bill of rights Crossword Puzzles

Spring Final 2023-05-16

Spring Final crossword puzzle
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  1. Black ________ limited the rights of African Americans
  2. the dust bowl was caused by _________, plowing, and drought
  3. Which battle was the turning point that led to Union victory in the Civil War?
  4. last name of the president of the United States when the Civil War began
  5. long, light rope
  6. The system in which voters elect officials to represent them in government is called
  7. _________ Bureau was created by Congress to provide help and legal aid to freedpeople
  8. Under the Constitution of 1845, the only groups allowed to vote were white males and _______
  9. Who established the first ranches in Texas?
  10. Gave African Americans the right to vote
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  1. In 1961 NASA chose to open the headquarters for its astronauts in ______
  2. Oil well near Beaumont, Texas in 1901 that started the oil boom in Texas
  3. this branch of government makes the laws
  4. the GI bill provided money for college for who?
  5. large-scale farming and processing of crops
  6. _____ party, or the other name for the Populist Party
  7. The Civil War began in April 1861 with a Confederate attack on Fort ________
  8. Reconstruction officially ended in

18 Clues: long, light rope • Reconstruction officially ended in • this branch of government makes the laws • Gave African Americans the right to vote • large-scale farming and processing of crops • Who established the first ranches in Texas? • the GI bill provided money for college for who? • _____ party, or the other name for the Populist Party • ...

The Civil Rights Movement by Caleb Dama 2023-06-13

The Civil Rights Movement by Caleb Dama crossword puzzle
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  1. Revolutionary organization formed in 1966 to combat police brutality and racial inequality
  2. First African American Supreme Court justice and civil rights lawyer
  3. Civil rights organization founded in 1910 to address economic and social issues
  4. African American religious and political organization founded in the 1930s
  5. Activist known as the mother of the civil rights movement for her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  6. Female Civil rights activist and organizer who played in the formation of the SNCC
  7. Prominent educator and civil rights leader who advocated for vocational training and economic self relian
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  1. Civil rights organization founded in 1909 by W.E.B. Du Bois
  2. Civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient who advocated for nonviolent resistance
  3. A student led civil rights organization active during the 60s
  4. Scholar, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP
  5. Poet and writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance
  6. Activist and leader known for his advocacy of black nationalism and self defense
  7. Female poet, author, and civil rights activist known for her memoir "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings:
  8. African American Girl who integrated an all-white school in New Orleans in the 60s

15 Clues: Poet and writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance • Civil rights organization founded in 1909 by W.E.B. Du Bois • Scholar, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP • A student led civil rights organization active during the 60s • First African American Supreme Court justice and civil rights lawyer • ...

Sectionalism + Reform U:5 2024-05-14

Sectionalism + Reform U:5 crossword puzzle
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  1. document officially requesting equal rights for
  2. campaign to end slavery
  3. loosely organized network of people that helped slaves
  4. co-founder of Woman Suffrage Association
  5. the right of women to enter male professions, and property rights
  6. held in the United States
  7. found the American Anti-Slavery Society
  8. Railroad
  9. women’s rights supporter who argued for equal pay for equal
  10. spokesperson for the Anti-Slavery Society and the women’s rights
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  1. ex-slave who spoke for abolition and women’s rights
  2. escaped slave who freed more than 300 others using the
  3. abolitionist who ran the Liberator newspaper and also
  4. ex-slave who became a pro-abolition speaker
  5. from the South
  6. the first organized public meeting about women’s

16 Clues: Railroad • from the South • campaign to end slavery • held in the United States • found the American Anti-Slavery Society • co-founder of Woman Suffrage Association • ex-slave who became a pro-abolition speaker • document officially requesting equal rights for • the first organized public meeting about women’s • ex-slave who spoke for abolition and women’s rights • ...

day of the triffids crossword challenge 2022-04-11

day of the triffids crossword challenge crossword puzzle
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  1. the main charicter in this story
  2. what was everyone at the pub drinking?
  3. bills girlfriend and partner
  4. where was the first triffid attack?
  5. what was the name of chapter 6?
  6. the hospital where the story started
  7. the man who kidnapped bill
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  1. why didint bill go blind?
  2. what was used to spray water at the triffids?
  3. what blinded anyone who looked at it?
  4. what did the man give bill when he was tied up?
  5. "when I die dont bury me at all just pickle my _____ in alcohol"
  6. what was used to kill the triffids?
  7. a large man eating plant

14 Clues: a large man eating plant • why didint bill go blind? • the man who kidnapped bill • bills girlfriend and partner • what was the name of chapter 6? • the main charicter in this story • where was the first triffid attack? • what was used to kill the triffids? • the hospital where the story started • what blinded anyone who looked at it? • what was everyone at the pub drinking? • ...

Calamity Jane 2025-10-03

Calamity Jane crossword puzzle
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  1. What is the name on Jane's birth certificate.
  2. What is Jane called?
  3. What is the dog's name?
  4. Bill gets married
  5. Frank's rival for the title of "best sharpshooter"
  6. What is Frank's nickname?
  7. Jane's mother is still alive
  8. The city Calamity Jane travels to, seeking a cure for her bite
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  1. The main goal of the garou pack
  2. How many authors are there?
  3. What happens to Jane after a garou hunt goes wrong
  4. Bill dies at the end
  5. What are the characters trying to find.
  6. What show does bill create?
  7. Werewolves are also called this
  8. Frank is a werewolf?
  9. The book's setting, bursting with outlaws and garou

17 Clues: Bill gets married • Bill dies at the end • What is Jane called? • Frank is a werewolf? • What is the dog's name? • What is Frank's nickname? • How many authors are there? • What show does bill create? • Jane's mother is still alive • The main goal of the garou pack • Werewolves are also called this • What are the characters trying to find. • ...

Jordan Brown Ch. 29 2013-04-11

Jordan Brown Ch. 29 crossword puzzle
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  1. : This voter registration effort in rural Mississippi was organized by black and white civil rights workers in 1964.
  2. : Refused to give up her seat.
  3. : African American group who fought police brutality in the ghetto.
  4. : Eliminated the literacy tests that had disqualified many voters.
  5. : Carried out nonviolent crusades against the evils of the second-class citizenship.
  6. : Won a federal court case that allowed him to enroll in the all-white University of Mississippi.
  7. : 26-year-old Pastor of the Dexter Ave. Baptist Church.
  8. : American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.
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  1. : Joined the Nation of Islam in 1946 and became a vigorous campaigner for black rights, initially advocating the use of violence.
  2. : Ended mandatory poll taxes that prevented many African Americans.
  3. : Making special efforts to hire or enroll groups that have suffered discrimination.
  4. : the largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama.
  5. : A Trinidadian-American black activist active in the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement.
  6. : They ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
  7. : Prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender.
  8. : Democratic Party politician and police official from the city of Birmingham, Alabama, during the American Civil Rights Movement.
  9. : One of an interracial group of civil rights activists who rode buses through parts of the South in order to protest racial segregation.
  10. : An exclusively black Islamic sect proposing a separate black nation, founded in Detroit.
  11. : Protestors sat down at segregated lunch counters and refused to leave until they were served.
  12. : A US civil-rights student organization active in the 1960's.

20 Clues: : Refused to give up her seat. • : 26-year-old Pastor of the Dexter Ave. Baptist Church. • : A US civil-rights student organization active in the 1960's. • : the largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama. • : Eliminated the literacy tests that had disqualified many voters. • : Ended mandatory poll taxes that prevented many African Americans. • ...

Government 2026-02-03

Government crossword puzzle
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  1. how long is a house members term
  2. who votes on the bill
  3. tries to influence the majority leader
  4. what is considered the upper house
  5. who can veto a passed bill
  6. 25 years or older ,u.s citzens for 7 years , live in the state your want to
  7. how many senators does missouri have
  8. how long is a senators term
  9. how many senators do we have now
  10. Where is most of the work completed
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  1. how many members are in the house
  2. Gets prioty treatment super powerful
  3. revise and edit and investigate bills
  4. turing bills into laws
  5. Symbol of our nation is what
  6. power to make laws
  7. Home Of the U.S congress
  8. Who holds the majority vote in the house
  9. a bill is first introduced where
  10. drawing boundary lines to help or hurt a party

20 Clues: power to make laws • who votes on the bill • turing bills into laws • Home Of the U.S congress • who can veto a passed bill • how long is a senators term • Symbol of our nation is what • how long is a house members term • a bill is first introduced where • how many senators do we have now • how many members are in the house • what is considered the upper house • ...

Constitution 2023-10-30

Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. Ordinance/It outlined the in which new states would be added
  2. Papers/ Convinced many Americans that the Constitution should be ratified
  3. of Powers/ The power is divided among the three branches of government.
  4. Makes laws
  5. having two branches or chambers
  6. Interprets laws
  7. Compact/ Established that the law comes from the people and that people must obey laws made by the group- self government
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  1. Opposed the Constitution without a Bill of Rights
  2. The people exercise their power by voting for representatives.
  3. Sovereignty/ The people have the right to vote and change the government if it abuses its power.
  4. The power to govern is shared between the national and state governments.
  5. Carta/ Established that everyone must follow the law, even the King
  6. Amendment/ Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Petition, Assembly
  7. DeMontesquieu/ Man who argued that 3 branches were important because they prevented unlimited power in the govt.
  8. Enforces laws
  9. Amendment/ No quartering of troops

16 Clues: Makes laws • Enforces laws • Interprets laws • having two branches or chambers • Amendment/ No quartering of troops • Opposed the Constitution without a Bill of Rights • Ordinance/It outlined the in which new states would be added • The people exercise their power by voting for representatives. • Amendment/ Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Petition, Assembly • ...

Women's Rights Daily Puzzle 2024-04-11

Women's Rights Daily Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. the first nation in the world to enshrine universal women suffrage
  2. what sparked the women's suffrage movement
  3. advocated for women's rights for 70 years of her life
  4. wrote literature which called for womens rights
  5. women participated in to receive their rights
  6. couldn't vote during this time
  7. nonviolent protests. refusing to obey laws one considers unjust
  8. the first organied womens rights took place here
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  1. one of the leaders for womens rights. formalized the first campaign for women's suffrage in the United states
  2. movement that work to improve american education in society
  3. largest single day march in history
  4. the amount of time it took for women to get rights
  5. what women need. The right to vote in political elections.
  6. a formal indication of a choice between two or more candidates or courses of action, expressed typically through a ballot or a show of hands or by voice.
  7. when women started fighting for their rights

15 Clues: couldn't vote during this time • largest single day march in history • what sparked the women's suffrage movement • when women started fighting for their rights • women participated in to receive their rights • wrote literature which called for womens rights • the first organied womens rights took place here • the amount of time it took for women to get rights • ...

Legislative Process 2013-11-29

Legislative Process crossword puzzle
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  1. A meeting of the local members of a political party especially to select delegates to a convention or register preferences for candidates running for office.
  2. Defining boundaries
  3. The time when changes are added to the bill
  4. A permanent committee
  5. Closure of a debate
  6. A committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature
  7. Dividing votes on proportion
  8. To reject a bill
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  1. The process of delaying something
  2. Bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee
  3. A title often given to the presiding officer of a senate, and is the speaker of other assemblies.
  4. Decides who sits in each committee
  5. The presiding officer of an assembly, meeting, committee, or board.
  6. Laws stating how long a person can be in office
  7. Persuades people for their boss
  8. Combine 2 different bills
  9. People who vote for you or in your district
  10. An indirect veto done by the President

18 Clues: To reject a bill • Defining boundaries • Closure of a debate • A permanent committee • Combine 2 different bills • Dividing votes on proportion • Persuades people for their boss • The process of delaying something • Decides who sits in each committee • An indirect veto done by the President • The time when changes are added to the bill • People who vote for you or in your district • ...

dd 2024-07-13

dd crossword puzzle
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  1. State of being equal in rights.
  2. Willingness to accept differences.
  3. Process of receiving instruction.
  4. Displaying courage.
  5. Enforced separation of races.
  6. Campaigning for social change.
  7. Unjust treatment of different people.
  8. Aggressive pressure or intimidation.
  9. Bringing different races together.
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  1. Highest in rank or authority.
  2. Relating to the national government.
  3. Institution for educating children.
  4. Preconceived opinion not based on reason.
  5. Quality of being brave.
  6. Rights Rights to freedom and equality.
  7. Ending the separation of races.
  8. Act of expressing objection.
  9. Fair and impartial treatment.
  10. Discrimination based on race.
  11. Group of people living together.

20 Clues: Displaying courage. • Quality of being brave. • Act of expressing objection. • Highest in rank or authority. • Fair and impartial treatment. • Enforced separation of races. • Discrimination based on race. • Campaigning for social change. • State of being equal in rights. • Ending the separation of races. • Group of people living together. • Process of receiving instruction. • ...

The Legislative Branch 2023-03-16

The Legislative Branch crossword puzzle
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  1. Process of giving one political party an advantage over another by redrawing district lines
  2. The determination of how many members each US state sends to the House of Representatives, based on population
  3. Person who represents interest groups in their discussions with legislators
  4. A bill that passes both houses of Congress and is signed by the President
  5. Add one to appropriations bills generally because they cannot stand on their own merits
  6. Government policies that directly or indirectly give a preference to minorities, women, or the physically challenged in order to make up for past discrimination caused by society as a whole.
  7. Technique used to shut down debate in the US Senate
  8. Requiring government meeting and hearings must be held or open to the public
  9. An official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.
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  1. A permanent body that studies and makes recommendations to pass-not pass a bill
  2. A smaller meeting of representatives from a standing committee, to study specific issues
  3. A bill is "killed" when it is not acted upon in its assigned committee
  4. This body determines the debate and amendment terms when a bill is ready to go to the floor of the House of Representatives
  5. The people represented by members of Congress
  6. The President simply allows a bill to die on his desk during the last ten days of a congressional session

15 Clues: The people represented by members of Congress • Technique used to shut down debate in the US Senate • A bill is "killed" when it is not acted upon in its assigned committee • A bill that passes both houses of Congress and is signed by the President • Person who represents interest groups in their discussions with legislators • ...

The Rights of Children 2025-01-24

The Rights of Children crossword puzzle
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  1. To take part in an activity.
  2. Freedoms or entitlements every individual has.
  3. A place where learning happens.
  4. Harmful treatment of someone.
  5. Treating someone unfairly based on personal characteristics.
  6. Garments people wear.
  7. A group of people related by blood or love.
  8. A place where one lives.
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  1. Admiration for someone due to their qualities or achievements.
  2. The act of keeping someone or something safe.
  3. Facts provided about something.
  4. What makes someone unique.
  5. An international organization founded to promote peace.
  6. To relax or take a break.
  7. The right to keep personal matters confidential.
  8. The state of physical and mental well-being.
  9. A word or term by which someone is identified.

17 Clues: Garments people wear. • A place where one lives. • To relax or take a break. • What makes someone unique. • To take part in an activity. • Harmful treatment of someone. • Facts provided about something. • A place where learning happens. • A group of people related by blood or love. • The state of physical and mental well-being. • The act of keeping someone or something safe. • ...

