws and made it easier for them to strike
  4. Conservationist, who Teddy Roosevelt appointed head of the Forest Service
  5. An independent agency of the US government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act its mission is the promotion of consumer protection and the elimination and prevention of anticompetitive business practices, such as coercive monopoly
  6. A compromise bill, had the immediate effect of frustrating both proponents and opponents of reducing tariffs
  7. The Progressive programs enacted by Wilson as president during his first term (1913-1916) when the Democrats controlled Congress
  8. Extended the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the telecommunications industry, and designated telephone, telegraph and wireless companies as common carriers

20 Clues: Teddy Roosevelt’s political party • Gave Congress the power to collect taxes on people’s income • Instituted the direct election of Senators by the people of each state • Conservationist, who Teddy Roosevelt appointed head of the Forest Service • Created the Federal Reserve Board to oversee banks and manage reserve funds • ...

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" • ...

Thomas Jefferson 2018-04-12

Thomas Jefferson crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What did democratic Republicans favored keeping the U.S. on?
  2. who did Thomas Jefferson choose to start a rival news paper?
  3. eight How many votes did Thomas Jefferson receive during the election?
  4. Jefferson Who created the democratic republicans?
  5. Gazette What did Jefferson do to counter the federalists?
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  1. Was Thomas Jefferson a federalist or democratic-Republican?
  2. what government did Jefferson propose to?
  3. of rights What did the democratic-republicans want that the anti-federalist did not want?
  4. What was Jefferson pro about?

9 Clues: What was Jefferson pro about? • what government did Jefferson propose to? • Jefferson Who created the democratic republicans? • Was Thomas Jefferson a federalist or democratic-Republican? • What did democratic Republicans favored keeping the U.S. on? • who did Thomas Jefferson choose to start a rival news paper? • ...

Bill of rights & Constitution cross word puzzle 2020-12-14

Bill of rights & Constitution cross word puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the document to which the bill of rights is attached
  2. another name for the first ten amendments
  3. improves or corrects a motion or bill
  4. The branch of Federal government responsible for writing the amendments
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  1. What document starts off with " We the peole of United states"?
  2. the only court established by the constitution and usually rules only on issues of national importance.
  3. who enforces laws?
  4. Which amendment abolish slavery?
  5. which branch is in the supreme court
  6. this amendment outlaws cruel and unusual punishment

10 Clues: who enforces laws? • Which amendment abolish slavery? • which branch is in the supreme court • improves or corrects a motion or bill • another name for the first ten amendments • this amendment outlaws cruel and unusual punishment • the document to which the bill of rights is attached • What document starts off with " We the peole of United states"? • ...

Unit 1: Intro to Law Vocabulary 2017-09-16

Unit 1: Intro to Law Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. the branch of law dealing with crimes and their punishment.
  2. conflicting with some provision of the Constitution.
  3. Law all law that does not involve criminal matters, such as tort and contract law. Civil law usually deals with private rights of individuals, groups, and businesses.
  4. the level of proof required to convict a person of a crime. It does not mean “convinced 100 percent,”
  5. the state or federal government’s attorney in a criminal case.
  6. the person against whom a claim is made. In a civil suit, the defendant is the person being sued; in a criminal case, the defendant is the person charged with committing a crime.
  7. a serious criminal offense punishable by a prison sentence of more than one year.
  8. prohibited; in government,(i.e. to prevent the bill from becoming a law).
Down
  1. in a civil case, the injured party who brings legal action against the alleged wrongdoer.
  2. the first ten amendments to the Constitution, which guarantee basic individual rights to all persons in the United States.
  3. the power of each of the three branches of government (legislative, judicial, executive) to limit the other branches’ power, so as to prevent an abuse.
  4. the study of law and legal philosophy.
  5. a criminal offense, less serious than a felony, punishable by a prison sentence of one year or less.

13 Clues: the study of law and legal philosophy. • conflicting with some provision of the Constitution. • the branch of law dealing with crimes and their punishment. • the state or federal government’s attorney in a criminal case. • prohibited; in government,(i.e. to prevent the bill from becoming a law). • ...

British and American English 2014-04-10

British and American English crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tin
  2. biscuit
  3. crossroads
  4. autumn
  5. lorry
  6. rubber
  7. car
  8. toilet
  9. trousers
  10. petrol
Down
  1. bill
  2. lift
  3. cinema
  4. note
  5. chips
  6. sweet
  7. cash machine
  8. tube

18 Clues: tin • car • bill • lift • note • tube • chips • sweet • lorry • cinema • autumn • rubber • toilet • petrol • biscuit • trousers • crossroads • cash machine

B2 2022-03-29

B2 crossword puzzle
Across
  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 • ...

Unit 3 - The Constitution 2020-11-04

Unit 3 - The Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Amendment that prevents searches & seizures without a warrant
  2. Allows for additions in the Constitution to adjust for changing times
  3. The 3/5ths Compromise addressed how ____ would count towards a state's taxes and population
  4. Term used for accused people having rights that cannot be denied
  5. Amendment that prevents quartering soldiers in times of peace
  6. Amendment that best represents the principle of federalism
  7. Amendment that provides for a trial by jury and the right to an attorney
  8. Principle that says that government leaders can only do what is written in the Constitution
  9. He was a key Federalist
  10. The first plan of government of the United States that failed because it was too weak.
  11. He was a key Anti-Federalist
  12. Plan that was based on a state's population and favored by large states
  13. Branch made up of the House of Representatives and Senate
  14. ____ Rebellion made Delegates meet at the Constitutional Convention to strengthen the federal gov
  15. Amendment that protects Freedom of religion, assembly, press, petition, and speech
  16. inspired the idea of dividing government into 3 branches
Down
  1. Settled the issue of issue of state representation in Congress
  2. Principle that says that the people are the ultimate source of power
  3. He is known as the "Father of the Constitution"
  4. Group who wanted to ratify the Constitution and supported a strong central government
  5. Principle that creates the 3 branches of government
  6. Provided an orderly process for a territory to become a state and the major strength of the Articles of Confederation
  7. Representation in the House of Representatives is based on ____
  8. The Supreme Law of the land
  9. principle that allows people to exercise their rights by voting for representatives
  10. Means having two houses in Congress
  11. A series of essays written to convince people to ratify the Constitution
  12. Group that wanted a Bill of Rights added to the Constitution
  13. Amendment that prevents cruel & unusual punishment & excessive fines
  14. The Legislative Branch overriding a veto is an example of _____.
  15. Amendment that allows the right to remain silent and prevent double jeopardy
  16. Plan that called for equal representation in congress and favored by small states
  17. principle that protects personal freedoms

33 Clues: He was a key Federalist • The Supreme Law of the land • He was a key Anti-Federalist • Means having two houses in Congress • principle that protects personal freedoms • He is known as the "Father of the Constitution" • Principle that creates the 3 branches of government • inspired the idea of dividing government into 3 branches • ...

Progressive Era Vocabulary 2015-12-15

Progressive Era Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Allowed the Federal gov to inspect meat sold across the state lines and required inspection of meat processing plants
  2. African American leader who urged southern black people to emphasize skills that could make them successful in the contemporary economy
  3. Allowed federal inspection of food and medicine and banned the shipment and sale of impure food and the mislabeling of food and medicine
  4. Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the US
  5. Extended the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the telecommunications industry, and designated telephone, telegraph and wireless companies as common carriers
  6. Instituted the direct election of Senators by the people of each state
  7. Lead by W.E.B. Dubois, wanted rights for African Americans, they tried getting it by demanding immediate social and economic equality
  8. Teddy Roosevelt’s political party
Down
  1. African American leader who advocated for full civil rights and political rights for black people, leader of NAACP
  2. Authorized the federal gov to regulate railroad rates and set maximum prices for ferries, bridge tolls, and oil pipelines
  3. Lowered tariffs on imported goods and established a graduate income tax on the richest 5% of Americans
  4. An independent agency of the US government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act its mission is the promotion of consumer protection and the elimination and prevention of anticompetitive business practices, such as coercive monopoly
  5. Act A US federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West
  6. A compromise bill, had the immediate effect of frustrating both proponents and opponents of reducing tariffs
  7. Created the Federal Reserve Board to oversee banks and manage reserve funds
  8. Conservationist, who Teddy Roosevelt appointed head of the Forest Service
  9. Gave Congress the power to collect taxes on people’s income
  10. Strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act by spelling out the specific activities businesses could not do, exempted unions from antitrust laws and made it easier for them to strike
  11. The Progressive programs enacted by Wilson as president during his first term (1913-1916) when the Democrats controlled Congress
  12. Domestic program formed upon three basic ideas: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection

20 Clues: Teddy Roosevelt’s political party • Gave Congress the power to collect taxes on people’s income • Instituted the direct election of Senators by the people of each state • Conservationist, who Teddy Roosevelt appointed head of the Forest Service • Created the Federal Reserve Board to oversee banks and manage reserve funds • ...

Crossword Puzzle on Politics and Governance 2024-08-22

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

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. • A government ruled by a dictator with absolute authority. • - Action of guiding or directing a group or organization. • ...

crossword puzzle 2022-08-25

crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a revoke or annul against a law or act
  2. - someone who moves with a group of others to live in a new country
  3. The action of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.
  4. withdraw from commercial or social relations with a country
  5. Bill of Rights- An act signed into law in 1689 by William III and Mary II.
Down
  1. America. that was found on the banks of Virginia
  2. the first permanent English settlement in
  3. Resistance- the mechanism whereby the intestinal microbiota protects itself
  4. Stamp Act- an act regulating stamp duty
  5. Sense - good sense and sound judgment in practical matters.

10 Clues: a revoke or annul against a law or act • Stamp Act- an act regulating stamp duty • the first permanent English settlement in • America. that was found on the banks of Virginia • Sense - good sense and sound judgment in practical matters. • withdraw from commercial or social relations with a country • ...

