bill of rights Crossword Puzzles

Chapter 3 Puzzle 2020-09-07

Chapter 3 Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The freeing of individual enslaved persons.
  2. A Philadelphian merchant that was the head of the department of finance.
  3. a farmer, former Continental Army captain that led protests against Congress.
  4. A Virginia planter who enjoyed speaking about trade issues in Philadelphia.
  5. Lands north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River.
  6. A document that gave citizens an extra layer of protection from everything.
  7. The lawmaking branch of the government.
  8. A compromise that made each enslaved person worth 3/5ths of a free person.
  9. A powerful speaker who wrote the final draft of the constitution.
  10. When one object/branch had supreme power.
  11. A period when economic activity was slowed and unemployment plummeted.
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  1. a movement of the 1700s that promoted knowledge, reason, and science as the means to improve society.
  2. A system in which the three branches of government keep each other in check.
  3. The people who started an antislavery society
  4. sharing power between the federal and state
  5. criticized the Constitution because it lacked a bill of rights to protect individual freedoms.
  6. The first constitution of the U.S.
  7. The first state that was formed due to the Northwest Ordinance.
  8. A very influential figure in the Enlightenment.
  9. Executive, the legislative, and judicial branch.

20 Clues: The first constitution of the U.S. • The lawmaking branch of the government. • When one object/branch had supreme power. • The freeing of individual enslaved persons. • sharing power between the federal and state • The people who started an antislavery society • A very influential figure in the Enlightenment. • Executive, the legislative, and judicial branch. • ...

Government Vocabulary 2024-09-12

Government Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. a state of lawlessness and disorder
  2. the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid
  3. a statement of fundamental freedoms and privileges
  4. a meeting of party members in a legislative body to determine the party's stand on forthcoming issues
  5. republican VP nominee (last name)
  6. government ran by the people
  7. an economic downturn
  8. branch that executes law
  9. a statement that is added to a proposal or document
  10. a vote that blocks a decision
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  1. a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office
  2. the use of violent tactics to create fear and destabilize a government
  3. rights of equality under the law
  4. branch that interprets law
  5. US first constitution
  6. democratic VP nominee (last name)
  7. a statute in draft before it becomes a law
  8. the process of choosing government officials based off of citizen's votes
  9. the governing body of a nation, state, or community
  10. publicly stating things that the speaker knows to be untrue to hurt a person's reputation
  11. the right to vote
  12. a group that advises the president
  13. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents
  14. branch that writes the law
  15. the main means of mass communication

25 Clues: the right to vote • an economic downturn • US first constitution • branch that executes law • branch that interprets law • branch that writes the law • government ran by the people • a vote that blocks a decision • rights of equality under the law • democratic VP nominee (last name) • republican VP nominee (last name) • a group that advises the president • ...

100 Turning Points 2020-10-13

100 Turning Points crossword puzzle
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  1. Princip, Who fired the shot heard round the world at Lexington?
  2. Court, Who decided Supremacy with Marbury vs. Madison?
  3. Washington, Who started the French and Indian War?
  4. Where were the first African Slaves sold in America?
  5. What was discovered all over California in 1848?
  6. First english settlement in America.
  7. Scott, Who sued the Supreme Court in 1857?
  8. of Yorktown, What ended the American Revolution?
  9. Alderman, Who killed a Native American during King Phillips War?
  10. Who sailed to America in 1492?
  11. of Rights, First 10 amendments of the Unites States.
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  1. President Jefferson purchased this land from Napoleon.
  2. Crisis, John C. Calhoun started this.
  3. Congress, Who approved the Declaration of Independence?
  4. Canal, Benjamin Write created this.
  5. What state was the first to ratify the Constitutional Convention?
  6. Massacre, Massacre where 5 people were killed.
  7. Bank, Andrew Jackson went after this after his reelection.
  8. Jackson, Who made the Indian Removal Act?
  9. Witch Trials, Trial where people were prosecuted for witchcraft.
  10. Country that burned Washington D.C.
  11. Morse, Person who created Morse Code, and introduced the Telegraph.
  12. Suffragists, People who met in Seneca Falls, and started Women's Suffrage Movement.
  13. Who saved the Pilgrims in 1621?

24 Clues: Who sailed to America in 1492? • Who saved the Pilgrims in 1621? • Canal, Benjamin Write created this. • Country that burned Washington D.C. • First english settlement in America. • Crisis, John C. Calhoun started this. • Jackson, Who made the Indian Removal Act? • Scott, Who sued the Supreme Court in 1857? • Massacre, Massacre where 5 people were killed. • ...

Civics Chapter 7 2025-04-17

Civics Chapter 7 crossword puzzle
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  1. the power to cast a negative vote
  2. a brief court session that resolves a specific question before a full court trial takes place
  3. the work a law maker does to help constituents with problems
  4. a group of people who share common goals
  5. rule that permits floor debate and the addition of amendments to the bill
  6. an amendment to a law or new law
  7. The right to a particular privilege or benefit, granted by law or custom.
  8. rule that forbids members of congress to offer amendments to a bill from the floor
  9. any charge of money or property that is imposed by a government
  10. a legislative measure passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate
  11. A plan or method for achieving a goal
  12. a legislative measure that requires passage by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and is presented to the president for their approval or disapproval
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  1. a metaphor for the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to direct expenditures to a representative's district
  2. The choice of the President over the bill
  3. A law of Congress that provides an agency with budget authority
  4. is a proposal law that if enacted would apply to the general public or classes of citizens
  5. -A matter concerning the operation of either the House of Representatives or Senate alone is initiated by a simple resolution.
  6. is a legislative proposal that effects only a specific individual group or area
  7. part of a funding bill that will go toward a certain purpose
  8. someone whose job it is to influence or attempt to influence legislative action or non-action

20 Clues: an amendment to a law or new law • the power to cast a negative vote • A plan or method for achieving a goal • a group of people who share common goals • The choice of the President over the bill • the work a law maker does to help constituents with problems • part of a funding bill that will go toward a certain purpose • ...

Chapter 19 Puzzle 2025-04-24

Chapter 19 Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Victoria- Reigned from 1837-1901.
  2. Captilism- An economic trading system based on industrial production.
  3. of Rights- Gaurenteed rights written down.
  4. Another word for withdraw
  5. Garibaldi- A dedicated italian patriot, raised an army of a thousand volunteers.
  6. An important meeting place.
  7. Fulton- Built the 1st paddle wheel steamboat, "Clermont"
  8. Ready supply of money.
  9. Industry- Cottage folding and building.
  10. An Italian state.
  11. Alexander II- Czar of Russia
  12. A country that has it's own government.
  13. Napoleon- Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
  14. Society owns and controls some means of production.
  15. Confederation- The Congress of Vienna in 1815 had recognized the existence of 38 independent German states.
  16. Popular vote
  17. Rich cotton manufacturing town.
  18. male suffrage- Meaning all adult men could vote.
  19. Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
  20. of Vienna- A peace treaty meetup between Great
  21. Reliance on military strength.
  22. People trying to make profit.
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  1. A better quality iron produced in 1780's. Henry Cort made this.
  2. Owen- British cotton manufacturer, one utopian socialist.
  3. A movement to end slavery.
  4. A thriving port. Apart of Manchester.
  5. Commitment to traditional values and ideas with opposition to change or innovation.
  6. Watt- Scottish engineer, created the steam engine.
  7. In Russia it freed the serfs.
  8. von Bismarck- New prime minister.
  9. Is a political philosophy that grew out of the Enlightenment.
  10. state— A collection of different peoples including Germans, Czechs, Magyars, Slovaks, Romanians, Slovenes, Poles, Croats, Serbians, Ruthenians (Ukrainians), and Italians.
  11. von Metternich- was the most influential leader.
  12. Emperor of the Second German Empire.
  13. Movement- Laws in the 1700's
  14. and Lorraine- 2 people in debt with the German State.
  15. of Intervention- The great powers had the right to send armies into countries where there were revolutions in order to restore legitimate monarchs to their thrones.
  16. A place that a battle took place.

38 Clues: Popular vote • An Italian state. • Ready supply of money. • Another word for withdraw • A movement to end slavery. • An important meeting place. • Alexander II- Czar of Russia • Movement- Laws in the 1700's • In Russia it freed the serfs. • Austria, Prussia, and Russia. • People trying to make profit. • Reliance on military strength. • Rich cotton manufacturing town. • ...

Revolutionary ideals 2021-11-14

Revolutionary ideals crossword puzzle
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  1. This branch makes the laws
  2. To get rid of someone out of a position of power
  3. When the president turns down a bill
  4. A law in the making
  5. Passing a bill with AT LEAST 2/3 of both houses of congress even if the president vetoed it
  6. They determine if a law abides by the constitution
  7. suitable for the situation
  8. making sure that a rule/law is being followed
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  1. An action or law that goes against the constitution
  2. something that is caused by a persons actions
  3. To give a person an occupation
  4. A large group of people who help the president make decisions
  5. This branch makes sure everyone follows the law
  6. This branch determines the laws
  7. breaking a rule or law

15 Clues: A law in the making • breaking a rule or law • This branch makes the laws • suitable for the situation • To give a person an occupation • This branch determines the laws • When the president turns down a bill • something that is caused by a persons actions • making sure that a rule/law is being followed • This branch makes sure everyone follows the law • ...

Agricultural Bill 2020-02-04

Agricultural Bill crossword puzzle
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  1. one of the main drivers for the Bill
  2. the main debating place for the Bill
  3. one of the key themes of the Bill
  4. the period of change, will take seven years
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  1. (6/5)these could replace food production as the main reason for farm support
  2. quality one of the six key highlights of the new Bill
  3. some farmers might decide to do this
  4. 28% of our foods comes from here
  5. once the Bill has Royal Assent it becomes this

9 Clues: 28% of our foods comes from here • one of the key themes of the Bill • one of the main drivers for the Bill • the main debating place for the Bill • some farmers might decide to do this • the period of change, will take seven years • once the Bill has Royal Assent it becomes this • quality one of the six key highlights of the new Bill • ...

African American History 2022-09-08

African American History crossword puzzle
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  1. Forced Work
  2. Ban of discrimination
  3. Laws that separated the whites from the black
  4. Used to be a slave (Author)
  5. Violent civil rights organization
  6. Separating Black and White People
  7. Modern international civil rights movement
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  1. Selma to Montgomery protestmarch
  2. Form of violence
  3. Peaceful civil rights movement
  4. Famous song about lynching
  5. The beginning of the civil rights movement
  6. White people thinking they are superior to other ethnicities
  7. "I have a dream"
  8. Discriminating Entertainment

15 Clues: Forced Work • Form of violence • "I have a dream" • Ban of discrimination • Famous song about lynching • Used to be a slave (Author) • Discriminating Entertainment • Peaceful civil rights movement • Selma to Montgomery protestmarch • Violent civil rights organization • Separating Black and White People • The beginning of the civil rights movement • ...

Civics Crossword 2024-09-26

Civics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. What Canada's whole constitution is called
  2. The power to enforce or carry out laws.
  3. The level of government responsible for education and health care.
  4. The level of government responsible for snow ploughing and street lights.
  5. Represents the monarch in Canada.
  6. Group of advisors to the Prime Minister who manage specific departments.
  7. Type of government that has more than half of the seats in the House of Commons
  8. The time put aside for Opposition parties to question the government
  9. A government voted for by the people.
  10. A proposal for a law -- a law that hasn’t been passed yet.
  11. The system in which the candidate who has more votes than any other single candidate wins the election
  12. The leader of the nation, head of the federal government, and leader of the party with the most seats in the House of Commons.
  13. The power to make laws.
  14. The leader of a province, and the leader of the party with the most seats in the Provincial Parliament or Legislature.
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  1. The "Upper House" in Canada's Parliament
  2. The level of government responsible for international affairs and defense.
  3. An area that has its own member of Parliament.
  4. The power to interpret laws, determine guilt and innocence, and punish lawbreakers.
  5. Person chosen in elections to represent the citizens in a riding in the House of Commons.
  6. The study of the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
  7. Officially calls elections, signs bills into law, and opens Parliament.
  8. The leader of the party with the second-largest number of seats in the House of Commons
  9. Group of people with similar views on public issues who work to elect their candidates.
  10. Type of government that has fewer than half of the seats in the House of Commons.
  11. The process of voting to choose government representatives
  12. Most important group in the legislative branch of the federal government
  13. A government in which power is held by a single person or small group.
  14. Number of readings a bill goes through in House of Commons.

28 Clues: The power to make laws. • Represents the monarch in Canada. • A government voted for by the people. • The power to enforce or carry out laws. • The "Upper House" in Canada's Parliament • What Canada's whole constitution is called • An area that has its own member of Parliament. • The study of the rights and responsibilities of citizens. • ...

British vs. American 2022-01-16

British vs. American crossword puzzle
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  1. trunk
  2. purse
  3. cap
  4. motor
  5. zipper
  6. line
  7. sweater
  8. closet
  9. pants
  10. soccer
  11. elevator
  12. candy
  13. apartment
  14. yard
  15. check
  16. eraser
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  1. store
  2. appetizer
  3. crazy
  4. subway
  5. corn
  6. bill
  7. schedule
  8. zucchini
  9. vacation
  10. sneakers
  11. mail
  12. can
  13. movie
  14. backpack
  15. cookie

31 Clues: cap • can • corn • bill • line • mail • yard • store • crazy • trunk • purse • motor • pants • candy • movie • check • subway • zipper • closet • soccer • eraser • cookie • sweater • schedule • zucchini • vacation • sneakers • elevator • backpack • appetizer • apartment

SS tic tac toe 2019-10-14

SS tic tac toe crossword puzzle
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  1. the concept that the government must follow clear rules and act reasonably as it carries out the law]
  2. to withhold or take away something
  3. the number of delegates that left the convention before it ended and did not sign the constitution
  4. penalty that can only happen if you murder someone. results in you being killed with lethal ingection
  5. fifty five men from 12 states who attend the constitutional convention
  6. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” This means that Congress cannot make any faith the official religion of the United States. Nor can it make laws that favor any religion over another. As Thomas Jefferson explained in a letter to a friend, the amendment builds “a wall of separation between church and state.”
  7. an order from a judge that authorizes police or other officials to take a certain action, such as searching someone’s property
  8. college the group established by the constitution to elect the president and vice president
  9. giving testimony that can be used against oneself
  10. when many people have strong opinions on a subject, causing conflict and disagreement
  11. putting a person on trial more than once for the same crime
  12. a formal listing of the basic rights of U.S. citizens
  13. to make something sure or certain
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  1. the Age of Reason
  2. articles that created a firm league of friendship
  3. money or property given to the court to hold until an accused person shows up at trial
  4. a person who is required to defend himself or herself in a legal action. An example is an accused person who is put on trial for a crime
  5. a minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation
  6. payment given to someone to offset, or make up for, a loss or injury
  7. a country governed by elected representatives

20 Clues: the Age of Reason • to make something sure or certain • to withhold or take away something • a country governed by elected representatives • articles that created a firm league of friendship • giving testimony that can be used against oneself • a formal listing of the basic rights of U.S. citizens • putting a person on trial more than once for the same crime • ...

16.2 - Challenging Segregation (pp. 480-486) 2024-05-16

16.2 - Challenging Segregation (pp. 480-486) crossword puzzle
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  1. The KKK did this to the Birmingham 16th Street Baptist Church.
  2. Conner told the local Klan to beat the riders until "it looked like a ___ got a hold of them".
  3. Racist sheriff of Selma.
  4. JFK appointed him a federal judgeship on the second Circuit Appeals Court in NY.
  5. Protest style where people sat down and refused to leave
  6. Period in the summer of 1964 when student workers were trying to registers southern African Americans to vote.
  7. To file personal information in order to become eligible for an official event.
  8. A motion that ends debate and calls for an immediate vote.
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  1. Dr. King was put in jail in this city and wrote a famous letter there.
  2. North Carolina city where college students first protested segregated lunch counters in 1959.
  3. Name given to the day that hundreds of protesters were brutally beaten by the Alabama State Police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
  4. Nickname of the Birmingham public safety commissioner, Theophilius Conner.
  5. MLK won this famous prize in 1964.
  6. Racist governor of Alabama who said, "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!".
  7. An attempt to kill a bill by having a group of senators take turns speaking continuously so that a vote cannot take place.
  8. MLK led a famous march of 250,000 in this city on August 28, 1963.
  9. Group that murdered three student workers trying to register African-American voters in Mississippi in 1964.
  10. The city of Selma only had this percentage of African Americans registered to vote.
  11. Mixed race groups who rode buses together to protest segregation on buses and in terminals were known as the ___ Riders.
  12. Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.
  13. Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity
  14. President who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

22 Clues: Racist sheriff of Selma. • MLK won this famous prize in 1964. • Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity • Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. • Protest style where people sat down and refused to leave • A motion that ends debate and calls for an immediate vote. • The KKK did this to the Birmingham 16th Street Baptist Church. • ...