Bird Families 2 2017-11-29

Bird Families 2 crossword puzzle
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  1. Plump, medium-sized, brightly coloured bird with short tail and long legs. Upright stance. White wing patches in flight (5)
  2. Large, predominantly brown forest bird with long tail, legs and toes. They forage on the ground and fly only weakly (8)
  3. Boldy marked, fast-flying wader. Feed by spinning when swimming (9)
  4. Black or pied coastal waders (13)
  5. Short-billed, round-headed, large-eyed, plain or camouflaged waders (8)
  6. Quick-flying, dark-coloured insectivores with long, swept wings, square or forked tail, large eyes, a small bill but wide gape (5)
  7. Known for their habit of rolling during aerial display flights. This bird has a red bill and stout body (10)
  8. Small to tiny dull bird. Active with pleasant voice. Mainly ground-dwelling or foliage-foraging insectivore (8)
  9. Solid and medium-winged, have white, grey and dark plumages, heavy bills, webbed feet (4)
  10. Medium to large bird with prominent erectile crests. They have a complete orbital ring. Plumages range from black to white (8)
  11. Small to medium nocturnal bird with long tail, small broad bill and long pointed wings which in flight are still and irregular in movement (8)
  12. Noisy, gregarious, mainly ground-feeding bird with plump brownish body, longish tail and pointed, down-curved bill (7)
  13. Piratical sea bird with variable plumage, elongated central tail feathers and white wing flashes (4)
  14. Medium-sized, distinctive wader with very long legs. Bill slender and straight (5)
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  1. Small, brightly coloured, slender-billed, quick flying, nectar and insect feeders. Build pendulous nests with side entrances (7)
  2. Slender, small to large, plain or barred, long-tailed bird with narrow wings, fast undulating flight and ventriloquial call (6)
  3. Usually brightly coloured, this bird has a stout body, large head, long heavy pointed bill and small feet. Fast direct flight (10)
  4. These birds climb on tree trunks and branches. They are small, social, grey and black and white with orange to white wing bars, slightly upturned bill, yellow legs and feet (8)
  5. Have brush-tipped tongues, decurved bills. Are mainly dull green or brown with patches of brighter plumage or skin around face and are slim (10)
  6. Slender bird which often wag their long tail up and down. Have yellow legs and no crest (5)
  7. Fork-tailed, long-winged, brownish wader of inland and barren areas (10)
  8. These birds climb on tree trunks and branches. Some also hop on the ground. They are small and brownish with pale fawn wing bars, slightly down-curved bill, strong legs, long toes (11)
  9. Long-billed, longish-legged, migratory wader (6)
  10. Small to large nocturnal bird with weak feet, longish tail, rounded wings and massive broad bill. Plumage grey or brown (9)
  11. Plump, plain or colourful, fast-flying fruit or seed eater. Some have crests. Stout bill. Some drink by sucking (6)
  12. Insectivorous, arboreal bird with slender body, long pointed wings and graduated tail. Plumages black, grey, brown and pied combinations. Some have barrings (7)
  13. Small songbird which hawk aerial insects. They have long, straight, pointed wings and forked or square tail (7)
  14. Noisy, fast-flying, forest-dwelling bird. They are small, with short, pointed tail or medium-sized with long pointed tail (8)
  15. Bright males and similarly coloured but duller females and juveniles. Typify these often nomadic and flocking small birds of the inland plains and coastal salt marshes (4)
  16. Generally small Old World bird. Brown to olive-green, often crested with decurved notched bill and distinctive head marks (6)

30 Clues: Black or pied coastal waders (13) • Long-billed, longish-legged, migratory wader (6) • Boldy marked, fast-flying wader. Feed by spinning when swimming (9) • Short-billed, round-headed, large-eyed, plain or camouflaged waders (8) • Fork-tailed, long-winged, brownish wader of inland and barren areas (10) • ...

Founding Fathers 2022-01-06

Founding Fathers crossword puzzle
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  1. Third President and author of the Declaration of Independence
  2. Never a president, on the $10 bill
  3. Seventh president, on the $20 bill
  4. First Chief Justice of the United States
  5. President of the Second Continental Congress
  6. Middle name of our sixth president, son of our second president
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  1. Third Vice President, killed Alexander Hamilton
  2. Fifth President
  3. Never a president, on the $100 bill
  4. First Vice President and Second President
  5. Fourth President
  6. First President of the United States

12 Clues: Fifth President • Fourth President • Never a president, on the $10 bill • Seventh president, on the $20 bill • Never a president, on the $100 bill • First President of the United States • First Chief Justice of the United States • First Vice President and Second President • President of the Second Continental Congress • Third Vice President, killed Alexander Hamilton • ...

English Documents 2023-09-13

English Documents crossword puzzle
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  1. Puritan leader who took the throne of England after the death of King Charles I. (last name)
  2. The king who was forced to sign the 1628 Petition of Right.
  3. 1215 document signed by King John I.
  4. The theory of government in which God/a god chose the rulers.
  5. The King could not deny people the right to trial by __.
  6. The founder of the colony of Pennsylvania. (last name)
  7. The English translation of the Magna Carta.
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  1. King who, along with his wife Mary, was forced to sign the English Bill of Rights in 1689.
  2. The European country from which the U.S. based most principles of government.
  3. The King could not deny people the right of due process of __.
  4. The founder of the colony of Maryland. (last name)
  5. The water-meadow where King John I was forced to sign the Magna Carta.
  6. The number of English colonies in North America.

13 Clues: 1215 document signed by King John I. • The English translation of the Magna Carta. • The number of English colonies in North America. • The founder of the colony of Maryland. (last name) • The founder of the colony of Pennsylvania. (last name) • The King could not deny people the right to trial by __. • The king who was forced to sign the 1628 Petition of Right. • ...

Parliament: The Law making process 2015-02-24

Parliament: The Law making process crossword puzzle
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  1. A proposed law to be considered by Parliament
  2. Parliamentary ......... The drafters of bills.
  3. The number of members in the Victorian lower house.
  4. The house in which a financial bill commences
  5. A written request to Parliament to take action on an issue.
  6. Authority of the Monarch represented by the Governor-General
  7. Parliament exercises which arm of the separation of powers.
  8. The meeting of senior ministers and the prime minister
  9. Delegated legislation is subject to what provision
  10. A principle of a democratic Government.
  11. A group of members formed by Parliament for a specific purpose.
  12. Created by an Act of Parliament.
  13. hundred The approximate number of bills which pass through Parliament each year.
  14. A local government is an example of a ......... body
  15. Vicroads is an example of a Statutory ............
  16. Assent The final stage a bill passes through
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  1. The method in which Parliament discusses any opposition to a law.
  2. The arm that functions to apply the law
  3. The house the Prime Minister sits in.
  4. Reading The speech explaining the purpose of the bill.
  5. Commonwealth Parliament upper house
  6. A member of Parliament in charge of a portfolio.
  7. Why won't sharks attack lawyers? Professional .......
  8. Administrative arm of the Government
  9. Date for commencement of an Act in the Government Gazette
  10. Parliament passing law to a subordinate body.
  11. A weakness in Parliament is delay caused by limited ..... days.
  12. Parliament is the ................... law making body.
  13. A parliament with an upper and lower house
  14. A State law made by parliament cannot be .......... by the Crown

30 Clues: Created by an Act of Parliament. • Commonwealth Parliament upper house • Administrative arm of the Government • The house the Prime Minister sits in. • The arm that functions to apply the law • A principle of a democratic Government. • A parliament with an upper and lower house • Assent The final stage a bill passes through • A proposed law to be considered by Parliament • ...

Ap gov facs and terms 2026-01-06

Ap gov facs and terms crossword puzzle
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  1. Proposed amendment guaranteeing gender equality
  2. Requirement that laws treat people equally
  3. Unwanted conduct creating a hostile environment
  4. Process that applies the Bill of Rights to the states
  5. First Amendment ban on government-established religion
  6. Amendment that abolished slavery
  7. Rule that blocks illegally obtained evidence from court
  8. Supreme Court case applying free speech to the states
  9. Amendment that banned poll taxes
  10. Implied constitutional protection of personal decisions
  11. Protections against discrimination
  12. Government censorship before publication
  13. Case ruling enslaved people were not citizens
  14. Type of expression not protected by free speech
  15. Law protecting minority voting access
  16. Policies increasing opportunities for disadvantaged groups
  17. Law banning discrimination in public places and jobs
  18. Individual freedoms protected from government interference
  19. First Amendment protection of religious practice
  20. Amendment granting women the right to vote
  21. Punishment banned by the Eighth Amendment
  22. Idea that similar jobs should receive equal pay
  23. Case that upheld segregation under “separate but equal”
  24. The guy who made this and is super amazing
  25. Case that declared school segregation unconstitutional
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  1. The right to vote
  2. Advertising that has limited First Amendment protection
  3. Amendment protecting voting rights regardless of race
  4. Requirement that laws be applied fairly
  5. Fixed numerical requirement for hiring or admissions
  6. Case upholding Japanese American internment
  7. Law protecting people with disabilities
  8. Amendment guaranteeing citizenship and equal protection
  9. Right to avoid testifying against oneself
  10. Guilty plea in exchange for a lighter sentence
  11. Actions that express ideas without words
  12. First ten amendments to the Constitution
  13. Case banning gender discrimination under equal protection
  14. Written false statements that harm a reputation
  15. Fee once required to vote

40 Clues: The right to vote • Fee once required to vote • Amendment that abolished slavery • Amendment that banned poll taxes • Protections against discrimination • Law protecting minority voting access • Requirement that laws be applied fairly • Law protecting people with disabilities • Actions that express ideas without words • Government censorship before publication • ...

Constitution and Branches of Govt 2024-11-07

Constitution and Branches of Govt crossword puzzle
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  1. A group of people in court who listen to facts about a case and decide if someone broke the law.
  2. An object or picture that represents something else. The American flag, for example, is a symbol of the United States.
  3. Branch This part of the government interprets laws, deciding what they mean and if they are fair. The Supreme Court is part of this branch.
  4. and Balances A system that keeps the government fair by making sure no branch has too much power. Each branch can limit or “check” the other branches.
  5. Branch This part of the government makes sure laws are followed. It’s led by the President, who works with the Vice President and Cabinet members.
  6. Branch(Congress) This part of the government makes laws. It has two sections:
  7. A request that people sign to show they want something to change or happen.
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  1. This is the main set of rules for the U.S. government. It explains how the government works and how it protects people's rights. It is known as the "Supreme Law of the Land."
  2. Someone who is trying to get elected to a position, such as president, senator, or mayor.
  3. of Representatives One part of Congress where the number of representatives depends on a state’s population. Larger states have more representatives.
  4. The other part of Congress, where each state has two senators, no matter how big or small the state is.
  5. of Rights The first 10 changes, or amendments, to the Constitution. They list basic rights that everyone in the U.S. has, like the freedom to speak and follow their own religion.
  6. A strong feeling of pride and love for your country.

13 Clues: A strong feeling of pride and love for your country. • A request that people sign to show they want something to change or happen. • Branch(Congress) This part of the government makes laws. It has two sections: • Someone who is trying to get elected to a position, such as president, senator, or mayor. • ...

Legislation/Delegated Legislation 2016-04-18

Legislation/Delegated Legislation crossword puzzle
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  1. At what stage are amendments put before Parliament?
  2. What Bill involves matters only affecting individual people or corporation?
  3. What delegated legislation is used in times of emergency?
  4. What is the first paper that the Government may issue?
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  1. Who introduces the Public Bill?
  2. What stage is where each clause of the Bill is considered?
  3. What must the Bill receive to become law?
  4. What reading is the main debate on the Bill?
  5. What delegated legislation is made by local authorities?
  6. Parliament consists of House of Lords and House of...

10 Clues: Who introduces the Public Bill? • What must the Bill receive to become law? • What reading is the main debate on the Bill? • At what stage are amendments put before Parliament? • Parliament consists of House of Lords and House of... • What is the first paper that the Government may issue? • What delegated legislation is made by local authorities? • ...

6th 100 sight words 2014-08-01

6th 100 sight words crossword puzzle
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  1. Test
  2. Perhaps
  3. Can't
  4. Divided
  5. Syllables
  6. Anything
  7. Bill
  8. Believe
  9. Region
  10. Ready
  11. Center
  12. Dance
  13. Europe
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  1. Square
  2. Felt
  3. Direction
  4. Suddenly
  5. Farmers
  6. Matter
  7. General
  8. Subject
  9. Members
  10. Picked
  11. Energy
  12. Moon
  13. Return

26 Clues: Test • Felt • Bill • Moon • Can't • Ready • Dance • Square • Matter • Picked • Region • Center • Energy • Return • Europe • Perhaps • Divided • Farmers • General • Subject • Members • Believe • Suddenly • Anything • Direction • Syllables

AP Gov 2.2 2026-01-13

AP Gov 2.2 crossword puzzle
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  1. A large bill that combines many different measures into one package.
  2. Provisions added to a bill that are unrelated to the bill’s main purpose.
  3. A petition signed by House members to force a bill out of committee and onto the floor for a vote.
  4. An agreement in the Senate that allows action to proceed as long as no senator objects.
  5. An informal practice in which a senator signals they intend to delay or block a bill or nomination.
  6. The presiding officer and most powerful leader of the House of Representatives, chosen by the majority party.
  7. The practice of legislators trading votes to help each other pass legislation.
  8. A member of Congress who introduces a bill.
  9. A powerful House committee that sets the terms and rules for debate on bills.
  10. A Senate procedure that limits debate and can end a filibuster with a 60-vote majority.
  11. Relevant to the subject being discussed, especially when determining whether amendments are allowed.
  12. Government spending meant to benefit a specific district or state to gain political support.
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  1. The main leaders of each party in a chamber of Congress who organize strategy and guide legislation.
  2. procedure allow house to debate and amend bills more, all members of the assembly participate
  3. A party leader in Congress who counts votes and pressures members to support the party’s position.
  4. A largely ceremonial leader of the Senate from the majority party who presides in the vice president’s absence.

16 Clues: A member of Congress who introduces a bill. • A large bill that combines many different measures into one package. • Provisions added to a bill that are unrelated to the bill’s main purpose. • A powerful House committee that sets the terms and rules for debate on bills. • The practice of legislators trading votes to help each other pass legislation. • ...

Vocabulary Exam Unit 5 (1) 2013-02-27

Vocabulary Exam Unit 5 (1) crossword puzzle
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  1. It's going to be ______ later, so take an umbrella with you.
  2. Rechnung (BrE)
  3. Einwanderer, Einwandererin
  4. Geschenk
  5. Krieg
  6. verteilen
  7. übersetzen
  8. Jahrhundert
  9. Do you always have a party to ______ your birthday?
  10. Zeitalter, Epoche
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  1. beginnen, einleiten
  2. Hauptstadt
  3. the turn of the century
  4. I haven't got any _____, I've just got a one-dollar bill.
  5. ehemalig, früher
  6. unterster Teil
  7. Aussicht
  8. Captain Kidd set _____ to hunt for pirates.
  9. I'll just go to the bakery and buy some bread.
  10. New York is ____ in the east of the USA.

20 Clues: Krieg • Geschenk • Aussicht • verteilen • Hauptstadt • übersetzen • Jahrhundert • Rechnung (BrE) • unterster Teil • ehemalig, früher • Zeitalter, Epoche • beginnen, einleiten • the turn of the century • Einwanderer, Einwandererin • New York is ____ in the east of the USA. • Captain Kidd set _____ to hunt for pirates. • I'll just go to the bakery and buy some bread. • ...