Equal Protection and Constitutional Rights 2025-01-29

Equal Protection and Constitutional Rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Situations requiring the immediate action of law enforcement without a warrant, due to a need to preserve life or safety.
  2. Circumstances or evidence that would lead a reasonable person to believe that a person or place is involved in a specific criminal act.
  3. The level of judicial review applied to the analysis of laws or policies that may violate constitutional protections.
  4. A court order authorizing law enforcement to search a specific location for evidence of a crime after establishing probable cause.
  5. A court order authorizing the detention of a person after probable cause has been established linking them to a crime.
  6. The law that guarantees individuals the right to a fair and public trial, an attorney, a jury and other protections in court.
  7. The law the protects individuals against unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
  8. The Supreme Court case that established the power of police to perform a stop and frisk in response to reasonable suspicion.
  9. The specific place to be searched and the specific items that are to be searched for guide and restrict a search warrant.
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  1. A punishment that is disproportionate to the crime or inhumane and degrading. Prohibited by the Bill of Rights.
  2. The guarantee of fair legal proceedings to protect Americans against malicious treatment by the government.
  3. The Supreme Court case that established the responsibility of police to inform all arrestees of their right to an attorney before any questioning.
  4. A warrant issued by a judge for the arrest of an individual who has failed to appear in court or comply with a court order.
  5. A written statement that is sworn under oath, often used to provide evidence for a warrant application.
  6. Law that guarantees citizenship rights, due process, and equal protection of the law to all Americans.
  7. The law that prohibits the government from issuing cruel and unusual punishments or excessive fines or bails.
  8. A legal standard that allows law enforcement to detain an individual for investigation based on specific facts that indicate possible criminal activity.
  9. The first ten amendments to the Constitution that protect the fundamental rights and liberties of American citizens.

18 Clues: The law the protects individuals against unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. • Law that guarantees citizenship rights, due process, and equal protection of the law to all Americans. • A written statement that is sworn under oath, often used to provide evidence for a warrant application. • ...

MO Constitution 2024-03-01

MO Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Senators and Representatives are elected from
  2. when was the current Missouri constitution adopted
  3. The source of political power and origin of the Government
  4. Primary of the six elected officers of the executive branch
  5. Only the General Assembly has this power over the state
  6. Missouri was the ___ state adopted
  7. who is chosen through the missouri plan
  8. How many constitutions does missouri have
  9. Missouri has a bicameral legislature so each house is considered
  10. Cannot serve in the general assembly
Down
  1. How many sections in the Missouri Bill of Rights
  2. The Missouri legislature
  3. How many elected officals are in the executive branch
  4. Missouri has how many branches of government
  5. The Maximum length a member of the general assembly can serve
  6. How many years can an elected governor serve for
  7. The Senate and House of Representatives together are known as
  8. How many terms can a governor serve
  9. Cutoff age for free public education
  10. Election held in November of even numbered years
  11. The most popular type of city government
  12. Representation in the General Assembly is determined by
  13. The highest court in Missouri
  14. Missouri law requires the budget to be what
  15. Election held in August of even numbered years

25 Clues: The Missouri legislature • The highest court in Missouri • Missouri was the ___ state adopted • How many terms can a governor serve • Cutoff age for free public education • Cannot serve in the general assembly • who is chosen through the missouri plan • The most popular type of city government • How many constitutions does missouri have • ...

Congress Vocabulary That you Should Know (Use dashes for spaces) 2021-01-11

Congress Vocabulary That you Should Know (Use dashes for spaces) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A vote that would end a filibuster in congress
  2. A part of congress made up of a group of congress people
  3. A proposed piece of legislation
  4. The act of speaking for an extended amount of time to delay actions in congress
  5. The most powerful committee in Congress that controls where money goes
  6. A person of congress in the House of Representatives
  7. The most powerful seat in a committee
  8. Being a voting member of a community
  9. The minimum number of votes required by the senate to overrule a veto
  10. a type of legislature where there are 2 parts of congress
  11. The act of distributing seats among the states
  12. The act of not voting on a bill to kill it
Down
  1. The minimum number of people required for Congress to be in session
  2. A person who has more time in the senate
  3. A bill that contains many riders
  4. The act of holding office before an election
  5. A senator who has less time in office then the other senator
  6. A nickname for the senate when states elected them
  7. The person holding office, looking for reelection
  8. A change in a piece of legislation
  9. A smaller group of congress people within a committee
  10. The act of the president voting to not pass a piece of legislation
  11. A person who introduces a piece of legislation
  12. A change made to a piece of legislation that is agreed upon by both chambers of congress

24 Clues: A proposed piece of legislation • A bill that contains many riders • A change in a piece of legislation • Being a voting member of a community • The most powerful seat in a committee • A person who has more time in the senate • The act of not voting on a bill to kill it • The act of holding office before an election • A vote that would end a filibuster in congress • ...

President Washington 2023-03-26

President Washington crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plans for Washington ___ were made when GW was prez.
  2. First prez under the Constitution
  3. Accomplishment of GW - He established the Federal ___ System
Down
  1. GW's vice prez (why won't you SIT DOWN?!?!)
  2. Carried the plan of DC using photographic memory(last name)
  3. Bill of ___ was added to Constitution when GW was prez.

6 Clues: First prez under the Constitution • GW's vice prez (why won't you SIT DOWN?!?!) • Plans for Washington ___ were made when GW was prez. • Bill of ___ was added to Constitution when GW was prez. • Carried the plan of DC using photographic memory(last name) • Accomplishment of GW - He established the Federal ___ System

Ch 15 vocab Bill of rights 2012-04-30

Ch 15 vocab Bill of rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. haveing a negative judgment or opinion
  2. to approve; to make a written document officily by sighing it
  3. a change to the constitution
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  1. a group of citisens who are chonsen to decide the outcome of a trial
  2. the frist ten amendmnets to the constitution that protect the rights and freedomes of american citsens
  3. proper legal procedures, such as a fair trial
  4. non-criminal cases ubvolved disputes among indugiviguals about property

7 Clues: a change to the constitution • haveing a negative judgment or opinion • proper legal procedures, such as a fair trial • to approve; to make a written document officily by sighing it • a group of citisens who are chonsen to decide the outcome of a trial • non-criminal cases ubvolved disputes among indugiviguals about property • ...

Civil Rights 2015-04-09

Civil Rights crossword puzzle
Across
  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.
Down
  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).
Down
  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 • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

Branches of Government 2024-05-21

Branches of Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The House of Representatives and Senate combined are called _____________.
  2. A potential justice will be nominated by the _________________.
  3. Which amendment protects us from the Quartering Act?
  4. Members that assist the President in watching out for the country and assisting in decisions.
  5. What do we pay to help improve our communities from the West coast to the East coast?
  6. A problem stated by the community that could possibly become a law.
  7. The ________________ is used to decide how many representatives are given to each state.
  8. This branch of government makes the laws, makes treaties, and interview justices.
  9. If you are from another country, you can still become a US citizen through a process called ________________.
  10. To remove administration from their position due to illegal activites.
  11. Which amendment gives you the right to freedom of speech,
  12. We pay federal, state, and local ___________ taxes from our pay checks.
  13. There a 100 of these in the US. There are two of them per state.
Down
  1. The Constitution list all of our freedoms that is known as The __________________________.
  2. When the President doesn't pass a law.
  3. The system that doesn't allow any branch to have all of the power. ______________ allows each group to look over the work of the others.
  4. The judicial branch protects the _____________ and the rights of Americans.
  5. There are nine justices that make up the __________________.
  6. The President, Vice President, and Cabinet members are a part of this branch.
  7. Which branch of government decides if a law is constitutional or not?
  8. You have to be a ______________ of the United States in order to vote.
  9. A justice will serve for ____________ on the Supreme Court.
  10. The legislative branch can write a _______________ between two countries to bring settlement and peace to an issue.
  11. What type of tax is placed on goods that we buy from the store?
  12. This is the amount of people that need to vote yes for a bill to pass and show majority.

25 Clues: When the President doesn't pass a law. • Which amendment protects us from the Quartering Act? • Which amendment gives you the right to freedom of speech, • A justice will serve for ____________ on the Supreme Court. • There are nine justices that make up the __________________. • A potential justice will be nominated by the _________________. • ...

Chapter 3 2020-09-07

Chapter 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Divided into two parts or houses
  2. Person that suggested the Great Compromise
  3. Each enslaved person counted as 3/5 of a free person
  4. voluntary association of independent states
  5. court system
  6. Approved
  7. carry out nation laws
  8. supporters to new Constitution
  9. Government by consent of the governed
  10. system to keep any branch from gaining too much power
  11. provided democratic model for national expansion
  12. Massachusetts opponent of the Constitution
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  1. movement of 1700s which promoted knowledge, reason, and science to improve society
  2. former continental army captain and led Shay's rebellion
  3. people that criticized the Constitution because it lacked the bill of rights to protect individuals freedoms
  4. Parts of the Constitution
  5. agreement when two or more sides in which a side gives up what they want
  6. Virginia planter
  7. people that shaped the Constitution
  8. Law that established a procedure for surveying and selling the western lands
  9. freeing of individual enslaved persons which led the states population to the freeing of African Americans
  10. a period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases
  11. corresponding in size, to the population of each state
  12. lawmaking branch
  13. New York lawyer
  14. Philadelphia merchant

26 Clues: Approved • court system • New York lawyer • Virginia planter • lawmaking branch • carry out nation laws • Philadelphia merchant • Parts of the Constitution • supporters to new Constitution • Divided into two parts or houses • people that shaped the Constitution • Government by consent of the governed • Person that suggested the Great Compromise • ...