Foundations Legal 2025-03-15

Foundations Legal crossword puzzle
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  1. These laws protect a health care professional from civil lawsuits if they respond to an motor vehicle accident
  2. Identifies a person (called the surrogate decision maker) who will make healthcare decisions in the event the patient is unable to do so.
  3. This federal law recognizes the patient’s right to make decisions regarding their own healthcare.It also includes information about advance directives.
  4. Established to protect society
  5. Acronym for personal health information
  6. Gives directions to others about a person’s wishes regarding life-prolonging treatments if the person becomes unable to make those decisions
  7. Oral defamatory statements
  8. the nurse acts provide a framework for practicing nursing in the state.
  9. Invasion of this occurs when a nurse disregards HIPPA and shares private patient information or looks up information on a patient who they are not involved in the care of
  10. This federal law requires healthcare facilities to provide emergency medical treatment to patients who seek healthcare in the emergency department, regardless of their ability to pay, legal status, or citizenship status.
  11. 2 examples of this are the living will and durable power of attorney
  12. This federal law incentivized conversion to EHR from paper charting
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  1. Acronym for power of attorney
  2. This type of laws requires reporting of suspected abuse as well as communicable diseases
  3. This bill of rights provides information of the rights for the patients such as safe care, emergency care and participation in their care
  4. Performing a procedure without consent
  5. means that a professional person has failed to act in a reasonable and prudent manner
  6. Failure to perform as a reasonable, prudent person would
  7. This federal law provides protection against discrimination aimed at individuals with disabilities
  8. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Acronym
  9. This is the level of care a nurse would be held to in the event of an investigation into patient harm due to nursing care
  10. means that the person is financially or legally responsible for something

22 Clues: Oral defamatory statements • Acronym for power of attorney • Established to protect society • Performing a procedure without consent • Acronym for personal health information • Failure to perform as a reasonable, prudent person would • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Acronym • This federal law incentivized conversion to EHR from paper charting • ...

Legislative Branch 2024-02-06

Legislative Branch crossword puzzle
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  1. people hired by private groups to influence government decisions
  2. This person can veto a bill from congress
  3. The ability to accuse an official of misconduct and to remove them from office
  4. __________ Committees are permanent committees
  5. Two house legislature
  6. A refusal to sign a bill
  7. ______ privilege allows for congress members to send job related mail
  8. One of the largest libraries in the world, known as the library of _____-
  9. Not yet a law, in the process of being approved
  10. ________ committees meets for a limited period of time
  11. Assistance provided by members of congress to constituents who encounter a grievance with a federal agency
  12. Clause 18 is also known as the ________ Clause
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  1. people represented by elected leaders
  2. Powers not stated explicitly in the constitution
  3. serve 2 year terms
  4. _______ of Habeas Corpus is a court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court
  5. No one may speak for more than an hour
  6. serve 6 year terms
  7. Person with more years in congress than others and receives perks
  8. The goal of the legislative branch is to make fair and just __________
  9. oddly shaped district designed to increase voting strength
  10. Nearly half of congress are this occupation

22 Clues: serve 2 year terms • serve 6 year terms • Two house legislature • A refusal to sign a bill • people represented by elected leaders • No one may speak for more than an hour • This person can veto a bill from congress • Nearly half of congress are this occupation • __________ Committees are permanent committees • Clause 18 is also known as the ________ Clause • ...

U.S. Government 2024-11-01

U.S. Government crossword puzzle
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  1. The Nation's Capital
  2. Our national animal
  3. Our national anthem
  4. Chamber with 435 Congressmen
  5. The place the President lives
  6. The system we use to determine the President
  7. Current Speaker of the House
  8. The Leader of the Executive Branch
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  1. Type of Government the United States is
  2. Our Founding Document
  3. Lawton Oklahoma's Congressional Representative
  4. How a Bill becomes Law
  5. A pledge we take to the flag
  6. First President of the United States
  7. Oklahoma's Junior Senator
  8. A Bill that was signed by the President
  9. Capital of the Oklahoma
  10. The Veteran Senator from Oklahoma
  11. Chamber with only 100 Congressmen

19 Clues: Our national animal • Our national anthem • The Nation's Capital • Our Founding Document • How a Bill becomes Law • Capital of the Oklahoma • Oklahoma's Junior Senator • A pledge we take to the flag • Chamber with 435 Congressmen • Current Speaker of the House • The place the President lives • The Veteran Senator from Oklahoma • Chamber with only 100 Congressmen • ...

Civil liberties 2024-10-15

Civil liberties crossword puzzle
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  1. trial in which the judge alone hears and decides a case
  2. A spoken defamatory statement
  3. Category of law that deals with crimes and their punishments
  4. The crime of making war against the united states or giving “aid and comfort” to its enemies
  5. The part of the first amendment that guarantees each person the right to hold any religious beliefs he or she chooses
  6. Government action that seeks to prevent materials from being published
  7. Basic freedoms to the people, and are protected against government abuse
  8. Legal expectation that laws are fair and just
  9. The right to join with others, share ideas, and work toward a common purpose
  10. Restriction on trying a person twice for the same offense
  11. Category of law that covers private disputes between people over property and relationships
  12. The supreme court's reasoning for incorporating much of the bill of rights into the fourteenth amendment
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  1. The part of the first amendment that declares that government cannot take actions that create an official religion or support one religion over another
  2. Legal expectation that government follow certain procedures before punishing a person
  3. The strong likelihood that a search would find evidence of a crime
  4. Punishment by death
  5. A document that gives police legal authority to search private property
  6. The communication of actions through symbols and actions
  7. A list of certain constitutional rights possessed by those accused of crimes
  8. The government’s ability to regulate behavior for the common good
  9. A printed defamatory statement
  10. Money pledged by the accused as a guarantee that he or she will return to court
  11. rule that evidence obtained illegally may not be used against a person in court
  12. A formal complaint of criminal wrongdoing issued by a grand jury
  13. A legal term for speech or actions that inspire revolt against the government

25 Clues: Punishment by death • A spoken defamatory statement • A printed defamatory statement • Legal expectation that laws are fair and just • trial in which the judge alone hears and decides a case • The communication of actions through symbols and actions • Restriction on trying a person twice for the same offense • ...

Bonus Army March Vocab 2023-04-14

Bonus Army March Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. risking danger
  2. the strength to stand,continue to endure
  3. filled with something bad
  4. confusion
  5. not ending
  6. how much an amount of money falls short of what is needed
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  1. pay,payment
  2. amount spent
  3. ability to take care of something oneself
  4. the bill known as the "Bonus Bill"
  5. amount
  6. worn out
  7. very tiring, exhausting
  8. serious

14 Clues: amount • serious • worn out • confusion • not ending • pay,payment • amount spent • risking danger • very tiring, exhausting • filled with something bad • the bill known as the "Bonus Bill" • the strength to stand,continue to endure • ability to take care of something oneself • how much an amount of money falls short of what is needed

Legislative Process 2013-11-29

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

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

American Government: Chp. 9 - The Bill of Rights and Other Amendments 2025-03-18

American Government: Chp. 9 - The Bill of Rights and Other Amendments crossword puzzle
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  1. His "Emancipation Proclamation" declared slaves in the Confederacy to be free.
  2. Obscene writings or pictures designed to arouse immoral thoughts, feelings, or desire.
  3. A right not specifically mentioned in the Constitution; many say this right is implied in the 9th amendment.
  4. Armed citzenry; not professional soldiers.
  5. The 17th amendment provided for the direct election of these politicians.
  6. This period of time prohibited the manufacture, transportation, or sale of alcohol in America for a limited time.
  7. A crime so serious that it is punishable by death.
  8. False writing.
  9. The 16th amendment established this type of tax.
  10. Right of government to take over a person's land or private property for public use.
  11. This law restricts the sale of handguns by requiring a waiting period for the purchase of a handgun.
  12. False speech.
  13. The minimum voting age in the United States.
  14. The amendment that prevents cruel and unusual punishment or excessive bail.
  15. A witness that is required to appear in court is said to have been this.
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  1. This portion of the 1st Amendment was intended to be interpreted narrowly.
  2. The 19th amendment gave this group the right to vote.
  3. Trial for crimes in special military courts.
  4. Officeholder who continues in his/her position although he/she has not been re-elected.
  5. Written statement issued by a judge that allows police to search for a particular thing in a specific place.
  6. Court case that gave three criteria in deciding establishment clause cases.
  7. The right to vote in an election.
  8. Taxes charged to vote.
  9. The act that was the enforcement mechanism for Prohibition.
  10. Sum of money that a person accused of a crime deposits with the court as an assurance that the accused will appear for trial.
  11. Legal rights inferred from other rights that are implied by existing laws.
  12. This amendment affirmed the property rights of American citizens.
  13. Sometimes called the 'lame duck amendment'.
  14. Capital or other serious offense.
  15. The 7th amendment guarantees this type of trial in matters of $20 or more.

30 Clues: False speech. • False writing. • Taxes charged to vote. • The right to vote in an election. • Capital or other serious offense. • Armed citzenry; not professional soldiers. • Sometimes called the 'lame duck amendment'. • Trial for crimes in special military courts. • The minimum voting age in the United States. • The 16th amendment established this type of tax. • ...

7th Amendment Crossword 2023-11-21

7th Amendment Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Who wrote the Bill of Rights?
  2. What amount must your claim exceed in order to qualify for a jury trial?
  3. What is a group of people who help decide if someone is guilty or not?
Down
  1. When was the 7th Amendment ratified?
  2. What is this amendment part of? (hint: a document)
  3. What did the 7th Amendment give you the right to?

6 Clues: Who wrote the Bill of Rights? • When was the 7th Amendment ratified? • What did the 7th Amendment give you the right to? • What is this amendment part of? (hint: a document) • What is a group of people who help decide if someone is guilty or not? • What amount must your claim exceed in order to qualify for a jury trial?

French Revolution 2022-01-26

French Revolution crossword puzzle
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  1. A document inspired by English Bill of Rights and American Declaration of Independence.
  2. Made up 0.5% of the total population, who didn't have to pay any taxes
  3. Were considered the radical faction and called the The Mountain faction.
  4. A committee with five members. it was established from the new constitution.
  5. Members of the Paris Commune who wore long trousers not the usual knee highs which was considered a fashion statement
  6. it was Peasants made up 75% of class the others were urban merchants
  7. One of the factions that was considered to be the civil group, as well wanted to keep the king alive.
  8. it is a tool where you would lie face down with a bag over head and a blade would, and sever your head from your body.
  9. it was made up of Nobles, who had positions in military, courts, and church, and it Made up about 1% of population
  10. an event where almost 40,000 people were killed, including Marie Antoinette, and Olympe de Gouges by the guillotine
  11. this was established to give rights to the people, as well gave jobs to people who were more qualified for them.
  12. wife of the XVI king
  13. It was a sudden overthrow of the government,and how Napoleon toppled the Directory.
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  1. maximilienrthe new leader of the revolution
  2. a oath the 3r party took that said they would stay at the in door tennis court unitll they had created a new constitution
  3. a old fortress that was used as a prison and armory. Destroyed by attackers who heared rumors that the kings troops were coming as well there was weapons and ammunition
  4. He brought the French Revolution to an end in a sense.
  5. a radical jacobin who led the C.P.S,
  6. a group that took control of France with Maximilian as the leader. Made to deffend French from domestic treats
  7. King who was an absolute monarchy, wanted to use force against 3rd estate, which started the Revolution

20 Clues: wife of the XVI king • a radical jacobin who led the C.P.S, • maximilienrthe new leader of the revolution • He brought the French Revolution to an end in a sense. • it was Peasants made up 75% of class the others were urban merchants • Made up 0.5% of the total population, who didn't have to pay any taxes • ...

Scrutiny of the Executive - Crossword 2022-03-11

Scrutiny of the Executive - Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Said PMQ's are the most "nerve-racking" experience for PMs.
  2. The number of days by which the government must respond to select committee reports.
  3. A bill derailed by Labour amendments in 2011.
  4. Described PMQ's as "an exchange of pointless and useless declamations".
  5. Once described as "Weak, weak, weak".
  6. A phrase describing public bill committees.
  7. A doctrine that inhibits executive scrutiny.
  8. The government usually has a majority on these committees.
  9. Chaired the PAC in 2018.
  10. Select committees often chaired by backbenchers.
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  1. The shape of Commons select committees.
  2. A Baroness appointed by Hancock against select committee advice.
  3. Lost the whip after voting against the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
  4. described the last resort for executive scrutiny.
  5. Their government lost the last successful vote of no confidence.
  6. The percentage of select committee recommendations accepted by the government.
  7. The Opposition has very limited access to these.
  8. The committee that scrutinises how effectively the government delivers public services.

18 Clues: Chaired the PAC in 2018. • Once described as "Weak, weak, weak". • The shape of Commons select committees. • A phrase describing public bill committees. • A doctrine that inhibits executive scrutiny. • A bill derailed by Labour amendments in 2011. • The Opposition has very limited access to these. • Select committees often chaired by backbenchers. • ...

Scrutiny of the Executive - Crossword 2022-03-11

Scrutiny of the Executive - Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Said PMQ's are the most "nerve-racking" experience for PMs.
  2. The number of days by which the government must respond to select committee reports.
  3. A bill derailed by Labour amendments in 2011.
  4. Described PMQ's as "an exchange of pointless and useless declamations".
  5. Once described as "Weak, weak, weak".
  6. A phrase describing public bill committees.
  7. A doctrine that inhibits executive scrutiny.
  8. The government usually has a majority on these committees.
  9. Chaired the PAC in 2018.
  10. Select committees often chaired by Opposition backbenchers.
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  1. The shape of Commons select committees.
  2. A Baroness appointed by Hancock against select committee advice.
  3. Lost the whip after voting against the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
  4. Describes the last resort for executive scrutiny.
  5. Their government lost the last successful vote of no confidence.
  6. The percentage of select committee recommendations accepted by the government.
  7. The Opposition has very limited access to these.
  8. The committee that scrutinises how effectively the government delivers public services.

18 Clues: Chaired the PAC in 2018. • Once described as "Weak, weak, weak". • The shape of Commons select committees. • A phrase describing public bill committees. • A doctrine that inhibits executive scrutiny. • A bill derailed by Labour amendments in 2011. • The Opposition has very limited access to these. • Describes the last resort for executive scrutiny. • ...

The Washington Presidency 2022-11-01

The Washington Presidency crossword puzzle
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  1. Commerical treaty signed between the US and England in 1795
  2. Hamilton's plan to create the Bank of the United States
  3. "Father of the Bill of Rights"
  4. First Secretary of State in the Washington Administration
  5. Washington's advice to the nation to avoid political parties, permanent foreign alliances, sectionalism, and a large national debt
  6. French ambassador who paid American sea captains to attack British ships
  7. Treaty where Spain established a border with Florida, allowed the US access to the Mississippi River and New Oleans
  8. Political party created by Hamilton
  9. Wayne "Mad" American general who defeated the Indians in the Ohio Valley at Fallen Timbers
  10. Rebellion in Western Pennsylvania against a tax on liquor
  11. First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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  1. Hamiton's plan to Congress to pay down the national debt
  2. Hamilton's plan to build an industrial based economy
  3. Political party created by Jefferson
  4. Congressional law that created the Supreme Court
  5. England forcibly removing American sailors for ships to serve in the British navy
  6. Vice-Presidency in the Washington Administration
  7. Secretary of the Treasury in the Washington Administration
  8. The first ten amendments to the Constitution

19 Clues: "Father of the Bill of Rights" • Political party created by Hamilton • Political party created by Jefferson • First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court • The first ten amendments to the Constitution • Congressional law that created the Supreme Court • Vice-Presidency in the Washington Administration • Hamilton's plan to build an industrial based economy • ...

Civil Rights Movement 2023-12-22

Civil Rights Movement crossword puzzle
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  1. Legalized discrimination
  2. Civil rights organization
  3. High school desegregation
  4. Rights Act of 1965
  5. Peaceful demonstrations
  6. Bus boycott city
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  1. Voting rights marches city
  2. Summer of 1964 campaign
  3. Washington event of 1963
  4. Protest philosophy
  5. Push for racial equality
  6. Protest tactic
  7. Parks, bus boycott figure
  8. Leader of nonviolent protest
  9. X Nation of Islam leader

15 Clues: Protest tactic • Bus boycott city • Protest philosophy • Rights Act of 1965 • Summer of 1964 campaign • Peaceful demonstrations • Washington event of 1963 • Legalized discrimination • Push for racial equality • X Nation of Islam leader • Civil rights organization • High school desegregation • Parks, bus boycott figure • Voting rights marches city • Leader of nonviolent protest

B2.2 Law 2024-08-13

B2.2 Law crossword puzzle
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  1. To keep safe from harm or injury.
  2. A negotiated and typically legally binding arrangement between parties.
  3. A place where people are held as punishment for committing crimes.
  4. Service Unpaid work performed by an offender as a sentence from the court.
  5. Inclined to suspect something is wrong or not as it seems.
  6. Legal right granting the creator of original work exclusive rights to its use and distribution.
  7. The act of breaking or disregarding a law, rule, or agreement.
  8. A person who has committed a crime or an illegal act.
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  1. The fraudulent acquisition and use of someone's personal information.
  2. Information or objects presented in court to prove a fact.
  3. The approval to do something.
  4. To approve or enact a bill or law.
  5. A group of people sworn to give a verdict in a legal case based on the evidence presented.
  6. Officially signed up or enrolled in something.
  7. A sum of money paid as punishment for breaking a law or rule.
  8. A place where legal cases are heard and decided by a judge or jury.
  9. Deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

17 Clues: The approval to do something. • To keep safe from harm or injury. • To approve or enact a bill or law. • Officially signed up or enrolled in something. • A person who has committed a crime or an illegal act. • Information or objects presented in court to prove a fact. • Inclined to suspect something is wrong or not as it seems. • ...