Government Chapter 5 Vocab 2024-09-02

Government Chapter 5 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census
  2. authority shared by both federal and state courts
  3. a motion placed on a bill in the Senate that alerts party leaders that if unanimous consent were to be sought, they would object
  4. a permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues
  5. a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote
  6. a committee that consists of members from both the House and Senate, formed to act as a study group that reports back to the House and Senate on a topic or bill
  7. to set up new district lines after reapportionment is complete
  8. a member of a lawmaker’s personal staff who handles requests for help from constituents
  9. a vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions
  10. a two-chamber legislature
  11. meeting
  12. a member of a lawmaker’s personal staff who makes certain that the lawmaker is well informed about proposed legislation
  13. a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate
  14. to draw a district’s boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
  15. elected official who is already in office
  16. an event held before an election where members of a political party select delegates to send to the national party convention, where they will also vote to nominate a candidate
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  1. an assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature
  2. the Senate member, elected by the Senate, who stands in as president of the Senate in the absence of the vice president
  3. complete count of a population, including place of residence
  4. a group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee’s responsibility
  5. a temporary joint committee set up when the House and the Senate have passed different versions of the same bill
  6. a proposed law
  7. a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
  8. 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
  9. the action or process of inheriting a title or office
  10. the people who work directly for individual senators and representatives
  11. a schedule that lists the order in which bills will be considered in Congress
  12. as a whole; for example, statewide
  13. the minimum number of members who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action

29 Clues: meeting • a proposed law • a two-chamber legislature • as a whole; for example, statewide • elected official who is already in office • authority shared by both federal and state courts • a vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions • the action or process of inheriting a title or office • an assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature • ...

Crossword 2024-02-12

Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Great ___ ended the fights about the two plans for a new constitution.
  2. The constitution was decided by a group of ___.
  3. The ___ of Confederation was a weak government.
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  1. This group supported the making of a new constitution.
  2. The ___ of Rights are the first ten amendments in the constitution.
  3. The ___ rebellion showed the weakness of the Articles.

6 Clues: The constitution was decided by a group of ___. • The ___ of Confederation was a weak government. • This group supported the making of a new constitution. • The ___ rebellion showed the weakness of the Articles. • The ___ of Rights are the first ten amendments in the constitution. • The Great ___ ended the fights about the two plans for a new constitution.

8-7 2022-04-26

8-7 crossword puzzle
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  1. reciept
  2. when you give money "you made"
  3. piece of paper
  4. already
  5. bill
  6. has made
  7. unfriendly, signal the waiter
  8. miss, not supposed to be said
  9. older way to signal the waiter
  10. i would like to pay
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  1. can i have the bill
  2. keep the change
  3. dog barks
  4. has calculated
  5. calculate together
  6. has given
  7. tip

17 Clues: tip • bill • reciept • already • has made • dog barks • has given • piece of paper • has calculated • keep the change • calculate together • can i have the bill • i would like to pay • unfriendly, signal the waiter • miss, not supposed to be said • when you give money "you made" • older way to signal the waiter

Between the World and Me 2021-04-26

Between the World and Me crossword puzzle
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  1. “The ___ Struggle” written by Coates
  2. where did Coates grow up
  3. What happens to Prince Jones in the book
  4. Who is Coates’ son
  5. “The Case for ___” speech to Corps of Cadets at West Point
  6. Today's civil rights is
  7. People whose practices, race, religion, ethnicity, or other characteristics are lesser in numbers than the main groups of those classifications
  8. CLUE HERE
  9. How old is Samori Coates
  10. How old is the author
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  1. Another book by Coates
  2. A famous orator on civil rights
  3. Coates won for his book “Between the World and Me”
  4. One theme of the book
  5. contemporary comedian who also speaks about civil rights
  6. Where does Coates take a journey to in the book
  7. Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.
  8. Marvel Comic that Coates writes
  9. When was the author born
  10. President that Coates interviewed for his book “We Were Eight Years in Power”

20 Clues: CLUE HERE • Who is Coates’ son • One theme of the book • How old is the author • Another book by Coates • Today's civil rights is • where did Coates grow up • When was the author born • How old is Samori Coates • A famous orator on civil rights • Marvel Comic that Coates writes • “The ___ Struggle” written by Coates • What happens to Prince Jones in the book • ...

Civil Rights 2022-04-25

Civil Rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. African American man and a well known civil rights activist
  2. Rights Crossword
  3. a NAACP attourney
  4. bus boycott in montgomery
  5. first African American to go to an all white cshool
  6. bus boycott in baton rouge
  7. gave African American citizens rights
  8. a speech performed by Martin Luther King at the Lincoln Memorial
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  1. separating a person from others based on race
  2. a protest against segregation on buses
  3. state and local laws that allowed segregation
  4. the sunday when peaceful marchers were killed in montgomery
  5. a statement expressing disapproval of or objection to something.
  6. a form of protest in which protestors occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met.
  7. landmark case ruling "separate but equal"
  8. a civil rights organization, formed in 1909
  9. An African-American Woman known for her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  10. govener of Louisiana twice, non consecutively
  11. city in Alabama where the march was led
  12. the rights of citizens to political freedom and equality.
  13. landmark case ruling segregation unconstitutional

21 Clues: Rights Crossword • a NAACP attourney • bus boycott in montgomery • bus boycott in baton rouge • gave African American citizens rights • a protest against segregation on buses • city in Alabama where the march was led • landmark case ruling "separate but equal" • a civil rights organization, formed in 1909 • separating a person from others based on race • ...

SOL Review 2016-06-02

SOL Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The President makes the foreign policy of the US
  2. The Supreme Court's ability to determine the constitutionality of laws
  3. seeking to influence legislators to introduce or vote for or against a bill
  4. An economy where there is little or no governmental control
  5. The American political process is characterized by a ___ system
  6. Document claimed that people had certain inalienable rights
  7. A citizen who wants to vote must ___
  8. Intro to the Constitution
  9. An economy that is completely controlled by the government
  10. Constitutional protection against unfair government action
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  1. Document that established our government
  2. In a civil case, the ___ files a complaint
  3. Court that hears felony criminal cases
  4. The President is the boss of millions of government workers in the Executive Branch
  5. Highest court in the US
  6. Paying taxes is a civic
  7. Someone who purchases goods and services
  8. Two-chamber legislature
  9. Anyone born in the US is a citizen
  10. The President is in charge of US armed forces
  11. Voting is a civic
  12. People are the source of any and all government power
  13. An economy where the government and the people share control
  14. Type of government where the people rule
  15. Local laws

25 Clues: Local laws • Voting is a civic • Highest court in the US • Paying taxes is a civic • Two-chamber legislature • Intro to the Constitution • Anyone born in the US is a citizen • A citizen who wants to vote must ___ • Court that hears felony criminal cases • Document that established our government • Someone who purchases goods and services • Type of government where the people rule • ...

US History Ch 1 2022-08-14

US History Ch 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. suggested the legislature be divided into Two Houses.
  2. in drafting this Bill, James Madison relied heavily on the Virginia Declaration of rights.
  3. the 1st man to sign the Declaration of Independence.
  4. Powers specifically listed in the Constitution
  5. The total income produced by a given source.
  6. helped Virginia Thrive
  7. Opponents of the Constitution
  8. Powers NOT specifically listed in the Constitution.
  9. private investors who supported major projects to gain profit.
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  1. Created by Colonists to communicate with one another about British activities.
  2. a small ship that ranged from 70 to 90 feet long
  3. this divides the power between Branches of Government.
  4. What most colonists relied on for their livelihoods.
  5. agreed to work for 4 or more years in return for Ship's passage and basic needs.
  6. Founded the town of Providence
  7. led a secret expedition into the Louisiana Territory.
  8. wrote a collection of 85 essays.
  9. Banished for Massachusetts and help form the Rhode Island Colony
  10. 1st President under the new Constitution.
  11. Supporters of the Constitution
  12. Took office committed to limiting Government.
  13. Hired by Dutch Merchants and discovered what is now the Husdon River
  14. Men who led the expeditions to conquer the Americas

23 Clues: helped Virginia Thrive • Opponents of the Constitution • Founded the town of Providence • Supporters of the Constitution • wrote a collection of 85 essays. • 1st President under the new Constitution. • The total income produced by a given source. • Took office committed to limiting Government. • Powers specifically listed in the Constitution • ...

US History Final Crossword 2022-05-26

US History Final Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. women suffrage
  2. Revolutionary War Hero
  3. treaty that ended WWI
  4. surrendered to Grant at Appomatox Courthouse
  5. Johnson/ became President after JFK was assassinated
  6. Cong/ communists in South Vietnam
  7. Truman fired this General during the Korean War
  8. Nations/ peace keeping body formed after WWII
  9. ban on alcohol
  10. disobedience/ includes boycotts, sit-ins, peaceful protests
  11. type of fencing ended the open range
  12. Union/ its collapse marked the end of the Cold War
  13. market/ crashed Oct, 29, 1929
Down
  1. dropped atomic bombs on Japan to end WWII
  2. Wrote Declaration of Independence
  3. put a little money down, pay the rest later
  4. Scopes/ tried for teaching evolution
  5. telegram brought U.S. into WWI
  6. abolished slavery
  7. X/ believed in violent protests
  8. of Rights/ first 10 amendments
  9. President during U.S. Civil War
  10. Deal/ FDR's plan to get America out of the Depression
  11. the goal of the hippies was to create this type of society
  12. Powers/ Germany, Italy, and Japan in WWII
  13. President blamed for the Great Depression
  14. Wall/ torn down in 1989
  15. Russia put missiles in this country in 1962
  16. scandal that forced Nixon to resign
  17. Harbor/ event brought U.S. into WWII

30 Clues: women suffrage • ban on alcohol • abolished slavery • treaty that ended WWI • Revolutionary War Hero • Wall/ torn down in 1989 • market/ crashed Oct, 29, 1929 • telegram brought U.S. into WWI • of Rights/ first 10 amendments • X/ believed in violent protests • President during U.S. Civil War • Wrote Declaration of Independence • Cong/ communists in South Vietnam • ...

History of the Dollar 2017-12-08

History of the Dollar crossword puzzle
Across
  1. From 1863 to 1877, these were printed by private bank note companies under contract to the Federal government.
  2. This is the United States standard unit of money.
  3. The first $1 bill was issued in 1862 as a Legal Tender Note with a portrait of this person.
  4. During the years of this war, currency featured several special printings including the Hawaii overprints.
  5. The current design of the _______ _______ one dollar bill ($1) technically dates to 1963.
  6. The one dollar bill issued in 1929 (under Series of 1928) was what type of certificate?
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  1. The one dollar _____________Reserve note replaced the Silver Certificate in 1963.
  2. Congress authorized the issuance of money to help finance this war.
  3. This is the new seal that was put on the one dollar bill starting in 1969.
  4. More than 240 years since the _____ ______of the United States issued the Continental Currency in 1775.
  5. SalmonPChase was person was the Treasury Secretary under this President.
  6. Notes were nicknamed this.
  7. In God we ___________ is on the U.S. one dollar bill.
  8. In 1934,these were called in from the Federal Reserve Banks and between the years 1934 and 1974 it was illegal for US Citizens to hold gold bullion or certificates.

14 Clues: Notes were nicknamed this. • This is the United States standard unit of money. • In God we ___________ is on the U.S. one dollar bill. • Congress authorized the issuance of money to help finance this war. • SalmonPChase was person was the Treasury Secretary under this President. • This is the new seal that was put on the one dollar bill starting in 1969. • ...

Poultry Barn Crossword 2024-08-23

Poultry Barn Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hughs addiction
  2. State Fair noises
  3. Most popular event in the barn
  4. What has a bill but can't pay?
  5. what can hop but can't fly?
  6. Everything tastes like _
  7. Middle four days of the fair
  8. What the "M" stands for in M Herman
  9. How often do we water the ducks?
Down
  1. "don't feed the geese _"
  2. Paul
  3. Most terrifying creature
  4. What's to go?
  5. Female rabbit
  6. "are there any _ here?"
  7. Male rabbit
  8. Duck Money
  9. First 4 days of the fair
  10. Last four days of the fair

19 Clues: Paul • Duck Money • Male rabbit • What's to go? • Female rabbit • Hughs addiction • State Fair noises • "are there any _ here?" • "don't feed the geese _" • Most terrifying creature • Everything tastes like _ • First 4 days of the fair • Last four days of the fair • what can hop but can't fly? • Middle four days of the fair • Most popular event in the barn • What has a bill but can't pay? • ...

Bill Weasley 2021-11-28

Bill Weasley crossword puzzle
Across
  1. portrayed by
  2. employer
  3. sister in law
  4. eldest child
  5. werewolf attacker
  6. wife
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  1. creature/7 potters
  2. youngest sibling
  3. cottage
  4. order of the
  5. house elf grave
  6. goblin guest
  7. curse-breaker country
  8. hogwarts title
  9. younger sibling
  10. middle name

16 Clues: wife • cottage • employer • middle name • order of the • portrayed by • goblin guest • eldest child • sister in law • hogwarts title • house elf grave • younger sibling • youngest sibling • werewolf attacker • creature/7 potters • curse-breaker country

34 2024-08-27

34 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Anti-discrimination cause
  2. 1960s movement
  3. Racial justice movement
  4. Voting rights movement
  5. Equal rights movement
  6. Equal treatment demand
  7. Freedom Riders cause
  8. Legal rights group
  9. Women's rights movement
  10. Peace movement
  11. Bus protest strategy
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  1. Workers' rights push
  2. Peaceful protest
  3. MLK's famous speech
  4. Bus protest journey
  5. Equality cause
  6. Voice dissent
  7. Social change push
  8. Nonviolent protest
  9. End slavery movement
  10. Integrate schools
  11. Segregation protest
  12. Protest sit-in
  13. Protest walk
  14. Civil rights group

25 Clues: Protest walk • Voice dissent • Equality cause • 1960s movement • Protest sit-in • Peace movement • Peaceful protest • Integrate schools • Social change push • Nonviolent protest • Legal rights group • Civil rights group • MLK's famous speech • Bus protest journey • Segregation protest • Workers' rights push • End slavery movement • Freedom Riders cause • Bus protest strategy • Equal rights movement • ...

Chapter 12 crossword from Maple Moore 2022-04-14

Chapter 12 crossword from Maple Moore crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop
  2. used by Southerners to describe opportunistic Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War
  3. the period 1865–1877 that followed the American Civil War in attempts to redress the inequities of slavery
  4. the 17th president of the united states.
  5. known for their opposition to slavery, their efforts to ensure emancipation and civil rights for Blacks with strong opinions on post-war reconstruction
  6. referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction
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  1. restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces
  2. an amendment that granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.
  3. congress passed An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees
  4. The amendment for everyone to be able to vote despite of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
  5. the process in which a legislative body or other legal tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct.
  6. congress passed this bill to provide for the admission of representation for rebel states upon meeting certain conditions.
  7. The first African American to be elected senator

13 Clues: the 17th president of the united states. • The first African American to be elected senator • referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction • congress passed An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees • a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop • ...