Court Vocab 2023-09-01

Court Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. System of law concerned with private relations between members of a community. “He said the teachings required individuals to follow civil laws.”
  2. certain set of rules and standards in society that keep individuals bound to conventional standards. "In the urbanized world we are all busy creating, the easiest primary vehicle of social control is likely be fear."
  3. conduct assessed as inherently wrong by nature, independent of regulations governing the conduct.
  4. Punishment that is considered unacceptable due to the suffering, pain, or humiliation it inflicts. "Drawing and quartering is cruel and unusual punishment."
  5. Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the US Constitution. "the bill of rights protects my right to free speech."
  6. an action or omission that constitutes an offense that is punishable by law. "shoplifting is a serious crime."
  7. Established principle of judicial review in U.S. "courts has power to strike down laws that they find violate Constitution because of marbury v madison".
  8. having retroactive effect or force."the law is being applied ex post facto"
  9. fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen's entitlement. "Everyone deserves their right to due process"
  10. changes in human interactions and relationships that transform social institutions. "there has been a lot of social change recently."
  11. system of law concerned w/ punishment of those who commit crimes. “it is the function of the criminal law to punish."
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  1. a declaration that a law is invalid because it is not sufficiently clear, "ellen said that it didnt apply to her because that code feel under void of vaugueness.
  2. court decision that is considered as authority for deciding subsequent cases involving identical or similar facts, or similar legal issues. "The judge's ruling was based on a precedent established by an earlier decision."
  3. The quality or state of being in accordance with the law."documentation testifying to the legality of the arms sale"
  4. The theory or philosophy of law. "American jurisprudence"
  5. the right of a person to be free from intrusion into or publicity concerning matters of a personal nature. "i feel like my right to privacy is being violated by the internet"
  6. conduct that constitutes an unlawful act only by virtue of statute, as opposed to conduct that is evil in and of itself."An offense regardeded as mala prohibita is disorderly conduct"
  7. system of rules which a community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and enforces."They were taken to court for breaking the law.”
  8. a judge that goes between courts. "Judge Rhaelyn is a circuit rider"
  9. Restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws

20 Clues: The theory or philosophy of law. "American jurisprudence" • a judge that goes between courts. "Judge Rhaelyn is a circuit rider" • having retroactive effect or force."the law is being applied ex post facto" • conduct assessed as inherently wrong by nature, independent of regulations governing the conduct. • ...

Alexander Hamilton 2021-09-10

Alexander Hamilton crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Each state had their own culture and _______.
  2. This term means the managing of finances.
  3. Another word for currency is this. (hint $)
  4. The Federalist _____pushed for the Constitution
  5. name of worthless money soldiers were paid
  6. face is on this $ bill.
  7. America's first Constitution.
  8. He set up a national _______.
  9. collecting taxes, taking loans, payingbill, etc.
  10. State in which he settled after the war.
  11. -means that power is given to federal govn't.
Down
  1. The face who is on the $10 bill.
  2. -place where he learned the value of money
  3. This was the age in which he helped G.Wash.
  4. He was born rich or poor?
  5. The face on the $100 bill.
  6. The soldiers money was worth this much of $1.
  7. Hamilton laid the foundation for this U.S. dept.
  8. Hamilton died in this type of fued.
  9. The 13 colonies lacked this.
  10. Age at which he became an orpan.
  11. Hamilton had a good work _______.

22 Clues: face is on this $ bill. • He was born rich or poor? • The face on the $100 bill. • The 13 colonies lacked this. • America's first Constitution. • He set up a national _______. • The face who is on the $10 bill. • Age at which he became an orpan. • Hamilton had a good work _______. • Hamilton died in this type of fued. • State in which he settled after the war. • ...

vocabulary 2022-06-06

vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. amazed
  2. steamed
  3. takeaway
  4. intolerant
  5. bill
  6. sensible
  7. charity
  8. starving
  9. charge
  10. grilled
  11. orphan
  12. spoilt
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  1. lobster
  2. mortgage
  3. tiny
  4. ambitious
  5. beef
  6. lung
  7. cabbage
  8. parrot
  9. invest
  10. prawns
  11. lamb
  12. moody

24 Clues: tiny • bill • beef • lung • lamb • moody • amazed • parrot • invest • prawns • charge • orphan • spoilt • lobster • steamed • charity • cabbage • grilled • mortgage • takeaway • sensible • starving • ambitious • intolerant

British vs American 2022-01-17

British vs American crossword puzzle
Across
  1. movie
  2. zipper
  3. cookie
  4. zucchini
  5. apartment
  6. sneakers
  7. mailbox
  8. eggplant
  9. can
  10. purse
  11. check
  12. line
Down
  1. elevator
  2. sweater
  3. mail
  4. bill
  5. potato chips
  6. corn
  7. schedule
  8. closet
  9. appetizer
  10. trunk
  11. eraser
  12. candy

24 Clues: can • mail • bill • corn • line • movie • trunk • purse • candy • check • zipper • cookie • closet • eraser • sweater • mailbox • elevator • zucchini • schedule • sneakers • eggplant • apartment • appetizer • potato chips

Unit 2 Civics 2022-12-08

Unit 2 Civics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Documents giving a governmental authority the power to search and seize property without restrictions
  2. The practice of carrying on formal relationships with governments of other countries
  3. The body of unwritten law developed in England from judicial decisions based on custom and earlier judicial decisions
  4. sovereignty The natural rights concept that ultimate political authority rests with the people
  5. Colonists who opposed American independence and remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution. Also known as Tories
  6. Betrayal of one’s country
  7. A military expedition that was an attempt by the Americans to protect the American North
  8. The body of delegates representing the colonies that met in 1775 shortly after the start of the Revolutionary War
  9. An organization created in 1765 in every colony to express opposition to the Stamp Act
  10. The British legislature, which consists of two houses: the House of Lords and the House of Commons
  11. who owes allegiance to a government or ruler
  12. Colonists who opposed American independence and remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution. Also known as Loyalists
Down
  1. Granted certain civil rights and liberties to English nobles, such as the right to a jury of one’s peers and the guarantee against loss of life, liberty, or property, except in accordance with law.constitutional government
  2. The organization having central political authority in a nation. The representative unit of political organization
  3. The body of colonial delegates who convened to represent the interests of the colonists and protest British rule
  4. law A higher, unchanging set of rules that govern human relations believed by the Founders to have come from “Nature and Nature’s God”
  5. A written document from a government or ruler that grants certain rights to an individual, group, organization
  6. To formally put an end to
  7. Those Americans who supported the war for independence against Great Britain
  8. evident Easy for anyone to see; obvious
  9. A system of social, economic, and political organizations in which a politically weak king or queen shared power with the nobility
  10. supremacy A system of government in which the legislative branch has ultimate power
  11. A formal, written request
  12. An organization formed by women prior to the American Revolution.
  13. The right of the branch of government to reject a bill that has been passed in an effort to delay or prevent its enactment.

25 Clues: Betrayal of one’s country • To formally put an end to • A formal, written request • evident Easy for anyone to see; obvious • who owes allegiance to a government or ruler • An organization formed by women prior to the American Revolution. • Those Americans who supported the war for independence against Great Britain • ...

Unit 6 2026-01-15

Unit 6 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To officially swear someone into public office, like the President
  2. Compromise An agreement that counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for both representation and taxation
  3. Territory A large area of land northwest of the Ohio River that became part of the United States
  4. Ordinance A law that set up a system for how new states could be formed from the Northwest Territory and banned slavery there
  5. Ordinance of 1785 A law that set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands into townships
  6. of Fallen Timbers A battle where American forces defeated Native Americans in the Northwest Territory
  7. A country where the power is held by the people and their elected representatives, rather than a king or emperor
  8. policy A country's plan for how it will deal with other countries
  9. of Greenville An agreement that forced Native Americans to give up land in Ohio to the United States
  10. rights The idea that states have certain powers that the federal government cannot overrule
  11. Convention A meeting in Philadelphia where leaders decided to create a new, stronger government for the United States
  12. Compromise The agreement that created two parts of Congress: the House of Representatives (based on population) and the Senate (two per state)
  13. Rebellion A protest by farmers against a tax on whiskey, which was put down by President Washington's army
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  1. A tax on goods brought into a country
  2. Revolution A major uprising in France where the people overthrew their king and government
  3. Judiciary Act A law that created the system of federal courts in the United States
  4. of Confederation The first plan of government for the United States, which gave more power to the states than the national government
  5. A group of advisors to the President, usually heads of government departments
  6. People who supported the new US Constitution and a strong national government
  7. People who were against the new US Constitution, fearing it would make the national government too powerful
  8. Rebellion A rebellion by farmers in Massachusetts who were upset about taxes and debts, showing the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
  9. of Rights The first ten amendments to the US Constitution that protect important freedoms and rights of citizens
  10. party A group of people who share similar ideas about how the government should be run and work to elect their members

23 Clues: A tax on goods brought into a country • policy A country's plan for how it will deal with other countries • To officially swear someone into public office, like the President • A group of advisors to the President, usually heads of government departments • People who supported the new US Constitution and a strong national government • ...

Progressive Era Reforms 2023-09-14

Progressive Era Reforms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. formed to fight for and protect workers' rights
  2. ____ Service act: government jobs were given based on merit
  3. President known as the "trustbuster" and creator of the Bull Moose/Progressive Party
  4. ___ Commerce act:outlawed corrupt practices in the railroad industry
  5. third party formed by farmers to represent the common people
  6. banned the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol
  7. elected officials could be removed from office in a special election
  8. direct election of senators
  9. journalists who expose corruption & issues caused by industrialism
  10. muckraker who exposed John Rockefeller's corrupt business practices
  11. voters were less subject to intimidation and pressure
Down
  1. government can collect a federal income tax
  2. the ___ movement was formed by women who wanted to outlaw alcohol in the U.S.
  3. woman associated with the women's suffrage movement
  4. muckraker who exposed poor living conditions in the tenements
  5. women's suffrage
  6. muckraker who exposed the problems in the meat packing industry
  7. voters could directly introduce bills to the state legislature
  8. voters could compel legislators to place a bill on the ballot
  9. Sherman ____ act: allowed the federal government to break up monopolies and trusts

20 Clues: women's suffrage • direct election of senators • government can collect a federal income tax • formed to fight for and protect workers' rights • woman associated with the women's suffrage movement • voters were less subject to intimidation and pressure • banned the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol • ...