Unit 2 Congress 2023-01-27

Unit 2 Congress crossword puzzle
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  1. ____ is named President of Senate
  2. reallocation of house seats after census
  3. delaying action on a bill by using long speeches and unlimited debate
  4. ____ is the min # who must be present for business to be worked in congress
  5. a bill with a lot of riders
  6. was passed in response to Vietnam War
  7. votes that reflect preference of constituents
  8. bill doesnt come to floor from until ____ is removed.
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  1. held by most senior member in Senate
  2. says that we now can vote for senate
  3. use of best judgement to make policy in the interest of people
  4. the rule where you need 60 votes to end filibuster in Senate
  5. members of Congress support bills that they wouldn’t vote in exchange for others votes on bills that matter to them.
  6. legislative leader elected by party members with majority of the seats in the House/Senate.
  7. committee that regulates taxation and tariffs
  8. Federally funded projects to bills passed through Congress
  9. members of Congress act as delegates or trustees depending on issue

17 Clues: a bill with a lot of riders • ____ is named President of Senate • held by most senior member in Senate • says that we now can vote for senate • was passed in response to Vietnam War • reallocation of house seats after census • committee that regulates taxation and tariffs • votes that reflect preference of constituents • ...

American Literature 2024-12-19

American Literature crossword puzzle
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  1. What was the document named that broke away from Britain
  2. what were the first 10 rules of the Bill of Rights?
Down
  1. who was the first president?
  2. Who tried to control the 13 colonies?
  3. What did the first amendment give you?

5 Clues: who was the first president? • Who tried to control the 13 colonies? • What did the first amendment give you? • what were the first 10 rules of the Bill of Rights? • What was the document named that broke away from Britain

Capítulo 7: La Comida Parte 1 2025-02-12

Capítulo 7: La Comida Parte 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. It's perfect
  2. strawberries
  3. garlic
  4. tea
  5. customer
  6. It's missing salt
  7. pineapple
  8. Anything else?
  9. vanilla flan
  10. to pay the bill
  11. pigeon peas
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  1. drinks
  2. seafood
  3. Bring me the bill
  4. finger foods
  5. daily special
  6. roast meat
  7. Is everything okay?
  8. mineral water
  9. gazpacho (a cold tomato soup)

20 Clues: tea • drinks • garlic • seafood • customer • pineapple • roast meat • pigeon peas • finger foods • It's perfect • strawberries • vanilla flan • daily special • mineral water • Anything else? • to pay the bill • Bring me the bill • It's missing salt • Is everything okay? • gazpacho (a cold tomato soup)

Government Review 2025-03-29

Government Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Manages the province and makes decisions with MPPs about education, healthcare, and local economy.
  2. Branch , This branch creates laws.
  3. Represent different parts (wards) of the city or town.
  4. of Provincial Parliament (MPP), Elected members that represent a district or ward in the provincial government.
  5. A form of government where citizens in the country have a say in how the government is run.
  6. Manages city services and works with councillors to make local laws and policies.
  7. Leads the country and represents Canada internationally.
  8. Branch , This branch enforces the laws.
  9. Freedoms and protections guaranteed to all Canadians protected under the law.
  10. Rights The right to be treated equally under the law.
  11. General Represents the King and the Monarch.
  12. Minister, A member of the federal government chosen by the Prime Minister to lead a government department.
  13. of Parliament (MP), Represents a riding in the House of Commons.
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  1. Branch, This branch runs the country.
  2. Duties or actions that citizens should do to help in society.
  3. A group of leaders elected by Indigenous communities to help make important decisions.
  4. Rights The right to speak whatever language you choose.
  5. Rights The right to a fair trial and legal representation.
  6. Rights The right to vote and the right to run for the government.
  7. Rights The right to move, live and work anywhere in Canada.
  8. A member of a province or country, who has certain rights and responsibilities.
  9. A rule or law that is made by the municipal government .
  10. Act A law created by the Canadian government that introduced Band Councils.
  11. Indigenous communities make decisions without government control.
  12. Review laws before they become official.

25 Clues: Branch , This branch creates laws. • Branch, This branch runs the country. • Branch , This branch enforces the laws. • Review laws before they become official. • General Represents the King and the Monarch. • Represent different parts (wards) of the city or town. • Rights The right to be treated equally under the law. • ...

Elderly Rights 2024-03-21

Elderly Rights crossword puzzle
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  1. Problem currently happening with health care workers in retirement homes
  2. Bill passed during te great depression,made financial safety net for elders
  3. Man who was replaced at his job, and defined ADEA's limits
  4. Two women who were confined to state hospitals instead of being let go to community centers
  5. Provides health insurance to those 65 years and older
  6. Protects citizens 40 years and older from being denied a job because of age
Down
  1. Helvering vs davis stated that social security was a federal power and did not violate this amendment
  2. brought retirement homes into urban areas
  3. Act that aims to stop mistreatment of seniors
  4. Determined taxing women's social security was unconstitutional under the ____ rights act od 1964
  5. aids seniors with meal plans, transportation, and healthcare

11 Clues: brought retirement homes into urban areas • Act that aims to stop mistreatment of seniors • Provides health insurance to those 65 years and older • Man who was replaced at his job, and defined ADEA's limits • aids seniors with meal plans, transportation, and healthcare • Problem currently happening with health care workers in retirement homes • ...

Congressional Underpinnings Crossword 2019-01-15

Congressional Underpinnings Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. An action needed to be taken between proponents of the different plans.
  2. Compromise regarding balancing state representation
  3. The bill of rights is the first ____ amendments to the Constitution
  4. Plan proposed to strengthen the Articles of Confederation and create the Supreme Court
  5. Surname of one of the writers of the Federalist Papers
  6. Adj, describes the constitution being a non-stagnant being
  7. Favored a strong national government and supported the Constitution
  8. The two-stage amendment process consists of proposal and _______
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  1. Judicial ____ allows the federal courts the power to nullify acts of the nation's government when they conflicted with the Constitution.
  2. A document establishing the structure, functions, and limitations of a government.
  3. Unlike the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution granted a ______ or two-house Congress.
  4. A system of government in which the national and state governments share power and derives its power from the citizens
  5. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention that helped draft the Constitution.
  6. Plan proposed to create a strong central government with three branches

14 Clues: Compromise regarding balancing state representation • Surname of one of the writers of the Federalist Papers • Adj, describes the constitution being a non-stagnant being • The two-stage amendment process consists of proposal and _______ • The bill of rights is the first ____ amendments to the Constitution • ...

Keanu Reeves 2025-09-22

Keanu Reeves crossword puzzle
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  1. He is the one
  2. Teds best friend
  3. Keanu comic book
  4. A DC Hero
  5. The real world is seperate from this world
Down
  1. A reeves surfer movie
  2. The type of adventure bill and ted had
  3. Robot version of Ted
  4. Robot version of Bill
  5. Bills best friend

10 Clues: A DC Hero • He is the one • Teds best friend • Keanu comic book • Bills best friend • Robot version of Ted • A reeves surfer movie • Robot version of Bill • The type of adventure bill and ted had • The real world is seperate from this world

Political Parties and Policy 2024-11-22

Political Parties and Policy crossword puzzle
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  1. A person represented by an elected official, typically a voter in a specific electoral district.
  2. - the study of human societies, cultures, and their development over time.
  3. Relating to elections or the process of voting, including the systems and mechanisms used to elect representatives.
  4. A meeting of members of a political party or faction to discuss and decide on policy or select candidates for office.
  5. and Balances - A system that ensures that no one branch of government becomes too powerful by allowing each branch to oversee and limit the actions of the others.
  6. A situation where two major political parties work together to achieve a common goal or pass legislation, despite their differences.
  7. The act of attempting to influence the decisions of government officials, often by special interest groups or organizations.
  8. A set of beliefs or principles that guide the actions and policies of an individual or group, particularly in a political context.
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  1. A formal declaration of the principles and policies that a political party stands for, often detailed during elections.
  2. A deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes, particularly in government and politics.
  3. - the study of historical writing and the methods used by historians to interpret past events.
  4. Strong allegiance to a particular political party or ideology, often leading to biased perspectives and divisive politics.
  5. An individual currently holding a political office, often seeking re-election.
  6. of Rights - The first ten amendments to the US Constitution that guarantee individual freedoms and rights.

14 Clues: - the study of human societies, cultures, and their development over time. • An individual currently holding a political office, often seeking re-election. • - the study of historical writing and the methods used by historians to interpret past events. • A person represented by an elected official, typically a voter in a specific electoral district. • ...

Doubling Rule 2026-03-05

Doubling Rule crossword puzzle
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  1. miss
  2. fizz
  3. fluff
  4. back
  5. gull
  6. spell
  7. jazz
Down
  1. sniff
  2. off
  3. luck
  4. bill
  5. cross
  6. buzz
  7. less
  8. lick

15 Clues: off • miss • fizz • luck • back • bill • buzz • gull • less • lick • jazz • sniff • fluff • cross • spell

Unit 5 Crossword 2022-04-14

Unit 5 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. He declared that the powers of the government should be balanced and separated to avoid any form of corruption taking place.
  2. This law set up a way to survey and sell the land north of the Ohio River.
  3. The Supreme Court. Members of this branch serve for life and their duty is to carry out justice.
  4. To amend means to change or to ____
  5. The opening of a document. The US Constitution has one, and the beginning of it starts with the iconic words "We the People of the United States."
  6. People who thought the Constitution made the government too strong and didn't want it to be ratified.
  7. This is an important British document that took part in inspiring the Constitution.
  8. Congress. They propose and make the laws.
  9. This law made in 1787 created the Northwest Territory from land north of the Ohio River and the Mississippi River. It also set up a process to apply for statehood.
  10. This act made it easier to buy land in the Northwest Territory by allowing settlers to make payments over time.
  11. An important event that showed the need for a stronger government.
  12. The president and other cabinet members. They can veto a law and carry out the laws.
  13. These were the first 10 Amendments of the US Constitution.
  14. A plan of government. Also the name of our current plan of government.
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  1. The previous plan of US government. Established a strong state government and a weak federal one.
  2. Our government is a democracy, but more specifically a _______.
  3. Believed that everyone had natural rights when they were born. These specific rights he wrote about were life, liberty, and property. He was another influence of the Constitution.
  4. The meeting held to discuss what to do about the Articles of Confederation and how to run the country
  5. Supporters of the new Constitution
  6. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate make up...
  7. BONUS! The name of one of the greatest musicals of all time. This musical is very popular and is currently on Disney+. It also makes learning US history way more fun. Maybe more people would want to learn about the Great Depression if they made a fun rap musical about it. Oh. And I guess it's also the last name of one of the founding fathers.

21 Clues: Supporters of the new Constitution • To amend means to change or to ____ • Congress. They propose and make the laws. • These were the first 10 Amendments of the US Constitution. • Both the House of Representatives and the Senate make up... • Our government is a democracy, but more specifically a _______. • ...

Paula 2025-08-30

Paula crossword puzzle
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  1. Common trait of JoAnne, Ron, Jim, Emma
  2. Bill & Uncle Charles owned this together
  3. Preferred hot morning beverage
  4. Paul's favorite casserole
  5. Favorite family dessert
  6. County Daniel H Carey was appointed Superior Court Judge in 1905
Down
  1. Cutest black Toy Poodle
  2. Grandchildren
  3. Perk of Haselwood friendship
  4. Bane of your existence
  5. College Bill received DDS in 1933
  6. Paul's Valentine's Day Sacrament
  7. DDS (init.)
  8. Last Rocky Point Kitty
  9. Homeland of Grandma Helen's parents, Ferdinand & Johanna
  10. Homeland of Judge Carey's parents, Michael & Margaret
  11. Where Paul & Paula were when Emma threw up in your bed
  12. Ron & JoAnne's house & Tom's first home town
  13. Reason for Rocky Point kitchen remodel
  14. Favorite collection items on display

20 Clues: DDS (init.) • Grandchildren • Bane of your existence • Last Rocky Point Kitty • Cutest black Toy Poodle • Favorite family dessert • Paul's favorite casserole • Perk of Haselwood friendship • Preferred hot morning beverage • Paul's Valentine's Day Sacrament • College Bill received DDS in 1933 • Favorite collection items on display • Common trait of JoAnne, Ron, Jim, Emma • ...

Government 2016-06-05

Government crossword puzzle
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  1. types of government are dictatorship, monarchy.
  2. Constitution does not specifically list these processes as forms of amending the Constitution.
  3. landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States
  4. 10 of these in the bill of rights
  5. English political philosopher, greatest work is the Leviathan (1651), which contains his defence of absolute sovereignty
  6. Constitution specifically denies some powers to all levels of government
  7. political power reserved by a constitution to the exclusive jurisdiction of a specified political authority.
  8. French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland
  9. Has own smaller government but ruled by bigger one
  10. type of ruling in america
  11. Gov. is separated into powers
  12. America government v.s. Queen
  13. the federal principle or system of government
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  1. powers that are shared by both the State and the federal government
  2. powers that Congress and the president need in order to get the job done right
  3. constitution provides an (blank) process
  4. first ten amendments to the US Constitution
  5. A seventeenth-century English philosopher
  6. Respect for the equality is an example of
  7. organization or system is regulated
  8. Those powers of Congress specifically listed in the Constitution.
  9. those powers authorized by a document that, while not stated, seem to be implied by powers expressly stated

22 Clues: type of ruling in america • Gov. is separated into powers • America government v.s. Queen • 10 of these in the bill of rights • organization or system is regulated • constitution provides an (blank) process • A seventeenth-century English philosopher • Respect for the equality is an example of • first ten amendments to the US Constitution • ...

Chapter 9 Puzzle 2021-10-12

Chapter 9 Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Novelist who exposed social problems.
  2. The right to vote; a goal of woman reformers.
  3. President of NAWSA, who led the campaign for women suffrage during Wilson's administrsion.
  4. Novel by Upton Sinclair describing meatpacking.
  5. Head of the U.S. Forest Service under Roosevelt, believed that it was possible to make use of natural resources.
  6. Bill meant to lower tariffs on imported goods.
  7. Law reforming meatpacking conditions.
  8. National American Women Suffrage Association.
  9. National banking system begun in 1913.
  10. Social reformer.
  11. Winner of the 1912 presidential election.
  12. Leader of the women suffrage movement.
  13. A way for people to propose laws directly.
  14. Progressive Wisconsin governor and senator.
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  1. Nickname for the new Progressive Party, which formed to support Roosevelt in the election of 1812.
  2. Using scientific ideas to make work more efficient.
  3. President Roosevelt's program of progressive reforms.
  4. Making the sale or use of alcohol illegal.
  5. National Association of Colored Women.
  6. President from 1909-1913.
  7. Writer who exposes wrongdoing.
  8. The planned management of natural resource.
  9. A vote on whether to remove an official from office.
  10. A way for people to approve changes in laws by a vote.
  11. Law that weakened monopolies and upheld the rights of unions and farm organizations.
  12. Amendment that gave women the right to vote.

26 Clues: Social reformer. • President from 1909-1913. • Writer who exposes wrongdoing. • Novelist who exposed social problems. • Law reforming meatpacking conditions. • National Association of Colored Women. • National banking system begun in 1913. • Leader of the women suffrage movement. • Winner of the 1912 presidential election. • Making the sale or use of alcohol illegal. • ...