Unit 5 - Legislative Branch 2026-04-29

Unit 5 - Legislative Branch crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this is the top position in the senate, senior member of the majority party
  2. type of committee in congress that makes sure identical language is in house and senate bills
  3. presidential denial of a bill
  4. type of committee that only exists in the house set's guidelines for debate
  5. drawing district lines after reapportionment
  6. presidential denial of a bill by letting it expire with congress out of session
  7. top house leadership position, selected from majority party, 2nd in line in presidential succession
  8. process of giving states the right amount of house members after every census
  9. vote needed to get a bill passed
  10. number of years in a senator's term
  11. process of addressing congress about legislative concerns
  12. number of senators per state
  13. yearly time segment in congress 2 per term
  14. senate rule that ends a filibuster
Down
  1. this clause in the cons't inferred implied powers
  2. vote needed to override a presidential veto or to stop a filibuster
  3. type of resolution approved by both houses that has the power of law; needs presidential approval
  4. content that is unrelated to the purpose of the bill that often gets added to the end
  5. drawing district lines to one party's advantage
  6. name for anyone who lives in a senator or reps home state or district
  7. minimum number of congress members present to conduct business
  8. type of committee that is permanent and addresses specific types of bills
  9. rule in the senate that allows continuous debate on a subject
  10. assistant to majority/minority leaders
  11. slang term used to describe what happens to a bill that dies in committee
  12. minimum age of a house of representative member
  13. powers given to congress written in cons't
  14. action taken by one house of congress that does not have the power of law
  15. "two houses" established to balance power between big and small pop states
  16. type of powers were established by mcculloch v maryland - not written in cons't

30 Clues: number of senators per state • presidential denial of a bill • vote needed to get a bill passed • senate rule that ends a filibuster • number of years in a senator's term • assistant to majority/minority leaders • powers given to congress written in cons't • yearly time segment in congress 2 per term • drawing district lines after reapportionment • ...

Civil Rights Vocab 2014-11-10

Civil Rights Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. x An African American Muslim minister and a human rights activist.
  2. Form of protest where participants sit and refuse to move.
  3. of islam African American religious organization founded in 1930 that advocated separation of the races.
  4. summer Effort to register African American voters in Mississippi.
  5. ride Protest by activists who rode buses through southern states to test their compliance with the ban on segregation on interstate buses.
  6. rights act of 1957 Law that established a federal Civil Rights Commission.
  7. amendment Constitutional amendment that banned the poll tax as a voting requirement.
  8. Grassroots movement founded in the 1960 by young civil rights activists.
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  1. v. ferguson Is a landmark Unites States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of separate but equal.
  2. rights act Law that banned literacy tests and empowered the federal government to oversee voter registration.
  3. parks An African American civil rights activist and was called the first lady of civil rights and the mother of the freedom movement.
  4. bus boycott Protest by African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama, against racial segregation in the bus system.
  5. luther king jr. An African American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
  6. v. board of education A landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
  7. jure segregation Segregation imposed by law.
  8. on washington 1963 demonstration in which more than 200000 people rallied for economic equality and civil rights.
  9. panthers Organization of militant African Americans founded in 1966.

17 Clues: jure segregation Segregation imposed by law. • Form of protest where participants sit and refuse to move. • summer Effort to register African American voters in Mississippi. • x An African American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. • panthers Organization of militant African Americans founded in 1966. • ...

Rights 2018-12-14

Rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. gun laws
  2. where she lives now
  3. Her father was a _____
  4. Person who stands up for human rights
  5. The opposite of the title
  6. ____ Nations
  7. "It's your _____"
  8. You have the right to ___ if you've been hurt, neglected, or badly treated
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  1. award given every year for a special, or important person
  2. interview malala on his show
  3. nobody is allowed to ____ you
  4. _____ of religion, ____ of press
  5. List of rights for citizens
  6. You have the right to be ____

14 Clues: gun laws • ____ Nations • "It's your _____" • where she lives now • Her father was a _____ • The opposite of the title • List of rights for citizens • interview malala on his show • nobody is allowed to ____ you • You have the right to be ____ • _____ of religion, ____ of press • Person who stands up for human rights • award given every year for a special, or important person • ...

Rights 2018-12-14

Rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. no one is allowed to punish you in a ____ way
  2. you have the right to protection and freedom from
  3. you have the right to special
  4. you have the right to choose your own
  5. your family has the____ to help you
  6. all adults should do what is best for
  7. you have the right to be protected from this
  8. you have the____to know these
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  1. all___ have these rights
  2. you have the right to choose your own
  3. you have the right to protection from any king of
  4. you have the right to know your
  5. you have the right to give your
  6. you have the right to help if you've been
  7. you have the right to

15 Clues: you have the right to • all___ have these rights • you have the right to special • you have the____to know these • you have the right to know your • you have the right to give your • your family has the____ to help you • you have the right to choose your own • you have the right to choose your own • all adults should do what is best for • ...

rights 2018-12-13

rights crossword puzzle
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  1. ___ was malala shot
  2. ____ nations
  3. ___ was malala shot
  4. where was malala shot
  5. ___ and under have kids rights
  6. kids have the right to have
  7. ___ is when you get adult rights
  8. __ amendment
  9. shot by taliban
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  1. ___ prize was a award malala earned
  2. the name of the crossword
  3. ___ amendment
  4. ___what is malala fighting for
  5. second ___
  6. have the right to go to _____ to learn

15 Clues: second ___ • ____ nations • __ amendment • ___ amendment • shot by taliban • ___ was malala shot • ___ was malala shot • where was malala shot • the name of the crossword • kids have the right to have • ___what is malala fighting for • ___ and under have kids rights • ___ is when you get adult rights • ___ prize was a award malala earned • have the right to go to _____ to learn

Unit 5: A new nation 2023-12-06

Unit 5: A new nation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. wanted a strong central government
  2. when delegates meet together
  3. to change
  4. power to govern yourself
  5. depending on how many people in the state, depending on how many votes your state gets
  6. the first 10 amendments
  7. to loose a friendship
  8. judges laws
  9. trying to get the states to have equal votes
  10. for every 5 slaves, 3 of them counted to world population
  11. wanted a strong government
  12. a rule book to help the government to no pt have all the power
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  1. enforces laws
  2. the first constitution of the u.s.
  3. A house in the legislative branch
  4. creates law
  5. we vote for people who represent us.
  6. A ruler with absolute power
  7. the other part of the legislative branch
  8. a system to use to check on each other to make sure one of them are not too strong
  9. both groups in the legislative branch pass laws
  10. a rule book for what the government can and can’t do
  11. laws that are agreed on

23 Clues: to change • creates law • judges laws • enforces laws • to loose a friendship • the first 10 amendments • laws that are agreed on • power to govern yourself • wanted a strong government • A ruler with absolute power • when delegates meet together • A house in the legislative branch • wanted a strong central government • the first constitution of the u.s. • ...

Civil Rights Era 2021-03-02

Civil Rights Era crossword puzzle
Across
  1. not giving the equal treatment because of a difference
  2. refused to give up her bus seat
  3. where Martin King was in jail
  4. Student nonviolent coordinating committee
  5. liberties the freedom of a citizen, the basic rights givin to them
  6. refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization
  7. believed in violence or all means necessary to gain rights
  8. using peaceful strategies to achieve something
  9. a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move
  10. riders tried to integrate bus stations in the South
  11. banned poll taxes
  12. Leader of the civil rights movement
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  1. when Martin King Jr. gave his "I have a Dream speech"
  2. when you don't follow laws you believe are unfair
  3. the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
  4. promoted violence to get rights
  5. black air force veteran who registered at University of Mississippi
  6. assassinated in 1963
  7. forms as a student-led nonviolent protest group

19 Clues: banned poll taxes • assassinated in 1963 • where Martin King was in jail • refused to give up her bus seat • promoted violence to get rights • Leader of the civil rights movement • Student nonviolent coordinating committee • using peaceful strategies to achieve something • forms as a student-led nonviolent protest group • when you don't follow laws you believe are unfair • ...

How Much Do You Know About the Supreme Court? 2021-03-09

How Much Do You Know About the Supreme Court? crossword puzzle
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  1. case requiring your right be read aloud
  2. May I ______ the bench?
  3. current chief justice
  4. cases dealing with contracts and money
  5. the "chair" the Justices sit on
  6. those answering for a crime
  7. The Senate _______ the justices
  8. criteria when appointing a Justice
  9. Brown v Board got rid of this doctrine
  10. Justices term
  11. Justices impeached if they violate this
  12. Supreme Court ________
  13. the right to the full extent of the law
  14. agrees to majority for different reasons
  15. The Supreme Court examines the ______
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  1. Bill of _______
  2. first Chief Justice of the United States
  3. established a woman's right to abortion
  4. those accusing of a crime
  5. There are nine _________
  6. assistant to justices
  7. how many courts have there been
  8. justice appointed by Richard Nixon
  9. one Justice that appears on a coin
  10. Very activist Chief Justice
  11. this outline the rules of the judiciary
  12. cases that fix the problem everywhere
  13. crime against country
  14. established by Marbury v Madison
  15. establishes the right to remain silent
  16. Who nominates the justices?
  17. first female to sit on the bench
  18. lineup of cases
  19. There are how many justices?

34 Clues: Justices term • Bill of _______ • lineup of cases • current chief justice • assistant to justices • crime against country • Supreme Court ________ • May I ______ the bench? • There are nine _________ • those accusing of a crime • those answering for a crime • Very activist Chief Justice • Who nominates the justices? • There are how many justices? • the "chair" the Justices sit on • ...

Gov final project 2022-01-08

Gov final project crossword puzzle
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  1. the system of our courts
  2. the votes that electors from each state cast
  3. the head of the department of justice
  4. The organization which controls actions and laws in a state
  5. when the government spends less than what has been raised
  6. Things you and me have a claim to
  7. The people that help the president
  8. groups that have similar beliefs about government
  9. means two chambers
  10. the house of reps leader
  11. when the president doesn't sign a bill
  12. government organizations that the president doesn't control
  13. a specific part of the state
  14. the power the supreme court as to call something constitutional or not
  15. Private groups that try to get laws passed
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  1. The power to check the other branches
  2. The highest court in the United States
  3. the part of the constitution that says we have rights
  4. Means rule by the people
  5. The process to become a U.S Citizen
  6. When the government spends more then what was raised
  7. powers listed clearly in the constitution
  8. A group that is united by a shared purpose
  9. Powers which are denied to the states
  10. a law that the state asks the people to approve of

25 Clues: means two chambers • the system of our courts • Means rule by the people • the house of reps leader • a specific part of the state • Things you and me have a claim to • The people that help the president • The process to become a U.S Citizen • The power to check the other branches • the head of the department of justice • Powers which are denied to the states • ...

American History etc* 2020-01-02

American History etc* crossword puzzle
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  1. The important or wide-scale consequence or effect of an action; how a law affects society. fer
  2. Social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement
  3. Agree with
  4. Before it disappeared, was set up to make sure that no one part of the government has unlimited powers
  5. To continue to live, especially after a life threatening event
  6. A significant practice, relationship, or organization in a society or culture
  7. Nation a person lives in or music to square dance to
  8. Americans who inhabited the land before foreign settlers
  9. A topic that has strongly opposite views
  10. To happen before something else
  11. Rules and guidelines for society by government
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  1. Put something into action
  2. The example used for writing the articles of Confederation and later, the Constitution
  3. Bound to happen
  4. When something is void or overturned for a new idea
  5. Has equal number of representatives from each state
  6. Begins, "We The People..."
  7. First President
  8. The largest signature on the Constitution
  9. Societal groups of Native Americans
  10. Show something from a certain viewpoint
  11. Say no to a bill that has passed part of Congress
  12. Get involved in to help
  13. Evenly divided

24 Clues: Agree with • Evenly divided • Bound to happen • First President • Get involved in to help • Put something into action • Begins, "We The People..." • To happen before something else • Societal groups of Native Americans • Show something from a certain viewpoint • A topic that has strongly opposite views • The largest signature on the Constitution • ...

Jordan Brown Ch. 29 2013-04-11

Jordan Brown Ch. 29 crossword puzzle
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  1. : the largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama.
  2. : Won a federal court case that allowed him to enroll in the all-white University of Mississippi.
  3. : An exclusively black Islamic sect proposing a separate black nation, founded in Detroit.
  4. : Refused to give up her seat.
  5. : Eliminated the literacy tests that had disqualified many voters.
  6. : A Trinidadian-American black activist active in the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement.
  7. : A US civil-rights student organization active in the 1960's.
  8. : Protestors sat down at segregated lunch counters and refused to leave until they were served.
  9. : One of an interracial group of civil rights activists who rode buses through parts of the South in order to protest racial segregation.
  10. : 26-year-old Pastor of the Dexter Ave. Baptist Church.
  11. : This voter registration effort in rural Mississippi was organized by black and white civil rights workers in 1964.
Down
  1. : Ended mandatory poll taxes that prevented many African Americans.
  2. : American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.
  3. : Making special efforts to hire or enroll groups that have suffered discrimination.
  4. : They ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
  5. : Carried out nonviolent crusades against the evils of the second-class citizenship.
  6. : Prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender.
  7. : Democratic Party politician and police official from the city of Birmingham, Alabama, during the American Civil Rights Movement.
  8. : African American group who fought police brutality in the ghetto.
  9. : Joined the Nation of Islam in 1946 and became a vigorous campaigner for black rights, initially advocating the use of violence.

20 Clues: : Refused to give up her seat. • : 26-year-old Pastor of the Dexter Ave. Baptist Church. • : A US civil-rights student organization active in the 1960's. • : the largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama. • : Eliminated the literacy tests that had disqualified many voters. • : Ended mandatory poll taxes that prevented many African Americans. • ...

Civil rights 2026-05-20

Civil rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Working together as one group
  2. Not long after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, African Americans in several cities
  3. Being treated the same as others
  4. When three civil rights workers disappeared during Freedom Summer, the SNCC claimed that they had been
  5. A change added to the Constitution
  6. Separate treatment of people based on race
  7. A public action against unfair laws or treatment
  8. Unfair treatment based on race
  9. Basic freedoms protected by law
  10. A refusal to buy or use something as a protest
Down
  1. Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
  2. The opposite of war or violence
  3. which city did President Eisenhower send federal troops to protect African American students?
  4. Unfair treatment of people or groups
  5. who is famous for breaking into major league baseball?
  6. Different cultures and backgrounds together
  7. A walk or parade to support a cause
  8. Which civil rights organization won a number of important court cases against segregation in the 1950s?
  9. A person who works for change in society
  10. Another word for freedom

20 Clues: Another word for freedom • Working together as one group • Unfair treatment based on race • The opposite of war or violence • Basic freedoms protected by law • Being treated the same as others • A change added to the Constitution • A walk or parade to support a cause • Unfair treatment of people or groups • Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964? • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2022-03-09

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. formally put and end to something
  2. convention held to start the womans rights movement
  3. separated from
  4. a way of travel
  5. withdraw from
  6. man that led peaceful protests and speeches to end racism
  7. group of people
  8. discrimination due to race, religion, or thought
  9. a way to fight something
  10. president from 1961-1963
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  1. woman who helped begin woman's rights
  2. work
  3. woman who helped begin woman's rights
  4. rights of freedom to people or citizens
  5. the rights to vote for power
  6. dislike of something or someone
  7. in the Seneca falls convention
  8. unjust distinction in treatment of someone

18 Clues: work • withdraw from • separated from • a way of travel • group of people • a way to fight something • president from 1961-1963 • the rights to vote for power • in the Seneca falls convention • dislike of something or someone • formally put and end to something • woman who helped begin woman's rights • woman who helped begin woman's rights • rights of freedom to people or citizens • ...