CIVIC DUTY 2012-07-23

CIVIC DUTY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Declaration of Human Rights the international document adopted by the United Nations in 1948 that proclaims basic human rights for all people
  2. the right to give orders or make decisions
  3. qualities that one considers important
  4. the systematic and deliberate attempt to kill all members of an ethnic, racial or other cultural group
  5. harassment unwelcome conduct, of a sexual nature, directed toward a person
  6. Good that which benefits all (or most) people in a community or society
  7. Action a form of political activity that seeks to achieve a goal by the most immediate means, including civil disobedience and actions that may be violent and illegal
  8. unfair treatment that is based on prejudice rather than respect for equality and individual worth
  9. one who actively campaigns for or against a policy or social reforms
  10. shielding the public from dangerous people, one goal of sentencing
  11. people who leave their native country because of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group
  12. the unlawful use or threatened use of extreme violence by individuals and groups to create widespread fear to achieve political goals
  13. Rights rights that ensure that people living with physical or mental disabilities have access to a full range of services
  14. the ability of an individual or group to get what it wants
  15. military or economic measures by which one or more countries try to force another country to respect international law or human rights.
  16. rights that do not impose a duty on the government
  17. claims to which all people are entitled by moral or ethical principles of legal guarantees
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  1. Disobedience non-violent refusal to obey laws in order to publicize an issue or political viewpoint and force reforms
  2. the belief that everyone deserves to be treated with respect and dignity and that the well-being of all human kind is a necessary and worthy goal
  3. Countries countries with a low average income and little technology
  4. rights the rights of people affect by criminal acts
  5. Rights rights that protect people from discrimination and ensure equal access to opportunity
  6. the study of the rights and duties of citizenship
  7. a form of decision making or a government system in which one person or a small group holds all power
  8. not attached to any political party
  9. distorted or prejudice view not based on fairness and accuracy
  10. differences and variety
  11. for human immunodeficiency virus, the retrovirus that attacks the immune system, leaving the body unable to fight off infections and cancers and leading to AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).
  12. to decide or settle a dispute
  13. the use of force or threats to ensure orderly behaviour; sometimes known as “government by force”

30 Clues: differences and variety • to decide or settle a dispute • not attached to any political party • qualities that one considers important • the right to give orders or make decisions • the study of the rights and duties of citizenship • rights that do not impose a duty on the government • rights the rights of people affect by criminal acts • ...

CE.5b- Due Process 2026-02-23

CE.5b- Due Process crossword puzzle
Across
  1. __________ jeopardy is when you are tried twice for the same crime
  2. the country's rulebook
  3. the Constitution gives you ________
  4. you have the right to remain __________
  5. you have the right to know what crime you are being __________ of
  6. another word for liberty
  7. another word for national
  8. amendment that says you have a right to a jury
  9. people who share qualities with you
  10. a group of 12 people who decide court cases
  11. amendment that says you have the right to a speedy trial
Down
  1. another word for freedom
  2. the Bill of _________ is the first 10 amendments
  3. amendment that says you can't be stopped and searched for no good reason
  4. your trial must be _________, it can't take forever
  5. amendment that says states must follow due process
  6. without prejudice
  7. you have the right to a lawyer even if you can't afford one
  8. due__________ protects you from unfair government actions
  9. another word for a lawyer
  10. amendment that says the federal government must follow due process
  11. a change or addition to the Constitution

22 Clues: without prejudice • the country's rulebook • another word for freedom • another word for liberty • another word for a lawyer • another word for national • the Constitution gives you ________ • people who share qualities with you • you have the right to remain __________ • a change or addition to the Constitution • a group of 12 people who decide court cases • ...

Reconstruction Review 2023-09-07

Reconstruction Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rutherford B. Hayes became president of the United States, by removing the remaining federal troops from the South and appointing a Southern Democrat to his cabinet.
  2. Concept that encapsulates the Confederacy's demise and a post-war Southern desire to restore old ways, particularly concerning African Americans' roles and rights.
  3. The association of Southern U.S. states that split away from and fought against the Union in the U.S. Civil War.
  4. Taxes, often placed on imported goods to protect domestic industries
  5. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
  6. The Union’s three-part Civil War strategy, designed to capture the confederate capital in Richmond, block southern ports, and control the Mississippi River.
  7. Northerners that moved to the South for economic and political gain.
  8. Discriminatory laws passed mainly in Southern states to deny African Americans equal economic, political, and social treatment.
  9. Declared that African Americans were citizens and deserved the protections that came with that.
  10. Refusal of a President to sign a bill within 10 days of its passage and the adjournment of Congress causes the bill to be rejected.
  11. The withdrawal of a state from a country or nation.
  12. Officially repealed the Missouri Compromise and gave residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery in their territories
  13. Name given to African American soldiers by Native Americans.
  14. This theory argued that the Constitution was an agreement among the states, and therefore states could reject laws they say as unconstitutional
  15. A member of Congress during the Civil War and Reconstruction who wanted to permanently end slavery and guarantee equal rights for African Americans.
Down
  1. The idea that residents of an area can vote to decide an issue
  2. Within these cases, the Supreme Court declared that the 14th Amendment did not alter traditional federalism, and that many rights of citizens still remained under state control.
  3. Law designed to assimilate Native Americans by dividing up tribal reservation land and giving it to individuals who would become farmers.
  4. Abolished slavery.
  5. Agreement that divided the country in half by dictating that any state lying south of 36°30’ north latitude would be open to slavery and any state above that line would be considered free
  6. The movement of African Americans from the South during the early 1900s.
  7. Bringing charges against a public official.
  8. The lowest point, or bottom; the term was used to describe relations between African Americans and whites in the South between 1877 and 1920.
  9. A war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or people involved, or the objectives pursued, especially when the laws of war are disregarded.
  10. Established to assist formerly enslaved individuals in their needs for food, clothing, and shelter, as well as protecting travelers, legalizing marriages, and negotiating work agreements.
  11. To rebuild; referring to the period of 1865-1877 in the U.S. when former confederate states were under control of the federal government.
  12. The 1864 slaughter of over 150 inhabitants of a winter camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho.
  13. Land reserved by the U.S. government for use of Native Americans.
  14. The act of freeing those held captive; in this case it refers to the freeing of slaves
  15. stated that anyone whose father or grandfather had been eligible to vote before January 1, 1867 was guaranteed the right to vote.

30 Clues: Abolished slavery. • Bringing charges against a public official. • The withdrawal of a state from a country or nation. • Name given to African American soldiers by Native Americans. • The idea that residents of an area can vote to decide an issue • Land reserved by the U.S. government for use of Native Americans. • ...

Unit 6 2026-01-15

Unit 6 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To officially swear someone into public office, like the President
  2. Compromise An agreement that counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for both representation and taxation
  3. Territory A large area of land northwest of the Ohio River that became part of the United States
  4. Ordinance A law that set up a system for how new states could be formed from the Northwest Territory and banned slavery there
  5. Ordinance of 1785 A law that set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands into townships
  6. of Fallen Timbers A battle where American forces defeated Native Americans in the Northwest Territory
  7. A country where the power is held by the people and their elected representatives, rather than a king or emperor
  8. policy A country's plan for how it will deal with other countries
  9. of Greenville An agreement that forced Native Americans to give up land in Ohio to the United States
  10. rights The idea that states have certain powers that the federal government cannot overrule
  11. Convention A meeting in Philadelphia where leaders decided to create a new, stronger government for the United States
  12. Compromise The agreement that created two parts of Congress: the House of Representatives (based on population) and the Senate (two per state)
  13. Rebellion A protest by farmers against a tax on whiskey, which was put down by President Washington's army
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  1. A tax on goods brought into a country
  2. Revolution A major uprising in France where the people overthrew their king and government
  3. Judiciary Act A law that created the system of federal courts in the United States
  4. of Confederation The first plan of government for the United States, which gave more power to the states than the national government
  5. A group of advisors to the President, usually heads of government departments
  6. People who supported the new US Constitution and a strong national government
  7. People who were against the new US Constitution, fearing it would make the national government too powerful
  8. Rebellion A rebellion by farmers in Massachusetts who were upset about taxes and debts, showing the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
  9. of Rights The first ten amendments to the US Constitution that protect important freedoms and rights of citizens
  10. party A group of people who share similar ideas about how the government should be run and work to elect their members

23 Clues: A tax on goods brought into a country • policy A country's plan for how it will deal with other countries • To officially swear someone into public office, like the President • A group of advisors to the President, usually heads of government departments • People who supported the new US Constitution and a strong national government • ...

constitutional vocab crossword 2023-11-30

constitutional vocab crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. government censorship of information before it is published or broadcast
  2. is divided between the national and state governments
  3. order signed by a judge describing a specific placed to searched for specific items
  4. money paid in order to vote
  5. to approve
  6. a reasonable basis to believe a person or premises is linked to a crime
  7. rule by the people
  8. each branch of government exercises some control over the other
  9. supreme court to declare laws and actions of a government unconstitutional
  10. an appeal
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  1. government bodies are prohibited from certain activities.
  2. an agreement made between the president and head of state
  3. government must follow the proper constitutional procedures
  4. rights that are required to live a free and equitable life
  5. rejection of a bill
  6. order signed by a judge naming the individual to be arrested for a specific crime
  7. division of power among the Legislative, Executive, and judicial
  8. accuse a public official of a misconduct in office
  9. treaties of the U .S ect.“ shall be the supreme law of the land”
  10. right to make laws “ necessary and proper”
  11. a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries

21 Clues: an appeal • to approve • rule by the people • rejection of a bill • money paid in order to vote • right to make laws “ necessary and proper” • accuse a public official of a misconduct in office • is divided between the national and state governments • government bodies are prohibited from certain activities. • an agreement made between the president and head of state • ...