Units 1-3 Crossword Review 2022-05-10

Units 1-3 Crossword Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The gentry was the _____ class in NC.
  2. People who supported the King in the colonies.
  3. The Bill of Rights is the first _____ amendments.
  4. The New Jersey Plan state states should have _____ representation regardless of population.
  5. First President of the United States.
  6. Great _____ combined the two presented plans to Congress to please everyone.
  7. This branch determines if laws are constitutional or not.
  8. What crop did John Rolfe introduce to the English colonies?
  9. This plan stated that states should have representatives proportionate to their population.
  10. The Treaty of _____ ended the Revolutionary War.
  11. Battle of _____ Courthouse: forced British troops to retreat.
  12. Turning point battle in the Revolutionary War.
  13. First successful English colony.
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  1. Battle of _____: location of British surrender.
  2. The western most region in NC.
  3. The middle class in NC was the _____ class.
  4. This branch consists of the Senate and House of Representatives
  5. The middle region in NC.
  6. People who liked the Constitution as written.
  7. The Lost Colony was on this island.
  8. Lexington & _____: first shots of the war.
  9. Last name of man who founded the Quaker colony.
  10. Last name of the first English born child in the New World.
  11. Anti-Federalists _____ the US Constitution as it was written.
  12. People who opposed the King in the colonies.

25 Clues: The middle region in NC. • The western most region in NC. • First successful English colony. • The Lost Colony was on this island. • The gentry was the _____ class in NC. • First President of the United States. • Lexington & _____: first shots of the war. • The middle class in NC was the _____ class. • People who opposed the King in the colonies. • ...

law 2019-08-05

law crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the opposite party
  2. group of people fighting for different rights
  3. someone who has thr legal right to take part in voting
  4. political opposition to a designated government
  5. house of representatives
  6. an independent country or community
  7. law passed by both houses of parliament that has recived royal assent
  8. the queen in parliament
  9. 76 members
  10. voting Australias voting system
  11. who runs the country
  12. the senate
  13. getting find from not voting
  14. the paper used to do your preferential voting
  15. a system of government in which the most important decisions are made by cabinet ministers
  16. has a role over all aspects of financial management
  17. a planned election
  18. proposal of a new law
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  1. when everyone comes together usually happening no more than 50-60 times a year
  2. the Australian government
  3. team of 20 or most senior ministers in the government
  4. Morrison primeminister
  5. legislative authority
  6. the vote of someone who numbers their preferences in order of the candidates name
  7. structure of parliament
  8. someone draws attention to rules violation in a meeting
  9. where our parliament is located in Australia
  10. democratic form of government
  11. the making of a Commonwealth, or federal Parliament
  12. a person that can vote
  13. the country enforces a law

31 Clues: 76 members • the senate • the opposite party • a planned election • who runs the country • legislative authority • proposal of a new law • Morrison primeminister • a person that can vote • structure of parliament • the queen in parliament • house of representatives • the Australian government • the country enforces a law • getting find from not voting • democratic form of government • ...

Amy's crossword puzzle 2026-03-27

Amy's crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. having no success
  2. to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something
  3. not having reached the age to have full civil rights
  4. a particular and usually agreeable odor
  5. to stun especially by a blow
  6. the end part of the leg below the ankle of a vertebrate animal
  7. so as to be clearly heard
  8. the standard amount that something should weigh
  9. to take into consideration as a deduction or an addition
  10. what or which person or persons
  11. a part of a piece of clothing that is pointed or sticks out
  12. a number of animals of one kind kept or living together
Down
  1. to lay military mines in or under
  2. a long narrow opening in rock filled with mineral matter
  3. of or relating to whom or which
  4. a thin flat or curved object that is rotated about an axis by a flow of fluid
  5. to set in motion by physical force
  6. an act or product of skill, strength, or cleverness
  7. to make or become healthy or whole
  8. a coin or bill representing one cent
  9. the time of light between one night and the next
  10. to look cautiously or briefly
  11. the corresponding part of a lower vertebrate

23 Clues: having no success • so as to be clearly heard • to stun especially by a blow • to look cautiously or briefly • of or relating to whom or which • what or which person or persons • to lay military mines in or under • to set in motion by physical force • to make or become healthy or whole • a coin or bill representing one cent • a particular and usually agreeable odor • ...

Black History Month Facts 2024-02-27

Black History Month Facts crossword puzzle
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  1. who was an American professional boxer and activist.
  2. who was responsible for the development of Tuskegee University in
  3. who became the first African-American woman to travel into space
  4. who used the network of the Underground Railroad.
  5. who was an American surgeon and medical researcher
  6. who was best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  7. who was an investigative journalist, and early leader in the civil rights movement
  8. who was the winner of the National Medal of Technology
  9. whose mathematician calculations were critical to the success of the subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights
  10. who made different uses for peanuts
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  1. who was an American bass-baritone concert artist
  2. who was the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress.
  3. who was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist
  4. who was an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement
  5. who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S
  6. who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement
  7. who published his first book in 1845.
  8. who served in the United States House of Representatives
  9. who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism
  10. who was an American singer and actress

20 Clues: who made different uses for peanuts • who published his first book in 1845. • who was an American singer and actress • who was an American bass-baritone concert artist • who used the network of the Underground Railroad. • who was an American surgeon and medical researcher • who was an American professional boxer and activist. • ...

Government 2023-09-26

Government crossword puzzle
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  1. System in which governmental power is divided into two or more levels, usually a central, national government and component state governments.
  2. philosophy of that asserts that the people are the ultimate source. of their government's authority
  3. the house's power to formally charge top government officials with"treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanor's; the senate acts as a trail court for impeachment cases
  4. the fist ten amendments to the constitution; protects citizens' democratic rights by limiting the power of state and national governments
  5. the judicial branch's power to review the constitutionality of laws passed by the legislative branch or of actions taken by the executive branch and to declare them unconstitutional
  6. the president's power to oppose a bill passed by congress by refusing to sign that bill into law
  7. the principle of keeping each branch of government in check through the power of another branch of government.
Down
  1. the principle of dividing national power among three different branches of government, to prevent any group or individual from gaining too much control
  2. the minimum number of members needed to transact business in the house or the senate
  3. a constitution principle that limits government to only those powers granted by law
  4. the formal introduction of a constitutional amendment
  5. the formal approval process of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty
  6. a situation that occurs when one branch of government purposely halts the political process of another branch
  7. the constitution's introduction, which explains the constitution's nature and pupose
  8. official government count of the United States population, taken every ten years and used to determine the number of re[resentatives for each state

15 Clues: the formal introduction of a constitutional amendment • the formal approval process of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty • a constitution principle that limits government to only those powers granted by law • the minimum number of members needed to transact business in the house or the senate • ...

EOC Review 2024-04-22

EOC Review crossword puzzle
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  1. a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonists to support becoming independent from England
  2. Words - laws passed by government to protect natural rights
  3. a government document that limited the power of the king of England and protected the rights of the nobility; written by the English nobles in 1215
  4. the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken away by governments; life, liberty, and property
  5. popular or representative system where the people create and run their own government
  6. a government document that expanded the powers of the English Parliament and expanded the rights of the people, as well as further limited the rights of the king; written by the members of the English Parliament in 1689
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  1. a government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement
  2. the structure of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that sets up three branches with their own distinct powers and responsibilities
  3. the idea that people have the right to fair and reasonable laws, and that government leaders and officials have to follow rules when enforcing laws and treat all people in the same way
  4. the introduction to the U.S. Constitution
  5. a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution, that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches
  6. an agreement between individuals that created a government that would provide order and protect the rights of the colonists; written by a group of English Puritans in Massachusetts in 1620
  7. an implied agreement among the people of an organized society that defines the rights, duties, and limitations of the governed and the government
  8. an agreement made by the people to establish a government and abide by its laws
  9. body responsible for making laws
  10. A tax
  11. a concept that those who govern are bound by the laws; no one is above the law
  12. a period in European history when many educated people stressed the importance of learning and reasoning;
  13. set of things that people believe they should be free to do without restrictions

19 Clues: A tax • body responsible for making laws • the introduction to the U.S. Constitution • Words - laws passed by government to protect natural rights • a concept that those who govern are bound by the laws; no one is above the law • an agreement made by the people to establish a government and abide by its laws • ...

President Reagan and the 1990s 2025-04-11

President Reagan and the 1990s crossword puzzle
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  1. Economic policy with less government, tax cuts, and more laissez faire
  2. First African American President
  3. First woman appointed to the Supreme Court
  4. Treaty to limit arms and nuclear weapons
  5. Political scandal where burglars were hired to steal opponent documents
  6. US was selling weapons to Iran and gave the profits to the Contras in Nicaragua
  7. To remove a president from office
  8. Space agency to combat the Soviets in the space race
  9. Great Society program to help with housing
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  1. Religious group that opposed the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)
  2. Bill given to military veterans to help with school or buy a home
  3. When the prices of products rises
  4. Rise in births after WWII
  5. Policy to reduce tensions
  6. Group of people that supported the Vietnam war but did not want to say it
  7. Middle-Eastern Democratic country that the US supports
  8. Arab nations that own most oil, put an oil embargo on the US when it supported Israel
  9. President Carter brought enemies Egypt and Israel together to sign a peace treaty
  10. Act passed by President Obama to help the recession at the time

19 Clues: Rise in births after WWII • Policy to reduce tensions • First African American President • When the prices of products rises • To remove a president from office • Treaty to limit arms and nuclear weapons • First woman appointed to the Supreme Court • Great Society program to help with housing • Space agency to combat the Soviets in the space race • ...

Government 2016-06-05

Government crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of ruling in america
  2. first ten amendments to the US Constitution
  3. powers that are shared by both the State and the federal government
  4. Constitution does not specifically list these processes as forms of amending the Constitution.
  5. English political philosopher, greatest work is the Leviathan (1651), which contains his defence of absolute sovereignty
  6. constitution provides an (blank) process
  7. Constitution specifically denies some powers to all levels of government
  8. Gov. is separated into powers
  9. French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland
  10. political power reserved by a constitution to the exclusive jurisdiction of a specified political authority.
  11. those powers authorized by a document that, while not stated, seem to be implied by powers expressly stated
  12. organization or system is regulated
  13. powers that Congress and the president need in order to get the job done right
Down
  1. landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States
  2. types of government are dictatorship, monarchy.
  3. 10 of these in the bill of rights
  4. Respect for the equality is an example of
  5. A seventeenth-century English philosopher
  6. the federal principle or system of government
  7. Those powers of Congress specifically listed in the Constitution.
  8. America government v.s. Queen
  9. Has own smaller government but ruled by bigger one

22 Clues: type of ruling in america • Gov. is separated into powers • America government v.s. Queen • 10 of these in the bill of rights • organization or system is regulated • constitution provides an (blank) process • Respect for the equality is an example of • A seventeenth-century English philosopher • first ten amendments to the US Constitution • ...

Become a citizen the fun way 2023-01-11

Become a citizen the fun way crossword puzzle
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  1. These has Three judges
  2. Who vetoes/passes bills
  3. What month do we vote for the president
  4. Courts above the trial courts
  5. A blank introduces the bill to the floor
  6. The house of representatives has how many voting members
  7. The piece of paper you cast your vote on
  8. Foreign policy is the relationship between two
  9. Out of the 4 features of the state which one protects the citizens
  10. The opener to the constitution
  11. What happens inside of the country
  12. What happens outside of the country
  13. The branch that makes Laws
  14. If both the president and vice president can't serve the term who fishes the term
Down
  1. Political Powers that aren't specifically listed in the constitution
  2. What branch is the President in charge of
  3. The right you were born with
  4. A type of government everyone participates in
  5. You’re outside of your
  6. Has 100 senators in here
  7. This house depends on the population of your state
  8. A change or addition to the constitution
  9. Which role of government maintains the police
  10. Was adding to the constitution to give peoples rights
  11. The government is received by a branch or written argument which is called
  12. What are the two parts of congress
  13. Even unpopular social group gets protected by this

27 Clues: These has Three judges • You’re outside of your • Who vetoes/passes bills • Has 100 senators in here • The branch that makes Laws • The right you were born with • Courts above the trial courts • The opener to the constitution • What happens inside of the country • What are the two parts of congress • What happens outside of the country • What month do we vote for the president • ...

constitutional crossword puzzle 2024-12-16

constitutional crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. and maritime law: comes from the general maritime law of nations and has been modified to also apply to the Great Lakes and all navigable rivers in the United States.
  2. budget: a philosophy with the objective of not spending more money than is taken in by the government.
  3. a group of governmental officials who head various departments in the Executive Branch and advise the president.
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  1. of Rights: the first ten amendments to the Constitution that were adopted in 1791. These are the basic rights that all Americans have and its purpose is protect the people from the government.
  2. tendency doctrine: allows legislatures to make illegal speech that could encourage people to engage in illegal action.
  3. of attainder: a legislative act that authorizes punishment for a person even though he or she was not found guilty by a court of law.
  4. emphasizes cooperation between the major political parties.
  5. a formal change to the United States Constitution. As of 2008 there are twenty-seven amendments or “changes” to the Constitution.
  6. and balances: a system set by the Constitution in which the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government have the power to check each other to maintain a “balance” of power.
  7. legislature: refers to a two-house legislature.
  8. to Top

11 Clues: to Top • legislature: refers to a two-house legislature. • emphasizes cooperation between the major political parties. • budget: a philosophy with the objective of not spending more money than is taken in by the government. • a group of governmental officials who head various departments in the Executive Branch and advise the president. • ...

Movement 2017-05-16

Movement crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Negro Nationalism
  2. Organization that monitored King's movements
  3. Expanded his goals in the Civil Rights Movement to include economic equality, equal housing, fair pay, and so forth, for ALL races
  4. Assassinated Malcome X
  5. The greatest threat to the internal security of the country
  6. King opposed this war
  7. rights President Johnson signed this Act
  8. smith Won 200 meter dash and gave the black power solute on the medal podium
  9. Assassinated King
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  1. x Grew up in Boston and Chicago and was a local thief in the 1940s
  2. muhammad Militant civil rights movement leader
  3. Malcome X campaigned for a new approach to civil rights
  4. King [is] no longer a good Negro.
  5. King's death marked the ____ to the modern civil rights movement
  6. Co-founded the Black panther party
  7. Who was on the medal podium when Carlos and Smith raised the Black Power salute
  8. seale Founded the Black Panther Party
  9. power Called for a more aggressive form of civil rights protest

18 Clues: Negro Nationalism • Assassinated King • King opposed this war • Assassinated Malcome X • King [is] no longer a good Negro. • Co-founded the Black panther party • seale Founded the Black Panther Party • rights President Johnson signed this Act • Organization that monitored King's movements • muhammad Militant civil rights movement leader • ...

american history crossword 2021-11-08

american history crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. given to the states
  2. one house checking the acts of other houses
  3. papers written to persuade people to want the constitution
  4. the federal principle or system of government.
  5. out of 5 slaves, 3 counted as people
  6. large ownership chunks of a company are created and sold to a few investors through independent limited partnerships that are established by venture capital firms
  7. a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
  8. for both
  9. uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions.
  10. first president
  11. These laws raised the residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years, authorized the President to deport aliens and permitted their arrest, imprisonment, and deportation during wartime.
Down
  1. first 10 amendments in the constitution
  2. wanted a strong central government
  3. a cabinet washington created
  4. opposed the strong central government envisioned in the U.S. Constitution of 1787 and whose agitations led to the addition of a Bill of Rights.
  5. 2 houses
  6. a person who advocates or supports the political independence of a particular nation or people.
  7. an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.
  8. given to national gov
  9. one house

20 Clues: 2 houses • for both • one house • first president • given to the states • given to national gov • a cabinet washington created • wanted a strong central government • out of 5 slaves, 3 counted as people • first 10 amendments in the constitution • one house checking the acts of other houses • the federal principle or system of government. • ...

Reaghans ss crossword 2025-04-23

Reaghans ss crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. group of people with the constitutional or legal task to rule a country or state, or advise a head of state
  2. We the People of the United States
  3. a branch office that offers a restricted range of services,
  4. These amendments were ratified December 15, 1791
  5. Federal, State, and Local
  6. a preliminary or preparatory statement
  7. the political doctrine that government authority and legitimacy stem from the consent of the governed,
  8. the leader of the united state
  9. the president can do this
  10. principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power
Down
  1. legal protections that ensure equal treatment and prevent discrimination for all individuals,
  2. the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty
  3. relating to laws or the making of them.
  4. relating to or characteristic of soldiers or armed forces.
  5. having the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect.
  6. the governing body of a nation, state, or community.
  7. rule by the people.
  8. the Bill of Rights Institute searches for contemporary news
  9. the smaller upper assembly in the US Congress, most US states, France, and other countries.
  10. the legislative branch, the part of the government that makes laws

20 Clues: rule by the people. • Federal, State, and Local • the president can do this • the leader of the united state • We the People of the United States • a preliminary or preparatory statement • relating to laws or the making of them. • These amendments were ratified December 15, 1791 • the governing body of a nation, state, or community. • ...