Early America Review 2023-03-24

Early America Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Laws passed that gave the President the power to deport at his discretion
  2. Undeclared war that resulted from the XYZ Affair.
  3. Group that wanted a Bill of Rights in the Constitution
  4. Concept created by the Marbury vs. Madison decision
  5. Affair during Adam's presidency that almost started a war.
  6. Group that promoted strong state governments
  7. Second President of the United States
  8. Federalist and first Secretary of the Treasury
  9. Laws passed that criminalized speaking against the government.
  10. What America's society was mostly in 1790
  11. Federalists promoted high _______ to help the economy.
  12. First President of the United States
  13. Expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory
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  1. Group that supported the Federalists
  2. Place where the "Necessary & Proper" clause is in the Constitution
  3. Rebellion over an excise tax created by Hamilton
  4. Treaty that ended hostilities with the British that was unpopular
  5. War during Jefferson's presidency with pirates
  6. Group that promoted a strong central government
  7. Major issue that Federalists and Anti-Federalists argued over
  8. Size of peacetime army wanted by Democratic-Republicans
  9. Territory sold to the United States by France
  10. Fourth President of the United States
  11. Third President of the United States

24 Clues: Group that supported the Federalists • Third President of the United States • First President of the United States • Fourth President of the United States • Second President of the United States • What America's society was mostly in 1790 • Group that promoted strong state governments • Territory sold to the United States by France • ...

Europian convention on human rights 2026-02-06

Europian convention on human rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. European Convention of Human Rights
  2. według
  3. gwałcić, nadużywać
  4. bezkarność
  5. wejść w pełni w życie
  6. związek zawodowy
  7. karta praw człowieka
  8. Europejski Trybunał Praw Człowieka/european court of human rights
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  1. wolność
  2. zgromadzenie
  3. egzekwować
  4. międzynarodowe porozumienie
  5. przestrzegać
  6. muszą dotrzymywać
  7. pakt
  8. Universal declaration of Human Rights

16 Clues: pakt • według • wolność • egzekwować • bezkarność • zgromadzenie • przestrzegać • związek zawodowy • muszą dotrzymywać • gwałcić, nadużywać • karta praw człowieka • wejść w pełni w życie • międzynarodowe porozumienie • European Convention of Human Rights • Universal declaration of Human Rights • Europejski Trybunał Praw Człowieka/european court of human rights

Regions & Politics (Winter Benchmark Review) 2021-12-08

Regions & Politics (Winter Benchmark Review) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Separates the Coastal Plains from the North Central Plains.
  2. When people elect REPresentative to REPresent them in politics.
  3. Separation of power between the local/state and Federal Government.
  4. Region we are located
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  1. Giving specific powers to State and Federal Government.
  2. Responsibility of citizens to participate in government by voting and staying informed on public issues.
  3. Government based on consent of the people, Power to the People!
  4. Region that has the highest elevation, driest, and least populated.
  5. Region grasslands, fertile soil, and requires irrigation to grow crops.
  6. Found Under Austin Texas between the Great Plains and Coastal Regions.
  7. Region with lowest elevation, most water, and largest population.
  8. Part of the US Bill of Rights that allows people to be informed in order to vote wisely.

12 Clues: Region we are located • Giving specific powers to State and Federal Government. • Separates the Coastal Plains from the North Central Plains. • Government based on consent of the people, Power to the People! • When people elect REPresentative to REPresent them in politics. • Region with lowest elevation, most water, and largest population. • ...

Krishnni (4th Block): Government Puzzle 2023-09-28

Krishnni (4th Block): Government Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. allows voters to cast direct votes for US senators
  2. A legislation introduced in the Senate of HOR (House of Representation)
  3. Action designed to prolong debate and delay or prevent a vote on a bill
  4. Number of Representatives in the House of Representatives
  5. Ending a debate and taking a vote
  6. Senator election term
  7. Allow Democrats to bring a continuing resolution to the House; The bill will temporarily fund the government
  8. private meetings run by political parties
  9. Majority of the members of a public body,
  10. Additional section added to a bill/another measure
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  1. A person who is represented politically by a designated government official or office-holder
  2. Permanent committees established under the standing rules of the Senate
  3. For the president; be at least 35 years old
  4. Temporary committee
  5. The individual who presides over the United States Senate
  6. In Article I, Section 8
  7. Number of senators (2 per state)

17 Clues: Temporary committee • Senator election term • In Article I, Section 8 • Number of senators (2 per state) • Ending a debate and taking a vote • private meetings run by political parties • Majority of the members of a public body, • For the president; be at least 35 years old • allows voters to cast direct votes for US senators • ...

Winter Benchmark Review (Regions & Politics) 2021-12-08

Winter Benchmark Review (Regions & Politics) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Region that has the highest elevation, driest, and least populated.
  2. Separates the Coastal Plains from the North Central Plains.
  3. Region with lowest elevation, most water, and largest population.
  4. When people elect REPresentative to REPresent them in politics.
  5. Region grasslands, fertile soil, and requires irrigation to grow crops.
  6. Part of the US Bill of Rights that allows people to be informed in order to vote wisely.
  7. Giving specific powers to State and Federal Government.
  8. Government based on consent of the people, Power to the People!
Down
  1. Region we are located
  2. Separation of power between the local/state and Federal Government.
  3. Found Under Austin Texas between the Great Plains and Coastal Regions.
  4. Responsibility of citizens to participate in government by voting and staying informed on public issues.

12 Clues: Region we are located • Giving specific powers to State and Federal Government. • Separates the Coastal Plains from the North Central Plains. • When people elect REPresentative to REPresent them in politics. • Government based on consent of the people, Power to the People! • Region with lowest elevation, most water, and largest population. • ...

February 2/10-2/14 2025-02-09

February 2/10-2/14 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Colleges and universities founded to educate Black students.
  2. – The process of bringing different groups together.
  3. Crow – Laws that enforced racial segregation.
  4. – A holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the U.S.
  5. Railroad – A secret network that helped enslaved people escape.
  6. – To succeed despite difficulties.
  7. – A peaceful protest where people refuse to leave a place.
  8. – City where a famous bus boycott took place.
  9. Parks – Woman who refused to give up her bus seat.
  10. – A public demonstration against injustice.
  11. – A person who fights for social change.
  12. – A peaceful way to protest injustice.
  13. – The act of freeing enslaved people.
Down
  1. – Refusing to buy or use something as a protest.
  2. Rights – Laws that protect the right to vote.
  3. Renaissance – A cultural movement of Black artists, writers, and musicians.
  4. – Someone who worked to end slavery.
  5. – Fair treatment under the law.
  6. Riders – Civil rights activists who rode buses to challenge segregation.
  7. – The process of ending racial separation.
  8. – Civil rights leader known for his “I Have a Dream” speech.
  9. Rights – The freedoms and rights that belong to all people.
  10. – The state of being treated the same as others.
  11. – What someone leaves behind after they pass.
  12. – Organization that fights for civil rights.

25 Clues: – Fair treatment under the law. • – To succeed despite difficulties. • – Someone who worked to end slavery. • – The act of freeing enslaved people. • – A peaceful way to protest injustice. • – A person who fights for social change. • – The process of ending racial separation. • – A public demonstration against injustice. • – Organization that fights for civil rights. • ...

Chap 16.1-16.3 Review 2026-05-18

Chap 16.1-16.3 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Alliance of church based African-American organization dedicated to ending discrimination established
  2. Congress of Racial Equality founded by James Farmer segregated schools were unequal and unconstitutional
  3. refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus & was arrested
  4. group of African American high-school students who challenged racial segregation in the public schools of Little Rock, Arkansas
  5. civil rights activist who used nonviolence to lead civil rights
  6. - Attorney from the NAACP legal team that led the Brown vs. Board of Education case
  7. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee - Organization formed by African American college students to promote Civil Rights using non-violence
  8. President that was assassinated in Texas in 1963 and supported Civil Rights
  9. Bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama where African Americans refused to ride buses as a result of the Rosa Parks incident
  10. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Civil Rights organization formed in 1909
  11. Air Force veteran who enrolled at the all-white University of Mississippi
  12. Civil rights activists who took bus trips to protest and bring attention to civil rights
  13. nonviolent strategy used by protesters who sat at places they were not allowed and refused to leave
Down
  1. Martin Luther King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in August 1963
  2. - Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” accommodations were constitutional
  3. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that
  4. - Chief Justice who wrote the Brown vs. Board of Education decision
  5. Banned segregation in public accommodations and gave government the power to desegregate schools
  6. Banned the poll tax
  7. Leading Nation of Islam minister who turned to orthodox Islam, believed in using violence if necessary
  8. Campaign in 1964 to help African Americans in the South register to vote
  9. Banned literacy tests and passed voting rights laws
  10. Civil rights activists who took bus trips to protest illegal bus segregation and bring attention to civil rights

23 Clues: Banned the poll tax • Supreme Court ruled unanimously that • Banned literacy tests and passed voting rights laws • civil rights activist who used nonviolence to lead civil rights • - Chief Justice who wrote the Brown vs. Board of Education decision • refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus & was arrested • ...

Chapter 25 WWII 2021-11-18

Chapter 25 WWII crossword puzzle
Across
  1. American scientist that worked with General Leslie Groves to develop atomic bombs.
  2. Omar Bradey provided a gap in the German line of defense for this man and his third army.
  3. Roosevelt responded to a threat by creating this.
  4. The OPA set up a system for ____ allotments of goods deemed essential for the military.
  5. On April 12, 1945 this man became the nation’s 33rd President.
  6. Civil rights leader that founded an interracial organization.
  7. On July 25, This man unleashed massive air and land bombardment against the enemy.
  8. It became the code name for research work that extended across the country.
  9. Important Japanese military.
  10. New Japanese tactic where they crash their planes.
  11. He pushed for the formation of Women’s auxiliary army corp.
  12. This General was in command of Allied forces on the islands.
  13. General Delos Emmons was forced to order ____ of 1,444 Japanese Americans.
  14. The bill established them and they became law on may 15, 1942.
Down
  1. A trial that Hitler’s most trusted party officials, government ministers, military leaders attended.
  2. After the war, they pushed the government to compensate those sent to the camps for their lost property.
  3. They decided which companies would convert from peacetime to wartime production.
  4. This bill provided education and training for veterans, paid for by the federal government.
  5. A bomb that was code-named Fat Man dropped on this city.
  6. Eisenhower gave the go-ahead for this day.
  7. Commander of American naval forces in the Pacific.
  8. Interracial organization founded by James Farmer.
  9. President and founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
  10. Turning point in the Pacific war.
  11. On May 8, 1945 the Allie’s celebrated this day.
  12. Tanks drove 60 miles into Allied territory, creating a bulge in the lines that gave this desperate last-ditch offensive.
  13. They launched Operation Torch invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa commanded by this man.

27 Clues: Important Japanese military. • Turning point in the Pacific war. • Eisenhower gave the go-ahead for this day. • On May 8, 1945 the Allie’s celebrated this day. • Roosevelt responded to a threat by creating this. • Interracial organization founded by James Farmer. • Commander of American naval forces in the Pacific. • New Japanese tactic where they crash their planes. • ...

AP Gov / Econ Final Project 2023-05-26

AP Gov / Econ Final Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The portion of money a bank is expected to keep.
  2. Drawing electoral districts in an attempt to dilute a certain group's political representation.
  3. The system in which the three branches of government have the power to limit each other’s power.
  4. Those who were not in support of the Constitution.
  5. The curve that slopes downwards.
  6. When the initial increase causes the AD curve to increase quickly.
  7. Changes in either government spending or taxation to influence the economy.
  8. A law passed after 9/11 that allowed the government to obtain “meta-data” without a warrant.
  9. A tactic in which a Senator talks endlessly to prevent the passing of a Bill.
  10. Designed to fix inflation and increase AD.
  11. The process done to expand the protections in the Bill of Rights to the states.
  12. C+Ig+G+Xn
  13. “Injustice here is a threat to justice everywhere,” said in the…
  14. Anything that can have value and can return value over time.
Down
  1. The graph that measures the relationship between inflation and unemployment.
  2. The section of the Constitution that requires states to respect and enforce the laws made in other state courts.
  3. The amendment that established the direct election of senators.
  4. Besides the Due Process Clause, the 14th Amendment also includes the…
  5. Designed to avoid inflation and decrease AD.
  6. Another name for the aggreement between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.
  7. An attempt to increase public policy by contacting state legislators.
  8. A case in which the 1st Amendment protected students’ right to wear black armbands in protest in school.
  9. The central banking system of the UnitedStates.
  10. The relationship between government agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees.
  11. An English philosopher the Founding Father’s drew inspiration from when writing the Declaration of Independence.
  12. The curve that slopes upward.

26 Clues: C+Ig+G+Xn • The curve that slopes upward. • The curve that slopes downwards. • Designed to fix inflation and increase AD. • Designed to avoid inflation and decrease AD. • The central banking system of the UnitedStates. • The portion of money a bank is expected to keep. • Those who were not in support of the Constitution. • ...

Social Studies Review 2021-06-17

Social Studies Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Getting vaccines is an example of
  2. The percentage of eligible voters who vote in an election
  3. A statement of the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or group, which includes the Bill of Rights.
  4. Something done as payment for suffering; think slavery.
  5. A government agency that oversees anything involving food, drugs, cosmetics, animal food, dietary supplements, medical devices, biological goods, and blood products.
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  1. Someone who pays for a good or service.
  2. Something that is made or grown to be sold.
  3. Each _________ has different requirements to vote.
  4. Another word for a lawyer
  5. The sixth amendment gives you the right to a ____________ trial
  6. The amendment that allows the states to make decisions about things not listed in the constitution.
  7. The best summer school social studies teacher ever!

12 Clues: Another word for a lawyer • Getting vaccines is an example of • Someone who pays for a good or service. • Something that is made or grown to be sold. • Each _________ has different requirements to vote. • The best summer school social studies teacher ever! • Something done as payment for suffering; think slavery. • ...

New Nation Vocab 2026-03-09

New Nation Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. The courts and judges. Interpret the laws.
  2. The United States’ first attempt at government that failed due to its weaknesses. It was replaced by the US Constitution.
  3. Father of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; 4th President
  4. To officially approve or give legal permission
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  1. Carries out or enforces laws
  2. A way of reaching agreement where all sides or groups involved give up something they wanted in order to end an argument or dispute.
  3. A change or addition to an existing document
  4. Relating to the central or national level of government
  5. Essays to persuade people to ratify the Constitution
  6. The people who make legislation (laws)
  7. First 10 Amendments to the US Constitution
  8. A set of rules that guides how a country, state, or other political organization works

12 Clues: Carries out or enforces laws • The people who make legislation (laws) • First 10 Amendments to the US Constitution • The courts and judges. Interpret the laws. • A change or addition to an existing document • To officially approve or give legal permission • Essays to persuade people to ratify the Constitution • Relating to the central or national level of government • ...

Life After WW2 2024-04-15

Life After WW2 crossword puzzle
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  1. a place to live on the outskirts of a city
  2. helped workers gain new benefits and better salaries
  3. With rationing over _________ became a national past-time
  4. allowed Americans to purchase goods and pay for them later
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  1. The time in the 1950's/60's where families had a lot of kids
  2. numbers used to group people by age, education, gender, or other characteristics
  3. the state of being wealthy and successful
  4. National Defense Education Act sent billions of dollars to these
  5. The G.I. Bill of Rights allowed _________ to receive educational, housing, and employment benefits

9 Clues: the state of being wealthy and successful • a place to live on the outskirts of a city • helped workers gain new benefits and better salaries • With rationing over _________ became a national past-time • allowed Americans to purchase goods and pay for them later • The time in the 1950's/60's where families had a lot of kids • ...