Government 2026-05-11

Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A federal principle or system union of states in which power is divided between a central authority and the member state authorities
  2. The document which establishes the basic principles of the American Government
  3. Being unfaithful or disloyal to one’s own country
  4. To change the wording or meaning of a motion, bill, Constitution, etc. by formal procedure
  5. review The power of a court to judge the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official
  6. A system of rules of conduct established and enforced by the authority, legislation, or custom of a given community, state, or nation
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  1. A formal accusation issued by a legislature against a public official charged with crime or other serious misconduct
  2. of Rights The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
  3. and balances Limits placed on the branches of Government by giving each the right to amend acts of the other branches
  4. An official count of the number of persons living in a geographic area, such as a city, county, state, or nation
  5. A system of government by all eligible people, often through their representatives
  6. Along with the House of Representatives, it is one of the two Houses of the U.S. Congress
  7. of Representatives Along with the Senate, it is one of the two Houses of the U.S. Congress
  8. Formally introduced legislation
  9. A group of Members of Congress appointed to investigate, debate, and report on legislation
  10. election A regular election of candidates to office, as opposed to a primary election, which is held to decide who will be in the general election

16 Clues: Formally introduced legislation • Being unfaithful or disloyal to one’s own country • of Rights The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution • The document which establishes the basic principles of the American Government • A system of government by all eligible people, often through their representatives • ...

Civics Terms Crossword 2025-10-15

Civics Terms Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a proposed law that is sent to Congress
  2. outlined the Constitution's main purpose
  3. the house of representatives can levy and collect
  4. term limit for the U.S. President
  5. allows the Senate to stop a debate on a bill
  6. english document; emphasizes "due process"
  7. national and state governments share power
  8. treated as the "supreme law of the land"
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  1. a plan that proposed a population-based Congress
  2. house of Congress; 2 members per state
  3. the president can ____ a bill from Congress
  4. Congress can _____ the president's veto
  5. two-house legislature (ex. Congress)
  6. contains the House of Representatives and Senate
  7. a change to the constitution

15 Clues: a change to the constitution • term limit for the U.S. President • two-house legislature (ex. Congress) • house of Congress; 2 members per state • Congress can _____ the president's veto • a proposed law that is sent to Congress • outlined the Constitution's main purpose • treated as the "supreme law of the land" • english document; emphasizes "due process" • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2013-06-13

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. What was the name of Bill haley’s band?
  2. Alan Freed's radio show was heard from many parts of the american …
  3. How ist he mix between white country music and black rythm and blues called?
  4. Bill Haleys became with the song ‘‘Rock Around The Clock“ a unforgettable …
  5. Where was Bill Haleys born?
  6. Where did Elvis use to sing as a child?
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  1. Because of what did Bill die?
  2. Because of what did Elvis become so famous? His …
  3. What was the name of the wife from Elvis?
  4. Also a famous artist was Little … ?
  5. Because of what did Elvis die?
  6. What did Rock and Roll arrived at a time? A technological …

12 Clues: Where was Bill Haleys born? • Because of what did Bill die? • Because of what did Elvis die? • Also a famous artist was Little … ? • What was the name of Bill haley’s band? • Where did Elvis use to sing as a child? • What was the name of the wife from Elvis? • Because of what did Elvis become so famous? His … • What did Rock and Roll arrived at a time? A technological … • ...

ap gov 2025-11-20

ap gov crossword puzzle
Across
  1. System that elects the president
  2. Government authority divided into legislative, executive, and ju￾dicial branches
  3. How people acquire political beliefs-family
  4. Respect for precedent
  5. Division of power between national and state governments
  6. Groups Organizations influencing policy
  7. President ignores bill at end of session so it dies
  8. Used by parties to select nominees
  9. Directive from the President with force of law
  10. Courts avoid overturning laws unless clearly unconstitutional
  11. Heads of executive departments advising the president
  12. Power comes from the people
  13. 435 members; 2-year terms; originates revenue bills
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  1. Senate tactic to delay or block legislation-"talking a bill to death"
  2. Each branch can limit the others
  3. Government is restricted by law (Constitution)
  4. Most legislative work done in committees
  5. 100 members; 6-year terms; confirms appointments & treaties
  6. Presidential rejection of a bill
  7. Court can strike down unconstitutional lawsJudicial Activism Courts interpreting Constitution in new ways to address prob￾lems
  8. Donates money to candidates
  9. to end a filibuster (60 votes)

22 Clues: Respect for precedent • Donates money to candidates • Power comes from the people • to end a filibuster (60 votes) • Each branch can limit the others • System that elects the president • Presidential rejection of a bill • Used by parties to select nominees • Groups Organizations influencing policy • Most legislative work done in committees • ...

constitution 2022-05-26

constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. __________ of religion
  2. Biden 2022 President
  3. the one thing citizens should do.
  4. what a person born or naturalized in the United States is
  5. most powerful court in the Judicial Department
  6. the 13th amendment forbids this
  7. addition or change in the Constitution
  8. must be at least 30 and 9 years a citizen
  9. branch of government that makes the laws.
  10. Congress has the power to do this
  11. vote this is equal to the number of Senators and Representatives combined for each state.
  12. Bill of ________
  13. Branch of government that enforces the laws.
  14. Amendment 19 gave them the right to vote
  15. ________ of Representatives
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  1. number of amendments to the Constitution
  2. the United States Constitution replaced the Articles of ______________
  3. department headed by the President
  4. powers given to the national government
  5. a written plan of government
  6. "We the _________ of the United States..."
  7. introduction to the Constitution
  8. to reject
  9. must be 35 or older, a natural-born citizen, and a U.S. resident for 14 years
  10. of confederation The US Constitution replaced this.
  11. includes the Senate and House of Representatives
  12. people have the _________ to a speedy trial
  13. president if the president can not do his job for any reason, this person takes over
  14. minimum voting age (Amendment 26)
  15. college they actually elect the President
  16. _________ III discusses the judicial branch

31 Clues: to reject • Bill of ________ • Biden 2022 President • __________ of religion • ________ of Representatives • a written plan of government • the 13th amendment forbids this • introduction to the Constitution • the one thing citizens should do. • minimum voting age (Amendment 26) • Congress has the power to do this • department headed by the President • ...

Individual Rights and Freedoms 2025-12-16

Individual Rights and Freedoms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. RIGHTS The section of the Charter dealing with rights based on the Justice System, such as the right to a fair trial
  2. The police force involved in a case regarding the freedom of religion concerning wearing a turban
  3. TERRORISM ACT Legislation enacted after September 11, 2001, which included new security measures like the no-fly list
  4. CRISIS The 1970 event during which the War Measures Act was last used
  5. RIGHTS The section of the Charter guaranteeing the right to be free of discrimination based on race, religion, gender, age, or disability
  6. UNION An organization of workers that acts to protect their rights and interests
  7. The act of treating someone unfairly based on factors like race, gender, age, or disability, which Equality Rights protect against
  8. right of Canadian citizens to move anywhere within Canada and to enter, stay in, or leave Canada
  9. DAY ACT The law overturned by the Supreme Court in 1985 for violating Canadians' fundamental right to freedom of conscience and religion
  10. The name of the plaintiff who successfully argued that failing to provide sign-language interpreters in hospitals violated equality rights
  11. The Canadian group whose homes and businesses were sold off by the government during WWII internment
  12. YEARS The maximum duration between elections for the House of Commons or provincial legislative assemblies
  13. MEASURES ACT Legislation used during WWI and WWII that gave the government the ability to restrict the rights of people, leading to internment
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  1. Clause 8 of the Charter protects everyone from
  2. The freedom to share your opinions, one of the fundamental freedoms ASSIMILATION The attempt to make First Nations people more European through acts like the Indian Act
  3. A special set of laws that establishes a framework of governance and is the highest law of Canada
  4. The confinement of people without trial, used against Japanese and Ukrainian Canadians during the World Wars
  5. The rules that describe what government can do with its power FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS The section of the Charter that guarantees freedom of religion and expression
  6. INNOCENT Legal right stating that you are considered this until proven guilty in a fair and public trial
  7. HOWARD STOWE Canada’s first female doctor who founded a club to promote women's suffrage in 1876
  8. SEARCH OR SEIZURE
  9. ACT Legislation passed in 1876 that historically restricted the rights and freedoms of First Nations people, for example, by banning traditional ceremonies
  10. RIGHTS The section of the Charter that includes the right to vote MOBILITY RIGHTS
  11. The movement of women gaining the right to vote

24 Clues: SEARCH OR SEIZURE • Clause 8 of the Charter protects everyone from • The movement of women gaining the right to vote • CRISIS The 1970 event during which the War Measures Act was last used • UNION An organization of workers that acts to protect their rights and interests • RIGHTS The section of the Charter that includes the right to vote MOBILITY RIGHTS • ...

AP Exam Review Gov 2023-04-24

AP Exam Review Gov crossword puzzle
Across
  1. trading votes to gain support for a bill
  2. Two-House legislature
  3. Essay, primarily concerned with factions, argues that in a large republic factions would need to compromise to achieve their goals
  4. Last name of the president who signed the Welfare Reform Act into law
  5. Legislative attempt to limit the power of the president during wartime
  6. Place in the Constitution that discusses the Judicial Branch
  7. primary concern of Federalist 51
  8. Term that means states are to return fugitives (or runaway slaves) to states were the crime was committed
  9. Right claimed by states who attempted to declare federal law null and void
  10. Defined as one who claims that the Constitution should be interpreted literally
  11. Before the Constitution could become the law of the land, states had to complete this process.
  12. Clause that is at the core of the US v. Lopez case
  13. Powers not specifically listed in the Constitution but deriving from the elastic clause
  14. Amendment III states that the government could not do this(hint: Housing Soldiers)
  15. the way House members can get a bill stalled in committee onto the floor for a vote
  16. Known as the "reserved powers Amendment"
  17. Opposed a strong central government
  18. Those on the Supreme Court who disagree with the Majority write one of these.
  19. non-germane amendments to a bill
  20. Distribution of representatives following a census
  21. Madison's work, which became the agenda at the Constitutional Convention
  22. The most powerful person in Congress
  23. Sharing power between states and a central authority
  24. Primary presidential concern of the 25th Amendment
  25. The strings attached to categorical grants
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  1. Decides the presidential election
  2. established a two-house legislature where one house would be based on population and the other would be based on equal representation
  3. The 17th Amendment allows us to directly elect these people
  4. The nickname of the Affordable Care Act
  5. One of the authors of the Federalist papers and first Supreme Court Chief Justice
  6. After 9/11 the president signed this bill into law that significantly hindered civil liberties
  7. If the president sets a bill aside and Congress adjourns before the bill is signed
  8. A federal directive that states must comply with
  9. Term used to describe the flow of money to interest groups, states, and local governments
  10. Also known as Rule 22, it can stop a filibuster
  11. Member in the House who is in charge of party discipline.
  12. Powers held by both states and federal government
  13. Balanced North/South population in the House of Representatives during the Constitutional Convention
  14. System of government prior to the Constitution that gave states all of the power
  15. The House can vote to start a trial of the president. This is called:
  16. Place in the Constitution that discusses the Legislative Branch
  17. giving more power to the states
  18. Joint committee where members resolve differences in a bill
  19. Acronym for the most costly of the unfunded mandates
  20. Last name of the president who interned Americans during WWII
  21. the 16th Amendment allowed the Federal government to collect this
  22. the name for stalling action on a bill in the Senate by talking
  23. Author of the Declaration of Independence
  24. Father of the Constitution
  25. Opening of the Constitution... starts with "We the people"

50 Clues: Two-House legislature • Father of the Constitution • giving more power to the states • primary concern of Federalist 51 • non-germane amendments to a bill • Decides the presidential election • Opposed a strong central government • The most powerful person in Congress • The nickname of the Affordable Care Act • trading votes to gain support for a bill • ...