Week 13- Constitution and the Articles of Confederation in SC 2024-02-26

Week 13- Constitution and the Articles of Confederation in SC crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Constitution required each _______ to have a constitution that is a representative democracy.
  2. The legislative branch is responsible for ______ the law.
  3. The Federalists and Anti-Federalists presented their views _____ through civil discourse.
  4. The Bill of Rights was the ________ thledead to the ratification of the Constitution.
  5. All debts and contracts of the Confederation Congress were honored which made the ______ from the Articles to the Constitution peaceful and smooth.
Down
  1. The executive branch is in charge of the ________.
  2. The Constitution is the "________ law of the Land".
  3. The judicial branch determines if the law ______ the Constitution.
  4. The _____ of the Constitution of the United States says, "We the People..."

9 Clues: The executive branch is in charge of the ________. • The Constitution is the "________ law of the Land". • The legislative branch is responsible for ______ the law. • The judicial branch determines if the law ______ the Constitution. • The _____ of the Constitution of the United States says, "We the People..." • ...

Healthy Democracy 2025-03-24

Healthy Democracy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. something that follows the rules of the political system as defined by the Constitution
  2. fully involved or getting your full attention
  3. a system of government where power is distributed between different levels of government
  4. freedoms we have that are protected by laws
  5. the branch of government that enforces the laws
  6. the system that divides government responsibilities between three branches
  7. the process of each branch of government using its power to keep the other branches from becoming too powerful
Down
  1. the branch of government that interprets laws and the constitution
  2. something that breaks the rules of the political system as defined by the Constitution
  3. the branch of government that makes laws
  4. relating to the National or central government
  5. a president's authority to refuse a bill so that it cannot be coming law
  6. a change or addition to the US Constitution
  7. a form of government in which power rests with the people either directly or through elected representatives

14 Clues: the branch of government that makes laws • freedoms we have that are protected by laws • a change or addition to the US Constitution • fully involved or getting your full attention • relating to the National or central government • the branch of government that enforces the laws • the branch of government that interprets laws and the constitution • ...

Puzzle 2 2019-12-15

Puzzle 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. US is likely to hit _____ over human rights despite trade talks.
  2. What kind of Electricity produced from falling water?
  3. Who just won the 2019 NBA championship ?
  4. What is the number of years a $5 bill stays in circulation before it is destroyed and replaced?
Down
  1. _____ party calls for universal HDB flat buy pack scheme in new housing policy party?
  2. what’s the cause of kpop idol, Goo Hara’s death?
  3. Which country provides the best access to basic education?
  4. Which type of recycling does Singapore’s plan to aim with their zero-waste plan?

8 Clues: Who just won the 2019 NBA championship ? • what’s the cause of kpop idol, Goo Hara’s death? • What kind of Electricity produced from falling water? • Which country provides the best access to basic education? • US is likely to hit _____ over human rights despite trade talks. • Which type of recycling does Singapore’s plan to aim with their zero-waste plan? • ...

Civil Rights 2023-03-21

Civil Rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to make people follow a rule or law
  2. league of united latin american citizens
  3. a form of action in favor of a cause
  4. a protest by sitting in front of a business
  5. an exam to see if you can read or write
  6. a point of entry
  7. integrated bus rides for civil rights
  8. opposite of violent
Down
  1. started the freedom riders
  2. to include people of all races
  3. rights for all people no matter what
  4. court case that said separate but equal
  5. signed the civil rights act of 1964
  6. filed in court to right a wrong
  7. rights for all people no matter the race
  8. to refuse to buy certain goods in protest
  9. organization to help colored people

17 Clues: a point of entry • opposite of violent • started the freedom riders • to include people of all races • filed in court to right a wrong • to make people follow a rule or law • signed the civil rights act of 1964 • organization to help colored people • rights for all people no matter what • a form of action in favor of a cause • integrated bus rides for civil rights • ...

Bill 2022-03-07

Bill crossword puzzle
Across
  1. seafood source
  2. junction of highways
  3. golf destination
  4. sport of kings
Down
  1. love site
  2. little Miss
  3. famous middle name
  4. Famous fir beans
  5. middle name

9 Clues: love site • little Miss • middle name • seafood source • sport of kings • Famous fir beans • golf destination • famous middle name • junction of highways

Credit Card 2024-05-23

Credit Card crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The measure of your credit health.
  2. The cost sometimes charged for card use or for missing payments.
  3. The security code that shows you are in possession of the card.
  4. The time between a purchase and when the bill must be paid.
  5. The agreement to use money from a financial institution with an agreement to pay it back.
  6. Your credit history can be requested by an _______________ for hiring decisions.
  7. How much you pay for ________________ may be related to your credit history.
  8. The bonus returned to you for regular use of the credit card.
Down
  1. A risk of credit card convenience can be ___________________.
  2. A security device in your credit card.
  3. Money owed for purchases made with a financial loan.
  4. The percentage rate of the debt when you don't pay your bill in full.
  5. Your minimum payment amount can be found on your credit card _______.
  6. You will not have to pay any ________________ if you pay your bill in-full before the first due date.
  7. The plastic tool that contains security features and your credit account name and number.

15 Clues: The measure of your credit health. • A security device in your credit card. • Money owed for purchases made with a financial loan. • The time between a purchase and when the bill must be paid. • A risk of credit card convenience can be ___________________. • The bonus returned to you for regular use of the credit card. • ...

"How a Bill Becomes a Law!" 2024-04-22

"How a Bill Becomes a Law!" crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what kind of vote is needed to pass a bill?
  2. Who signs or vetoes the bill before it becomes a law?
  3. every bill starts with an___________
  4. when the President rejects the bill
Down
  1. this group of people debates the bill
  2. a proposed law is called a________
  3. congress consists of: House of Representatives & __________
  4. This social media app might get banned!!

8 Clues: a proposed law is called a________ • when the President rejects the bill • every bill starts with an___________ • this group of people debates the bill • This social media app might get banned!! • what kind of vote is needed to pass a bill? • Who signs or vetoes the bill before it becomes a law? • congress consists of: House of Representatives & __________

Parliament Crossword 2017-02-13

Parliament Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. postpone
  2. a proposal for a new law which has been presented to Parliament
  3. The Queen in Parliament
  4. a person who gives evidence to the court
  5. the group of senior ministers in a government
  6. a vote where a voter appears to make no choice among the candidates
  7. the forming of a nation by the union of a number of states
  8. Council the council of ministers which advises the Governor-General and gives legal form to cabinet decisions
  9. the oldest political party in Australia
  10. a law made by Parliament
  11. the second chamber in a two-chamber Parliament
  12. having two chambers or houses
  13. the first stage in the progress through a house of a bill
  14. a way of governing a country in which the people elect representatives to form a government
  15. a standing committee of the Senate which inquires into bills
  16. the second stage of the passage of a bill
  17. the joining together of two or more groups or parties
  18. the head of the national government
  19. the seat in which the presiding officer sits in the chamber
  20. a vote in Parliament in which members are free to vote according to their own judgment or belief
  21. the representative of the Queen in Australia at the federal level
  22. a political party formed in 1977
  23. a formal discussion in a house on a bill
  24. a government formed from more than one political party
  25. a numbered supply in a bill
  26. having to do with the national Parliament or government rather that state parliaments or governments
  27. able to be called on to explain their actions.
Down
  1. a member of the Australian Senate
  2. a procedure which sets time limits on the passage of a bill or motion
  3. a legislative body in any of various other countries.
  4. a house of a two-chamber Parliament
  5. the meeting room of a house of Parliament
  6. a member of Parliament who does not belong to a political party
  7. the name of the lower house of Parliament in South Australia and Tasmania
  8. law based on custom or court decisions
  9. More than half the total votes
  10. a debate in which two or more related matters are discussed at the same time
  11. the series of actions which result in a law being made
  12. the final stage in the passage of a bill through a house of Parliament
  13. law made by the executive government under an Act of Parliament
  14. Representatives the area containing Senators and Members seats
  15. the power to interpret or apply the law in particular cases
  16. the power to make and change laws
  17. the first speech in Parliament by a newly-elected member
  18. the court set up under the Australian Constitution to decide matters arising under the Constitution
  19. an official public announcement
  20. the people of a nation or state
  21. a vote by all voters on a question
  22. consisting of one chamber or house
  23. a place for a member in a house of Parliament

50 Clues: postpone • The Queen in Parliament • a law made by Parliament • a numbered supply in a bill • having two chambers or houses • More than half the total votes • an official public announcement • the people of a nation or state • a political party formed in 1977 • a member of the Australian Senate • the power to make and change laws • a vote by all voters on a question • ...

Unit 1 Absolute Monarchy 2020-12-07

Unit 1 Absolute Monarchy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Monarchy, A type of government that is characterized by a ruler having all the power in government is an absolute monarchy.
  2. Monarch, Rulers who believed their power to rule came from God and that they were able to rule on earth without being questioned believed in divine right rule.
  3. de Montesquieu, Hated Absolute Monarchs and wrote vigorously about separating the branches of government in order to avoid tyrannical rule.
  4. Civil War, The event that lead to the passing of the English Bill of Rights
Down
  1. Power for the King, What is the one similarity between the Magna Carta and the Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen?
  2. of Independence, Which famous document had this quote? “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men”
  3. Contract, The core principle of several Enlightenment thinkers that states Governments should be for the people best interest.

7 Clues: Civil War, The event that lead to the passing of the English Bill of Rights • Monarchy, A type of government that is characterized by a ruler having all the power in government is an absolute monarchy. • Power for the King, What is the one similarity between the Magna Carta and the Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen? • ...

constitutional 2024-12-17

constitutional crossword puzzle
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  1. and maritime law: comes from the general maritime law of nations and has been modified to also apply to the Great Lakes and all navigable rivers in the United States.
  2. budget: a philosophy with the objective of not spending more money than is taken in by the government.
  3. a group of governmental officials who head various departments in the Executive Branch and advise the president.
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  1. of Rights: the first ten amendments to the Constitution that were adopted in 1791. These are the basic rights that all Americans have and its purpose is protect the people from the government.
  2. tendency doctrine: allows legislatures to make illegal speech that could encourage people to engage in illegal action.
  3. of attainder: a legislative act that authorizes punishment for a person even though he or she was not found guilty by a court of law.
  4. emphasizes cooperation between the major political parties.
  5. a formal change to the United States Constitution. As of 2008 there are twenty-seven amendments or “changes” to the Constitution.
  6. and balances: a system set by the Constitution in which the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government have the power to check each other to maintain a “balance” of power.
  7. legislature: refers to a two-house legislature.
  8. to Top

11 Clues: to Top • legislature: refers to a two-house legislature. • emphasizes cooperation between the major political parties. • budget: a philosophy with the objective of not spending more money than is taken in by the government. • a group of governmental officials who head various departments in the Executive Branch and advise the president. • ...

law 2019-08-05

law crossword puzzle
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  1. the opposite party
  2. group of people fighting for different rights
  3. someone who has thr legal right to take part in voting
  4. political opposition to a designated government
  5. house of representatives
  6. an independent country or community
  7. law passed by both houses of parliament that has recived royal assent
  8. the queen in parliament
  9. 76 members
  10. voting Australias voting system
  11. who runs the country
  12. the senate
  13. getting find from not voting
  14. the paper used to do your preferential voting
  15. a system of government in which the most important decisions are made by cabinet ministers
  16. has a role over all aspects of financial management
  17. a planned election
  18. proposal of a new law
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  1. when everyone comes together usually happening no more than 50-60 times a year
  2. the Australian government
  3. team of 20 or most senior ministers in the government
  4. Morrison primeminister
  5. legislative authority
  6. the vote of someone who numbers their preferences in order of the candidates name
  7. structure of parliament
  8. someone draws attention to rules violation in a meeting
  9. where our parliament is located in Australia
  10. democratic form of government
  11. the making of a Commonwealth, or federal Parliament
  12. a person that can vote
  13. the country enforces a law

31 Clues: 76 members • the senate • the opposite party • a planned election • who runs the country • legislative authority • proposal of a new law • Morrison primeminister • a person that can vote • structure of parliament • the queen in parliament • house of representatives • the Australian government • the country enforces a law • getting find from not voting • democratic form of government • ...

Unit 1 Government Vocab 2025-05-23

Unit 1 Government Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Rule broken = consequence
  2. People rule through voting
  3. The most desired option wins
  4. Constitutional or unconstitutional
  5. A system of government where powers are split/shared/divided between a national government & state governments
  6. The part of the Consitution that allows for the implied powers (nickname: ______ clause)
  7. To approve
  8. A type of government where the leader(s) has/have complete power or authority
  9. Powers that are denied to both levels of government
  10. Powers that are set aside for state governments
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  1. The government is limited (Bill of Rights is the best example)
  2. Powers that are shared between the national government and state governments
  3. The part of the Constitution that indicates the national government is supreme to states (_____ clause)
  4. A type of democracy in which people choose representatives to represent them (________ democracy)
  5. Powers for the national government that are written in the Constitution
  6. The document announcing the separation of the colonies from Great Britain
  7. The document that sets up the structure of our government; the law of the land
  8. A type of government in which people rule
  9. Citizens must know the charges against them; may be suspended during an emergency/crisis
  10. A type of democracy in which people vote directly on all issues (________ democracy)

20 Clues: To approve • Rule broken = consequence • People rule through voting • The most desired option wins • Constitutional or unconstitutional • A type of government in which people rule • Powers that are set aside for state governments • Powers that are denied to both levels of government • The government is limited (Bill of Rights is the best example) • ...

Unit 1 & 4 Review 2023-06-01

Unit 1 & 4 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Responsible for playing Canadian content on radios and TV shows
  2. Combining two different things to create something new... think of hybrid vehicles
  3. quality of ____ is The satisfaction or dissatisfaction you experience in everyday life.
  4. Seeing yourself represented in TV, government and media
  5. ______ rights are the basic things you should have and be allowed to do as a human being
  6. feeling left out or "on the margins"
  7. _____ labour is the process of forcing children to work, usually under harsh conditions
  8. ______ of living is the type of life you can afford to live
  9. One of the dimensions of globalization (hint: iphone 14 pro max)
  10. Bill 101 promoted the ______ language in Quebec
Down
  1. This parts of your identity make you, you (height, hair colour, etc.)
  2. All teenagers spent too much time on their phones and cell media is an example of a _______
  3. The different groups that you are a part of contribute to your ________ identity
  4. People born in the years 1946-1964
  5. Created a sense of collective identity among Canadians in World War 1
  6. Language spoken by Inuit peoples
  7. World becoming more interconnected
  8. Genetically modified organism
  9. Piles of rocks used by Inuit people to guide and mark special locations
  10. Indigenous people that mostly live in Northern Canada
  11. A French speaking person

21 Clues: A French speaking person • Genetically modified organism • Language spoken by Inuit peoples • People born in the years 1946-1964 • World becoming more interconnected • feeling left out or "on the margins" • Bill 101 promoted the ______ language in Quebec • Indigenous people that mostly live in Northern Canada • Seeing yourself represented in TV, government and media • ...

Colours 2019-09-10

Colours crossword puzzle
Across
  1. colour of the $100 bill in Canada
  2. colour and a fruit have the same name
  3. colour of a sunflower
  4. colour of the $50 bill in Canada
Down
  1. colour for baby girls
  2. colour of the $20 bill in Canada
  3. colour of the $10 bill in Canada
  4. colour of the $5 bill in Canada

8 Clues: colour for baby girls • colour of a sunflower • colour of the $5 bill in Canada • colour of the $20 bill in Canada • colour of the $10 bill in Canada • colour of the $50 bill in Canada • colour of the $100 bill in Canada • colour and a fruit have the same name

Module 14 Vocab 2014-11-26

Module 14 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. receipt
  2. coins
  3. exchange rate
  4. foreign currency
  5. billionaire
  6. millionaire
  7. greedy
Down
  1. stockbroker
  2. purse
  3. credit card
  4. bank note
  5. PIN
  6. cashpoint machine
  7. change
  8. bill
  9. wallet

16 Clues: PIN • bill • purse • coins • change • wallet • greedy • receipt • bank note • stockbroker • credit card • billionaire • millionaire • exchange rate • foreign currency • cashpoint machine

Black History Month Facts 2024-02-27

Black History Month Facts crossword puzzle
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  1. who was the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress.
  2. who used the network of the Underground Railroad.
  3. who became the first African-American woman to travel into space
  4. who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement
  5. who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism
  6. who was an investigative journalist, and early leader in the civil rights movement
  7. who was the winner of the National Medal of Technology
  8. who was best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
Down
  1. who published his first book in 1845.
  2. who served in the United States House of Representatives
  3. who made different uses for peanuts
  4. who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S
  5. who was an American singer and actress
  6. who was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist
  7. whose mathematician calculations were critical to the success of the subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights
  8. who was an American bass-baritone concert artist
  9. who was an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement
  10. who was responsible for the development of Tuskegee University in
  11. who was an American professional boxer and activist.
  12. who was an American surgeon and medical researcher

20 Clues: who made different uses for peanuts • who published his first book in 1845. • who was an American singer and actress • who was an American bass-baritone concert artist • who used the network of the Underground Railroad. • who was an American surgeon and medical researcher • who was an American professional boxer and activist. • ...