Legislative Branch 2020-09-28

Legislative Branch crossword puzzle
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  1. Number of years required to be a US citizen in order to serve in the Senate
  2. Political party to which more than half of the members of congress belong
  3. When the president ignores a bill for 10 days
  4. Last name of Illinois' senior senator
  5. Gives Congress the right to create any laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed power
  6. The house that has one hundred members
  7. Redrawing lines in an effort to create districts that favor one voting group
  8. Court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person
  9. Term length for US Senators: ____ years
  10. Speaker of the House (Last Name)
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  1. Talking a bill to death
  2. Two house congress
  3. Refusing to sign a bill
  4. Most recent US president to be impeached (Last Name)
  5. Name of the person who presides over the senate
  6. The number of representatives in the House is based on ____________
  7. Population count
  8. 15th congressional district representative
  9. Powers listed in the Constitution
  10. Main job of the legislative branch

20 Clues: Population count • Two house congress • Talking a bill to death • Refusing to sign a bill • Speaker of the House (Last Name) • Powers listed in the Constitution • Main job of the legislative branch • Last name of Illinois' senior senator • The house that has one hundred members • Term length for US Senators: ____ years • 15th congressional district representative • ...

the struggle for human rights 2024-06-04

the struggle for human rights crossword puzzle
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  1. Who had the role as the chair of the drafting committee?
  2. what nation was espessially addressed in the speech?
Down
  1. how many years was eleanor roosevelt first lady of the US?
  2. who was also drafting the International Bill of Human Rights?
  3. Who was Eleanor's husband (first name)
  4. what war began at the time of the speech?

6 Clues: Who was Eleanor's husband (first name) • what war began at the time of the speech? • what nation was espessially addressed in the speech? • Who had the role as the chair of the drafting committee? • how many years was eleanor roosevelt first lady of the US? • who was also drafting the International Bill of Human Rights?

Tiawna Johnson 2014-03-15

Tiawna Johnson crossword puzzle
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  1. A detailed written plan for government.
  2. Meeting of state delgates in 1781 leading to adoption of a new constitution.
  3. A body of unchanging moral principles regarded as a basis for all human conduct.
  4. An Agreement among people in a society with a governtment.
  5. Government of a country by its own people after having been a colony.
  6. See to have an influence on an issue.
  7. One who resides in a particular place permanently or for an extended period of time.
  8. Freedoms people possess relating to life, liberty and property.
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  1. Document that gave people some freedom and justice.
  2. The power of government to intervene in the exercise of a civil liberty.
  3. The use of symbols to respect ideas or qualities.
  4. Cuel and oppressive government to rule.
  5. Community member who owes loyalty to the government and is entitled to its protection.
  6. The split authority among the three branches of government.
  7. A law usually of a city or country
  8. Money borrowed and not yet paid back.
  9. Abbreviation for English Bill of Rights.
  10. An individual who moves permanently to a new country.
  11. A foreign-born resident of the U.S. who has been naturalized.

19 Clues: A law usually of a city or country • Money borrowed and not yet paid back. • See to have an influence on an issue. • A detailed written plan for government. • Cuel and oppressive government to rule. • Abbreviation for English Bill of Rights. • The use of symbols to respect ideas or qualities. • Document that gave people some freedom and justice. • ...

Crossword Puzzle #1 - Chapter 7 2022-02-18

Crossword Puzzle #1 - Chapter 7 crossword puzzle
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  1. session - a legislative session called by the governor that addresses an agenda set by him or her and that lasts no longer than 30 days
  2. bill - a bill that gives an individual or corporation a special exemption from state law
  3. - the power to control floor debate by recognizing who can speak before the House and Senate
  4. committee - a joint committee created to work out a compromise on House and Senate versions of a piece of legislation
  5. veto - a veto of a bill that occurs after the legislature adjourns, thus preventing the legislature from overriding it
  6. bill - a bill affecting only units of local government, such as a city, county, or special district
  7. session - the 140-day period, occurring only in odd-numbered years, during which the Texas legislature meets to consider and pass bills
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  1. power - the legislature's mandated role in counting returns in the elections for governor and lieutenant governor
  2. - an expression of opinion on an issue by a legislative body.
  3. diem - daily payment to a public official engaged in state business.
  4. district - a district in which one official is elected rather than multiple officials
  5. bill - a bill that applies to all people and/or property in the state.
  6. power - the power, exercised by the House, the Senate, or both chambers jointly, to investigate problems facing the state.
  7. - having a legislative assembly composed of two chambers or houses.
  8. veto - the power of the executive to veto specific provisions (lines) of an appropriations bill passed by the legislature

15 Clues: - an expression of opinion on an issue by a legislative body. • - having a legislative assembly composed of two chambers or houses. • diem - daily payment to a public official engaged in state business. • bill - a bill that applies to all people and/or property in the state. • ...

US History Final Crossword 2022-05-26

US History Final Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Scopes/ tried for teaching evolution
  2. Wrote Declaration of Independence
  3. scandal that forced Nixon to resign
  4. dropped atomic bombs on Japan to end WWII
  5. disobedience/ includes boycotts, sit-ins, peaceful protests
  6. women suffrage
  7. Powers/ Germany, Italy, and Japan in WWII
  8. Wall/ torn down in 1989
  9. Union/ its collapse marked the end of the Cold War
  10. Russia put missiles in this country in 1962
  11. Cong/ communists in South Vietnam
  12. the goal of the hippies was to create this type of society
  13. of Rights/ first 10 amendments
  14. X/ believed in violent protests
  15. abolished slavery
  16. Nations/ peace keeping body formed after WWII
  17. President during U.S. Civil War
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  1. War Hero
  2. President blamed for the Great Depression
  3. ban on alcohol
  4. type of fencing ended the open range
  5. Harbor/ event brought U.S. into WWII
  6. put a little money down, pay the rest later
  7. Deal/ FDR's plan to get America out of the Depression
  8. Truman fired this General during the Korean War
  9. Johnson/ became President after JFK was assassinated
  10. surrendered to Grant at Appomatox Courthouse
  11. market/ crashed Oct, 29, 1929
  12. treaty that ended WWI
  13. telegram brought U.S. into WWI

30 Clues: War Hero • ban on alcohol • women suffrage • abolished slavery • treaty that ended WWI • Wall/ torn down in 1989 • market/ crashed Oct, 29, 1929 • of Rights/ first 10 amendments • telegram brought U.S. into WWI • X/ believed in violent protests • President during U.S. Civil War • Wrote Declaration of Independence • Cong/ communists in South Vietnam • scandal that forced Nixon to resign • ...

Vocabulary List III 2022-04-06

Vocabulary List III crossword puzzle
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  1. The neighbor came and took their dog.
  2. "If only the worls had _____ with itself," Sally noted.
  3. I went to Walmart; ____ I went to Shop'n Save.
  4. I decorated my folder, so that it was not _____ anywhere.
  5. Mrs.Berich has _____ me how to make a online crossword puzzle.
  6. My brothers toy _____ is his prized possession.
  7. The first _________ of the Bill of Rights is the freedom of speech and/ or press.
  8. _______ boat sunk in the middle of the deep blue ocean.
  9. I am not _____ sure that is the answer.
  10. The picture is ___________ so it does not fall down.
  11. The glass was supposed to be clear, but I could not see _______ it.
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  1. The _________ told me to get better grades.
  2. The theif went over _____.
  3. When I _____ the ball, I broke the window.
  4. I was so exited that I got some new __________.
  5. I woke up early since the rays of light _____ softy in my room.
  6. Can I have a _____ of cake?
  7. Since it was too loud,the teacher told us to _____ down.
  8. I like milk chocolate better ____ white chocolate.
  9. Nancy Drew conducted a thorough search for the sabotager of Paige's horse.

20 Clues: The theif went over _____. • Can I have a _____ of cake? • The neighbor came and took their dog. • I am not _____ sure that is the answer. • When I _____ the ball, I broke the window. • The _________ told me to get better grades. • I went to Walmart; ____ I went to Shop'n Save. • I was so exited that I got some new __________. • ...

Build Back Better Act 2023-03-07

Build Back Better Act crossword puzzle
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  1. What does the AICPA submit as a means of voicing their opinion on the proposed legislation?
  2. The bonus rate for green energy incentive is ___ times the base rate, and it would apply to projects that meet certain prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements.
  3. The bill would provide more funding for IRS__________, technology, and customer service.
  4. The bill would impose a tax equal to 1% of the fair market value of any corporate stock _____.
  5. The bill would increase the 9% _______ credit and small state minimums under the low-income housing credit for the years 2022–2025 and makes other changes to the credit.
  6. The bill would increase the limitation on the deduction for SALT from ten thousand to _________ thousand.
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  1. The bill would impose a ____ percent minimum tax on the profits of corporations that report over $1 billion in profits to shareholders.
  2. The Build ____ Better Act was passed by a vote of 220-213 in the House of Representatives
  3. The bill would create a new Sec. 1A, imposing a ____ on high-income individuals, estates, and trusts.
  4. The bill ___ all employee after-tax contributions in qualified plans and after-tax IRA contributions from being converted to a Roth IRA regardless of income level, effective for distributions, transfers, and contributions made after Dec. 31, 2021.
  5. How many years will the child tax credit be extended by?
  6. The bill would amend Sec. 1202 to disallow the 75% and 100% exclusion of gain from the sale of stock if the taxpayer's AGI is ______ $400,000 or if the taxpayer is a trust or estate.

12 Clues: How many years will the child tax credit be extended by? • The bill would provide more funding for IRS__________, technology, and customer service. • The Build ____ Better Act was passed by a vote of 220-213 in the House of Representatives • What does the AICPA submit as a means of voicing their opinion on the proposed legislation? • ...

law 2025-12-01

law crossword puzzle
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  1. the set of principals or laws a state or country uses for structure.
  2. this is the branch that can officially make laws.
  3. this job is apart of the branch that overseas the judicial branch.
  4. this is a set of rules or rights made involving the government
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  1. this is the head of house who is elected.
  2. this is the branch that can declare a law unconstitutional.
  3. an edict made to ensure safety and equality amongst humans.
  4. this branch can finalize and pass laws.
  5. a group of people sworn to decide whether a defendant is guilty or innocent.

9 Clues: this branch can finalize and pass laws. • this is the head of house who is elected. • this is the branch that can officially make laws. • this is the branch that can declare a law unconstitutional. • an edict made to ensure safety and equality amongst humans. • this is a set of rules or rights made involving the government • ...

Bill Russell Crossword 2013-05-14

Bill Russell Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Out of thirteen NBA CHampionships this is how man he won.
  2. The high school Bill went to.
  3. The team that drafted Bill into the NBA.
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  1. The team Bill played for.
  2. The month Bill was born in.
  3. His room mate in college.
  4. The state Bill was born in.
  5. The city Bill was born in.
  6. THe college Bill went to.

9 Clues: The team Bill played for. • His room mate in college. • THe college Bill went to. • The city Bill was born in. • The month Bill was born in. • The state Bill was born in. • The high school Bill went to. • The team that drafted Bill into the NBA. • Out of thirteen NBA CHampionships this is how man he won.

Social Studies Crossword 2013-06-12

Social Studies Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Those with French as a first language
  2. One of three groups of people recognized as aboriginal peoples
  3. language The language used and recognized by the government in a country.
  4. The general temperature and weather conditions of an area.
  5. Guilty of a crime
  6. Rights Rights that are guaranteed by law
  7. Someone of both European, usually Scottish or British and Native American descent.
  8. Many cultures in a country
  9. A document a country defines its rights and privileges on.
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  1. Those with English as a first language.
  2. When the country votes for or against a law that is waiting to be passed.
  3. Canada What is our national anthem
  4. Your personal duties
  5. A place where justice is administered
  6. Able to speak two languages.
  7. When Quebec wanted to separate from the rest of Canada.
  8. What is Canada's national sport
  9. Fundamental rights belong to an individual as the rights to speak
  10. The state or quality of being equal correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability
  11. Americans who were still loyal to Britain

20 Clues: Guilty of a crime • Your personal duties • Many cultures in a country • Able to speak two languages. • What is Canada's national sport • Canada What is our national anthem • A place where justice is administered • Those with French as a first language • Those with English as a first language. • Rights Rights that are guaranteed by law • Americans who were still loyal to Britain • ...

jh 2025-01-15

jh crossword puzzle
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  1. The bond that grew between Betty and Coretta.
  2. A quality both women displayed in the face of tragedy.
  3. The last name of Martin and his legacy of peace.
  4. Martin Luther King Jr.’s wife and civil rights leader.
  5. The loss both women experienced with their husbands’ assassinations.
  6. What both Betty and Coretta worked to preserve.
  7. The shared status of both Betty and Coretta after their husbands' deaths.
  8. A prominent civil rights leader advocating black empowerment.
  9. Malcolm X’s wife and a dedicated activist.
  10. A fundamental theme both leaders fought for.
  11. A leader of the civil rights movement focused on nonviolence.
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  1. Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy for achieving change.
  2. A cause both women advocated for tirelessly.
  3. A central goal of the civil rights movement.
  4. Their role in fighting for civil rights and justice.
  5. What both women symbolized through their collaboration and friendship.
  6. A defining characteristic of both women.
  7. The work both women continued after their husbands’ deaths.
  8. Coretta founded this for Martin Luther King Jr.
  9. Betty’s last name, representing her family legacy.

20 Clues: A defining characteristic of both women. • Malcolm X’s wife and a dedicated activist. • A cause both women advocated for tirelessly. • A central goal of the civil rights movement. • A fundamental theme both leaders fought for. • The bond that grew between Betty and Coretta. • Coretta founded this for Martin Luther King Jr. • ...

Human Rights - agb 2021-11-27

Human Rights - agb crossword puzzle
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  1. another way to say 'without bias or prejudice'
  2. torture is a _________ of human rights
  3. another word for freedom
  4. the act of punishing or harming someone based on his or her ethnic or religious background
  5. fundamental rights that all people have (5,6)
  6. the right to do what you want
  7. an unfavorable view based solely on someone belonging to an ethnic or religious group
  8. the owning of people as if they were property (usually for the purpose of forcing them to work)
  9. having the same rights and responsibilities
  10. related to human rights: can't be taken away by government under any circumstances
  11. a fair trial: due _______
  12. the racial or cultural background of someone
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  1. the ending of a practice (such as slavery)
  2. treating someone unfairly based on gender, religion, or ethnicity
  3. male or female
  4. the right to say what you think: free ______
  5. cruel physical or psychological treatment
  6. relating to everyone
  7. basic or primary
  8. not let someone have something (such as their rights)
  9. the systematic destruction of an ethnic or religious group
  10. the right to vote

22 Clues: male or female • basic or primary • the right to vote • relating to everyone • another word for freedom • a fair trial: due _______ • the right to do what you want • torture is a _________ of human rights • cruel physical or psychological treatment • the ending of a practice (such as slavery) • having the same rights and responsibilities • ...

Parliament crossword 2020-10-02

Parliament crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the party that has the most seats but has less than half of the total seats.
  2. each member plays a role as the opposite of a government minister.
  3. all bills go to them to allow for further review, the pubic can give input.
  4. is a piece of legislation that is introduced in order for it to be made into a law.
  5. it’s generally the party that elects the second largest number of seats.
  6. the cabinet minister presents the bill to the House of Commons.
  7. all MPs can question the bills purpose and consequences.
  8. is a party that has no portfolio or title.
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  1. they asks critical questions of the Finance Minister and government about federal spending.
  2. the posting of all House business for a given day.
  3. all elected members of parparliament that are not assigned a specific portfolio or role.
  4. assuming the role of prime minister when they are is absent or unable to carry duties.
  5. the party that has the most seats and is over half of the total seats.
  6. who is our current ruling government.
  7. who is the prime minister.
  8. its a rule with consequences that affects everyone who breaks them.
  9. the leader of the party that holds the largest number of seats in parliament.
  10. where members of parparliament meet to discuss and pass bills/legislations.
  11. there can still be more debates and more adjustments to the bill.
  12. this person has the responsibility of maintaining party discipline.
  13. a bill proposed in the Senate then sent to the Commons for further review.