Legilative Branch Crossword Puzzle 2023-03-19

Legilative Branch Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the people that represent their interest groups in their discussions with legislators
  2. a technique that is used shut down debate in the U.S. senate
  3. a parliamentary procedure used to kill a bill on the floor of a legislative body
  4. the twelve major spending bills that congress must pass annually
  5. a type of gerrymandering that is not allowed
  6. a smaller meeting of representatives from a standing committee to study specific issues
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  1. the people that members of congress represent
  2. a debate technique used in the U.S. senate that involves talking a bill to death
  3. the legal process of which someone becomes a citizen
  4. woman who worked for the right to vote
  5. a limit on the number of a product that may be imported
  6. when the seats in the U.S. senate redistributed among states based on changes in population
  7. when the president refuses to support a bill becoming a law
  8. Massachusetts governor who started gerrymandering
  9. a bill that has passed both houses of congress and is signed by the president

15 Clues: woman who worked for the right to vote • a type of gerrymandering that is not allowed • the people that members of congress represent • Massachusetts governor who started gerrymandering • the legal process of which someone becomes a citizen • a limit on the number of a product that may be imported • when the president refuses to support a bill becoming a law • ...

Colonies Reading Crossword 2022-09-20

Colonies Reading Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Women alone with more rights then married women
  2. a religious group that is ruled by the rules of the bible
  3. a woman who frequently rallied meetings at church and spoke to here peers and openly criticized puritan leaders
  4. The agreed to form their own government and obey its laws. First example of the idea of self-government
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  1. a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.
  2. this place in power had power to veto laws,and to get rid of the assembly as some of their few powers
  3. a woman who usually stays unmarried for longer or for their entire life
  4. this firmly established the principles of frequent parliaments, free elections and freedom of speech within Parliament (in the UK)

8 Clues: Women alone with more rights then married women • a religious group that is ruled by the rules of the bible • a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried. • a woman who usually stays unmarried for longer or for their entire life • this place in power had power to veto laws,and to get rid of the assembly as some of their few powers • ...

Colonies Reading Crossword 2022-09-20

Colonies Reading Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Women alone with more rights then married women
  2. a religious group that is ruled by the rules of the bible
  3. a woman who frequently rallied meetings at church and spoke to here peers and openly criticized puritan leaders
  4. The agreed to form their own government and obey its laws. First example of the idea of self-government
Down
  1. a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.
  2. this place in power had power to veto laws,and to get rid of the assembly as some of their few powers
  3. a woman who usually stays unmarried for longer or for their entire life
  4. this firmly established the principles of frequent parliaments, free elections and freedom of speech within Parliament (in the UK)

8 Clues: Women alone with more rights then married women • a religious group that is ruled by the rules of the bible • a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried. • a woman who usually stays unmarried for longer or for their entire life • this place in power had power to veto laws,and to get rid of the assembly as some of their few powers • ...

Roaring 20’s 2025-01-08

Roaring 20’s crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
  2. young women of the 1920’s that behaved and dressed in a radical fashion
  3. a massive rise in the purchasing of newly created material goods
  4. a very violent and racist secret society created by white southerners in 1866
  5. amendment which ended prohibition
  6. first affordable car built by Henry Ford
  7. encouraged those of African decent to return to Africa to their ancestors so that they could have their own empire because they were treated poorly in America
  8. interracial organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination and to achieve political and civil rights for African Americans
  9. a period during the Cold War where the American public was terrified of communists and the spread of communism
  10. bill passed by Congress to enforce the language of the 18th amendment, made manufacture and sale of alcohol illegal within the borders of the US
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  1. a period in the 1920’s when African-American art, music, and literature flourished
  2. a place where alcoholic beverages were sold and consumed illegally during Prohibition
  3. the amendment that prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcohol
  4. amendment that extended the right to vote to women
  5. a 1920’s operation coordinated by Attorney General Micheal Palmer in which the federal government raided homes of suspected radicals and radical organizations headquarters
  6. the belief that the Bible is literally true and without error
  7. its defends and preserves the individual rights and liberties that the constitution and laws of the US that guarantee everyone in the country

17 Clues: amendment which ended prohibition • first affordable car built by Henry Ford • a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages • amendment that extended the right to vote to women • the belief that the Bible is literally true and without error • a massive rise in the purchasing of newly created material goods • ...

Government terms 2022-01-10

Government terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rule by the people
  2. a group of people who agree on how the government should be run
  3. The division of power among centraland smaller governments
  4. Favoring one view or another
  5. Britain saw its colonies as this
  6. People can make decisions on how their government works
  7. A case for peoples rights
  8. every person has a claim or privilege to have for themselves
  9. A group of people united for a purpose
  10. The rulebook for the U.S
  11. When the president rejects a bill
  12. A disagreement brought to court
  13. Citizens of of a country who give their permission for the government to operate
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  1. A process that allows immigrants to become U.S citizens
  2. The branch that interprets laws
  3. Someone who is charged with a crime
  4. Group of people that decide a case after hearing evidence
  5. The head of the executives
  6. a body of people living in a defined space
  7. Binding agreement between nations
  8. Number of justices on the supreme court
  9. A way for the U.S to get allies with other countries
  10. a person who makes laws
  11. States send these to congress
  12. Number of court systems in the U.S

25 Clues: Rule by the people • a person who makes laws • The rulebook for the U.S • A case for peoples rights • The head of the executives • Favoring one view or another • States send these to congress • The branch that interprets laws • A disagreement brought to court • Britain saw its colonies as this • Binding agreement between nations • When the president rejects a bill • ...

Creating a Government 2024-10-24

Creating a Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The president of the Constitutional Convention
  2. Strength under AOC and allowed for territories to become states
  3. The required number of citizens a territory must have in order to apply for statehood
  4. A change or revision
  5. Branch of government created from the Great Compromise
  6. Group that favored a strong central government
  7. Plan that stated representation will be equal
  8. Writer of the Federalist Papers
  9. To approve
  10. Document that was added to Constitution that gave individual liberties to US Citizens
  11. The kind of government that the Anti-Federalists want
  12. A law or an act
  13. Plan that stated representation will be based on population
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  1. Decision that counted enslaved persons towards taxation and representation
  2. Father of the US Constitution
  3. 1st plan of government that was weak
  4. Farmer who led a rebellion against the taxes under the AOC
  5. Documents written by Alexander Hamilton showing that the US needs a strong central government
  6. The kind of government the Federalists want
  7. Supreme law of the land
  8. Group that wanted a Bill of Rights added to Constitution
  9. Having respectful conversation
  10. Two groups coming to an agreement
  11. Outcome by combining the Virginia and New Jersey Plan
  12. Two or more houses

25 Clues: To approve • A law or an act • Two or more houses • A change or revision • Supreme law of the land • Father of the US Constitution • Having respectful conversation • Writer of the Federalist Papers • Two groups coming to an agreement • 1st plan of government that was weak • The kind of government the Federalists want • Plan that stated representation will be equal • ...

Amendment puzzle by Andrew “The Man” Veloz 2021-01-14

Amendment puzzle by Andrew “The Man” Veloz crossword puzzle
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  1. what was banned in 1865?
  2. no person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment.
  3. women get the right to vote.
  4. which amendment gives 18-year-olds the right to vote?
  5. excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed.
  6. all persons born in the United States become...
  7. when was the president limited to serve only to two terms?
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  1. Congress shall have power to do what to the bill of rights?
  2. The powers not delegated to the United States by the constitution.
  3. no soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house...
  4. Congress shall make no __ respecting an establishment of religion...
  5. when was the Congress limited from increasing pay?

12 Clues: what was banned in 1865? • women get the right to vote. • all persons born in the United States become... • when was the Congress limited from increasing pay? • which amendment gives 18-year-olds the right to vote? • when was the president limited to serve only to two terms? • Congress shall have power to do what to the bill of rights? • ...

Civil Rights 2026-05-11

Civil Rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Which of the following affirmed the legality of racial segregation and prompted the passage of the Jim Crow laws?
  2. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?
  3. The racially mixed group of college students and civil rights activists who rode buses from the North into segregated Southern communities was known as
  4. President that passed the most Civil rights legislation as president.
  5. The Civil Rights Act of 1968 banned discrimination in which activity?
  6. In the summer of 1957, African-American leaders targeted Central High School for desegregation with the enrollment of nine Black students. This took place in
  7. Laws in the south that made segregation legal
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  1. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal and, therefore, unlawful
  2. Which of the following was not advocated by the Black Panthers?
  3. Police Commissioner “Bull” Connor held great influence over the town considered the most segregated city in America in the early 1960s. That city was
  4. Robinson the movie 42 is about this baseball player
  5. What MLB team did Jackie Robinson get his start
  6. disobedience Not Following unjust laws
  7. preached a militant approach to civil rights.
  8. President that fought for civil rights movement was assasinated
  9. Leader of the civil rights movement 3 letter Initails
  10. Civil rights activists used this technique to force segregated establishments (businesses) to serve African Americans.