Module 3 Vocab 2023-11-26

Module 3 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. the Bill of _______ are the first ten amendments to the US Constitution.
  2. the idea that a country or a governing body has the authority to govern itself without interference from outside forces.
  3. the introduction of the US Constitution and states the 6 purposes for creating the new government of the United States
  4. ________ and balances A system that gives each branch power over the other branches so one branch doesn't become too powerful.
  5. ________ Branch The branch of government that is in charge of interpreting the meaning of laws and of the Constitution and includes the Supreme Court.
  6. ________ Branch The branch of government that is in charge of drafting laws and includes Congress.
  7. Washington's _______ Address Written to explain why he would not run for a 3rd term and to offer the country advice
  8. Americans who were in support of the US Constitution.
  9. the right to govern oneself and make decisions.
Down
  1. ________ Rebellion In 1794, farmers in western Pennsylvania revolted against the whiskey tax. The rebellion was put down by the militia who was dispatched by President Washington.
  2. Americans who were in support of states' rights.
  3. ________ Branch The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing and carrying out laws. The President is the head of the executive branch.
  4. Only a single group responsible for making and passing laws.
  5. ________ review An important part of checks and balances that gives the courts the power to examine the actions of the legislative branch and executive branch to make sure that their actions are constitutional.
  6. the US _______ is the supreme law of the United States of America and is laid out in 7 principles
  7. ________ of powers The power of the government is divided into 3 branches: the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch.
  8. Popular ______ is the idea that government is created by the people and that the people of the country rule, not the government

17 Clues: the right to govern oneself and make decisions. • Americans who were in support of states' rights. • Americans who were in support of the US Constitution. • Only a single group responsible for making and passing laws. • the Bill of _______ are the first ten amendments to the US Constitution. • ...

Chapter 4 - Non-Western Concepts of Human Rights and Dignity 2015-01-20

Chapter 4 - Non-Western Concepts of Human Rights and Dignity crossword puzzle
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  1. / The ___________ order that structures society built upon Asian values demands loyalty to one's superiors which challenges individual rights (Evans 77)
  2. / The foundations of modern Asian Values discourse can be traced back to the work of the social philosopher ____________ (Evans 74)
  3. Harmony / Is maintained when individuals perform their duties to the best of their abilities, a task that takes priority over all concern for self (74)
  4. Contract / Citizens surrender some liberty to a "leviathan" (government) in exchange for security defined by rights over property (Hobbes suggested this) (Evans 61)
  5. Injunctions / Though the mechanism of family and community ties, social order is maintained through _______ _______ that descibe the correct way of thinking and acting (different from West's "legal injunctions") (Evans 74)
  6. / Word that implies human happiness though the love of our fellows, rather than rights as freedoms associated with the global human rights regime (Evans 74)
  7. / They seek to reform and rationalize Islam in an attempt to bring it in line with neoliberal thought and the needs of economic globalization (Evans 70)
  8. Harmony / From the perspective of Asian values the excessive individualism that characterizes the march of economic globalization must be rejected in favor of the interests of _________ _________ (Evans 77)
  9. Values / The emergence of ______ ______ as an alternative to the principles expressed in the global human rights regime shares many values found in Islam (73)
  10. / From the perspective of __________, it follows that any attempt to separate the physiological and material from the psychological and spiritual aspects of human existence, which is central to Enlightenment thought, must be rejected (Evans 61)
  11. Principle / Unlike Locke, property rights under Islam are limited by a "______ ______", which ordains that property rights are restricted to satisfying one's own needs and those of one's family (67)
  12. / They seek a synthesis of Islam of Islam and the dominant global political economy, in an attempt to "Islamize" some aspects of modernity (71)
  13. / Offers the potential to satisfy physiological needs through the exploitation of nature to generate surplus
  14. / The revealed word of God which the Prophet recorded in the _______ four centuries ago, sets down the moral truths as a guide for building a just social order within which all Muslims can find both material and spiritual security (Evans 60)
  15. / ______ and community ties are seen as the foundation upon which harmony and order are built (73)
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  1. Tiger / An approach to political economy that stresses strong leadership and social discipline rather than democracy, rights and individual freedom (Evans 75)
  2. / While Enlightenment thought encouraged a methodology that seeks "truth" (Evans 61)
  3. / Found in most advanced capitalist economies, which separates the state's duty from duties associated with religious observance and assigns religion to private world (Evans 61)
  4. Capitalism / The success of ______ _______ a non individualistic account of capitalist expansion challenged the dominant Western liberal version where rights play a central role (Evans 78)
  5. / _________ version of social contract asserts a normative foundation that seeks to go beyond the mere satisfaction of physiological need by extending that satisfaction to the psychological, spiritual and moral needs of the whole community (Evans 62)
  6. / Refers to the wider Muslim community (Evans 60)
  7. / The distinctions between reason and ___________ as philosophical method is key to understanding all aspects of Islam (Evans 60)
  8. / Western political thought constructed the idea of human rights through the application of reason, for Islam human rights are revealed in the world of ____ (Evans 60)
  9. / Dominant human rights discourse emphasizes the rights and the individual, Islam favors duties and ____________ (Evans 63)
  10. Globalization / In the age of _____________, the demand for changes in systems of production and exchange have seen the emergence of new forms of social relations that challenge existing habits, moral ideas and cultural identities (Evans 60)

25 Clues: / Refers to the wider Muslim community (Evans 60) • / While Enlightenment thought encouraged a methodology that seeks "truth" (Evans 61) • / ______ and community ties are seen as the foundation upon which harmony and order are built (73) • / Offers the potential to satisfy physiological needs through the exploitation of nature to generate surplus • ...

Airman Support 2026-02-02

Airman Support crossword puzzle
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  1. Supports families with PCS, deployment, and financial readiness
  2. Helps Airmen register and vote while deployed or PCS'd
  3. Investigates complaints and protects Airmen's rights
  4. Provides legal assistance, wills, and claims help
  5. Offers short-term, confidential non-medical counseling
  6. Provides legal defense separate from command
  7. Supports victims and educates to prevent sexual assault
  8. Promotes fair treatment and handles discrimination complaints
Down
  1. Diagnoses and treats psychological conditions for Airmen
  2. Helps with GI Bill, disability claims, and transition to civilian life
  3. Investigates crimes like fraud, assault, and cyber threats
  4. Provides emergency loans and financial aid to Airmen
  5. Guides Airmen on tuition assistance and degree planning
  6. Provides spiritual care, counseling, and religious services
  7. Handles prevention and response to family maltreatment

15 Clues: Provides legal defense separate from command • Provides legal assistance, wills, and claims help • Investigates complaints and protects Airmen's rights • Provides emergency loans and financial aid to Airmen • Helps Airmen register and vote while deployed or PCS'd • Handles prevention and response to family maltreatment • ...

Rights 2018-12-13

Rights crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Nations
  2. Teresa Award
  3. countries
  4. Prize
  5. Peace Prize
  6. shot Malala and her friends
  7. is helping Children
Down
  1. Rights
  2. Children's Peace Prize
  3. should be equal to boys
  4. > girls
  5. Countries are easy to take
  6. have equal rights
  7. Rights

14 Clues: Prize • Rights • Rights • Nations • > girls • countries • Peace Prize • Teresa Award • have equal rights • is helping Children • Children's Peace Prize • should be equal to boys • Countries are easy to take • shot Malala and her friends

Oliver Twist 2015-09-30

Oliver Twist crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The relation of Oliver to Monks
  2. Where The Artful Dodger gets sent to at the end of the novel
  3. Noah's surname
  4. The Artful Dodger's real name
  5. The name of Bill Sike's dog
  6. Mr Bumble's job
Down
  1. What the boys steal
  2. How Bill Sike's accidentally dies
  3. The relation of Oliver to Miss Rose
  4. The undertaker who employs Oliver
  5. What is thrown over Bill Sikes by Fagin accidentally

11 Clues: Noah's surname • Mr Bumble's job • What the boys steal • The name of Bill Sike's dog • The Artful Dodger's real name • The relation of Oliver to Monks • How Bill Sike's accidentally dies • The undertaker who employs Oliver • The relation of Oliver to Miss Rose • What is thrown over Bill Sikes by Fagin accidentally • Where The Artful Dodger gets sent to at the end of the novel

Civil rights movement 2023-03-30

Civil rights movement crossword puzzle
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  1. Nonviolent refusal to obey unjust laws
  2. Efforts to bring about social or political change
  3. Separation of people based on race
  4. Civil rights lawyer who argued Brown v. Board of Education
  5. Civil rights organization that focused on youth and student activism
  6. Bringing different groups together
  7. Activists who rode buses to protest segregation
  8. Civil rights leader advocating for black self-defense
  9. Civil rights leader assassinated in Mississippi in 1963.
  10. Movement calling for black self-determination and pride
Down
  1. Protest tactic where activists occupy a space until demands are met
  2. Group of black students who integrated an Arkansas high school
  3. Treatment based on prejudice or bias
  4. The process of bringing different groups together
  5. Strategy of using peaceful means to achieve goals
  6. Alabama city where marchers were violently attacked by police
  7. Alabama city where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus
  8. 1964 campaign to register black voters in the South
  9. Refusal to buy goods or services
  10. City in Alabama, site of key civil rights protests
  11. Prejudice or discrimination based on race
  12. Laws enforcing racial segregation in the South

22 Clues: Refusal to buy goods or services • Separation of people based on race • Bringing different groups together • Treatment based on prejudice or bias • Nonviolent refusal to obey unjust laws • Prejudice or discrimination based on race • Laws enforcing racial segregation in the South • Activists who rode buses to protest segregation • ...

Vocabulary 2024-11-25

Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. The act of attempting to influence the decisions of government officials, often by special interest groups or organizations.
  2. - A supporter of the proposed Constitution who favored a strong central government.
  3. A deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes, particularly in government and politics.
  4. Relating to elections or the process of voting, including the systems and mechanisms used to elect representatives.
  5. Strong allegiance to a particular political party or ideology, often leading to biased perspectives and divisive politics.
  6. A situation where two major political parties work together to achieve a common goal or pass legislation, despite their differences.
  7. - a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved in historical research.
Down
  1. A person represented by an elected official, typically a voter in a specific electoral district.
  2. of Rights - The first ten amendments to the US Constitution that guarantee individual freedoms and rights.
  3. A set of beliefs or principles that guide the actions and policies of an individual or group, particularly in a political context.
  4. A formal declaration of the principles and policies that a political party stands for, often detailed during elections.
  5. - a tendency to favor one side or perspective over another, which can affect understanding of history.
  6. A meeting of members of a political party or faction to discuss and decide on policy or select candidates for office.
  7. An individual currently holding a political office, often seeking re-election.

14 Clues: An individual currently holding a political office, often seeking re-election. • - A supporter of the proposed Constitution who favored a strong central government. • A person represented by an elected official, typically a voter in a specific electoral district. • ...

bill clinton 2020-02-11

bill clinton crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Bill Clintons wife
  2. the Clintons daughter
  3. the instrument bill Clinton plays
  4. how tall bill Clinton is
  5. the month bill Clinton was born
Down
  1. bill Clintons middle name
  2. bill Clinton’s original last name
  3. where bill Clinton grew up
  4. the Clintons cat
  5. the Clintons dog

10 Clues: the Clintons cat • the Clintons dog • Bill Clintons wife • the Clintons daughter • how tall bill Clinton is • bill Clintons middle name • where bill Clinton grew up • the month bill Clinton was born • bill Clinton’s original last name • the instrument bill Clinton plays

Unit 5 Legislative Branch 2021-12-01

Unit 5 Legislative Branch crossword puzzle
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  1. The process of charging officials in the executive and judicial branches with wrongdoing and bringing them to trial
  2. The bill printed in its final form
  3. The vote to end debate of a bill in the Senate
  4. A proposed law
  5. The leader of the House of Representatives
  6. A means by which the president can reject a bill, when Congress is not in session, by not signing it
Down
  1. this happens after a debate has occurred in Congress and changes to a bill have been made
  2. The official leader of the Senate, but this person is not always in attendance
  3. This chamber of Congress is based on equality and there are two people for each state
  4. Temporary committee in both houses of Congress formed to carry out specific tasks that are not already covered by existing committees
  5. This chamber of Congress is based on population and represent districts

11 Clues: A proposed law • The bill printed in its final form • The leader of the House of Representatives • The vote to end debate of a bill in the Senate • This chamber of Congress is based on population and represent districts • The official leader of the Senate, but this person is not always in attendance • ...

APUSH Period 6-8 Review 2021-06-01

APUSH Period 6-8 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Famous civil rights march held in DC
  2. Progressive political party made up of mostly farmers that fought against political unfairness
  3. People (often reporters) that unearth scandals to the public in an effort to create change
  4. The name of America's communist policy
  5. Controversial war prompted by 9/11
  6. New deal program still in effect today that provides monetary assistance to select citizens
  7. Powerful political group that maintains control over their respective areas via corruption
  8. Treaty that ended WWI
  9. Name of top secret atomic bomb project
  10. The side the US fought for in WWII
  11. Political party solely interested in passing nativist policy
  12. FDR's respond to the Great Depression, included many social welfare programs and expanded role of govt
  13. Workers rights protest in Chicago that turned ugly when a bomb was set off
  14. Movement to abolish consumption of alcohol
  15. The increase in the number of people living in urban areas
  16. A stupid economic theory favored by Reagan and other conservative leaders that are only interested in putting money into the pockets of the rich
  17. Deadly fire at triangle shirtwaist factory in NYC
  18. The idea that the rich are rich because they are biologically superior/more evolved
  19. Crowded apartment buildings that often housed industrial workers and new immigrants
  20. Movement working to obtain equal rights for black Americans
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  1. New technology allowing people to communicate from virtually wherever. Responsible for connecting Americans like never before; almost everyone has one of these
  2. Nixon and later presidents' efforts to limit drug use in the US
  3. Wilson's post WWI plan
  4. The competition involving the US, Russia, and space
  5. The development of industry in a country
  6. An anti-Vietnam War protest held at Kent State University that turned violent
  7. Bill that gave veterans the opportunity to attend college
  8. Place where Americans went to see films, responsible for connecting Americans and defining American pop culture
  9. The sudden increase of babies after WWII/the name of a generation
  10. Imprisonment of Japanese Americans during WWII
  11. The 'war' against communism
  12. The worst economic crisis in American History
  13. Prejudice against immigrants
  14. Boycott in Alabama protesting segregation of buses
  15. Arguably the most influential and famous gay rights riot in US history
  16. American terrorist group infamous for their hatred of black people that was also extremely nativist
  17. A conflict America was a major part in in Korea
  18. When one company has exclusive worldwide control of the product they sell
  19. A conflict America was a major part in in Vietnam
  20. Act passed to help fight terrorism, but really just violates citizens' right to privacy
  21. Farming crisis in the Midwest caused by poor farming practices
  22. Invention responsible for connecting Americans like never before and the emergence of distinctly American pop culture

42 Clues: Treaty that ended WWI • Wilson's post WWI plan • The 'war' against communism • Prejudice against immigrants • Controversial war prompted by 9/11 • The side the US fought for in WWII • Famous civil rights march held in DC • The name of America's communist policy • Name of top secret atomic bomb project • The development of industry in a country • ...

AP Gov Vocab Units 1 to 3 2025-12-05

AP Gov Vocab Units 1 to 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. A Senate tactic used by senators to delay or prevent a vote on a bill through prolonged debate. It can be ended by a cloture vote of 60 senators.
  2. A landmark 1819 Supreme Court case that established federal supremacy over state laws and solidified the concept of implied powers by ruling that states could not tax the national bank.
  3. An essay by Alexander Hamilton arguing for a strong, single executive leader for accountability and quick decision-making.
  4. This constitutional amendment reserves powers not delegated to the national government (or prohibited to the states) to the states and the people, reinforcing the principle of federalism.
  5. The constitutional power of the president to reject a bill passed by Congress. Congress can override a regular veto with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and Senate.
  6. A special veto occurring when the president does not sign a bill within 10 days and Congress has adjourned, effectively killing the bill.
  7. A system of government where power is divided and shared between a national (federal) government and state or regional governments, as established by the U.S. Constitution.
  8. The power of the courts to examine the actions of the legislative and executive branches and declare them unconstitutional. This power was established in Marbury v. Madison and defended in Federalist 78.
  9. clause Prohibits states from discriminating against citizens of other states.
  10. An annual message from the President to Congress outlining the administration's agenda and priorities
  11. Powers shared by both the national and state governments, such as the power to collect taxes, make and enforce laws, and build roads.
  12. A legal principle from a previous court case that guides decisions in future similar cases, ensuring consistency.
  13. Directives issued by the president that have the force of law, usually based on existing authority, and are used to manage the federal government.
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  1. The authority of a court to hear a case for the first time.
  2. Ratified in 1951, this amendment limits presidents to two terms in office.
  3. The legislative leader and floor leader of the party with the most seats in either the House or the Senate.
  4. Requires states to recognize the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states.
  5. An essay by Alexander Hamilton arguing for an independent judicial branch and the power of judicial review. He described the judiciary as the "least dangerous" branch.
  6. The authority of a court to review and make decisions on appeals from lower courts.
  7. The presiding officer of the House of Representatives, chosen by the majority party. The Speaker is the most powerful figure in the chamber and is second in line for presidential succession.
  8. Federal grants-in-aid given to states or communities for broad, general purposes with fewer restrictions, allowing states more discretion in how the money is spent.
  9. Federal grants to state and local governments that can be used only for specific, narrowly defined purposes and come with strict guidelines and conditions of aid.
  10. The process of redrawing electoral district boundaries after a census to ensure equal population size.
  11. Statesv.Lopez(SCOTUS) A landmark 1995 Supreme Court case that limited Congress's power under the Commerce Clause. The Court ruled that the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 was unconstitutional, thereby reinforcing states' rights and the Tenth Amendment.
  12. The process of drawing legislative district boundaries to benefit a political party or group.