21 Clues: who is the prime minister. • who is our current ruling government. • is a party that has no portfolio or title. • the posting of all House business for a given day. • all MPs can question the bills purpose and consequences. • the cabinet minister presents the bill to the House of Commons. • there can still be more debates and more adjustments to the bill. • ...

CIVICS: terms & concepts 2024-01-30

CIVICS: terms & concepts crossword puzzle
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  1. a political system where people vote for their leaders
  2. something that a citizen must do
  3. the elected leader of the executive branch
  4. the branch of gov't that makes laws
  5. a person elected to a legislative body
  6. citizens have rights and ________
  7. citizens should follow all the _____ of their society
  8. the study of the rights and duties of citizens
  9. ______ policy: the decisions & actions of a gov't
  10. a legal process to obtain citizenship
  11. the ruling authority for a community
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  1. the branch of gov't with the court system
  2. a person who helps others in his/her community
  3. the rights and duties of citizens
  4. something that a citizen should do
  5. a person who oversees trials in the court system
  6. a choice or voice of a citizen in an election
  7. someone who moves to a new country
  8. the branch of gov't that carries out laws
  9. a person with civic rights and duties

20 Clues: something that a citizen must do • the rights and duties of citizens • citizens have rights and ________ • something that a citizen should do • someone who moves to a new country • the branch of gov't that makes laws • the ruling authority for a community • a person with civic rights and duties • a legal process to obtain citizenship • a person elected to a legislative body • ...

Chapter 5 Vocabulary 2014-05-05

Chapter 5 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Private meetings held by each of the political parties to choose leaders
  2. A Strategy of delaying a bill by "talking it to death"
  3. A law that sentences a person to jail without a trial
  4. Process where the person with the most experience gets the nest positions in Congress
  5. The people who live in a Congress persons district
  6. To distribute or divide (seats in the House
  7. A formal disapproval of a congress persons actions
  8. A limit on debate of a bill in the Senate\
  9. Free mail for Congress people
  10. Legal protection
  11. The most powerful position in the House of Reps.
  12. President of the Senate "for the time being"
  13. Permanent committees in Congress
  14. The political party with the most seats in each of the 2 houses of Congress
  15. Having a majority of members present in Congress to do business
  16. Another name for the Majority leader
  17. An act that betrays or endangers the country
  18. Limits/Limiting the length of time an elected official can serve
  19. Another name for a law
  20. When a member of congress has to give up their seat because they broke the law
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  1. Small group meeting in Congress where work on bills is done
  2. 2 of these for each term of Congress(meetings of Congress)
  3. A law that applies to an action that took place before it was against the law
  4. Allows Congress to "stretch" its powers
  5. It means you can't be held in jail forever without formal charges being brought against you
  6. Name given to the person who tries to persuade others to vote for a bill
  7. Drawing of voting districts to favor one particular party
  8. Another name for Legislative Branch
  9. the party in Congress with the fewest seats
  10. The powers Congress claims under the elastic clause.
  11. Each memeber of Congress votes individually when their name is called
  12. Process of bringing formal charges against an elected official in the House of Reps
  13. A bill approving the spending of money by Congress
  14. Another way the President can veto a law
  15. A proposed law

35 Clues: A proposed law • Legal protection • Another name for a law • Free mail for Congress people • Permanent committees in Congress • Another name for Legislative Branch • Another name for the Majority leader • Allows Congress to "stretch" its powers • Another way the President can veto a law • A limit on debate of a bill in the Senate\ • To distribute or divide (seats in the House • ...

Legislative Branch Vocab 2020-10-16

Legislative Branch Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. the ability to send mail by one's signature rather than by postage
  2. an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures.
  3. a committee whose members are from two or more different organizations, or from both chambers of a bicameral legislative body .
  4. a high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president.
  5. express severe disapproval of something, especially in a formal statement
  6. (of an official or regime) currently holding office.
  7. divide or organize into new political or school districts.
  8. a draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion.
  9. a permanent committee that meets regularly.
  10. the minimum number of members of an assembly or society that must be present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings of that meeting valid.
  11. Informal term for a nongermane amendment to a bill or an amendment to an appropriation bill that changes the permanent law governing a program funded by the bill.
  12. a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote
  13. having a single legislative chamber.
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  1. a group of people that seeks to influence public policy on the basis of a particular common interest or concern.
  2. the reassignment of representatives proportionally among the states in accordance with changes in population distribution.
  3. Specific powers granted to Congress
  4. a committee composed of some members of a larger committee, board, or other body and reporting to it.
  5. an official of a political party appointed to maintain discipline among its members in Congress or Parliament, especially so as to ensure attendance and voting in debates.
  6. a member of a constituency
  7. manipulating the boundaries of so as to favor one party or class.
  8. a person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators.
  9. Powers that the government assumes and enforces
  10. having two branches or chambers
  11. An official count or survey of population

24 Clues: a member of a constituency • having two branches or chambers • Specific powers granted to Congress • having a single legislative chamber. • An official count or survey of population • a permanent committee that meets regularly. • Powers that the government assumes and enforces • a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote • ...

Bill of rights by Scarlett and Deriona 2022-05-12

Bill of rights by Scarlett and Deriona crossword puzzle
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  1. Madison ,He wasn't sure if adding the bill of rights to the constitution was necessary
  2. ,it still had to be
Down
  1. ,prevents congress
  2. ,the first amendment protects
  3. ,finds a person not guilty

5 Clues: ,prevents congress • ,it still had to be • ,finds a person not guilty • ,the first amendment protects • Madison ,He wasn't sure if adding the bill of rights to the constitution was necessary

chapter 5 vocab 2023-11-09

chapter 5 vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. authority shared by two or more committees
  2. the people who work for house and senate committees
  3. a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote
  4. a permanent committee in congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues
  5. the minimum number of memebers who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action
  6. a temporary committee formed to study one specific issue and report its findings to the House or Senate
  7. a member of a lawmakers staff who runs the lawmakers office, supervises the schedule and gives advice
  8. a population count
  9. meeting
  10. the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every cenus
  11. the speakers top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority partys legislative program and to steer important bills through the house
  12. a temporary joint committee set up when the house and the senate have passed different versions of the same bill
  13. a motion by all members of the Senate who are present to set aside formal rules and consider a bill from the calendar
  14. the Senate member, who stands in as president of the Senate in the absense of the vice president
  15. legislature a two-chamber legislature
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  1. a member of a lawmakers personal staff who makes certain thath the lawmaker is well informed about proposed legislation
  2. to draw a districts boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
  3. the people who work directly for individual senators and representatives
  4. a member of a lawmakers personal staff who handles requests for help from constituents
  5. a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate
  6. a proposed law
  7. to set up new district lines after reapportionment
  8. a group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategoryof its standing committee's responsibility
  9. as a whole; for example, statewide
  10. an assistant to the party floor leader in the legislative
  11. a schedule that lists the order in which bills will be considered in Congress
  12. a motion placed on a bill in the senate that alerts party leaders that if unanimous consent were to be sought, they would object
  13. a system that gives the member of the majority party with the longest uninterrupted service on a particular leadership of that committee
  14. elected official who is already in office
  15. a committee that consists of members from both the House and Senate, formed to act as a study group that reports back to the House and Senate on a topic or bill
  16. a private meeting of party leaders to choose canadidates for office
  17. a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent

32 Clues: meeting • a proposed law • a population count • as a whole; for example, statewide • legislature a two-chamber legislature • elected official who is already in office • authority shared by two or more committees • to set up new district lines after reapportionment • the people who work for house and senate committees • ...

SS9 Ch 3 Vocabulary 2024-11-12

SS9 Ch 3 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. A __________ represents the collective interests of workers, often advocating for better wages and working conditions.
  2. __________ Rights prevent people from being discriminated against based on factors like race or gender.
  3. The __________ provides the foundational laws and principles that outline how a country is governed.
  4. Laws are in place to protect individuals from __________ based on race, gender, or age.
  5. Citizens have __________, like following the law and respecting others’ rights, to contribute to society.
  6. __________ includes both rights and responsibilities, such as voting and obeying the country’s laws.
  7. In Canada, your __________ Freedoms are the freedom of speech and religion are examples of __________ that Canadians enjoy.
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  1. In a democratic society, __________ is a fundamental right that allows citizens to vote in elections.
  2. __________ of expression allows individuals to share their thoughts and ideas openly.
  3. The __________ of Rights and Freedoms guarantees certain freedoms and protections for all Canadian citizens.
  4. __________ Rights allow Canadian citizens to live and work in any province or territory within Canada.
  5. In Canada, __________ Rights ensure that citizens can participate in choosing their government.
  6. The __________ was created to govern the rights and status of First Nations people in Canada.
  7. Basic __________ are guaranteed to everyone in Canada to protect individual freedoms and well-being.
  8. __________ Rights protect individuals in Canada by ensuring fair treatment in the judicial system.
  9. During times of war, some individuals have faced __________ because they were seen as potential threats.

16 Clues: __________ of expression allows individuals to share their thoughts and ideas openly. • Laws are in place to protect individuals from __________ based on race, gender, or age. • The __________ was created to govern the rights and status of First Nations people in Canada. • ...

US History 2023-05-05

US History crossword puzzle
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  1. any text written or added to the US constitution
  2. 6 goals of the US Constitution
  3. USA's first attempt at creating a constitution
  4. wanted a strong central government, wanted a bill of rights. Included Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and George Mason
  5. a city in the state Pennsylvania
  6. a compromise for representation in large and small states
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  1. wanted a strong national government and wanted to ratify the constitution, Including Alexander Hamilton, Jhon Jay, and James Madison
  2. essays written by the federalist party to gain support for ratifying the constitution
  3. father of the constitution and 4th president
  4. the first 10 amendments in the US constitution

10 Clues: 6 goals of the US Constitution • a city in the state Pennsylvania • father of the constitution and 4th president • USA's first attempt at creating a constitution • the first 10 amendments in the US constitution • any text written or added to the US constitution • a compromise for representation in large and small states • ...

Training 103 2025-07-24

Training 103 crossword puzzle
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  1. what type of court resolved all disputes between landlords and tenants
  2. Saturday in Te Reo Maori
  3. what is camera in Te Reo Maori
  4. What do you tell an individual after you have detained them...
  5. what do you use for your subjective assessment and continuous reassessment when dealing with an individual and/or situation
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  1. what is 3o'clock in Te Reo Māori
  2. what dose the C stands for in AWOCA
  3. what is section 21 of the court security act? "Power to use..."
  4. What is first place in Te Reo Māori
  5. what is well Done, or good in Te Reo Māori

10 Clues: Saturday in Te Reo Maori • what is camera in Te Reo Maori • what is 3o'clock in Te Reo Māori • what dose the C stands for in AWOCA • What is first place in Te Reo Māori • what is well Done, or good in Te Reo Māori • What do you tell an individual after you have detained them... • what is section 21 of the court security act? "Power to use..." • ...

Constitutional Design 2021-07-19

Constitutional Design crossword puzzle
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  1. Which national leader first tried to draft a Constitution for India?
  2. The Constitution begins with a short statement pf its basic values called the
  3. ....... was the member of Drafting Committee, Entrepreneur and Congress Leader.
  4. The title of autobiography written by Nelson Mandela is
  5. A general Agreement.
  6. Who gave this statement-"I have cherished the ideal of democractic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities"?
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  1. Who was a lawyer and known for his role in the Champaran Satyagraha?
  2. ....... was the Vice-Chairman of the Constituent Assembly.
  3. Who gave a historical speech 'Tryst with Destiny on 15 August,1947?
  4. Young India was a
  5. The 'Bill of Rights' which inspired the Indian leaders is associated with which country?
  6. What was the method called for separation of blacks and whites?
  7. What was the system of racial discrimination in South Africa called?
  8. A distinct section of a document.
  9. The native people of South Africa are ....... in colour.

15 Clues: Young India was a • A general Agreement. • A distinct section of a document. • The title of autobiography written by Nelson Mandela is • The native people of South Africa are ....... in colour. • ....... was the Vice-Chairman of the Constituent Assembly. • What was the method called for separation of blacks and whites? • ...

The Public Order Bill: A Lesson in Legislative Irony #1 2024-03-26

The Public Order Bill: A Lesson in Legislative Irony #1 crossword puzzle
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  1. Well known and talked about by a lot of people
  2. Act in a way that is against a law or that limits someone’s rights or freedom
  3. Preserve (a right, tradition, or idea) in a form that ensures it will be protected and respected
  4. Tell someone what they must have or do, or to make a rule of something
  5. Make harmless or ineffectual
  6. Be a part of a whole
  7. Showing a lack of care about danger and the possible results of your actions
  8. Relating to laws and the process of making laws
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  1. Stop something from being done or used, especially by law
  2. Inconsistent or not coming together
  3. Way of referring to a typical and ordinary person
  4. Difficult and sad situation
  5. Draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion
  6. Unserious about a serious subject, in an attempt to be funny or to appear clever
  7. Group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose

15 Clues: Be a part of a whole • Difficult and sad situation • Make harmless or ineffectual • Inconsistent or not coming together • Well known and talked about by a lot of people • Relating to laws and the process of making laws • Way of referring to a typical and ordinary person • Stop something from being done or used, especially by law • ...

Chapter 7 Crossword Puzzle 2022-11-17

Chapter 7 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. branch-branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly
  2. of government
  3. of powers-principles by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches
  4. of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them
  5. branch-branch of government that carries out laws
  6. of rights- written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect
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  1. when business activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises
  2. in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement
  3. corpus-the right that no person can be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
  4. branch-branch of government that passes laws

10 Clues: of government • branch-branch of government that passes laws • branch-branch of government that carries out laws • of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them • branch-branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly • of rights- written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect • ...

Rights 2018-12-14

Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. you have the right to protection from harmful ___ and from the drug trade
  2. ___ peace prize is given to one person once a year
  3. you have the right to find out things and share what you ____ with others
  4. set of laws in North America
  5. you have the right to be ____
  6. you have the right to give your ____
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  1. you have the right to play and ____
  2. what is the second amendment about
  3. a person who was shot for speaking up
  4. thegovernment has a responsibility to make sure your ____ are protected
  5. all adults should do what is ____for you
  6. you have the right to choose your own ____ and beliefs
  7. you have the right to a good quality ____
  8. you have the right to ___ if you've been hurt

14 Clues: set of laws in North America • you have the right to be ____ • what is the second amendment about • you have the right to play and ____ • you have the right to give your ____ • a person who was shot for speaking up • all adults should do what is ____for you • you have the right to a good quality ____ • you have the right to ___ if you've been hurt • ...