17 Clues: disobedience Not Following unjust laws • preached a militant approach to civil rights. • Laws in the south that made segregation legal • What MLB team did Jackie Robinson get his start • Robinson the movie 42 is about this baseball player • Leader of the civil rights movement 3 letter Initails • Which of the following was not advocated by the Black Panthers? • ...

Women's Rights Movement 2015-05-19

Women's Rights Movement crossword puzzle
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  1. Reintroduce the Equal Rights Amendment
  2. This was called the Women's Rights ____
  3. Betty Friedan was the first president of this organization
  4. Discrimination based on gender
  5. The Feminine Mystique
  6. This is what men thought their wife should be
  7. This women sent a letter to Congress to pass the Ninetieth Amendment
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  1. There was a lot of this towards women.
  2. Equal___Amendment
  3. This is what women tried to get equality in
  4. Betty Friedan was the __ of the Women's Rights Movement
  5. Men thought these people should stay at home
  6. Started the Women's Rights Movement
  7. Women wanted this in the workplace
  8. Introduced the first version of the Equal Rights Amendment

15 Clues: Equal___Amendment • The Feminine Mystique • Discrimination based on gender • Women wanted this in the workplace • Started the Women's Rights Movement • There was a lot of this towards women. • Reintroduce the Equal Rights Amendment • This was called the Women's Rights ____ • This is what women tried to get equality in • Men thought these people should stay at home • ...

Amerian govt crossword - leo tymensky chapter 1 2020-10-08

Amerian govt crossword - leo tymensky chapter 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. - power to regulate trade between
  2. the concept that the government should be smaller to ensure the rights of the individual
  3. - one party senate/government
  4. - benjamin franklin had proposed an innovative plan for uniting the colonies
  5. - an agreement prohibiting trade, on britain, and agreed not to use british goods
  6. - sweet harbor/ dumped tea in defiance
  7. - or not sanctioned by law
  8. - a public offical that was elected by a vote to represent the views of their supporters in the governmental platform
  9. - the governments power to govern comes from the consent of the governed and it's the governments duty to protect the individual rights of it's citizens
  10. - an agreement that made 5 ensalved person(s) worth 3 free person(s)for representation purposes
  11. - yielded their claims to these territories to the central governemnt -- to give up
  12. - a revolt by farmers to get money owed by government from the civil war
  13. - The acts passed to punish the colony of massachusets
  14. - the money a government collects taxes or other sources from colonies increased.
  15. - Considered the first world war by some historians and gave canda to britan
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  1. - Excutitive, legislative, and judicial branch; with checks and balances
  2. - pilgrims agreed to make their own laws and elect their own leaders
  3. - The bill that king jhon was forced to sign.
  4. - agreed upon or approved
  5. - acts passed to tax all printed goods
  6. - a orginization urging resistance to british rule
  7. - the belief that poltical disorder, would happen because of small government
  8. - another words for laws
  9. - power to elect people into to public office
  10. - Setting the basis for standards to become state hood
  11. - a act to close courts to avoid foreclosure by small farmers after the revolutionary war

26 Clues: - another words for laws • - agreed upon or approved • - or not sanctioned by law • - one party senate/government • - power to regulate trade between • - acts passed to tax all printed goods • - sweet harbor/ dumped tea in defiance • - The bill that king jhon was forced to sign. • - power to elect people into to public office • ...

Presidency Vocab Quiz 2025-12-05

Presidency Vocab Quiz crossword puzzle
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  1. Personal assistants to the president with offices in the White House; serve at the pleasure of the President and don’t need Senate confirmation
  2. An implied presidential power that allows the president to refuse to disclose information regarding confidential conversations or national security to Congress or the judiciary
  3. This allows the president to approve some provisions of a bill and disapprove others; ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
  4. Advises the President on matters of national safety
  5. The formal body of presidential advisers who head the fifteen executive departments.
  6. Group in the Executive Office that is the main source of information and advice for the President on the economy
  7. The people chosen to cast each state’s votes in a presidential election.
  8. Several subordinates, cabinet officers, and committees report directly to the president on different matters
  9. Established procedures for filling vacancies in the office of president and vice president as well as providing procedures to deal with the disability of a president
  10. The charismatic power of a president, which enables congressional candidates of the same party to ride into office on the strength of the president’s popularity
  11. Established procedures for filling vacancies in the office of president and vice president as well as providing procedures to deal with the disability of a president
  12. Executive agencies that report directly to the president and perform staff services for the president; top positions are filled by presidential nomination with Senate confirmation
  13. Formal international agreements entered into by the president that do not require the advice and consent of the US Senate
  14. The refusal of the president to spend money appropriated by Congress; limited in the Budget Reform Act of 1974
  15. The formal, constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed by both houses of Congress
  16. An executive grant providing restoration of all rights and privileges of citizenship to a specific individual charged or convicted of a crime
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  1. Agency whose major task to help the President coordinate legislative and budgetary proposals from the executive branch
  2. One of two ways for a president to disapprove a bill passed by Congress; if the president does not sign the bill within 10 days of receiving it, and Congress has adjourned within that time, the bill does not become law
  3. A politician whose power has been diminished because he or she is about to leave office
  4. The president’s use of his prestige and visibility to guide or enthuse the American public
  5. The inability of the government to act because rival parties control different parts of the government
  6. Occasional written comments attached to a bill signed by the president
  7. Law which required the President to inform Congress of any commitment of American troops abroad within 48 hours, troops can remain for 60 days before Congress votes. If Congress rejects the troops staying, they must return home in 30 days
  8. Case which ruled that executive privilege was not unqualified
  9. Argues for a strong, singular executive to ensure effective governance
  10. A president’s subordinates report to him through a clear chain of command headed by a chief of staff
  11. A situation where the same political party controls the executive branch and both houses of the legislature
  12. Several of the president’s assistants report directly to him
  13. A government in which one party controls the presidency and a different party controls one or both houses of Congress
  14. Rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law
  15. The power delegated to the House of Representatives to charge the president, vice president or other “civil officers,” including federal judges, with treason, bribery, or other high crimes or misdemeanors. This is the first step in the process of removing government officials from office

31 Clues: Advises the President on matters of national safety • Several of the president’s assistants report directly to him • Case which ruled that executive privilege was not unqualified • Rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law • Occasional written comments attached to a bill signed by the president • ...

Reconstruction Crossword - Mia and Ella 2023-05-31

Reconstruction Crossword - Mia and Ella crossword puzzle
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  1. What was Freedmen's Bureau purpose?
  2. Who were the largest group of southern Republican?
  3. What happened in New Orleans when African Americans attempted to hold a peaceful political demonstration?
  4. What was one issue Republicans agreed on?
  5. What were Northern-born Republicans that moved South after the war called by Southerners?
  6. What did Redeemers setup?
  7. What were two things that African Americans have to separate?
  8. What state did not get a new government
  9. What did southern Democrats call white southern Republicans?
  10. After the bill to give the Freedmen’s Bureau more powers got rejected by President Johnson, what was the new bill republicans presented called?
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  1. What was the secret society of white southerners from Tennessee called?
  2. Thaddeus Steven and Charles Sumner both felt that President Johnson’s reconstruction plan was a…
  3. What laws divided the South into five districts with a U.S. military commander in each section?
  4. What did many former slaves want?
  5. Who was the African American politician who was born free in North Carolina and went to college in Illinois.
  6. What were the laws that introduced legal segregation called?
  7. On May 1st, 1866, a dispute in which part of Tennessee broke out?
  8. What happened when the south came back?
  9. What was the person who killed Abraham Lincoln?
  10. To protect civil rights laws from hostile presidents, courts, or future legislators, what did republicans propose?
  11. What did african americans open up?
  12. What were the laws called that greatly limited freedom for African Americans?
  13. What were the people called that wanted the southern states to change much more before they could return to the Union and thought the Black codes were unfair?
  14. What did Lincoln want to offer the southerners?

24 Clues: What did Redeemers setup? • What did many former slaves want? • What was Freedmen's Bureau purpose? • What did african americans open up? • What happened when the south came back? • What state did not get a new government • What was one issue Republicans agreed on? • What was the person who killed Abraham Lincoln? • What did Lincoln want to offer the southerners? • ...

Unit 10: Civil Rights Era Review 2025-05-12

Unit 10: Civil Rights Era Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Area rich in oil and gas returned to Texas by federal law.
  2. Woman who fought for the 19th Amendment in Texas.
  3. Political party that gained strength in Texas post-WWII.
  4. What women like Jane McCallum and minorities like González fought for.
  5. President who returned Tidelands to Texas.
  6. Last name of the senator who helped the Republican Party grow in Texas.
  7. Branch of state government modernized with a council and budget board.
  8. Belief in a more active role for government in promoting social justice and equality.
  9. State where many Civil Rights figures lived and worked.
  10. A major focus of the Civil Rights Movement, protected by the 1965 act.
  11. Supreme Court case that led to "one person, one vote."
  12. Judicial body that decided important civil rights cases.
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  1. Governor who supported Eisenhower and helped modernize Texas.
  2. Party that split over civil rights and federal government size after WWII.
  3. Area Governor Shivers invested in to modernize Texas.
  4. Goal of the Civil Rights Movement, especially for minority communities.
  5. Movement supported by the Democratic Party after WWII that caused internal division.
  6. First Mexican American elected to the U.S. House from Texas.
  7. Belief in smaller government, personal responsibility, and traditional values.
  8. President assassinated in Texas, helping push civil rights laws.
  9. System of racial separation that civil rights activists fought to end.
  10. Last name of the governor who aided the Republican rise in Texas.
  11. First Mexican American mayor of a major U.S. city.

23 Clues: President who returned Tidelands to Texas. • Woman who fought for the 19th Amendment in Texas. • First Mexican American mayor of a major U.S. city. • Area Governor Shivers invested in to modernize Texas. • Supreme Court case that led to "one person, one vote." • State where many Civil Rights figures lived and worked. • ...