25 Clues: The authority of a court to hear a case for the first time. • Ratified in 1951, this amendment limits presidents to two terms in office. • clause Prohibits states from discriminating against citizens of other states. • The authority of a court to review and make decisions on appeals from lower courts. • ...

Civil Rights Movement 1950's 2013-03-19

Civil Rights Movement 1950's crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 8 year old in Topeka, Kansas, her father sued the school system in Brown vs the Board of Education.
  2. African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist, preached black supremacy and violence against discrimination.
  3. American author,activist, and civil rights leader, widow of iconic civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
  4. National icon in the history of American progressiveness, leader of the Africa-American civil rights movement.
  5. Black pastor and one of the founders of the Congress for Racial Equality in 1958
  6. Founder of the first branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Brevard County, Florida.
  7. Civil rights activist who worked for 3 decades to seek justice for the murder of her civil rights activist husband in 1963.
  8. Woman who refused to give her seat up to a white passanger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
Down
  1. 34th President of the US from 1953-1961, explained in his first State of Union address his support of the civil rights movement.
  2. A group of African-American sstudents enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957
  3. Executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) serving from 1931-1955.
  4. 33rd President of the US from 1945-1953, wanted integration and equal rights for African-Americans.
  5. 14 year old African-American boy from Chicago, Illinois killed near Money, Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a white woman
  6. Lawyer who won 29 of the 32 cases he argued in front of the supreme court, including the case Brown vs. the Board of Education.
  7. Succeeded James W. Johnson as the head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) serving from 1931-1955
  8. African-American civil rights activist from Mississippi involved in the efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi.

16 Clues: Black pastor and one of the founders of the Congress for Racial Equality in 1958 • A group of African-American sstudents enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957 • Woman who refused to give her seat up to a white passanger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. • ...

Entrepreneurship Fill-In Puzzle 2021-09-29

Entrepreneurship Fill-In Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. bold
  2. sales
  3. founder
  4. avid
  5. bill
  6. risk
  7. patent
  8. loss
  9. business
  10. crate
  11. strive
  12. competes
  13. rewards
  14. corporate
  15. start
  16. plans
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  1. knowledge
  2. owners
  3. meld
  4. goal
  5. operate
  6. idea
  7. new
  8. product
  9. dreams
  10. smart
  11. capital
  12. trademark
  13. invest
  14. selects
  15. morals

31 Clues: new • bold • meld • goal • avid • idea • bill • risk • loss • sales • smart • crate • start • plans • owners • patent • dreams • strive • invest • morals • founder • operate • product • capital • selects • rewards • business • competes • knowledge • trademark • corporate

Miriam's Governemt Crossword 2022-03-23

Miriam's Governemt Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. succession act of 1947
  2. house
  3. indirect popular participation
  4. not signing bill,2/3 vote to overturn
  5. symbolic face of the nation
  6. 4 years
  7. January 20th inaguartion
  8. forgiveness of crime
  9. order to carry out law, amendment, court order
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  1. senate
  2. more time to prepare for court
  3. administers of the law
  4. must give 1 time per year, legislative agenda
  5. 35, natural born citizen, 14 year resident
  6. ignores bill for 10 days, congress adjourns, no power to over turn
  7. political pardon

16 Clues: house • senate • 4 years • political pardon • forgiveness of crime • succession act of 1947 • administers of the law • January 20th inaguartion • symbolic face of the nation • more time to prepare for court • indirect popular participation • not signing bill,2/3 vote to overturn • 35, natural born citizen, 14 year resident • must give 1 time per year, legislative agenda • ...

Selma Marches 2025-04-14

Selma Marches crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the 35th president of the US
  2. help that JFK sent in
  3. Civil rights activist ; in the House of Representatives
  4. a violent white supremacists terrorist group
  5. an American leader of organized labor and civil rights activist
  6. the 36th president of the US
  7. nickname for laws enforcing segregation
  8. people saw that people were being violent towards the protesters on news and newspapers
  9. a chemical police used and sprayed it on activists
  10. young students who help lead protests
  11. Student Non-violent coordinating commitee
  12. a form of peaceful protests
  13. Dallas county voters league
  14. fought to desegregate schools
  15. the riots that happened and they attacked the marches the first time they tried to cross the bridge
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  1. Governer of Alabama; pro segregation
  2. Southern Christen Leadership Conference
  3. when the first march took place for voting rights
  4. an economic boycott of Alabama products
  5. when the civil rights group went to march across for voting rights and they turned around at the bridge because of police and protesters
  6. a famous quote the MLK delivered on the steps of the state capital in Montgomery Alabama
  7. the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
  8. a movement aiming to abolish racial segregation and discrimination
  9. A untied states district Judge of Alabama
  10. the school James Meredith applies too

25 Clues: help that JFK sent in • a form of peaceful protests • Dallas county voters league • the 35th president of the US • the 36th president of the US • fought to desegregate schools • Governer of Alabama; pro segregation • young students who help lead protests • the school James Meredith applies too • Southern Christen Leadership Conference • an economic boycott of Alabama products • ...

Go Buffs NDGD Mr. J Jazmin L 2025-12-06

Go Buffs NDGD Mr. J Jazmin L crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Minimal government intervention in economy
  2. Depression shantytown
  3. Free food distribution
  4. Louisiana politician
  5. Cost of borrowing money
  6. Area of eroded soil
  7. Labor leader, civil rights activist
  8. First female U.S. cabinet member
  9. FDR's plan to expand Supreme Court
  10. Decrease in prices
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  1. Controversial Catholic priest who used radio to broadcast political messages
  2. Educator,civil rights activist
  3. First lady, humanitarian
  4. Advisors to FDR on black community issues
  5. Long, severe recession
  6. Rights for Native Americans
  7. Raw material for trade
  8. Temporary economic decline
  9. Recognition of tribal entities
  10. Increase in prices, Decrease in money value

20 Clues: Decrease in prices • Area of eroded soil • Louisiana politician • Depression shantytown • Long, severe recession • Raw material for trade • Free food distribution • Cost of borrowing money • First lady, humanitarian • Temporary economic decline • Rights for Native Americans • Educator,civil rights activist • Recognition of tribal entities • First female U.S. cabinet member • ...

USVA Unit 3 Review 2025-10-23

USVA Unit 3 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These "War ____" were Congressional leaders, primarily from the South and West, who pushed for war with Britain in 1812
  2. "Popular ______" -- the Constitutional principle that the ultimate political authority rests with the people
  3. Shawnee leader who attempted to united Native American tribes to resist U.S. expansion
  4. "______ of 1807" -- This [failed] policy banned U.S. trade with Britain and France to try and avoid war
  5. This ordinance of 1787 established the process for new territories to become states -- a success for the Articles of Confederation
  6. This Rebellion was an uprising of farmers in Massachusetts; it exposed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
  7. Second U.S. President; Federalist from Massachusetts; supported the Alien and Sedition Acts
  8. This was a decisive American victory in the War of 1812, led by Andrew Jackson "Battle of New _____"
  9. This Anti-Federalist "George" wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which inspired the Bill of Rights
  10. This "affair" was known by three-letters -- it was a diplomatic crisis involving French diplomats that asked U.S. diplomats for a bribe
  11. The act of formally approving an amendment, or in this case, the Constitution
  12. This Compromise created the two-house Congress (Senate and House)
  13. America's first governing document, adopted in 1781, Articles of
  14. "________ of powers" -- another Constitutional principle
  15. The "Democratic _______" party was led by Thomas Jefferson and favored states' rights and a limited federal government
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  1. This Constitutional principle upholds the idea that the government's power is not absolute
  2. First Secretary of the Treasury, author of a financial plan to pay off state debts (which Jefferson opposed)
  3. This purchase occurred in 1803 and doubled the size of the United States
  4. This term refers to the sharing of power between the federal government and state governments
  5. British practice of seizing U.S. sailors and forcing them into the Royal Navy
  6. This rebellion was an uprising of farmers against a federal excise tax, eventually put down by President Washington
  7. Known as the "Father of the Constitution," he was also President during the War of 1812
  8. Warned about the dangers of political parties in his farewell address
  9. The Supreme Court Chief Justice who established the principle of Judicial Review
  10. Third President of the United States; his election was called a "Revolution"
  11. This is a term for a tax placed on imported goods, often to protect domestic industries
  12. Jefferson idealized this profession, and thought they were the ideal citizen in a democracy

27 Clues: "________ of powers" -- another Constitutional principle • America's first governing document, adopted in 1781, Articles of • This Compromise created the two-house Congress (Senate and House) • Warned about the dangers of political parties in his farewell address • This purchase occurred in 1803 and doubled the size of the United States • ...

US Gov congress crossword 2024-03-12

US Gov congress crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A legislative tactic involving prolonged speechmaking to delay or obstruct a vote.
  2. A formal decision-making group within a legislative assembly.
  3. The constitutional power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress.
  4. A temporary committee formed to reconcile differences between House and Senate versions of a bill.
  5. The process of redrawing electoral district boundaries to favor a particular political party.
  6. A joint session of Congress where the President delivers an address on the State of the Union.
  7. The party with the most seats in a legislative body.
  8. The constitutional power of the Senate to approve treaties negotiated by the President.
Down
  1. A committee formed for the purpose of investigating a specific issue or topic.
  2. A proposed law under consideration by a legislative body.
  3. This term refers to a group within a larger committee, focusing on a specific area of legislation.
  4. The leader of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
  5. The procedure by which Congress oversees the executive branch and ensures the laws are faithfully executed.
  6. The approval of a presidential nominee or appointment by the Senate.
  7. A legislator who introduces a bill or resolution.

15 Clues: A legislator who introduces a bill or resolution. • The party with the most seats in a legislative body. • A proposed law under consideration by a legislative body. • A formal decision-making group within a legislative assembly. • The leader of the majority party in the House of Representatives. • ...

United States and Government Week 1 2022-08-10

United States and Government Week 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. governments governments that lead our towns, cities, and counties
  2. branch branch of government that enforces our country’s laws
  3. rights make sure all citizens are able to participate in the political process
  4. government the government that leads our country
  5. making sure everyone has what they need to be successful
  6. discourse working peacefully together and defining problems in a kind way
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  1. branch branch of government that interprets the laws, or decides what they mean
  2. rights, natural rights rights that you are born with that cannot be taken away
  3. of law the government is accountable to the law
  4. money that citizens pay to the government
  5. people behave in a way that is fair, equal, and balanced for everyone
  6. good when people think about what is best for everyone
  7. rights rights that create equality and ensure that everyone's rights are protected
  8. branch branch of government that makes the laws and sets taxes
  9. all people are treated the same, regardless of who they are

15 Clues: money that citizens pay to the government • of law the government is accountable to the law • government the government that leads our country • good when people think about what is best for everyone • making sure everyone has what they need to be successful • all people are treated the same, regardless of who they are • ...

Parliament Crossword 2017-02-13

Parliament Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a debate in which two or more related matters are discussed at the same time
  2. the head of the national government
  3. More than half the total votes
  4. a house of a two-chamber Parliament
  5. a numbered supply in a bill
  6. the first speech in Parliament by a newly-elected member
  7. the final stage in the passage of a bill through a house of Parliament
  8. the first stage in the progress through a house of a bill
  9. a law made by Parliament
  10. a member of the Australian Senate
  11. able to be called on to explain their actions.
  12. a member of Parliament who does not belong to a political party
  13. law based on custom or court decisions
  14. the oldest political party in Australia
  15. the representative of the Queen in Australia at the federal level
  16. the forming of a nation by the union of a number of states
  17. a procedure which sets time limits on the passage of a bill or motion
  18. the series of actions which result in a law being made
  19. the people of a nation or state
  20. consisting of one chamber or house
  21. postpone
  22. a legislative body in any of various other countries.
  23. the court set up under the Australian Constitution to decide matters arising under the Constitution
  24. a way of governing a country in which the people elect representatives to form a government
  25. a formal discussion in a house on a bill
  26. the second chamber in a two-chamber Parliament
  27. having to do with the national Parliament or government rather that state parliaments or governments
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  1. a person who gives evidence to the court
  2. Council the council of ministers which advises the Governor-General and gives legal form to cabinet decisions
  3. a government formed from more than one political party
  4. a proposal for a new law which has been presented to Parliament
  5. a standing committee of the Senate which inquires into bills
  6. a vote in Parliament in which members are free to vote according to their own judgment or belief
  7. the seat in which the presiding officer sits in the chamber
  8. law made by the executive government under an Act of Parliament
  9. a place for a member in a house of Parliament
  10. the group of senior ministers in a government
  11. a political party formed in 1977
  12. the power to interpret or apply the law in particular cases
  13. the second stage of the passage of a bill
  14. a vote by all voters on a question
  15. a vote where a voter appears to make no choice among the candidates
  16. the name of the lower house of Parliament in South Australia and Tasmania
  17. the power to make and change laws
  18. an official public announcement
  19. The Queen in Parliament
  20. the joining together of two or more groups or parties
  21. the meeting room of a house of Parliament
  22. having two chambers or houses
  23. Representatives the area containing Senators and Members seats

50 Clues: postpone • The Queen in Parliament • a law made by Parliament • a numbered supply in a bill • having two chambers or houses • More than half the total votes • an official public announcement • the people of a nation or state • a political party formed in 1977 • a member of the Australian Senate • the power to make and change laws • a vote by all voters on a question • ...

Democracy 2021-01-18

Democracy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Supreme Court branch of power
  2. The original member who introduces a bill.
  3. Someone who traveled to America legally
  4. Someone who lawfully tries to influence politics
  5. Presidential branch of power
  6. Loving your country
  7. a state in which supreme power is held by the people
  8. Face-to-face discussion of candidates' views on issues.
  9. someone chosen to represent a group or party
  10. The person that a political party chooses to represent it in a general election. This is called nomination.
  11. Someones sway in thinking over a subject
  12. Meeting for political party members
  13. Far-right idea of a nationalistic dictatorship
  14. Individual votes
  15. Vote of the people
  16. System of government where one person has all power
  17. Identification with ones own nation
  18. The act of under-minding a group of individuals
  19. Banks currency worth and foreign trade
  20. Idea that all property should be community owned
  21. A person who seeks, or who has been suggested for an office or award.
  22. Party that uses an elephant as it's icon
  23. The right to vote in an election
  24. Lack of a governing body
  25. someones view on something
  26. America has many of differing people who have different ______s
  27. a small group controlling the government
  28. Legislative power in house of reps
  29. Party that uses a donkey as it's icon
  30. Someone favoring strict government
  31. someone who favors federal laws over state laws
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  1. Making a decision based off of two opposing views
  2. The involvement of common citizens.
  3. Government funded medical care
  4. Without favor or blame, objective.
  5. Every citizen has the right to choose their leaders
  6. Political party that is centered on liberty and freedom
  7. Bill that ensures all humans their rights
  8. largest rules that govern the citizen and government
  9. An election in which one candidate defeats the other by a very large margin.
  10. Legislative power that hold senators votes
  11. An area or spread of low income and failing business
  12. The government system we have
  13. Highest judicial court in U.S.
  14. Right to reject a bill
  15. Ending a debate by taking a vote
  16. Senates branch of power
  17. Idea that all wealth should be distributed
  18. When a business controls an entire sect of an economy
  19. a league or alliance of states
  20. Government with a king/queen
  21. someones fund or advertisement before an election
  22. To be a legal citizen of a country
  23. An "amend" to the constitution
  24. The idea that all humans should be treated the same
  25. Decides who will be in power
  26. Economics system run by the people

57 Clues: Individual votes • Vote of the people • Loving your country • Right to reject a bill • Senates branch of power • Lack of a governing body • someones view on something • Presidential branch of power • Government with a king/queen • Decides who will be in power • Supreme Court branch of power • The government system we have • Government funded medical care • Highest judicial court in U.S. • ...

Chapter 1: Real Property Intro 2024-11-04

Chapter 1: Real Property Intro crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sudden loss of land by an act of nature such as an earthquake or land slide.
  2. Ownership rights to the natural resources such as oil and gas below the Earth’s surface.
  3. Any property that is not real property, is movable and is not fixed permanently to one location; can be either tangible or intangible.
  4. Ownership rights limited to the surface of the Earth.
  5. All man-made structures permanently attached to the land such as house, buildings, driveways, sewers, landscaping, etc.; an improvement is considered real property because it is immobile.
  6. The act of changing real property to personal property; example a property owner cuts down a tree on his property to use as firewood.
  7. rights Ownership rights from the surface of the land to the unlimited top border of the sky.
  8. The Earth’s surface extending downward to the center of the Earth and upward to infinity.
  9. Property that is immobile (meaning it cannot be physically moved) and is collectively defined as the land, plus the improvements and the bundle of legal rights.
  10. Water rights to property that borders bodies of water that are not flowing between banks, such as lakes and seas. Littorral = Lake
  11. A document used to document the transfer of personal property between individuals.
  12. Increase in land due to the receding of water from the shore.
  13. Items of tangible personal property such as chairs, tables, clothing, and sofas.
Down
  1. Annually cultivated crops that can be removed at harvest.
  2. Increases in land resulting from the deposits of flowing water such as a river.
  3. The interests, benefits, and rights that are associated with the ownership of real property; consists of the rights of possession, control, enjoyment, exclusion and disposition.
  4. Refers to the degree to which an area is desired because of its location.
  5. Naturally growing or planted trees, shrubs and grasses; considered to be real property because they are immobile.
  6. Silt; the actual soil, rock and other matter moved by flowing water which results in accretion.
  7. The act of changing personal property to real property; example a property owner uses cement, stones and sand to build a driveway to his house.
  8. A portion of land delineated by boundaries.
  9. Any item used for a particular purpose in a trade business in a commercial building and installed for use in a business; examples include hydraulic barber chairs, beauty parlor sinks, cooking hood vents, store shelves, and display counters.
  10. rights Water rights to property that borders bodies of water that are flowing between banks, such as streams and rivers. Riparian = River
  11. The gradual wearing away of land by natural forces such as wind, rain and flowing water.
  12. An item that was originally considered to be personal property, but after it is installed or attached, is considered to be real property and remains with the property.

25 Clues: A portion of land delineated by boundaries. • Ownership rights limited to the surface of the Earth. • Annually cultivated crops that can be removed at harvest. • Increase in land due to the receding of water from the shore. • Refers to the degree to which an area is desired because of its location. • ...

Civil Rights Movement & Vietnam 2024-05-16

Civil Rights Movement & Vietnam crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Name of the President at the end of the Vietnam War
  2. Cultural and political movement that focused on pride in Black culture.
  3. South Vietnamese Communist Rebels
  4. Supreme Court case that desegregated schools.
  5. City where Rosa Parks sparked a bus boycott
  6. City where a pro-voting rights march ended with violence on "Bloody Sunday"
  7. Initials of President who introduced Civil Rights Legislation before he was assassinated.
  8. protestors sat at segregated lunch counters waiting to be served as a form of protest
  9. City where nine students tried to desegregate an all white High School
  10. Growing distrust in what the US government was saying about the war compared to what was seen on TV
  11. Activist group that "policed the police"
Down
  1. Youth movement that rejected the mainstream. Known for Rock music and drugs.
  2. Name of the theory that warned that if South Vietnam fell to Communism, so would surrounding countries.
  3. Initials of President who signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act
  4. Name of the act that tried to limit the Presidents war making abilities
  5. Civil Rights Leader that disagreed with MLK's nonviolent methods
  6. Initials of most prominent civil rights leader who advocated nonviolent peaceful protests
  7. Student protest group that organized Freedom Summer
  8. name of the village that was massacred by US forces
  9. Gulf where US ships might have been attacked that led to the escalation of the Vietnam War
  10. City where the Children's March occured.
  11. Name of the Vietcong offensive that shocked Americans and was a huge political defeat for the US

22 Clues: South Vietnamese Communist Rebels • City where the Children's March occured. • Activist group that "policed the police" • City where Rosa Parks sparked a bus boycott • Supreme Court case that desegregated schools. • Name of the President at the end of the Vietnam War • Student protest group that organized Freedom Summer • ...

History of the U.S 2024-05-18

History of the U.S crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Barrier that keeps women from reaching the top ranks in companies
  2. Protection or promotion of the interest of consumers
  3. Laws made in order to segregate blacks and whites
  4. Group of teenagers who worked to desegregate Litte Rock Central Highschool
  5. Rights that protect people's freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals
  6. Abstinence from alcohol
  7. First woman to ever receive the Nobel Peace prize
  8. Ammendment that proposed that women have the exact same rights as men so the two genders would be totally equal
  9. Provides mortgage insurance on single-family, multifamily, manufactured home, and hospital loans
  10. Work releif program for unmarried men ages 18 - 25
  11. Supplies deposit insurance to depositors
  12. State of being held prisoner
  13. Grants retired workers over 65 social security
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  1. Time of great social activism and political reform
  2. Advocated for African American rights and supported use of violence when necessary
  3. Time of reintegrating Confederate southern states into the Union
  4. Employed millions of jobseekers to carry out public construction projects
  5. The idea that everyone should have equal opportunities and access to various things
  6. 32nd President of the United States/ Signed executive order 9066 into effect
  7. The right to vote
  8. Fight for African American rights
  9. Advocated for African American rights and DI NOT supported the use of violence no matter what
  10. Phase in a company when the company begins operating internationally
  11. A long fight to gain women's rights
  12. Act of setting apart something or someone from another
  13. First African American pilots in the United start Army Air Forces

26 Clues: The right to vote • Abstinence from alcohol • State of being held prisoner • Fight for African American rights • A long fight to gain women's rights • Supplies deposit insurance to depositors • Grants retired workers over 65 social security • Laws made in order to segregate blacks and whites • First woman to ever receive the Nobel Peace prize • ...

Miriam's Governemt Crossword 2022-03-23

Miriam's Governemt Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. January 20th inaguartion
  2. not signing bill,2/3 vote to overturn
  3. order to carry out law, amendment, court order
  4. senate
  5. indirect popular participation
  6. must give 1 time per year, legislative agenda
  7. 4 years
  8. ignores bill for 10 days, congress adjourns, no power to over turn
  9. administers of the law
Down
  1. political pardon
  2. 35, natural born citizen, 14 year resident
  3. house
  4. symbolic face of the nation
  5. forgiveness of crime
  6. succession act of 1947
  7. more time to prepare for court

16 Clues: house • senate • 4 years • political pardon • forgiveness of crime • succession act of 1947 • administers of the law • January 20th inaguartion • symbolic face of the nation • indirect popular participation • more time to prepare for court • not signing bill,2/3 vote to overturn • 35, natural born citizen, 14 year resident • must give 1 time per year, legislative agenda • ...

US Constitution 2025-09-15

US Constitution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. used by the POTUS to kill a bill
  2. to stop a meeting
  3. introduction to the US Constitution
  4. ratification of the constitution
  5. the "lower house" of congress
  6. two chamber legislature
  7. the "upper house" of congress
  8. a simple majority in the house of representatives
  9. the amending process
  10. top leadership position in the house of representatives
  11. delaying a bill trough the use of discussion
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  1. used to elect the president
  2. articles in the US Constitution
  3. first three words in the preamble to the US Constitution
  4. number of supreme court justices
  5. amendments in the US Constitution
  6. the executive branch
  7. father of the US Constitution
  8. the judicial branch
  9. number of representatives in the house of representatives
  10. the legislative branch

21 Clues: to stop a meeting • the judicial branch • the executive branch • the amending process • the legislative branch • two chamber legislature • used to elect the president • the "lower house" of congress • father of the US Constitution • the "upper house" of congress • articles in the US Constitution • used by the POTUS to kill a bill • number of supreme court justices • ...

SCOTUS Cases Crossword 2020-02-03

SCOTUS Cases Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Charles Schenck and Elizabeth Baer dispersed these that criticized the draft
  2. The legal requirement that an individual's rights must be respected by a state or government
  3. Wisconsin violated the Amish families' right to this (a clause)
  4. Marbury v. Madison created this principle
  5. This state passed the most restrictive abortion law as of 2019
  6. The act of changing the boundaries of an electoral district to favor one party over another; creates a weird shape
  7. The New York Times published these that uncovered a lie from Johnson
  8. Baker v. Carr led to a decision that stated that SCOTUS could hear cases involving legislative _______
  9. The Necessary and Proper Clause allowed this to be created
  10. According to the McDonald v. Chicago ruling, this amendment applies to the states
  11. This state created gerrymandered majority minority districts that led to Shaw v. Reno
  12. The state of Florida did not provide Gideon one of these
Down
  1. Roe v. Wade provided rules for what the states can do for each portion of the pregnancy, known as this
  2. Government censorship of material before publication takes place (Like in NY Times v. US)
  3. This is the process of gradually applying amendments in the Bill of Rights to state and local governments
  4. The clause violated in Engel v. Vitale
  5. This case started because this student was denied enrollment to a white school
  6. A movie about this 2008 Democratic presidential candidate led to Citizens United v. FEC
  7. This clause was brought into question in U.S. v. Lopez
  8. Nonverbal type of speech protected by the First Amendment, such as the armbands in Tinker v. Des Moines
  9. The armbands worn by the Tinkers and Eckhardt were used to protest this
  10. Because of this guy, we now have the "clear and present danger" yes (last name)

22 Clues: The clause violated in Engel v. Vitale • Marbury v. Madison created this principle • This clause was brought into question in U.S. v. Lopez • The state of Florida did not provide Gideon one of these • The Necessary and Proper Clause allowed this to be created • This state passed the most restrictive abortion law as of 2019 • ...

Acts/Laws and Leaders 2021-06-10

Acts/Laws and Leaders crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is a country’s legislative (law-making) body?
  2. A person who favors strict obedience to authority
  3. What is the leader of a cabinet called after winning an election?
  4. What act made it impossible for Quebec to gain its independence from Canada through a referendum?
  5. It guarantees certain political rights to Canadian citizens and civil rights of everyone in Canada.
  6. Where do all the members of parliament work in Canada?
  7. What federal political party in Canada is devoted to Quebec’s nationalism and the promotion of Quebec's sovereignty
  8. What set of conditions is required to make changes to the constitution?
  9. A very right-wing member or leader in government.
  10. What draft is used to present to parliament for discussion?
  11. What did most people want to achieve so that everyone was the same?
  12. Who represents the monarch in the provincial executive?
  13. What procedure is used to end a debate and take a vote instead?
  14. What movement tried to make Quebec happy in 1987 because Quebec wanted to separate from Canada?
  15. What occurs if a member of parliament does not agree to what is being discussed?
Down
  1. What code protects you from being treated badly or denied?
  2. What small group must advise the president or Prime Minister to make important decisions?
  3. What member of parliament does not hold office in the government or opposition and sits behind the front benches in the House of Commons?
  4. What act created Canada?
  5. To refuse a law and protest peacefully to make change.
  6. What title is given to a leader or ruler of people or clan?
  7. What law codifies most criminal offenses and procedures in Canada?
  8. What movement tried to make everyone happy in 1992?
  9. What is a body of fundamental principles called?
  10. What part of voting is secret?

25 Clues: What act created Canada? • What part of voting is secret? • What is a body of fundamental principles called? • A person who favors strict obedience to authority • A very right-wing member or leader in government. • What is a country’s legislative (law-making) body? • What movement tried to make everyone happy in 1992? • ...

The Ransom Of Red Chief 2023-11-17

The Ransom Of Red Chief crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Johnny's father
  2. Bill was getting tired of the boy and his
  3. smashed it with his foot
  4. Sam and Bill came up with.
  5. Dorset would have to go along with the plan
Down
  1. Johnny got picked up by Sam and Bill
  2. Johnny put this down into Bill's shirt
  3. Johnny got on top of Billy with a knife and
  4. the name Sam got from Johnny
  5. questions
  6. to take off his scalp
  7. Called himself the Ransom Of Red Chief

12 Clues: questions • Johnny's father • to take off his scalp • smashed it with his foot • Sam and Bill came up with. • the name Sam got from Johnny • Johnny got picked up by Sam and Bill • Johnny put this down into Bill's shirt • Called himself the Ransom Of Red Chief • Bill was getting tired of the boy and his • Johnny got on top of Billy with a knife and • ...

Articles of Confederation XWord-MichaelS 2024-02-10

Articles of Confederation XWord-MichaelS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The A.o.C was passed during the American war between British and America.(George Washington and other major leaders were in it)
  2. The delegates eventually became ____ of each other and kept more secrets against each other.
  3. The remake for the A.o.C had to be kept ___ so the states wouldn't be mad about the new changes.
  4. The A.o.C gave too many rights to the states which made it ______.
  5. The official American can print money but so can the 13 _______.
  6. The___of Confederation were made for the Americans to be able to be ruled by state governments and other abilities.
  7. Just to pass a ____(paper money)the central government needed 9 of 13 colonies to approve it-(Not the answer to 7)
Down
  1. ____ stayed after the war.
  2. ____ stayed after the war.
  3. The A.o.C eventually _______ and got scrapped.
  4. While the delegates were remaking the A.o.C there was a ____ spilling out parts about what the delegates were doing.
  5. States had more people than others so they got more ___ in voting and in the A.o.C.
  6. The A.o.C gave many rights to the states which made the States too ____.
  7. The delegates eventually had to scrap the A.o.C and make a new government.
  8. The A.o.C couldn't do this to the states. The states disregarded it.
  9. America could declare war but who would ____ in it.(What America did to British.)
  10. The rebelion against the A.o.C was ______. It barely did anything.
  11. There was a rebelion against the A.o.C for being unsuccessful.
  12. The A.o.C made ____(business) worse.
  13. The people who stayed in America after the war ____ it more than they're homelands.

20 Clues: ____ stayed after the war. • ____ stayed after the war. • The A.o.C made ____(business) worse. • The A.o.C eventually _______ and got scrapped. • There was a rebelion against the A.o.C for being unsuccessful. • The official American can print money but so can the 13 _______. • The A.o.C gave too many rights to the states which made it ______. • ...

CONSTRUCTION WORD SEARCH 2022-10-26

CONSTRUCTION WORD SEARCH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. OPERATE
  2. OWNERS
  3. TRADEMARK
  4. DREAMS
  5. CAPITAL
  6. SMART
  7. MORALS
  8. CRATE
  9. SALES
  10. PRODUCT
  11. MELD
  12. AVID
  13. KNOWLEDGE
  14. SELECT
  15. RISK
  16. NEW
Down
  1. PATENT
  2. INVEST
  3. GOAL
  4. FOUNDER
  5. IDEA
  6. START
  7. STRIVE
  8. LOSS
  9. BILL
  10. CORPORATE
  11. COMPETE
  12. BUSINESS
  13. PLANS
  14. BOLD
  15. REWARDS

31 Clues: NEW • GOAL • IDEA • LOSS • BILL • MELD • BOLD • AVID • RISK • START • SMART • CRATE • SALES • PLANS • PATENT • INVEST • OWNERS • DREAMS • STRIVE • MORALS • SELECT • FOUNDER • OPERATE • CAPITAL • COMPETE • PRODUCT • REWARDS • BUSINESS • TRADEMARK • CORPORATE • KNOWLEDGE

The Budget 2022-03-30

The Budget crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To introduce a bill without written advice or …
  2. Senators question government departments in budget estimates …
  3. Runs from 1 July to 30 June (2 words)
  4. Appropriation is exempt from the … order to be strictly relevant to the bill
  5. First speaker after the Treasurer - Leader of the …
  6. The opposite to revenue
  7. Stopping the passage of a law
  8. Budget day is normally in this month
  9. Expenditure proposals can only be made by ..
  10. Makes the budget speech
  11. Deferred debate
  12. Opening stage in passage of a bill (2 words)
Down
  1. Raising taxes and other charges
  2. Only the government can request appropriation (2 words)
  3. The ‘budget debate’ debate - … reading
  4. House official that reads out the bill’s long title
  5. Fund for government money (2 words)
  6. Appropriation bills start in this house
  7. Financial appropriation documents (2 words)
  8. Taxation bills cannot originate in this house
  9. Authorises government expenditure
  10. Announces budget message from the Governor-General
  11. Bills that authorise the spending of public money
  12. Document detailing appropriation laws
  13. Alternative term for appropriation bills

25 Clues: Deferred debate • The opposite to revenue • Makes the budget speech • Stopping the passage of a law • Raising taxes and other charges • Authorises government expenditure • Fund for government money (2 words) • Budget day is normally in this month • Runs from 1 July to 30 June (2 words) • Document detailing appropriation laws • The ‘budget debate’ debate - … reading • ...