Famous People 2024-02-29

Famous People crossword puzzle
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  1. Parks - Civil Rights Activist
  2. Angelou - Poet and Author
  3. Ali - Boxer and Activist
  4. Mandela - Anti-Apartheid Revolutionary and Former President of South Africa
  5. Winfrey - Media Mogul and Philanthropist
  6. X - Civil Rights Activist
  7. Knowles - Singer and Actress
  8. Williams - Tennis Player
  9. Jordan - Basketball Player
  10. Obama - 44th President of the United States
  11. Tubman - Abolitionist and Activist
  12. Lee - Filmmaker
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  1. Hughes - Poet and Playwright
  2. Baldwin - Author and Activist
  3. Davis - Political Activist
  4. Washington - Actor
  5. Truth - Abolitionist and Women's Rights Activist
  6. Douglass - Abolitionist and Writer
  7. Luther King Jr. - Civil Rights Leader
  8. Morrison - Author and Nobel Laureate
  9. Powell - Former U.S. Secretary of State
  10. Franklin - Singer and Pianist
  11. Berry - Actress
  12. Robinson - Baseball Player
  13. Wonder - Singer and Musician

25 Clues: Berry - Actress • Lee - Filmmaker • Washington - Actor • Ali - Boxer and Activist • Williams - Tennis Player • Angelou - Poet and Author • X - Civil Rights Activist • Davis - Political Activist • Jordan - Basketball Player • Robinson - Baseball Player • Hughes - Poet and Playwright • Knowles - Singer and Actress • Wonder - Singer and Musician • Parks - Civil Rights Activist • ...

Bill Ted and the Crocodile 2015-02-07

Bill Ted and the Crocodile crossword puzzle
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  1. The crocodile got hold of his tail.
  2. Bill grabbed this to hit the croc with.
  3. Bill did not use this, he walked instead.
  4. This looked like a log in the water.
  5. Bill used squid for this.
  6. They were called Dan and Ruff
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  1. A synonym for this is leapt.
  2. Dan and Ruff chased them.
  3. This is where Bill liked to sit and fish.
  4. Bill went there to fish.
  5. The twins bashed the croc on this until he let go.

11 Clues: Bill went there to fish. • Dan and Ruff chased them. • Bill used squid for this. • A synonym for this is leapt. • They were called Dan and Ruff • The crocodile got hold of his tail. • This looked like a log in the water. • Bill grabbed this to hit the croc with. • This is where Bill liked to sit and fish. • Bill did not use this, he walked instead. • ...

Social Studies Chapter 3 2025-02-05

Social Studies Chapter 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. The rights to fair treatment under the law, such as the right to a fair trial.
  2. The official use of two languages, such as English and French in Canada.
  3. The right to demonstrate and voice opinions publicly.
  4. Unfair treatment based on factors such as race, gender, or religion.
  5. A government-maintained list restricting certain individuals from air travel.
  6. The movement to create a fair and equal society for all individuals.
  7. Rights Commission An organization that ensures laws respect human rights.
  8. Decisions made by the Supreme Court that interpret Charter rights.
  9. The highest law in Canada that sets the framework for governance.
  10. The right to practice any religion without government restriction.
  11. Court of Canada The highest court in Canada that interprets the Charter.
  12. Communication that promotes violence or discrimination against a group.
  13. Basic rights such as freedom of expression, religion, and assembly.
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  1. Rights that allow citizens to vote and participate in elections.
  2. The right of Canadian citizens to move, live, and work anywhere in Canada.
  3. Equal treatment and opportunities for people of all genders.
  4. A law used in the past to limit individual rights during wartime.
  5. The right to communicate with the government in either English or French.
  6. The right for men and women to receive equal pay for equal work.
  7. of Expression The right to express opinions without government interference.
  8. Precedent A past court decision that influences future legal cases.
  9. The suppression of speech or public communication by the government.
  10. Protection from discrimination based on race, gender, age, or disability.
  11. The forced relocation and imprisonment of specific groups during wartime.
  12. The legal ability of citizens to participate in elections.
  13. The right to gather peacefully in public spaces.
  14. An organization that protects the rights of workers.

27 Clues: The right to gather peacefully in public spaces. • An organization that protects the rights of workers. • The right to demonstrate and voice opinions publicly. • The legal ability of citizens to participate in elections. • Equal treatment and opportunities for people of all genders. • Rights that allow citizens to vote and participate in elections. • ...

Acronyms 2024-05-08

Acronyms crossword puzzle
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  1. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
  2. Battery Management System
  3. Battery Pack Control Module
  4. Charge/Discharge current
  5. Eight Series Two Parallel
  6. Can Controller Flexible Data-rate
  7. Corrective and Preventative Action
  8. Closed Circuit Voltage
  9. Control Plan
  10. Battery Electric Vehicle
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  1. American National Standards Institute
  2. Chemical Safety Board
  3. Bill of Material
  4. (system) content management system
  5. Advanced Product Quality Planning
  6. Controller Area Network
  7. Charging Constant Current Charging
  8. All-electric vehicle
  9. CC charging, which charges with a constant current, and CV that charges at a constant voltage
  10. Internal Resistance by Alternating Current
  11. Bill of Lading

21 Clues: Control Plan • Bill of Lading • Bill of Material • All-electric vehicle • Chemical Safety Board • Closed Circuit Voltage • Controller Area Network • Charge/Discharge current • Battery Electric Vehicle • Battery Management System • Eight Series Two Parallel • Battery Pack Control Module • Advanced Product Quality Planning • Can Controller Flexible Data-rate • ...

The 7th Amendment 2022-11-22

The 7th Amendment crossword puzzle
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  1. What is the 7th Amendment a part of?
  2. How many Amendments are there in the Bill of Rights?
  3. Where was the 7th Amendment ratified
  4. a formal examination of evidence before a judge, and typically before a jury, in order to decide whether a person is guilty or not.
  5. Who are the people in court?
  6. What number is this amendment?
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  1. Who wanted this right?
  2. How large does the fine have to be or more to get the right to trial by jury?

8 Clues: Who wanted this right? • Who are the people in court? • What number is this amendment? • What is the 7th Amendment a part of? • Where was the 7th Amendment ratified • How many Amendments are there in the Bill of Rights? • How large does the fine have to be or more to get the right to trial by jury? • ...

The 7th Amendment 2022-11-22

The 7th Amendment crossword puzzle
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  1. What is the 7th Amendment a part of?
  2. How many Amendments are there in the Bill of Rights?
  3. Where was the 7th Amendment ratified
  4. a formal examination of evidence before a judge, and typically before a jury, in order to decide whether a person is guilty or not.
  5. Who are the people in court?
  6. What number is this amendment?
Down
  1. Who wanted this right?
  2. How large does the fine have to be or more to get the right to trial by jury?

8 Clues: Who wanted this right? • Who are the people in court? • What number is this amendment? • What is the 7th Amendment a part of? • Where was the 7th Amendment ratified • How many Amendments are there in the Bill of Rights? • How large does the fine have to be or more to get the right to trial by jury? • ...

Unit 2 Review 2017-09-29

Unit 2 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Because farmers thought slaves were a better investment, improved living conditions in England, and Bacon’s Rebellion, ______ replaced indentured servants by 1700.
  2. The Enlightenment convinced many people that all people have basic human ______ that no government can deny.
  3. North America, Asia, and Europe were the three points of economic system (2 words)
  4. The average number of years a person can expect to live (2 words)
  5. John Locke said that kings do not have a “______ ______” to rule. (2 words)
  6. British leader William _____ helped to win the war by promising whatever resources necessary to win, no matter the cost. He also said the British government would be responsible for that debt.
  7. The Enlightenment inspired our founding fathers, as well as the Declaration of Independence, the _______, and the Bill of Rights.
  8. Before markets, the early colonists did this to acquire the goods and services they needed.
  9. Ben Franklin tried to unite the _____ with the Albany Plan of Union.
  10. Before the Enlightenment, people used their _____ to answer questions about our world.
  11. Which country won the French and Indian War?
  12. Slaves were transported along this route (2 words)
  13. Who became famous for striking the first blow against the French? (Last name only)
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  1. Most of the slaves in the colonies worked in the _____ of Southern plantations
  2. The _______ Colonies relied on agriculture more than the other two
  3. Plantation slaves were managed by the _____.
  4. Journalists being able to criticize the government without being punished (4 words)
  5. Stockpiling gold and silver, exporting more than importing, and developing colonies were the 3 principles of what economic system in the 1700s?
  6. General _______ didn’t follow George Washington’s advice, and it got him killed! (Last name only)
  7. Britain passed the _____ Acts to restrict who the colonists could trade with.
  8. Laws that restricted the rights of slaves and prevented slave rebellions(2 words)
  9. The American principles of democracy, separation of church and state, and selectmen were all inspired by New England's _____ (2 words)
  10. Colonists frustrated with the Navigation Acts resorted to this tactic to avoid paying taxes.
  11. During and after the Enlightenment, this was one of the three things people were now using to answer questions about our world.
  12. Young George Washington led a ______, or amateur army, into the Ohio River Valley to construct a fort.

25 Clues: Plantation slaves were managed by the _____. • Which country won the French and Indian War? • Slaves were transported along this route (2 words) • The average number of years a person can expect to live (2 words) • The _______ Colonies relied on agriculture more than the other two • Ben Franklin tried to unite the _____ with the Albany Plan of Union. • ...

Government Crossword 2025-05-14

Government Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. 18th Amendment established
  2. Power split between national and state
  3. Change to the Constitution
  4. How each branch limits another's power
  5. Intro to the Constitution
  6. How citizens elect representatives
  7. Branch of courts
  8. Ideology that favors BIG government
  9. War-ending agreements
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  1. Ideology that favors SMALL government
  2. Senate delay tactic
  3. Branch that WRITES the laws
  4. President's rejection of a bill
  5. Population-based house in legislative branch
  6. President's top advisors
  7. Branch that ENFORCES the laws
  8. Population count every 10 years
  9. Described as the "4th branch of government"
  10. Power explicitly stated in Constitution
  11. Proposed law

20 Clues: Proposed law • Branch of courts • Senate delay tactic • War-ending agreements • President's top advisors • Intro to the Constitution • 18th Amendment established • Change to the Constitution • Branch that WRITES the laws • Branch that ENFORCES the laws • President's rejection of a bill • Population count every 10 years • How citizens elect representatives • ...

Unit 5: Congress & the Executive Branch 2024-02-02

Unit 5: Congress & the Executive Branch crossword puzzle
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  1. strategy in senate to talk a bill to death
  2. list of federal projects, grants, and contract available to cities, businesses, colleges and institutions in a congressional district
  3. last year’s budget is the best predictor of the next year’s budget, plus some more.
  4. An excess of federal expenditures over federal revenues (in a given year)
  5. removal of the president because of treason, bribery, or high crimes
  6. A policy document allocating burdens (taxes) and benefits (expenditures)
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  1. individuals who already hold office
  2. few subject matter areas with membership drawn from both houses
  3. a group of presidential advisers not mentioned in the constitution
  4. Sources of money for the government
  5. What the government spends money on
  6. Permits the vice president to become acting president if the president is disabled or deceased
  7. the constitutional power of the president to send a bill back to Congress
  8. a type of veto occurring when congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill to the president and the president simply lets the bill die
  9. voters support congressional candidates because of their support for the president

15 Clues: individuals who already hold office • Sources of money for the government • What the government spends money on • strategy in senate to talk a bill to death • few subject matter areas with membership drawn from both houses • a group of presidential advisers not mentioned in the constitution • removal of the president because of treason, bribery, or high crimes • ...

Constitution 2023-10-30

Constitution crossword puzzle
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  1. that everyone must follow the law, even the King
  2. laws
  3. laws
  4. amendment/Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Petition, Assembly
  5. outlined the in which new states would be added
  6. amendment/ No quartering of troops
  7. two branches or chambers
  8. people exercise their power by voting for representatives.
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  1. that the law comes from the people and that people must obey laws made by the group- self government
  2. many Americans that the Constitution should be ratified
  3. who argued that 3 branches were important because they prevented unlimited power in the govt.
  4. people have the right to vote and change the government if it abuses its power.
  5. laws
  6. power is divided among the three branches of government.
  7. power to govern is shared between the national and state governments.
  8. Opposed the Constitution without a Bill of Rights

16 Clues: laws • laws • laws • two branches or chambers • amendment/ No quartering of troops • outlined the in which new states would be added • that everyone must follow the law, even the King • Opposed the Constitution without a Bill of Rights • many Americans that the Constitution should be ratified • power is divided among the three branches of government. • ...

Chapters 2 & 3 2023-03-26

Chapters 2 & 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. of Rights ____ is the amendments to the US constitution.
  2. of Powers The division of government responsibilities is ____.
  3. The partnership created in the constitution between the states and the federal government is called ______.
  4. The study of the nature of duty and obligation.
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  1. Review is a review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
  2. Capitalism is a socially responsible economic and political philosophy.
  3. Values An organization's or individuals set of beliefs that they follow.
  4. Contract An agreement of cooperation for benefits and security.
  5. Amendment The freedom of speech law.
  6. V Wade The decision ruled to protect a pregnant woman's right to choose to have an abortion.

10 Clues: Amendment The freedom of speech law. • The study of the nature of duty and obligation. • of Rights ____ is the amendments to the US constitution. • of Powers The division of government responsibilities is ____. • Contract An agreement of cooperation for benefits and security. • Capitalism is a socially responsible economic and political philosophy. • ...

Civil Rights 2023-04-11

Civil Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. Civil rights act of ___
  2. MLK was known for being ___
  3. Sit-in location
  4. ___ vs. Board of Education
  5. Arrested for not giving up her bus seat
  6. Famous speech by MLK
  7. Political group founded in 1966
  8. ___ bus boycotts
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  1. Civil rights movement era
  2. ___ vs. Virginia
  3. Acronym for a famous civil rights leader
  4. First black student to go to a white school
  5. President during the civil rights era
  6. March on ___
  7. Famous American Muslim civil rights leader

15 Clues: March on ___ • Sit-in location • ___ vs. Virginia • ___ bus boycotts • Famous speech by MLK • Civil rights act of ___ • Civil rights movement era • ___ vs. Board of Education • MLK was known for being ___ • Political group founded in 1966 • President during the civil rights era • Arrested for not giving up her bus seat • Acronym for a famous civil rights leader • ...

Dragon Daily March 2022 Crossword 2022-03-22

Dragon Daily March 2022 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. She was born in March and sings "Havana Oo nah nah"
  2. the last name of the roman emperor who was killed on the ides of march
  3. the star sign of people born after March 20
  4. March 20 is the spring _________
  5. the star sign of people born from March 1-20
  6. the president on the twenty dollar bill who is a pisces
  7. this actor born in March said "It needs more cowbell!"
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  1. the animal (plural) that St. Patrick drove out from Irelend according to legend
  2. the first National Park created on March 1
  3. this famous band released their first album in March 1973
  4. the state where most baseball teams report to Spring Training
  5. the college that has the most college basketball championships
  6. the Mexican American civil rights leader who fought for migrant workers
  7. this fast food restaurant was founded by Colonel Sanders in March 1930

14 Clues: March 20 is the spring _________ • the first National Park created on March 1 • the star sign of people born after March 20 • the star sign of people born from March 1-20 • She was born in March and sings "Havana Oo nah nah" • this actor born in March said "It needs more cowbell!" • the president on the twenty dollar bill who is a pisces • ...

Vokabeln 2022-04-26

Vokabeln crossword puzzle
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  1. bill please
  2. recipt
  3. has calculated
  4. piece of paper
  5. tips
  6. dog bark
  7. keep the change
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  1. old term for mrs.
  2. to add up
  3. has made
  4. mr waiter
  5. already
  6. bill

13 Clues: bill • tips • recipt • already • has made • dog bark • to add up • mr waiter • bill please • has calculated • piece of paper • keep the change • old term for mrs.