Shifa Farrukhs Liberty Ep 6,"Are we to be a Nation" 2022-02-19

Shifa Farrukhs Liberty Ep 6,"Are we to be a Nation" crossword puzzle
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  1. The delegates made a plan to completely scrap The _______ of Confederation.
  2. The constitution was ratified and became the ____ of the land.
  3. Charles Wilson Peale was an artist that offered natural history _______ and displayed wonders such as mammoth bones and stuffed golden vessels
  4. After the war, some _______ went to Canada and some went to England.
  5. the most important "underlying crisis" in the US
  6. The first vote of the convention was in Pennsylvania _____ _____.
  7. James Madison drafted the ______ ___ ____ and became its strongest supporter.
  8. ___ ____ _____ were the first three words of the constitution.
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  1. Those who opposed the ______ were known as Anti-Federalists.
  2. In this state, all office holders were elected every year.
  3. Our ________ was founded on these three pages; Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and The Bill of Rights
  4. wrote the American English
  5. Alexander Hamilton saw the new United States as a future world ______.
  6. _______ Adams was a shy and a poor public speaker.

14 Clues: wrote the American English • the most important "underlying crisis" in the US • _______ Adams was a shy and a poor public speaker. • In this state, all office holders were elected every year. • Those who opposed the ______ were known as Anti-Federalists. • ___ ____ _____ were the first three words of the constitution. • ...

Individual Rights and Freedoms 2025-12-16

Individual Rights and Freedoms crossword puzzle
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  1. RIGHTS The section of the Charter dealing with rights based on the Justice System, such as the right to a fair trial
  2. The police force involved in a case regarding the freedom of religion concerning wearing a turban
  3. TERRORISM ACT Legislation enacted after September 11, 2001, which included new security measures like the no-fly list
  4. CRISIS The 1970 event during which the War Measures Act was last used
  5. RIGHTS The section of the Charter guaranteeing the right to be free of discrimination based on race, religion, gender, age, or disability
  6. UNION An organization of workers that acts to protect their rights and interests
  7. The act of treating someone unfairly based on factors like race, gender, age, or disability, which Equality Rights protect against
  8. right of Canadian citizens to move anywhere within Canada and to enter, stay in, or leave Canada
  9. DAY ACT The law overturned by the Supreme Court in 1985 for violating Canadians' fundamental right to freedom of conscience and religion
  10. The name of the plaintiff who successfully argued that failing to provide sign-language interpreters in hospitals violated equality rights
  11. The Canadian group whose homes and businesses were sold off by the government during WWII internment
  12. YEARS The maximum duration between elections for the House of Commons or provincial legislative assemblies
  13. MEASURES ACT Legislation used during WWI and WWII that gave the government the ability to restrict the rights of people, leading to internment
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  1. Clause 8 of the Charter protects everyone from
  2. The freedom to share your opinions, one of the fundamental freedoms ASSIMILATION The attempt to make First Nations people more European through acts like the Indian Act
  3. A special set of laws that establishes a framework of governance and is the highest law of Canada
  4. The confinement of people without trial, used against Japanese and Ukrainian Canadians during the World Wars
  5. The rules that describe what government can do with its power FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS The section of the Charter that guarantees freedom of religion and expression
  6. INNOCENT Legal right stating that you are considered this until proven guilty in a fair and public trial
  7. HOWARD STOWE Canada’s first female doctor who founded a club to promote women's suffrage in 1876
  8. SEARCH OR SEIZURE
  9. ACT Legislation passed in 1876 that historically restricted the rights and freedoms of First Nations people, for example, by banning traditional ceremonies
  10. RIGHTS The section of the Charter that includes the right to vote MOBILITY RIGHTS
  11. The movement of women gaining the right to vote

24 Clues: SEARCH OR SEIZURE • Clause 8 of the Charter protects everyone from • The movement of women gaining the right to vote • CRISIS The 1970 event during which the War Measures Act was last used • UNION An organization of workers that acts to protect their rights and interests • RIGHTS The section of the Charter that includes the right to vote MOBILITY RIGHTS • ...

Unit 10: Civil Rights Era Review 2025-05-12

Unit 10: Civil Rights Era Review crossword puzzle
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  1. A major focus of the Civil Rights Movement, protected by the 1965 act.
  2. President assassinated in Texas, helping push civil rights laws.
  3. Party that split over civil rights and federal government size after WWII.
  4. System of racial separation that civil rights activists fought to end.
  5. Judicial body that decided important civil rights cases.
  6. What women like Jane McCallum and minorities like González fought for.
  7. Governor who supported Eisenhower and helped modernize Texas.
  8. Area Governor Shivers invested in to modernize Texas.
  9. First Mexican American mayor of a major U.S. city.
  10. Supreme Court case that led to "one person, one vote."
  11. Movement supported by the Democratic Party after WWII that caused internal division.
  12. Branch of state government modernized with a council and budget board.
  13. Woman who fought for the 19th Amendment in Texas.
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  1. First Mexican American elected to the U.S. House from Texas.
  2. Area rich in oil and gas returned to Texas by federal law.
  3. Political party that gained strength in Texas post-WWII.
  4. State where many Civil Rights figures lived and worked.
  5. President who returned Tidelands to Texas.
  6. Last name of the senator who helped the Republican Party grow in Texas.
  7. Goal of the Civil Rights Movement, especially for minority communities.
  8. Belief in a more active role for government in promoting social justice and equality.
  9. Belief in smaller government, personal responsibility, and traditional values.
  10. Last name of the governor who aided the Republican rise in Texas.

23 Clues: President who returned Tidelands to Texas. • Woman who fought for the 19th Amendment in Texas. • First Mexican American mayor of a major U.S. city. • Area Governor Shivers invested in to modernize Texas. • Supreme Court case that led to "one person, one vote." • State where many Civil Rights figures lived and worked. • ...

Unit 3 Vocabulary 2017-10-23

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

17 Clues: -to change • -to approve • opponent of a strong federal government • supporter of a strong federal government • - Document that set out the law principles organizations and process. • system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them • of power- a principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches • ...

Women’s History Month 2025-03-20

Women’s History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. Surname of a family prominent in the UK suffragette movement
  2. American novelist and symbol of the Roaring Twenties
  3. The goal of treating all genders the same
  4. Sojourner’s last name, an advocate for abolition and women’s rights
  5. A right for which women fought in the early 20th century
  6. Rulers like Elizabeth I and Vitoria
  7. Influential 20th-century author and feminist
  8. Influential First Lady and Human rights advocate
  9. Last name of Marie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize
  10. Movement for women’s rights and equality
  11. Field where women like Ada Lovelace have been pioneers
  12. Represented by women like Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  13. Youngest Nobel Prize laureate advocating for girls’ education
  14. Founder of modern nursing
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  1. The right to vote, a key issue in women’s rights
  2. Mary, early advocate for women’s equality
  3. Discovered by Marie Curie, a pioneer in science
  4. Women have fought for these, including property and work
  5. Organization led by women like Audrey Hepburn
  6. Key figure in the Underground Railroad
  7. Month when Women’s History is celebrated
  8. Event where athletes like Simone Biles have excelled
  9. First female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
  10. Civil Rights activist known for Montgomery bus boycott

24 Clues: Founder of modern nursing • Rulers like Elizabeth I and Vitoria • Key figure in the Underground Railroad • Month when Women’s History is celebrated • Movement for women’s rights and equality • Mary, early advocate for women’s equality • The goal of treating all genders the same • Influential 20th-century author and feminist • Organization led by women like Audrey Hepburn • ...

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 • ...

Colonization-New Nations Units 2020-11-23

Colonization-New Nations Units crossword puzzle
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  1. the right to vote
  2. an organized effort to prevent the drinking of alcoholic beverages
  3. and Indian War, war that occurred between Britain and France over the same lands of the Ohio Company
  4. Purchase, purchase made under Thomas Jefferson that extended from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
  5. the official approval of the Constitution by the states
  6. Compromise, the agreement that established a two-house national legislature; all states have equal representation in one while the other is based on population
  7. & Sedition Act, a series of 4 laws that were created to reduce the political power of immigrants to the United States
  8. document that corrected the defects of the Articles of Confederation
  9. Doctrine, a policy created prevent European expansion into the Americas
  10. group of people that wanted a Bill of Rights because they wanted to be protected from the government
  11. Act, tax on legal documents, pamphlets, and newspapers
  12. movement to end slavery
  13. of Tears, marches the Cherokee were forced to take from Georgia to the Indian Territory
  14. American colonists that wanted to remain a part of Great Britain
  15. England colonies, colonies that were formed to gain religious freedom
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  1. the protectionist economic principle that nations should control trade with their colonies to ensure a favorable balance of trade
  2. Forge, the site in Pennsylvania where the Continental army spent the winter of 1777-1778 under extremely harsh conditions
  3. of Confederation, document that included the first framework for the US government
  4. the first settlement in the colony
  5. group of people that believed the Bill of Rights were unnecessary and were opposed to it
  6. a state’s refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional
  7. of independence, document written in response to Great Britain’s attempt to assert more control over the North American colonies
  8. the country of which the colonists of the 13 colonies were from
  9. people that wanted to follow the Constitution word for word; they did not want to do it unless it was stated in the Constitution (Thomas Jefferson)
  10. of 1812, war entered by congress because of British Impressment; it boosted a sense of nationalism in US citizens
  11. American colonists that wanted independence from Great Britain
  12. a devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation
  13. colonies, strong agricultural producing colonies
  14. colonies, colonies with temperate climate; includes New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
  15. Von Steuben, person who trained the army and turned farmers into fighters
  16. System, a system that includes tariffs, internal improvements, and the banks of the US
  17. Sense, was written to persuade the colonists to join the Independence Movement
  18. Tea Party, the colonists’ response to the Tea Act

33 Clues: the right to vote • movement to end slavery • the first settlement in the colony • colonies, strong agricultural producing colonies • Tea Party, the colonists’ response to the Tea Act • Act, tax on legal documents, pamphlets, and newspapers • the official approval of the Constitution by the states • a devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation • ...